Filter by
A Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy
Shrouded in poetry, the earliest accounts of Hindu astronomy can strike modern readers as obscure. They involve the marriage of the moon to twenty-seven princesses, a war between gods and giants, and shadows that give birth to planets. In this fascinating study, first published in Calcutta in 1823 and reissued here in the 1825 edition, John Bentley (c.1750–1824) strives to strip back the myth…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781139506533
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History
- Call Number
- -
Astronomy and Calendars – The Other Chinese Mathematics: 104 BC - AD 1644
Presented from the viewpoint of the history of mathematics, this book explores both epistemological aspects of Chinese traditional mathematical astronomy and lunisolar calendrical calculations. The following issues are addressed: (1) connections with non-Chinese cultural areas; (2) the possibility or impossibility of using mathematics to predict astronomical phenomena, a question that was const…
- Edition
- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-662-49718-0
- Collation
- XXXV, 471
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Chemistry
- Call Number
- 530.1 MAR a
Routledge Handbook of Sport, Race and Ethnicity
Few issues have engaged sports scholars more than those of race and ethnicity. Today, globalization and migration mean all major sports leagues include players from around the globe, bringing into play a complex mix of racial, ethnic, cultural, political and geographical factors. These complexities have been examined from many angles by historians, sociologists, anthropologists and scientists. …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781317596677
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 305.8 ROU r
Emotion in Games Theory and Praxis
The core message of this book is: computer games best realise affective interaction. This book brings together contributions from specialists in affective computing, game studies, game artificial intelligence, user experience research, sensor technology, multi-modal interfaces and psychology that will advance the state-of-the-art in player experience research; affect modelling, induction, and s…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-41316-7
- Collation
- 11 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Chemistry Education and Contributions from History and Philosophy of Science
This book explores the relationship between the content of chemistry education and the history and philosophy of science (HPS) framework that underlies such education. It discusses the need to present an image that reflects how chemistry developed and progresses. It proposes that chemistry should be taught the way it is practiced by chemists: as a human enterprise, at the interface of scientifi…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-26248-2
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 370
Engineering Safe and Secure Cyber-Physical Systems the Specification Pearl A…
This book introduces the concept of holistic design and development of cyber physical systems to achieve their safe and secure operation. It shows that by following the standards for embedded system’s safety and using appropriate hardware and software components inherently safe system’s architectures can be devised and certified. While the standards already enable testing and certification…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-28905-2
- Collation
- 28 b/w illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Tobacco Control Policy in the Netherlands : Between Economy, Public Health, a…
Governments have known since the 1960s that smoking results in irreversible health damage. This open access book examines why governments have done so little to combat this when they have been aware of the problem and its solutions for decades. What are the strategies and decisions that make a difference, given that policy environments are often not conducive to change? Taking the Netherlands a…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783319433486
- Collation
- XXI, 373 halaman
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies in Public Health Policy Research
- Call Number
- 362 WIL t
Capital At the Brink : Overcoming the Destructive Legacies of Neoliberalism
Capital at the Brink reveals the pervasiveness, destructiveness, and dominance of neoliberalism within American society and culture. The contributors to this collection also offer points of resistance to an ideology wherein, to borrow Henry Giroux’s comment, “everything either is for sale or is plundered for profit.” The first step in fighting neoliberalism is to make it visible. By discu…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781607853060
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 300 LEO c
From Bricks to Brains the Embodied Cognitive Science of LEGO Robots
From Bricks to Brains introduces embodied cognitive science, and illustrates its foundational ideas through the construction and observation of LEGO Mindstorms robots. Discussing the characteristics that distinguish embodied cognitive science from classical cognitive science, From Bricks to Brains places a renewed emphasis on sensing and acting, the importance of embodiment, the exploration of …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781897425787.01
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 354 pages
Active Inference: The Free Energy Principle in Mind, Brain, and Behavior
Active inference is a way of understanding sentient behavior—a theory that characterizes perception, planning, and action in terms of probabilistic inference. Developed by theoretical neuroscientist Karl Friston over years of groundbreaking research, active inference provides an integrated perspective on brain, cognition, and behavior that is increasingly used across multiple disciplines incl…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262369978
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography