＜p＞＜strong＞A hands-on, real-world introduction to data analysis with the Python programming language, loaded with wide-ranging examples.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Python is an ideal choice for accessing, manipulating, and gaining insights from data of all kinds. ＜em＞Python for Data Science＜/em＞ introduces you to the Pythonic world of data analysis with a learn-by-doing approach rooted in practical examples and hands-on activities. You’ll learn how to write Python code to obtain, transform, and analyze data, practicing state-of-the-art data processing techniques for use cases in business management, marketing, and decision support.＜/p＞ ＜p＞You will discover Python’s rich set of built-in data structures for basic operations, as well as its robust ecosystem of open-source libraries for data science, including NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, matplotlib, and more. Examples show how to load data in various formats, how to streamline, group, and aggregate data sets, and how to create charts, maps, and other visualizations. Later chapters go in-depth with demonstrations of real-world data applications, including using location data to power a taxi service, market basket analysis to identify items commonly purchased together, and machine learning to predict stock prices.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞Physical therapists and athletes will appreciate this thorough, illustrated study of the oft-overlooked gluteal muscles and their connection to the greater body＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞The Vital Glutes,＜/em＞ author and respected bodywork specialist John Gibbons looks at one of the most neglected areas of the body: the gluteal muscles. Hetakes readers on a fascinating journey of enlightenment, teaching us to recognize pain and dysfunctional patterns that arise from the gluteal muscles.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Gibbons addresses such questions as: Why do the gluteals potentially cause pain and dysfunction in distant sites of the body? How does the gait pattern contribute to pain and dysfunction? And, how can the application of gluteal-specific Muscle Energy Techniques aid full-body well-being? In addition, he provides step-by-step techniques to identify and correct a number of impaired patterns as well as functional gluteal exercises that promote recovery.＜/p＞ ＜p＞With full color photographs and illustrations, the book demonstrates how to perform functional assessment testing for the muscles of posture that can become chronically tightーa principal causative factor in dysfunctional glutes. Therapeutic techniques, including gluteal exercises, show how to correct dysfunction and reduce pain. This book will be of great value to physical therapists, athletes, and anyone interested in bodywork.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Table of Contents＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜ol＞ ＜li＞Putting the Maximus Back into Gluteus Maximus＜/li＞ ＜li＞Muscle Imbalance and the Myofascial Slings＜/li＞ ＜li＞The Glutes and the Gait Cycle＜/li＞ ＜li＞Leg length discrepancy (LLD), Over-Pronation and its effect on the Glutes＜/li＞ ＜li＞Functional Anatomy of the Gluteus Maximus (Gmax)＜/li＞ ＜li＞Functional Anatomy of the Gluteus Medius (Gmed)＜/li＞ ＜li＞Muscle Energy Techniques＜/li＞ ＜li＞The Antagonistic Cause - the Vital Psoas, Rectus Femoris and Adductors＜/li＞ ＜li＞Gmax and Gmed Causing Knee and Ankle Pain＜/li＞ ＜/ol＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞How genomics reveals deep histories of inequality, going back many thousands of years.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Inequality is an urgent global concern, with pundits, politicians, academics, and best-selling books all taking up its causes and consequences. In ＜em＞Inequality＜/em＞, Carles Lalueza-Fox offers an entirely new perspective on the subject, examining the genetic marks left by inequality on humans throughout history. Lalueza-Fox describes genetic studies, made possible by novel DNA sequencing technologies, that reveal layers of inequality in past societies, manifested in patterns of migration, social structures, and funerary practices. Through their DNA, ancient skeletons have much to tell us, yielding anonymous stories of inequality, bias, and suffering.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Lalueza-Fox, a leader in paleogenomics, offers the deep history of inequality. He explores the ancestral shifts associated with migration and describes the gender bias unearthed in these migrationsーthe brutal sexual asymmetries, for example, between male European explorers and the women of Latin America that are revealed by DNA analysis. He considers social structures, and the evidence that high social standing was inheritedーthe ancient world was not a meritocracy. He untangles social and genetic factors to consider whether wealth is an advantage in reproduction, showing why we are more likely to be descended from a king than a peasant. And he explores the effects of ancient inequality on the human gene pool. Marshaling a range of evidence, Lalueza-Fox shows that understanding past inequalities is key to understanding present ones.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞An introduction to applying predicate logic to testing and verification of software and digital circuits that focuses on applications rather than theory.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Computer scientists use logic for testing and verification of software and digital circuits, but many computer science students study logic only in the context of traditional mathematics, encountering the subject in a few lectures and a handful of problem sets in a discrete math course. This book offers a more substantive and rigorous approach to logic that focuses on applications in computer science. Topics covered include predicate logic, equation-based software, automated testing and theorem proving, and large-scale computation.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Formalism is emphasized, and the book employs three formal notations: traditional algebraic formulas of propositional and predicate logic; digital circuit diagrams; and the widely used partially automated theorem prover, ACL2, which provides an accessible introduction to mechanized formalism. For readers who want to see formalization in action, the text presents examples using Proof Pad, a lightweight ACL2 environment. Readers will not become ALC2 experts, but will learn how mechanized logic can benefit software and hardware engineers. In addition, 180 exercises, some of them extremely challenging, offer opportunities for problem solving. There are no prerequisites beyond high school algebra. Programming experience is not required to understand the book's equation-based approach. The book can be used in undergraduate courses in logic for computer science and introduction to computer science and in math courses for computer science students.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary look at global changes that may occur over the next fifty yearsーwhether sudden and cataclysmic world-changing events or gradually unfolding trends.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Fundamental change occurs most often in one of two ways: as a “fatal discontinuity,” a sudden catastrophic event that is potentially world changing, or as a persistent, gradual trend. Global catastrophes include volcanic eruptions, viral pandemics, wars, and large-scale terrorist attacks; trends are demographic, environmental, economic, and political shifts that unfold over time. In this provocative book, scientist Vaclav Smil takes a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary look at the catastrophes and trends the next fifty years may bring.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Smil first looks at rare but cataclysmic events, both natural and human-produced, then at trends of global importance, including the transition from fossil fuels to other energy sources and growing economic and social inequality. He also considers environmental changeーin some ways an amalgam of sudden discontinuities and gradual changeーand assesses the often misunderstood complexities of global warming.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Global Catastrophes and Trends＜/em＞ does not come down on the side of either doom-and-gloom scenarios or techno-euphoria. Instead, Smil argues that understanding change will help us reverse negative trends and minimize the risk of catastrophe.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞A concise illustrated introduction to the history and physics of supernovae, the brilliant explosions of stars; with striking color illustrations.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Supernovae are the explosions of stars. They are some of the most energetic phenomena in the Universe, rivaling the combined light of billions of stars. Supernovae have been studied for centuries, and they have also made appearances in popular culture: a glimpse of a supernova in a painting provides Sherlock Holmes with a crucial clue, for example. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, astrophysicist Or Graur offers a concise and accessible introduction to these awe-inspiring astronomical phenomena.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Graur explains that a deep observational understanding of supernovaeーwhy and how they shine and how their brightness changes over timeーallows us to use them as tools for experiments in astrophysics and physics. A certain type of supernova, for example, brightens and fades in such a predictable manner that we can measure the distances to their host galaxies. We owe our existence to supernovaeーthey give us iron for our blood and calcium for our bones. But supernovae may also have caused a mass extinction event on Earth 2.6 million years ago.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Graur shows how observations of supernovae played a role in the transformation of astronomy from astrology to astrophysics; surveys the tools used to study supernovae today; and describes the lives and deaths of stars and the supernova remnants, neutron stars, and black holes they leave behind. Illustrations in both color and black and white, many from Graur’s own Hubble Space Telescope data, make this account of supernovae particularly vivid.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞How the technological changes that are reshaping the future of work will transform the American high school as well.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞What will high school education look like in twenty years? High school students are educated today to take their places in a knowledge economy. But the knowledge economy, based on the assumption that information is a scarce and precious commodity, is giving way to an economy in which information is ubiquitous, digital, and machine-generated. In ＜em＞Running with Robots＜/em＞, Greg Toppo and Jim Tracy show how the technological advances that are already changing the world of work will transform the American high school as well.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Toppo and Tracyーa journalist and an education leader, respectivelyーlook at developments in artificial intelligence and other fields that promise to bring us not only driverless cars but doctorless patients, lawyerless clients, and possibly even teacherless students. They visit schools from New York City to Iowa that have begun preparing for this new world. Toppo and Tracy intersperse these reports from the present with bulletins from the future, telling the story of a high school principal who, Rip Van Winkle?style, sleeps for twenty years and, upon awakening in 2040, can hardly believe his eyes: the principal’s amazingly efficient assistant is a robot, calculation is outsourced to computers, and students, grouped by competence and not grade level, focus on the conceptual. The lesson to be learned from both the present and the book’s thought-experiment future: human and robotic skillsets are complementary, not in competition. We can run with robots, not against them.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞How global forest management shifted from an integrated conservation model to a bifurcated system of timber plantations and protected areas.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Today, the world's forests are threatened by global warming, growing demand for wood products, and increasing pressure to clear tropical forests for agricultural use. Economic globalization has enabled Western corporations to export timber processing jobs and import cheap wood products from developing countries. Timber plantations of exotic, fast-growing species supply an ever-larger amount of the world's wood. In response, many countries have established forest areas protected from development. In this book, Brett Bennett views today's forestry issues from a historical perspective. The separation of wood production from the protection of forests, he shows, stems from entangled environmental, social, political, and economic factors. This divergenceーdriven by the concomitant intensification of production and creation of vast protected areasーis reshaping forest management systems both public and private.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Bennett shows that plantations and protected areas evolved from, and then undermined, an earlier integrated forest management system that sought both to produce timber and to conserve the environment. He describes the development of the science and profession of forestry in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe; discusses the twentieth-century creation of timber plantations in the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Australia; and examines the controversies over deforestation that led to the establishment of protected areas. Bennett argues that the problems associated with the bifurcation of forest managementーincluding the loss of forestry knowledge necessary to manage large ecosystems for diverse purposesーsuggest that a more integrated model would be preferable.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞A comprehensive and hands-on introduction to the core concepts, methods, and applications of agent-based modeling, including detailed NetLogo examples.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The advent of widespread fast computing has enabled us to work on more complex problems and to build and analyze more complex models. This book provides an introduction to one of the primary methodologies for research in this new field of knowledge. Agent-based modeling (ABM) offers a new way of doing science: by conducting computer-based experiments. ABM is applicable to complex systems embedded in natural, social, and engineered contexts, across domains that range from engineering to ecology. ＜em＞An Introduction to Agent-Based Modeling＜/em＞ offers a comprehensive description of the core concepts, methods, and applications of ABM. Its hands-on approachーwith hundreds of examples and exercises using NetLogoーenables readers to begin constructing models immediately, regardless of experience or discipline.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The book first describes the nature and rationale of agent-based modeling, then presents the methodology for designing and building ABMs, and finally discusses how to utilize ABMs to answer complex questions. Features in each chapter include step-by-step guides to developing models in the main text; text boxes with additional information and concepts; end-of-chapter explorations; and references and lists of relevant reading. There is also an accompanying website with all the models and code.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞With the narrative punch of Jonathan Harr’s A Civil Action and the commitment to environmental truth-telling of Erin Brockovich, The Fluoride Deception documents a powerful connection between big corporations, the U.S. military, and the historic reassurances of fluoride safety provided by the nation’s public health establishment. The Fluoride Deception reads like a thriller, but one supported by two hundred pages of source notes, years of investigative reporting, scores of scientist interviews, and archival research in places such as the newly opened files of the Manhattan Project and the Atomic Energy Commission. The book is nothing less than an exhumation of one of the great secret narratives of the industrial era: how a grim workplace poison and the most damaging environmental pollutant of the cold war was added to our drinking water and toothpaste.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞An ethnographic and community-engaged study of the class, caste, and gender politics of environmental mobilizations around Bengaluru, India’s discards.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞Recycling Class＜/em＞, Manisha Anantharaman examines the ideas, flows, and relationships around unmanaged discards in Bengaluru, India, itself a massive environmental problem of planetary proportions, to help us understand what types of coalitions deliver social justice within sustainability initiatives. ＜em＞Recycling Class＜/em＞ links middle-class, sustainable consumption with the environmental labor of the working poor to offer a relational analysis of urban sustainability politics and practice. Through ethnographic, community-based research, Anantharaman shows how diverse social groups adopt, contest, and modify neoliberal sustainability’s emphasis on market-based solutions, behavior change, and the aesthetic conflation of “clean” with “green.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞Tracing garbage politics in Bengaluru for over a decade, Anantharaman argues that middle class “communal sustainability*”* efforts create new avenues for waste picker organizations to make claims for infrastructural inclusion. Coproduced “DIY infrastructures” serve as sites of citizenship and political negotiation, challenging the technocratic and growth-based logics of dominant sustainability policies. Yet, these configurations reproduce class, caste, and gender-based divisions of labor, demonstrating that inclusion without social reform can reproduce unjust distributions of risk and responsibility. Revealing the “win-win” fallacy of sustainability and foregrounding the agency of communities excluded from environmental policy, ＜em＞Recycling Class＜/em＞ will appeal to scholars and activists alike who want to create a future with more transformative sustainability.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞Discover how harnessing the energy of all things can enrich your life and well-being in this fascinating study on ThetaHealing＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In her first book, Vianna Stibal introduced the simple but life-altering technique that helped her cure what medicine could not: ThetaHealing. This extraordinary healing modality uses the energy of all thingsーof All That Isーto instigate significant chnge in thought patterns, relationships, physical well-being, and so much more. Now, Stibal draws from thousands of sessions with her clients to further explore the work, processes, and benefits central to ThetaHealing.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In this book, you will learn more about the importance of Feeling, Belief, and Digging work. Stibal also guides you through the 7 Planes of Existence, explaining how they allow you to connect to the highest level of love and energy of All That Is. By harnessing the power of this mind and body healing technique, you will enhance your life spiritually, emotionally, and physically.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞This exploration of the scientific limits of knowledge challenges our deep-seated beliefs about our universe, our rationality, and ourselves.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞**“A must-read for anyone studying information science.” ー*Publishers Weekly,***＜strong＞starred review＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Many books explain what is known about the universe. This book investigates what cannot be known. Rather than exploring the amazing facts that science, mathematics, and reason have revealed to us, this work studies what science, mathematics, and reason tell us cannot be revealed. In ＜em＞The Outer Limits of Reason＜/em＞, Noson Yanofsky considers what cannot be predicted, described, or known, and what will never be understood. He discusses the limitations of computers, physics, logic, and our own intuitions about the worldーincluding our ideas about space, time, and motion, and the complex relationship between the knower and the known.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Yanofsky describes simple tasks that would take computers trillions of centuries to complete and other problems that computers can never solve:＜/p＞ ＜p＞? perfectly formed English sentences that make no sense＜br /＞ ? different levels of infinity＜br /＞ ? the bizarre world of the quantum＜br /＞ ? the relevance of relativity theory＜br /＞ ? the causes of chaos theory＜br /＞ ? math problems that cannot be solved by normal means＜br /＞ ? statements that are true but cannot be proven＜/p＞ ＜p＞Moving from the concrete to the abstract, from problems of everyday language to straightforward philosophical questions to the formalities of physics and mathematics, Yanofsky demonstrates a myriad of unsolvable problems and paradoxes. Exploring the various limitations of our knowledge, he shows that many of these limitations have a similar pattern and that by investigating these patterns, we can better understand the structure and limitations of reason itself. Yanofsky even attempts to look beyond the borders of reason to see what, if anything, is out there.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞An expert explores the biological and emotional nature of pain: why it hurts and why some pain is good and some pain is bad.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞If you touch something hot, it hurts. You snatch your hand away from the hot thing immediately. Obviously. But what is really happening, biologicallyーand emotionally? In ＜em＞Understanding Pain＜/em＞, Fernando Cervero explores the mechanisms and the meaning of pain. When you touch something hot, your brain triggers a reflex action that causes you to withdraw your hand, protecting you from injury. That kind of pain, Cervero explains, is actually good for us; it acts as an alarm that warns us of danger and keeps us away from harm.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But, Cervero tells us, not all pain is good for you. There is another kind of pain that is more like a curse: chronic pain that is not related to injury. This is the kind of pain that fills pain clinics and makes life miserable. Cervero describes current research into the mysteries of chronic pain and efforts to develop more effective treatments.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Cervero reminds us that pain is the most common reason for people to seek medical attention, but that it remains a biological enigma. It is protective, but not always. Its effects are not only sensory but also emotional. There is no way to measure it objectively, no test that comes back positive for pain; the only way a medical professional can gauge pain is by listening to the patient's description of it. The idea of pain as a test of character or a punishment to be borne is changing; prevention and treatment of pain are increasingly important to researchers, clinicians, and patients. Cervero's account brings us closer to understanding the meaning of pain.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞Immerse yourself in hot springs from around the world in this stunning visual adventure that features photographs and stories of the unique topographies, regional uses, and cultural meanings of thermal baths.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book transports you to high mountains, remote islands, vast deserts, and the Arctic to soak in the ethereal beauty of natural hot springs. From sacred sites in India to municipal pools in Iceland and beyond, photojournalist Greta Rybus has traveled the world to document the warm, wild gathering places that have comforted the weary and adventurous for centuries.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Each spring is unique, a reflection of not just its physical location but of the people who care for and enjoy it. ＜em＞Hot Springs＜/em＞ guides you through breathtaking landscapes and offers intriguing insights on historical significance, proper etiquette, and the roles these springs have in their communities. You’ll hear from bathers in Hungary and Japan about how hot baths are a consistent part of their wellness and social routines. You’ll learn about a repatriated hot spring in South Africa and explore the power of communal ownership for locals in Alaska, Greenland, and Mexico. You’ll read about a pool that Antony reportedly gave to Cleopatra and hot springs in Iceland still connected to an outlaw past.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Greta’s breathtaking photography transports you to more than two dozen worldwide locations while introducing you to the interconnected communities surrounding them. ＜em＞Hot Springs＜/em＞ is your invitation to revel in the healing powers of water and its ability to connect us to ourselves, others, and the planet.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞An essential fitness guide for any woman who wants an active life and a healthy body Physical fitness, as it is understood today, is not merely about exercising or healthy eating; it must involve both aspects. But there is still more to a fit and healthy life than just a focus on food and exercise. The Complete Fitness Guide for Women lays the foundation for long-term health. In this volume, Mamta Singh provides you with exercise plans that specifically target cardiovascular training, strength and weight training, and stretching. Whether you are a beginner or someone who is already working out, this book will have a program suitable for you; these exercise programs can be done at home or at the gym. The Complete Fitness Guide for Women empowers you by helping you understand and respect your body and its unique requirements, so you can develop a body that is not just slim, but healthy and strong as well. The power is truly within YOU!＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞An introduction to how neuroethology can inform the development of robots controlled by synaptic networks instead of algorithms, from a pioneer in biorobotics.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The trait most fundamental to the evolution of animals is the capability to adapt to novel circumstances in unpredictable environments. Recent advances in biomimetics have made it feasible to construct robots modeled on such unsupervised autonomous behavior, and animal models provide a library of existence proofs. Filling an important gap in the field, this introductory textbook illuminates how neurobiological principles can inform the development of robots that are controlled by synaptic networks, as opposed to algorithms. Joseph Ayers provides a comprehensive overview of the sensory and motor systems of a variety of model biological systems and shows how their behaviors may be implemented in artificial systems, such as biomimetic robots.＜/p＞ ＜ul＞ ＜li＞Introduces the concept of biological intelligence as applied to robots, building a strategy for autonomy based on the neuroethology of simple animal models＜/li＞ ＜li＞Provides a mechanistic physiological framework for the control of innate behavior＜/li＞ ＜li＞Illustrates how biomimetic vehicles can be operated in the field persistently and adaptively＜/li＞ ＜li＞Developed by a pioneer in biorobotics with decades of teaching experience＜/li＞ ＜li＞Proven in the classroom＜/li＞ ＜li＞Suitable for professionals and researchers as well as undergraduate and graduate students in cognitive science and computer science＜/li＞ ＜/ul＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞What artificial intelligence can tell us about the mind and intelligent behavior.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞What can artificial intelligence teach us about the mind? If AI's underlying concept is that thinking is a computational process, then how can computation illuminate thinking? It's a timely question. AI is all the rage, and the buzziest AI buzz surrounds ＜em＞adaptive machine learning＜/em＞: computer systems that learn intelligent behavior from massive amounts of data. This is what powers a driverless car, for example. In this book, Hector Levesque shifts the conversation to “good old fashioned artificial intelligence,” which is based not on heaps of data but on understanding commonsense intelligence. This kind of artificial intelligence is equipped to handle situations that depart from previous patternsーas we do in real life, when, for example, we encounter a washed-out bridge or when the barista informs us there's no more soy milk.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Levesque considers the role of language in learning. He argues that a computer program that passes the famous Turing Test could be a mindless zombie, and he proposes another way to test for intelligenceーthe Winograd Schema Test, developed by Levesque and his colleagues. “If our goal is to understand intelligent behavior, we had better understand the difference between making it and faking it,” he observes. He identifies a possible mechanism behind common sense and the capacity to call on background knowledge: the ability to represent objects of thought symbolically. As AI migrates more and more into everyday life, we should worry if systems without common sense are making decisions where common sense is needed.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜em＞Space Shuttle 1981-2011＜/em＞ is a lavishly illustrated special edition celebrating the space shuttle era. In thirty years of operation, space shuttles were used in 135 different missions; this volume presents the adventure stories of many of these missions in the astronauts’ own words. Additional contributions by space exploration writers cover the history of the program, technological challenges and triumphs, scientific achievements, and the devastating ＜em＞Challenger＜/em＞ and ＜em＞Columbia＜/em＞ tragedies. Complete with more than 40 essays and 100 full-color photographs, ＜em＞Space Shuttle 1981-2011＜/em＞ is a captivating overview of this critical part of space history. Although the space shuttle era has ended, its spiritーthat of limitless curiosity and a desire for perfectionーcontinues to inspire.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞This is the seventh book in a progressive series based on the revelations of consciousness research. It describes in detail how to discern not only truth from falsehood but also the illusion of appearance from the actual core of reality.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The text explains how to differentiate perception from essence, and thereby enables the reader to resolve the ambiguities and classical riddles that have challenged mankind for centuries and baffled the best minds in history.＜/p＞ ＜p＞While modern technologies have provided a phethora of new toys and conveniences, the basic problems of daily existence remain. This book provides the tools to survive and regain fundamental autonomy and inner harmony while living with the complexities of the modern world.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞A balanced, accessible discussion of whether and on what grounds animal research can be ethically justified.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞An estimated 100 million nonhuman vertebrates worldwideーincluding primates, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, birds, rats, and miceーare bred, captured, or otherwise acquired every year for research purposes. Much of this research is seriously detrimental to the welfare of these animals, causing pain, distress, injury, or death. This book explores the ethical controversies that have arisen over animal research, examining closely the complex scientific, philosophical, moral, and legal issues involved.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Defenders of animal research face a twofold challenge: they must make a compelling case for the unique benefits offered by animal research; and they must provide a rationale for why these benefits justify treating animal subjects in ways that would be unacceptable for human subjects. This challenge is at the heart of the book. Some contributors argue that it can be met fairly easily; others argue that it can never be met; still others argue that it can sometimes be met, although not necessarily easily. Their essays consider how moral theory can be brought to bear on the practical ethical questions raised by animal research, examine the new challenges raised by the emerging possibilities of biotechnology, and consider how to achieve a more productive dialogue on this polarizing subject. The book's careful blending of theoretical and practical considerations and its balanced arguments make it valuable for instructors as well as for scholars and practitioners.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞A fitness celebrity shares her story of overcoming autoimmune diseaseーand helps you chart your own path to wellness in body, mind, and soul.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Being diagnosed with a chronic illness can be stressful, confusing, and scaryーespecially when the path to healing seems to be nowhere in sight. Valentina Gaylord knows this firsthand because she has lived it. She survived a terrifying series of health challenges that started when she was stricken with Bell’s Palsy and launched on a years-long journey to recover her healthーwhich, after exhausting every avenue that conventional medicine could offer, she finally did by turning within.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In WELL BEING, Gaylord dissects the course of her own decline from exuberant wife, mother, and fitness entrepreneur to pain-riddled, exhausted, and desperate victim of disease. She details the dedicated and educated response she brought to her debilitating illnesses as she battled to restore her health. And as she tells her story, she invites you to chart your own path of healing in body, mind, and soul.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Drawing on her personal experience and intensive research as well as her work with clients in the boutique fitness studios she founded and owned for over ten years, Gaylord shares exercises and techniques that put mindset, emotional wellness, and spiritual awareness at the forefront of health. In each chapter, she offers thoughtful questions and carefully crafted journal prompts to help you:＜/p＞ ＜ul＞ ＜li＞Pay attention to your body and listen to its messages for you＜/li＞ ＜li＞Unravel the mysteries of your own health challenges＜/li＞ ＜li＞Start to write your own healing story＜/li＞ ＜li＞Find your way to true well beingーnot just renewed vitality, but a new sense of fulfillment and purpose that will transform your life＜/li＞ ＜/ul＞ ＜p＞“Untangling the impacts of autoimmune disease was just the beginning for me,” Gaylord writes. “It demanded an evolution of my mind, heart, soul, and body. My reawakening took over a decade. Yours will not.”＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞Build more than 55 hands-on, wide-ranging projects with the popular and versatile AVR family of microcontrollers.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞AVR Workshop＜/em＞ is a comprehensive introduction to working with the Microchip AVR 8-bit family of microcontrollers ? made famous through their use in Arduino and other compatible boards. Whether you’re an absolute beginner or longtime electronics enthusiast, this book gives you the latest coding and hardware knowledge required to build over 55 projects. After the author guides you through the basic C programming skills you need to work directly with ATmega328P-PU and ATtiny85 microcontrollers, your operation will be up and running. You’ll go from building blinking LEDs and handling various types of user input, to creating real-time clocks, digital thermometers, and even controlling small motorized devices.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞Reduce the distractions, clutter, and anxiety of your digital lifestyle and achieve inner and outer harmony with mind training practices, meditations, and advice from a Tibetan Buddhist master.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book offers a refreshing approach to understanding the role of digital technology in our world and how we can better manage our relationship to it. Our engagement with digital devices connects us to people and ideas, but it also causes anxiety, distraction, imbalance, and suffering. Rather than a digital detox, we can train our minds to leverage our negative habits and digital temptations to deal with life more effectively, improve our attention span, reduce mental fatigue, and deepen our happiness.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Dza Kilung Rinpoche, a respected contemporary Tibetan Buddhist teacher and author of ＜em＞The Relaxed Mind＜/em＞, skillfully addresses these widespread issues in modern life geared toward a wide audience. In twelve short chapters, he offers straightforward strategies and tools to clear away the distractive clutter that prevents us from living fully and with clarity. The book also explores deeper issues like the nature of wisdom, question of karma, and importance of lovingkindness and compassion.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The practices and meditations in this book will appeal to anyone who suffers from a distracted “monkey mind.” By calming our minds, we can clearly see the sources of our inner and outer problems and begin to work on them for the benefit of ourselves, others, and the earth.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞The contentious history of the computer programmers who developed the software that made the computer revolution possible.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞This is a book about the computer revolution of the mid-twentieth century and the people who made it possible. Unlike most histories of computing, it is not a book about machines, inventors, or entrepreneurs. Instead, it tells the story of the vast but largely anonymous legions of computer specialistsーprogrammers, systems analysts, and other software developersーwho transformed the electronic computer from a scientific curiosity into the defining technology of the modern era. As the systems that they built became increasingly powerful and ubiquitous, these specialists became the focus of a series of critiques of the social and organizational impact of electronic computing. To many of their contemporaries, it seemed the “computer boys” were taking over, not just in the corporate setting, but also in government, politics, and society in general.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞The Computer Boys Take Over＜/em＞, Nathan Ensmenger traces the rise to power of the computer expert in modern American society. His rich and nuanced portrayal of the men and women (a surprising number of the “computer boys” were, in fact, female) who built their careers around the novel technology of electronic computing explores issues of power, identity, and expertise that have only become more significant in our increasingly computerized society.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In his recasting of the drama of the computer revolution through the eyes of its principle revolutionaries, Ensmenger reminds us that the computerization of modern society was not an inevitable process driven by impersonal technological or economic imperatives, but was rather a creative, contentious, and above all, fundamentally human development.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞Momo is a border collie who loves to hide. And you can play hide-and-seek with him as he travels across Europe with his best friend, Andrew. Join them on their stops in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, the UK, and more in this book of beautiful landscape photography. No passport required!＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Momo is a bandana-wearing, headtilting border collie who loves to tuck himself into beautiful photographs taken by his best buddy, Andrew Knapp. The duo’s first booksー＜em＞Find Momo＜/em＞, ＜em＞Find Momo Coast to Coast＜/em＞, and the children’s board book ＜em＞Let’s Find Momo!＜/em＞ーexplored landmarks and little-known places across the United States and Canada. Now they’ve embarked on a European adventure, and you’re invited to go along!＜/p＞ ＜p＞See if you can spot Momo concealed in picturesque neighborhoods, among ancient ruins, around castles and cathedrals, at legendary landmarks, and in off-the-beaten-path locations that only these seasoned travelers could find. It’s the Grand Tour of Europe you’ve always wanted to takeーwith Momo’s cute and happy face waiting for you at every destination.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞An introduction to the psychology of learning that summarizes and integrates findings from both functional psychology and cognitive psychology.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ Learning unites all living creatures, from simple microbes to complex human beings. But what is learning? And how does it work? For over a century, psychologists have considered such questions. Behavior analysts examined the ways in which the environment shapes behavior, whereas cognitive scientists have sought to understand the mental processes that enable us to learn. This book offers an introduction to the psychology of learning that draws on the key findings and major insights from both functional (behavior analysis) and cognitive approaches.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜em＞Transpersonal Medicine＜/em＞ chronicles the pioneering efforts to apply a transpersonal orientation to the field of medicine. Broken into three parts, it reviews the underlying principles of transpersonal medicine. Part one focuses on ritual as a means of cross-personal empowerment. Part two is devoted to the personal ritual, the process of empowering one's inner strengths and wisdoms. Part three is dedicated to direct experiences and issues involved in medicine. The book includes interviews with leading researchers in each field of topics.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞1 in 6 people suffer from brain diseases like MS, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s. Now, a Harvard neurologist takes you inside the brain under attackーand illuminates the path to a cure.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Multiple Sclerosis. Parkinson’s Disease. Alzheimer’s. ALS. Chances are, you know someone with a neurologic disease. Because the brain controls so much and is integral to our identity, the diseases that affect it are uniquely devastating both to patients and families.＜/p＞ ＜p＞And because it remains the most mysterious of our vital organs, treating the brain is an ongoing puzzle.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞The Brain Under Siege＜/em＞, Howard Weiner likens the brain to a crime scene, showing readers how “clues” point to causes and suggest paths to a cure. He takes readers on a journey through the latest technological advances, exploring which routes of investigation have gone cold and which have led to breakthroughs. Readers couldn’t ask for a better guide: A professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and co-director of the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic diseases, Weiner is an internationally renowned expert, who pioneered immunotherapy in MS and is currently investigating an Alzheimer’s vaccine.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Informative and engaging, this groundbreaking book tells the story behind the scienceーpainting a picture of the discoveries, setbacks, false leads, and victories on the front lines of brain research. Weiner also offers unique insight by exploring the experiences of the brave patients and families who make cutting-edge clinical trials possible.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Both a clear-eyed assessment of where the science stands and a gripping and poignant narrative of the dramatic pursuit for a cure, ＜em＞The Brain Under Siege＜/em＞ is a must-read for patients, families, and anyone interested in unraveling the mysteries of the brain.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
＜p＞＜strong＞1 in 6 people suffer from brain diseases like MS, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s. Now, a Harvard neurologist takes you inside the brain under attackーand illuminates the path to a cure.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Multiple Sclerosis. Parkinson’s Disease. Alzheimer’s. ALS. Chances are, you know someone with a neurologic disease. Because the brain controls so much and is integral to our identity, the diseases that affect it are uniquely devastating both to patients and families.＜/p＞ ＜p＞And because it remains the most mysterious of our vital organs, treating the brain is an ongoing puzzle.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞The Brain Under Siege＜/em＞, Howard Weiner likens the brain to a crime scene, showing readers how “clues” point to causes and suggest paths to a cure. He takes readers on a journey through the latest technological advances, exploring which routes of investigation have gone cold and which have led to breakthroughs. Readers couldn’t ask for a better guide: A professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and co-director of the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic diseases, Weiner is an internationally renowned expert, who pioneered immunotherapy in MS and is currently investigating an Alzheimer’s vaccine.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Informative and engaging, this groundbreaking book tells the story behind the scienceーpainting a picture of the discoveries, setbacks, false leads, and victories on the front lines of brain research. Weiner also offers unique insight by exploring the experiences of the brave patients and families who make cutting-edge clinical trials possible.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Both a clear-eyed assessment of where the science stands and a gripping and poignant narrative of the dramatic pursuit for a cure, ＜em＞The Brain Under Siege＜/em＞ is a must-read for patients, families, and anyone interested in unraveling the mysteries of the brain.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
