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SQE Bundle FLK 1 & 2: 3e (SQE1)
The Law & Professional Practice (FLK1 & FLK2) bundle contains all 15 study manuals that have been specially collated to focus on the Law area of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) syllabus for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE1) in a concise and tightly focused manner.
Published and updated regularly, these user-friendly study manuals are designed to help you successfully prepare for the SQE1 exams. They provide solid knowledge and understanding of fundamental legal principles and rules, while bringing the law and practice to life with example scenarios based on realistic client problems.
Each title is complemented by worked examples and sample assessment questions that enable you to test your knowledge and understanding through single best answer questions that have been modelled on the SRA’s sample assessment questions.
For students at The University of Law, the study manuals are used alongside other learning resources and the University’s assessment bank to prepare students not only for the SQE1 exams, but also for a future life in professional legal practice.
The legal principles and rules contained within this study manual are stated as at 1 April 2023 (titles with tax elements to 30 April 2023)
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Personal Injury Pleadings is the authoritative stand-alone source to assist the professional draftsman settling claimants and defendants statements of case. The sixth edition deals with contemporary challenges in litigation as diverse and demanding as the requirements for pleadings in fundamentally dishonest QOCS cases; relief from sanctions applications; cases involving foreign travel; the consequences of BREXIT in Personal Injury litigation; post-ERRA pleadings requirements as to breach of statutory duty; and much more. It provides informed, accurate, in-depth model pleadings, covering the whole gamut of personal injury work, drawn from many years practical experience of real cases. Comprehensive subject coverage is combined with up-to-date informed analysis of recent case law, legislation and subordinate legislation, changes in the Civil Procedure Rules, costs issues, and the minutiae of troublesome practical problems such as the special difficulties involved in fatal accident and late-onset terminal disease claims.Read more
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Tolley’s Health & Safety at Work Handbook 2022
This essential title provides an authoritative reference source covering key aspects of health and safety law and practice. Adopting a user-friendly A-Z format, the handbook presents clear narrative on the latest legislative changes, how to comply with current law and practice, and how they affect the role of the health and safety manager. Leading experts in health and safety offer insight and guidance on a range of subjects, from accident reporting, welfare facilities, mental ill-health, an aging workforce, absenteeism, travel safety and personal safety. This essential handbook also provides an authoritative reference source covering key aspects of health and safety law and practice, as well as related environmental and employment information. Updated annually, this title fully equips busy practitioners with everything to deal with day-to-day issues quickly.Read more
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Features two dozen new chapters on a variety of timely topics, including COVID-19 nephropathies, xenografts, artificial intelligence (AI), digital pathology analysis, harmonized nephropathology terminology, newly identified types of amyloidosis, common artifacts and pitfalls on kidney biopsy, vaccination-associated renal disease, crystal nephropathies, and much more
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Includes updates from the International Kidney and Monoclonal Gammopathy (IKMG) research group, the American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) classification criteria for IgG4-related disease, Banff Foundation for Allograft Pathology, and others
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Details updated genetic causes of nephrotic syndromes and antinephrin antibodies in podocytopathies-by the investigator who discovered it
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Discusses the newly identified variant IgG nephropathy and novel membranous autoantigens
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Contains chapters on techniques, including immunofluorescence on paraffin sections, C4d staining, and polyomavirus detection in tissue
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Contains more than 4,300 print and online images, including high-resolution photographs and histologic images, full-color medical illustrations, radiologic images, and more
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Employs consistently templated chapters, bulleted content, key facts, a variety of tables, annotated images, pertinent references, and an extensive index for quick, expert reference at the point of care
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Shares the expertise of internationally recognized authors who provide fresh perspectives on multiple topics, with a particular emphasis on practical information that directly assists in making and supporting a diagnosis
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Includes an eBook version that enables you to access all text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
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Handbook of Conspiracy Theory and Contemporary Religion: 17 (Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion)
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Plus Size Pregnancy: What the evidence really says about higher BMI and birth
Have you been told that your pregnancy is high risk simply because you have a higher BMI? Have you been advised that you need extra tests and interventions, or that you have no choice about where you give birth? Do you feel pressured or scared into following this advice? Are you wondering whether higher BMI actually makes a difference and whether guidelines about higher BMI and birth are truly evidence based?If your answer to any of these questions is “yes” then take a deep breath and read on, because this book is going to help you take back control.
In Plus Size Pregnancy, trusted researcher and bestselling author Dr Sara Wickham guides you through the evidence about higher BMI and birth, exposing the myths and assumptions, the broader issues, and the science behind what we do and don’t know.
• Discover the eye-opening truth about why BMI is a poor measure of health, and why your size or shape has far less impact on your health than you might think.
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• Arm yourself with tips on how to advocate for yourself and your baby.
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Most Secret War (Penguin World War II Collection)
Reginald Jones was nothing less than a genius. And his appointment to the Intelligence Section of Britain’s Air Ministry in 1939 led to some of the most astonishing scientific and technological breakthroughs of the Second World War.
In Most Secret War he details how Britain stealthily stole the war from under the Germans’ noses by outsmarting their intelligence at every turn. He tells of the ‘battle of the beams’; detecting and defeating flying bombs; using chaff to confuse radar; and many other ingenious ideas and devices.
Jones was the man with the plan to save Britain and his story makes for riveting reading.Read more
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Gunpowder and Geometry: The Life of Charles Hutton: Pit Boy, Mathematician and Scientific Rebel
August, 1755. Newcastle, on the north bank of the Tyne.
In the fields, men and women are getting the harvest in. Sunlight, or rain. Scudding clouds and backbreaking labour. Three hundred feet underground, young Charles Hutton is at the coalface. Cramped, dust-choked, wielding a five-pound pick by candlelight. Eighteen years old, he’s been down the pits on and off for more than a decade, and now it looks like a life sentence. No unusual story, although Charles is a clever lad – gifted at maths and languages – and for a time he hoped for a different life. Many hoped.
Charles Hutton, astonishingly, would actually live the life he dreamed of. Twenty years later you’d have found him in Slaughter’s coffee house in London, eating a few oysters with the President of the Royal Society.
By the time he died, in 1823, he was a fellow of scientific academies in four countries, while the Lord Chancellor of England counted himself fortunate to have known him. Hard work, talent, and no small share of luck would take Charles Hutton out of the pit to international fame, wealth, admiration and happiness. The pit-boy turned professor would become one of the most revered British scientists of his day. This book is his incredible story.
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A Brief History of Witchcraft and the Occult: A Beginner’s Journey from the Surreal to the Scientific, From Crystals and Tarot to Science and Philosophy
Journey back with this brief and introductory history to the real origin of witchcraft and the occult—and find out why they’ve been feared and misunderstood for thousands of years.
From ancient Egyptian healers and Celtic druids to the Salem witch trial victims and modern-day Wiccans, witches have always been misunderstood. Because of that, they’ve been feared, persecuted, and blamed for everything from failing crops and miscarriages to wars and famines.
But what’s the true story behind caricatures like the Sanderson Sisters and the Wicked Witch of the West? When and where did witchcraft begin, and how has it evolved over time? Which practices and traditions have survived from the ancient world? And why do people really fear witches?
To find the answers, we have to journey back almost to the beginning of history, to a time when magic and those who practiced it were respected members of society. Over time, that would change. By tracing that evolution, we can learn more not only about witchcraft and the occult, but about why our society is both intrigued by and afraid of it.
In this fascinating book, you’ll learn about the various ways magic has been used in both the ancient and modern world, including:
- How ancient Egyptians used magic for healing and protection…but also vengeance
- Why magicians in ancient Mesopotamia held the keys to civilization
- How a secret occult society led to the Western fascination with mystical, forbidden knowledge
- The real story behind the Salem witch trials and the European witch hunts
- How 19th-century women used seances and ouija boards to advocate for their rights
- The pagan practices that led to the modern-day Wicca movement
- Why crystals and tarot cards have remained popular for thousands of years
- Why witches are still feared and misunderstood today
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Whether you’re a history buff, modern-day magic practitioner, or just curious about the history of witchcraft, this book will give you a clearer picture of how magic has been practiced, understood, and misunderstood from ancient to modern times.
Fun and easy to read, it’s a great introduction to the role witchcraft has played in cultures around the world, the real historical figures who helped shape present-day perspectives on witches, and the circumstances that have led to witches and the occult being shunned.
Reading this book will help you:
- Understand the role witchcraft played in ancient civilizations
- Learn which elements of witchcraft and the occult are still around today
- Dispel dangerous myths about witches and the occult
- Improve your knowledge and take your study deeper
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The Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions
From a bestselling author, an “incendiary and uproarious” assault on the pretensions of scientific atheists (National Review)Militant atheism is on the rise. Prominent thinkers including Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens have published best-selling books denigrating religious belief. And these authors are merely the leading edge of a larger movement that includes much of the scientific community. In response, mathematician David Berlinski, himself a secular Jew, delivers a biting defense of religious thought. The Devil’s Delusion is a brilliant, incisive, and funny book that explores the limits of science and the pretensions of those who insist it is the ultimate touchstone for understanding our world.
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Power of Vitamin D: A Vitamin D Book That Contains The Most Scientific, Useful And Practical Information About Vitamin D – Hormone D
The pandemic of Coronavirus stirred a huge interest in vitamin D by the public as well as by researchers around the world. The big question everyone asks, “Is there any scientific evidence that vitamin D may prevent as well as treat COVID-19?” The simple answer is Yes. But only if the dose is correct.In “Power of Vitamin D”, Dr. Sarfraz Zaidi, MD – a former Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCLA – elaborates on the excellent clinical studies which provide scientific evidence that vitamin D may be able to not only reduce your chances of catching COVID-19, but also reduce your mortality if you end up getting it. Dr. Zaidi provides the precise dose of vitamin D against COVID-19.
Besides COVID-19, vitamin D is extremely important for maintaining our health. It affects every organ system in the body – from immune system to heart to kidneys to skin and the bones, to name a few.
Dr. Zaidi explains why most people continue to be low in Vitamin D—despite the vitamins they take, the food they eat, the milk they drink or the sun exposure they get.
In “Power of Vitamin D”, you will learn:
•Why we are facing a true Pandemic of Vitamin D deficiency.
•The crucial role Vitamin D may play in the Prevention as well as Treatment of various Cancers.
•How Vitamin D may help Prevent Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease, Hypertension and Kidney Disease.
•How Vitamin D may Prevent as well as Treat Muscle Aches, Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Bone Pains and Osteoporosis.
•The vital role that Vitamin D plays to help you fight off Colds, Flu and other infections by boosting up your Immune System.
•How Vitamin D may Prevent as well as Treat Autoimmune diseases such as Asthma, Lupus, Arthritis, Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis and Thyroid Diseases.
•How Vitamin D may Prevent as well as Treat Multiple Sclerosis, Autism, Alzheimer’s dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurologic diseases
•The essential role of Vitamin D during Pregnancy for Mothers and Babies.
•Doctor often miss the Diagnosis of Vitamin D deficiency because they order the wrong test.
•The right test to Diagnose Vitamin D deficiency
•The best way to Prevent and Treat Vitamin D deficiency.
•What is Vitamin D Toxicity and how to Prevent it.
•Amazing health benefits of Calcium And Magnesium. How much you need on a daily basis.
•Incredible health benefits of Vitamin K2. Its synergism with Vitamin D.Read more
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Thus Spoke the Plant: A Remarkable Journey of Groundbreaking Scientific Discoveries and Personal Encounters with Plants
This compelling story of a scientist’s discovery of plant communication reveals how we “have been misunderstanding plants, and ourselves, for all of history”–for fans of The Hidden Life of Trees (The Paris Review).In this “phytobiography”–a collection of stories written in partnership with a plant–research scientist Monica Gagliano shares genuine first-hand accounts from her research into plant communication and cognition.
By transcending the view of plants as the objects of scientific materialism, Gagliano encourages us to rethink plants as people–beings with subjectivity, consciousness, and volition, and hence having the capacity for their own perspectives and voices. The book draws on up-close-and-personal encounters with the plants themselves, as well as plant shamans, indigenous elders, and mystics from around the world and integrates these experiences with an incredible research journey and the groundbreaking scientific discoveries that emerged from it.
Gagliano has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific papers on how plants have a Pavlov-like response to stimuli and can learn, remember, and communicate to neighboring plants. She has pioneered the brand-new research field of plant bioacoustics, for the first time experimentally demonstrating that plants emit their own ‘voices’ and, moreover, detect and respond to the sounds of their environments. By demonstrating experimentally that learning is not the exclusive province of animals, Gagliano has re-ignited the discourse on plant subjectivity and ethical and legal standing. This is the story of how she made those discoveries and how the plants helped her along the way.
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The Mythology of Global Warming: Climate Change Fiction VS. Scientific Facts
WANT ACCESS TO SOLID SCIENTIFIC FACTS REFUTING THE INCESSANT MEDIA HYPE SURROUNDING CLIMATE CHANGE? THEN THE MYTHOLOGY OF GLOBAL WARMING IS FOR YOU!
The Mythology of Global Warming is intended to provide the general public with a broad spectrum of scientific and factual information on the subject of Climate Change. This book debunks the incessant, emotional, and largely unsubstantiated claims made by the progressive media and climate scientists that industrial societies such as the United States are destroying our planet due to the use of fossil fuels. What causes global warming? What is a greenhouse gas? What impact do carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels actually have on the Earth’s climate relative to naturally occurring phenomena? Is all ice on Earth really melting, and are sea levels rising at a catastrophic rate? Are all forms of extreme weather, including hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and droughts increasing dramatically? Are polar bears and other life forms being pushed to the brink of extinction? Will all of this mayhem cease if fossil fuels are replaced by ‘green’ renewable energy sources? Answers to these questions clearly show that hard facts do not support any of the above dire predictions.
The science of global warming is indeed ‘settled’; Global Warming is a myth.
“…Global warming proponents can’t prove that man is destroying the planet due to global warming, but Dr. Bunker can prove that we are not. He packs a lot of punch in this small package. Read it, and arm yourself for the great debate.”-—Phil Valentine, nationally syndicated talk show host of the Phil Valentine Show on Westwood One
“In the past 20 years I have reviewed two dozen books dealing with Anthropomorphic Global Warming. There has not been nor ever will be a more comprehensive and understandable book on this subject which is to critical to the entire world’s population.”—Jay Lehr, Ph.D. Science Director, The Heartland Institute
“This is a scholarly work written by a true scientist, yet in a way that makes the topic still accessible to the average person interested in understanding both the science and also the politics of global warming. Highly recommended.”—Dr. Jennifer Marohasy, Senior Fellow, Australia’s Institute of Public Affairs, co-author of “Climate Change: The Facts, 2014”
“Unlike so many others, Dr. Bunker’s book is so much more than a supposition wrapped up in a pretty bow of meaningless numbers. If you’ve been waiting for a book that gives actual facts in an easily checked form, you’ve found it.”—G. Dedrick Robinson Ph.D., co-author of Global Warming: Alarmists, Skeptics & Deniers.
“A timely and well researched book not only for the thoughtful engaged reader, but also for the general public. The book is up-to-date and deals honestly with continuing controversies and uncertainties.”—Dr. Sonja A. Boehmer-Christiansen, Department of Geography, Hull University, Former Editor, Energy & Environment.
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Glycemic Index Food Guide Chart 2023: Scientific Verified Low GI Foods and Recipes For Diabetes Control, Weight Loss & Healthy Eating With A 28-Day Meal Plan
Are you looking for a way to lose weight, maintain healthy blood sugar levels and have more energy?As someone who has struggled with all of the above, I have come to understand the importance of understanding the Glycemic Index (GI).
The modern-day lifestyle is making it harder and harder for people to manage their weight and maintain healthy blood sugar levels.
According to the World Health Organization, over 650 million people around the world are living with diabetes, and over 1.2 billion people are living with prediabetes.
With the alarming number of people suffering from weight-related issues and diabetes, it is essential to find a solution that can help people manage their health and weight. That’s where Glycemic Index Foods fit in.
After experimenting with various diets and trying to find a solution to my health and wellness issues, I finally discovered the GI diet.
This diet is based on the Glycemic Index – a system that ranks carbohydrates based on how quickly they affect your blood sugar levels.
The “Glycemic Index Food Guide Chart 2023” provides an easy-to-understand explanation of the GI of different food types, with over 60 tasty Low GI Recipes and Meal plan allowing you to make informed decisions when it comes to your diabetes & weight loss dietary choice.
Inside, you’ll discover:
- A Comprehensive Guide to the GI Diet for Health and Wellness.
- Nutritional Tips and Guidelines for Making Low GI Meals to Control Diabetes & Weight Loss.
- Scientific Verified Foods to Include in your Low GI Diet.
- Detailed GI Chart & Grocery Shopping Lists for low-GI Foods per Dietary Categories.
- Detailed and Easy-to-follow Low GI Recipes for Diabetes Control, Weight Loss, and Healthy Eating.
- 28 Day Low GI Diet Meal Plan – so you don’t run out of idea on what’s to cook.
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Even if you are not a cook, these dishes are simple, quick, and delicious, making them ideal for you and your entire family! You’ll never have to cook various dishes again!
Are you prepared to discover Low GI foods to combat your diabetes, loss weight for Healthy living?
So scroll ahead and 1-Click “BUY NOW”. It’s time to enjoy your life.
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The MIND Diet: A Scientific Approach to Enhancing Brain Function and Helping Prevent Alzheimer’s and Dementia (MIND Diet Books)
Improve brain health with this easy-to-follow guide to the new breakthrough diet that’s shown to keep your mind sharp as you age.Enjoying a high quality of life as you get older means taking care of your brain as much as your body. And research suggests that what you eat today will help (or hurt) your cognitive abilities later.
The MIND Diet explains the science behind mental fitness in an approachable and understandable way. More importantly, this helpful guide presents an easy-to-follow program for keeping your mind sharp by eating the right foods and avoiding brain-harming ones.
Packed with dishes that are not only delicious but also help improve memory, concentration and mental acuity, The MIND Diet’s healthy recipes include:
• Brussels Sprouts Frittata
• Sweet Potato Lentil Soup
• Pistachio Mint Couscous
• Guacamole-Stuffed Tomatoes
• Apricot-Glazed Salmon
• Tango Fish Tacos
• Banana Chocolate Cookies
• Roasted Chicken with FennelRead more
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The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology and the Scientific Revolution
UPDATED 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH 2020 PREFACE
An examination of the Scientific Revolution that shows how the mechanistic world view of modern science has sanctioned the exploitation of nature, unrestrained commercial expansion, and a new socioeconomic order that subordinates women.
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Fortune’s Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
In 1956 two Bell Labs scientists discovered the scientific formula for getting rich. One was mathematician Claude Shannon, neurotic father of our digital age, whose genius is ranked with Einstein’s. The other was John L. Kelly Jr., a Texas-born, gun-toting physicist. Together they applied the science of information theory–the basis of computers and the Internet–to the problem of making as much money as possible, as fast as possible.
Shannon and MIT mathematician Edward O. Thorp took the Kelly formula to Las Vegas. It worked. They realized that there was even more money to be made in the stock market. Thorp used the Kelly system with his phenomenally successful hedge fund, Princeton-Newport Partners. Shannon became a successful investor, too, topping even Warren Buffett’s rate of return. Fortune’s Formula traces how the Kelly formula sparked controversy even as it made fortunes at racetracks, casinos, and trading desks. It reveals the dark side of this alluring scheme, which is founded on exploiting an insider’s edge.
Shannon believed it was possible for a smart investor to beat the market–and William Poundstone’s Fortune’s Formula will convince you that he was right.
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The Measure of Malice: Scientific Detection Stories (British Library Crime Classics)
Forensic dentistry; precise examination of ballistics; an expertise in apiology to identify the exact bee which killed the victim?
The detective’s role may be simple; solve the case and catch the culprit, but when the crime is fiendishly well-executed the application of the scientific method may be the only answer.
The detectives in this collection are masters of scientific deduction, employing principles of chemistry, the latest technological innovations and an irresistible logical brilliance in their pursuit of justice. With stories by early masters in the field such as Arthur Conan Doyle and L. T. Meade alongside fine-tuned mysteries from the likes of Edmund Crispin and Dorothy L. Sayers, The Measure of Malice collects tales of rational thinking to prove the power of the brain over villainous deeds.Read more
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Scientific Research in Information Systems: A Beginner’s Guide: 0 (Progress in IS)
This book is designed to introduce doctoral and other higher-degree research students to the process of scientific research in the fields of Information Systems as well as fields of Information Technology, Business Process Management and other related disciplines within the social sciences. It guides research students in their process of learning the life of a researcher. In doing so, it provides an understanding of the essential elements, concepts and challenges of the journey into research studies. It also provides a gateway for the student to inquire deeper about each element covered. Comprehensive and broad but also succinct and compact, the book is focusing on the key principles and challenges for a novice doctoral student.Read more
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The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age
As a writer for SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, John Horgan has an unsurpassed window on contemporary science, routinely interviewing the scientific geniuses of our times, scientists such as Richard Dawkins, Murray Gell-Mann, Stephen Hawking, Karl Popper and Noam Chomsky. In THE END OF SCIENCE, Horgan displays his genius for getting these larger-than-life figures to be human, whilst also encouraging them to confront the very limits of knowledge. Have the big questions all been answered? Has all the knowledge worth pursuing become known? Will there be a final ‘theory of everything’ that signals the end? Horgan extracts surprisingly candid answers to these and other delicate questions as he discusses God, Star Trek, superstrings, quarks, consciousness and numerous other topics. In a time where scientific rationality is under fire from every quarter, THE END OF SCIENCE is a witty, thoughtful, profound and entertaining narrative which serves as both a critique of and a homage to modern science.Read more
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Scientific Processing Conquers The World: Fantasy sci-fi System Cultivation Book 1
He was a student of the prestigious Shuimu university who woke up in the schools’ hospital after being unconscious for three days. He had fainted from heatstroke just four days ago. “Fatty, if you don’t lose weight, you’ll die”. Those were the words the school doctor said to him as he left the school hospital.
He is a large man, with a height of 1.9 meters and weighs over 300 kilograms, he could be described as a mountain of meat. Everyone thought the reason he collapsed from heatstroke was that he is too fat. Little did they know that after he collapsed 10 000 nanobots and a nanobot control system entered his body.During the three days he was unconscious, countless information entered his brain. There was information about machines, weaponry, movies, games, and even companies he has never heard of. There also existed major events that never happened before. When he woke up, it was as if he had a future memory or a dream. He later discovers the wonderful effects of the nanobots and how they can turn him into an engineering genius.
He starts having grand ambitions to improve the life of his family and even his country. But could he be capable of turning his ambitions into reality?
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The Human DNA Manual. Understanding Your Genetic Code: Ancestry • Health • Identity • Epigenics • Criminality (Haynes Manuals)
This book brings together all the fascinating strands of genetic science and explains in an accessible way how DNA is being mapped, classified, utilised and understood. With chapters on sequencing the human genome, genetic disorders, gene editing and therapy, human ancestry and cloning, this book shows how outstanding breakthroughs in genetic science is informing us about our past and defining our modern lives. * Explains the structure and purpose of DNA and how it was discovered * Tracks the history of human DNA, the development of our species, genetic disorders and mapping the human genome * Includes sections on the significance of DNA in crime detection and in the future of medicineRead more
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Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself
‘With humour, warmth and compelling research, Dr Lissa Rankin’s Mind Over Medicine begins to heal the most critical fracture of our time – the break between our mind, bodies and spirit.’ – Brené Brown PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Daring Greatly
Mind Over Medicine is a guiding light for anyone who’s on a healing journey from illness, injury or trauma – or helping someone else navigate that path. In this updated edition, bestselling author Dr Lissa Rankin shares cutting-edge scientific knowledge and spiritual insights from her ongoing research into the body’s innate ability to self-repair, and explains how we can influence the self-healing mechanisms with the power of our own consciousness.
In this book, you’ll discover:
– a thorough update of Dr Rankin’s signature Six Steps to Healing Yourself
– new insight into how unresolved trauma can stand in the way of healing from chronic and life-threatening illnesses, plus powerful tools you can use to address it
– how to tune in to your Inner Pilot Light for intuitive guidance in your healing
– tools to listen to your body and assess every area of your life – relational, psychological, creative, environmental, professional – to understand what you need to pave the way for radical healing‘The healing that is possible may be right here,’ Dr Rankin writes, ‘closer than close, underneath all your efforting and striving, available if you are ready to humble yourself before this possibility and receive what awaits you.’
‘What a pleasure it is to see the next generation of physicians waking up to what I call real medicine – the kind that acknowledges our true power to heal and be well.’ – Dr Christiane Northrup, New York Times bestselling author of Women’s Bodes, Women’s Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause
‘In her life, her work and her words, Dr Rankin demonstrates a new way to combine the brilliance of modern science with the wisdom of the heart… Just reading Mind Over Medicine is a genuinely healing experience.’ – Martha Beck PhD, author of Finding Your Way in a Wild New World
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Happy Hormones, Happy You
Hormonal dysfunction is a common problem at the root cause of many health conditions – but you have the power to make your hormones happy! In ‘Happy Hormones, Happy you’, Dr Milli Raizada, shares her expert medical knowledge from over a decade of clinical practice and her personal hormone health journey, bringing the science to life in this candid, accessible, and relevant book. If you suffer with hormonal problems, are approaching your perimenopause or menopause, this book is for you. You’ll get to know and understand your hormones and feel empowered with the tools and insights to change your life and hormone health for the better. It’s time to enjoy the hormone happy life you deserve!Read more
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#Saynotobullyinginmidwifery: TRIGGER WARNING – This report contains frank accounts of bullying behaviours and consequences and as such may trigger those who have experiences of…
The #Saynotobullyinginmidwifery Facebook group was set up in April 2017 in order to support midwives and maternity workers who found themselves the victims of bullying behaviour. It was very apparent that the systems that had been put in place to protect the employee were not working and in many cases worked against the employee, who after raising concerns about culture, practices and safety, often became a bigger target by systems who either ignored the concerns, or even worse, supported the perpetrators of poor and unsafe culture, in turn making the situation worse and the employee members ended up resigning or retiring early in order to get away from the behaviours. This was considered by the systems as “problem solved.”In October 2021, the question “Why do Midwives leave? was asked within the group. The consequence of asking this question was a tsunami of accounts from midwives, student midwives, maternity support workers, lecturers, heads of midwifery and others. Accounts which repeatedly describe awful experiences which left the employees damaged and broken with lives and careers ruined, which impacted on their own families. As already described, they reported that they found that the systems that should have been in place to support them worked against them, Factors other than bullying also come into play, workload, short staffing, hierarchy, lack of safety, lack of compassion, racism, disregarding disabilities, poor training environment….. the list goes on.
In the numerous accounts this book/report, all areas of the system from CQC, CEO, HR, midwifery management, universities and the unions are described as being complicit, inadequate, disinterested + even corrupt. Work environments are described as unsafe, exit interviews were not performed, recorded or acted upon. Staff are not valued, they describe not having a safe working environment. All too often after speaking out whistle-blowers are demonised until they leave. Health and safety issues and truly evidence base practice ignored with no lessons learned. The mental anguish caused by these failures is very difficult to read.
Several reports have been published which clearly illustrate the devastation of unsafe care. We know from report after report that poor culture is described in these reports impacts on the safety of care given We also know that maternity is extremely understaffed and midwives and maternity workers are leaving in droves.
Universities and training hospitals need to provide a safe supportive place in which students can learn, train, work and develop good quality and safe care with adequate and experienced mentorship. This is essential in order to retain and facilitate newly qualified midwives who are happy and supported and then in turn become experienced and happy staff, essential in what is an extremely responsible role. Staffing levels and training need to be optimal to ensure the safety of women and babies is optimal.
This report will also show that despite leaving the roles that they loved, many midwifery and maternity staff members remain incredibly passionate about midwifery, maternity, mothers, babies, families and their colleagues and want the system to do better and be safer for all concerned. Many of the accounts in this book/report are from midwives who have reluctantly left the profession, many others are contemplating leaving.
We haven’t included solutions in the report/book because we recognise there are no easy solutions. The damage cannot be instantly be repaired over night. Any solution needs an urgent multi-faceted approach where the focus is on doing and not just talking. These changes involve listening and speaking to those on the front line and including experienced health and wellbeing teams and systems for staff. The safety of mothers, babies, families, midwives and maternity staff depends on it.
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The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity
***A Waterstones Best Paperback of 2022 pick***
Perfect for fans of Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage and Professor Brian Cox.
‘A delightful and scintillating hymn to science.’ Professor Carlo Rovelli
Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later, he fell in love and he now presents one of the world’s most popular science podcasts. Every year he meets hundreds of the world’s greatest thinkers.
In this erudite and witty book, Robin reveals why scientific wonder isn’t just for the professionals. Filled with interviews featuring astronauts, comedians, teachers, quantum physicists, neuroscientists and more – as well as charting Robin’s own journey with science – The Importance of Being Interested explores why many wrongly think of the discipline as distant and difficult. From the glorious appeal of the stars above to why scientific curiosity can encourage much needed intellectual humility, this optimistic and profound book will leave you filled with a thirst for intellectual adventure.
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Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis, 2e
See how energy therapies can normalize physiology and restore your patients’ health! Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis, 2nd Edition provides a deeper understanding of energy and energy flow in the human body. Using well-established scientific research, this book documents the presence of energy fields, discerns how those fields are generated, and determines how they are altered by disease, disorder, or injury.It then describes how therapeutic applications can restore natural energy flows within the body. Written by recognized energy medicine expert Dr. James Oschman – who is also a physiologist, cellular biologist, and biophysicist – this resource shows how the science of energetics may be used in healing diseases that conventional medicine has difficulty treating.
- Easy-to-understand coverage simplifies the theory of energy medicine and the science behind it, providing detailed, coherent explanations for a complex subject.
- Well-established scientific research shows why and how energy medicine works.
- Multi-disciplinary approach covers energy medicine as it applies to various healthcare disciplines, from acupuncture to osteopathy to therapeutic touch and energy psychology.
- NEW! Additional views of the Living Matrix in this edition increase the number to 10 views, more accurately showing physiological and regulatory processes – the web of factors that determine our health.
- NEW Basic Physics and Biophysics chapters introduce and simplify the concepts of electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism, and resonance.
- NEW chapters on medical devices and inflammation bring to light the connection between energy medicine and inflammation, showing effective energy techniques such as devices that use energy fields and hands-on techniques in combating disease.
- UPDATED research on acupuncture and related therapies showcases exciting new work from prestigious laboratories in the U.S. and abroad on the anatomy and biophysics of the acupuncture meridian system.
- NEW Sciences of the Subconscious and Intuition and The Energetic Blueprint of Life and Health chapters cover the important topics of energy psychology and epigenetics.
- NEW Regulatory Energetics chapter includes topics such as communication, control, regulation, coordination, integration, feedback, and energy flow – all crucial to understanding living systems and the healing process.
- NEW Energy Medicine in Daily Life chapter includes examples of simple energy medicine tools that can sustain health, happiness and longevity, and why and how they are so effective.
- NEW evidence from quantum physics describes the latest implications of quantum principles and quantum mechanics as related to devices and therapies in energy medicine.
- NEW content on the mechanisms involved in intuition and the unconscious mind emphasizes the emerging topics of trauma energetics and energy psychology, along with the importance of intuition in therapeutics.
- NEW chapters on the history of developments in electrobiology and electrophysiology discuss neuroscience applications in diagnosis and therapeutics, linking the new inflammation model of disease with energy medicine.
- NEW historical content covers the individuals who have created the field of energy medicine, with descriptions of their techniques and references to their literature.
- NEW Appendix I summarizes the regulations governing devices used in the practice of energy medicine.
- NEW Appendix II lists legal, ethical, and other CAM resources available to energy practitioners.
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The Scole Experiment: Scientific Evidence for Life After Death
Updated 2006 edition contains additional material and a new colour plate section of experiments conducted since the cessation of the Scole Experiment.
The Scole Experiment is the best scientific evidence yet collected for the reality of life after death.
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Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific is a short book first published in 1880 by German-born socialist Friedrich Engels. The work was primarily extracted from a longer polemic work published in 1876, Anti-Dühring. It first appeared in the French language.The book has been an enormously popular book, and enjoys a level of prestige that ranks it alongside The Communist Manifesto. It explores the difference between early socialists (considered utopian) and the modern scientific socialists embodied in Karl Marx.
The book explains the differences between utopian socialism and scientific socialism, which Marxism considers itself to embody. The book explains that whereas utopian socialism is idealist, reflects the personal opinions of the authors and claims that society can be adapted based on these opinions, scientific socialism derives itself from reality. It focuses on the materialist conception of history, which is based on an analysis over history, and concludes that communism naturally follows capitalism.
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The New IPA: Scientific Guide to Hop Aroma and Flavor
In the NEW IPA, Scott Janish scours through hundreds of academic studies, collecting and translating the relevant hop science into one easily digestible book. Through experiments, lab tests, discussions with researchers, and interviews with renowned and award-winning commercial brewers, the NEW IPA will get you to think differently about brewing processes and ingredient selection that define today’s hop-forward beers. It’s a must-have book for those that love to brew hoppy hazy beer and a scientific guide for those who want to push the limits of hop flavor and aroma!Read more
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Fix Your High Blood Pressure in 90 Days or Less: Scientific Methods to Break Free from Life Long Prescription Meds
“After reading this book, most lay people will know as much or more about elevated blood pressure than their doctor does, and most physicians will be far better able to effectively treat their patients with hypertension. I would recommend this book to my patients and colleagues, and no doubt will even employ some of his sage wisdom in my own life.”
Michael Klaper, MD
Physician, AuthorAbout this book:
You’re dissatisfied with your current blood pressure control, and you want a way out – but you don’t know how to go about it.
Don’t feel stuck, helpless and powerless because help is here. As you think about what you really need to get rid of the side effects of your blood pressure pills, you begin to realise you have one choice to make, and that is to get your copy of this book.
The more you apply the practical tools and knowledge provided in this book, the more you’ll see BP readings that will make you happy. Really happy. How satisfying would it feel to not have fatigue, to play with your kids and grandchildren, and end your BP worries when you lower your BP in half the time? A new life of bliss awaits.
Author Bio:
Dr Joseph Amagada (aka Dr Joe) is a Physician who has been working for the UK National Health Service for the last twenty-four years. Dr Joe’s career kicked off as a family physician and later became an obstetrician & gynaecologist but his personal struggles with high blood pressure attracted him to Lifestyle Medicine and he hasn’t looked back since. He is now a passionate Lifestyle Medicine expert and a successful high blood pressure Coach and Mentor.
Dr Joe is a social media health Guru, a Blogger and an avid researcher with lots of peer-reviewed publications.
Dr Joe is a member of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.
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Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience
“A first-class intellectual adventure.” —Brian Greene, author of Until the End of Time
Illuminating his groundbreaking theory of consciousness, known as the attention schema theory, Michael S. A. Graziano traces the evolution of the mind over millions of years, with examples from the natural world, to show how neurons first allowed animals to develop simple forms of attention and then to construct awareness of the external world and of the self. His theory has fascinating implications for the future: it may point the way to engineers for building consciousness artificially, and even someday taking the natural consciousness of a person and uploading it into a machine for a digital afterlife.
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On Growth and Form (Canto Classics)
Why do living things and physical phenomena take the form they do? D’Arcy Thompson’s classic On Growth and Form looks at the way things grow and the shapes they take. Analysing biological processes in their mathematical and physical aspects, this historic work, first published in 1917, has also become renowned for the sheer poetry of its descriptions. A great scientist sensitive to the fascinations and beauty of the natural world tells of jumping fleas and slipper limpets; of buds and seeds; of bees’ cells and rain drops; of the potter’s thumb and the spider’s web; of a film of soap and a bubble of oil; of a splash of a pebble in a pond.Read more
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How it All Works: All scientific laws and phenomena illustrated & demonstrated
In this beautiful and unique combination of art and science, this stunningly detailed book examines how the rules of science govern the the world around us, from the rooms in our houses to the planet, the solar system and the universe itself!
The Universe is inconceivably complex. Its component parts though follow a set of unbreakable laws that have somehow been coded into their very fabric since the beginning of time. These laws play out in different ways at different scales, giving rise to the familiar phenomena of everyday life – as well as the unfamiliar abstract goings-on outside our experience and awareness. Understanding these laws may seem a daunting task, until now.
How it All Works illustrates simply how the most interesting and complex named scientific laws and phenomena affect everyone’s daily lives. Using hyper-detailed scene illustrations from the incredible award-winning artist Adam Dant, we start small, with the illustrated science inside your kitchen, before expanding outwards to encompass your garden, street, city, continent, planet, solar system, galaxy and eventually the whole universe.
With tiny details pulled out from visually stunning and intricate scene, learn how:
- Kirchhoff’s Law affects how you charge your phone,
- Newton’s Law of Cooling helps you make your coffee just the right temperature to drink,
- How the rules of antimatter are used in hospitals for medical imaging,
- How Cassie’s law keeps ducks dry,
- How glaciation shapes the ladscapes around us,
- How thermohaline circulation dictates our weather, and
- How quantum tunnelling influences the nuclear fusion in our sun, and Wien’s Law determines its colour.
This book will astound and inform in equal measure, with each principle drawn into the scene and explained with clarity by leading science writer Brian Clegg.
With a reference section at the back as well as profiles of the key figures who have helped shape our understanding of these key principles, from Lynn Margulis and Richard Feynman to Marie Curie, Michael Faraday,Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, this beautiful and unique visual examination of the rules of science is an must-have book for anyone who wants to understand the physics, chemistry and biology of the world around us!
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Getting Started with Engineering: Think Like an Engineer! (Dummies Junior)
Fun engineering projects for kidsDoes your kid’s love of ‘tinkering’ resemble that of a budding Thomas Edison? Then Getting Started with Engineering is guaranteed to spark their fascination! The focused, easy-to-complete projects offered inside are designed to broaden their understanding of basic engineering principles, challenge their problem-solving skills, and sharpen their creativity―all while having fun along the way.
Engineers are experts on how things work―and this book is your youngster’s best first step to developing the skills they need to think, design, and build things like the pros. The projects they’ll complete feature a fun twist that appeal to their age group―from a tiny model roller coaster to a wearable toy that includes an electronic circuit―and the instructions are written in an easy-to-follow manner, making it possible for them to experience the pride and accomplishment of working independently.
- Appropriate for children aged 7-11
- Simple explanations guide children to complete three projects using household items
- The full-color design, short page count, and easy-to-follow instructions are designed to appeal to kids
- Brought to you by the trusted For Dummies brand
If you have a little engineer that could, Getting Started with Engineering is a great way to encourage their fascination of figuring out how things work.
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The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution
We live in a world made by science. How and when did this happen? This book tells the story of the extraordinary intellectual and cultural revolution that gave birth to modern science, and mounts a major challenge to the prevailing orthodoxy of its history.
Before 1492 it was assumed that all significant knowledge was already available; there was no concept of progress; people looked for understanding to the past not the future. This book argues that the discovery of America demonstrated that new knowledge was possible: indeed it introduced the very concept of ‘discovery’, and opened the way to the invention of science.
The first crucial discovery was Tycho Brahe’s nova of 1572: proof that there could be change in the heavens. The telescope (1610) rendered the old astronomy obsolete. Torricelli’s experiment with the vacuum (1643) led directly to the triumph of the experimental method in the Royal Society of Boyle and Newton. By 1750 Newtonianism was being celebrated throughout Europe.
The new science did not consist simply of new discoveries, or new methods. It relied on a new understanding of what knowledge might be, and with this came a new language: discovery, progress, facts, experiments, hypotheses, theories, laws of nature – almost all these terms existed before 1492, but their meanings were radically transformed so they became tools with which to think scientifically. We all now speak this language of science, which was invented during the Scientific Revolution.
The new culture had its martyrs (Bruno, Galileo), its heroes (Kepler, Boyle), its propagandists (Voltaire, Diderot), and its patient labourers (Gilbert, Hooke). It led to a new rationalism, killing off alchemy, astrology, and belief in witchcraft. It led to the invention of the steam engine and to the first Industrial Revolution. David Wootton’s landmark book changes our understanding of how this great transformation came about, and of what science is.
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Climate of the Past, Present and Future: A scientific debate, 2nd ed.
This book is an unorthodox ground-breaking scientific study on natural climate change and its contribution to ongoing multi-centennial global warming. The book critically reviews the effect of the following on climate:
– Milankovitch cycles
– abrupt glacial (Dansgaard-Oeschger) events
– Holocene climate variability
– the 1500-year cycle
– solar activity
– volcanic eruptions
– greenhouse gases
– energy transport
Applying the scientific method to available evidence reveals that some of these phenomena are profoundly misunderstood by most researchers. Milankovitch cycles are tied to orbital obliquity, not to orbital precessional summer insolation; glacial megatides might have triggered abrupt Dansgaard-Oeschger events; and tides are likely responsible for the related 1500-year climate cycle. Climate change affects volcanic eruptions more than the opposite; and secular variations in solar activity are more important to climate change during the Holocene than greenhouse gases. In this book, we see how important natural climate change has been on human societies of the past. It also produces new climate projections for the 21st century and when the next glaciation could happen. What emerges from this study of natural climate change is a central theme: Variations in the transport of energy from the tropics to the poles have been neglected as a cause of climate change, and solar activity variations affect climate by modulating this transport. The author tells us: -Transporting more energy from a greenhouse gas-rich region, the tropics, to a greenhouse gas-poor region, the poles, increases the amount of energy lost at the top of the atmosphere. The effect resembles a reduction in the greenhouse gas content.- The book presents the Winter-Gatekeeper Hypothesis on how variations in solar activity regulate Earth’s energy transport and in so doing affect atmospheric circulation, the rotation of the planet, and the El Niño/Southern Oscillation. This book is oriented toward students and academics in the climate sciences and climate anthropology and should also appeal to readers interested in the science of natural climate change. The repercussions of Climate of the Past, Present and Future are far reaching. By uncovering a strong natural climate change component, it provides a novel view of anthropogenic climate change, fossil energy use, and our future climate; a view quite different from the IPCC’s gloomy projections.Read more
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A Certain Scientific Railgun Vol. 17
A fight breaks out among Tokiwadai Middle School’s three biggest cliques! At first, Mikoto has no interest in the drama, but after meeting with the leaders of each (and running into free-spirited Ruri, who isn’t affiliated with any clique, yet has the interest of all three), she suddenly finds her school life taking a turn!Read more
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Scientific Principles of Strength Training: With Applications to Powerlifting (Renaissance Periodization Book 3)
A comprehensive guide of the various training principles, what they mean, how they interact with each other, and how you can use them to design your own programming for strength sports.Authored by an expert team of PhD professors, researchers, and high level competitive athletes.
Your ultimate guide to learning how to more effectively and efficiently create training programs to ensure you are getting the most out of your own training and creating programs for others.
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Laboratory Life – The Construction of Scientific Facts
This highly original work presents laboratory science in a deliberately skeptical way: as an anthropological approach to the culture of the scientist. Drawing on recent work in literary criticism, the authors study how the social world of the laboratory produces papers and other “texts,”‘ and how the scientific vision of reality becomes that set of statements considered, for the time being, too expensive to change. The book is based on field work done by Bruno Latour in Roger Guillemin’s laboratory at the Salk Institute and provides an important link between the sociology of modern sciences and laboratory studies in the history of science.
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Key Poses of Yoga: Your Guide to Functional Anatomy in Yoga: 2 (Scientific Keys)
This book offers a scientific approach to understanding the practice of hatha yoga. Through four-colour, three-dimensional illustrations of major muscles, tendons, and ligaments, Ray Long describes the practice and benefits of hatha yoga. Specific anatomical and physiological descriptions highlight the agonist, antagonist, and synergist muscles that come into play with each pose. Volume II of the series illustrates the correct muscle use during key poses of hatha yoga. From beginners to experts, this book will become a constant companion.Read more
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Numerical Python: Scientific Computing and Data Science Applications with Numpy, SciPy and Matplotlib
Leverage the numerical and mathematical modules in Python and its standard library as well as popular open source numerical Python packages like NumPy, SciPy, FiPy, matplotlib and more. This fully revised edition, updated with the latest details of each package and changes to Jupyter projects, demonstrates how to numerically compute solutions and mathematically model applications in big data, cloud computing, financial engineering, business management and more.
Numerical Python, Second Edition, presents many brand-new case study examples of applications in data science and statistics using Python, along with extensions to many previous examples. Each of these demonstrates the power of Python for rapid development and exploratory computing due to its simple and high-level syntax and multiple options for data analysis.
After reading this book, readers will be familiar with many computing techniques including array-based and symbolic computing, visualization and numerical file I/O, equation solving, optimization, interpolation and integration, and domain-specific computational problems, such as differential equation solving, data analysis, statistical modeling and machine learning.
What You’ll Learn
- Work with vectors and matrices using NumPy
- Plot and visualize data with Matplotlib
- Perform data analysis tasks with Pandas and SciPy
- Review statistical modeling and machine learning with statsmodels and scikit-learn
- Optimize Python code using Numba and Cython
Who This Book Is For
Developers who want to understand how to use Python and its related ecosystem for numerical computing.
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Strength Training for Speed: Scientific Principles and Practical Application
In the sporting world, everyone wants to be faster. This book demonstrates how to structure an evidence-based, progressive strength training program that will accelerate you toward your speed goals with maximum power and efficiency.
Speed is integral to the successful performance of individuals and teams in most sports: knowledge of the ways in which high-performance athletes train to develop this quality is key.
Strength Training for Speed is a one-stop resource for coaches and athletes looking to enhance sprinting performance through effective strength training methods. The latest scientific research is used to underpin training solutions presented within this book, including strength programs followed by international level athletes.
The scope of applicable content will be of particular interest to coaches, athletes, and students. Boasting a comprehensive video library and a series of example periodised plans, readers will learn how to devise effective strength training programs for any athlete―from the recreational to elite performer. Learn all about:
- How to elicit key physiological adaptations necessary for improving strength, power and ultimately speed
- The biomechanics of sprinting during the acceleration and maximum velocity phases
- The associations of strength qualities with performance during different sprint phases
- How to design individual strength training sessions
- The periodisation of strength training for speed development
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The Enlightenment: An Enthralling Guide to a Period of Scientific, Political, and Philosophical Discourse in European History (Historical Periods)
Can you imagine how the world would be different today if there had been no Enlightenment era?The Age of Enlightenment, which lasted throughout the 18th century, brought about fundamental changes in people’s thinking and transformed the entire fabric of society.
Even ordinary people began to question the entrenched beliefs and dogmas. They wanted education, justice, freedom, and progress. They struggled to eliminate despotic rulers and desired to be governed by democratically elected representatives.
But how did this fundamental shift in thinking occur in a relatively short period? And who were the great thinkers and philosophers of that era who dared to go against the established authority of the church and the power of the autocrats? Are you curious about how the Enlightenment influenced the French and American Revolutions?
If so, this book holds the answers you seek.
You will also learn about the following:
- The ideals of the Enlightenment, including reason, individual freedom, and democracy;
- How the average person viewed the Enlightenment;
- The philosophy and impact of great thinkers like Rousseau, Locke, Hume, and Voltaire;
- How the American and French Revolutions brought about changes to the traditional monarchy;
- The massive progress in education, science, and social justice;
- A brief look at the Scientific Revolution and the inventions that changed history;
- The explosive growth of trade and commerce that reduced poverty and created wealth;
- The remarkable women who stood up for women’s rights;
- And much, much more!
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Ernst Haeckel’s Art Forms in Nature: A Visual Masterpiece of the Natural World
In a beautiful celebration of the natural world, Ernst Haeckel’s Art Forms in Nature is a masterful union of science and art. This volume is comprised of 100 illustrated plates, featuring stunning watercolour paintings and pencil sketches.
First published in 1904, under the German title Kunstformen der Natur, this unique collection of plates holds a lasting influence in both the art and science worlds. Ernst Haeckel’s detailed illustrations serve as a visual encyclopaedia for his pioneering research and anatomical discoveries. Working in both pencil and watercolour paint, he preserved the complex forms, patterns, and structures of the organisms he discovered. Featuring intricate depictions of various land and sea life, this volume serves a scientific purpose while boasting exceptional aesthetic beauty.
As a proud addition to the Art Meets Science collection, Read & Co. Books has faithfully reproduced Haeckel’s innovative work. Taking care to conserve the original detail, shapes, and colours as they were printed on initial publication, this beautiful volume recaptures the magic of Art Forms in Nature for a new generation to enjoy.
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