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Why engineering and computational analogies are poorly suited to the study of biological cognitionMainstream theories of the brain are often expressed through engineering concepts—computation, code, control, reverse-engineering, optimization. These...

How the great political thinkers have persistently warned against the dangers of economic inequalityEconomic inequality is one of the most daunting challenges of our time, with public debate often turning to questions of whether it is an inevitable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063486768Author Franklin FoerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 295g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063048621Author Cutter WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454g

'An extraordinary mastery of geopolitics, combining years on the ground in the most challenging places, a raw instinct for politics and a deep ethical concern for the world in the face of climate catastrophe. A masterpiece.' - RORY STEWART'A powerful,...

Understanding the source of our current political and social malaise through our emotional responses to itWe are in an explosive cultural moment. Whatever explanation for this is offered—inequalities, disaffection of political institutions, traumatic...

‘I love this book… each of the 39 case studies is inspiring and provides the reader with optimism for our future.’ ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, SCHWARZENEGGER CLIMATE INITIATIVEIn 39 Ways to Save the Planet, Tom Heap reveals some of the real-world solutions to...

An IACP Cookbook Award finalist.A fascinating and eye-opening chronicle of the global history of oyster farming, the current state of the industry, and the possibilities of investing in oyster farming as a solution to food and climate challenges from...

A Sunday Times Book of the Year'A welcome antidote to the dangerous cult of overdiagnosis and the commodification of normal distress' PHILIPPA PERRYHow can we reconsider the way in which we think about, treat and care for those in distress?More and more...

More than 100 delicious, nutritionally balanced recipes to help you live your longest, healthiest life.From the author of the Sunday Times bestsellers How Not To Die and How Not to Diet, comes The How Not To Age Cookbook – a beautifully illustrated...

What is Now? It seems simple. The immediate moment, what we're experiencing this instant, bathes us like air, or gravity. It is our connection with the world. Yet when we try to grasp it, to scrutinize the phenomenon and bring it into focus, it vanishes,...

What is love?It is the gold thread connecting between our hearts.In this light-filled and multi-faceted book, her first since being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, Han Kang draws together the threads of her work and life, tracing the connections...

A timely response to the pressing issue of public pension reform, The Public Pension Crisis explores the complex relationship between contract law and government pensions, specifically focusing on the Contract Clause and related state Pension Clauses...

In The Resilience of the Old Regime, David Art reevaluates the so-called first wave of democratization in Western Europe through the lens of authoritarian resilience. He argues that non-democrats succeeded to a very large degree in managing, diverting,...

In a region known for its export of oil, Monarchies of Extraction explores how the Gulf states are simultaneously defined by the importation of food. Charting the economics and politics of the Gulf through an examination of its food system, Christian...

In a region known for its export of oil, Monarchies of Extraction explores how the Gulf states are simultaneously defined by the importation of food. Charting the economics and politics of the Gulf through an examination of its food system, Christian...

Why does the state matter to its people? How do people know and experience the state? And how did the state come to be both desired and dreaded by its subjects? This study offers a historically grounded social theoretical account of state consolidation...

Why do supposedly accountability-enhancing electoral reforms often fail in young democracies? How can legislators serve their constituents when parties control the necessary resources? Unity through Particularism sheds light on these questions and more...

Explores how scientific meaning and decision-making are filtered through the stories we tell about science and through our social, cultural, and personal identities. Focusing on mothers as a prominent and important identity in science communication, this...

Explores how scientific meaning and decision-making are filtered through the stories we tell about science and through our social, cultural, and personal identities. Focusing on mothers as a prominent and important identity in science communication, this...

This comprehensive reference brings readers to the frontier of research on bandit convex optimization or zeroth-order convex optimization. The focus is on theoretical aspects, with short, self-contained chapters covering all the necessary tools from...

Previous research demonstrates that women's participation in peace processes impacts the adoption of gendered peace provisions but leaves questions about whether women can also shape their implementation. This Element argues that women political...

Previous research demonstrates that women's participation in peace processes impacts the adoption of gendered peace provisions but leaves questions about whether women can also shape their implementation. This Element argues that women political...

An impressively comprehensive textbook adopting a phenomenological approach to quantum physics. The chapters cover everything from basic definitions of key concepts to detailed discussions of the underlying theoretical framework, walking students...

What becomes of young people who display strong psychopathy traits? By combining cutting-edge research with interviews from over 500 incarcerated youth assessed for psychopathy and involved in serious, violent offenses, this book investigates whether...

In Seeing Matters, Sarah Awad offers a psychological exploration of how images shape our actions, perceptions, and identities. She examines how we use images to symbolically and materially influence the world, others, and ourselves, while also revealing...

Our society has a technology problem. Many want to disconnect from screens but can't help themselves. These days we spend more time online than ever. Some turn to self-help-measures to limit their usage, yet repeatedly fail, while parents feel...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668083154Author Jeanne CarstensenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Atria/One Signal PublishersPublisher Atria/One Signal PublishersWeight(grams) 231g

How can science explain ghost sightings, psychic readings, or the feeling of presence in an empty room? This book explores eerie, unexplained experiences through the lens of neuroscience and psychology. With chapters on sleep paralysis, alien abductions,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423253266Author George AntoniouPage Count 6Imprint Barcharts, IncPublisher Barcharts, Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423252634Author Robin NixonPage Count 6Imprint Barcharts, IncPublisher Barcharts, Inc

Moving beyond binary nationalist and unionist narratives of nineteenth-century Irish history, this study instead explores political thought through ideological battles over government. Drawing on neglected pamphlets, political tracts and polemic...

In our scientific era, there has been widespread talk about the demise of conventional notions about our agency. In this book, Jason Runyan examines our conventional thought and talk about our agency and the basis for thinking that it is inconsistent...

Do politicians have to get dirty hands – and what does that mean? Is it okay to be corrupt, when corruption is systemic? When is it a good thing to make compromises in politics? These are questions about political conduct that are raised in political...

Words are among the basic building blocks of language, allowing us to share a tremendous range of ideas. This book summarizes research on how words are represented, organized, and processed in our brain, offering a fascinating window into the neural...

Focusing on the principles of physiological interpretation of CTG, this new edition promotes an evidence-based approach to interpreting fetal heart rate changes. Traditional classification systems are arbitrary and associated with increased caesarean...

A leading philosopher explores what it means to be reasonable-and why it matters for the well-being of our society.Reasonableness plays many roles in our lives. In Anglo-American law, it is the yardstick for a wide range of behavior-the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493227860Author Bert GollnickFormat PaperbackPage Count 425Imprint Rheinwerk ComputingPublisher Rheinwerk Computing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423253259Author George AntoniouPage Count 6Imprint Barcharts, IncPublisher Barcharts, Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423252757Author Robin NixonPage Count 6Imprint Barcharts, IncPublisher Barcharts, Inc