Origins of the modern mind

Origins of Modern Science

The first textbook covering the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution. Providing students of all backgrounds with the to

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Origins of the Modern World

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Mind of the Chimpanzee

Understanding the chimpanzee mind is akin to opening a window onto human consciousness. Many of our complex cognitive processes have origins that can

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Modern Origins of the Early Middle Ages

Ian Wood explores how Western Europeans have looked back to the Middle Ages to discover their origins and the origins of their society.

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Antebellum Origins of the Modern Constitution

The emergence of slavery in the District of Columbia profoundly transformed constitutional interpretation. Gilhooley's account of this interaction, an

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Scotland and the Origins of Modern Art

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Law and the Modern Mind

Presents a bold and persuasive attack on the delusion that the law is a bastion of predictable and logical action. This controversial thesis is that t

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Shadows Of The Mind

‘One of the most important works…of the twentieth century’ The TimesShadows of the Mind is a profound exploration of what modern physics has to tell u

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Challenge of the Mind

Practical Buddhist Teachings of Wisdom and Compassion. The Challenge of the Mind is a modern guide to the essential teachings of Buddha. Ryuho Okawa s

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Models of the Mind

Making sense of such bewildering problems as hallucinations, paranoia, depression, and anxiety seems an incredible challenge, but modern psychiatry is

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Italian Renaissance and the Origins of the Modern Humanities

This book is of interest to all those who value and seek to understand the humanities. Beginning in the Italian Renaissance and ending in the European

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Italian Renaissance and the Origins of the Modern Humanities

This book is of interest to all those who value and seek to understand the humanities. Beginning in the Italian Renaissance and ending in the European

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Origins of the Slavic Nations

A study of the origins of the modern Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian nations, covering the period from the tenth century to the reign of Peter I and

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Cervantes and the Early Modern Mind

This book explores the work of Cervantes in relation to the ideas about the mind that circulated in early modern Europe and were propelled by thinkers

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Evolved Mind and Modern Education

This Element provides a framework for understanding the evolution of the brain systems that enable innovation and novel learning and how these systems

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Origins of Democratic Culture

Locates the origins of modern democratic discourse in the culture of printing in early modern England. This work of historical sociology explores the

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Origins of Virtue

Why are people nice to each other? What are the reasons for altrusim? Matt Ridley explains how the human mind has evolved a special instinct for socia

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Coney Island of the Mind

Ferlinghetti’s A Coney Island of the Mind has become a modern classic. It has been translated into nine languages and there are now three-quarters of

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Omnipotent State of Mind

This book presents an examination and exploration of the concept of omnipotence, its qualities and expression as a psychic state, its origins in the p

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Healing the Wounded Mind

A study of the 'wounded mind' in modern society and a workbook for healing it.

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Educating the Developing Mind

This book introduces and integrates classical and modern research with the theory of the developing mind, creating a robust theory of learning and ins

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Ideological Origins of American Federalism

Federalism is regarded as one of the signal American contributions to modern politics. Its origins are typically traced to the drafting of the Constit

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Tragic Mind

A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy

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Tragic Mind

A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy

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Sunshine Mind

Real, honest, and shared from personal experience, Tanya Rad and Raquelle Stevens wrote The Sunshine Mind with the modern woman in mind. Each of the 1

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Restful Mind

In the stress and busyness of modern living, a young, vibrant teacher of the Drukpa branch ofBuddhism shows us a new way of thinking, a new way of lif

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Captive Mind

Written in Paris in the early 1950s, this book created instant controversy in its analysis of modern society that had allowed itself to be hypnotized

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Our Celestial Clockwork: From Ancient Origins To Modern Astronomy Of The Solar System

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Decoding the New Consumer Mind

Take a glimpse into the mind of the modern consumer A decade of swift and stunning change has profoundly affected the psychology of how, when, and

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Max Weber and the Modern Problem of Discipline

In this book, author Tony Waters explores Max Weber’s thinking about the discipline of populations and its implications for understanding the origins

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Holistic Lemma Science of Mind

Nakazawa connects Buddhist philosophy with modern sciences such as psychology, quantum theory, and mathematics, as well as linguistics and the arts to

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Origins of the British Empire in Asia, 1600–1750

This is a revisionist account of the origins of the British Empire in Asia in the early modern period. David Veevers shows that it was the integration

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Mechanism, Life and Mind in Modern Natural Philosophy

This volume emphasizes the diversity and fruitfulness of early modern mechanism as a program, as a concept, as a model. The volume moves from early mo

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Mechanism, Life and Mind in Modern Natural Philosophy

This volume emphasizes the diversity and fruitfulness of early modern mechanism as a program, as a concept, as a model. The volume moves from early mo

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Mind, Value, and Cosmos

A engaging dialogue with the modern “axionoetic” proposals of A.N. Whitehead, Keith Ward, and John Leslie, arguing for the relational nature of ultima

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Emergence of Tropical Medicine in France

Examines the turbulent history of the ideas, people, and institutions of French colonial and tropical medicine from their early modern origins through

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Chindian Myth of Mulian Rescuing His Mother – On Indic Origins of the Yulanpen Sutra

The scriptural source for the Ghost Festival in East Asia is the Yulanpen Sutra, which, however, is overwhelmingly considered apocryphal in modern sch

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A World Transformed: Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global Power - James Walvin

<p>A major study of how slavery and enslaved people shaped the modern worldFor the best part of four centuries, enslaved Africans were the human cogs in a vast machine which transformed the face of the Americas, enhanced the well-being of the Western world, and created cultural habits we are familiar with today. In A World Transformed, celebrated historian James Wal...

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How to Quieten Your Mind

A busy mind is one of the hazards of modern-day life, but there are plenty of ways to relax that can be learned, practised and perfected. Filled wi

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Anxiety, Modern Society, and the Critical Method

An innovative, interdisciplinary assessment of the origins and operations of anxiety in modern life.

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Modern Architecture Since 1900

A penetrating analysis of the modern architectural tradition and its origins.

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Modern Witchcraft with the Greek Gods

From Zeus and Hephaestus to Hades and Persephone, this book reveals the origins of nearly thirty Greek gods and goddesses, how they've been worshipped

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Modern Caribbean Politics

During the 1980s, the nature of modern politics in the Caribbean changed. This book examines the origins of nationalist politics in the Caribbean and

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Pagan Portals – Nature Mystics – The Literary Gateway to Modern Paganism

Tracing the Literary Origins of Modern Paganism

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How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed - Kurzweil Ray

Anotace: From the world`s preeminent AI futurist: a fascinating account of how mapping the human mind leads to ever more intelligent machinesRay Kurzweil, described by Bill Gates as `the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence`, offers a provocative exploration of the most important project in human-machine civilisation: reverse-engineering...

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The Secret Life of the Universe: An Astrobiologist´s Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life - Cabrol Nathalie A.

Anotace: `A mind-altering and exhilarating read` Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk `Of all the popular books on the search for life that are now being published, this one is quite special` James L. Green, former NASA chief scientistOne of the world`s leading astrobiologists takes us on an awe-inspiring journey across the cosmos to investigate some of humanity`s m...

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The Secret Life of the Universe: An Astrobiologist´s Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life - Nathalie A. Cabrol

<p>'A mind-altering and exhilarating read' Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk 'Of all the popular books on the search for life that are now being published, this one is quite special' James L. Green, former NASA chief scientistOne of the world's leading astrobiologists takes us on an awe-inspiring journey across the cosmos to investigate some of humanity's mo...

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The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for (0141986301)

Kniha - autor Jonathan Haidt; Grag Lukianoff, 352 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Have good intentions, over-parenting and the decline in unsupervised play led to the emergence of modern identity politics and hypersensitivity? In this book, free speech campaigner Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt investigate a new cultural phenomenon of ...

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Prima Facie (NHB Modern Plays)

Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working-class origins to the top of her game: defending, cross-examining and win

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Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic - Winchester Simon

Anotace: `A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter` New York Times `An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and sprightly`Sunday Times From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarte...

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Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic - Simon Winchester

<p>'A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter' New York Times 'An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and sprightly'Sunday Times From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kinderg...

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Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War

A new evaluation of the origins and causes of the Peloponnesian War, based on evidence produced by modern scholarship and on a careful reconsideration

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Art in Early-Modern Law

Exploring the laws issued to care for monuments and artefacts in 15th- to 18th-century Europe, to uncover the origins of the legal protection of herit

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The Couple at the Table: The gripping crime thriller guaranteed to blow your mind in 2023, from the Sunday Times bestselling author - Hannahová Sophie

Anotace: `Completely ingenious, entirely satisfying - a delight from start to finish` ALEX MICHAELIDES`BY FAR Sophie Hannah`s best one yet. Relatable, funny, high concept and so satisfying I watched in awe as the pieces fell into place` GILLIAN McALLISTER`You`ll love this brain-melting thriller!` FABULOUS`A wise and witty portrait of modern marriage and murder` THE TIMES...

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The Couple at the Table: The gripping crime thriller guaranteed to blow your mind in 2023, from the Sunday Times bestselling author - Sophie Hannah

<p>'Completely ingenious, entirely satisfying - a delight from start to finish' ALEX MICHAELIDES'BY FAR Sophie Hannah's best one yet. Relatable, funny, high concept and so satisfying I watched in awe as the pieces fell into place' GILLIAN McALLISTER'You'll love this brain-melting thriller!' FABULOUS'A wise and witty portrait of modern marriage and murder' THE TIMES'...

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Charms & Symbols : How to Weave the Power of Ancient Signs and Marks into Modern Life - Daviesová Alison

Anotace: For thousands of years, charms and symbols have allowed us to communicate powerful feelings without the use of a single word. From the elegant, sacred Feather to the strong, rooted Tree of Life, signs and symbols such as these can help guide us on our journey through life.Charms & Symbols is a guide to symbols from cultures around the world. Discover the meaning...

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Charms &amp; Symbols : How to Weave the Power of Ancient Signs and Marks into Modern Life - Alison Daviesová

This book mixes old school wisdom, with a modern approach to self-care. Discover the sacred power of charms and symbols used by different cultures throughout history, and find out how to harness that power and weave their magic into your everyday life for increased wellness, protection, happiness and health. For thousands of years, charms and symbols have allowed us to co...

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Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

The most influential theory of the origins of women's oppression in the modern era, in a beautiful new edition.

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Fire in the Minds of Men

This book traces the origins of a faith--perhaps the faith of the century. Modern revolutionaries are believers, no less committed and intense than we

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Race, Nation, and Capital in the Modern World Taylor & Francis Ltd

Race, Nation, and Capital in the Modern World is a comprehensive yet concise survey that traces the history of racism, nationalism and capitalism from their combined origins at the end of the 15th century to the present. This volume will appeal to students, scholars and those interested in studies on racism, race, capital, the history of inequality, and human and civil ri...

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