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Book Synopsis A Natural Perspective by : Northrop Frye
Download or read book A Natural Perspective written by Northrop Frye and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the geography, plants and animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, and people of the People's Republic of China, home of one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations.
Book Synopsis Connecting with Nature by : Robert Cyril Stebbins
Download or read book Connecting with Nature written by Robert Cyril Stebbins and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of how one child fell in love with nature and your students can, too. Taking what he calls 'a nature-centered worldview', author Robert Stebbins blends activities, examples, and stories with his perspectives on the importance of dealing objectively yet compassionately with social and environmental problems.
Book Synopsis The Experience of Nature by : Rachel Kaplan
Download or read book The Experience of Nature written by Rachel Kaplan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-07-28 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sustainability written by Malcolm Macnab and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-28 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Malcolm is a man against the tide of the modern world for he foresees that these tides are soon to change direction. This book is to be one read by all as it touches with great detail precision, and wit upon every topic you could imagine. I feel completely enlightened by it and I am now ready to sur-thrive, a notion he creates and introduces brilliantly in this book." - Mora Mackenzie, the editor of Sustainability The 21st century is the most wondrous and destructive time in all of human history. Never has there been so much destruction and chaos, but also wonder and joy. With great change happening in such a short space of time, year by year, humanity has become more and more destitute, depressed, anxious, confused, isolated, and radical. Many people such as yourself are aware of this. I imagine often you question why is the world like this? Is there any hope? You know what I am talking about, don't you? The feeling we all have that something is wrong, that something is missing, that the puzzle is not complete. In desperation, in pain, you try to solve this puzzle but in the end, you are left feeling more afraid and confused. Don't worry, for I am here to help you. Let me put your mind at ease and explain all that you need to know to complete the puzzle. To finally feel at ease. This book is a call to adventure for all of those who are willing to improve their life and the lives of those around them. All this time we have been looking for revolutions that will change our lives but what we need are revelations. What this book does is reveal to you a whole new perspective on life based upon principles that are sustainable and will ultimately result in long-term happiness, fulfilment, and success. You may be wondering, what can you get out of this book? In brief... *An understanding of how the military-industrial-financial-political complex of the 21st century operates in a way that is easy to comprehend plus how to become free from it.*An understanding of the science of the role of agriculture in the destruction of our planet but also, the hidden effect it has on every human being's welfare and livelihood. *An insight to the lies and distortions we have been told about in history as well as the truth of various matters regarding Neanderthals, Ancient Sumer, the Dark Ages, and WW2. *An insight into how the globalised world of the 21st century came to be, where it is heading in the future, and what you can do to avoid its consequences. *An explanation behind the science of productivity and learning in order for you to really self-actualise and understand how to best spend your precious time. *An explanation to a brand-new perspective on life based upon nature and our ancient ancestors. This is otherwise known as the "sur-thrival model". It will blow your mind. *A description of what is likely to occur in the future based upon the finite nature of today's technology and the various socio-economic factors at play. *A description of the world from the perspectives of the rulers which allows you to uncover the true nature of democracy, equality, and your so-called freedom. *A look into various human technologies that have emerged throughout history, how these technologies have impacted our lives, and at what cost? *A look into the lost traditions and the truth of our ancestors that successfully survived for hundreds of thousands of years with an explanation of how this knowledge can benefit you. Sustainability is more than just a book or an idea, it is a way to live your life independent from a tyrannical global system that benefits close to none. Join me and many others as we embark on an adventure for truth, peace, and sustainability. Yours aye Malcolm Macnab
Book Synopsis Civilizing Nature by : Bernhard Gissibl
Download or read book Civilizing Nature written by Bernhard Gissibl and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National parks are one of the most important and successful institutions in global environmentalism. Since their first designation in the United States in the 1860s and 1870s they have become a global phenomenon. The development of these ecological and political systems cannot be understood as a simple reaction to mounting environmental problems, nor can it be explained by the spread of environmental sensibilities. Shifting the focus from the usual emphasis on national parks in the United States, this volume adopts an historical and transnational perspective on the global geography of protected areas and its changes over time. It focuses especially on the actors, networks, mechanisms, arenas, and institutions responsible for the global spread of the national park and the associated utilization and mobilization of asymmetrical relationships of power and knowledge, contributing to scholarly discussions of globalization and the emergence of global environmental institutions and governance.
Download or read book Marx and Nature written by P. Burkett and published by Springer. This book was released on 1999-02-14 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Marx and Nature , Paul Burkett reconstructs Marx's approach to nature, society, and environmental crisis. While recognizing that production is structured by historically developed relations among producers, Marx also insists that production as a social and material process is shaped and constrained by natural conditions, including the natural condition of human bodily existence. Marx's value analysis places him squarely in the camp of the growing number of ecological theorists questioning the ability of monetary and market-based calculations to adequately represent the natural conditions of human production and development.
Book Synopsis Minnesota's Natural Heritage by : John R. Tester
Download or read book Minnesota's Natural Heritage written by John R. Tester and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minnesota's Natural Heritage: An Ecological Perspective is the first comprehensive book available on the Minnesota environment. Including thorough and accessible analyses of the state's geologic history and climate, this is the essential book for tourists, naturalists, teachers, scientists, and residents of the state.
Download or read book God and Goodness written by Mark Wynn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2004. God and Goodness takes the experience of value as a starting point for natural theology. Mark Wynn argues that theism offers our best understanding of the goodness of the world, especially its beauty and openness to the development of richer and more complex material forms. We also see that the world's goodness calls for a moral response: commitment to the goodness of the world represents a natural extension of the trust to which we aspire in our dealings with human beings. Wynn argues that the goodness of the world provides a glimpse into what we should mean by 'God'. Here, he seeks to recover the mediaeval sense that the goodness of the world offers an image of the goodness of God, not simply in relation to the world, but in itself. This book will be an invaluable read for those interested in natural theology and philosophy of religion.
Book Synopsis Fundamentals of Natural Gas by : Ed Etefia P.E.
Download or read book Fundamentals of Natural Gas written by Ed Etefia P.E. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-06-26 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an overview of the rudimentary elements of natural gas. It informs the reader of the definition of natural gas, its uses and environmental considerations as a more desirable economical fossil fuel.
Download or read book Nature Ethics written by Marti Kheel and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective, Marti Kheel explores the underlying worldview of nature ethics, offering an alternative ecofeminist perspective. She focuses on four prominent representatives of holist philosophy: two early conservationists (Theodore Roosevelt and Aldo Leopold) and two contemporary philosophers (Holmes Rolston III, and transpersonal ecologist Warwick Fox). Kheel argues that in directing their moral allegiance to abstract constructs (e.g. species, the ecosystem, or the transpersonal Self) these influential nature theorists represent a masculinist orientation that devalues concern for individual animals. Seeking to heal the divisions among the seemingly disparate movements and philosophies of feminism, animal advocacy, environmental ethics, and holistic health, Kheel proposes an ecofeminist philosophy that underscores the importance of empathy and care for individual beings as well as larger wholes.
Book Synopsis A Neurocomputational Perspective by : Paul M. Churchland
Download or read book A Neurocomputational Perspective written by Paul M. Churchland and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Bradford book."Includes index. Bibliography: p. [305]-313.
Download or read book Modern Nature written by Lynn K. Nyhart and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Modern Nature,Lynn K. Nyhart traces the emergence of a “biological perspective” in late nineteenth-century Germany that emphasized the dynamic relationships among organisms, and between organisms and their environment. Examining this approach to nature in light of Germany’s fraught urbanization and industrialization, as well the opportunities presented by new and reforming institutions, she argues that rapid social change drew attention to the role of social relationships and physical environments in rendering a society—and nature—whole, functional, and healthy. This quintessentially modern view of nature, Nyhart shows, stood in stark contrast to the standard naturalist’s orientation toward classification. While this new biological perspective would eventually grow into the academic discipline of ecology, Modern Nature locates its roots outside the universities, in a vibrant realm of populist natural history inhabited by taxidermists and zookeepers, schoolteachers and museum reformers, amateur enthusiasts and nature protectionists. Probing the populist beginnings of animal ecology in Germany, Nyhart unites the history of popular natural history with that of elite science in a new way. In doing so, she brings to light a major orientation in late nineteenth-century biology that has long been eclipsed by Darwinism.
Author :Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic Publisher :Springer Science & Business Media ISBN 13 :3642372252 Total Pages :268 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (423 download)
Book Synopsis Computing Nature by : Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic
Download or read book Computing Nature written by Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about nature considered as the totality of physical existence, the universe, and our present day attempts to understand it. If we see the universe as a network of networks of computational processes at many different levels of organization, what can we learn about physics, biology, cognition, social systems, and ecology expressed through interacting networks of elementary particles, atoms, molecules, cells, (and especially neurons when it comes to understanding of cognition and intelligence), organs, organisms and their ecologies? Regarding our computational models of natural phenomena Feynman famously wondered: “Why should it take an infinite amount of logic to figure out what one tiny piece of space/time is going to do?” Phenomena themselves occur so quickly and automatically in nature. Can we learn how to harness nature’s computational power as we harness its energy and materials? This volume includes a selection of contributions from the Symposium on Natural Computing/Unconventional Computing and Its Philosophical Significance, organized during the AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012, held in Birmingham, UK, on July 2-6, on the occasion of the centenary of Alan Turing’s birth. In this book, leading researchers investigated questions of computing nature by exploring various facets of computation as we find it in nature: relationships between different levels of computation, cognition with learning and intelligence, mathematical background, relationships to classical Turing computation and Turing’s ideas about computing nature - unorganized machines and morphogenesis. It addresses questions of information, representation and computation, interaction as communication, concurrency and agent models; in short this book presents natural computing and unconventional computing as extension of the idea of computation as symbol manipulation.
Book Synopsis Nature and Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective by : A. Buttimer
Download or read book Nature and Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective written by A. Buttimer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature and Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective presents 20 essays which explore diverse cultural interpretations of the earth's surface. Contrasted with each other and with the potentially cosmopolitan culture of science, these detailed studies of ways in which different cultures conceptualise nature appear in the context of global environmental change. Understanding across cultural lines has never been more important. This book shows how individual cultures see their own histories as offering protection for nature, while often viewing others as lacking such ethical restraints. Through such writing a discourse of understanding and common action becomes possible. The authors come from the places they discuss, and offer passionate as well as scholarly visions of nature within their cultural homes. Audience: This volume is of interest to academics and professionals working in the fields of cultural geography, environmental history, environmental studies, history of environmental ideas, environmental education, landscape and literature, nature and culture. It can be used for courses in the above-mentioned areas and seminars in comparative literature. It can also be used as a complimentary text to provide cultural context to literary readings, and for seminars on cultural aspects of the environment.
Book Synopsis Northrop Frye's Writings on Shakespeare and the Renaissance by : Northrop Frye
Download or read book Northrop Frye's Writings on Shakespeare and the Renaissance written by Northrop Frye and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-08-08 with total page 857 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Northrop Frye's writings on Shakespeare and the Renaissance spans forty years of his career as a university teacher, public critic, and major theorist of literature and its cultural functions. Extensive annotations and an in-depth critical introduction demonstrate Frye's wide-ranging knowledge of Renaissance culture, the pivotal place of the Renaissance in his oeuvre, his impact on Renaissance criticism and on the Stratford Festival, and his continuing importance as a literary theorist. This volume brings together Frye's extensive writings on Shakespeare and other Renaissance writers (excluding Milton, who is featured in other volumes), and includes major articles, introductions, public lectures, and four previously published books on Shakespeare. Frye's insightful analyses offer not just a formidable knowledge of Renaissance culture but also a transformative experience, moving the reader imaginatively towards an experience of created reality.
Book Synopsis The Book of Natural Hair Questions & Answers (from a Stylist Perspective) by : Yesenia Hernandez
Download or read book The Book of Natural Hair Questions & Answers (from a Stylist Perspective) written by Yesenia Hernandez and published by . This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Natural Hair Questions and Answers from a Stylist's Perspective hits upon the key questions many natural hair individuals have about their mane. The questions and answers range from 100 percent natural, styling tools and aids, (dread)locks, general questions and much more. This book is not your average reference book. It is based on facts about hair, and the experience of a licensed cosmetologist with over 15 years of natural hair styling expertise. Regardless of your hair texture and gender, this book is for you. You will find The Book of Natural Hair Questions and Answers from a Stylist's Perspective easy to comprehend, and a wonderful addition in your reading reference collection. Example of questions: Can I use sunscreen in my natural tress? Are styling options limited when transitioning? What is fools hair? Are two separate shampoos necessary when shampooing transitioning hair? Will doubling my locks be harmful? What is hard and soft water? Why are preservatives used in products? Are homemade hair products safe to use? What is curl reforming? These questions were generated from years of consultations Y.L. Hernandez had with single fathers raising daughters, women who went natural more than once due to misinformation about hair and your overall curious individuals. You will find The Book of Natural Hair Questions and Answers from a Stylist Perspective gets to the point in a question and answer format, does not promote products that will sit in home, and will have you THINK and CONCLUDE the choices that are right for your everyday living.
Download or read book Urban Ecology written by John Marzluff and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-03 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Ecology is a rapidly growing field of academic and practical significance. Urban ecologists have published several conference proceedings and regularly contribute to the ecological, architectural, planning, and geography literature. However, important papers in the field that set the foundation for the discipline and illustrate modern approaches from a variety of perspectives and regions of the world have not been collected in a single, accessible book. Foundations of Urban Ecology does this by reprinting important European and American publications, filling gaps in the published literature with a few, targeted original works, and translating key works originally published in German. This edited volume will provide students and professionals with a rich background in all facets of urban ecology. The editors emphasize the drivers, patterns, processes and effects of human settlement. The papers they synthesize provide readers with a broad understanding of the local and global aspects of settlement through traditional natural and social science lenses. This interdisciplinary vision gives the reader a comprehensive view of the urban ecosystem by introducing drivers, patterns, processes and effects of human settlements and the relationships between humans and other animals, plants, ecosystem processes, and abiotic conditions. The reader learns how human institutions, health, and preferences influence, and are influenced by, the others members of their shared urban ecosystem.
