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Global Weirdness

Author : Climate Central
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307743365
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Global Weirdness written by Climate Central and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Weirdness summarizes everything we know about the science of climate change, explains what is likely to happen to the climate in the future, and lays out, in practical terms, what we can do to avoid further shifts. In sixty easy-to-read entries, Climate Central tackles basic questions such as: -Is climate ever “normal”? -Why and how do fossil-fuel burning and other human practices produce greenhouse gases? -What natural forces have caused climate change in the past? -What risks does climate change pose for human health? -What accounts for the diminishment of mountain glaciers and small ice caps around the world since 1850? -What are the economic costs and benefits of reducing carbon emissions? Illustrated throughout with clarifying graphics, Global Weirdness enlarges our understanding of how climate change affects our daily lives, and arms us with the incontrovertible facts we need to make informed decisions about the future of the planet, and of humankind.

The WEIRDest People in the World

Author : Joseph Henrich
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374710457
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The WEIRDest People in the World written by Joseph Henrich and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 A Bloomberg Best Non-Fiction Book of 2020 A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of 2020 A Human Behavior & Evolution Society Must-Read Popular Evolution Book of 2020 A bold, epic account of how the co-evolution of psychology and culture created the peculiar Western mind that has profoundly shaped the modern world. Perhaps you are WEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic. If so, you’re rather psychologically peculiar. Unlike much of the world today, and most people who have ever lived, WEIRD people are highly individualistic, self-obsessed, control-oriented, nonconformist, and analytical. They focus on themselves—their attributes, accomplishments, and aspirations—over their relationships and social roles. How did WEIRD populations become so psychologically distinct? What role did these psychological differences play in the industrial revolution and the global expansion of Europe during the last few centuries? In The WEIRDest People in the World, Joseph Henrich draws on cutting-edge research in anthropology, psychology, economics, and evolutionary biology to explore these questions and more. He illuminates the origins and evolution of family structures, marriage, and religion, and the profound impact these cultural transformations had on human psychology. Mapping these shifts through ancient history and late antiquity, Henrich reveals that the most fundamental institutions of kinship and marriage changed dramatically under pressure from the Roman Catholic Church. It was these changes that gave rise to the WEIRD psychology that would coevolve with impersonal markets, occupational specialization, and free competition—laying the foundation for the modern world. Provocative and engaging in both its broad scope and its surprising details, The WEIRDest People in the World explores how culture, institutions, and psychology shape one another, and explains what this means for both our most personal sense of who we are as individuals and also the large-scale social, political, and economic forces that drive human history. Includes black-and-white illustrations.

Thermodynamic Weirdness

Author : Don S. Lemons
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262039397
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Thermodynamic Weirdness written by Don S. Lemons and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the concepts and intellectual structure of classical thermodynamics that reveals the subject's simplicity and coherence. Students of physics, chemistry, and engineering are taught classical thermodynamics through its methods—a “problems first” approach that neglects the subject's concepts and intellectual structure. In Thermodynamic Weirdness, Don Lemons fills this gap, offering a nonmathematical account of the ideas of classical thermodynamics in all its non-Newtonian “weirdness.” By emphasizing the ideas and their relationship to one another, Lemons reveals the simplicity and coherence of classical thermodynamics. Lemons presents concepts in an order that is both chronological and logical, mapping the rise and fall of ideas in such a way that the ideas that were abandoned illuminate the ideas that took their place. Selections from primary sources, including writings by Daniel Fahrenheit, Antoine Lavoisier, James Joule, and others, appear at the end of most chapters. Lemons covers the invention of temperature; heat as a form of motion or as a material fluid; Carnot's analysis of heat engines; William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin) and his two definitions of absolute temperature; and energy as the mechanical equivalent of heat. He explains early versions of the first and second laws of thermodynamics; entropy and the law of entropy non-decrease; the differing views of Lord Kelvin and Rudolf Clausius on the fate of the universe; the zeroth and third laws of thermodynamics; and Einstein's assessment of classical thermodynamics as “the only physical theory of universal content which I am convinced will never be overthrown.”

Why Your Weirdness Is Wonderful

Author : Laurie Wallin
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426787022
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Why Your Weirdness Is Wonderful written by Laurie Wallin and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if who you are right now is exactly who God meant you to be? What if the weirdest, most annoying things about you are actually—for a purpose? Often we lament about how we relate to God and to the world. We over-think things, worry too much, put things off, argue too much, talk too much, or any number of other griefs. We fight who we are and beg God to make us different. But what if our greatest strength, biggest gift, and most potential is hidden in the very thing we seek to hide from the rest of the world: our weirdness? In Why Your Weirdness Is Wonderful, author and certified life coach Laurie Wallin reveals strategies for anyone struggling to find a calling or to find and live their dream. It teaches us to stop fighting ourselves and start following God, not just in spite of, but by embracing our “weirdness.

The Weirdness

Author : Jeremy P. Bushnell
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 1612193153
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book The Weirdness written by Jeremy P. Bushnell and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary fiction meets the otherworldly in this “wonderfully weird and entertaining” urban fantasy for Millennial fans of Victor LaValle (Esquire). “An utterly charming, silly, and heartily entertaining coming-of-age story about a man-boy who learns to believe in himself by reckoning with evil.” —Boston Globe What do you do when you wake up hung over and late for work only to find a stranger on your couch? And what if that stranger turns out to be an Adversarial Manifestation—like Satan, say—who has brewed you a fresh cup of fair-trade coffee? And what if he offers you your life’s goal of making the bestseller list if only you find his missing Lucky Cat and, you know, sign over your soul? If you’re Billy Ridgeway, you take the coffee.

High Weirdness

Author : Erik Davis
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1907222871
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book High Weirdness written by Erik Davis and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson. A study of the spiritual provocations to be found in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson, High Weirdness charts the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality that arose from the American counterculture of the 1970s. These three authors changed the way millions of readers thought, dreamed, and experienced reality—but how did their writings reflect, as well as shape, the seismic cultural shifts taking place in America? In High Weirdness, Erik Davis—America's leading scholar of high strangeness—examines the published and unpublished writings of these vital, iconoclastic thinkers, as well as their own life-changing mystical experiences. Davis explores the complex lattice of the strange that flowed through America's West Coast at a time of radical technological, political, and social upheaval to present a new theory of the weird as a viable mode for a renewed engagement with reality.

Skies of Fury

Author : Patricia L. Barnes-Svarney
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780684850009
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Skies of Fury written by Patricia L. Barnes-Svarney and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-09-03 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weather watchers can turn to this book to find out the scientific answers to why the world is experiencing weird weather patterns, such as El Nino and tornadoes. Illustrated with photos from NASA, the National Weather Center, and other scientific sources.

WEIRD

Author : Craig Groeschel
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310597439
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book WEIRD written by Craig Groeschel and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When people describe my lifestyle or family as weird, I find comfort," writes author Craig Groeschel. He then shares a Christ-centered philosophy, on everything from money to scheduling to purity, to help you break out of the normal rut and live according to the rhythms of God’s grace and truth of his word. Normal people are stressed, overwhelmed, and exhausted. Many of their relationships are, at best, strained and, in most cases, just surviving. Even though we live in one of the most prosperous places on earth, normal is still living paycheck to paycheck and never getting ahead. In our oversexed world, lust, premarital sex, guilt, and shame are far more common than purity, virginity, and a healthy married sex life. And when it comes to God, the majority believe in him, but the teachings of scripture rarely make it into their everyday lives. Simply put, normal isn't working. Groeschel’s WEIRD will help you break free from the norm to lead a radically abnormal (and endlessly more fulfilling) life.

Walkaway

Author : Cory Doctorow
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 076539278X
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book Walkaway written by Cory Doctorow and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kirkus' Best Fiction of 2017 From New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow, an epic tale of revolution, love, post-scarcity, and the end of death. "Walkaway is now the best contemporary example I know of, its utopia glimpsed after fascinatingly-extrapolated revolutionary struggle." —William Gibson Hubert Vernon Rudolph Clayton Irving Wilson Alva Anton Jeff Harley Timothy Curtis Cleveland Cecil Ollie Edmund Eli Wiley Marvin Ellis Espinoza—known to his friends as Hubert, Etc—was too old to be at that Communist party. But after watching the breakdown of modern society, he really has no where left to be—except amongst the dregs of disaffected youth who party all night and heap scorn on the sheep they see on the morning commute. After falling in with Natalie, an ultra-rich heiress trying to escape the clutches of her repressive father, the two decide to give up fully on formal society—and walk away. After all, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food, clothing, shelter—from a computer, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there, the empty lands wrecked by climate change, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish, more people join them. Then the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war – a war that will turn the world upside down. Fascinating, moving, and darkly humorous, Walkaway is a multi-generation SF thriller about the wrenching changes of the next hundred years...and the very human people who will live their consequences. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Weird in a World That's Not

Author : Jennifer Romolini
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062472755
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Weird in a World That's Not written by Jennifer Romolini and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An honest, sharp-witted, practical guide to help you get and keep the job you want—from an outsider whose been there and done it, a woman who went from being a broke, divorced, college dropout to running some of the biggest websites in the world. Jennifer Romolini started her career as an awkward twenty-seven-year-old misfit, navigated her way through New York media and became a boss—an editor-in-chief, an editorial director, and a vice president—all within little more than a decade. Her book, Weird In A World That’s Not, asserts that being outside-the-norm and achieving real, high-level success are not mutually exclusive, even if the perception of the business world often seems otherwise, even if it seems like only office-politicking extroverts are set up for reward. Part career memoir, part real-world guide, Weird in a World That’s Not offers relatable advice on how to achieve your dreams, even when the odds seem stacked against you. Romolini helps you face down your fears, find a career that’s right for you, and get and keep a job. She tackles practical issues and offers empathetic, clear-cut answers to important questions: How do I navigate the awkwardness of networking? How do I deal with intense office politics? How do I leave my crappy job? How do I learn how to be a boss not just a #boss? And, most importantly: How do I do all this and stay true to who I really am? Authentic, funny, and moving, Weird in a World That’s Not will help you tap into your inner tenacity and find your path, no matter how offbeat you are.

Strange Michigan

Author : Linda S. Godfrey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781931599849
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Strange Michigan written by Linda S. Godfrey and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Alba to Ypsilanti, if you are looking for the kooky, bizarre, and just plain weird, you can't top Michigan.

Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth

Author : Stephen Jones
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1781165297
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (811 download)

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Download or read book Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth written by Stephen Jones and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A World Fantasy Award-winning editor brings together the works of today’s most talented Lovecraftian writers in this horror anthology inspired by The Shadow Over Innsmouth For decades, H. P. Lovecraft's masterpiece of terror has inspired writers with its gripping account of a village whose inhabitants have surrendered to an ancient and hideous evil. In this companion to the acclaimed anthology Shadows Over Innsmouth, World Fantasy Award-winning editor Stephen Jones has assembled eleven of today's most prominent and well-respected horror authors—the finest of the Lovecraftian acolytes. Included is Lovecraft's own unpublished draft of The Shadow Over Innsmouth. "Introduction: Weird Shadows..." by Stephen Jones "Discarded Draft of 'The Shadows Over Innsmouth'" by H. P. Lovecraft "The Quest for Y'ha-nthlei" by John Glasby "Brackish Waters" by Richard A. Lupoff "Voices in the Water" by Basil Copper "Another Fish Story" by Kim Newman "Take Me to the River" by Paul McAuley "The Coming" by Hugh B. Cave "Eggs" by Steve Rasnic Tem "From Cabinet 34, Drawer 6" by Caitlín R. Kiernan "Raised by the Moon" by Ramsey Campbell "Fair Exchange" by Michael Marshall Smith "The Taint" by Brian Lumley

Make Our Country YUUUGE Again

Author : Web Augustine
Publisher : Zinfandel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1647042208
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Make Our Country YUUUGE Again written by Web Augustine and published by Zinfandel Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witty, hard-hitting political satire about the shocking, almost unbelievable shenanigans since Tunnald “Tunny” Drump was elected Grand Poobah of Cameria in 2016. An insightful chronicle of life in the Beige Palace—utter incompetence, disastrous policies, and increasingly erratic behavior—from the insider perspective of Press Secretary Laira Succupy Ganders. Comic relief and aspirational thinking for readers who have had to put up with so much for so long.

Eat Like You Give a Damn

Author : Jeannie Hudkins
Publisher : Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1626524386
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Eat Like You Give a Damn written by Jeannie Hudkins and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vegan diets are generally viewed as just another diet trend touted by health freaks, PETA fanatics, and treehuggers. The truth is, changing to a plant-based diet is the best decision you can make for your own health, with the added bonus of saving billions of animals and protecting our planet. Eat Like You Give a Damn exposes America's biggest secrets about how our food is produced and why we are one of the sickest nations in the world. Once the secrets are revealed, the author shares the simple truths of how to eat in order to dismiss... and even reverse... common diseases and live a vibrant, healthy, compassionate life. Included are tasty and easy recipes that will trim your waistline and lighten your conscience.

Where Climate Is Heading

Author : Climate Central
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101910348
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Where Climate Is Heading written by Climate Central and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection from the much-praised climate change primer Global Weirdness, written by Climate Central, the nonprofit, nonpartisan source for all things climate-related: a straightforward, unbiased, peer-reviewed, roll-up-your-sleeves practical account of what we can expect from climate change in the future. Over the last several decades, human greenhouse gas emissions have begun to change the global climate. We know this for a fact, as we know other facts like the existence of CO2 in the atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas; the rising levels of that C02 in the atmosphere; the rising temperatures and sea levels across the globe. But what concrete facts do we know about the future of climate change? In “Where Climate is Heading,” Climate Central provides the best depiction we have of how our planet is likely to be affected by climate change over the coming years. This is a primer for the future, about what to expect in a changed world—the future of hurricanes, the movements of populations, the new normal for food supplies. Nuanced and careful, this is essential reading for every voter and citizen of Planet Earth, an unprecedented chance to peer into the future, accurately. An eBook short.

A Crisis like No Other: Understanding and Defeating Global Warming

Author : Robert De Saro
Publisher : Bentham Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1681089629
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book A Crisis like No Other: Understanding and Defeating Global Warming written by Robert De Saro and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Crisis Like No Other: Understanding and Defeating Global Warming couples engaging and creative storytelling with accurate details to explain global warming. It covers both the technical and human issues of global warming by addressing what's causing global warming, and why people don’t believe it exists. The book tells readers how to convince others that global warming is not only real, but lifethreatening, and offers a clearly laid out path to solve it. The book is accurate and carefully researched, drawing on the author's thirty years studying the science of global warming, and the human psyche that surrounds it. The author breaks down the subject into four parts, which can be thought of as four minibooks in one. The first part covers the psychology of global warming denial, how to defend ourselves against its lies and fake news, and how to convince others of global warming’s grave harm. The second part describes exactly what global warming is. The third answers the question what makes us so sure? Finally, the last part provides a road map showing us how to defeat global warming. This book is comprehensive, fast paced, and easily accessible to readers from all walks of life. It provides an overview of everything one needs to know about global warming and, as such, is an excellent survey of global warming topics. In addition to being an easy and enjoyable read for the general public, A Crisis Like No Other: Understanding and Defeating Global Warming serves as a handy primer on climate change for environmental science classes.

Positive Organizing in a Global Society

Author : Laura Morgan Roberts
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317745132
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Positive Organizing in a Global Society written by Laura Morgan Roberts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book unites the latest research in diversity, inclusion, and positive organizational scholarship (POS), to investigate diversity and inclusion dynamics in social systems. Comprised of succinct chapters from thought leaders in the field, this book covers both micro- and macro-levels of analysis, covering topics such as authenticity, mentorship, intersectional identity work, positive deviance, resilience, resource cultivation and utilization, boundary-spanning leadership, strengths-based development, positive workplace interventions to promote well-being, inclusive strategic planning, and the role of diversity in innovation.