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Transformed by Values

Author : CYNTHIA AISHA MEGUID
Publisher : Cynthia Aisha Meguid Publications
ISBN 13 : 064567513X
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Transformed by Values written by CYNTHIA AISHA MEGUID and published by Cynthia Aisha Meguid Publications. This book was released on 2023-02-13 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rise and take control of your life and ability to excel in living your highest values! From an author with 20 years Islamic and personal development teaching, training and coaching, Cynthia Aisha Meguid, an expert in various self-improvement methodologies within an Islamic framework, shows you her most effective strategies and techniques for mastering your character, mind, emotions, your relationships, communication and your life - aligned with the power of excelling in your Islamic values. Transformed by Values is a highly valuable Islamic self-improvement & self-mastery solution packed, guidebook using the most advanced personal development strategies! After reading Transformed by Values, you will be surprised how easy it is to achieve your dreams of excelling in your positive emotional habits, thinking habits, relationships, communication, behaviours and more! This first ever, 350 page guidebook, (3 volumes in 1 book) gives you expert knowledge, strategies, and skills PLUS over 100 activities, to excel in the psychological, emotional, social, and spiritual skills needed - to excel in living your Islamic values with excellence. * Live your Quranic and Prophetic values with greater effectiveness to guide your personal growth, character and transformation. * Excel in Islamic values such as – self-discipline, God-consciousness, unconditional love, unshakeable faith, solid bravery, authentic self-confidence, patience, calmness under pressure, perseverance and more! * Plus - Learn effective strategies for overcoming any personal challenges and obstacles. Did you know...Values are the deep roots of every thought, intention, emotion, behaviour and habit – like the roots of a tree. Living your Islamic values is about living with a mental, emotional and spiritual state of excellence (Ihsan). This self-empowering book will help you excel in your ability to live your values in your emotional, mental, social and spiritual life - by learning the most effective personal development knowledge and methods within an Islamic perspective. More details: 1 - In Part 1, you explore the power of Islamic values, your current values, and how effective you are in living your values in all areas of your life. 2 - In Part 2, you explore how to live your Islamic values with excellence by learning how to master your relationship skills, perceptual skills, language skills, reframing skills, attention skills, time management skills, and goals management skills. 3 - In Part 3, unlock more profound change by learning how to master your sensory thinking skills, communication skills, beliefs and ability to turn your Islamic values into stronger, automatic and habitual ways of thinking, being, responding and actions! The many easy-to-follow, practice activities will keep you highly motivated, engaged, and support you in achieving daily improvements in how you live and excel in your Islamic values in any life area. Methodologies include: self-help, personal development, Islamic, neuro-linguistic programming and applied cognitive psychology. Empower yourself and become the best Muslim version of yourself by getting your copy today! Buy Transformed by Values now! To upgrade your life and ability to excel in living your values - insha'Allah! *Paperback, hardcover and audio versions - coming soon

When Core Values are Strategic

Author : Rick Tocquigny
Publisher : FT Press
ISBN 13 : 0132905337
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (329 download)

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Download or read book When Core Values are Strategic written by Rick Tocquigny and published by FT Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do legendary leaders from Disney, GE, GM, Johnson & Johnson, Boeing, eBay, Microsoft, Time Warner, LensCrafters, Chiquita, Walmart, Pepsi, and Saatchi+Saatchi have in common? They all learned the critical importance of values as managers at Procter & Gamble. And, since departing for leadership roles elsewhere, many have remained members of the P & G Alumni Network. Now you can share the powerful lessons learned at P & G. The P & G Alumni Network's When Core Values Are Strategic offers no-nonsense insights into why values really are so important, and practical ways to propagate, strengthen, and act on them. Bringing together contributions from influential P & G alumni worldwide, it offers a legacy to future leaders across organizations of every type and size. Discover why core values are timely, universal, and the secret to long term success on both financial and other metrics ... how top executives were shaped at P & G to make historic change in energy, aviation, technology, government, transportation, entertainment, healthcare, consumer packaged goods, and other industries ... how to build a learning culture that increases shareholder value ... why values and marketing initiatives are inseparable, and much more. This book will be an inspiration and practical resource to emerging leaders in organizations of every size and type, in every field or industry. Procter & Gamble and P & G are trade names of The Procter & Gamble Company and are used pursuant to an agreement with The Procter & Gamble Company. P & G Alumni Network is an independent organization apart from The Procter & Gamble Company.

Selling Transformed

Author : Philip Squire
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1789665361
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book Selling Transformed written by Philip Squire and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to develop the values proven to boost sales performance, to ensure customers choose you over the competition in today's crowded marketplace. For years, sales people have struggled with cliched views of how they sell, while at the same time customers have become more sophisticated and discerning, stopping off at different or unconventional places in the sales funnel. The result is that the technique of sales people controlling the sales conversation and learning how to influence the customer no longer works. Selling Transformed introduces the new world of selling, and addresses the reasons why sales people are so poorly perceived. Selling Transformed provides fresh, tangible ideas on how to develop better sales practices. Focusing as much on the customers as on the sellers, it explains key theories of selling effectively and introduces four proven strategies that are based on the values customers look for in sales people: authenticity, client-centricity, proactive creativity and being tactfully audacious. Explaining what customers look for in sales people, and advising on how to develop and deliver these values, this is a new type of sales manual guaranteed to improve sales performance.

The Civic Culture Transformed

Author : Russell J. Dalton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107039266
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Civic Culture Transformed written by Russell J. Dalton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first study to demonstrate a broad shift in how citizens around the world relate to democratic politics, illustrating various manifestations of a transition from "allegiant" to "assertive" citizens.

Transforming Leadership

Author : Leighton Ford
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830816526
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Transforming Leadership written by Leighton Ford and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 1993-01-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining a fresh examination of Jesus' ministry with the insights of the best recent discussions of leadership, Leighton Ford challenges readers to become transformational leaders on the job, in the church and in the public arena. Includes a study guide.

Transformed by Values

Author : Cynthia Aisha Meguid
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780645675191
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book Transformed by Values written by Cynthia Aisha Meguid and published by . This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Succeed in Living Islamic Values. By developing excellence in your psychological, emotional, social and spiritual skills and life. This comprehensive Islamic self-improvement book offers a rich selection of Islamic and personal development knowledge and strategies to help you develop excellence and skills to live your highest Islamic values and goals in all areas of life. In Part 1, you will learn and explore the power of Islamic values and the importance of excelling in how you live your values to succeed in all areas of life. Explore your current values and how effective you are in living them in all areas of your life. In Part 2, you will learn and explore how to live your Islamic values with excellence by mastering your: relationship skills, perceptual skills, language skills, reframing skills, attention skills, time management skills, and goals management skills. In Part 3, you will unlock more profound, and influential change by learning and exploring - how to accelerate living your Islamic values with excellence by mastering your: sensory thinking skills, communication skills, beliefs and ability to turn your Islamic values into stronger, automatic and habitual ways of thinking, being, responding and actions!

Mastering the Discrete Fourier Transform in One, Two or Several Dimensions

Author : Isaac Amidror
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447151674
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (471 download)

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Book Synopsis Mastering the Discrete Fourier Transform in One, Two or Several Dimensions by : Isaac Amidror

Download or read book Mastering the Discrete Fourier Transform in One, Two or Several Dimensions written by Isaac Amidror and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discrete Fourier transform (DFT) is an extremely useful tool that finds application in many different disciplines. However, its use requires caution. The aim of this book is to explain the DFT and its various artifacts and pitfalls and to show how to avoid these (whenever possible), or at least how to recognize them in order to avoid misinterpretations. This concentrated treatment of the DFT artifacts and pitfalls in a single volume is, indeed, new, and it makes this book a valuable source of information for the widest possible range of DFT users. Special attention is given to the one and two dimensional cases due to their particular importance, but the discussion covers the general multidimensional case, too. The book favours a pictorial, intuitive approach which is supported by mathematics, and the discussion is accompanied by a large number of figures and illustrative examples, some of which are visually attractive and even spectacular. Mastering the Discrete Fourier Transform in One, Two or Several Dimensions is intended for scientists, engineers, students and any readers who wish to widen their knowledge of the DFT and its practical use. This book will also be very useful for ‘naive’ users from various scientific or technical disciplines who have to use the DFT for their respective applications. The prerequisite mathematical background is limited to an elementary familiarity with calculus and with the continuous and discrete Fourier theory.

Transformed Thinking

Author : Edward M. Curtis
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1608995895
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Transformed Thinking written by Edward M. Curtis and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Transformed Thinking: Loving God With All Your Mind, Dr. Edward M. Curtis argues that every believer needs to take seriously Paul's exhortation in Romans 12 and avoid assimilating from our world and culture values that are contrary to God's truth revealed in Scripture. At the same time Curtis maintains that human perception and the human mind are wonderful gifts from God that he expects us to use to the full. There are significant truths to be learned from the study of our world and through human experience. It is only as we integrate the knowledge available to us through both general and special revelation that we can transform our thinking by loving God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and truly glorify his name.

Discrete Wavelet Transform

Author : D. Sundararajan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119046068
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Discrete Wavelet Transform by : D. Sundararajan

Download or read book Discrete Wavelet Transform written by D. Sundararajan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides easy learning and understanding of DWT from a signal processing point of view Presents DWT from a digital signal processing point of view, in contrast to the usual mathematical approach, making it highly accessible Offers a comprehensive coverage of related topics, including convolution and correlation, Fourier transform, FIR filter, orthogonal and biorthogonal filters Organized systematically, starting from the fundamentals of signal processing to the more advanced topics of DWT and Discrete Wavelet Packet Transform. Written in a clear and concise manner with abundant examples, figures and detailed explanations Features a companion website that has several MATLAB programs for the implementation of the DWT with commonly used filters “This well-written textbook is an introduction to the theory of discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and its applications in digital signal and image processing.” -- Prof. Dr. Manfred Tasche - Institut für Mathematik, Uni Rostock Full review at https://zbmath.org/?q=an:06492561

Statistical Applications for Environmental Analysis and Risk Assessment

Author : Joseph Ofungwu
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118634519
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Statistical Applications for Environmental Analysis and Risk Assessment written by Joseph Ofungwu and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statistical Applications for Environmental Analysis and Risk Assessment guides readers through real-world situations and the best statistical methods used to determine the nature and extent of the problem, evaluate the potential human health and ecological risks, and design and implement remedial systems as necessary. Featuring numerous worked examples using actual data and “ready-made” software scripts, Statistical Applications for Environmental Analysis and Risk Assessment also includes: • Descriptions of basic statistical concepts and principles in an informal style that does not presume prior familiarity with the subject • Detailed illustrations of statistical applications in the environmental and related water resources fields using real-world data in the contexts that would typically be encountered by practitioners • Software scripts using the high-powered statistical software system, R, and supplemented by USEPA’s ProUCL and USDOE’s VSP software packages, which are all freely available • Coverage of frequent data sample issues such as non-detects, outliers, skewness, sustained and cyclical trend that habitually plague environmental data samples • Clear demonstrations of the crucial, but often overlooked, role of statistics in environmental sampling design and subsequent exposure risk assessment.

Germany Transformed

Author : Kendall L. Baker
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674353152
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (531 download)

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Download or read book Germany Transformed written by Kendall L. Baker and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new Germany has come of age, as democratic, sophisticated, affluent, and modern as any other western nation. This remarkable transition in little more than a generation is the central theme of Germany Transformed. Here all the old stereotypes and conclusions are challenged and new research is marshalled to provide a model for an advanced democratic republic. Kendall Baker, Russell Dalton, and Kai Hildebrandt, working with massive national election returns from 1953 onward, explain the Old Politics of the postwar period, which was based on the "economic miracle" and the security needs of West Germany, and the shift in the past decade to the New Politics, which emphasizes affluence, leisure, the quality of life, and international accommodation. But more than elections are examined. Rather, the authors delineate the transvaluation of the German civic culture as democracy became embedded in the nation's institutions, political ways, party structures, and citizen interest in governance. By the 1970s the quiescent German of Prussia, the Empire, and the 1930s had become the active and aware democratic westerner. This is among the most important books about West Germany written since the late 1950s, when the nation, devastated by war and rebuilding its economy and political life, was still struggling with the possibilities of democracy. It is a political history, recounted in enormous detail and with methodological precision, that will change perceptions about Germany and align them with realities. Germany is now an integrated part of a democratic western community of nations, and an understanding of its true condition not only illuminates better the staunch European identity but also is bound to have an impact on American policy.

Family Transformed

Author : Steven M. Tipton
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781589013209
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Family Transformed written by Steven M. Tipton and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2005-11-18 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statistics on the American family are sobering. From 1975 to 2000, one-third of all children were born to single mothers, and one-half of all marriages ended in divorce. While children from broken homes are two to three times more likely to develop behavioral and learning difficulties, two-parent families are not immune to problems. The cost of raising children has increased dramatically, and married couples with children are now twice as likely as childless couples to file for bankruptcy. Clearly, the American family is in trouble. But how this trouble started, and what should be done about it, remain hotly contested. In a multifaceted analysis of the current state of a complex institution, Family Transformed brings together outstanding scholars from the fields of anthropology, demography, ethics, history, law, philosophy, primatology, psychology, sociology, and theology. Demonstrating that the family is both distinctive in its own right and deeply interwoven with other institutions, the authors examine the roles of education, work, leisure, consumption, legal regulation, public administration, and biology in shaping the ways we court and marry, bear and raise children, and make and break family bonds. International in approach, this wide-ranging volume situates current American debates over sex, marriage, and family within a global framework. Weighing mounting social science evidence that supports a continued need for the nuclear family while assessing the challenges posed by new advocacy for same-sex marriage, and delegalized coupling, the authors argue that only by reintegrating the family into a just moral order of the larger community and society can we genuinely strengthen it. This means not simply upholding traditional family values but truly grasping the family's growing diversity, sustaining its coherence, and protecting its fragility for our own sake and for the common good of society.

Wavelets and Wavelet Transform Systems and Their Applications

Author : Cajetan M. Akujuobi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030875288
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Wavelets and Wavelet Transform Systems and Their Applications written by Cajetan M. Akujuobi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-02 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook is unique because of its in-depth treatment of the applications of wavelets and wavelet transforms to many areas, across many disciplines. The book is written to serve the needs of a one or two semester course at either the undergraduate or graduate level. The author uses a very simplified, accessible approach that de-emphasizes mathematical rigor. The presentation includes many diagrams to illustrate points being discussed and uses MATLAB for all of application code. The author reinforces concepts introduced in the book with easy to grasp review questions and problems, tailored to each specific chapter for better mastery of the subject matter. This book enables students to understand the fundamental concepts of wavelets and wavelet transforms, as well as how to use them for problem solutions in digital signal and image processing, mixed-signal testing, space applications, aerospace applications, biomedical, cyber security, homeland security and many other application areas.

Transform Techniques in Chemistry

Author : P. Griffiths
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1468424033
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Transform Techniques in Chemistry written by P. Griffiths and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The application of the Fourier transform is being seen to an increasing extent in all branches of chemistry, but it is in the area of chemical analysis that the greatest activity is taking place. Fourier transform infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry are already routine methods for obtaining high-sensitivity IR and NMR spectra. Analogous methods are now being developed for mass spectrometry (Fourier transform ion cyclo tron resonance spectrometry) and microwave spectroscopy, and Fourier transform techniques have been successfully applied in several areas of electrochemistry. In addition the fast Fourier transform algorithm has been used for smoothing, interpolation, and more efficient storage of data, and has been studied as a potential method for more efficient identification of samples using pattern recognition techniques. Linear transforms have also been shown to be useful in analytical chemistry. Probably the most important of these is the Hadamard transform, which has been applied in alternative methods for obtaining IR and NMR data at high sensitivity. Even though measurements involving this algorithm will probably not be applied as universally as their Fourier transform ana logs, in the area of pattern recognition application of the Hadamard trans form will in all probability prove more important than application of the Fourier transform.

Atomic Habits

Author : James Clear
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735211302
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Atomic Habits written by James Clear and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 20 million copies sold! Translated into 60+ languages! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. Learn how to: make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy); overcome a lack of motivation and willpower; design your environment to make success easier; get back on track when you fall off course; ...and much more. Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.

Unified Transform for Boundary Value Problems

Author : Athanasios S. Fokas
Publisher : SIAM
ISBN 13 : 1611973821
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Unified Transform for Boundary Value Problems written by Athanasios S. Fokas and published by SIAM. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes state-of-the-art advances and applications of the unified transform and its relation to the boundary element method. The authors present the solution of boundary value problems from several different perspectives, in particular the type of problems modeled by partial differential equations (PDEs). They discuss recent applications of the unified transform to the analysis and numerical modeling of boundary value problems for linear and integrable nonlinear PDEs and the closely related boundary element method, a well-established numerical approach for solving linear elliptic PDEs. The text is divided into three parts. Part I contains new theoretical results on linear and nonlinear evolutionary and elliptic problems. New explicit solution representations for several classes of boundary value problems are constructed and rigorously analyzed. Part II is a detailed overview of variational formulations for elliptic problems. It places the unified transform approach in a classic context alongside the boundary element method and stresses its novelty. Part III presents recent numerical applications based on the boundary element method and on the unified transform.

A Different Kind of Animal

Author : Robert Boyd
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691195900
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book A Different Kind of Animal written by Robert Boyd and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Human beings are a very different kind of animal. We have evolved to become the most dominant species on Earth. We have a larger geographical range and process more energy than any other creature alive. This astonishing transformation is usually explained in terms of cognitive ability--people are just smarter than all the rest. But in this compelling book, Robert Boyd argues that culture--our ability to learn from each other--has been the essential ingredient of our remarkable success. A Different Kind of Animal demonstrates that while people are smart, we are not nearly smart enough to have solved the vast array of problems that confronted our species as it spread across the globe. Over the past two million years, culture has evolved to enable human populations to accumulate superb local adaptations that no individual could ever have invented on their own. It has also made possible the evolution of social norms that allow humans to make common cause with large groups of unrelated individuals, a kind of society not seen anywhere else in nature. This unique combination of cultural adaptation and large-scale cooperation has transformed our species and assured our survival--making us the different kind of animal we are today. Based on the Tanner Lectures delivered at Princeton University, A Different Kind of Animal features challenging responses by biologist H. Allen Orr, philosopher Kim Sterelny, economist Paul Seabright, and evolutionary anthropologist Ruth Mace, as well as an introduction by Stephen Macedo."--