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Bibliography of Psychological and Experimental Aesthetics, 1864-1937

Bibliography of Psychological and Experimental Aesthetics, 1864-1937

Albert R. Chandler; Edward Norton Barnhart

Literary Licensing, LLC
2011
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The Bibliography of Psychological and Experimental Aesthetics, 1864-1937 is a comprehensive reference book compiled by Albert R. Chandler. It contains an extensive list of publications related to the field of psychology and experimental aesthetics, covering the period from 1864 to 1937. The book includes a wide range of topics, such as the psychology of art, aesthetics, perception, and emotion, among others. The bibliography is organized alphabetically by author, and each entry includes a detailed description of the publication, including the title, publisher, date of publication, and page numbers. The book is an essential resource for scholars, researchers, and students interested in the history of psychology and experimental aesthetics.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
Experiences and Impressions: The Autobiography of A. A. Anderson

Experiences and Impressions: The Autobiography of A. A. Anderson

Abraham Archibald Anderson; Edward R. Finch

Literary Licensing, LLC
2012
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Experiences And Impressions: The Autobiography Of A. A. Anderson is a book written by Abraham Archibald Anderson, which provides a detailed account of his life experiences and impressions. The book is an autobiography that takes readers on a journey through Anderson's life, from his childhood to his adult years.The book covers a wide range of topics, including Anderson's upbringing in Jamaica, his education, his career as a lawyer and judge, and his involvement in politics. Throughout the book, Anderson shares his personal experiences and insights, providing readers with a unique perspective on the world.The book is divided into several chapters, each of which focuses on a different period of Anderson's life. The first chapter covers his childhood in Jamaica, while the subsequent chapters detail his education and early career. Other chapters cover his involvement in politics, including his time as a member of parliament and his role in the Jamaican independence movement.Overall, Experiences And Impressions: The Autobiography Of A. A. Anderson is a fascinating and insightful book that provides readers with a unique perspective on Jamaican history and culture. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the life and career of Abraham Archibald Anderson or the history of Jamaica.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
Psychotherapy Theories and Techniques

Psychotherapy Theories and Techniques

Gary R. VandenBos; Edward B Meidenbauer; Julia Frank-McNeil

Magination Press, (American Psychological Association)
2013
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Psychotherapy Theories and Techniques explores the richness and variety of psychotherapy in a collection of carefully chosen excerpts from APA publications. Intended for students and practitioners, this volume provides a unique look at contemporary psychotherapy theory and the specific interventions associated with each orientation. All major approaches in psychotherapy are included-everything from cognitive amp ndash behavioral therapy to psychoanalytic therapy-as well as newer approaches such as acceptance and commitment therapy and schema therapy.
Digital Communication

Digital Communication

John R. Barry; Edward A. Lee; David G. Messerschmitt

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2012
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This book concerns digital communication. Specifically, we treat the transport of bit streams from one geographical location to another over various physical media, such as wire pairs, coaxial cable, optical fiber, and radio. We also treat multiple-access channels, where there are potentially multiple transmitters and receivers sharing a common medium. Ten years have elapsed since the Second Edition, and there have been remarkable advances in wireless communication, including cellular telephony and wireless local-area networks. This Third Edition expands treatment of communication theories underlying wireless, and especially advanced techniques involving multiple antennas, which tum the traditional single-input single-output channel into a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel. This is more than a trivial advance, as it stimulates many advanced techniques such as adaptive antennas and coding techniques that take advantage of space as well as time. This is reflected in the addition of two new chapters, one on the theory of MIMO channels, and the other on diversity techniques for mitigating fading. The field of error-control coding has similarly undergone tremendous changes in the past decade, brought on by the invention of turbo codes in 1993 and the subsequent rediscovery of Gallager's low-density parity-check codes. Our treatment of error-control coding has been rewritten to reflect the current state of the art. Other materials have been reorganized and reworked, and three chapters from the previous edition have been moved to the book's Web site to make room.
Introduction to Communication Science and Systems

Introduction to Communication Science and Systems

John R. Pierce; Edward C. Posner

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2013
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There are many valuable and useful books on electrical communication (References 1-5 are some examples), but they have certain disadvantages for the beginner. The more advanced books present some things in a basic way, but they are very narrow for an introduction to communica­ tion. The introductory books are broader but still narrow by our stan­ dards. Further, they often pick things out of thin air rather than derive them. This book is aimed at giving the beginner a basic understanding of a wide range of topics which are essential in communication systems. These include antennas and transmission, thermal noise and its consequences, Fourier transforms, modulation and noise, sampling and pulse code modulation, autocorrelation and power spectrum, optimum filtering, gauss­ ian noise and errors in digital transmission, data transmission, limits on data rate including information theory and quantum limits, and source encoding. We have not included communications traffic, switching, and multiplexing, nor protocols for digital and computer communications. For these, Reference 6 is excellent. In general, our book does not discuss the circuits used for communication or the physics of radio propagation. We assume that these will be taught in specialized courses, but such courses are not prerequisites for this one. Chapter 1 introduces the transmission formula or antenna equation and antenna directivity. Only a very basic sophomore physics knowledge of electromagnetic theory is assumed. The radar equation is also treated.
The Biophilia Hypothesis

The Biophilia Hypothesis

Stephen R. Kellert; Edward O. Wilson; Scott McVay

ISLAND PRESS
1995
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"Biophilia" is the term coined by Edward O. Wilson to describe what he believes is humanity's innate affinity for the natural world. In his landmark book Biophilia, he examined how our tendency to focus on life and lifelike processes might be a biologically based need, integral to our development as individuals and as a species. That idea has caught the imagination of diverse thinkers. The Biophilia Hypothesis brings together the views of some of the most creative scientists of our time, each attempting to amplify and refine the concept of biophilia. The variety of perspectives -- psychological, biological, cultural, symbolic, and aesthetic -- frame the theoretical issues by presenting empirical evidence that supports or refutes the hypothesis. Numerous examples illustrate the idea that biophilia and its converse, biophobia, have a genetic component: fear, and even full-blown phobias of snakes and spiders are quick to develop with very little negative reinforcement, while more threatening modern artifacts -- knives, guns, automobiles -- rarely elicit such a response people find trees that are climbable and have a broad, umbrella-like canopy more attractive than trees without these characteristics people would rather look at water, green vegetation, or flowers than built structures of glass and concrete The biophilia hypothesis, if substantiated, provides a powerful argument for the conservation of biological diversity. More important, it implies serious consequences for our well-being as society becomes further estranged from the natural world. Relentless environmental destruction could have a significant impact on our quality of life, not just materially but psychologically and even spiritually.
Reminiscences of Early Free Methodism

Reminiscences of Early Free Methodism

Burton R. Jones; Edward Payson Hart

First Fruits Press
2016
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The digital copies of these recordings are available for free at First Fruits website. place.asburyseminary.edu/firstfruits Preface At the earnest request of the editor of the Free Methodist much of the matter contained in the following pages was originally prepared for publication in that paper. The writer had no thought that the articles would ever appear in book form. But as many of the readers of the sketches, as they appeared in the Free Methodist, have expressed a desire to have them in a more convenient and durable form I have by advice of our publishing agents consented to their publication, and have revised the matter as it originally appeared, adding several entirely new chapters. As to literary merit these pages are not open to criticism since no claim in that direction is made. Another volume giving a more general account of the work East and West is contemplated. Alameda, Cal. E. P. HART.
Altruism and Prosocial Behavior in Groups

Altruism and Prosocial Behavior in Groups

Shane R. Thye; Edward J. Lawler

Emerald Publishing Limited
2009
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In this volume scholars from a variety of disciplines address a range of phenomena related to the general question of when people behave in an altruistic fashion. The specific topics addressed in this volume include how empathy induced altruism can actually be a threat to the some larger collective good, the role of egoism in the production and maintenance of social order, the basis of cooperation in social dilemmas, an evolutionary account of sex differences in the propensity to cooperate, a theoretical analysis of when individuals experience gratitude versus indebtedness in response to receiving help, a new status-driven theory of large scale collective action, a cross-national analysis of institutional versus generalized trust in societies, and how individuals develop expectations for the sanctioning of particular kinds of behaviors. Overall, the volume includes papers that reflect a wide range of theoretical approaches to altruism and prosocial behavior in groups from sociologists and psychologists who work in the general area of group processes.
After the Green Revolution

After the Green Revolution

Gordon R. Conway; Edward B. Barbier

Earthscan Ltd
2009
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'The Green Revolution' of the 60's and 70's produced immense gains in food cereal production in the Third World. But there are huge problems in the 'post-revolutionary' era: farmers with small or marginal holdings have benefited less than wealthier farmers; intensive mono-cropping has made production more susceptible to environmental stresses and shocks. Now there is evidence of diminishing returns from intensive and intensively chemical agricultural production. What is needed is a new approach, equally revolutionary, but different in its ideas and style. The authors set out what they mean by 'sustainable' agriculture in the new era and look at the effects of international economic restraints and of national policies on the kind of development they see as necessary. They chart a path for sustainable livelihoods for Third World farmers enmeshed by forces outside their control. They describe methods of evaluating and resolving the tough trade-offs all levels of intervention, from international trade down to the individual farm. This book cannot provide all the answers, but it does indicate what international conditions we need to be aware of, what national policies we need to advocate and what approaches at the local level we need to adopt to ensure the goal of agricultural sustainability. Originally published in 1990
Changeling's Return: a novel approach to the music

Changeling's Return: a novel approach to the music

Harvey R. Kubernik; Travis Edward Pike

Otherworld Cottage Industries
2019
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Changelings were believed to be troll or fairy children left in place of stolen human babies. Morgen, an adopted foundling reared in Boston, Massachusetts, now in his mid-twenties, is the charismatic lead-singer and songwriter for Beantown Home Cookin, ' a showband featuring the Trashbabies, a troupe of singer-dancers who contribute mightily to the band's growing popularity. After a sensational live BBC broadcast of their May Eve concert, Morgen skips its wrap party to test drive a rented sports car. A squall causes him to skid into a ditch and daybreak finds him seeking help in Morningstone, an isolated village where it seems the storm wiped out communication with the outside world. In the village pub, Morgen overhears one girl argue that Fates, Muses and Furies represent the denigration of the Mother Goddess, reducing her to a bevy of bickering departmental nymphs. Another suggests fragmentation of the goddess is a device of exposition, used to reveal a crisis dramatically through confrontation between various aspects of her character.According to Fiona, the wise lady at the cottage, song and chant used to mean the same thing, and Morgen, an increasingly popular singer and songwriter, is an enchanter by definition. His songs are spells that once heard, will return, going 'round and 'round in one's head, even when there's no music to hear. B y now, music and story, Changeling's Return has crossed into a supernatural realm where, within the Tomb of Every Hope, Morgen represents humanity, on trial for crimes against Nature. The Furies seek his death. Instead, he receives a sip from the Cauldron of Inspiration, becoming The Fool, "Truth, Reason, and Magic, Harmony of the Carnal and the Mystical-Man." Is Morgen human, recognizing humanity's dependence and obligation to nature for its survival, or a changeling reared by humans, reawakening to his supernatural origins, and if the latter, what impact will Changeling's Return have on the human race? As the Trashbabies sing in their exit song, "Dog, Roebuck, and Lapwing, your nonsense song makes my ears ring. Between the lines I hear you sing."
Transcript of Epitaphs in Woburn First and Second Burial Grounds

Transcript of Epitaphs in Woburn First and Second Burial Grounds

William R Cutter; Nathan Wyman; Edward F Johnson

Hansebooks
2017
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Transcript of Epitaphs in Woburn First and Second Burial Grounds - Chronologically Arranged with Brief Illustrative Notes is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.