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I raised my prices 50% and became more respected.

Raise Your Prices, Attract More Business
Rick Ott
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Thirteen pricing power strategies designed to boost revenue, fatten margins, attract new customers, and strengthen customer loyalty.

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I raised my prices 50% and became more respected........2006-11-18

This book gets you away from the commodity pricing and makes you understand the buyer will pay much more for your product if you do it correctly. I raised my prices 50% and I am now getting more business because people think the following, "well if he charges that much he must be very good-so they HAPPILY pay more". The type of clients I am getting now are better too, not people looking for the cheapest deal who will cancel you if they can save $5, but people who want a good experience and will give you tons of referrals. He explains why Starbucks can charge so much and take business away from cheap coffee houses. If you own your own business, this book will change your whole mindset of pricing and it will get you more business and more respect. Many good ideas and thought provoking stories. If you wanted the best legal advise, would you hire a $50/hr lawyer or a "better" $150/hr lawyer. This book makes you think why people LIKE to spend more and many times when they spend more they FEEL better about you and your product.

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Blackstone's EC Legislation, 1998-99 (Blackstone's Statute Books)
Nigel Foster
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Clifford Pickover, an extraordinarily prolific and polymathic research scientist at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, has consistently been one of the most creative writers about computer graphics, scientific visualization, and mathematical models of natural and physical systems. This latest offering is classic Pickover in its wealth of information, ideas, bold speculations and and propositions -- including proposed "hands-on" experiments with black holes -- which just may turn out to be plausible. Recommended.

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BLACK HOLES A TRAVELER'S GUIDE

Clifford Pickover's inventive and entertaining excursion beyond the curves of space and time.

"I've enjoyed Clifford Pickover's earlier books . . . now he has ventured into the exploration of black holes. All would-be tourists are strongly advised to read his traveler's guide." -Arthur C. Clarke.

"Many books have been written about black holes, but none surpass this one in arousing emotions of awe and wonder towards the mysterious structure of the universe." -Martin Gardner.

"Bucky Fuller thought big. Arthur C. Clarke thinks big, but Cliff Pickover outdoes them both." -Wired.

"The book is fun, zany, in-your-face, and refreshingly addictive." -Times Higher Education Supplement.

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Engrossing and Entertaining.......2002-01-04

I enjoyed this book. It was easy to get into and hard to put down. Don't get discouraged by the equations. I skipped over the calculation as all that interested me was the concepts which the author did well to get across. There was perhaps only a couple of sections I re-read and mainly because I was trying refresh them in my mind to relate them to sections later in the book. As a bonus there's also a cheesy little sidestory that while not exactly rife with tiwsts and turns does well to get across basic concepts in an amusing manner before delving into the knitty gritty of it. If you enjoy studying black holes buy this book. If you don't enjoy studying balck holes, well it'll look good on your coffe table with it's snazzy cover:)

Happy trails...........2000-03-16

The term "black hole" was coined by the Princeton physicist John Archibald Wheeler. What, exactly, a black hole is (if there even is such a thing) has been a source of debate and confusion for decades. Clifford Pickover inserts you as the main character of this book. You are on a spaceship (complete with aliens) way the heck in the future & your ship is near a black hole. So, you & your friends decide to do a close (literally) study of the cosmic anomaly.

The story is entertaining & has many didactic features. Pickover also inserts some humor so as to make the book enjoyable as opposed to a dense treatise of rather complex mathematical concepts. Also, at the end of each chapter is a section called "The science behind the science fiction." It is a detailed account of what we presently know (or think we know) about the notions which were presented in the narrative.

And, the concepts are many. We learn of various weird things that happen in & near a black hole, such as time slowing, the "shrinking" of one's perspective due to the singularity & the mind-numbing gravitational power which is projected by black holes.....a gravity field so immense that the escape velocity exceeds light speed. We learn how black holes were predicted by Einstein's theory of Relativity as well as how the many principles of quantum mechanics come into the picture when one is attempting to understand the nature of singularities.

Much of this book is speculation, but it is educated speculation. The conjectures on what happens inside of a singularity, as well as the possiblity of wormholes which lead to other universes & dimensions is exciting & based on our best available current knowledge of the cosmos. As an added bonus, there is a chapter in the back of the book in which many of the world's leading cosmologists answer questions posed by the author on various topics about & related to black holes. There are also computer animation pictures of some of the more dazzling geometrical effects that are generated by black holes. For anyone who is planning to visit a black hole anytime soon, this book is a must.

GET THE BOOK AND BEGIN YOUR OWN TRAVEL!.......2000-01-02

For over five years I've been a fond of classic physics, cuantic physics, cosmology and astrophysics. I've read the books of some of the greatest writers of these branches of science, among which I remember Stephen Hawking, Paul Davies, Roger Penrose, Albert Einstein, etc. All of these books are very complete if we talk about the information exposed by them, but they have a common characteristic (I don't know whether is a defect in fact), is highly recommendable to have a certain level of scientific knowledge in order to make good use of its content. The book featured by Clifford A. Pickover "Black Holes: A traveler's guide" is totally different to those that I've read before. Is a complete, funny and, overcoat, is easily understandable by anybody. At the beginning of each chapter there are presented dialogs (between the reader and an alien called Mr. Plex) with the purpose of giving the main idea of what is coming up next. In the same way, almost all chapters make reference to simple formulas that describe the most relevant aspects about the behavior of black holes. Besides the main subject (black holes), the author took charge of showing in a briefly manner another "not less important" subjects of astrophysics and cosmology. I had never understood many of the formulas presented until I read this book. When you begin to read it, you begin a journey to the marvelous structure of one of the strangest and most fascinating things in the whole universe, a black hole. Is the best book that I've ever seen about this topics and I believe that somebody difficultly overcome the clear, precise and funny style of writing of Clifford A. Pickover. GET THE BOOK AND BEGIN YOUR OWN TRAVEL!

Good Book for General Readers.......1999-08-10

This book is full of useful information about black holes that is presented in a fun manner. The dialog at the beginning of each chapter makes the reader understand the topic fairly easily. The equations were added for a more scientific approach, but you don't have to understand them to understand the theories. This book is very good for readers interested in Black Holes, but not the physics of them. I would not suggest this book to people who have studied physics or astrophysics if they are looking for a mathematical explanation of Black Holes. It often repeats itself because it is guided towards people with an interest in the subject but are not really interested in the math and physics of it all.

Overall it is an excellent overview of Black Holes, and a joy to read!

Edutainment at its best!!!!.......1999-08-08

This is an excellent book to give to anyone how are new to the subject of the physics concerning black holes. Thanks to this book I am able to explain how black holes work in a simple and clear way. I like how the author uses you and Mr. Plex to educate the reader about black holes. It's a trip! This is most likely the best (and most fun) book on black holes I've ever read.

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Revising, updating and expanding information on developments since the late 1980s, the second edition of this work presents practical, fundamental material on interfacial electric phenomena in acqueous and nonaqueous systems, as well as their relation to colloid stability. The book includes 15 additional chapters that reflect collaborative efforts with new experts in the field.

Electrical Phenomena at Interfaces in Chemistry, Physics and Biology

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Electrical Phenomena at Interfaces in Chemistry, Physics and Biology
J.A.V. (ed.) Butler
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Electrical Phenomena at Interfaces: Fundamentals, Measurements, and Applications (Surfactant Science Series)

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Electrical Phenomena at Interfaces: Fundamentals, Measurements, and Applications (Surfactant Science Series)

Manufacturer: Marcel Dekker Inc
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Can there be freedom and free will in a deterministic world? Renowned philosopher Daniel Dennett emphatically answers “yes!” Using an array of provocative formulations, Dennett sets out to show how we alone among the animals have evolved minds that give us free will and morality. Weaving a richly detailed narrative, Dennett explains in a series of strikingly original arguments—drawing upon evolutionary biology, cognitive neuroscience, economics, and philosophy—that far from being an enemy of traditional explorations of freedom, morality, and meaning, the evolutionary perspective can be an indispensable ally. In Freedom Evolves, Dennett seeks to place ethics on the foundation it deserves: a realistic, naturalistic, potentially unified vision of our place in nature.

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Slightly let down.......2007-08-23

I very recently became enthralled with evolutionary psychology after having enjoyed Pinker's "Blank Slate", Haidt's "Happiness Hypothesis" and Wright's "Moral Animal."

I bought "Freedom Evolves" while on vacation, when the store didn't have a copy of "Darwin's Dangerous Idea."

Given Dennett's sterling reputation, and craving a convincing and well-honed argument to back-up my intuitive sense that a hard determinist world view verges on lunacy, I came away slightly let down (although I enjoyed the book).

(The opening pages recount a very disturbing incident--which Dennett uses masterfully to frame his argument-- that I'd previously assumed to be urban legend. I find myself calling daycare to make sure my wife dropped the kids off safely. And, although I'm not typically characterized as compassionate, I can't help but be subsumed with compassion for this poor man whose tragic story Dennett recounts.)

Hopefully someone will further develop Prof. Dennett's argument for freewill/determinism compatibility, but in the meantime, I'm plenty content to breeze along with my ownintuitive (and admittedly unsophisticated)instinct that a deterministic world view is, from a practical perspective, absurd.

After all, the notion that determinism is the 'correct' stance is meaningless so far as its impact on ethics or our day-to-day lives. If one were to subscribe to determinism, he'd be lumped in with the sniping, whiny leftist lemmings who naively parrot the "more evolved" motto that we have "no right to judge" criminals and madmen (unless, of course, they happen to be baptists from the south).

By "absurd" I mean simply as follows: To argue (as some do) that we can't blame or praise someone's actions or hold him accountable for his deviant or illegal behaviors because his genes and unfortunate upbringing alleviate any moral culpability, is, at its root, to ignore the naked fact that natural selection also endowed me with genes and an upbringing. Only my genes and environmental influences (deterministically)instruct me to seek retribution for the bad guy's "blameless" deviance. If you can't blame him then you can't blame me for my desire to punish him either--neither of us are free to act otherwise.

Free will has price tag.......2007-04-30

If reality is deterministic, then can anyone seriously believe in free will.

In giving an emphatic "yes" Dan Dennett posits a philosophy which attempts to show that -- properly understood -- determinism does indeed reconcile itself with the notion of free will (ostensibly something non deterministic).

In laying out his thesis, Dennett draws from a variety of sources however, amazingly enough, not choas theory.

This isn't surprising because in his earlier Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Dennett confessed that he didn't understand physics.

Regrettably, this lack of knowledge has denied him an important additional method by which to reconcile the two phenomenon he purports to discuss. Though certainly not a panacea, choas theory does posit that in sufficiently choatic systems, periodic patches of order emerge.

The significance of this view is obvious when one is discussing a field so broad a free will.

When properly viewed it emerges that free will isn't free.

Where Dennett took the example of baseball player responding to a pitch, let us take the example of you saying hello to a friend. While it's true that your friend may respond by singing a song or doing a dance, the smart money is on the idea that you will get some type of greeting in response to your greeting. In other words, free will isn't free but rather yields responses that lie within a fairly predictable horizon of responses.

Another good case in point is an individual choosing a mate. Research by Dr. Helen Fisher (see her Why we love) says that our romantic choices will ultimately combine two features: 1) a common economic, religious, social background with 2) those physical traits we deem desireable (themselves predictable as pointed out in the Nancy Etcoff book Survival of the Prettiest by means symmetry, youth, apparent reproductive fecundity and the like).

Still another good case in point is the individual in choosing a religion. Typically, children follow the faith of their parents.

True, in each of these situations, it is predictable that a certain percentage of random choices will occur outside the predicted outcomes but a fair analysis seems to suggest that free will generally expresses itself in the form of an individual doing what -- by dint of genetic proclivity or experiential background -- they were in essence programmed to do.

That said, Dennett's point that more learning and ability to learn widens the options is well taken. However, the Tao Te Ching's advice to "not let your wheels stray from old ruts" becomes not so much advice as a fair predicter of human behavior.

Prove Yourself/You Are the Move You Make.......2007-01-27

I should say, before I start criticizing, that Dennett does what he sets out to do: he reconciles free will with determinism. His method of doing so is different, consisting not so much of building an argument but rather unleashing a torrent of poignant examples that end up changing one's feelings about things, making the counterintuitive intuitive. Perhaps were the book intended for a more sophisticated audience, Dennett would have provided a more formal argument. But here the author explicitly states he's reaching for a larger crowd, and perhaps that explains his informality.

Nonetheless, this work is really done by about halfway in the book. Past that, he oozes towards other topics, which he only partially addresses. He's obviously displeased with the idea of a Cartesian self and so propounds a materialist view of consciousness, but it's a shallow attack, and dualism remains. His view of the evolution of morality is interesting but unsatisfying in the questions it leaves dangling, such as: "If morality develops as a way of preserving the good of the community, then how do we define that community? How do we define good?" The final chapter gets to political philosophy, but the rumination is so thin one doesn't gather much from it. Yes, choices must be made, but how?

I can see how a person could convincingly argue for the positions here, but it would require a more thorough treatment of each of them. And this is a book about free will---moral and political implications, et al, all seem rather tacked on, tantalizing starts but functionally just padding.

I don't want to give the impression that I did not like the book--I did, I enjoyed it quite a bit. The tone is breezy and informal (though sometimes too much) and the thought powerful yet easy to follow. Even as it meanders it's still fascinating.

But after some chapters, whereas the author clearly thought he'd proved something, I could not put my finger on what.

Still, well worth reading, and Dennett has some great references listed within that I shall check out forthwith.

Did not Prove His Theories.......2006-07-31

I found Mr. Dennett's book to be very interesting and well worth reading, but I think that he failed to prove the major premise upon which the book was based, that is, that despite the fact that we are physical beings who must follow the clock-like laws of physics, our actions are not totally predetermined. I believe that Mr. Dennett is correct in his belief that we have a choice. But I do not see that he proved his point.

Compatiblism by Evolutionary Constructs.......2006-05-01

One never knows with Dennett. His "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" is truly an exceptional work, but his "Consciousness Explained" and "Elbow Room" leave a lot to be desired. This is among the latter.

Here's the gist: Determinism is a fact of nature, evolution is also a fact of nature, humans have evolved to "incorporate" the notion of free-will, even if science denies it, and so by evolution of social norms we accept (i) determinism on the macroscopic level, (ii) indeterminancy on the microscopic level, and (iii) free will on the social or cultural level. Does the conclusion follow from the premises? Hardly.

Dennett is taking a "compatiblist" perspective, by adding features of evolutionary theory. The compatiblist theory admits determinism as a fact of nature, but "allows" free will because we believe we have it. And we believe we have it, because we have evolved to that state of consciousness. Even if it might be untrue, we've been hardwired by evolution to believe it is necessary. It's not a matter of the facts, it's a matter of what we have evolved to believe. Evolution is the reason we adhere to it, even if it's not entirely true.

Dennett, the ever-faithful materialist, cannot escape the physical reality that every effect has a cause, and because all effects are caused, even human behavior is ultimately only an effect of other causes. But we could not, and would not, have survived during evolution's slow process, if we genuinely believed that no one is responsible for his actions. So evolution implanted in humans (maybe it's in our genome) the belief that the important acts of humans are freely chosen, even if on another level they really are not. So both determinism and freewill coexist, but on different models and levels.

That's the gist. He could have been concise as I have been, but then it would have been an article at most, not a book. To fill the remaining pages, and they are many, Dennett opinionates about many things, including his disdain for rationalism, which is especially odd since his disdain is entirely a rationalist claim, even if it may not be rational. I don't deny the probability of some compatiblist theory, but don't undermine an appeal to rational claims, which is the only way to get there. Justifying free will by evolution is necessarily a rational exercise, because free will is not inherently a part of evolutionary theory.

When Dennett fails, it's often miserably. This was also a miserable read.

Who's in charge?(Book Review): An article from: American Scientist

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Who's in charge?(Book Review): An article from: American Scientist

Manufacturer: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
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Freedom Evolves
Daniel C. Dennett
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Freedom Evolves
Daniel Clement Dennett
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Freedom Evolves
Daniel Dennett
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The main goal and impact of modern string theory is to provide a consistent theory of gravity. This book provides an up-to-date understanding of the latest developments and current problems in string theory as applied to gravitation and physics at the Planck energy scale. It also discusses fundamental problems of quantum gravity in a modern context, independent of strings or any other models. The emphasis is on the mutual impact of string theory, gravity and cosmology.
The most relevant new physics provided by strings concerns the quantization of gravity and so we must at least understand string quantization in curved space-times. Besides their obvious relevance in classical gravitation, curved space-times are also important at energies of the order of the Planck scale, where gravitational interactions are at least as important as the rest, and so can no longer be ignored.
The editors have taken particular care to provide the bases of the different lines of research that are currently in contention. The reader is given an excellent opportunity to learn about the real state of the discipline, and to learn it in a critical way.

String Quantum Gravity and Physics at the Planck Energy Scale: International Workshop on Theoretical Physics

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String Quantum Gravity and Physics at the Planck Energy Scale: International Workshop on Theoretical Physics
N. Sanchez , and A. Zichichi
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Just okay read

Loved it!

Tongue in cheek - reads like a Doris Day movie

What a great book!

Hilarious, light reading! Made me laugh out loud!

The Thing about Jane Spring
Sharon Krum
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To catch the perfect man, she had to become the perfect lady.

At thirty-one, Jane Spring has everything a woman could ask for and seemingly everything a man could long for—great legs, brains, rising star status in the Manhattan D.A.'s office—but she just can't find a man who'll fall madly in love with her. Men are always lining up to ask her out, but for some reason no one wants a second date.

So Jane resolves to change her tack. One snowy night while watching a Doris Day marathon on cable it hits her: Doris Day always got her man. Trading her nondescript black pantsuit for petal pink Chanel and pearls, Jane dyes her hair, stops cursing, softens her voice, paints her nails— even her apartment—and embarks on a fun-filled journey to find the smart, sweet, gorgeous, capable, ambitious, courageous, loving, adoring, hardworking man of her dreams.

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Just okay read.......2007-08-23

This book was just okay and not as good as some other chick-lit books I've read. Jane took the whole Doris Day thing a little too far and I had a hard time believing that someone as intelligent as her would have gotten that carried away. There were some funny moments but it really was hard to believe that Jane Spring wouldn't have had a better sense about some things considering she had been living with civilians for quite a while.
If you have nothing else to read and want to kill a few hours, then this would be fine. If you want some fun chick-lit to read, I'd suggest looking elsewhere first.

Loved it!.......2007-07-11

An entertainingly funny, charming, enjoyable and satisfying fast read. I couldn't put it down and picked it up again to re-read after I finished it. I'm going to the library right now to borrow Krum's Walk of Fame.

Tongue in cheek - reads like a Doris Day movie.......2007-06-11

About a third of the way through this book, I realized I was giggling at nearly every page. It's a modern story, it's a Doris Day movie, and almost, but not quite, a satire (too gentle). I just loved it. I think the some of the critics of this book just did not get it and thought it was an odd "Harlequin Romance." It's really quite clever and it surprised me.

What a great book!.......2006-10-18

"The thing about Jane Spring" is one of the best books I read this summer. True, the plot about Jane Spring dressing up as Doris Day, because according to her, that's what it takes to get what she wants, is kind of unrealistic. Especially her showing up as this character in court and transforming her apartment to look like a movie set is way beyond reality.

Despite this surreality this book gives a good message about doing whatever you have to do in order to pursue your dream, and thus it was not only a fun and enjoyable book but it also had this motivational and inspiring touch to it.

Hilarious, light reading! Made me laugh out loud!.......2006-09-25

I bought this book on a whim, and I am so glad that I did. This is one of the funniest book that I have read this year. It made me laugh out loud, and really has a great lesson about how kindness is better than cruelty and insults when it comes to dealing with people. I think that any woman whose jobs has her managing other people or handling heavy responsibility will really appreciate Jane Spring's attitude transformation!

Labios De Nacar/ the Thing About Jane Spring

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Labios De Nacar/ the Thing About Jane Spring
Sharon Krum
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The Thing About Jane Spring
Sharon Krum
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The Thing About Jane Spring

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Thing About Jane Spring

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