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Wiley GAAP Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles 2006 with 2005 FARS CD-ROM for Purchase as Standalone Set
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Pfeiffers Classic Activities for Interpersonal Communication is a comprehensive resource filled with ready-made learning activities that you can immediately put to use in your ongoing effort to maintain and improve workplace communication. This important collection of timeless activities brings together classic resources drawn from more than thirty years of the Pfeiffer Annuals. Editor Jack Gordon, former chief editor of Training Magazine, has selected experiential learning activities, instruments, and discussion resources that both new and seasoned trainers can rely on to enhance training events on communication, customer service, sales, teamwork, or management development.
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Ria Federal Tax Handbook, 2000
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Using fundamental physics, the theory of stellar structure and evolution is able to predict how stars are born, how their complex internal structure changes, what nuclear fuel they burn, and their ultimate fate. This undergraduate textbook provides a clear, methodical introduction to the theory of stellar structure and evolution. Starting from general principles and axioms, step-by-step coverage leads students to a global, comprehensive understanding of the subject. Throughout, the book uniquely places emphasis on the basic physical principles governing stellar structure and evolution. All processes are explained in clear and simple terms with all the necessary mathematics included. Exercises and their full solutions allow students to test their understanding. This book requires only a basic background in physics and mathematics and assumes no prior knowledge of astronomy. It provides a stimulating introduction for undergraduates in astronomy, physics, planetary science and applied mathematics taking a course on the physics of stars.
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alright........2006-11-06
the book is alright, the 2nd half is just qualitative discussion, most of which you've proabably already heard. the first half is the best, gives all of the equations of stellar structure, but has some really annoying convensions -- it's in MKS units, and it denotes luminosity by 'F' which really threw me off at first. hmmm, the conversation is a little uninspiring too...
Nice book that cover a lot of topics.......2006-10-19
This is a nice book that covers a lot of astrophysical concepts. The level of detail is fair for a first introduction into the subject and the style is easy to follow. However, the different topics are introduced one after the other without a clear motivation. This makes the book a bit confusing.
Excellent book for beginners.......2004-05-16
A truly excellent introductory book. It has worked problems at the back and actually has an index that allows you to find anything you need for reference. I actually used this book more than Padmanabhan's books for my graduate course, because Prialnik explains things very well.
This book should be the basis of any undergraduate stellar astrophysics course.
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Rubber Technology: Compounding and Testing for Performance is a practical guide to cost-effective formulating of rubber compounds to achieve optimal processing and performance. It provides a thorough discussion of the principles of rubber compounding, rubber testing, and how various compound changes will effect different properties and test measurements.
Rubber compounding is discussed as a series of interdependent systems such as the elastomer system, the filler-oil system, the cure system, etc. A holistic approach is used to show how changes in these different systems will affect specific compound properties.
Much attention is given to trade-offs in properties and emphasis is placed on finding the best balance for compound cost, processing properties, and product performance.
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Rubber Technology.......2007-05-16
The book is very good, the only sugestion is some improvement in chapters that refers about rubber polymers like Viton as an example, that would be more complete with cure pakage, and with more recipes for uses like seals, hoses, etc
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Basic Compounding and Processing of Rubber
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Highlighting more than a decade of research, this one-of-a-kind reference reviews the production, processing, and characteristics of a wide range of materials utilized in the modern tire and rubber industry. Rubber Compounding investigates the chemistry and modification of raw materials, elastomers, and material compounds for optimal formulation and engineering of new rubber products and outlines the benefits and attributes of halobutyl polymers for modern tires. With contributions from more than 23 field specialists, as well as 180 tables and 1000 references to survey the latest advances in the rubber product industry, the book analyzes trends and advances from more than a decade of research.
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Practical Rubber Compounding and Processing
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Crude rubber and compounding ingredients;: A text-book of rubber manufacture,
Henry C Pearson
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“The Biology of Belief” examines how our less than perfectly adapted brains cope with today's world. Among the things considered are how our brain biology biases our perceptions, organizes ignorance into belief systems, predisposes us to believe in supernatural spirits, and permits others to manipulate our beliefs. The human brain evolved over millions of years to cope with survival and reproduction in the rudimentary world of our primitive ancestors. Inasmuch as our brain biology formed to cope with this ancient world, it should be no surprise that it has a few problems in dealing with the complexities of modern life.
The process by which we come to believe something new involves a labyrinth of thought-influencing biological and other factors. In attempting to understand this labyrinth and its effect on how we acquire beliefs, this work addresses a number of considerations. The profound effect brain evolution has had on our way of perceiving the world is one example. Other elements include brain module interactions, neurotransmitters, inborn biological predispositions, and the interdependence of belief and perception. Together with other factors, they collectively comprise the biology of belief. How our beliefs come to define our realities is revealed through an exploration of the processes by which beliefs are created, changed, transmitted, and manipulated. The text challenges readers to consider whether biological and belief mechanisms resistant to change will permit long-held cultural beliefs to adapt rapidly enough to address the new realities of our changing world.
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I don't believe it........2004-08-18
A more accurate title for this book would have been BELIEFS ABOUT BELIEF. In many ways, this is a misleading book. In trying to explain why I think this, I hope to highlight what is right and what is wrong with Mr. Giovannoli's presentation.
DISCLAIMER
I think it is right to cultivate suspicion regarding belief. I appreciate the Masters of Suspicion who in various times and different ways helped to unbefuddle us by offering astringents for the received wisdom. We all know the three Super Heroes in this tradition: Nietzsche, Marx and Freud. The latter two demolished structures of belief in the service of erecting their own, while Nietzsche's Demolition Derby style of inquiry, while not easy to systematize, has shown little resistance to being claimed by ideologues both raw and cooked. Let's acknowledge for the moment that suspicion is a method, and that its main efficacy is in examining/analyzing/deconstructing belief.
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Let's practice suspicion in considering this text. Let's give it a suspicious reading.
PROBLEMS
The first problem I have with Mr. Giovannoli's work is that I do not know what belief is. I am even less sure what he means by the term. Perhaps it is one of those chimeras we know very well unless we have to explain it. Another possible title: THE RIDDLE OF BELIEF. He presents so many attributes of this fancy that it's like one of those ancient Tibetan riddles:
You learn me before you can think.
I am powered by the brain's right side.
I give meaning to perceptions of reality.
I am self-reinforcing.
I determine the value of information.
I function like a gene.
I constitute unique cultures.
My name is __________?
I can fill in the blank with many things, and "belief" need not be among them. Therefore, this pile of sweepings is NOT constitutive of belief.
A second problem. The book suffers a lot from its tone, or lack of one. The style reminds me of some Bruckner symphonies that meander here and there, like a broad, slow river flowing through a broad, flat plain. The motion of the water is barely enough to carry you along. Perhaps this is meant to be a meditative style, but if it is, it allows the most astonishing ideas to appear with no warning and little acknowledgement. It's as if while flowing down that broad, slow river, you suddenly saw the Loch Ness Monster swimming alongside the boat, but your astonishment came when you realized that no one reacted with astonishment.
This kind of thing happened to me a number times while reading this book. The most astonishing claims were made, but they always had that "Please pass the ketchup" flatness. One such "please pass the ketchup" claim was that cranial right hemisphere dominance is the main source of what Giovannoli calls the "believability" of beliefs. I was surprised at this statement, and I reckon that most neuroscientists would be surprised.
I think this flat tone is more than a stylistic problem. I think it indicates a fundamental difficulty in the author's evaluations of what is true and why, and what is believed and why.
A third problem. As it is, Giavannoli often presents statements from pop psychology (e.g. hemispheric dominance) as if they were mainstream neuroscience discoveries.
Problem four. There is an all too frequent reliance on argument from authority - dozens of quotes from luminaries like Descartes, Kant and Ockham. Surely, argument from authority is a tactic best left in the employ of belief-based polemicists in venues where testimonials are considered valid evidence. Surely, if you are concocting a modern fable about belief, to consistently bolster your words with quotes from ancient authorities is to damage your credibility. In this way, the book sows epistemological confusion.
CONCLUSION
If, as the title alludes to, the charge of this book is to examine the claim that belief is grounded in biology, then the presentation fails to convict, either beyond a reasonable doubt or by preponderance of the evidence. Mr. Giavannoli has not escaped from the very concerns he attempts to articulate: he has given us a loosely wired series of beliefs about belief, but in the final analysis, there is no compelling reason to believe his invocation.
Impressed reader.......2004-02-14
This book was recommended by a friend, but after reading a review that described the author as a "gifted amateur" I must admit I had reservations. However, on reading the book I found that it explained the process of belief formation through an extraordinary synthesis of diverse knowledge disciplines. The author, apparently a generalist with encyclopedic comprehension, described how the human brain evolved and the significance of that evolution on the biological and social influences affecting how we form beliefs. I found the description of the evolution of life on earth, and specifically the events that directly influenced brain evolution to be enlightening. The book's use of historical examples of belief evolution and manipulation caused me to think twice about what I had been taught to believe. The current science-religion debates were given a neuro-historical perspective through a description of the parallel histories of both ways of thinking, beginning with Plato and Aristotle. The book posits that the brain's emotional limbic structures might account for the thinking of Plato and subsequent religious thinkers, while the frontal portion of the brain's neocortex might explain Aristotle's reasoned, more scientific approach to the world. In this regard, the book painfully reminded me of the injustices experienced by scientists and others in the name of religion. The rise of religious fundamentalism in our time might explain the author's concern about the possible negative influences of mythological belief systems on the future of humanity.
I have a special interest in the ongoing debate over Richard Dawkins' meme theory. The author's view that memes are an oversimplification of the method by which beliefs move from person to person was supported by a number of academics in a Scientific American article in Oct. of 2000. I found compelling the author's observation that meme theory falls short by failing to predict who will "be acquired" by a meme, and that meme theory fails to account for the capacity of thought and self-direction to intervene in the process of belief transmission from person to person. In short, I liked the book. It contained many original concepts and perspectives, was well documented and was very readable. I'm not surprised at the publisher's listing of universities in Europe and North America that use the book as a reference or text.
Interesting but flawed.......2004-01-30
The author is a gifted amateur who raises a wide range of ideas, but has difficulty in tying them all together in a coherent thesis. The central concept is a variation of Richard Dawkin's idea of the meme, and how our core beliefs are passed from generation to generation without much critical thought.
There is not very much biology in this book, so I found the title rather misleading. Giovannoli does not lay a rigorous scientific foundation for his hypothesis, and he leaves the reader with many questions concerning the basis for his assertions.
That said, the book is often very entertaining with many tidbits of information from a wide range of disciplines. Anyone looking for a serious treatment of cognitive science and what it says about human capacity for belief is likely to be disappointed, as I was. If you are looking for a very personal discussion of mythology vs. science, you are likely to find this book most enjoyable.
An enlightening view of myself........2003-05-06
There are very few books that can truly alter the way one views the world. The Biology of Belief is one of those very few. The author's comment, that the original motivation of the book was to see "why rational minds are capable of believing in myth" and "its capacity to alter our view of reality", took me on my own "journey". An understanding of the extent of brainwashing that exists in our culture was very enlightening. In fact, I can only describe my experience in the following manner: in borrowing the phase "I once was blind but now I see.." I think the book should be require reading at EVERY liberal arts university. The tough part would be supplying the professors to teach it!
Biology of Belief.......2002-04-11
Throughout this book, Mr. Giovannoli has tried to stay close to the science while giving the reader an intuitive understatnding, often through analogy and metaphor of how scientists and philosophers have reached the current perception of beliefs. Even though he avoids burdensome technical language and equations, because of the radically new concepts invloved, the reader may need to pause now and then, to mull over a section here or ponder an explanation there, in order to follow the progression of ideas fully.
Despite an acceptable "Western" perspective, "The Biology of Belief" does more than just augment the fragments of understanding we have about our belief system..It arranges biological and historical benchmarks into a sometimes thrilling intellectual jaunt that belies Mr. Giovannoli's belief that the whole is much greater than the sum of it's parts. A common evolutionary thread pierces the book and illustrates our dependence on our reptilian ancestors brain functions, and ties it to the world's current dealings with zealots and fundalmentalism. A quantum leap, presented with conviction and compassion.
Never in my years of associated reading, have I been so anxious to read a book for the third time.
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Wishbone Alley
Liam Kiernan
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Wishbone Alley is a humor novel set in present day New York City. Matt Peebles is a down-and-out writer who finally lands a writing research job focussing on three utter lunatics. In another stroke of fate, he meets a beautiful young school teacher named Gabrielle and joins her for a misadventurous tour of the Amazon rain forest.
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This cookbook produced by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Nebraska contains a variety of tasty recipes contributed by volunteers and celebrities, including Joan Lunden, Chip Davis, Johnny Bench, Barbara Mandrell, Danny Noonan (Dallas Cowboys football player), Betty Ford, Katharine Hepburn, John Denver, and many others.
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