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by Henri Poincaré
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
"Still a joy to read." — Mathematical Gazette
This classic by the famous mathematician defines the basic methodology and psychology of scientific discovery, particularly regarding mathematics and mathematical physics. Drawing on examples from many fields, it explains how scientists analyze...
by Novato Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Learn they key concepts in Nir Eyal’s Hooked… in 30 minutes.
This 30-minute expert guide is the official summary of Eyal’s bestselling book, Hooked, and includes a foreword by the author.
In Hooked author Nir Eyal distills years of research, consulting, and practical experience...
Atoms Under the Floorboards
The Surprising Science Hidden in Your Home
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Using the modern home as a springboard, Atoms under the Floorboards introduces the reader tothe fascinating and surprising scientific explanations behind a variety of common (and often entertainingly mundane) household phenomena, from gurgling drains and squeaky floorboards to rubbery custard and...
Unthink
And How to Harness the Power of Your Unconscious
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Your life is dominated by your unconscious mind: by thoughts you're unaware of and movements you don't realise you are making. Words, colours, mannerisms and other cues you don't realise are affecting you, change what you think. The confidence you have in your ability to reason and to consciously...
by Philip Ball
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 13, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 13, 2016
¿Qué haría si pudiera volverse invisible? Seguramente, algo relacionado con el poder, con el dinero o con el sexo… o con las tres cosas. Un ensayo fascinante sobre la turbulenta relación del ser humano con lo invisible: desde los mitos griegos hasta las últimas tecnologías bélicas para no...
Empathy
From Bench to Bedside
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2011
Recent work on empathy theory, research, and applications, by scholars from disciplines ranging from neuroscience to psychoanalysis.
There are many reasons for scholars to investigate empathy. Empathy plays a crucial role in human social interaction at all stages of life; it is thought to help...
Record Keeping in Psychotherapy and Counseling
Protecting Confidentiality and the Professional Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Record Keeping in Psychotherapy and Counseling provides an essential framework for understanding record keeping within legal, ethical, supervisory, and clinical contexts. Compelling case examples identify dilemmas and strategies in protecting confidentiality. More than a simple reference book, this...
Psychology
An Elementary Text-Book
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2016
PSYCHOLOGY has a long past, yet its real history is short. For thousands of years it has existed and has been growing older; but in the earlier part of this period it cannot boast of any continuous progress toward a riper and richer development. In the fourth century before our era that giant thinker,...
Finish Your Dissertation, Darling!
Successful Strategies for Overcoming Procrastination, Isolation, Writing Blocks, Wish for Perfection, Unresponsive Professors, Troublesome Relatives & Research Gone Awry
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Finish Your Dissertation, Darling is a love offering to dissertation writers by a clinical psychologist who worked extensively with doctoral students at the university and in clinical practice. She offers the most effective and comprehensive strategies for completing the dissertation. Students find themselves...
by David Rowland
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
“By far the best professional book ever published about understanding, assessing, and treating male sexual dysfunction.”
Sexual dysfunctions in men, such as erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory disorders, and low sexual desire, are typically sources of significant distress for men. This book, being...
Yoga and Eating Disorders
Ancient Healing for Modern Illness
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Yoga and Eating Disorders bridges the knowledge and practice gaps between mental health providers and yoga practitioners who work with clients suffering from disordered eating. Combining the wisdom of 20 experts in eating disorders treatment and yoga practice, editors Carolyn Costin and Joe Kelly...
Impossible?
Surprising Solutions to Counterintuitive Conundrums
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
In Nonplussed!, popular-math writer Julian Havil delighted readers with a mind-boggling array of implausible yet true mathematical paradoxes. Now Havil is back with Impossible?, another marvelous medley of the utterly confusing, profound, and unbelievable—and all of it mathematically irrefutable.
Whenever...
Lady Luck
The Theory of Probability
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2012
"Should I take my umbrella?" "Should I buy insurance?" "Which horse should I bet on?" Every day ― in business, in love affairs, in forecasting the weather or the stock market questions arise which cannot be answered by a simple "yes" or "no." Many of these questions involve probability. Probabilistic...
by Alana Monet-Telfer
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2013
The Advanced Physics Series: Electrical Circuits
Do you love physics? Do you love to learn about electrical circuits and how they are useful on our society? If you do; this is the e book is for you. This e book contains the terms and terminology of Current, Potential Difference, Electrical...