Applied category: 4609 books
Terror, Love and Brainwashing
Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Written by a cult survivor and renowned expert on cults and totalitarianism, Terror, Love and Brainwashing draws on the author’s 25 years of study and research to explain how almost anyone, given the right set of circumstances, can be radically manipulated to engage in otherwise incomprehensible...
by Saul Stahl, Paul E. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
This introductory treatment provides insightful expositions of specific applications as well as elements of mathematical history and culture. The in-depth coverage of key mathematical topics is presented in clear terms and at an informal level that relates classic concepts to readers' everyday lives....
Complex Adaptive Systems
An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2009
This book provides the first clear, comprehensive, and accessible account of complex adaptive social systems, by two of the field's leading authorities. Such systems--whether political parties, stock markets, or ant colonies--present some of the most intriguing theoretical and practical challenges...
by Rudy Rucker
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
This is the definitive popular exploration of what the fourth dimension means, both physically and spiritually. Mathematician and science-fiction novelist Rudy Rucker takes readers on a guided tour of a higher reality that explores what the fourth dimension is and what it has meant to generations...
Sundials
Their Theory and Construction
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Have you every wanted to build a sundial or to understand how one works? Then you have probably been frustrated as you search vainly for help. Most books on the subject are either rare out-of-print works published centuries ago and available only in highly specialized collections, or highly complicated...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Mastery - How to Master Your Brain & Your Emotions to Overcome Depression, Anxiety and Phobias
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Series, #2
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Series Book #2
There are many people who suffer from depression, anxiety and phobias. These can have severe negative impacts on their lives and can make them unable to fully enjoy everything that they should be able to enjoy, but the good news is that there are...
Basic Electrical Measurements
an excerpt
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
A plain language primer dealing methods of obtaining with 5 priciple measurements in electrical engineering; voltage, current, resistance, inductance and capacitance. The book goes on to outline compliance procedures for the Navy's Metrology and Calibration structure.
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The Tell
The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths about Who We Are
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Every day we make predictions based on limited information, in business and at home. Will this company's stock performance continue? Will the job candidate I just interviewed be a good employee? What kind of adult will my child grow up to be? We tend to dismiss our predictive minds as prone to bias...
by Fred D. Frankel, Robert J. Myatt
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Mark Strikman, Kevork Spartalian, Milton W. Cole
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2014
Many remarkable medical technologies, diagnostic tools, and treatment methods have emerged as a result of modern physics discoveries in the last century—including X-rays, radiation treatment, laser surgery, high-resolution ultrasound scans, computerized tomography (CT) scans, and magnetic resonance...
by Wayne A. Wickelgren
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
If you've ever tried to solve mathematical problems without any idea how to go about it, this book is for you. It will improve your ability to solve all kinds of mathematical problems whether in mathematics, science, engineering, business, or purely recreational mathematical problems (puzzles, games,...
Journeys in Social Psychology
Looking Back to Inspire the Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
This volume consists of personal narrative accounts of the career journeys of some of the world's most eminent social psychologists. Each contributing psychologist is an esteemed scholar, an excellent writer, and has a story to tell. Together, the contributions cover a time range from Morton...
The Psychology of Entertainment Media
Blurring the Lines Between Entertainment and Persuasion
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
In this volume, psychologists and communication experts present theory on understanding and predicting how learning occurs through media consumption. As the impact of traditional advertising has declined over the last couple of decades, marketers have scrambled to find other ways to effectively communicate...
Military Ethics and Peace Psychology
A Dialogue:a Special Issue of peace and Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.