A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans: with A Theory of Meaning Jakob von Uexküll
Language: English | 2010 | ISBN: 0816658994 | 248 pages | PDF (scan) | 14,8 MB
Is the tick a machine or a machine operator? Is it a mere object or a subject? With these questions, the pioneering biophilosopher Jakob von Uexküll embarks on a remarkable exploration of the unique social and physical environments that individual animal species, as well as individuals within species, build and inhabit. This concept of the umwelt has become enormously important within posthumanist philosophy, influencing such figures as Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Deleuze and Guattari, and, most recently, Giorgio Agamben, who has called Uexküll "a high point of modern antihumanism."
A First Course in Optimization Theory by Rangarajan K. Sundaram
Language: English | 1996 | ISBN: 0521497701 | 376 pages | PDF | 12,4 MB
This book introduces students to optimization theory and its use in economics and allied disciplines.
A Ferocious Opening Repertoire by Cyrus Lakdawala
Language: English | 2011 | ISBN: 1857446615 | 306 pages | PDF | 10,6 MB
Tired of playing the same old openings? Bored with stuffy opening theory? This book provides a welcome antidote!
A Different Kind of Animal: How Culture Transformed Our Species by Robert Boyd
Language: English | 2017 | ISBN: 0691177732 | 248 pages | PDF | 2,6 MB
How our ability to learn from each other has been the essential ingredient to our remarkable success as a species
A Course in Time Series Analysis by Daniel Peña, George C. Tiao, Ruey S. Tsay
Language: English | 2000 | ISBN: 047136164X | 496 pages | PDF | 19,7 MB
New statistical methods and future directions of research in time series
A Comprehensible Universe: The Interplay of Science and Theology
Language: English | 2008 | ISBN: 3540776249 | 160 pages | PDF | 1 MB
Why is our world comprehensible? This question seems so trivial that few people have dared to ask it. In this book we explore the deep roots of the mystery of rationality. The inquiry into the rationality of the world began over two-and-a-half-thousand years ago, when a few courageous people tried to understand the world with the help of reason alone, rejecting the comforting fabric of myth and legend.
A Companion to Marx's Capital by David Harvey
Language: English | 2010 | ISBN: 1844673588 | 368 pages | PDF | 3,4 MB
"My aim is to get you to read a book by Karl Marx called Capital, Volume 1, and to read it on Marx's own terms..."
A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience by Thomas A. Kochumuttom
Language: English | 2008 | ISBN: 812080662X | 287 pages | PDF | 9,15 MB
Giving a new translation and interpretation of the basic works of Vasubandhu the yogacarin, the author shows that Yogacara metaphysics is basically the same as that of the early Buddhism. He contends that the Yogacara writings are open to interpretation in terms of realistic pluralism, and thus challenges their traditional interpretation in terms of idealistic monism. His translation is faithful to the original, arguments convincing and consistent, and presentation clear and readable. The texts translated and interpreted are (i) Madhyanta-vibhago-karika-bhasya, (ii) Trisvabhava-nirdesa, (iii) Trimsatika and (iv) Vimsatika. The doctrine of experience presented by these texts may be summarised in the words of the author as follow: The experience of samsara consists basically in one's being forced to view oneself as the grasper (grahaka), the enjoyer (bhoktr), knower (jnatr) of all beings, which are then viewed as the graspable (grahya), the enjoyable (bhojya), the knowable (jneya). There one cannot help mentally constructing the distinction between the subject and the object, the grasper and the graspable, the enjoyer and the enjoyable..."
99 Ways to Stretch Your Home Budget: Save Up to $2000 a Month-Or More! by Cheri Gillard
Language: English | 2009 | ISBN: 0307458415 | 112 pages | EPUB | 2,5 MB
With words like "recession" and "record unemployment" filling the air, the typical family-regardless of how the economy is treating them-will be paying attention to the budget. That's why 99 Ways to Stretch Your Home Budget will receive a warm reception as it delivers scores of practical ideas to save cash around the house.
9 Powerful Practices of Really Great Bosses by Stephen Kohn, Vincent O'Connell
Language: English | 2013 | ISBN: 160163272X | 224 pages | EPUB | 3,4 MB
Why does one management style make employees hate their jobs, while a different style inspires them to perform and commands their respect? Emotionally intelligent people management skills turn out to be the primary reason. In modern organizations keen on retaining their most talented human capital, there may be no more important competency to develop than the skills that motivate people to outperform the competition.