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Tales from Both Sides of the Brain (Enhanced Edition) (Enhanced Edition) – Michael S. Gazzaniga

by Myrna Posted on December 3, 2019

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Tales from Both Sides of the Brain (Enhanced Edition) (Enhanced Edition)

A Life in Neuroscience

Michael S. Gazzaniga

Genre: Life Sciences

Price: $1.99

Publish Date: February 24, 2015

Publisher: Ecco

Seller: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS


With extensive video footage of his trailblazing cognitive experiments, Michael Gazzaniga—the “father of cognitive neuroscience”—illuminates the discoveries behind his groundbreaking work in this enhanced digital edition of Tales from Both Sides of the Brain. Michael S. Gazzaniga, one of the most important neuroscientists of the twentieth century, gives us an exciting behind-the-scenes look at his seminal work on that unlikely couple, the right and left brain. Foreword by Steven Pinker. In the mid-twentieth century, Michael S. Gazzaniga, “the father of cognitive neuroscience,” was part of a team of pioneering neuroscientists who developed the now foundational split-brain brain theory: the notion that the right and left hemispheres of the brain can act independently from one another and have different strengths. In Tales from Both Sides of the Brain, Gazzaniga tells the impassioned story of his life in science and his decades-long journey to understand how the separate spheres of our brains communicate and miscommunicate with their separate agendas. By turns humorous and moving, Tales from Both Sides of the Brain interweaves Gazzaniga’s scientific achievements with his reflections on the challenges and thrills of working as a scientist. In his engaging and accessible style, he paints a vivid portrait not only of his discovery of split-brain theory, but also of his comrades in arms—the many patients, friends, and family who have accompanied him on this wild ride of intellectual discovery.

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Infinite Powers – Steven Strogatz

by Myrna Posted on March 30, 2019

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Infinite Powers

How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

Steven Strogatz

Genre: Mathematics

Price: $15.99

Expected Publish Date: April 2, 2019

Publisher: HMH Books

Seller: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company


From preeminent math personality and author of The Joy of x, a brilliant and endlessly appealing explanation of calculus – how it works and why it makes our lives immeasurably better.    Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled DNA or discovered Neptune or figured out how to put 5,000 songs in your pocket.    Though many of us were scared away from this essential, engrossing subject in high school and college, Steven Strogatz’s brilliantly creative, down‑to‑earth history shows that calculus is not about complexity; it’s about simplicity. It harnesses an unreal number—infinity—to tackle real‑world problems, breaking them down into easier ones and then reassembling the answers into solutions that feel miraculous.    Infinite Powers recounts how calculus tantalized and thrilled its inventors, starting with its first glimmers in ancient Greece and bringing us right up to the discovery of gravitational waves (a phenomenon predicted by calculus). Strogatz reveals how this form of math rose to the challenges of each age: how to determine the area of a circle with only sand and a stick; how to explain why Mars goes “backwards” sometimes; how to make electricity with magnets; how to ensure your rocket doesn’t miss the moon; how to turn the tide in the fight against AIDS.    As Strogatz proves, calculus is truly the language of the universe. By unveiling the principles of that language, Infinite Powers makes us marvel at the world anew. 

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The Joy of x – Steven Strogatz

by Myrna Posted on March 10, 2019

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The Joy of x
A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
Steven Strogatz

Genre: Mathematics

Price: $2.99

Publish Date: October 1, 2013

Publisher: HMH Books

Seller: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company


“Delightful . . . easily digestible chapters include plenty of helpful examples and illustrations. You’ll never forget the Pythagorean theorem again!” — Scientific American Many people take math in high school and promptly forget much of it. But math plays a part in all of our lives all of the time, whether we know it or not. In The Joy of x , Steven Strogatz expands on his hit New York Times series to explain the big ideas of math gently and clearly, with wit, insight, and brilliant illustrations. Whether he is illuminating how often you should flip your mattress to get the maximum lifespan from it, explaining just how Google searches the internet, or determining how many people you should date before settling down, Strogatz shows how math connects to every aspect of life. Discussing pop culture, medicine, law, philosophy, art, and business, Strogatz is the math teacher you wish you’d had. Whether you aced integral calculus or aren’t sure what an integer is, you’ll find profound wisdom and persistent delight in The Joy of x .

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Quote of the Day #2: Tax Plans

by ByronHUYuap Posted on May 26, 2017

Mother Jones

The Wall Street Journal provides an example of the criticism leveled at Donald Trump’s press operation:

Some Trump advisers have also questioned the judgment of communications officials, citing as an example the rollout of a tax-plan outline in April that featured Goldman Sachs alumnae Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, and Gary Cohn, the National Economic Council director.

“The left is automatically going to say the tax plan is tailored to the rich and to Wall Street. And we just gave them an image of the rich and of Wall Street,” one Trump former campaign official said.

First off, who else is going to roll out a tax plan? The Secretary of Defense?

Second, the left isn’t automatically going to say the tax plan is tailored to the rich and to Wall Street. We’re going to say that if it actually is tailored to the rich and to Wall Street. But the confusion here is easy to understand since Republican plans are always tailored to the rich and to Wall Street. That makes it hard to parse responses from the left, I suppose.

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No, China Didn’t Suddenly Stop Manipulating Their Currency When Trump Was Elected

by CarmineFenbury Posted on May 14, 2017

Mother Jones

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Here’s a snippet from the Economist’s interview with President Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. The subject is whether China is manipulating its currency in a way that hurts the United States:

Trump: They’re actually not a currency manipulator. You know, since I’ve been talking about currency manipulation with respect to them and other countries, they stopped.

Mnuchin: Right, as soon as the president got elected they went the other way.

It’s tiresome to hear Trump say this, and doubly tiresome to hear Mnuchin chime in like a toady about it. Yes sir, Mr. President, they stopped as soon as they realized a real man was about to occupy the White House!

Here’s all you need to know about Chinese currency manipulation:

All the way through 2013, China’s foreign reserves increased nearly every quarter. This was because they were buying lots and lots of dollars as a way of keeping the value of the yuan low, which made Chinese exports cheaper and American imports more expensive. In mid-2014 they stopped. Since then, they’ve mostly sold their dollar holdings, to the tune of a trillion dollars over the past couple of years. During this entire time the yuan has been falling on its own, and the Chinese intervention has had the effect of propping it up to prevent it from falling even faster. This makes Chinese exports more expensive and American imports cheaper, which is exactly what we want.

As for November 2016, nothing happened. I don’t know if Trump knows this, since he seems to live in some kind of alternate reality, but Mnuchin does. So does everyone else.

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Op-Docs: ‘Animals Are Persons Too’

by Myrna Posted on April 23, 2014

A short documentary follows the lawyer Steven Wise’s effort to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans. Link:  Op-Docs: ‘Animals Are Persons Too’ ; ;Related ArticlesOn the Environment: Forty-Four Years of Earth DayDot Earth Blog: No Time to Waste: Students Pursue Environmental Progress Instead of Exam GradesDot Earth Blog: Beneath the Surface of China’s Great Urban Rush ;

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How the Obama Administration Can Get Bluefin Tuna Off the (Wrong) Hook

by Myrna Posted on January 7, 2014

The public’s help is sought in a push to restrict wasteful fishing practices that are harming rare bluefin tuna. Source: How the Obama Administration Can Get Bluefin Tuna Off the (Wrong) Hook ; ;Related ArticlesDot Earth Blog: How the Obama Administration Can Get Bluefin Tuna Off the (Wrong) HookIn One Image: Cold Snaps In Global ContextBill Nye Wants To Wage War on Anti-Science Politics, Make a Movie—And Save the Planet From Asteroids ;

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