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Author: Mrunal D Nakhare
Publisher: OrangeBooks Publication
Published: 2022-04-28
Total Pages: 203
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKdoesnt some one often come to an a flash of a second like though where we ourself get asked by a question but we ignore somethin like a glitch i came mostly into writting this book after ancient vedas and upanishads.
Author: Vlatko Vedral
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 0198815433
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this engaging and mind-stretching book, Vlatko Vedral explores the nature of information and looks at quantum computing, discussing the bizarre effects that arise from the quantum world. He concludes by asking the ultimate question: where did all of the information in the Universe come from?
Author: Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2017-12-22
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 0262343460
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow data science and the analysis of networks help us solve the puzzle of unintended consequences. Social life is full of paradoxes. Our intentional actions often trigger outcomes that we did not intend or even envision. How do we explain those unintended effects and what can we do to regulate them? In Decoding the Social World, Sandra González-Bailón explains how data science and digital traces help us solve the puzzle of unintended consequences—offering the solution to a social paradox that has intrigued thinkers for centuries. Communication has always been the force that makes a collection of people more than the sum of individuals, but only now can we explain why: digital technologies have made it possible to parse the information we generate by being social in new, imaginative ways. And yet we must look at that data, González-Bailón argues, through the lens of theories that capture the nature of social life. The technologies we use, in the end, are also a manifestation of the social world we inhabit. González-Bailón discusses how the unpredictability of social life relates to communication networks, social influence, and the unintended effects that derive from individual decisions. She describes how communication generates social dynamics in aggregate (leading to episodes of “collective effervescence”) and discusses the mechanisms that underlie large-scale diffusion, when information and behavior spread “like wildfire.” She applies the theory of networks to illuminate why collective outcomes can differ drastically even when they arise from the same individual actions. By opening the black box of unintended effects, González-Bailón identifies strategies for social intervention and discusses the policy implications—and how data science and evidence-based research embolden critical thinking in a world that is constantly changing.
Author: Karen Gunnison Ballen
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2012-08-01
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 1467701424
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the mid-1980s, some geneticists proposed a daring project to sequence the human genome. That meant figuring out the exact order of the three billion chemical pairs that make up human DNA. Sequencing the human genome could help scientists understand how our bodies work and help doctors diagnose, treat, and prevent certain diseases. The Human Genome Project launched in 1990, with scientists around the world collaborating on the research. They worked slowly and methodically, trying to produce the most accurate information possible. By 1991 one of these scientists, Craig Venter, became fed up with the HGP's slow pace. He challenged the HGP to move faster and started his own company to compete with the HGP. Racing neck and neck, the two organizations reached their goal years ahead of schedule. But the challenge also led to a bitter public argument, especially over who could use the sequence and how. This book reveals how ambition, persistence, ego, greed, and principle combined—often with explosive results—in the quest to decode our DNA.
Author: Geoffrey West
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2018-05-15
Total Pages: 498
ISBN-13: 014311090X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This is science writing as wonder and as inspiration." —The Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal From one of the most influential scientists of our time, a dazzling exploration of the hidden laws that govern the life cycle of everything from plants and animals to the cities we live in. Visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science, the science of emergent systems and networks. The term “complexity” can be misleading, however, because what makes West’s discoveries so beautiful is that he has found an underlying simplicity that unites the seemingly complex and diverse phenomena of living systems, including our bodies, our cities and our businesses. Fascinated by aging and mortality, West applied the rigor of a physicist to the biological question of why we live as long as we do and no longer. The result was astonishing, and changed science: West found that despite the riotous diversity in mammals, they are all, to a large degree, scaled versions of each other. If you know the size of a mammal, you can use scaling laws to learn everything from how much food it eats per day, what its heart-rate is, how long it will take to mature, its lifespan, and so on. Furthermore, the efficiency of the mammal’s circulatory systems scales up precisely based on weight: if you compare a mouse, a human and an elephant on a logarithmic graph, you find with every doubling of average weight, a species gets 25% more efficient—and lives 25% longer. Fundamentally, he has proven, the issue has to do with the fractal geometry of the networks that supply energy and remove waste from the organism’s body. West’s work has been game-changing for biologists, but then he made the even bolder move of exploring his work’s applicability. Cities, too, are constellations of networks and laws of scalability relate with eerie precision to them. Recently, West has applied his revolutionary work to the business world. This investigation has led to powerful insights into why some companies thrive while others fail. The implications of these discoveries are far-reaching, and are just beginning to be explored. Scale is a thrilling scientific adventure story about the elemental natural laws that bind us together in simple but profound ways. Through the brilliant mind of Geoffrey West, we can envision how cities, companies and biological life alike are dancing to the same simple, powerful tune.
Author: Peter H. Fraser
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Published: 2008-03-20
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 1594772258
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this revolutionary look at the energetic physiology of the human body, Peter Fraser and Harry Massey introduce Infoceuticals--liquid remedies infused with electrodynamic information. Infoceuticals promote health by reestablishing the proper flow of information in the body's energetic fields.
Author: John F. Atkins
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2010-03-10
Total Pages: 473
ISBN-13: 0387893822
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe literature on recoding is scattered, so this superb book ?lls a need by prov- ing up-to-date, comprehensive, authoritative reviews of the many kinds of recoding phenomena. Between 1961 and 1966 my colleagues and I deciphered the genetic code in Escherichia coli and showed that the genetic code is the same in E. coli, Xenopus laevis, and guinea pig tissues. These results showed that the code has been c- served during evolution and strongly suggested that the code appeared very early during biological evolution, that all forms of life on earth descended from a c- mon ancestor, and thus that all forms of life on this planet are related to one another. The problem of biological time was solved by encoding information in DNA and retrieving the information for each new generation, for it is easier to make a new organism than it is to repair an aging, malfunctioning one. Subsequently, small modi?cations of the standard genetic code were found in certain organisms and in mitochondria. Mitochondrial DNA only encodes about 10–13 proteins, so some modi?cations of the genetic code are tolerated that pr- ably would be lethal if applied to the thousands of kinds of proteins encoded by genomic DNA.
Author: Christopher D. Frith
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780198529262
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Author: Stefan Raffl
Publisher: Stefan Raffl
Published: 2023-05-11
Total Pages: 191
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat does it really mean to be a high-impact leader? In The Natural Strategist: Cultivating a Mindset of Care and Connection, Stefan Raffl draws on lessons from business and nature to show how we can lead with intention and foster flourishing. Readers will discover how to cultivate a mindset that creates the right context and conditions for people and organizations to thrive. Taking a holistic perspective, the author reveals how everything is connected, and how we can use this knowledge to create sustainable models that will accomplish the positive change we seek. Readers will learn how to connect values, purpose, and vision to develop a strategy that goes beyond action plans and fulfills the promise of their future impact. The Natural Strategist offers insights on how to strategically apply mindfulness, build on strengths, and navigate ambiguity with a commitment to the long term. It is essential read for anyone who wants to forge a culture of growth and well-being and create an inspired future for themselves and those around them. www.thenaturalstrategist.co
Author: L.J. Jordanova
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-06-11
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1317884965
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of essays - including 3 that have never been published before - by one of the leading figures in cultural history. Professor Jordanova examines and reinterprets the writings of eighteenth-century thinkers and, in the process, sheds light on contemporary views on issues such as motherhood, sexuality, the body, art and medicine. The volume includes some of the author's most controversial and pioneering work, all the pieces have been revised in the light of the latest historiography and much of the material is published here for the first time.
