In Science before Socrates, Daniel Graham argues against the prevalent belief that the Presocratic philosophers did not produce any empirical science and that the first major Greek science, astronomy, did not develop until at least the time of Plato. Instead, Graham proposes that the advances made by Presocratic philosophers in the study of astronomy deserve to be considered as scientific contributions. Whereas philosophers of the sixth century BC treated astronomical phenomena as ephemeral events continuous with weather processes, those of the fifth century treated heavenly bodies as independent stony masses whirled in a cosmic vortex. Two historic events help to date and account for the change: a solar eclipse in 478 BC and a meteoroid that fell to earth around 466. Both events influenced Anaxagoras, who transformed insights from Parmenides into explanations of lunar and solar eclipses, meteors, and rainbows. Virtually all philosophers came to accept Anaxagoras' theory of lunar light and eclipses. Aristotle endorsed Anaxagoras' theory of eclipses as a paradigm of scientific explanation. Anaxagoras' theories launched a geometrical approach to astronomy and were accepted as foundational principles by all mathematical astronomers from Aristarchus to Ptolemy to Copernicus and Galileo-and to the present day.

Science before Socrates: Parmenides, Anaxagoras, and the New Astronomy

History

Graham, Daniel

Ancient Civilizations

Oxford University Press

Whether we realize it or not, we think of our brains as computers. In neuroscience, the metaphor of the brain as a computer has defined the field for much of the modern era. But as neuroscientists increasingly reevaluate their assumptions about how brains work, we need a new metaphor to help us ask better questions. The computational neuroscientist Daniel Graham offers an innovative paradigm for understanding the brain. He argues that the brain is not like a single computer--it is a communication system, like the internet. Both are networks whose power comes from their flexibility and reliability. The brain and the internet both must route signals throughout their systems, requiring protocols to direct messages from just about any point to any other. But we do not yet understand how the brain manages the dynamic flow of information across its entire network. The internet metaphor can help neuroscience unravel the brain's routing mechanisms by focusing attention on shared design principles and communication strategies that emerge from parallel challenges. Highlighting similarities between brain connectivity and the architecture of the internet can open new avenues of research and help unlock the brain's deepest secrets. An Internet in Your Head presents a clear-eyed and engaging tour of brain science as it stands today and where the new paradigm might take it next. It offers anyone with an interest in brains a transformative new way to conceptualize what goes on inside our heads.

An Internet in Your Head: A New Paradigm for How the Brain Works

Computers & Technology

Computer Science

Columbia University Press

Invitation to Protein Sequence Analysis Through Probability and Information

This book explores the remarkable information correspondences and probability structures of proteins. Correspondences are pervasive in biochemistry and bioinformatics: proteins share homologies, folding patterns, and mechanisms. Probability structures are just as paramount: folded state graphics reflect Angstrom-scale maps of electron density. The author explores protein sequences (primary structures), both individually and in sets (systems) with the help of probability and information tools. This perspective will enhance the reader’s knowledge of how an important class of molecules is designed and put to task in natural systems, and how we can approach class members in hands-on ways.

CRC-Press

Fun activities, learning... it's all in the box! These mini kits give kids everything they need to pick up a new hobby, including a paperback instruction book and all the necessary gear!

Let's Make Micro Fliers (Mini-Maestro)

Children's Books

Activities, Crafts & Games

Cartwheel Books

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Can Do Writing: The Proven Ten-Step System for Fast and Effective Business Writing

Business & Money

Skills

wiley

The sole survivor of an alien massacre that destroyed her entire family, a vengeful Andrea Flores leaves Earth for the harsh planet Jod, where she joins the Tenebrea, a fierce and mysterious cadre of elite warriors that holds the key to the universe's survival--and to Andrea's ultimate vengeance on her family's killers. Original.

Entering Tenebrea (Tenebrea Trilogy #1)

Literature & Fiction

Dawson, Roxann

Genre Fiction

Pocket_Books

In the sequel to Entering Tenebrea, ace Tenebrea agent Andrea Flores is finally given the chance to avenge the murders of her husband and children, killed by Cor terrorists, when she and her comrades are sent on an important mission. Original.

Tenebrea's Hope (Tenebrea Trilogy #2)

Star Trek

This dark comedy about today's politics looks into the psychological debris that comprises the Clinton partnership.

The Politics of Meaning

Humor & Satire

Preview Pr

This book compares the texts of the Traditional rites and the Novus Ordo rites for the seven sacraments, so we can offer substantial reasons for choosing one rite over the other. The plan of the book is simple. For each sacrament, we describe patterns of changes in the texts; then, we lay the texts side by side with comments so you can see particular changes and see the patterns. Finally, we end the comparison of each sacrament by offering some conclusions. Throughout this book, we use the term Traditional to distinguish the Roman Catholic rites before 1962. The authors of the rites promulgated after 1968 use the term Novus Ordo, translated New Order, to describe their new rites. An objective comparison of the texts clearly shows the differences. As St. Thomas Aquinas observed, "What is objectively real is objectively true." The differences in the two rites are objectively real.

Lex Orandi

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Preview Press

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Science before Socrates: Parmenides, Anaxagoras, and the New Astronomy

An Internet in Your Head: A New Paradigm for How the Brain Works

An Internet in Your Head: A New Paradigm for How the Brain Works

Invitation to Protein Sequence Analysis Through Probability and Information

Let's Make Micro Fliers (Mini-Maestro)

Can Do Writing: The Proven Ten-Step System for Fast and Effective Business Writing

Entering Tenebrea (Tenebrea Trilogy #1)

Tenebrea's Hope (Tenebrea Trilogy #2)

The Politics of Meaning

Lex Orandi