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Aven Green, sleuthing machine / by Bowling, Dusti,author.(CARDINAL)345266; Perry, Gina,1976-illustrator.(CARDINAL)491457;
"Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month, cracking such cases as The Mystery of the Cranky Mom. But can this perceptive detective solve two cases at the same time? First her teacher's lunch bag disappears. Then Aven's great-grandma's dog goes missing. Fortunately, since Aven was born without arms, all the "arm" cells went to her super-powered brain instead. (That's her theory.)"--690LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Children with disabilities; Lost articles; Child detectives;
Available copies: 32 / Total copies: 33
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Sew me! sewing basics : Simple techniques and projects for first-time sewers / by Knight, Choly,author.(CARDINAL)397285;
Introduction -- Getting started. Attitudes behind sewing -- Buying a sewing machine -- Fabrics -- A bit on color and design theory -- Sewing tools -- Your sewing space -- Preventing injuries -- Get to know your machine -- Prepping your machine -- Your machine stitches -- How to follow projects -- Simple first-time techniques. Your first seam -- Dealing with mistakes -- Hand sewing -- Applique -- Sewing curves -- Developing fabric skills. Interfacing -- Gathering fabric -- Binding -- Adding notions & closures. Hook-and-loop tape -- Installing snaps -- Buttons & buttonholes -- Zippers -- Grommets & eyelets -- Easy wearable accessories. Taking body measurements -- Elastic -- Sewing knit fabrics.This is the perfect book for beginner sewers, with friendly and easy-to-follow directions. Sew Me! Sewing Basics is geared towards would-be sewers of all ages, who may never have touched a sewing machine or even threaded a needle before. It's the perfect book for anyone who wants to get started in the craft, or just needs a quick refresher course in sewing. Choly Knight's friendly and easy-to-follow directions will get readers sewing with confidence, making repairs and creating new garments from scratch. She starts at the very beginning, showing how to choose a sewing machine and introducing the most basic techniques and shortcuts. From cutting patterns and sewing seams, to binding edges, gathering fabric and installing zippers, each new skill is accompanied by a quick practice exercise to try, allowing readers to learn as they sew. 36 simple and straightforward projects are provided for sewing fun accessories from plushies, pincushions and placemats to hand towels and hats.
Subjects: Machine sewing.; Sewing machines.; Sewing.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6
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Could you ever build a time machine? / by Darling, David J.(CARDINAL)736932;
Examines the nature of time, time machines, and the possibility of time travel, discussing Einstein's relativity theory and the chances of time travelers from the future visiting us in the present.
Subjects: Time; Time travel;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Out of the mountains : the coming age of the urban guerrilla / by Kilcullen, David.(CARDINAL)494823;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-330) and index.Machine generated contents note: -- Preface: Ambush in Afghanistan -- 1. Out of the Mountains -- 2. Future Cities, Future Threats -- 3. The Theory of Competitive Control -- 4. Conflict in Connected Cities."In Out of the Mountains, David Kilcullen, one of the world's leading experts on modern warfare, offers a groundbreaking look ahead at what may happen after the war in Afghanistan ends. It is a book about future conflicts and future cities, about the challenges and opportunities that four powerful megatrends are creating across the planet. And it is about what national governments, cities, communities and businesses can do to prepare for a future in which all aspects of human society-including, but not limited to, conflict, crime and violence-are rapidly changing. Kilcullen analyzes four megatrends--population growth, urbanization, coastal life, and connectedness-and concludes that future conflict is increasingly likely to occur in sprawling coastal cities, in underdeveloped regions of the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia, and in highly networked, connected settings. He ranges across the globe, from Kingston to Mogadishu to Honduras to Benghazi to Mumbai. Mumbai exemplifies the trend: a coastal megacity, terrorists based in nearby Karachi exploited new forms of connectivity to direct a horrific terrorist attack. Kilcullen also offers a unified theory of "competitive control" that shows how non-state armed groups, drug cartels, street gangs, warlords--draw their strength from local populations, providing useful ideas for dealing with these groups and with diffuse social conflicts in general. But for many of the struggles we will face, he notes, there will be no military solution. We will need to involve local people deeply to address problems which neither outsiders nor locals alone can solve. These collaborations will interweave the insight only locals can bring, with outsider knowledge from fields such as urban planning, systems engineering, alternative energy technology, conflict resolution and mediation, and other disciplines. Deeply researched and compellingly argued, Out of the Mountains provides an invaluable roadmap to a future that will increasingly be crowded, urban, coastal, connected-and dangerous"--"Kilcullen analyzes four megatrends--population growth, urbanization, coastal life, and connectedness-and concludes that future conflict is increasingly likely to occur in sprawling coastal cities, in underdeveloped regions of the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia, and in highly networked, connected settings. Kilcullen also offers a unified theory of "competitive control" that shows how non-state armed groups, drug cartels, street gangs, warlords--draw their strength from local populations, providing useful ideas for dealing with these groups and with diffuse social conflicts in general. But for many of the struggles we will face, he notes, there will be no military solution. We will need to involve local people deeply to address problems which neither outsiders nor locals alone can solve. These collaborations will interweave the insight only locals can bring, with outsider knowledge from fields such as urban planning, systems engineering, alternative energy technology, conflict resolution and mediation, and other disciplines"--
Subjects: Guerrilla warfare.; Urban warfare.; Low-intensity conflicts (Military science); Conflict management.; Non-governmental organizations.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Reframe your thinking around autism : how the polyvagal theory and brain plasticity help us make sense of autism / by Bridges, Holly,author.(CARDINAL)410682;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: 1.Where We Are -- 2.What We Know -- 3.Something New -- The Polyvagal Theory -- 4.The Polyvagal Theory in More Detail -- 5.The Social Engagement System -- 6.Living is an Embodied Experience -- 7.Learning to Be -- 8.The Gifts of the Autist -- 9.Integrating the Nervous System -- 10.Brain Plasticity and Autism -- 11.The Process of Discovery and Self-Image -- 12.Anat Baniel and Brain Plasticity -- 13.The Nine Essentials -- 14.Some Other Integration Techniques -- 15.Where We Go From Here.Outlining a new, optimistic way to understand autism, this concise and accessible book offers practical ideas to help children on the spectrum grow. The Polyvagal Theory suggests autism is a learnt response to early stressors - the result of a child being in a prolonged state of 'fight or flight' while their nervous system is still developing. This book explains the theory in simple terms and incorporates recent developments in brain plasticity research (the capacity of the brain to change throughout life) to give parents and professionals the tools to strengthen the child's brain-body connection and lessen the social and emotional impact of autism.
Subjects: Autism in children; Affect (Psychology); Social interaction.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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The myth of matriarchal prehistory : why an invented past won't give women a future / by Eller, Cynthia,1958-(CARDINAL)432394;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-257) and index.Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER I Meeting Matriarchy i -- CHAPTER 2 Popularizing the Past 0o -- CHAPTER 3 The Story They Tell 30 -- CHAPTER 4 The Eternal Feminine 56 -- CHAPTER 5 Finding Gender in Prehistory 81 -- CHAPTER 6 The Case Against Prehistoric Matriarchies I: -- Other Societies, Early Societies 93 -- CHAPTER 7 The Case Against Prehistoric Matriarchies II: -- Prehistoric Art and Architecture 116 -- CHAPTER 8 Was There a Patriarchal Revolution? 157 -- CHAPTER 9 On the Usefulness of Origin Myths 180 -- NOTES 189 -- REFERENCES 233 -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 259 -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 261 -- INDEX 265.
Subjects: Women, Prehistoric.; Religion, Prehistoric.; Matriarchy.; Matrilineal kinship.; Patriarchy.; Feminist theory.; Feminist theory.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Coding all-in-one / by Abraham, Nikhil,author.(CARDINAL)349116; Harris, Andrew,1964-author.(CARDINAL)349115; Holland, Eva,author.(CARDINAL)349114; Meys, Joris,author.(CARDINAL)349113; Massaron, Luca,author.(CARDINAL)349112; Minnick, Chris,author.(CARDINAL)271046; Mueller, John,1958-author.(CARDINAL)203899; De Vries, Andrie,author.(CARDINAL)349111;
From building a simple web page to exploring data science, learn about the world of coding here!
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Computer programming.; Coding theory.;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 16
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A thousand brains : a new theory of intelligence / by Hawkins, Jeff,1957-author.(CARDINAL)468557; Dawkins, Richard,1941-foreword author.(CARDINAL)329893;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A new understanding the brain. Older brain, new brain ; Vernon Mountcastle's big idea ; A model of the world in your head ; The brain reveals its secrets ; Maps in the brain ; Concepts, language, and high-level thinking ; The thousand brains theory of intelligence -- Machine intelligence. Why there is no "I" in AI ; When machines are conscious ; The future of machine intelligence ; The existential risks of machine intelligence -- Human intelligence. False beliefs ; The existential risks of human intelligence ; Merging brains and machines ; Estate planning for humanity ; Genes versus knowledge -- Final thoughts."For all we hear of neuroscience's great advances, the field has generated more questions than answers. We know that the brain combines sensory input from all over your body into a single perception, but not how. We think brains "compute" in some sense, but we can't say what those computations are. We believe that the brain is organized as a hierarchy, with different pieces all working collaboratively to make a single model of the world. But we can explain neither how those pieces are differentiated, nor how they collaborate. Neuroscientist and computer engineer Jeff Hawkins argues that it's so hard to answer questions about the brain because our basic picture of how the brain works is wrong. In A Thousand Brains, Hawkins takes a radically new approach to the brain, with stunning implications. Hawkins' proposal, called the Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence, is that your brain is organized into thousands upon thousands of individually computing units, called cortical columns. These columns all process information from the outside world in the same way, and each builds a complete model of the world. But because every column has different connections to the rest of the body, each has a unique frame of reference. Your brain sorts out all those models by conducting a vote. The fundamental job of the brain, therefore, is not to build a single thought, but to manage the thousands of individual thoughts it has every moment. With this powerful new framework, Hawkins is able to reassess some of neuroscience's most stubborn problems, like why pain needs to be painful to be useful, how we can understand that our perspective of a thing changes as we move around it, and why we might be conscious but individual pieces of our body aren't. And once you understand how the brain works, it is a lot easier to make one yourself. Hawkins is, above all, an engineer, and A Thousand Brains outlines how a new understanding of intelligence could lead to truly intelligent AI. Hawkins explores how we might create machines that can learn on their own, why we need not fear superintelligent systems, and how human and machine intelligence may someday merge. Combining cutting-edge theoretical neuroscience with an ambitious program for tomorrow's digital minds, A Thousand Brains heralds a revolution in the study of intelligence. It is a big-think book, in every sense of the word"--
Subjects: Brain.; Intellect.; Artificial intelligence.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Out of control : the new biology of machines, social systems, and the economic world / by Kelly, Kevin,1952-(CARDINAL)350274;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-500) and index.
Subjects: Bionics.; System theory.; Technology and civilization.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The demon in the machine : how hidden webs of information are solving the mystery of life / by Davies, P. C. W.,author.(CARDINAL)324234;
Includes bibliographical references and index.What is life? -- Enter the demon -- The logic of life -- Darwinism 2.0 -- Spooky life and quantum demons -- Almost a miracle -- The ghost in the machine -- Epilogue.
Subjects: Life (Biology); Life; Information theory in biology.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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