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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.;
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Darwin's camera : art and photography in the theory of evolution / by Prodger, Phillip.(CARDINAL)278723;
Includes bibliographical references.Darwin's art collection : the prints, drawings, and photographs Darwin collected in the 1860s and 70s -- Illustrations and illusion : strategies Darwin used in illustrating his books -- Art, experience, and observation : Darwin's knowledge of art history and use of illustration in his books -- Darwin and the passions : how passion manuals informed Darwin's research -- Photography and evolution meet : connections between photography and biology in the 1860s -- Method to their madness : how photography in mental hospitals influenced Darwin -- Laughing and crying : Darwin's quest for pictures of expressive babies -- Darwin's eyes and ears : the artists who guided Darwin's search for pictures -- Darwin's art photographer : Oscar Rejlander, Darwin's favorite photographer -- Rejlander's performances : posing for Darwin's pictures -- Alice, eugenics, and the spirit world : the aftermath of Darwin's experiments.
Subjects: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882; Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882;
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Games people play [videorecording] : game theory in life, business, and beyond / by Stevens, Scott P.; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Course workbook includes professor biography, statement of course scope, lecture outline, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.Producer/editor, Zachary H. Rhoades ; academic content supervisor, Gerry Kasarda.Twenty-four thirty minute lectures by Dr. Scott P. Stevens, Professor of Computer Information Systems and Management Science at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.Game theory plays a crucial role in our lives and provides startling insights into all endeavors in which humans cooperate or compete, including biology, computer science, politics, agriculture, and, most importantly, economics. Game theory is used in economics, corporate decision-making, international diplomacy and military strategy, psychology, and evolutionary biology. Game theory is observable in everyday situations like buying a car, or deciding where to go on a Saturday night. A basic working knowledge of game theory is valuable--it is a tool that sorts through information and offers insight into decisions facing players in games, and in life.DVD.
Subjects: Lectures.; Educational films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings.; Game theory.; Differential games.; Games of chance (Mathematics); Games of strategy (Mathematics); Noncooperative games (Mathematics); Statistical decision.; Game theory;
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Scientists and science / by Crelin, Joy,editor.(CARDINAL)885824;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.This second edition of Great Lives from History: Scientists & Science highlights nearly 400 of the greatest scientists in history, from Aristotle and the field of formal logic to Shinya Yamanaka and stem cell research. Last published in 2012, this new edition adds 10 years of scientific achievement, to profile individuals who made life-changing discoveries in nearly 90 categories, including acoustics, anatomy, astrophysics, bacteriology, biochemistry, climatology, conservation biology, genetics, information theory, logic, nuclear physics, oceanography, oncology, quantum mechanics, relativity, thermodynamics, and virology. With all entries reviewed, many updated, and the addition of many new scientists, this three-volume set includes current discussions on recent scientific discoveries in evolutionary biology, quantum theory and quantum chemistry, HIV and cancer treatments, immunology, MRI technology, neurodegeneration and more.
Subjects: Biographies.; Scientists; Science;
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The Ecology of insect populations in theory and practice. by Clark, L. R.(CARDINAL)322937;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224)."This book seeks to fulfill the need for a concise and inexpensive text on population ecology. It presents general principles derived from demographic studies of insects in various parts, of the world, and shows how those principles bear upon the practice of ecology both in research and in the management of biological resources. The book is aimed at a wide audience including students and teachers of ecology, and economic entomologists. After reviewing the development of ecological thought since Darwin, the authors discuss the views advanced by modern theorists to explain how animal numbers are determined, and describe a comprehensive and functional way of envisaging the dynamics of insect populations, suited to the problems confronting most ecologists today and to modern methods of work. The authors show how their generalized model can serve for the derivation of explanatory synthesis of population dynamics in a number of cases ranging from investigations pursued under laboratory conditions to large-scale field studies. Recognized approaches to the study of numerical determination in insect populations are presented synoptically according to the characteristics of the information sought. In addition, the authors present a comprehensive discussion of pest control, in which they test the practical efficacy of their views and analyze the relation of demographic ecology to the management of pests. The book is concluded by outlining the ecological research needed to advance our understanding of insect behavior." BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Insect populations.; Insect pests;
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The complete idiot's guide to game theory / by Rosenthal, Edward C.,1959-(CARDINAL)469618;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-340) and index.The basics -- How information affects games -- Getting ahead by working together -- Individual values vs. the group -- Behavior in games.Game theory is a branch of mathematics that uses mathematical models to gauge now "players" will act and react in certain situations, or "games." It reaches into economics, political science, biology, and numerous other fields.
Subjects: Game theory.;
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Science and the akashic field : an integral theory of everything / by Laszlo, Ervin,1932-(CARDINAL)143751;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-178) and index.Introduction: a meaningful scientific worldview for our time -- The foundations of an integral theory of everything : How information connects everything to everything else -- The challenge of an integral theory of everything -- Approaches to a genuine TOE -- On puzzles and fables : drivers of the next paradigm shift in science -- A concise catalog of the puzzles of coherence -- The puzzles of coherence in quantum physics -- The puzzles of coherence in cosmology -- The puzzles of coherence in biology -- The puzzles of coherence in consciousness -- The crucial science fable--in-formation in nature -- The quantum vacuum--or plenum -- "In-formation" in the quantum vacuum -- The parable of the sea -- Enter the akashic field -- The in-formed universe : Perennial questions and fresh answers from the integral theory of everything -- The origins and destiny of life and the universe -- Where everything came from--and where it is going -- Origins and evolution of our universe -- Life on earth and in the universe -- The future of life in the cosmos -- Glimpses of ultimate reality -- Consciousness--human and cosmic -- The roots of consciousness -- Evolutionary panpsychism -- The wider in-formation of consciousness -- The next evolution of human consciousness -- Cosmic consciousness -- The farthermost reaches of consciousness -- The poetry of akashic vision -- The phenomenon of coherence : a deeper look at the scientific evidence -- Over four decades in quest of an integral theory of everything : an autobiographical retrospective.
Subjects: Akashic records.; Parapsychology and science.;
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Does measurement measure up? : how numbers reveal and conceal the truth / by Henshaw, John M.(CARDINAL)687519;
MARCIVE 2/03/11Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-222) and index.Henshaw examines the ways in which measurement makes sense or creates nonsense.
Subjects: Measurement.; Uncertainty (Information theory); Knowledge, Theory of.; Measurement uncertainty (Statistics);
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Darwin's dilemma [videorecording] /the mystery of the Cambrian fossil record
The Cambrian explosion -- Darwin's dilemma -- Chinese fossils -- The phyla -- Biological information.Digital video disc.System requirements:
Subjects: Creationism.; Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.; Evolution (Biology); Evolution.; Intelligent design (Teleology).; Religion and science.; Selektionstheorie.; Paleontology -- Cambrian.;
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On the origin of species : by means of natural selection or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life / by Darwin, Charles,1809-1882.(CARDINAL)137783; Bynum, W. F.(William F.),1943-(CARDINAL)518947;
States the evidence for a theory of evolution, explains how evolution takes place, and discusses instinct, hybridism, fossils, distribution, and classification, in a volume that includes explanatory notes and background information.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Natural selection.;
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