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- Papadaddy's book for new fathers : advice to dads of all ages / by Edgerton, Clyde,1944-(CARDINAL)178570;
- Author's note -- Preface -- Getting ready -- Preliminaries -- Not long before the birth -- Baby arrival and follow-up -- The birth -- Back home -- Settling in -- Cursing in front of baby -- Stuff your children will say to each other and to you : (and what to say back, sometimes) -- What you do and say that they'll remember -- Later on -- Preparations -- Miscellaneous -- The long view and avoiding "factor bad" -- Concepts and tests -- The simple theory I: full child / client / product / -- The simple theory II: normative / calculative / -- Alienated -- The simple theory III: strategies -- Describe, predict, explain -- How to avoid "factor bads" -- Predicability, composure -- Play -- Reward, punishment, and anger -- Respect -- Modeling by volunteering -- Finally -- Getting fixed (for fathers only, please).
- Subjects: Fatherhood.; Fatherhood.;
- The theory of everything else : a voyage into the world of the weird / by Schreiber, Dan,author.(CARDINAL)873122;
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-346).Foreword: The rough corner -- Disclaimer: a warning - Introduction: hello from the odder side -- The importance of being a little bit batshit -- The weirdo who saved the world ;The theory of the un-provable -- The scientist who blew up everything ; The theory of the mad scientists -- The improbable tale of Tu Youyou ; The theory of ancient Chinese medicine -- The exorcism of Ringo Starr ; The theory of the devil in music - Rosemary Brown and the loungeroom of dead composers ; The theory of clairvoyance -- Oh, the places you'll go . . . Next ; The theory of last words - Novak Djokovic and the power of alien pyramid energy ; The theory of supernatural doping -- The soft rock ; The theory of impossibilities -- The university of rejected sciences -- Are authors stealing their ideas from the future? ; The theory of premonitions -- Did time travelers sink the Titanic? ; The theory of the Titanic -- Where have all the public lice gone? ; The theory of the endangered -- Will we ever speak Dolphinese? ; The theory of animal communication -- Should office plants be investigating murder cases? ; The theory of plant communication -- Can watching Uri Geller on TV get you pregnant? ; The theory of magicians -- Do ghost fly business class ; The theory of curses -- Are we only here because of an alien picnic gone wrong? ; The theory of life on earth -- Where can I get a good pint of alien moonshine? ; The theory of extraterrestrials -- You can't have the theory of everything without the theory of everything else -- How Isaac Newton hollowed out the Earth ; The theory of the hollow earth -- How to discover the knobs of Mars ; The theory of NTOMARHIYDIONHGARNAYGNIAR -- The president who stopped his own assassination ; The theory of destiny -- The man who didn't fall to earth ; The theory of incredible luck -- The secret to world domination ; The theory of unpalatability -- The unpredictable world of Nostradamus ; The theory of predictions -- An arse wrinkle in time ; The theory of unlikely oracles -- A creationist on the moon ; The theory of the Apollo Moon Landings ; Footprints of the charlatans ; The theory of unexpected heroes -- Conclusion: We can be weirdos.The cohost of the podcast "No Such Thing as a Fish" investigates the world's most mind-boggling, thought-provoking, and downright hilarious theories about time travel, aliens, ghosts, mysterious creatures, and more.
- Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Curiosities and wonders.; Conspiracy theories.;
- Nonparametric time series prediction : II. kernal estimators based on local medians / by Truong, Young K.(CARDINAL)194599; Stone, Charles S.; University of North Carolina (System).Institute of Statistics.(CARDINAL)165205; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Department of Biostatistics.(CARDINAL)167680;
- Bibliography: pages 15-17.
- Subjects: Convergence.; Estimation theory.; Time-series analysis.;
- Unhitched : the trial of Christopher Hitchens / by Seymour, Richard,1977-(CARDINAL)825227;
- Includes bibliographical references.Prologue: Predictable as Hell -- Christopher Hitchens in Theory and Practice -- English Questions, from Orwell to Thatcher -- Guilty as Sin : Theophobia, from Rushdie to the War on Terror -- The Englishman Abroad and the Road to Empire -- Conclusion: Twenty-Twenty Blindfold.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Hitchens, Christopher.; Hitchens, Christopher; Right and left (Political science); Intellectuals; Journalists; Political activists; British Americans;
- The effects of variance function estimation on prediction and calibration : an example / by Carroll, Raymond J.(CARDINAL)165425; University of North Carolina (System).Institute of Statistics.(CARDINAL)165205; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Department of Statistics.(CARDINAL)149563;
- Includes bibliographical references (page 11).
- Subjects: Least squares.; Heteroscedasticity.; Regression analysis.; Estimation theory.;
- The cosmic landscape : string theory and the illusion of intelligent design / by Susskind, Leonard.(CARDINAL)473658;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.The world according to Feynman -- The mother of all physics problems -- The lay of the land -- The myth of uniqueness and elegance -- A thunderbolt from heaven -- On frozen fish and boiled fish -- A rubber band-powered world -- Reincarnation -- On our own? -- The branes behind Rube Goldberg's greatest machine -- A bubble bath universe -- The black hole war -- Summing up.The beginning of the 21st century is a watershed in modern science, a time that will forever change our understanding of the universe, Susskind contends. Several decades ago, he introduced the revolutionary concept of string theory to the world of physical science. In doing so, he inspired a generation of physicists who believed that the theory would uniquely predict the properties of our universe. Now, in his first book, Susskind argues that the very idea of such an "elegant theory" no longer suits our understanding of the universe, and that our narrow 20th-century view of a unique universe will have to give way to the much broader concept of a gigantic cosmic landscape--a megaverse, pregnant with new possibilities.--From publisher description.
- Subjects: Cosmogony.; Astrophysics.; Intelligent design (Teleology); String models.;
- Cosmology : understanding the evolution of the universe / by Saxena, Shalini,1982-(CARDINAL)399151;
- Includes bibliographical references (page 85) and index.Grades 7-12.
- Subjects: Young adult literature.; Young adult literature.; Cosmology;
- The science of music : a practical look at music theory / by Van Wert, Allen,author;
- "I was unhappy with music theory books of the past 300 years and felt that it should be more of a science. I had many students coming to me confused about music theory due to the complexity and redundant naming convention that makes things much harder to learn than they should be. Then there are certain topics which are simply not taught accurately to what we experience in reality (Such as modes/modality). Students (including three of them with Grammy awards and Platinum albums) asked me to write a book they can use as a reference for what I was teaching them. This is that book. I have a knack for rebuilding systems so they are very easy and logical for learning. I have rebuilt music theory. I address issues we have had with it historically and I also present exactly accurate and scientifically predictable results as evidence of how simple and accurate my new music theory is compared to traditional theory."--
- Subjects: Music theory.;
- The art of physics : how science explains the chaos, contradictions, and unpredictability of life / by Bharmal, Zahaan,author;
- "Drawing on insights from quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, chaos theory, and more, The Art of Physics reveals the surprising and sometimes beautiful ways physics can help us understand the chaos and unpredictability of our universe, answering questions such as: Why are some relationships unstable, while others last a lifetime? Why do we make irrational decisions and how can they affect climate change? Why is polling for an election unreliable? Why does it matter when I ask my son if he ate his vegetables? Through a unique mix of personal stories, the exploration of global issues, science, and even humor, Bharmal uses physics to explain the social and political interactions that affect us all. From the physics of getting fired to using chaos theory to predict civilisation-level catastrophes, The Art of Physics helps answer some of the most important questions facing our lives and society today. In our constant need for reason, The Art of Physics shows how we can find solace and understanding in physics."--Description based on publisher data.
- Subjects: Physics; Physics;
- Understanding how science explains the world / by McCain, Kevin,1980-author.(CARDINAL)859837;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.Why explanation matters in science -- The general nature of explanation -- Specific kinds of explanations -- Explanation and prediction -- Evaluating explanations -- Explanatory quality and felt understanding -- False theories, but accurate explanations? -- From explanation to knowledge -- Concluding remarks : explaining the world."All people desire to know. We want to not only know what has happened, but also why it happened, how it happened, whether it will happen again, whether it can be made to happen or not happen, and so on. In short, what we want are explanations. Asking and answering explanatory questions lies at the very heart of scientific practice. The primary aim of this book is to help readers understand how science explains the world. This book explores the nature and contours of scientific explanation, how such explanations are evaluated, as well as how they lead to knowledge and understanding. As well as providing an introduction to scientific explanation, it also tackles misconceptions and misunderstandings, while remaining accessible to a general audience with little or no prior philosophical understanding"--
- Subjects: Science; Explanation.;
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