| With Man gone, will there be hope for Gorilla? Ishmael tells the human saga from the perspective of an anthropological gorilla -- WARNING: could be life changing. |  |
Now that we can see deep into the actual workings of living cells using electron microscopes and bio-chemistry, it becomes clear that irreducably complex componets of cells, which are fundamental to life, could not have been produced from a neo-Darwinist model. Hence, Darwin's Black Box. |  |
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How much do we humans enjoy our current status as the most intelligent beings on earth? Enough to try to stop our own inventions from surpassing us in smarts? If so, we'd better pull the plug right now, because if Ray Kurzweil is right, we've only got until about 2020 before computers outpace the human brain in computational power. |
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What's the most successful life form? Whatever happened to the 0.400 batter in baseball? Why is science anthro-centric, and why does that very flaw contribute to the misunderstanding of Darwin? Full House is written by a Harvard Zoologist - complex systems thinking from a biological point of view. | |
| In his international bestsellers The Tao of Physics and The Turning Point, Fritjof Capra juxtaposed physics and mysticism to define a new vision of reality. Now, in The Web of Life, he takes yet another giant step forward, offering a brilliant synthesis of such recent scientific breakthroughs as the theory of complexity, Gaia theory, and chaos theory. |  |
Mirror Worlds : Or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox...How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean. This visionary account of early successes using the Linda programming language provides insight into distributed computing and the spiritual inspiration for Jini and JavaSpaces. |
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Read the Halloween Documents that betrays the take-no-prisoners, win-at-all-costs mentality, the lack of real engineering and the likely FUD, products, and poison we're like to see from Redmond in the future. You'll also find commentary from Eric Raymond, one of the leading voices of the Open Source phenomenon, a social movement similar to Gandhi's march to the sea.. |
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Exploring the mystical impulses behind our obsession with information technology, TechGnosis presents a fascinating and passionately original perspective on technoculture. A must read for those who would truly evangelize technology. | |
| The Fifth Discipline is from the Business/Management section; disscussions complex systems thinking as well, from an interdisciplinarian perspective. |  |
Trying to predict the future is difficult enough at any time.
In a period of extreme technological change, with great social change fast on its heels, accurate prediction is a dice toss at best. But that doesn't stop The New Renaissance from trying to convey the scope of changes coming. |
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Arguing that mature masculinity is not abusive or domineering, but
generative, creative, and
empowering of the self and others, Moore and Gillette provide a Jungian introduction to the psychological foundations of a mature, authentic, and revitalized masculinity. |
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No-nonsense, nuts-and-bolts coverage of the new "niche" APIs like JNI, JTAPI, and the Java Wallet in a task-oriented reference format that gives coders the answers they need. . | |
| Bill Gates has engaged in a pattern of predatory business practices over the past decade that have all but killed the market in operating systems and applications software, and now likewise threaten to stifle free competition in the Internet and electronic commerce arenas. What has happened to Netscape is just the most recent example. |  |
Campbell's
work combines scholarship, Jungian depth psychology, and inspirational
writing,
and remains an immensely popular introduction. His approach reflects the continuing relevance of mythological symbols even--or especially--in our secular, mythless age. |
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Robert Bly expands his mythic perspective to examine American culture at large and finds us to be a nation of squabbling children. He challenges us to move beyond our own asolescent envy and fantasy and take responsiblity for our real children, to stop abandoning them to "the devouring giants" of television, consumerism, and spiritual impoverishment. |
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Dr
Plichta proves conclusively that a mathematical formula, based around
prime numbers, lies behind the mystery of our world and universe.By decoding
this fundamental numerical code he answers the
unsolved question of why the universe is designed with laws and natural constraints such as the speed of light. |
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J. Tipler is an expert in global relativity, through his model of the
universal end-time (the Omega Point Theory). He constructs a stunningly
plausible argument for the existence of a universal resurrection, attempting
to show that "through physics . . . it is possible, even likely for all
of humanity to be resurrected"
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Yes, I studied for the GRE. It had been years since I took a test of that nature. And tests seem to have changed a bit in that time. Either that, or I've lost way too many brain cells along the way. This book, which comes complete with CD and 4 practice tests, helped. |  |
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The relatively few successful films and stars have message that cuts through the clutter of a crowded field of cinema product. It's the same problem faced by hundreds of executives in non-entertainment businesses: how to deliver a message that captures the attention and imagination of the market. |
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This
book examines the impacts of population growth on global resources
including food, fresh water, fisheries, jobs, education, income, and health. Despite the current hype of a "birth dearth" the fact remains that human numbers are projected to increase by over 3 billion by 2050, outstripping the carrying capacity of natural support systems. |
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