BOOKS with Alphabet T (Ta, Tb,Tc, Td, Te…... )

Overview: Provides a comprehensive review of the extant research on the neural mechanisms of mentalizing.Integrates viewpoints from numerous prominent scholars in the fields of social-cognitive and affective ne.Humans have a unique ability to understand the beliefs, emotions, and intentions of others—a capacity often referred to as mentalizing. Much research in psychology and neuroscience has focused on delineating the mechanisms of mentalizing, and examining the role of mentalizing processes in other domains of cognitive and affective functioning. The purpose of the book is to provide a compr

Overview: Chronicles the history of the British space program from Blue Steel to Principia and the history of British astronauts from Helen Sharman to Tim Peake.Explains why it took the U.K the best part of a q.For centuries the British developed a reputation as a nation of explorers. From Francis Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe to the ascent of Everest, British explorers crossed oceans and continents and ventured where few, if any, had gone before. Until very recently, that legacy of exploration had not extended to space. For decades, successive governments chose to stay out of the huma

Overview: Chronicles the complete history of motion picture technology from the magic lantern to the current digital era.Shows how competing technological, cultural, economic, and legal factors shaped the cinem.The first of its kind, this book traces the evolution of motion picture technology in its entirety. Beginning with Huygens‘ magic lantern and ending in the current electronic era, it explains cinema’s scientific foundations and the development of parallel enabling technologies alongside the lives of the innovators. Product development issues, business and marketplace factors, the intera

Overview: Illuminates the social construction of grief in contemporary UK using empirical study and a Foucauldian approach.Analyses how grief is managed, through the example of bereavement counselling.Problemat.Through a critical analysis of theory, policy and practice, .The Public and Private Management of Grief .looks at how ‘recovery‘ is the prevailing discourse that measures and frames how people grieve, and considers what happens when people ‘fail‘ to recover. ..Pearce draws on in-depth interviews with bereaved people and a range of bereavement professionals, to contemplate how ‘failures’

Overview: Provides a deeper analysis of the current state of the ‘Belt and Road Initiative‘ and its security threats and logistic challenges.Illustrates the potential impacts of Sino-Russia cooperation in CentrThis book offers the prequel to China‘s successful implementation of its New Silk Road, the so-called Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The preconditions for the establishment of especially the land route between China and Western Europe have been set decades ago in Central Asia. In the political, security, and economic realms, China had to find arrangements with Russia as well as the Cent

Overview: This book concerns the institutionalisation of the physical sciences. The book breaks with the established tradition in the history, philosophy and sociology of sciences by attempting to capture both the cognitive and social dimensions of institutionalisation in one unified analysis. This unifica­ tion has been achieved through a treatment of research as goal directed social action - a theme which has been developed both theoretically and empirically. The analysis presented is therefore unique in its breadth of focus and shows how the traditional concerns of sociology with generalise

Overview: Why are young people alienated from television news? This book argues that contemporary trends indicating deepening disconnection from news about public life reflect both problems in the way television news covers politics - the single biggest item on the news - and problems with the nature of politics itself under neo-liberal capitalism.978-1-349-30482-0978-0-230-27475-4

Overview: There are several characteristics of Nathan Rotenstreich‘s work which are striking: his thoughtful writings are both subtle and deep; they are steeped in his critical appreciation of other thinkers of this and preceding times, an appreciation which is formed by his learned understanding of the history of philosophy; and with all this, he has an original and independent intelligence. He has from time to time brought his skills to bear upon historical scholarship, most notably perhaps in his book Between Past and Present (1958, 2nd edition, 1973), his interpretive essays in the philoso

Overview: Presents the latest topics in the travel and tourism industry.Includes contributions from professionals and researchers specialized in global tourism.Features a special focus on eco-mobility.Includes This book offers insights into important trends and future scenarios in the global tourism and travel industry. Besides the general topics (aviation and hospitality industry, destination management, marketing, and distribution management) it analyses current challenges and impacts resulting especially from developments in social media, corporate social responsibility and eco-mobility. Su

Overview: Presents and discusses the consequences and implications of the Neolithic Demographic Transition on a global scaleThe transition from hunting and gathering to farming – the Neolithic Revolution – was one of the most signi cant cultural processes in human history that forever changed the face of humanity. Natu an communities (15,100–12,000Cal BP) (all dates in this chapter are calibrated before present) planted the seeds of change, and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) (ca. 12,000–ca. 8,350Cal BP) people, were the rst to establish farming communities. The revolution was not fully realiz

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Overview: First comprehensive review of the results achieved with thin calcium phosphate coatings on orthopedic and dental implants.Compares thin calcium phosphate coatings with thick coatings produced by curreCalcium phosphate coatings ( 50 mm thick), especially those made with hyd- xyapatite (HA), produced by the plasma-spraying process have been succe- fully used on orthopedic and dental implants to improve fixation of these implants in bone. Thin calcium phosphate coatings ( 10mm thick) formed by various techniques other than plasma spraying may be the successor of the current thick plasma

Overview: A comprehensive review.The first English book on the subject.Richly illustrated.Includes supplementary material: .This book offers a concise description of the environment and water resources in Turkmenistan. The focus is on the water bodies of Turkmenistan – the Caspian Sea, Kara-Bogaz-Gol Bay, Sarykamysh Lake, Amu Darya River, and the Karakum Canal. Respected experts from six different countries cover the landscape-geographical features, the Karakum Desert, biodiversity (especially of birds and fishes) and ecosystems, as well as regional climate change. Special attention is paid to

Overview: INTRODUCTION 1) Introduction In 1979, Efron introduced the bootstrap method as a kind of universal tool to obtain approximation of the distribution of statistics. The now well known underlying idea is the following : consider a sample X of Xl ‘ n independent and identically distributed H.i.d.) random variables (r. v,‘s) with unknown probability measure (p.m.) P . Assume we are interested in approximating the distribution of a statistical functional T(P ) the -1 nn empirical counterpart of the functional T(P) , where P n := n l:i=l aX. is 1 the empirical p.m. Since in some sense P is

Overview: The only book to treat the specific problem of the interaction of semantic, syntactic and even lexical principles in the construal of tense and modality.Brings together the contributions of the leadin.Time and Modality is a unique work of reference; not only does it unite studies which explore the syntax and semantics of tense or modality but it is the first book of its kind to embrace the interaction of tense and modality within a coherent generative model. Various topics are covered in this volume: among them are the counterfactual uses of conditionals, modals, and past tense; the

Overview: 978-3-7908-1151-3978-3-642-52423-3Series ISSN 1431-2034

Overview: On 13 and 14 September 1997, municipal elections took place inBosnia and Herzegovina. This book extensively covers the findings ofthe 363 international observers on both polling days. Were theelections `free and fair‘? What did the observers record about thecircumstances, procedures and security measurements at the pollingstations? Which parties observed the elections, and why? How did theelection process and the vote count compare to the 1996 elections?.This book provides a regional profile and outlines specific problemsin the various types of polling stations. The observation metho

Overview: The first to bridge child-centered and curriculum-based models of schooling.Sums up in an original way the leading educational insights of the last three decades.Provides a new horizon for education.This book explores a new pedagogical model called The Third Model, which places the encounter between the child and the curriculum at the center of educational theory and practice. The Third Model is implemented in an alternative classroom called Community of Thinking. Teaching and learning in a Community of Thinking is based on three "stations": the fertile question; research; and conclu

Overview: Wer sind wir - Kulturwesen? Besonders begabte Tiere? Die Antwort ist: Wir sind beides.Spannendes Sachbuch zum Zusammenhang von Mensch, Psychologie, Kultur und Evolution.Unterhaltsam geschrieben, breit.Die Weisheit im Kopf, den Affen im Rucksack .Fremde Länder, fremde Sitten, sagt bereits der Volksmund: Unsere Kultur prägt, wie wir denken, fühlen und handeln. Zugleich jedoch sind wir Teil der Tierwelt, und auch „der Affe in uns“ wird immer wieder sichtbar. Wir sind zugleich kulturbegabt und doch nur höher entwickelte Primaten. Aber welche Anteile unseres Verhaltens sind kulturell gefo

Overview: Cyanobacteria make a major contribution to world photosynthesisand nitrogen fixation, but are also notorious for causing nuisancessuch as dense and often toxic `blooms‘ in lakes and the ocean. .TheEcology. .of Cyanobacteria: Their Diversity in Time and Space.is the first book to focus solely on ecological aspects of theseorganisms. Its twenty-two chapters are written by some thirty authors,who are leading experts in their particular subject. .The book begins with an overview of the cyanobacteria - orblue-green algae, for those who are not specialists - thenlooks at their diversity in