To venture into the uncharted world of aesthetics is to explore the cosmos and blaze a trail to the self. This book provides insights into how works about aesthetics are also works reflective of the self, with endless possibilities of being.
Varieties of Islamisation
For the first time, this book critically examines the Islamisation of knowledge (IOK) movement. It argues that its proponents have failed to integrate theory, practice, and spirituality, and analyzes the problematic relationship between Islamic and Western knowledge.
Despite our analytical intelligence, humans are the most cooperative species on the planet. This book argues that this is due to our consciousness. Using concepts from Schopenhauer, Russell, and information technology, it defines consciousness as a super-compound quale.
Based on research on human cadavers, this book explores the connections and variabilities of the autonomic nervous system. Detailed illustrations and schemes help the reader understand its function and peculiarities within the whole peripheral nervous system.
For patients with metastatic cancer, the prognosis remains grim and conventional chemotherapy is limited. This book lays out a novel strategy using artificial intelligence and genomic data to develop precise, personalized treatments that offer hope for an eventual cure.
2020 showed that the international system is always open to global crises. The COVID-19 pandemic initiated a transition whose effects still carry on. This book explores the pandemic’s significant effect on migration management, climate change, diplomacy, and globalisation.
Barbara Longhi of Ravenna
This book provides new impetus to the study of female art. Through an analysis of Barbara Longhi’s paintings, it expands research beyond women’s lives and careers to look at the spiritual aspects of their work, revealing the importance of devotional art and female creativity.
Coastal Management Revisited
An overview of the maturing field of coastal and ocean management. Written by leading experts, it reviews 25 years of research on issues from governance to climate change, drawing on global case studies to address urgent challenges and propose a new theory of coasts and oceans.
How does international justice combat sexual violence in armed conflict? This book explores how justice can bridge legal and societal domains to aid in social reconstruction and protect victims, examining both its advancements and its enduring flaws.
In 18th-century China, Jesuits defied a papal ban on Chinese Rites. Teodorico Pedrini was sent to enforce orthodoxy. To silence him, they imprisoned him, bringing him near death. His writings reveal their plot and cast a new perspective on the proscription of Christianity.
In an age of innovation, we must question past educational approaches. This book outlines a learning-focused tactic, explaining how it differs from education and its value for individual growth. It shows how higher education institutions can adapt to a new learning environment.
This book analyzes boiling processes, showing how heat transfer depends on liquid and surface properties. It offers calculation algorithms to develop programs for optimizing heat transfer equipment, making it essential for specialists in cryogenic, nuclear, and space technology.
Scanning and Sizing the Universe and Everything in It
Philosophy often ignores the vast scale of the natural continuum for a human-centered view. This book puts our world in the context of all atomic matter, revealing the discrepancy between our ‘yardsticks’ and the reality of cosmic ‘light years’.
Induced Affect in Psychotherapy and Stress Management Training
For mental health practitioners, this book describes induced affect, a clinical procedure to counter emotional avoidance and build regulation skills. It provides step-by-step instructions, transcripts, and a stress management program to enhance emotional resilience.
This book collects interviews with eight master cardiovascular surgeons, trailblazers of the 20th century whose contributions affect medical practice today. Each interview offers insights on the surgeons’ personal and professional lives.
Einstein’s geometric time versus Bergson’s experienced duration. Are they two separate entities? Relying on research into space-time and the philosophy of mind, this book posits that the physical world evolves predictably and examines if our relationship to time can be modified.
This book presents 13 biographies of women in the Transcendentalist movement. While names like Emerson and Thoreau are familiar, figures like Elizabeth Peabody, Sarah Freeman Clark, and others in this volume deserve to be known for their vital contributions to the movement.
Explore nonlinear physics using the asymptotic perturbation method. This textbook systematically develops the theory, from nonlinear oscillators to fractal and chaotic solutions in NPDEs. With an emphasis on applications and examples, it is ideal for a senior or graduate course.
This one-of-a-kind textbook introduces occupational therapy specifically for technicians. Using a unique Q&A and problem-based format with images, it explains complex concepts, diversity, and the technician’s role in current conditions like COVID-19 and modern technology.
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