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Free Download Dr. Leonard Bowers, "The Social Nature of Mental Illness"
English | 1998 | pages: 226 | ISBN: 0415227771 | PDF | 1,0 mb
Psychiatrists assert that mental illness is a physiological brain disorder. The anti-psychiatry movement refutes this on grounds of lack of evidence claiming that mental illness is socially defined. Len Bowers offers a rational, objective and philosophical critique of the theories of mental illness as a social construct and concludes that, though sometimes misguided, they cannot be wholly rejected. This critical scrutiny of a controversial and keenly-debated issue will be of interest to psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, sociologists and professionals in paramedical disciplines.

Free Download Nature, Culture, and Inequality: A Comparative and Historical Perspective by Thomas Piketty, Willard Wood
English | September 10, 2024 | ISBN: 1635424569 | 96 pages | PDF | 5.06 Mb
"The most important economics book of the year―and maybe of the decade." -Paul Krugman, New York Times, on Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Free Download Mariel Hemingway, "Running with Nature: Stepping Into the Life You Were Meant to Live"
English | ISBN: 0988247615 | 2013 | 200 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
When there is a will to experience each moment of life more fully with vibrancy and vitality, there is a way. It’s Running with Nature. It’s about reconnecting to nature one broad-minded step at a time to discover a more fulfilling life of simplicity, adventure, stillness, and laughter. In Running with Nature, Mariel Hemingway and Bobby Williams share their dynamic and authentic approach to living mindfully and healthfully, offering concrete action steps that readers can take and even track through a multifaceted point-earning system. Simple activities like watching a sunrise instead of sleeping in, drinking water out of glass instead of plastic, taking time to be in silence instead of always listening to things out there, eating clean food instead of processed and packaged food, and taking time away from technology to get outside are some of the natural ways to tune into ourselves and make far-reaching differences in our lives, our relationships, and our world. As Mariel and Bobby explain, change can be approached radically or gently or anywhere in between. Readers can choose to take all ten suggested action steps in each area of their life or just a few. Through thought-provoking discussions and suggestions for lifestyle modifications, the authors gently urge and coach readers to take action, at their preferred pace, that will bring about lasting change-inside and out. The Willing Way is a book of inspiration. It provides the way to make a difference in the reader’s approach to life. Having the willingness to do so is the only requirement.

Free Download Re-Creating Nature: Science, Technology, and Human Values in the Twenty-First Century by James T. Bradley
English | September 24, 2019 | ISBN: 0817320296 | 408 pages | PDF | 5.47 Mb
An exploration of the moral and ethical implications of new biotechnologies

Free Download Parallel Problem Solving from Nature – PPSN IV: International Conference on Evolutionary Computation – The 4th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature Berlin, Germany, September 22-26, 1996 Proceedings By Paul-Michael Agapow (auth.), Hans-Michael Voigt, Werner Ebeling, Ingo Rechenberg, Hans-Paul Schwefel (eds.)
1996 | 1058 Pages | ISBN: 354061723X | PDF | 17 MB
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Evolutionary Computation held jointly with the 4th Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, PPSN IV, in Berlin, Germany, in September 1996.The 103 revised papers presented in the volume were carefully selected from more than 160 submissions. The papers are organized in sections on basic concepts of evolutionary computation (EC), theoretical foundations of EC, modifications and extensions of evolutionary algorithms, comparison of methods, other metaphors, and applications of EC in a variety of areas like ML, NNs, engineering, CS, OR, and biology. The book has a comprehensive subject index.

Free Download Paul Guyer, "Kant’s System of Nature and Freedom: Selected Essays"
English | 2005 | pages: 393 | ISBN: 0199273472, 0199273464 | PDF | 1,8 mb
Paul Guyer is acknowledged as one of the world’s foremost Kant specialists, and he collects here some of his most celebrated essays from the past decade and a half. The governing theme of the volume is the role of systematicity in Kant’s theoretical and practical philosophy. Featuring two brand-new papers and an introduction to orient the reader, Kant’s System of Nature and Freedom will be an essential purchase for anyone working on the history of philosophy and related areas of ethics, philosophy of science, and metaphysics.

Free Download Parallel Problem Solving from Nature – PPSN VIII: 8th International Conference, Birmingham, UK, September 18-22, 2004. Proceedings By Hans-Georg Beyer, Silja Meyer-Nieberg (auth.), Xin Yao, Edmund K. Burke, José A. Lozano, Jim Smith, Juan Julián Merelo-Guervós, John A. Bullinaria, Jonathan E. Rowe, Peter Tiňo, Ata Kabán, Hans-Paul Schwefel (eds.)
2004 | 1188 Pages | ISBN: 3540230920 | PDF | 15 MB
We are very pleased to present this LNCS volume, the proceedings of the 8th InternationalConferenceonParallelProblemSolvingfromNature(PPSNVIII). PPSN is one of the most respected and highly regarded conference series in evolutionary computation and natural computing/computation. This biennial eventwas?rstheldinDortmundin1990,andtheninBrussels(1992),Jerusalem (1994), Berlin (1996), Amsterdam (1998), Paris (2000), and Granada (2002). PPSN VIII continues to be the conference of choice by researchers all over the world who value its high quality. We received a record 358 paper submissions this year. After an extensive peer review process involving more than 1100 reviews, the programme c- mittee selected the top 119 papers for inclusion in this volume and, of course, for presentation at the conference. This represents an acceptance rate of 33%. Please note that review reports with scores only but no textual comments were not considered in the chairs’ ranking decisions. The papers included in this volume cover a wide range of topics, from e- lutionary computation to swarm intelligence and from bio-inspired computing to real-world applications. They represent some of the latest and best research in evolutionary and natural computation. Following the PPSN tradition, all – persatPPSNVIII werepresentedasposters.Therewere7 sessions:eachsession consisting of around 17 papers. For each session, we covered as wide a range of topics as possible so that participants with di?erent interests would ?nd some relevant papers at every session.

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English | 2025 | ISBN: 1774917025 | 488 Pages | PDF (True) | 13 MB
This new book provides a comprehensive overview of the health benefits of various natural sources such as fruits, vegetables, herbs, and spices. It covers multiple topics, including the history of nutraceuticals, their advantages and disadvantages, and the various nutrients found in natural food sources. The book also provides detailed advice on how to incorporate nutraceuticals into a healthy diet and helpful tips on identifying and purchasing nutraceuticals.

Free Download Shamanism in Siberia: Animism and Nature Worship: The Shaman Spirit of Buryat, Altai, Yakut, Tuvan, Evenki, Sakha, Chukchi, Dolgan, Khanty, Mansi, Shor, … by Diohka Aesden
English | August 12, 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0CFJZLCLK | 457 pages | EPUB | 90 Mb
SHAMANISM IN SIBERIA: ANIMISM AND NATURE WORSHIP!

Free Download Zhiwu Han, "Nature-Inspired Structured Functional Surfaces: Design, Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3527350217 | PDF | pages: 313 | 14.3 mb
Gives a comprehensive description on the biological model, basic physical models, fabrication/characterization of bioinspired materials and their functions.