Tag: Riddle

New Paradigm in Macroeconomics Solving the Riddle of Japanese Macroeconomic Performance


Free Download R. Werner, "New Paradigm in Macroeconomics: Solving the Riddle of Japanese Macroeconomic Performance"
English | 2005 | pages: 436 | ISBN: 1403920737, 1403920745 | PDF | 1,6 mb
Modern mainstream economics is attracting an increasing number of critics of its high degree of abstraction and lack of relevance to economic reality. Economists are calling for a better reflection of the reality of imperfect information, the role of banks and credit markets, the mechanisms of economic growth, the role of institutions and the possibility that markets may not clear. While it is one thing to find flaws in current mainstream economics, it is another to offer an alternative paradigm which, can explain as much as the old, but can also account for the many ‘anomalies’. That is what this book attempts. Since one of the biggest empirical challenges to the ‘old’ paradigm has been raised by the second largest economy in the world – Japan – this book puts the proposed ‘new paradigm’ to the severe test of the Japanese macroeconomic reality.

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The Neurology Riddle Book


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English | 2025 | ISBN: 1009527363 | 487 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
150 engaging riddles provide a fun and refreshing alternative method of learning and reviewing neurological syndromes, conditions and diseases, an often dry subject for students. Each riddle is accompanied by an explanation of the history of the disease, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostics, treatment and prognosis.

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On the Riddle of Life A Historico-Logical Study of Vitalism


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English | ISBN: 3031706897 | 2024 | 317 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This book presents a historico-logical study of vitalism. It begins by uncovering previously unknown doctrines of vitalism from the history of science―encompassing biological, physical, and social sciences―and then subjects these doctrines to a thorough logical analysis. Through this process, the book offers a unified conceptual framework to understand the major doctrines of vitalism in the history of science, ultimately relating vitalism to the question of life. Following the classical methodological approach endorsed by Immanuel Kant, nineteenth-century philosopher-scientists like Ernst Mach, and early-twentieth-century logical analysts, including logical empiricists, British analysts, pragmatists, Husserlian phenomenologists, and neo-Kantians, this work provides unconventional and valuable perspectives on vitalism and the riddle of life, appealing to a broad audience, including scientists, historians, and philosophers of science, particularly those from biological backgrounds.

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The Rohonc Code Tracing a Historical Riddle


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English | ISBN: 0271090200 | 2021 | 176 pages | AZW3 | 6 MB
First discovered in a Hungarian library in 1838, the Rohonc Codex keeps privileged company with some of the most famous unsolved writing systems in the world, notably the Voynich manuscript, the Phaistos Disk, and Linear A. Written entirely in cipher, this 400-year-old, 450-page-long, richly illustrated manuscript initially gained considerable attention but was later dismissed as an apparent forgery. No serious scholar would study it again until the turn of the twenty-first century. This engaging narrative follows historian Benedek Láng’s search to uncover the truth about this thoroughly mysterious book that has puzzled dozens of codebreakers.

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The Elusive Embrace Desire and the Riddle of Identity


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English | 2000 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 0375706976, 0375400958 | EPUB | 1,8 mb
Hailed for its searing emotional insights, and for the astonishing originality with which it weaves together personal history, cultural essay, and readings of classical texts by Sophocles, Ovid, Euripides, and Sappho, The Elusive Embrace is a profound exploration of the mysteries of identity. It is also a meditation in which the author uses his own divided life to investigate the "rich conflictedness of things," the double lives all of us lead.

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Spot the Description A Riddle Book of Book Riddles


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English | 2009 | ISBN: 0811846687 | EPUB | pages: 36 | 7.8 mb
Thirteen witty and wacky poems pose riddles that challenge readers to "Name That Book." With a glass slipper here and a spiderweb there, Lynn Munsinger’s adorable illustrations lead young readers to the solutions. From Goodnight Moon to Madeline, children and parents alike will delight in recognizing their most cherished stories.

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