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Book SynopsisThe 19th century was an age of transformation in science, when scientists were rewarded for their new discoveries with increased social status and authority. This book shows the scientific life of Victorian Britain by placing the sciences in the wider cultural marketplace. It links larger societal changes to the evolution of popular science.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA copy of The Ecosystem Approach should be placed on the desk of every engineer, manager, environmentalist, politician and teacher. -- Kyrke Gaudreau Alternatives JournalTable of ContentsPreface, by David Waltner-Toews, Nina-Marie E. Lister, and Stephen Bocking Part I. Some Theoretical Bases for a New Ecosystem Approach 1. An Introduction to Systems Thinking, by James Kay 2. Framing the Situation: Developing a System Description, by James Kay 3. Scale and Type: a Requirement for Addressing Complexity with Dynamical Quality, by Tim Allen 4. Self-Organizing, Holarchic, Open Systems (SOHOs), by Michelle Boyle and James Kay 5. So What Changes? Implications of Complexity for an Ecosystem Approach to Management, by James Kay 6. Bridging Science and Values: The Challenge of Biodiversity, by Nina-Marie E. Lister 7. The Cultural Basis for an Ecosystem Approach, by Fikret Berkes and Iain Davidson-Hunt 8. A Family of Origin for an Ecosystem Approach to Managing for Sustainability, by Martin Bunch, Dan McCarthy, and David Waltner-Toews Part II. Case Studies: Learning by Doing 9. Linking Hard and Soft Systems in Local Development, by Reg Noble, Ricardo Ramirez, and Clive Lightfoot 10. Human Activity and the Ecosystem Approach: The Contribution of Soft Systems Methodology to Managing the Cooum River in Chennai India, by Martin Bunch 11. Landscape Perspectives on Agroecosystem Health in the Great Lakes Basin, by Dominique Charron and David Waltner-Toews 12. An Agroecosystem Health Case Study in the Central Highlands of Kenya, by Thomas Gitau, David Waltner-Toews, and John McDermott 13. Food, Floods, and Farming: An Ecosystem Approach to Human Health on the Peruvian Amazon Frontier, by Tamsyn P. Murray, David Waltner-Toews, Jose Sanchez-Choy, and Felix Sanchez-Zavala Part III. Managing for Sustainability: Meeting the Challenges 14. Implementing an Ecosystem Approach: The Diamond, AMESH, and Their Siblings, by David Waltner-Toews and James Kay 15. Return to Kathmandu: A Post-Hoc Application of AMESH, by R. Cynthia Neudoerffer, David Waltner-Toews, and James J. Kay 16. Tools for Learning: Monitoring and Indicator Development, by Michelle Boyle and James Kay Part IV. Where to from Here? Some Challenges for a New Science in an Uncertain World 17. Beyond Complex Systems-Emergent Complexity and Social Solidarity, by Silvio Funtowicz and Jerry Ravetz 18. Third World Inequity, Critical Political Economy, and the Ecosystem Approach, by Ernesto F. Raez-Luna 19. An Ecosystem Approach for Sustaining Ecological Integrity-but Which Ecological Integrity?, by David Manuel-Navarrete, Dan Dolderman, and James J. Kay 20. The Water or the Wave? Toward an Ecosystem Approach for Cross-Cultural Dialogue on the Whanganui River, New Zealand, by Charlotte Helen Sunde A Tribute to James Kay, by David Waltner-Toews et al. Appendix: Hierarchy and Holonocracy, by Henry Regier Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisPresents a journey through the universe of signs in search of how the natural world came to mean something to someone. This book shows that life at its most basic depends on the survival of messages, written in the code of DNA molecules, and on the tiny cell - the fertilized egg - that must interpret the message and from it construct an organism.Trade ReviewFrom reviews for the bestselling Danish edition: " ... dashing and idiomatic language that is a pleasure to read." Berlingske Tidende " ... an appetizer and eye opener ... Hoffmeyer is a modernistic pioneer in the wide open spaces of the natural sciences ... " Politiken " ... extremely well written and interesting manifesto for a bioanthropology ... " Inf. "It should be read by anyone who likes to be wiser and at the same time to be challenged in his habitual conception of the relations between culture and nature." Weekend AvisenTable of ContentsForeword1. Signifying On lumps in nothingness, on "not"2. Forgetting On history and codes: the dialectic of oblivion3. Repeating On Nature's tendency to acquire habits4. Inventing On life and self-reference, on subjectivity5. Opening Up On the sensory universe of creatures: the liberation of the semiosphere6. Defining The mobile brain: the language of cells7. Connecting On the triadic ascendance of dualism8. Sharing On language: existential bioanthropology9. Uniting Consciousness: the bodily governor within the brain10. Healing On ethics: reuniting two stories in one body-mindNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis new edition of the acclaimed bestseller is lavishly illustrated to convey, in pictures as in words, Bill Bryson’s exciting, informative journey into the world of science.In A Short History of Nearly Everything, the bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body, confronts his greatest challenge yet: to understand—and, if possible, answer—the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as his territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. The result is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it.Now, in this handsome new edition, Bill Bryson’s words are supplemented by full-color artwork that explains in visual terms the con

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Book SynopsisA guide to the strange and often illogical world of neural function, this book shows how the brain is not an optimized, general-purpose problem-solving machine, but rather a weird agglomeration of ad-hoc solutions that have been piled on through millions of years of evolutionary history.Trade ReviewThis is a terrific book that accomplishes its aim of presenting a biological view of how the brain works, and does so in a charming, fetching style. -- Joshua R. Sanes, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard UniversityThis is the first scientific book I've read with "attitude." David Linden is something of a Howard Stern shock jock and there's a lot of heavy breathing in this overview of brain function and the linkage between psychological and brain processes. Linden is clearly a thoughtful scientist and this comes through in his excellent choice of facts and theories to present. This is a very intelligent book. -- John Lisman, Professor of Biology, Brandeis University[A] lively mix of solid science and fascinating case histories... The book's greatest strength is Linden's knack for demystifying biology and neuroscience with vivid similes (he calls the brain, weighing two percent of total body weight and using 20 percent of its energy, the Hummer H2 of the body). Though packed with textbook-ready data, the book grips readers like a masterful teacher; those with little science experience may be surprised to find themselves interested in--and even chuckling over--the migration of neurons along radial glia, and anxious to find out what happens next. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *More than another salvo in the battle over whether biological structures are the products of supernatural design or biological evolution (though Linden has no doubt it's the latter), research on our brain's primitive foundation is cracking such puzzles as why we cannot tickle ourselves, why we are driven to spin narratives even in our dreams and why reptilian traits persist in our gray matter. -- Sharon Begley * Newsweek *Linden tells his story well, in an engaging style, with plenty of erudition and a refreshing honesty about how much remains unknown. The book should easily hold the attention of readers with little background in biology and no prior knowledge of brains. It would make an excellent present for curious non-scientists and a good book for undergraduates who are just entering into the brain's magic menagerie. Even readers trained in neuroscience are likely to enjoy the many tidbits of rarely taught information--on love, sex, gender, sleep and dreams--that spice up Linden's main argument. The Accidental Mind stands out for being highly readable and clearly educational. No doubt, the human brain evolved along a constrained path and is, in some respects, designed imperfectly. Linden will send that message home...We still know too little about the brain's inner workings to judge how well it does its job. What we do know, and what The Accidental Mind helps us to realize, is that the human brain is not designed as many have imagined. -- Georg Striedter * Nature *The majority of this book is an enjoyable neurosciences primer for the general reader. Evolutionary and psychological perspectives provide occasional insights about the mind, but mostly the subject here is the organ capable of conjuring it into existence. Linden makes clear that the physical substrate of our mental phenomena--the squidgy and haphazard mass of our brain--is a gloriously evolved muddle. -- Druin Burch * Times Literary Supplement *Many popular neuroscience books emphasize the brain's complexity using terms of purpose: this region is for emotion, that one for vision, and so forth, each interacting in a perfectly designed whole. This ambitious, engaging, and often irreverent book by Linden adopts a quite different perspective, instead emphasizing the evolutionary origins of the human brain...The book...end[s] with a well-argued discussion of the tension between neuroscience and intelligent design. The emphasis on evolution is laudable...making this book an important counterpoint to breathless paeans to brain design. -- S. A. Huettel * Choice *For anyone interested in a skillfully guided tour through the world of neural function, The Accidental Mind is a playful yet academically informed work that addresses issues as diverse as intelligent design, the fallibility of the senses, the human religious impulse, and the possible heritability of sexual orientation. Without overwhelming the reader with the biochemical underpinnings of neural function, Linden explores the role that neural design (structure and function) has in the explication of various human behaviors. -- Charles J. Alt * History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences *Linden provides an accessible and up to date guide through this maze [that is the brain]. -- Steven Rose * The Guardian *Table of ContentsPrologue: Brain Explained 1. The Inelegant Design of the Brain 2. Building a Brain with Yesterday's Parts 3. Some Assembly Required 4. Sensation and Emotion 5. Learning, Memory, and Human Individuality 6. Love and Sex 7. Sleeping and Dreaming 8. The Religious Impulse 9. The Unintelligent Design of the Brain Epilogue: That Middle Thing Further Reading and Resources Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisMATHEMATICAL MACROEVOLUTION IN DIATOM RESEARCH Buy this book to learn how to use mathematics in macroevolution research and apply mathematics to study complex biological problems. This book contains recent research in mathematical and analytical studies on diatoms. These studies reflect the complex and intricate nature of the problems being analyzed and the need to use mathematics as an aid in finding solutions. Diatoms are important components of marine food webs, the silica and carbon cycles, primary productivity, and carbon sequestration. Their uniqueness as glass-encased unicells and their presence throughout geologic history exemplifies the need to better understand such organisms. Explicating the role of diatoms in the biological world is no more urgent than their role as environmental and climate indicators, and as such, is aided by the mathematical studies in this book. The volume contains twelve original research papers as chapters. Macroevolutionary science topics covered arTable of ContentsList of Figures xviii List of Tables xxx Preface xxxv Acknowledgments xxxvii Prologue -- Introductory Remarks xxxix Part I: Morphological Measurement in Macroevolutionary Distribution Analysis 1 1 Diatom Bauplan, As Modified 2D Valve Face Shapes of a 3D Capped Cylinder and Valve Shape Distribution 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.1.1 Analytical Valve Shape Geometry 5 1.1.2 Valve Shape Constructs of Diatom Genera 8 1.2 Methods: A Test of Recurrent Diatom Valve Shapes 10 1.2.1 Legendre Polynomials, Hypergeometric Distribution, and Probabilities of Valve Shapes 12 1.2.2 Multivariate Hypergeometric Distribution of Diatom Valve Shapes as Recurrent Forms 15 1.3 Results 18 1.4 Discussion 22 1.4.1 Valve Shape Probability Distribution 22 1.4.2 Hypergeometric Functions and Other Shape Outline Methods 22 1.4.3 Application: Valve Shape Changes and Diversity during the Cenozoic 25 1.4.4 Diatom Valve Shape Distribution: Other Potential Studies 25 1.5 Summary and Future Research 26 1.6 Appendix 26 1.7 References 34 2 Comparative Surface Analysis and Tracking Changes in Diatom Valve Face Morphology 39 2.1 Introduction 39 2.1.1 Image Matching of Surface Features 40 2.1.2 Image Matching: Diatoms 41 2.2 Purpose of this Study 42 2.3 Background on Image and Surface Geometry 42 2.3.1 The Geometry of the Digital Image and the Jacobian 42 2.3.2 The Geometry of the Diatom 3D Surface Model and the Jacobian 45 2.3.3 The Image Gradient and Jacobian 46 2.4 Image Matching Kinematics via the Jacobian 47 2.4.1 Position and Motion: The Kinematics of Image Matching 47 2.4.2 Displacement and Implicit Functions 48 2.4.3 Displacement and Motion: Position and Orientation 49 2.4.4 Surface Feature Matching via the Jacobian 50 2.4.5 The Jacobian of Whole Surface Matching 52 2.5 Methods 53 2.5.1 Fiducial Outcomes of Image Matching of Surface Features 53 2.6 Results 54 2.6.1 Surface Feature Image Matching and the Jacobian 56 2.6.2 Whole Valve Images, Matching of Crest Lines and the Jacobian 60 2.6.3 Image Matching of more than Two Images 65 2.7 Discussion 71 2.7.1 Utility of Jacobian-Based Methods and Image Matching 72 2.7.2 The Image Jacobian and Rotation in A Reference Frame: Potential Application to Diatom Images 73 2.7.3 Deformation and Registration of Image Surfaces: An Alternative Jacobian Calculation 75 2.8 Summary and Future Research 77 2.9 References 77 3 Diatom Valve Morphology, Surface Gradients and Natural Classification 81 3.1 Introduction 81 3.2 Purposes of this Study 82 3.2.1 The Genus Navicula 83 3.3 Methods 84 3.3.1 Naviculoid Diatom Surface Analysis 84 3.3.2 Gradients of Digital Image Surfaces 84 3.3.3 Histogram of Oriented Gradients and Surface Representation 89 3.3.4 Application to Diatom Valve Face Digital Images 90 3.3.5 Support Vector Regression and Classification 90 3.3.6 Using HOG as Combination Gradient Magnitude and Direction Input Data for SVR 91 3.3.7 Computational Efficiency and Cost 95 3.4 Diatom Valve Surface Morphological Analysis 95 3.4.1 SVR Model Fit of Naviculoid Taxa 95 3.4.2 Valve Surface Morphological Classification and Regression of Naviculoid Diatoms 96 3.5 Results 96 3.5.1 HOG Data Analysis 96 3.5.2 Goodness-of-Fit SVR Model Using 4D HOG Data from Naviculoid LMs 100 3.5.3 SVR of Naviculoid 2D HOG Data 102 3.5.4 Second Round of SVR Analysis of Remaining Naviculoid 2D HOG Data 105 3.5.5 Last Round of SVR Analysis of Remaining Naviculoid 2D HOG Data 106 3.5.6 Classification Results from SVR Analysis of Naviculoid Taxa 106 3.6 Discussion 106 3.6.1 Characteristics of SVM and SVR 107 3.6.2 Advantages in Using HOG Data and SVR 108 3.6.3 Potential Utility of HOG Data and SVR in Diatom Research 108 3.7 Summary and Future Research 109 3.8 References 110 Part II: Macroevolutionary Systems Analysis of Diatoms 115 4 Probabilistic Diatom Adaptive Radiation in the Southern Ocean 117 4.1 Introduction 117 4.1.1 Diatoms in the SO 120 4.1.2 Chaetocerotales and Bacillariales Speciation Rates 120 4.1.3 Chaetocerotales and Bacillariales: Fe, NO3 and SiO2 Availability in the SO 121 4.1.4 Modeling Diatom Adaptive Radiation 122 4.2 Purposes of this Study 123 4.3 Mathematical Modeling of Adaptive Radiation 123 4.3.1 Quantitative Phenotypic Trait Measurement and Adaptive Radiation 123 4.3.2 Adaptive Radiation: Implicit Stochastic Models 125 4.3.3 Adaptive Radiation Models: Time Evolution of a Stochastic System 127 4.3.4 Adaptive Radiation as an Optimal Control Problem 128 4.3.5 Exit Probabilities as Boundaries for Completion of Adaptive Radiation 130 4.3.6 Exit Times for the Adaptive Radiation Process 131 4.3.7 Adaptive Radiation: A Study of Southern Ocean Diatoms and Niche Filling 132 4.4 Methods 133 4.4.1 Niche Filling and Adaptive Radiation 134 4.5 Results 134 4.5.1 Ecological Niche Preference, Photosynthesis Efficiency, Nutrient Enrichment or Limitation, and Adaptive Radiation 140 4.5.2 Ecological Niche Preference and Photosynthesis Efficiency Rankings Representing Niche Filling as Adaptive Radiation 141 4.5.3 Niche Filling and the Lyapunov modified OU Adaptive Radiation Model 141 4.6 Discussion 145 4.6.1 More on Specifications for Adaptive Radiation Modeling 146 4.6.2 Diatom Adaptive Radiation Short-Term Trends as a Result of Niche Filling in the SO 147 4.6.3 Other Potential Mathematical Modeling Regimes of Adaptive Radiation 148 4.7 Summary and Future Directions 149 4.7.1 Caveats in Adaptive Radiation Studies to be Considered 149 4.8 References 150 5 Cenozoic Diatom Origination and Extinction and Influences on Diversity 159 5.1 Introduction 159 5.1.1 Cenozoic Diatoms and Environmental Conditions 160 5.1.2 Diatom Diversity during the Cenozoic 161 5.1.3 Diversity as a Result of the Frequency of Origination and Extinction Events 162 5.2 Purposes of this Study 163 5.3 Methods and Background 163 5.3.1 Reconstructed Diatom Origination, Extinction and Diversity during the Cenozoic 163 5.3.2 Cumulative Functions and the Frequency of Cenozoic Origination nd Extinction 165 5.3.3 Origination and Extinction: Heaviside Functions and Switching 167 5.3.4 Origination and Extinction as a Sequence of Steps and Accumulated Switches during the Cenozoic 168 5.3.5 Piecewise Continuous Switching via the Laplace Transform of the Heaviside Functions 168 5.3.6 Overlapping of Origination and Extinction: A Convolution Product 169 5.3.7 Non-Overlapping Origination and Extinction: A Poisson Process 170 5.3.8 Test of Switch Reversibility, Cenozoic Events and a Lyapunov Function 171 5.3.9 Origination and Extinction: Relation to Diversity 172 5.4 Results 173 5.4.1 Cumulative Frequency of Cenozoic Diatom Origination and Extinction Events 173 5.4.2 Switching from Diatom Origination to Extinction over the Cenozoic 176 5.4.3 Origination and Extinction Sequential Steps and Accumulated Switches during the Cenozoic 181 5.4.4 Overlapping via a Convolution Product of Origination and Extinction 183 5.4.5 Origination and Extinction as Poisson Processes 184 5.4.6 Test of Origination and Extinction Switches: Stochastic or Deterministic Chaos? 184 5.4.7 Diversity and Its Relation to Origination and Extinction for Cenozoic Diatoms 185 5.5 Discussion 189 5.5.1 Diversity and the Effects from Origination and Extinction of Cenozoic Diatoms 189 5.5.2 Cenozoic Events and Diatom Diversity, Origination and Extinction 192 5.5.3 Origination and Extinction Related to Diversity: Markov Chain, Martingale, Ergodic Processes, and Lyapunov Functions 193 5.6 Summary and Future Research 194 5.7 References 194 6 Diatom Food Web Dynamics and Hydrodynamics Influences in the Arctic Ocean 199 6.1 Introduction 199 6.2 Purposes of this Study 200 6.3 Background on Arctic Ocean Diatoms 200 6.3.1 Diatoms and their Relation to Sea Ice 200 6.3.2 Sea Ice, Upwelling and Diatom Productivity 201 6.3.3 Diatom Lipid Content as a Proxy for Biomass 203 6.3.4 Diatom Biomass and the Hydrodynamics of Upwelling 203 6.4 Lattice Boltzmann Model 205 6.5 Lattice Boltzmann Model and Hydrodynamics 207 6.5.1 Upwelling and Buoyancy 207 6.5.2 Collisions and Streaming Densities of Diatom Genera during Upwelling 209 6.5.3 Buoyancy and Ice 210 6.5.4 Upwelling and the Splitting of the Cylindrical Rotation of Currents 211 6.6 Lattice Boltzmann Model: Diatom Bloom Density, Sea Ice and Upwelling 211 6.7 Lattice Boltzmann Model: Specifications for Simulation 213 6.7.1 Overview of 2D LBM with Respect to Diatom Genera Lattice Nodes 216 6.7.2 Buoyancy, Upwelling and Diatom Blooms in LBM via p and u 219 6.8 Methods 220 6.9 Results 220 6.10 Discussion 226 6.10.1 Arctic Diatom Food Web Dynamics: Other Potential Outcomes 229 6.10.2 Diatom Blooms: Influences over Time and Space 230 6.11 Summary and Future Research 231 6.12 References 231 Part III: General and Special Functions in Diatom Macroevolutionary Spaces 241 7 Diatom Clade Biogeography: Climate Influences, Phenotypic Integration and Endemism 243 7.1 Introduction 243 7.1.1 Biogeography and Climate 245 7.1.2 Mapping Biogeographic Patterns 246 7.1.3 Biogeography as an Optimization Problem 246 7.1.4 Biogeographic Pattern and Spatial Rate of Change 247 7.1.5 Biogeography, Phenotypic Integration and Phenotypic Novelty 248 7.2 Purposes of this Study 249 7.3 Methods 250 7.3.1 Freshwater Diatom Dispersal Biogeography and the Traveling Salesman Problem 251 7.3.2 Freshwater Diatom Biogeographic Patterns with Respect to Climate 252 7.3.3 Diatom Biogeographic Patterns and Distance Decay 252 7.3.4 Endemism and Continental Area 253 7.3.5 Endemism and Dispersal Distance 253 7.3.6 Endemism, Phenotypic Integration and Phenotypic Novelty: The Raphe 254 7.4 Results 254 7.4.1 Clade Shortest Tours from Continent to Continent with Respect to Climate 257 7.4.2 Magnitude of Clade Tour Stops from Continent to Continent with Respect to Climate 258 7.4.3 Ecological Similarity, Biogeographical Distribution and Distance Decay 262 7.4.4 Biogeographical Distribution of Freshwater Diatom Genera 262 7.4.5 Endemics in each Clade and on each Continent 265 7.4.6 Phenotypic Integration and Relation to Geographic Distribution 266 7.5 Discussion 267 7.5.1 Freshwater Diatom Clade Dispersal and Climate 268 7.5.2 Distance Decay as the Pattern of Dispersal in Freshwater Diatom Biogeography 269 7.5.3 Phenotypic Integration and Diatom Biogeography 269 7.6 Summary and Future Research 270 7.7 References 270 8 Cell Division Timing and Mode of the Diatom Life Cycle 277 8.1 Introduction 277 8.1.1 Evolution of Diatom Cell Division Dynamics 278 8.1.2 Diatom Life Cycle as a Dynamical System 278 8.1.3 Diatom Cell Division and Growth Rate 279 8.1.4 Diatom Cell Size Diminution during Mitosis 280 8.1.5 Diatom Cell Division during Meiosis 281 8.1.6 Diatom Cell Division after Meiosis 282 8.2 Purposes of this Study 283 8.3 Background on the Diatom Cell Cycle 283 8.3.1 Diatom Life Cycle Timing: Stages 283 8.3.2 Diatom Life Cycle Timing: Switches 284 8.3.3 Diatom Life Cycle Timing: Cell Behavior 285 8.4 Modeling the Diatom Life Cycle: Timing of Stages and Switches 286 8.4.1 Delay Differential Equations 286 8.4.2 Solutions to DDEs 286 8.4.3 Mackey-Glass System of DDEs 287 8.4.4 Mackey-Glass System: Stage 1 of the Diatom Life Cycle 288 8.4.5 Mackey-Glass System: Stage 2 of the Diatom Life Cycle 289 8.4.6 Mackey-Glass System: Stages 3 and 4 of the Diatom Life Cycle 289 8.4.7 Mackey-Glass System: The Diatom Life Cycle Switches 290 8.5 Methods 291 8.6 Results 292 8.7 Discussion 300 8.7.1 Cell Size Control and the Diatom Cell Cycle Structure 303 8.7.2 Potential Alterations to the Mackey-Glass System when Applied to the Diatom Life Cycle 304 8.7.3 Mackey-Glass Systems: Utility and Applications 305 8.7.4 Potential Additional Analyses of Results from Mackey-Glass Systems 305 8.8 Summary and Future Research 305 8.9 References 306 9 Diatom Morphospaces, Tree Spaces and Lineage Crown Groups 313 9.1 Introduction 313 9.1.1 Euclidean Spaces are Subspaces of Hilbert and Banach Spaces 315 9.1.2 From Geometrical to Topological Spaces as Mathematical Morphospaces 315 9.2 Occupied and Unoccupied Morphospace 316 9.3 Purposes of this Study 318 9.4 Morphospace Structure and Dynamics 318 9.4.1 Morphospace Networks and All Possible Morphologies 318 9.4.2 Networks, Hierarchy and Morphospace 319 9.5 Phylogeny Structure and Phylogenetic Dynamics 320 9.5.1 Phylogenetic Trees and Mapped Traits 320 9.5.2 Phylogenetic Trees and the Geometry of Tree Spaces 321 9.6 Measuring Occupied Morphospace: Clustering Coefficients 322 9.7 A Brief Background on Diatom Morphospaces 323 9.8 Mathematical Morphospaces in the Context of a Diatom Phylogeny 324 9.9 Methods 325 9.9.1 Input Data for Morphospace Analysis 325 9.9.2 Diatom Lineage Crown Groups Embedded in a Metric Space 326 9.9.3 Diatom Submorphospaces Embedded in a Metric Morphospace 333 9.9.4 Clustering Coefficients as Measures of Occupied Morphospace 334 9.10 Results 334 9.11 Discussion 336 9.11.1 Trees, Networks and Morphospaces 345 9.11.2 Probabilistic Distances in Lineage Crown Group Morphospace 345 9.11.3 Diatom Novelties Versus Repetitive Forms in Occupied Morphospace 345 9.11.4 Diatom Teratologies and Mutagenicities: Influences on Morphology 346 9.11.5 Understanding Diatom Evolution via Morphospace and Phylogenetic Analyses 347 9.12 Summary and Future Research 347 9.12.1 What is Morphological Data? 347 9.12.2 Tempo and Mode of Phylomorphogenetic Spaces 348 9.13 References 348 Part IV: Macroevolutionary Characteristics of Diatoms 355 10 Diatom Morphological Complexity Over Time as a Measurable Dynamical System 357 10.1 Introduction 357 10.1.1 Complexity and Evolution 360 10.2 Diatom Morphological Complexity 360 10.3 Purposes of this Study 361 10.4 Characterizing Morphological Complexity 361 10.5 Information and Morphology 362 10.6 Information and Complexity 363 10.7 Markov Chains and their Properties 364 10.7.1 Markov Chains and Lyapunov Exponents 366 10.8 Ergodicity and Chaoticity 367 10.8.1 Entropy Rates 368 10.9 Kolmogorov Complexity and Entropy 370 10.10 Methods 372 10.10.1 Transition Probability Matrix and Properties of a Markov Chain 372 10.10.2 Measuring Morphological Kolmogorov Complexity 375 10.10.3 Diatom Morphological Complexity over Geologic Time and Comparison of Cretaceous and Cenozoic Taxa 375 10.11 Results 376 10.12 Discussion 385 10.13 Summary and Future Research 389 10.13.1 Is Morphological Complexity Related to Morphological Symmetry? 390 10.14 References 390 11 Diatom Surface Symmetry, Symmetry Groups and Symmetry Breaking 399 11.1 Introduction 399 11.1.1 Geometry as a Basis for Form, Surfaces and Symmetry 399 11.1.2 Inverse Functions as a Basis for Symmetry and Stability 400 11.2 Symmetry of 3D Organismal Surfaces 400 11.2.1 Shape versus Surface Symmetries 401 11.2.2 Geometry of Non-Flat 3D Surfaces: Bidirectional Curvature and Its Relation to Twists and Writhes 402 11.2.3 Knots: Geometry and Topology of Closed Curved Surfaces 403 11.2.4 From Hyperbolic Geometry and Surfaces to Hyperbolic Knots 404 11.2.5 Closed Helices, Hyperbolic Knots and Mobius Surfaces 405 11.3 Symmetry Groups 405 11.3.1 Diatom Surface Symmetry Groups: Cyclic, Reflective, Dihedral, Glide, Scale, and Knot 406 11.3.2 States of Symmetry 407 11.4 Purposes of this Study 409 11.5 Methods 410 11.5.1 Systems of Parametric 3D Equations for Exemplar Diatom Surface Models 411 11.5.2 Symmetry Groups: Cyclic, Reflective, Dihedral, Glide, Scale, and Knot 411 11.5.3 From Partial Derivatives to Ordinary Derivatives to Assess Stability 411 11.5.4 Inverse Jacobian Eigenvalues and Surface Symmetry Analysis 411 11.5.5 Stability and Inverse Jacobian Eigenvalues 414 11.5.6 Diatom Surface Symmetries and Symmetry Group Assessment 415 11.5.7 Vegetative Size Reduction and Symmetry Breaking 416 11.5.8 Relative Stability and Symmetry 416 11.5.9 Symmetry Gradients 416 11.6 Results 417 11.7 Discussion 428 11.7.1 Diatom Surface Symmetries and the Intricacies of Assessment 428 11.7.2 More on Diatom Surface Symmetries and Handedness 429 11.7.3 Diatom Vegetative Reproduction and Symmetry Breaking 429 11.7.4 Symmetry Breaking, Vegetative Reproduction, Size Reduction, and Stability 430 11.7.5 Eigenvalues and Variance: Instability and Fluctuating Asymmetry 430 11.7.6 Symmetry Groups and Evolutionary Dynamics: Symmetry in Diatoms and Adaptation 431 11.8 Summary and Future Research 431 11.9 References 432 12 Evolvability of Diatoms as a Function of 3D Surface Phenotype 437 12.1 Introduction 437 12.1.1 3D Surface Properties -- An Overview 438 12.1.2 From Differential Geometry to the Characterization of 3D Surfaces 438 12.1.3 The Phenotype Characterized via a 3D Surface and Its Geometric Characteristics 440 12.1.4 From Geometric Phenotype to Evolvability 441 12.1.5 Evolvability and Phenotypic Novelty 441 12.1.6 Evolvability and Diatoms 442 12.1.7 Diatom Exemplar Phenotypic and Valve Plication Characteristics 443 12.1.8 Diatom Architecture and the Geometric Phenotype 444 12.2 Purposes of this Study 445 12.3 Methods 445 12.3.1 Phenotypic Inertia 446 12.3.1.1 Measurement of Phenotypic Inertia: Christoffel Symbols 446 12.3.2 Phenotypic Robustness 447 12.3.2.1 Measurement of Phenotypic Robustness: the Hessian 448 12.3.3 Phenotypic Stability 449 12.3.3.1 Measurement of Phenotypic Stability: the Laplacian 449 12.3.4 Evolvability of each Diatom Genus: Actinoptychus, Arachnoidiscus and Cyclotella 450 12.3.5 Evolvability Among Diatom Genera 452 12.3.6 Contribution of Phenotypic Inertia, Robustness and Stability to Evolvability 452 12.3.7 Phenotypic Novelty Measurement 454 12.3.8 Evolvability and Phenotypic Novelty 455 12.4 Results 455 12.4.1 Phenotypic Inertia, Robustness and Stability 460 12.4.2 Evolvability across Genera 463 12.4.3 Evolvability and the Fitness Function Components of Phenotypic Inertia, Robustness and Stability 465 12.4.4 Phenotypic Novelty and Comparison to Evolvability 465 12.5 Discussion 467 12.6 Summary and Future Research 469 12.7 References 470 Epilogue -- Findings and the Future 475 Index 479

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Book SynopsisWas bringt gute Menschen dazu, Böses zu tun? Wie können normale Bürger dazu verleitet werden, unmoralisch zu handeln? Wo liegt die Grenze zwischen Gut und Böse, und wer läuft Gefahr, sie zu überschreiten?Mit Der Luzifer-Effekt hat der renommierte amerikanische Sozialpsychologe Philip Zimbardo ein bedeutendes und brisantes Buch vorgelegt. Es schlägt den Bogen von den Details des weltberühmten Stanford Prison Experiment bis zu den grausamen Geschehnissen im Gefängnis von Abu Ghraib im Irak, und es offenbart verstörende Wahrheiten: über physische und psychische Gewalt, über Misshandlungen und Folter, über Kriegsverbrechen und Massenmorde – und über die Menschen, die sie ausführen, anordnen, ermöglichen oder zulassen. Zimbardos These: Nicht die Veranlagung bringt gute Menschen dazu, Böses zu tun, sondern die Situation, in der sie sich befinden oder in die man sie versetzt. Die Macht der Umstände schafft Täter und Opfer, und in oft diffusen Verantwortungsgeflechten verlieren moralische Maßstäbe allzu leicht ihr Fundament.Bei aller Beklemmung, die die Lektüre dieser ungemein detailreichen Studie unweigerlich auslöst, öffnet das Buch aber auch ein Fenster der Hoffnung: So wie man Situationen schaffen kann, die Menschen zum Bösen verführen, so können auch Zivilcourage und heldenhaftes Verhalten durch geeignete Rahmenbedingungen und gesellschaftliche Weichenstellungen gefördert werden. Der „Banalität des Bösen" setzt Zimbardo die „Banalität des Heldentums" entgegen.Ein beeindruckendes Stück Forschung zur Natur des Bösen und zu den Systemen und Situationen, die es entfesseln. ObserverEine Reise in Herz und Gehirn der Finsternis. Focus onlineEin notwendiges und wichtiges Buch. Gehirn und GeistEin fesselnder, gleichwohl erschreckender Blick auf unsere dunkle Seite ... Für alle, die sich fragen, wie Böses entsteht und bekämpft werden kann. EmotionPflichtlektüre nicht nur für Sozialwissenschaftler, sondern auch für Politiker, Entscheidungsträger und Erzieher. American ScientistTrade ReviewAus den Rezensionen der 1. Auflage:“Dieses bedeutende und brisante Buch offenbart verstörende Wahrheiten; über physische und psychische Gewalt, über Misshandlungen und Folter, über Kriegsverbrechen und Massenmorde - und über die Menschen, die sie ausführen, anordnen, ermöglichen oder zulassen. Philip Zimbardos These: Nicht die Veranlagung bringt gute Menschen dazu, Böses zu tun, sondern die Situation, in der sie sich befinden oder in die man sie versetzt. ... Bei aller Beklemmung, die die Lektüre dieser ungemein detailreichen Studie unweigerlich auslöst, öffnet das Buch aber auch ein Fenster der Hoffnung: So wie man Situationen schaffen kann, die Menschen zum Bösen zu verführen, so können auch Zivilcourage und heldenhaftes Verhalten durch geeignete Rahmenbedingungen und gesellschaftliche Weichenstellung gefördert werden.” (in: literatur-report.de, Juli 2008) “Jeder Mensch ist potenziell ein Gewalttäter und in jedem von uns steckt ein Teufel; aber nicht die Veranlagung bringt den Menschen dazu, Böses zu tun, sondern die Situation, in der er sich befindet oder in die er versetzt wird, lautet Zimbardos provozierende These. Anhand historischer und aktueller Beispiele sowie eigener Forschungen zeigt der renommierte amerikanische Sozialpsychologe im Detail, wie gruppendynamische Prozesse, situative Kräfte und das soziale Umfeld zusammenwirken können, um aus anständigen Bürgern Folterknechte und Mörder zu machen. ... Auch die Mittäterschaft politischer und militärischer Entscheidungsträger arbeitet er deutlich heraus. Eine hochbrisante Studie, die bereits viel Beachtung in den Medien gefunden hat.” (in: ekz-Informationsdienst, Januar 2009) “Ein fesselnder, gleichwohl erschreckender Blick auf unsere dunkle Seite. ... Für alle, die sich fragen, wie Böses entsteht und bekämpft werden kann. ” (emotion)Aus den Rezensionen der englischen Originalausgabe (ins Deutsche übersetzt):“Eine beeindruckendes Stück Forschung zur Natur des Bösen und den Systemen und Situationen, die es nähren. ” (The Guardian's Observer Magazine, April, 2007)“Alle Politiker und gesellschaftlichen Berichterstatter sollten dieses Buch lesen ... Keine erfreuliche Lektüre für diejenigen, die überzeugt sind, dass wir als Individuen moralisch autonom sind ... Der Luzifer-Effekt ist ein wichtiges Buch.” (The Sunday Times, April, 2007)“Das letzte Kapitel ist ein Juwel. Nahtlos zeigt Zimbardo hier, wie die gleiche Sozialpsychologie, die unsere übelsten Instinkte ausnutzt, sich so umgestalten lässt, dass sie das Beste in uns hervorbringt ... Dieses wichtige Buch sollte Pflichtlektüre nicht nur für Sozialwissenschaftler sein, sondern auch für Politiker, Entscheidungsträger und Erzieher.” (American Scientist, September, 2007) zahlreiche weitere Rezensionen zum englischen Original: siehe lucifereffect.comTable of ContentsVorwort zur deutschen Ausgabe.- Vorwort zur amerikanischen Originalausgabe.- Danksagung.- 1. Die Psychologie des Bösen: Situationsbedingte Persönlichkeitsveränderungen.- 2. Sonntag: Verhaftungen aus heiterem Himmel.- 3. Sonntag: Die Demütigungsrituale können beginnen.- 4. Montag: Eine Revolte bricht aus.- 5. Dienstag: Zweifacher Ärger mit Besuchern und Rebellen.- 6. Mittwoch: Die Lage gerät außer Kontrolle.- 7. Die Macht der Bewährungskommission.- 8. Donnerstag: Konfrontationen mit der Realität.- 9. Freitag: Der Vorhang fällt, das Licht erlischt.- 10. Bedeutung und Botschaften des Stanford Prison Experiment: Die Alchemie von Persönlichkeitsveränderungen.- 11. Das Stanford Prison Experiment: Ethische Fragen und Folgestudien.- 12. Die Erforschung sozialer Dynamik: Macht, Konformität und Gehorsam.- 13. Die Erforschung sozialer Dynamik: Deindividuation, Entmenschlichung und das Böse durch Untätigkeit.- 14. Misshandlungen und Folter in Abu Ghraib: Erklärungen und Beteiligte.- 15. Das System wird angeklagt: Die Mittäterschaft der militärischen Führung.- 16. Widerstand gegen situative Einflüsse und Würdigung heroischen Verhaltens.- Anmerkungen.- Index.

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Book SynopsisHow human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight?the lunar landings of NASA''s Apollo program.As Apollo 11''s Lunar Module descended toward the moon under automatic control, a program alarm in the guidance computer''s software nearly caused a mission abort. Neil Armstrong responded by switching off the automatic mode and taking direct control. He stopped monitoring the computer and began flying the spacecraft, relying on skill to land it and earning praise for a triumph of human over machine. In Digital Apollo, engineer-historian David Mindell takes this famous moment as a starting point for an exploration of the relationship between humans and computers in the Apollo program. In each of the six Apollo landings, the astronaut in command seized control from the computer and landed with his hand on the stick. Mindell recounts the story of astronauts'' desire to control their spacecraft in parallel with the history of the Apollo Guidance Computer. From the early days of aviation through the birth of spaceflight, test pilots and astronauts sought to be more than ?spam in a can? despite the automatic controls, digital computers, and software developed by engineers.Digital Apollo examines the design and execution of each of the six Apollo moon landings, drawing on transcripts and data telemetry from the flights, astronaut interviews, and NASA''s extensive archives. Mindell''s exploration of how human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight?a lunar landing?traces and reframes the debate over the future of humans and automation in space. The results have implications for any venture in which human roles seem threatened by automated systems, whether it is the work at our desktops or the future of exploration.

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Book SynopsisStudent nurse Kumiko has just flunked her physiology exam and has one last shot at passing her makeup test. Lucky for her, newbie health science professor Kaisei needs a guinea pig for his physiology lectures. Join Kumiko in The Manga Guide to Physiology as she examines the inner workings of the body while training hard for the campus marathon. You ll learn all about: How the digestive system and the Citric Acid Cycle break food down into nutrients and energy How the body regulates temperature and vital fluids The body s powerful cell defense system, led by helper T cells and enforced by macrophages The architecture of the central nervous system The kidneys many talents: blood filtration, homeostasis, and energy production You ll also gain insight into medical procedures like electrocardiograms, blood pressure tests, spirograms, and more. Whether you re cramming for a test like Kumiko or just want a refresher, The Manga Guide to Physiology is your fun, cartoon guide to the humanTrade Review “A great supplemental text for science classes or anyone who wants to learn or review the subject.”—Booklist“The illustrated format [allows] for easy introduction of various diagrams and visual metaphors.”—Comics Worth Reading“Manga, the hugely popular Japanese genre of graphic novels, turns out to be surprisingly well suited to teaching human physiology . . . An entertaining supplement to standard physiology textbooks.”—American Scientist“These manga guides not only entertain, they teach and inform at the same time. Personally, I wish I had these in school.”—Parade“A wonderfully crafted, entertaining, and enriching learning experience. This manga is most useful and educational for the budding student of science at the high school or collegiate level.”—In-Training, Albany Medical College“An amazing marriage of description, explanation, everyday interactions and visual analysis...Highly recommended!”—Scientific Computing“Capturing the charm of its predecessors, this 240ish page book delivers not only delivers a decent storyline, but true to its title, serves as a great introductory guide to the various facets of the human body.”—The Otaku's Study"A thoroughly accessible and user-friendly guide to physiology . . . an excellent text for classroom use or self-study, and especially ideal for students with a keen interest in careers related to health care! Highly recommended especially for high school, college, and public library science collections."—Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsPrologueChapter 1: The Circulatory SystemChapter 2: The Respiratory SystemChapter 3: The Digestive SystemChapter 4: The Kidneys and the Renal SystemChapter 5: Body Fluids and BloodChapter 6: The Brain and the Nervous SystemChapter 7: The Sensory Nervous SystemChapter 8: The Musculo-Skeletal SystemChapter 9: Cells, Genes, and ReproductionChapter 10: The Endocrine SystemEpilogue

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Book SynopsisTransnational perspectives on the relationship between nuclear energy and society.With the aim of overcoming the disciplinary and national fragmentation that characterizes much research on nuclear energy, Engaging the Atom brings together specialists from a variety of fields to analyze comparative case studies across Europe and the United States. It explores evolving relationships between society and the nuclear sector from the origins of civilian nuclear power until the present, asking why nuclear energy has been more contentious in some countries than in others and why some countries have never gone nuclear, or have decided to phase out nuclear, while their neighbors have committed to the so-called nuclear renaissance. Contributors examine the challenges facing the nuclear sector in the context of aging reactor fleets, pressing climate urgency, and increasing competition from renewable energy sources.Written by leading academics in their respective disciplines, the nine chapters of Engaging the Atom place the evolution of nuclear energy within a broader set of national and international configurations, including its role within policies and markets.Table of Contents Preface Introduction: Nuclear Energy and Society in Postwar EuropeArne Kaijser, Markku Lehtonen, Jan-Henrik Meyer, and Mar Rubio-Varas Part 1: Context1. Nuclear-Society Relations from the Dawn of the Nuclear AgePaul Josephson, Jan-Henrik Meyer, and Arne Kaijser 2. The Changing Economic Context Influencing Nuclear DecisionsMar Rubio-Varas Part 2: Actors3. One Movement or Many? The Diversity of Antinuclear Movements in EuropeAlbert Presas i Puig and Jan-Henrik Meyer 4. International Organizations and the Atom: How Comecon, Euratom, and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Developed Societal EngagementPaul Josephson and Markku Lehtonen Part 3: Perspectives5. Risky or Beneficial? Exploring Perceptions of Nuclear Energy over Time in a Cross-Country PerspectiveJosep Espluga, Wilfried Konrad, Ann Enander, Beatriz Medina, Ana Prades, and Pieter Cools 6. Trust and Mistrust in Radioactive Waste Management: Historical Experience from High- and Low-Trust ContextsMarkku Lehtonen, Matthew Cotton, and Tatiana Kasperski 7. Nuclear Power and Environmental Justice: The Case for Political EqualityMatthew Cotton 8. Nuclear Energy in Europe: A Public TechnologyStathis Arapostathis, Robert Bud, and Helmuth Trischler 9. Nuclear Installations at European Borders: Transboundary Collaboration and ConflictArne Kaijser and Jan-Henrik Meyer Conclusions: Future Challenges for Nuclear Energy and Society in a Historical PerspectiveArne Kaijser, Markku Lehtonen, Jan-Henrik Meyer, and Mar Rubio-Varas ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisAdair Turner became chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority just as the global financial crisis struck in 2008, and he played a leading role in redesigning global financial regulation. In this eye-opening book, he sets the record straight about what really caused the crisis. It didn't happen because banks are too big to fail--our addictiTrade ReviewOne of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2015, chosen by Martin Wolf One of the Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2016 in Economy One of The Independent's Best Economics Books 2015 One of Bloomberg Businessweek's Best Books of 2015, chosen by Vitor Constancio "Whether you agree with Turner's proposal or not, [Between Debt and the Devil] represents an important challenge to economic orthodoxy, which, as he rightly notes, has already failed us once."--John Cassidy, The New Yorker "Extensively researched and well-written."--Edward Chancellor, Wall Street Journal "[A] remarkable new book."--Will Hutton, Observer "Lucid and forcefully-argued."--Peter Thal Larsen, Reuters Breakingviews "Turner offers a convincing account of the debt-fuelled global economic cycle of the last 15 years or so. I found myself skimming over large sections and nodding in agreement."--Erik Britton, Management Today "An overdue challenge to a taboo against monetary finance held sacred for too long."--Giles Wilkes, Financial Times "Adair Turner, the former chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority and described by The Economist as a man for all policy crises, upends financial orthodoxy in Between Debt and the Devil. He argues that nothing regulators have done thus far has addressed the fundamental underlying cause of financial instability... Turner's book is tightly argued and is packed with insights about the financial markets as well as the real economy."--Brenda Jubin, Investing.com "If developed economies fall back into recession, people may hear quite a bit more about Lord Turner's ideas."--The Economist "This is an important book because Turner thinks clearly where much analysis has been fuzzy ... [a] stimulating book."--Ben Chu, The Independent "Adair Turner's Between Debt and the Devil: Money, Credit and Fixing Global Finance--out this month--joins a select group of books that provide as clear an explanation of the financial crisis as one could hope for."--Diane Coyle, The Enlightened Economist "Some astonishingly original ideas."--Alex Brummer, Daily Mail "[A] brilliant new book... [The] prose crisply conveys analysis of real force."--Tom Clark, Guardian "[A] scintillating individual [contribution] to the debate not just on the future of finance but how we should run our economy."--Felix Martin, New Statesman "Adair Turner's new book Between Debt and the Devil is definitely worth your time."--Clive Crook, Bloomberg View "A challenging but relentlessly logical book about the flaws of the system that led us to the Great Recession: excess finance, excessive indebtedness. He adds to the literature that explains why more and more finance is not always good. The proposed cure requires going beyond the present financial regulatory reform. A bold and thought provoking book."--Vitor Constancio, Vice president, European Central Bank, one of Bloomberg's Best Books of 2015 "This book lays down a challenge which subsequent accounts of monetary policy will have to address."--David Willetts, Prospect "[An] excellent book."--Nick Butler, Financial Times "[H]is extensive work both at financial institutions and in academia, have given Turner an insider's view of the world of finance and economics. But his conclusions--that the banking system needs to be fundamentally restructured, and that periodically, instead of a government running up debt, the central bank should just print money for the government to spend--are far from conventional."--Matt Phillips, Quartz "This is a good book, well worth reading... It is well and clearly written and supported by good, non-technical analysis and empirical evidence."--Charles Goodhart, Financial World "These provocative and insightful arguments are particularly valuable at a time when austerity retains its intellectual luster despite its manifest failures."--Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs "Turner's book should make policymakers and commentators sit up and take notice."--TT Ram Mohan, Economic & Political Weekly "[An] excellent book."--Zagreb International Review of Econ & Business "A strong narrative and powerful argument for reform."--Sean O'Grady, The Independent "This seminal book details an important reality of today's economy: generating enough demand to absorb potential supply depends on explosive increases in indebtedness-private or public, or both."--Martin Wolf, Financial TimesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Preface: The Crisis I Didn't See Coming xi Introduction: Too Important to Be Left to the Bankers 1 Part I Swollen Finance 17 1 The Utopia of Finance for All 19 2 Inefficient Financial Markets 34 Part II Dangerous Debt 49 3 Debt, Banks, and the Money They Create 51 4 Too Much of the Wrong Sort of Debt 61 5 Caught in the Debt Overhang Trap 74 6 Liberalization, Innovation, and the Credit Cycle on Steroids 88 7 Speculation, Inequality, and Unnecessary Credit 108 Part III Debt, Development, and Capital Flows 131 8 Debt and Development: The Merits and Dangers of Financial Repression 133 9 Too Much of the Wrong Sort of Capital Flow: Global and Eurozone Delusions 149 Part IV Fixing the System 161 10 Irrelevant Bankers in an Unstable System 163 11 Fixing Fundamentals 175 12 Abolishing Banks, Taxing Debt Pollution, and Encouraging Equity 186 13 Managing the Quantity and Mix of Debt 195 Part V Escaping the Debt Overhang 211 14 Monetary Finance-Breaking the Taboo 213 15 Between Debt and the Devil-A Choice of Dangers 231 Epilogue: The Queen's Question and the Fatal Conceit 241 Notes 253 Bibliography 277 Index 289

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Lovely. . . . For anyone interested in truly understanding many of the concepts and methods within quantum mechanics which we so often take for granted, this is an invaluable book."---Jonathan Shock, Mathemafrica"The new edition is easier [to] read and to comprehend, and the editor thinks it will inspire the work of future generations of physicists."---K. E. Hellwig, Zentralblatt MATH

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