A Crossing of Zebras - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Crossing of Zebras write by Marjorie Maddox. This book was released on 2019-12-20. A Crossing of Zebras available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. You’ve probably heard the phrase a school of fish. But what about a rumba of rattlesnakes, an army of ants, or a crash of rhinos? Derived from both oral and written traditions, collective nouns go back centuries. These terms not only charm us with their sound, but they provide a bit of insight into animal behavior. Readers can find these and other terms—from alley cats to zebras—in fourteen thought-provoking poems by Marjorie Maddox. She and artist Philip Huber create a wonderful combination of rich wordplay and captivating art that piques the imagination.
A Crossing of Zebras
A Crossing of Zebras - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Crossing of Zebras write by Marjorie Maddox. This book was released on 2019-12-13. A Crossing of Zebras available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. You've probably heard the phrase a school of fish. But what about a rumba of rattlesnakes, an army of ants, or a crash of rhinos? Derived from both oral and written traditions, collective nouns go back centuries. These terms not only charm us with their sound, but they provide a bit of insight into animal behavior. Readers can find these and other terms--from alley cats to zebras--in fourteen thought-provoking poems by Marjorie Maddox. She and artist Philip Huber create a wonderful combination of rich wordplay and captivating art that piques the imagination.
Zebras
Zebras - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zebras write by Lynn M. Stone. This book was released on 2008-01-01. Zebras available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Describes the different types of zebras, where they live, how they socialize and protect their young from predators, and the dangers zebras face from urban growth in Africa.
The Mara Crossing
The Mara Crossing - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mara Crossing write by Ruth Padel. This book was released on 2012-01-05. The Mara Crossing available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First published as The Mara Crossing, now with new and updated material Home is where you start from, but where is a swallow's real home? And what does 'native' mean if the English oak is an immigrant from Spain? In ninety richly varied poems and illuminating prose interludes, Ruth Padel weaves science, myth, wild nature and human history to conjure a world created and sustained by migration. 'We're all from somewhere else,' she begins, tracing the millennia-old journeys of cells, trees, birds and beasts. Geese battle raging winds over Mount Everest, lemurs skim precipices in Madagascar and wildebeest, at the climax of their epic trek from Tanzania, brave a river filled with the largest, hungriest crocodiles in Africa. Human migration has shaped civilisation but today is one of the greatest challenges the world faces. In a series of incisive portraits, Padel turns to the struggles of human displacement - the Flight into Egypt, John James Audubon emigrating to America (feeding migrant birds en route), migrant workers in Mumbai and refugees labouring over a drastically changing planet - to show how the purpose of migration, for both humans and animals, is survival. Poignant, thought-provoking and utterly compelling, here is a magnificent tapestry of life on the move from the acclaimed author of Darwin: A Life in Poems.
Quantum Models of Cognition and Decision
Quantum Models of Cognition and Decision - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Quantum Models of Cognition and Decision write by Jerome R. Busemeyer. This book was released on 2012-07-26. Quantum Models of Cognition and Decision available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Much of our understanding of human thinking is based on probabilistic models. This innovative book by Jerome R. Busemeyer and Peter D. Bruza argues that, actually, the underlying mathematical structures from quantum theory provide a much better account of human thinking than traditional models. They introduce the foundations for modeling probabilistic-dynamic systems using two aspects of quantum theory. The first, 'contextuality', is a way to understand interference effects found with inferences and decisions under conditions of uncertainty. The second, 'quantum entanglement', allows cognitive phenomena to be modeled in non-reductionist ways. Employing these principles drawn from quantum theory allows us to view human cognition and decision in a totally new light. Introducing the basic principles in an easy-to-follow way, this book does not assume a physics background or a quantum brain and comes complete with a tutorial and fully worked-out applications in important areas of cognition and decision.
