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The Visual Brain in Action
Although the mechanics of how the eye works are well understood, debate still exists as to how the complex machinery of the brain interprets neural impulses supplied by the eye. In order to understand the evolution of the visual system, the authors of this work outline the function of vision.
The Highways and Byways of Britain
Published between the end of the nineteenth century and the Second World War "Highways and Byways" took readers on a guided tour of the country, county by county. This volume presents a selection of those highways and byways, which affords contemporary readers both a charming period piece and a glimpse of the very best of Britain.
Children and Race
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Sight Unseen
Vision, more than any other sense, dominates our mental life. Our visual experience is just so rich, so detailed, that we can hardly distinguish that experience from the world itself. Even when we just think about the world and don't look at it directly, we can't help but 'imagine' what it looks like. We think of 'seeing' as being a conscious activity--we direct our eyes, we choose what we look at, we register what we are seeing. The series of events described in this book radically altered this attitude towards vision. This book describes one of the most extraordinary neurological cases of recent years--one that profoundly changed scientific views on consciousness. It is the story of Dee Fl...
Aesthetics in Present Future
Aesthetics in Present Future: The Arts and the Technological Horizon collects essays by specialized scholars and a few artists, who focus on the issue of how deeply the arts change when conveyed by the new media (the web; 3D printers, videos, etc.) or also simply diffused by them. Every author shows to analyze the topic without glorifying nor criticizing this strong tendency. Their analyses proceed as descriptions, stating how both the virtual production and virtual communication change our attitudes toward what we call the arts. The scope of the topics goes from photography to cinema, to painting, from theatre to avant-guarde art and net art, construction of robots and simulation of brain functions. The result is an astonishing range of new possibilities for the arts and new perspectives regarding our knowledge of the world.
Dead Innocent
George Luckhurst is a bully and racist bigot, determined to control his family and force them to conform to his own twisted beliefs. Alice Luckhurst, his eldest daughter, is feisty and fiercely independent, with her own ideas on how she wants to live her life. Calvin Thomas is her lover. And he is black. One terrible night in 1922, these three are joined in a gruesome ballet that totally alters their own lives, and the future of everyone around them. Although troubled by feelings of guilt, George cannot escape from his firmly held beliefs, no matter how distorted. He attempts to find salvation by joining a fundamental religious sect. Two years later, Jimmy Whitehead is born to George's younger daughter, Ivy. He grows up against the background of looming war, hunger and deprivation in 1930s England. But though naïve, he is also ambitious and determined to escape from the suffocating poverty endured by his family. Expect tension and drama in a story that mixes humour, religion, sex, hatred and hopeless love, as George takes every opportunity to thwart his grandson's aspirations, while battling with his own guilty desires.
Vision and Mind
The philosophy of perception is a microcosm of the metaphysics of mind. Its central problems—What is perception? What is the nature of perceptual consciousness? How can one fit an account of perceptual experience into a broader account of the nature of the mind and the world?—are at the heart of metaphysics. Rather than try to cover all of the many strands in the philosophy of perception, this book focuses on a particular orthodoxy about the nature of visual perception. The central problem for visual science has been to explain how the brain bridges the gap between what is given to the visual system and what is actually experienced by the perceiver. The orthodox view of perception is tha...
Social Groups and Identities
Henri Tajfel made a major contribution to social psychology in Europe. This collection bring together the ideas of authors who worked with him in Bristol. Each has been strongly influenced by Tajfel, an influence which has encouraged diverse approaches and the development of social identity theory.
Room For Two
M/M Romance - Gay Romance Story of Neo and Cohen is a romantic comedy to jell in with the spirit of holidays. Neo I did not see this winter blizzard coming, or I would have left the office early. I was supposed to be home celebrating holidays with family, but now I was stuck here in this storm. And it wasn’t bad enough that I had to stay at a resort that couldn't serve a decent sandwich, I had to share my bed with the enemy. Cohen Pailington is the most obnoxious, self-absorbed person on earth. We didn't just hate each other, our families hated each other. The feud ran deep, but a twist in the tale happened when I got stuck pretending to be his boyfriend. Themes: Enemies to Lovers, Pretend Boyfriend, Parents Drama and lots of holiday cookies and pastries.
Plays: Five
A Horse With No Name - Iraq, the spring of 2003. The Battle of Baghdad rages. One retired Iraqi soldier - Ali - and one active American soldier - Rick - are trapped by rubble in a secret basement bar. Rick and Ali somehow make it through the two acts without killing each other but getting to know each other instead, finally ending up on the roof where they play a real-time game of Classic pool - not a staged game - which, depending on who wins the game - offers alternate endings to the play. . . . One Of The Lads - As NATO forces enter Iraq the media feeds a constant river of images of war into the daily lives of millions in Britain through TV. One such home is that of a young waster who has...
