For millennia, one of the most consistent characteristics of Hindu traditions has been variation. Scholarly work on contemporary Hinduism and its premodern antecedents ably captures this complexity, paying attention to a wide spectrum of ideologies, practices, and positions of authority. Studies of religion in ancient India stress doctrinal variation in the period, when ideas about pe…
Poems and poets : people greet them with scorn andpoke fun at them. Why is that? Because people take the realm of poetry to be the depic-tion of simple sensual beauty, self-complacent emotionalpain and dark melancholy—things not real mirrored in mor-bid sensibilities. If poetry required only a unique sensitivityand dreamy beauty, then hysterics and the mentally il…
The idea that we learn by interacting with our environment is probably the first to occur to us when we think about the nature of learning. When an infant plays, waves its arms, or looks about, it has no explicit teacher, but it does have a direct sensorimotor connection to its environment. Exercising this connection produces a wealth of information about cause and effect, about the consequence…
If it were announced on the Manchester Exchange, or among any other large gathering of intelligentmen, that not one in every hundred of them could see correctlythe appearance of the walls or windows about them, it might cause no small amount of surprise,if not disconcert ; yet such is probably the fact. Millions of persons pass through life unconscious of the change that takes place in the appe…
It is common to find students new to psychology who believe the study of psychological disorders is psychology. These students are often disappointed to find out that it is only a small piece of what psychologists study and that they usually have to wait until the very end of the class to begin studying it. Moreover, once they get to this unit, students bring with them preconceived notions rega…
In-chapter Examples walk students through problems by posing a question, stepping out a solution, and then asking students to practice the skill with a “Check Your Learning” component. The book also includes assessments at the end of each chapter so students can apply what they’ve learned through practice problems. Chemistry was conceived and written to fit a particular topical sequence, …
Upon waking each morning, you begin thinking—contemplating the tasks that you must complete that day. In what order should you run your errands? Should you go to the bank, the cleaners, or the grocery store first? Can you get these things done before you head to class or will they need to wait until school is done? These thoughts are one example of cognition at work. Exceptionally complex, co…
Finlandia mengejutkan dunia ketika siswa-siswanya yang masih berusia 15 tahun berhasil mencatatkan skor tertinggi di penyelenggaraan pertama PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), pada 2001. Ujian itu meliputi penilaian keterampilan berpikir kritis di Matematika, sains, dan membaca. Hingga kini, negara mungil ini terus-terusan memukau. Bagaimana pendidikan Finlandia yang jam pel…
This book is aimed at the beginner. Inside you will find many exercises which, with a little patience and determination, will help you get to grips with the basics of drumming. I cannot emphasise the importance of working with a good tutor to avoid developing bad habits. YouTube is a fantastic resource for tutorials, but you can’t beat one-to-one lessons for real feedback on your playing. The…
Digital engineering design involves both design and analysis of digital devices and systems, design and analysis cannot usually be consideered seperately. Also, the correct engineering design of a digital system can result only if the designer makes the proper choice of parts to be assembled. However, to do this the designer must have a complete understanding of the operation of each part and m…