This monograph is special in its orientation and contribution to current state of our understanding of decision-choice process and knowledge production. Its special orientation is to bring to the scientific community the discussions on the epistemic structure of the relationships among uncertainty, expectations, risk, possibility, probability and how the rules of fuzzy paradigm and the methods of fuzzy rationality bring new and different understanding to the relationships.

Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On a larger scale, life seems no fairer or easier to fathom: Why do some neighborhoods thrive and others become ghettos? Why is racism so persistent? Why is your idiot boss paid a fortune for sitting behind a mahogany altar? Thorny questions?????and you might be surprised to hear the answers coming from an economist.

Considered a great classic by all who seek for a meeting ground between science and the humanities, Art and Illusion examines the history and psychology of pictorial representation in light of present-day theories of visual perception information and learning. Searching for a rational explanation of the changing styles of art, Gombrich reexamines many ideas on the imitation of nature and the function of tradition. In testing his arguments he ranges over the history of art, noticing particularly the accomplishments of the ancient Greeks, and the visual discoveries of such masters as Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt, as well as the impressionists and the cubists. Gombrich's triumph in Art and Illusion arises from the fact that his main concern is less with the artists than with ourselves, the beholders.

In order to come to your senses, Alan Watts often said, you sometimes need to go “out of your mind.” Perhaps more than any other teacher in the West, this celebrated author, former Anglican priest, and self-described “spiritual entertainer” was responsible for igniting the passion of countless wisdom seekers to the spiritual and philosophical delights of Asia and India. Now, with Out of Your Mind: Essential Listening from the Alan Watts Audio Archives, you are invited to immerse yourself in twelve of this legendary thinker’s pinnacle teaching sessions on how to break through the limits of the rational mind and begin expanding your awareness and appreciation for “the Great Game” unfolding all around us.

From the Preface: "The book is aimed at readers who are active in computer simulation, or are planning to become so. Computer simulators are continuously confronted with questions concerning the choice of technique, because there is a bewildering variety of computational tools available. We believe that, in order to make a rational choice, a good understanding of the physics behind each technique is essential. Our aim is to provide the reader with this background." Computer simulation techniques have become almost essential in the study of the macro-molecular phenomena and phase behaviour on the molecular level. As these techniques become increasingly important, it is necessary to realise that they are useful tools, but are not the goals of research.

Posner's rational choice theory is the first comprehensive approach to sexuality and its social controls. Drawing on the fields of biology, law, history, religion, and economics, this sweeping study examines societies from ancient Greece to today's Sweden and issues from incest taboos and date rape to gay marriage and Baby M.

The third edition of The Treatment of Epilepsy has been thoroughly updated. It is a reference work, but has a strong practical bias, and is designed to assist neurologists, neurosurgeons and other clinicians at all levels who are involved in the treatment of patients with epilepsy. It is a definitive source of clinical information to guide clinical practice and rational therapy.

Rhinoceros 3d package is a powerful three-dimensional modeling using NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines). 3-D. Technology B-splines based on mathematical formulas by which to describe any form of from a simple 2-D line, circle, arc, or curve to the most complex organic surfaces or solid bodies in 3-D. Rhinoceros 3d NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines).
Rhino can create, edit, analyze, document, render, animate, and translate NURBS * curves, surfaces, and solids and polygon meshes. There are no limits on precision, complexity, degree, or size......

This book succeeds in all respects and the authors should be congratulated. It is well presented, clearly laid out, easily readable and authoritative. It applies science to cosmetic skin care and will help to debunk myth with rational argument based on the literature.

Written by experts at the forefront of current research and clinical practice, this volume provides evidence-based guidelines for safe, effective, and rational drug therapy in newborns, children, and adolescents. Coverage includes specific recommendations for all major drug classes and diseases, a detailed section on drugs and the newborn, and chapters on specific treatment settings such as the pediatric intensive care unit and emergency room.

Why Understand Calculus? One of the greatest achievements of the human mind is calculus. It justly deserves a place in the pantheon of our accomplishments with Shakespeare's plays, Beethoven's symphonies, and Einstein's theory of relativity. In fact, most of the differences in the way we experience life now and the way we experienced it at the beginning of the 17th century emerged because of technical advances that rely on calculus. Calculus is a beautiful idea exposing the rational workings of the world; it is part of our intellectual heritage.

Recently we have seen plenty of irrational behavior, whether in politics or the world of finance. What makes people act irrationally? In a timely but thin collection of anecdotes and empirical research, the Brafman brothers—Ari (The Starfish and the Spire), a business expert, and Rom, a psychologist—look at sway, the submerged mental drives that undermine rational action, from the desire to avoid loss to a failure to consider all the evidence or to perceive a person or situation beyond the initial impression and the reluctance to alter a plan that isn't working. To drive home their points, the authors use contemporary examples, such as the pivotal decisions of presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and George W. Bush, coach Steve Spurrier and his Gators football team, and a sudden apparent epidemic of bipolar disorder in children (which may be due more to flawed thinking by doctors making the diagnoses). The stories are revealing, but focused on a few common causes of irrational behavior, the book doesn't delve deeply into the psychological demons that can devastate a person's life and those around him.

Spore - this game is unparalleled, which does not fit the life of one man or even the fate of an entire civilization. It hides immense universe with lots of planets, human beings many different shapes and sizes, which have come a long evolutionary path from simple unicellular to highly rational creatures. Your hands will be the fate of all species. Start with a tiny bacteria and fight for life in the oceans, developing useful ability in combat and growing new organs. Continue the evolution of land, where you create ???????? gradually become part of a flock, and flock will develop in the tribe. Having reached the same stage of civilization, and extending the power of its people throughout the world, you can go into space!

Welcome to Max Contraction Online, the home page of John Little and his approach to rational, efficient education to train your mind and body. In the world of fitness and bodybuilding, John has been responsible for no less than three revolutions in how people view productive exercise. His first two books (Power Factor Training and Static Contraction Training, written in conjunction with Peter Sisco) pointed out many of the fallacies and deceptions that had become entrenched as dogma within the bodybuilding and fitness industries and then offered a scientific alternative to the issue of building human strength and muscularity. More recently, John’s latest book, Max Contraction Training (McGraw Hill, 2003), has further refined and improved upon these approaches and established that productive and efficient training for the purpose of building human strength requires a workout lasting no more than 10-60-seconds of actual training performed but once a week

The second edition of this book incorporates two relational database design methodologies to teach readers how databases can be implemented in Microsoft Access and Oracle. Not only does the book provide a comprehensive methodology for relational database design, but the authors also show readers how to use the latest installation of UML. Fifteen sample database designs chosen from seven common business areas are located in an Appendix, and an evaluation copy of Rational Rose software is included on the accompanying CD-ROM. Database designers wanting to learn more about relational database theory as well as those just wanting to expand there general database technology knowledge.

Physical chemistry is the basis of rational pharmaceutical formulation and processing, and is fundamental to understanding the complexities of drug delivery and drug absorption. This textbook presents the physiochemical principles useful to the modern pharmaceutical scientist and pharmacist.

Bandwidth Splitter is a program extension for Microsoft ISA Server that supplements it with new features to allow more rational sharing of the existing Internet connection bandwidth and distributing it among all users and servers according to preset rules.