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In this book, Stephen Cave and John Martin Fischer debate whether
or not we should choose to live forever. This ancient question is
as topical as ever: while billions of people believe they will live
forever in an otherworldly realm, billions of dollars are currently
being poured into anti-ageing research in the hope that we will be
able to radically extend our lives on earth. But are we wise to
wish for immortality? What would it mean for each of us as
individuals, for society, and for the planet? In this lively and
accessible debate, the authors introduce the main arguments for and
against living forever, along with some new ones. They draw on
examples from myth and literature as well as new thought
experiments in order to bring the arguments to life. Cave contends
that the aspiring immortalist is stuck on the horns of a series of
dilemmas, such as boredom and meaninglessness, or overpopulation
and social injustice. Fischer argues that there is a vision of
radically longer lives that is both recognizably human and
desirable. This book offers both students and experienced
philosophers a provocative new guide to a topic of perennial
importance. Key Features Gives a comprehensive overview of the main
arguments for and against living forever. Uses lively examples from
myth, literature, and novel thought experiments. Highly accessible
- avoiding jargon and assuming no prior knowledge - without
sacrificing intellectual rigor. Includes helpful pedagogical
features, including chapter summaries, an annotated reading list, a
glossary, and clear examples.
This cutting-edge introduction for all modern courses in
Organizational Behaviour and Management has been thoroughly updated
for the fifth edition. New material has been added, including a new
chapter on complexity, change and development and increased
material on learning and human resource management. Informed by the
latest research, Martin & Fellenz walk carefully through the
fundamental topics with a focus on key issues - globalization and
culture, ethics and corporate social responsibility, competitive
pressures and organizational change - to leave students with a
practical and open-minded grasp of organizational behaviour in the
twenty-first century.
In this book, Stephen Cave and John Martin Fischer debate whether
or not we should choose to live forever. This ancient question is
as topical as ever: while billions of people believe they will live
forever in an otherworldly realm, billions of dollars are currently
being poured into anti-ageing research in the hope that we will be
able to radically extend our lives on earth. But are we wise to
wish for immortality? What would it mean for each of us as
individuals, for society, and for the planet? In this lively and
accessible debate, the authors introduce the main arguments for and
against living forever, along with some new ones. They draw on
examples from myth and literature as well as new thought
experiments in order to bring the arguments to life. Cave contends
that the aspiring immortalist is stuck on the horns of a series of
dilemmas, such as boredom and meaninglessness, or overpopulation
and social injustice. Fischer argues that there is a vision of
radically longer lives that is both recognizably human and
desirable. This book offers both students and experienced
philosophers a provocative new guide to a topic of perennial
importance. Key Features Gives a comprehensive overview of the main
arguments for and against living forever. Uses lively examples from
myth, literature, and novel thought experiments. Highly accessible
- avoiding jargon and assuming no prior knowledge - without
sacrificing intellectual rigor. Includes helpful pedagogical
features, including chapter summaries, an annotated reading list, a
glossary, and clear examples.
Provides the most comprehensive, authoritative reference on the
study of bone biology and related diseases. It is the essential
resource for anyone involved in the study of bone biology. It is
the most comprehensive, complete, up-to-date source of information
on all aspects of bones and bone biology in one convenient source.
It takes the reader from the basic elements of fundamental research
to the most sophisticated concepts in therapeutics. Bone research
in recent years has generated enormous attention, mainly because of
the broad public health implications of osteoporosis and related
bone disorders.
*Provides a "one-stop" shop. There is no need to search through
many research journals or books to glean the information one
wants...it is all in one source written by the experts in the
field.
*THE essential resource for anyone involved in the study of bones
and bone diseases.
*Takes the reader from the basic elements of fundamental research
to the most sophisticated concepts in therapeutics.
*Readers can easily search and locate information quickly as it
will be online with this new edition.
The Intercultural Performance Handbook opens up a new world of technique for performers. The first ever full-length, fully illustrated manual for practitioners, it provides: *a guide to the physical, vocal and improvisational dynamics drawn from world performance styles *a new vocabulary with which to interpret plays from around the globe *games to use for exploring rhythm, movement, balance, tension and gesture, breathwork, stylisation and the use of the voice *a practical approach to creating vibrant theatrical work. Studies on intercultural performance are usually written by scholars and reasearchers. John Martin explains the definition and development of intercultural performance studies from the perspective of an experienced practitioner. He provides exercises, practical advice and a clear training process for the inquiring actor or director. This book is a process of discovery, carefully written so as to develop understanding and move towards empowerment for the adventurous theatre-maker.
This book focuses on contemporary human factors issues within the
design of soldier systems and describes how they are currently
being investigated and addressed by the U.S. Army to enhance
soldier performance and effectiveness. Designing Soldier Systems
approaches human factors issues from three main perspectives. In
the first section, Chapters 1-5 focus on complexity introduced by
technology, its impact on human performance, and how issues are
being addressed to reduce cognitive workload. In the second
section, Chapters 6-10 concentrate on obstacles imposed by
operational and environmental conditions on the battlefield and how
they are being mitigated through the use of technology. The third
section, Chapters 11-21, is dedicated to system design and
evaluation including the tools, techniques and technologies used by
researchers who design soldier systems to overcome human physical
and cognitive performance limitations as well as the obstacles
imposed by environmental and operations conditions that are
encountered by soldiers. The book will appeal to an international
multidisciplinary audience interested in the design and development
of systems for military use, including defense contractors, program
management offices, human factors engineers, human system
integrators, system engineers, and computer scientists. Relevant
programs of study include those in human factors, cognitive
science, neuroscience, neuroergonomics, psychology, training and
education, and engineering.
This book argues that environmental risk, as a policy problem,
requires moving beyond the market principle of efficiency as the
basis of decision making and toward the articulation and use of
environmental values to produce good public choices. .
This book focuses on contemporary human factors issues within the
design of soldier systems and describes how they are currently
being investigated and addressed by the U.S. Army to enhance
soldier performance and effectiveness. Designing Soldier Systems
approaches human factors issues from three main perspectives. In
the first section, Chapters 1-5 focus on complexity introduced by
technology, its impact on human performance, and how issues are
being addressed to reduce cognitive workload. In the second
section, Chapters 6-10 concentrate on obstacles imposed by
operational and environmental conditions on the battlefield and how
they are being mitigated through the use of technology. The third
section, Chapters 11-21, is dedicated to system design and
evaluation including the tools, techniques and technologies used by
researchers who design soldier systems to overcome human physical
and cognitive performance limitations as well as the obstacles
imposed by environmental and operations conditions that are
encountered by soldiers. The book will appeal to an international
multidisciplinary audience interested in the design and development
of systems for military use, including defense contractors, program
management offices, human factors engineers, human system
integrators, system engineers, and computer scientists. Relevant
programs of study include those in human factors, cognitive
science, neuroscience, neuroergonomics, psychology, training and
education, and engineering.
Public decisions on environmental risk have traditionally been
weighed in terms of the principle of efficiency and its
methodologies, such as cost-benefit and risk-benefit analysis.
These original essays argue for moving beyond the market paradigm
toward making policy that incorporates environmental values.
Scholars representing a broad range of disciplines present a
thorough analysis and methodological investigation of environmental
risk and the potential for integrating environmental values into
the policymaking process. They address the normative and
theoretical roots of environmental risk, describe the distinct
domain that exists for environmental values as opposed to economic
values, and look at the conflicts between economic and
environmental values within the applied context of the NIMBY (not
in my back yard) phenomenon.
A regional and functional approach to learning human neuroanatomy -
enhanced by additional full-color illustrations and a new online
learning center Neuroanatomy:Text and Atlas covers neuroanatomy
from both a functional and regional perspective to provide an
understanding of how the components of the central nervous system
work together to sense the world around us, regulate body systems,
and produce behavior. This trusted text thoroughly covers the
sensory, motor, and integrative skills of the brains and presents
an overview of the function in relation to structure and the
locations of the major pathways and neuronal integrative regions.
Neuroanatomy:Text and Atlas also teaches readers how to interpret
the new wealth of human brain images by developing an understanding
of the anatomical localization of brain function. The authoritative
core content of myelin-stained histological sections is enhanced by
informative line illustrations, angiography, and brain views
produced by MRI, and other imaging technologies. *Revised and
updated to reflect advances in clinical neuroanatomy and neural
science*Full-color illustrations enrich the text, including many
new to this edition*Chapters begin with a clinical case to
illustrate the connections and functions of the key material
*Chapters end with a series of multiple-choice review questions*NEW
Online learning center will display brain views produced by MRI and
PET*Increases knowledge of the regional and functional organization
of the spinal cord and brain, one system at a time*Provides
thorough coverage of the sensory, motor, and integrative systems of
the brain, together with cerebral vasculature*Promotes
understanding of the complex details of neuroanatomy needed for
accurate interpretation of radiological image*Comprehensive atlas
provides key views of the surface anatomy of the central nervous
systems and photographs of myelin-stained sections in three
anatomical planes*Includes learning aids such as clinical topics,
boxes, chapter summaries, and a Glossary of key terms and
structures
Providing a social, economic and political study of field sports
and those other activities and customs labelled as rural sports,
from the earliest of times to the present day in all of the United
Kingdom and Ireland. This book brings together several distinct
types of traditional rural sports with particular emphasis on the
social history and 'traditional' aspects. It contains several
hundred entries focusing on individual sports and others providing
analysis of key concepts, themes and terminologies. The
Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports is an invaluable
reference that provides students, scholars and sports enthusiasts
with a focussed and authoritative source of information on the
history and culture of rural sport in Britain.
For undergraduate courses in corporate finance and financial
management. Develop and begin to apply financial principles
Students often struggle to see how financial concepts relate to
their personal lives and prospective careers Financial Management:
Principles and Applications gives students a big picture
perspective of finance and how it is important in their personal
and professional lives. Utilising five key principles, the 14th
Global Edition provides an approachable introduction to financial
decision-making, weaving in real-world issues to demonstrate the
practical applications of critical financial concepts.
Over the last three decades there has been a tremendous amount of
philosophical work in the Anglo-American tradition on the cluster
of topics pertaining to Free Will. Of course, this work has in many
instances built on and extended the historical treatments of this
great area of philosophical interest. The issues range from fairly
abstract philosophical questions about the logic of arguments about
human freedom (and its relationship to prior predictability of our
choices and actions, or God's foreknowledge, or causal determinism
and scientific explanation) to more concrete practical questions
about legal and criminal accountability.
The contemporary work has in some instances been in the form of
lively debates between proponents of different viewpoints, and the
literature is characterized by a genuine vitality. Work has
appeared in a wide variety of different places: academic and (and
even trade) monographs, anthologies, philosophical and legal
academic journals, and conference proceedings. This collection
selects the very best of this material and presents it in a single,
accessible set of volumes.
Providing a social, economic and political study of field sports
and those other activities and customs labelled as rural sports,
from the earliest of times to the present day in all of the United
Kingdom and Ireland.
This book brings together several distinct types of traditional
rural sports with particular emphasis on the social history and
'traditional' aspects. It contains several hundred entries focusing
on individual sports and others providing analysis of key concepts,
themes and terminologies.
The Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports is an
invaluable reference that provides students, scholars and sports
enthusiasts with a focussed and authoritative source of information
on the history and culture of rural sport in Britain.
The Intercultural Performance Handbook opens up a new world of technique for performers. The first ever full-length, fully illustrated manual for practitioners, it provides: *a guide to the physical, vocal and improvisational dynamics drawn from world performance styles *a new vocabulary with which to interpret plays from around the globe *games to use for exploring rhythm, movement, balance, tension and gesture, breathwork, stylisation and the use of the voice *a practical approach to creating vibrant theatrical work. Studies on intercultural performance are usually written by scholars and reasearchers. John Martin explains the definition and development of intercultural performance studies from the perspective of an experienced practitioner. He provides exercises, practical advice and a clear training process for the inquiring actor or director. This book is a process of discovery, carefully written so as to develop understanding and move towards empowerment for the adventurous theatre-maker.
Focusing on the perspectives of policy-makers, the book's purpose
is to closely examine the factors that make for
successful/unsuccessful labor market related policy reforms. The
aim is to reveal the political aspects, namely the chances,
challenges and impediments to designing labor market reforms and to
establish the conditions under which successful labor market
reforms can be advocated, adopted and implemented (process). The
work includes exclusive interviews with twelve former European
prime ministers about the labour market reforms they initiated in
their respective countries: Wolfgang Schussel Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Andrus Ansip Francois Fillon Gerhard Schroeder Georgios Papandreou
Mario Monti Jan Peter Balkenende Jerzy Buzek Iveta Radicova Luis
Rodriguez Zapatero Tony Blair
The primary purpose of this edited collection is to evaluate
critically the relationship between local government and national
economic development. It focuses on how the relationship between
local government and development is structured, and the specific
institutional arrangements at national and subnational levels that
might facilitate local government's assumption of the role of
development agent. In light of the contradictory outcomes of
development and implied experimentation with new modalities,
post-development discourse provides a useful explanatory framework
for the book. Schoburgh, Martin and Gatchair's central argument is
that the pursuit of national developmental goals is given a
sustainable foundation when development planning and strategies
take into account elements that have the potential to determine the
rate of social transformation. Their emphasis on localism
establishes a clear link between local government and local
economic development in the context of developing countries.
This collection of seventeen essays deals with the metaphysical, as
opposed to the moral issues pertaining to death. For example, the
authors investigate (among other things) the issue of what makes
death a bad thing for an individual, if indeed death "is" a bad
thing. This issue is more basic and abstract than such moral
questions as the particular conditions under which euthanasia is
justified, if it "is" ever justified.
Though there are important connections between the more abstract
questions addressed in this book and many contemporary moral
issues, such as euthanasia, suicide, and abortion, the primary
focus of this book is on metaphysical issues concerning the nature
of death: What is the nature of the harm or bad involved in death?
(If it is not pain, wha is it, and how can it be bad?) Who is the
subject of the harm or bad? (if the person is no longer alive, how
can he be the subject of the bad? An if he is not the subject, who
is? Can one have harm with no subject?) When does the harm take
place? (Can a harm take place after its subject ceases to exist? If
death harms a person, can the harm take place before the death
occurs?) If death can be a bad thing, would immorality be a
desirable alternative? This family of questions helps to fram ethe
puzzle of why--and how--death is bad.
Other subjects addressed include the Epicurean view othat death is
not a misfortune (for the person who dies); the nature of
misfortune and benefit; the meaningulness and value of life; and
the distinction between the life of a person and the life of a
living creature who is not a person. There is an extensive
bibiography that includes science-fiction treatments of death and
immorality.
Battle is a practical and sometimes lasting way of solving man's
problems. It relies on the strength of the combatants and ignores
the truth of the dispute. Discussion face to face can dissolve
attitudes which have incorrectly determined judgements. The most
striking example of this that I know is a Battle in Ireland in the
eleventh century, where the king of Leinster fought a Viking
prince. The Icelanders had raided Ireland for several generations
in search of women, which they lacked since most of the population
of Iceland were men who had arrived there by rowing long-boats from
Norway. The prince was leading such a raid for the first time.
Standing in the prow of the leading boat he saw Irish cavalry
galloping along the beach to meet them. As they approached the
shore the Irish king rode out of the band to challenge single
combat. The Icelander jumped into the surf to meet him. As they
raised their swords each realized that the other's face was like
his own. When the Irish king spoke the other recognized the
language. It had been spoken in Iceland by his grandmother who had
been captured and taken there from Ireland. Swords were dropped and
replaced by drinking horns. It was soon established that they were
cousins. The battle gave way to a life-time of close co-operation.
The authors, all accomplished and world-renowned experts in their
topic areas, have provided controversial and up-to-date accounts of
the current status of research in calcium and bone metabolism by
reviewing major areas of basic science which have an impact on the
understanding of bone diseases and related disorders.
Exploring how crises have shaped economic and social life from the
thirteenth century to the twenty-first. This collection of essays
brings together historians examining social and economic crises
from the thirteenth century to the twenty-first. Crisis is an
almost ubiquitous concept for historians, applicable across
(amongst others) the histories of agriculture, disease, finance and
trade. Yet there has been little attempt to compare its use as an
explanatory tool between these discrete fields of research. This
volume breaks down the boundaries between traditional historical
time periods and sub-disciplines of history to examine the ways in
which past societies have coped with crises, and the role of crisis
in generating economic and social change. Should we conceptualise a
medieval agrarian or financial crisis differently from their modern
counterparts? Were there similarities in how contemporaries
responded to famine or outbreaks of disease? How comparable are
crises within households, within institutions, or across national
and international networks of trade? Contributors examine how
crises have shaped economic and social life in a range of studies
from the Great Depression in 1930s Latin America to the outbreak of
plague in seventeenth-century central Europe, and from sheep and
cattle murrain in fourteenth-century England to the Northern Rock
building society collapse of 2007. A.T. BROWN is an Addison Wheeler
Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies at Durham
University. ANDY BURN is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute
of Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Durham University. ROB
DOHERTY is a doctoral candidate in history at DurhamUniversity.
CONTRIBUTORS: Peter H. Bent, A.T. Brown, Andy Burn, Catherine
Casson, Mark Casson, Samuel K. Cohn, Jr., Rob Doherty, Josette
Duncan, Matthew Hollow, Pavla Jirkova, Alan Knight, John S. Lee,
Cinzia Lorandini,John Martin, Ranald Michie, Anne L. Murphy, Pamela
Nightingale, John Singleton, Philip Slavin, Paul Warde
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