Thomas Young's exploration of the eye begins as a careful inquiry into how vision adapts to distance, but quickly widens into a sweeping study of optics, anatomy, and the mathematics of light. He revisits earlier theories of accommodation, argues that the crystalline lens changes shape, and sets out to explain vision by moving from general principles to exact calculations, experiments, and comparisons with other senses, especially hearing. The result is a rigorous portrait of the eye as bo...

Smart business leaders and managers know that companies with excellent processes get better results. Yet, most companies fail to follow a proven process or system for marketing on the Internet. Winning the Website War introduces business leaders to a Four-Step Process for getting results from their web marketing efforts. Discover how a company website and the Internet can drive success or failure when it comes to increasing sales, getting more leads, and retaining customers and clients.

Since the industrial revolution, automation has transformed our global economy and the way we work. Early forms of automation took the form of machines meant to replace humans who performed repetitive, manual labor on the assembly line or in agriculture. Blue collar jobs have since been on the edge of obsolescence as automation became more and more advanced.We now live in an information economy world running on advanced computing systems... and we are now in the midst of a new wave...

In the desolate wilderness of the Canadian Rockies, a fierce snowstorm rages, threatening to consume all in its path. Amidst the blinding snow and howling winds, a group of travelers find themselves stranded and fighting for survival. As the storm intensifies, tensions rise and secrets are revealed. A young woman haunted by a tragic past, a hardened trapper seeking redemption, and a mysterious stranger with a hidden agenda are thrown together in a desperate struggle against the unforgiving...

Welcome to a world depicting the kidnapping and rescue of a nation's queen in the forest called Filltroske. When an omen is about to occur, or similar oncoming fateful situation, seven individuals are chosen receiving stones that not only increase their strengths but those that join them. These individuals set out to rescue the queen in that forest where the trees endlessly sway. In a forest where any that enter do not leave unchanged, physically and/or mentally.

Forensic science is in crisis and at a cross-roads. Movies and television dramas depict forensic heroes with high-tech tools and dazzling intellects who—inside an hour, notwithstanding commercials—piece together past-event puzzles from crime scenes and autopsies. Likewise, Sherlock Holmes—the iconic fictional detective, and the invention of forensic doctor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—is held up as a paragon of forensic and scientific inspiration—does not "reason forward" as most people do, but ...

A great danger is about to befall Vastria. Can Violet, and the ones closest to her, survive the woman in red, and the implications of their arrival? The answer lies in a certain academic girl on her way to the world leader’s meeting in the snowy tundra of Puregloss.Will the world stand together to face this danger or let its historical sins undo it?Sequel to Those With Virtue Dream For Better Nights.

The Family Money Farm The CFO ProjectBy: Thomas W. Young“Tom Young lays out a solid approach for all of us. Many authors can write but Tom writes and thinks along with the reader. This is a must read.”- Jody, BOO YAA! MMP“With being a Former Congressman I have met Tom over the year through the people I work with. I have found that he has a great way of thinking about money, how to manage it and shows you that what he says can be mathematically proven. He is a...

The Greeks and Romans, either from national pride, or from a want of philological talent, were extremely deficient in their knowledge of all such languages as they called barbarous, and they frequently made up for their ignorance by the positiveness of their assertions, with regard to facts which were created by their own imagination. It was very currently believed, on their authority, not only that Egypt was the parent of all arts and sciences, but that the hieroglyphical inscriptions, on...

In the chaotic reality certain individuals are living, they come together to seek stones that will end a devastating war upon their lands. What starts in an inn much like similar stories extends into an unfolding series of crushingly difficult events that only those with virtue would be able to shoulder. There are those borne of virtue living in a life of chaos, and this is their origin.

What can we learn about the nature of technology by studying practices of maintenance and repair? This volume addresses this question by bringing together scholarship from philosophers of technology working at the forefront of this emerging and exciting topic.The chapters in this volume explore how attending to maintenance and repair can challenge and complement existing ways of thinking about technology focused on use and design and introduce new philosophical perspectives on the ...

In an evolving business world, previous sales and marketing practices no longer produce the outcomes they once did. The traditional model of siloed sales and marketing departments don't either. Companies who can't keep up risk falling behind.In Sales and Marketing Alignment, Karl Becker and Thomas Young draw on over fifty years of combined experience to help companies unite their teams to drive results. With a series of actionable steps, you will learn to bring strategies, processe...