In 1890, Professor Arthur Willis Goodspeed, a professor of physics at Pennsylvania USA was working with an English born photographer, William N Jennings, when they accidentally produced a Röntgen Ray picture. Unfortunately, the significance of their findings were overlooked, and the formal discovery of X-rays was credited to Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895. The discovery has since transformed the practice of medicine, and over the course of the past 130 years, the development of new radiological ...

"My problems are new, my psychological horizon frighteningly comprehensive, my language bold and clear; there may well be no books written in German which are richer in ideas and more independent than mine". – Nietzsche`s Letter to Carl Fuchs (14 December 1887).Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history.Nietzsche's writing spans philosophical ...

An RSPB-licensed audio and print guide to help you enjoy and understand the birdsong of Britain's best known bird speciesBirdsong is the natural soundtrack to our lives and it can evoke a powerful sense of time, place and season. Often profoundly beautiful, it's also the most effective way to discover many birds, and birds' songs and calls reveal a lot about their lives and behaviour. But identifying which bird is making which sound can seem very challenging, espec...

Computer languages and computer graphics have become the primary modes of human-computer interaction. This book provides a basic introduction to "Real and Virtual Environment" computer modelling. Graphics models are used to illustrate both the way computer languages are processed and also used to create computer models of graphic displays. Computer languages have been bootstrapped from machine code, to high-level languages such as Java, to animation scripting languages. Integrating graphic...

Ever find it difficult to count your blessings?I do, sometimes.That's why I started to write them down, and low and behold, I've at least 67 Reasons to Smile!This little book is a collection of one and two liners (67 in fact) that sum up the life of a fairly ordinary man, and how I keep myself smiling.Subjects that make me smile range from the boiler to the xbox, rainbow to the alphabet and a four poster bed to the effects of a rainbow.It's not a sel...

The earth is a beautiful and magical planet where all our children live, dance,and play all day.So lets all do our share to help Justin The Earthman,keep our planet blue and green!JUSTS LOOK UP ITS BEAUTIFUL.STAY TUNE! New action pack Justin The Earthman Super Hero Pollution Crime Fighter adventures story coming soon to your favorite online bookstores and your favorite bookstores.

For nearly half a century the world was divided in two, wrenched apart by superpowers that perceived the nations of the world only as either capitalist or communist. The Cold War was a battle not of weapons but rather of minds, fought by intelligence agencies, propaganda and covert government envoys. Using evidence from newly opened archives, Merrilyn Thomas peels back layers of deception and intrigue to dispel the myths of the Cold War. From the power of Mao’s Little Red Book to the menac...

Accounts of the relationships between states and terrorist organizations in the Cold War era have long been shaped by speculation, a lack of primary sources and even conspiracy theories. In the last few years, however, things have evolved rapidly. Using a wide range of case studies including the British State and Loyalist Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland, as well as the United States and Nicaragua, this book sheds new light on the relations between state and terrorist actors, allowing fo...

The proceedings of the Second World Congress of Science and Racket Sports and Fifth International Table Tennis Federation Sports Science Congress contain six keynote lectures which provide the latest research on a range of sport science topics as applied to tennis, table tennis, squash and badminton. The book is divided into six parts which deal respectively with Physiology, Nutrition, Preparation for Play, Psychological Aspects, Medical, Biomedical and Technical Aspects, and finally Notat...

"When my country, into which I had just set foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir," wrote Paine. This pamphlet, which he had published in 1776, put into print the word every man was thinking but no man dared say: Independence! It captured the imagination of the colonists as no other document had.

""[An] executive summary of modern political history studded with sweeping assertions and telling anecdotes."" -- The New York Times Book Review""Thought-provoking."" -- Kirkus Reviews“A shot in the arm...powerful.” -- The Financial Times""The Wake-Up Call, refreshingly concise and eminently readable, highlights how the modern crisis of governance compound...

Neuromarketing in the age of AI represents a powerful integration of cognitive science and the advancement of technology, reshaping the way brands understand and influence consumer behavior. As artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates the ability to process data and decode emotional responses, marketers can craft more personalized and impactful experiences. This evolving landscape raises both remarkable opportunities and important ethical considerations, challenging organizations to balanc...