In the 1930s, the pioneering Danish scientist Inge Lehmann (1888–1993) made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of Earth. Analyzing data from earthquakes, she determined that the heart of the planet is a solid inner core. Her discovery overturned the widely accepted theory of the core being fluid, but she trusted her calculations: “If I am right, and I know I am,” she wrote in a letter. A fiercely independent thinker, Lehmann forever changed our understanding of our planet....

This book contains several tables of HTML content that will make reading easier. The first table of contents lists all the titles included in this volume. This book contains the following works, classified by author: In a Grove by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa The Innocence of Father Brown by Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Man Who Knew Too Much by Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Wisdom of Father Brown by Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins The Hou...

Addressing the growing need for innovation and automation in library cataloguing systems, this cutting-edge book teaches readers how to build AI-powered cataloguing apps using Microsoft Power Apps.This authoritative guide provides a step-by-step approach to how cataloguing processes can be modernised by using artificial intelligence, featuring a major retrocataloguing project as the primary case study. Focusing on creating inclusive bibliographic records, this book will enable read...

A novel theoretical framework for an embodied, non-representational approach to language that extends and deepens enactive theory, bridging the gap between sensorimotor skills and language.Linguistic Bodies offers a fully embodied and fully social treatment of human language without positing mental representations. The authors present the first coherent, overarching theory that connects dynamical explanations of action and perception with language. Arguing...

Human Physiology in Extreme Environments is the one publication that offers how human biology and physiology is affected by extreme environments while highlighting technological innovations that allow us to adapt and regulate environments. Covering a broad range of extreme environments, including high altitude, underwater, tropical climates, and desert and arctic climates as well as space travel, this book will include case studies for practical application. Graduate students, medical stud...

"When the student of medicine, Richard Bracquemont, decided to move into room #7 of the small Hotel Stevens, Rue Alfred Stevens (Paris 6), three persons had already hanged themselves from the cross-bar of the window in that room on three successive Fridays." The last of them was a police sergeant who had volunteered to sleep in the room to learn what happens that might explain the hangings, and somehow he met with the same fate. The medical student was aware of these incidents, but......

This book explains in very detailed ways how to get money through a few hours with magical rituals and powerful incantations. yes ... in just a few moments, you will have the resolution of your money problems, either to pay off a debt immediately, or for backlog of bills, this book is the solution.It's time to stop messing around with wishes and games. You want money. You want freedom from debt, and you want it now. You have the power to have everything you...

This illustrated story has been designed for bilingual children, German students and others wishing to read a parallel text in English and German. For ease of understanding, the languages are displayed together just one or two sentences at a time.The aim was to make translation as direct as possible but always using everyday language of native speakers.Basil, Rosemary and the Pansy sisters are lively, chatty little plants. They think they know some stuff, but when it comes to...

This illustrated story has been designed for bilingual children and others wishing to read a parallel text in English and German. For ease of understanding, the languages are displayed together mostly one or two sentences at a time. The aim was to make the translation as direct as possible but always using everyday language of native speakers.Naughty Monkey has a special talent for getting into trouble. In this story, Mr. Carpenter attempts to replace a door that Naughty Monkey has...

We have a strong belief that what we see with our eyes is everything in the world and nothing else. However, our ability to capture the outside world is very limited, and the visible light that causes a colorful sensation that we experience brilliantly covers only a very narrow light band of 380-750 nm. Shorter wavelengths of light include gamma rays, X-rays, and ultraviolet light, which can pass through solids. Conversely, the longer the wavelength of light is, the more infrared, microwav...

Danny is a very confident young Duck in search of adventure. In this story he finds work in a circus cleaning out the animal pens. Not the exciting adventure Danny is looking for, but when the lion tamer gets the flu Danny gets the chance of his Life! Will Danny tame Larry the lion or he will run back to the farm like a scared chicken? You will find out by reading this wonderfully illustrated bilingual English Spanish book. A fun way to practice and improve your Spanish.This dual la...

This illustrated story has been designed for bilingual children and others wishing to read a parallel text in English and Spanish. For ease of understanding, the languages are displayed together just one or two sentences at a time.The aim was to make translation as direct as possible but always using everyday language of native speakers.Excerpt from the story—"Monkeys can swing from trees by their tails," the sisters told the other plants.—Los monos pueden colu...