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Category Archives: psychology
The Activity of Cosmonauts – Zavalova, Ponamarenko
In this post we will see the book The Activity of Cosmonauts by N. D. Zavalova and V. A. Ponomarenko. About the book: The problems faced by cosmonauts in space are unique in many respects. Isolation, prolonged inactivity, the need to be … Continue reading
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Tagged AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE SCIENCES, astronauts, BUDGETS, CALIFORNIA, cosmonauts, decision making, MUSEUMS, physiology, PLANETARIUMS, psychology, rocket, simulators, soviet, space, technology
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Cybernetics Within Us – Saparina
In this post, we will see the book Cybernetics Within Us by Yelena Saparina. About the book Can a rat tell the difference between a Raphael Madonna and a Picasso Girl in Blue? Would a Martian (if there is such … Continue reading
Posted in books, computers, mir books, mir publishers, peace publishers, psychology, science, soviet
Tagged automata, brains, circuits, cognition, cognitive science, cybernetics, information, interaction, language, learning, levels, logic, machine, mind, mir publishers, molecules, neural architecture, neurons, peace publishers, perception, pleasure centre, popular, science, systems, vision
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Miracles on Wheels – Markusha
In this post, we will see the book Miracles on Wheels: A Book for Inquiring Minds by Anatoly Markusha. About the book: This book has been written not only for budding engineers and mechanics: it is addressed to anyone who is thinking … Continue reading
Posted in books, engineering, history, philosophy, physics, psychology, raduga publishers, science, technology
Tagged design, education, engineering, hints, history, life pro tips, mathematics, philosophy, problem solving, raduga publishers, rules of thumb, technology, thinking
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The Riddle Of The Self – Mikhailov
In this post, we will see the book The Riddle Of The Self by F. T. Mikhailov. About the book: The question of consciousness, of its relation to being cannot in principle be reduced to a particular scientific problem of the … Continue reading
Posted in books, philosophy, progress publishers, psychology
Tagged cognition, cognitive psychology, conciousness, hegel, I, individual, kant, kurshkaya, language, life, mind, mind-body problem, problem, psychology, russell, self, social, something
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Physics and Music – Gleb Anfilov
We now come to Physics and Music by Gleb Anfilov. This is a book that I had seen as an advertisement in back of many books, but failed to get a look at the book itself. But finally got the … Continue reading
Posted in books, history, mir books, mir publishers, physics, psychology, science, soviet, technology
Tagged computer music, electric music, guitar, hearing, history, music, orchestra, sound, sound recording, tuning, voice analysis
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Did You Say Mathematics?
We have seen one book by Yakov Khurgin previously in the Science for Everyone series named Yes, No Or Maybe . Now we come to another book by him with the title Did You Say Mathematics? The back cover of … Continue reading
Posted in books, mathematics, mir books, mir publishers, psychology, science, statistics
Tagged engineering, information, khurgin, mathematics, popular science, probability, rubber sheet, science, story of mathematics
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Science for Everyone – How We See What We See
We now come to another book in the Science for Everyone Series called How We See What We See by V. Demidov. The title of the book is self-explanatory. The back cover of the book says: Pattern recognition and freaks … Continue reading
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Tagged demidov, history, illusions, mir publishers, neurophysiology, popular science, psychology, science, science for everyone, vision
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