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The Nicene Faith

By: John Behr

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N this sequel to The Way to Nicaea, Fr John Behr turns his attention to the fourth century, the era in which Christian theology was formulated as the Nicene faith, the common heritage of most Christians to this day. Engaging the best of modern scholarship, Behr provides a series of orignal, comprehensive, and insightful sketches of theology of the key protaganists of the Nicene faith, presenting a powerful vision of Christian theology, centered upon Christ and his Passion.

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266

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St Vladimir's Seminary Press

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088141266X

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9780881412666

Electromagnetism

By: John Clarke Slater,Nathaniel Herman Frank

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Electromagnetism

By: John Clarke Slater,Nathaniel Herman Frank

This basic introduction to electromagnetism by two famous physicist supplies the fundamentals of electrostatics and magnetostatics and offers a thorough investigation of electromagnetic theory. Numerous problems and references appear at the end of each chapter. Prerequisites include a background in calculus and differential equations. Helpful appendixes develop more advanced mathematics. 1947 edition.

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Courier Corporation

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0486622630

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9780486622637

The Cortex and the Critical Point

Understanding the Power of Emergence

By: John M. Beggs

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The Cortex and the Critical Point

Understanding the Power of Emergence

By: John M. Beggs

How the cerebral cortex operates near a critical phase transition point for optimum performance. Individual neurons have limited computational powers, but when they work together, it is almost like magic. Firing synchronously and then breaking off to improvise by themselves, they can be paradoxically both independent and interdependent. This happens near the critical point: when neurons are poised between a phase where activity is damped and a phase where it is amplified, where information processing is optimized, and complex emergent activity patterns arise. The claim that neurons in the cortex work best when they operate near the critical point is known as the criticality hypothesis. In this book John Beggs—one of the pioneers of this hypothesis—offers an introduction to the critical point and its relevance to the brain. Drawing on recent experimental evidence, Beggs first explains the main ideas underlying the criticality hypotheses and emergent phenomena. He then discusses the critical point and its two main consequences—first, scale-free properties that confer optimum information processing; and second, universality, or the idea that complex emergent phenomena, like that seen near the critical point, can be explained by relatively simple models that are applicable across species and scale. Finally, Beggs considers future directions for the field, including research on homeostatic regulation, quasicriticality, and the expansion of the cortex and intelligence. An appendix provides technical material; many chapters include exercises that use freely available code and data sets.

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217

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MIT Press

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0262544032

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9780262544030

Cyclopædia of Methodism in Canada

By: George Henry Cornish,John Carroll

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Cyclopædia of Methodism in Canada

By: George Henry Cornish,John Carroll

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385421942

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9783385421943

Bangs, Crunches, Whimpers, and Shrieks

Singularities and Acausalities in Relativistic Spacetimes

By: John Earman

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Singularities and Acausalities in Relativistic Spacetimes

By: John Earman

Almost from its inception, Einstein's general theory of relativity was known to sanction spacetime models harboring singularities. Until the 1960s, however, spacetime singularities were thought to be artifacts of the idealizations of the models. This attitude evaporated in the face of a series of theorems, due largely to Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose, which showed that Einstein's general theory implies that singularities can be expected to occur in a wide variety of conditions in both gravitational collapse and in cosmology. In the light of these results some physicists adopted the attitude that, since spacetime singularities are intolerable, general relativity contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction. Others hoped that peaceful coexistence with singularities could be achieved by proving a form of Roger Penrose's cosmic censorship hypothesis, which would place singularities safely inside black holes. Whatever the attitude one adopts toward spacetime singularities, it is evident that they raise a number of foundational problems for physics and have profound implications for the philosophy of space and time. However, philosophers of science have been slow to awaken to the significance of these developments. Indeed, this is the first serious book-length study of the subject by a philosopher of science. It features an overview of the literature on singularities, as well as an analytic commentary on their significance to a number of scientific and philosophical issues.

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Oxford University Press

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0195344642

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9780195344646

Book's by John Clarke

The Nicene Faith

The Nicene Faith

Electromagnetism

Electromagnetism

The Cortex and the Critical Point

The Cortex and the Critical Point

Cyclopædia of Methodism in Canada

Cyclopædia of Methodism in Canada

Bangs, Crunches, Whimpers, and Shrieks

Bangs, Crunches, Whimpers, and Shrieks

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