Download or read book Nagel s Dog written by Morris "Butch" Bosin and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-02-10 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nagel’s Dog could run faster than a bolt of lightning. He was faster than all of the dogs who lived in his small town, in the state of New Jersey. He was not a huge dog. He was just a regular-sized pooch. But what gave him his awesome speed? Perhaps it was the cream chipped beef he ate at every meal. Maybe it was the doggy push-ups he did every day. His owner, Nagel, raced him against other dogs, bikers, cars, trains, and airplanes, and he always won. Everyone was amazed at this “super mutt.” No one could tell how fast Nagel’s Dog really was since he beat everyone he raced against. Nagel and his friends had to figure another way to find out how fast he could run. One Fourth of July, a big crowd gathered at the NASA Space Center to see how long it would take Nagel’s Dog to race to the moon and back to earth. They got a big surprise. They found out that Nagel’s Dog was much faster than anyone imagined. Everyone wondered how long it would take for Nagel’s Dog to touch every star in the universe. This was the ultimate test. Was there a limit to Nagel’s Dog’s speed? How big is the universe? Find out if Nagel’s Dog is up to the task.
Download or read book Mind and Cosmos written by Thomas Nagel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-22 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern materialist approach to life has conspicuously failed to explain such central mind-related features of our world as consciousness, intentionality, meaning, and value. This failure to account for something so integral to nature as mind, argues philosopher Thomas Nagel, is a major problem, threatening to unravel the entire naturalistic world picture, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmology. Since minds are features of biological systems that have developed through evolution, the standard materialist version of evolutionary biology is fundamentally incomplete. And the cosmological history that led to the origin of life and the coming into existence of the conditions for evolution cannot be a merely materialist history, either. An adequate conception of nature would have to explain the appearance in the universe of materially irreducible conscious minds, as such. Nagel's skepticism is not based on religious belief or on a belief in any definite alternative. In Mind and Cosmos, he does suggest that if the materialist account is wrong, then principles of a different kind may also be at work in the history of nature, principles of the growth of order that are in their logical form teleological rather than mechanistic. In spite of the great achievements of the physical sciences, reductive materialism is a world view ripe for displacement. Nagel shows that to recognize its limits is the first step in looking for alternatives, or at least in being open to their possibility.
Download or read book The Adventures of Nagel of Ancient Babylonia written by Wilma R. Forester and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The needs and desires of the human spirit are very much the same the world over, no matter what age you were born. This book of course is fiction, I couldn't have known Nagel. However, I have researched the time, location, and culture and attempted to make it fit as if I was there. The triumph of the human spirit is ageless. If we could magically look back in time, you may have to change the name but I believe Nagel was there! This book is dedicated to my sons, grandsons and great grandsons and the free-spirit of young boys and girls the world over. Wilma R. Forester
Download or read book What It s Like to Be a Dog written by Gregory Berns and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dog lovers and neuroscientists should both read this important book." -- Dr. Temple Grandin What is it like to be a dog? A bat? Or a dolphin? To find out, neuroscientist and bestselling author Gregory Berns and his team did something nobody had ever attempted: they trained dogs to go into an MRI scanner -- completely awake -- so they could figure out what they think and feel. And dogs were just the beginning. In What It's Like to Be a Dog, Berns takes us into the minds of wild animals: sea lions who can learn to dance, dolphins who can see with sound, and even the now extinct Tasmanian tiger. Berns's latest scientific breakthroughs prove definitively that animals have feelings very much like we do -- a revelation that forces us to reconsider how we think about and treat animals. Written with insight, empathy, and humor, What It's Like to Be a Dog is the new manifesto for animal liberation of the twenty-first century.
Download or read book Pets written by Erica Fudge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime to her more than she is to me?' - Michel de Montaigne. Why do we live with pets? Is there something more to our relationship with them than simply companionship? What is it we look for in our pets and what does this say about us as human beings? In this fascinating book, Erica Fudge explores the nature of this most complex of relationships and the difficulties of knowing what it is that one is living with when one chooses to share a home with an animal. Fudge argues that our capacity for compassion and ability to live alongside others is evident in our relationships with our pets, those paradoxical creatures who give us a sense of comfort and security while simultaneously troubling the categories human and animal. For what is a pet if it isn't a fully-fledged member of the human family? This book proposes that by crossing over these boundaries pets help construct who it is we think we are. Drawing on the works of modern writers, such as J. M. Coetzee, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and Jacques Derrida, Fudge shows how pets have been used to think with and to undermine our easy conceptions of human, animal and home. Indeed, "Pets" shows our obsession with domestic animals that reveals many of the paradoxes, contra - dictions and ambiguities of life. Living with pets provides thought-provoking perspectives on our notions of possession and mastery, mutuality and cohabitation, love and dominance. We might think of pets as simply happy, loved additions to human homes but as this captivating book reveals perhaps it is the pets that make the home and without pets perhaps we might not be the humans we think we are. For anyone who has ever wondered, like Montaigne, what their cat is thinking, it will be illuminating reading.
Download or read book Dog Behaviour Evolution and Cognition written by Ádám Miklósi and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive update to the first monograph on dog behaviour, evolution and cognition.
Download or read book A Puppy is Born written by Heiderose Fischer-Nagel and published by Putnam Publishing Group. This book was released on 1985 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs and text portray the birth and first few weeks of four wirehaired dachshunds.
Download or read book Dogs Cats and Horses written by Charlene Strickland and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Fundamentals of Canine Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology written by Etsuro E. Uemura and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fundamentals of Canine Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology introduces the fundamentals of veterinary neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, demonstrating structure and function as it relates to clinical applications with a highly visual approach. Offers a straightforward yet comprehensive introduction to structure and function of the nervous system Demonstrates the relevance of the basic principles to the clinical setting Illustrates concepts using line drawings, photographs, micrographs, and MRIs Includes access to a companion website with review questions and answers and the figures from the book at www.wiley.com/go/uemura/neuroanatomy
Download or read book What Philosophy Can Tell You about Your Dog written by Steven D. Hales and published by Open Court. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do dogs live in the same world as humans? Is it wrong to think dogs have personalities and emotions? What are dogs thinking and what’s the nature of canine wisdom? This is a book for thoughtful dog-lovers who want to explore the deeper issues raised by dogs and their relationships with humans. Twenty philosophers and dog-lovers reveal their experiences with dogs and give their insights on dog-related themes of metaphysics and ethics.
Download or read book Redwood Black Dog written by Amber Von Nagel and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is my first ever zine! Redwood Black Dog contains two prose pieces written by me about finding self-love while living with depression and anxiety. The stories are based on personal experience and were written with the purpose of helping others feel understood and give a little bit of encouragement to those suffering from depression"-- Author's Etsy page.
Download or read book Necessity Use and Care of Laboratory Dogs at the U S Department of Veterans Affairs written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years, laboratory dogs have served as important animal models for biomedical research that has advanced human health. Conducted at the request of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), this report assesses whether laboratory dogs are or will continue to be necessary for biomedical research related to the VA's mission. The report concludes that using laboratory dogs in research at the VA is scientifically necessary for only a few areas of current biomedical research. The report recommends that the VA adopt an expanded set of criteria for determining when it is scientifically necessary to use laboratory dogs in VA biomedical research; that the VA promote the development and use of alternatives to laboratory dogs; and highlights opportunities for the VA to enhance the welfare of laboratory dogs that are being used in biomedical research areas for which they have been deemed necessary.
Download or read book Transformative Experience written by Laurie Ann Paul and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we live our lives, we repeatedly make decisions that shape our future circumstances and affect the sort of person we will be. When choosing whether to start a family, or deciding on a career, we often think we can assess the options by imagining what different experiences would be like for us. L. A. Paul argues that, for choices involving dramatically new experiences, we are confronted by the brute fact that we can know very little about our subjective futures. This has serious implications for our decisions. If we make life choices in the way we naturally and intuitively want to--by considering what we care about, and what our future selves will be like if we choose to have the experience--we only learn what we really need to know after we have already committed ourselves. If we try to escape the dilemma by avoiding an experience, we have still made a choice. Choosing rationally, then, may require us to regard big life decisions as choices to make discoveries, small and large, about the intrinsic nature of experience, and to recognize that part of the value of living authentically is to experience one's life and preferences in whatever way they may evolve in the wake of the choices one makes. Using classic philosophical examples about the nature of consciousness, and drawing on recent work in normative decision theory, cognitive science, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind, Paul develops a rigorous account of transformative experience that sheds light on how we should understand real-world experience and our capacity to rationally map our subjective futures.
Download or read book Diagnostic MRI in Dogs and Cats written by Wilfried Mai and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diagnostic MRI in Dogs and Cats makes the vast and increasingly complex topic of clinical MRI in small animals accessible to all veterinarians. With the increasing availability of MRI technology, there is also a pressing need for expertise in interpreting these images. This is the first reference textbook to provide a well-illustrated and comprehensive overview of the current knowledge, focusing on imaging appearance rather than on clinical signs or treatment. With chapters on MRI physics and technology as well as sections on specific anatomical regions, the book functions as a stand-alone reference for the reader, whether they be a radiology/neurology resident in training or a practitioner with a need to learn about veterinary clinical MRI. Includes both evidenced-based material and the authors' personal experience, providing an excellent overview of current knowledge in the field. Contributors are international leaders in the field. Bullet points format and table summaries throughout the book keep the concepts concise and organized. Richly illustrated with over 650 annotated images showcasing the main features of the disease processes. Images are obtained at all magnet field strengths, so as to reflect the current reality of veterinary MRI, which uses low-, mid- and high-field magnets. The chapters on physics and MRI technology are concise and accessible, using many visual aids and diagrams, and avoiding abstract concepts and equations whenever possible. Within each anatomical section, each chapter focuses on a disease category of that body region. When it is important to understand the imaging appearance, the pathophysiology is reviewed and imaging features of prognostic relevance are detailed. This practical yet thoroughly comprehensive book is primarily an evidence-based learning resource for trainees, but will also aid practising veterinarians who have less MRI experience.
Download or read book American Journal of Physiology written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1898-1941, 1948-56 include the Society's proceedings (primarily abstracts of papers presented at the 10th-53rd annual meetings, and the 1948-56 fall meetings).
