The earliest films made in Cuba-newsreel footage of the Cuban-Spanish-American War-date from the end of the nineteenth century, but Cuba cannot be said to have had an indigenous film industry before the revolution of 1959. The melodramas, musicals, and comedies made until then reflected Hollywood's-and the United States's-cultural domination of the island, but the revolution precipitated urgent debates about the role of cinema in a socialist country and the kinds of films best suited to the needs of the people and their rulers.
Ways of seeing is a book about human vision. It results from the collaboration between a world famous cognitive neuroscientist and an eminent philosopher. In the past forty years, cognitive neuroscience has made many startling discoveries about the human brain, and about the human visual system in particular. This book brings many recent empirical findings, from electrophysiological recordings in animals, the neuropsychological examination of human patients, psychophysics, and developmental cognitive psychology, to bear on questions traditionally addressed by philosophers. What is the meaning of the English verb 'to see'? How does visual perception yield knowledge of the world? How does visual perception relate to thought? What is the role of conscious visual experience in visually guided actions? How does seeing actions relate to seeing objects? In the process the book provides a new assessment of the 'two visual systems' hypothesis, according to which the human visual system comprises two anatomical pathways with separable visual functions. The first truly interdisciplinary book about human vision, it will be of interest to students and researchers in many areas of cognitive science and the philosophy of mind.
Puts everyday weather and weather phenomenons in easy to understand language for kids. Provides answers to such questions about the weather as "What makes the weather?", "Does air have weight?", "How big are hailstones?".
Concise, encouraging, and filled with practical information about the business of being a research student, Graduate Research is a step-by-step guide for students in the life, natural, physical, and social-behavioral sciences. First published in 1984, the third edition is updated with information about new federal regulations governing research and acknowledges the importance of the internet and World Wide Web to today's scientific community. It will be an invaluable resource for students throughout their careers, including undergraduates and high school students planning for the future.
From Venezuela's Angel Falls, Earth's highest, to Victoria Falls, "the smoke that thunders," here is an outstanding survey of the world's top 10 waterfalls. Detailing locations, sources, size, volume, and appearance, Waterfalls in addition includes material about each waterfall's geologic makeup, history, local climate, and people.
