Steven Johnson's Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants Brains Cities & Software" is a fascinating look at how self-organising systems are changing the world. Why do people cluster together in neighborhoods? How do internet communities spring up from nowhere? Why is a brain conscious even though no single neuron is? What causes a media frenzy? The answer as Steven Johnson's groundbreaking book shows is emergence: change that occurs from the bottom up. When enough individual elements interact & organize themselves the result is collective intelligence
- even though no-one is in charge. It is a phenomenon that exists at every level of experience & will revolutionize the way we see the world. " Exhilarating". (J.G. Ballard). "A dizzying dazzling romp through fields as disparate as urban planning computer-game design neurology & control theory". (" Economist"). " Mind-expanding.. .intelligent witty & tremendously thought-provoking... Popular science books interesting enough to read twice don't come along all that often". (" Guardian"). " Not just a fascinating quirk of science: it's the future". (" The New York Times"). Steven Johnson is the author of the acclaimed books " Everything Bad is Good for You" " Mind Wide Open" " Where Good Ideas Come From" " Emergence" & " Interface Culture". His writing appeared in the " Guardian" the " New Yorker" " Nation" & " Harper's" as well as the op-ed pages of " The New York Times" & the " Wall Street Journal". He is a Distinguished Writer In Residence at NYU's School Of Journalism & a Contributing Editor to " Wired"."
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Judy Taylor married the first man who asked her. She lives in the neighbourhood where she spent her uneventful childhood. She still has the same friends she first met in primary school. But everything she once knew is about to be turned upside down. Judy might be ready to start a new life in vibrant Edinburgh if shes prepared to accept what it means to change. First she has to ask herself if its ever too late to make up for lost time. The Emergence of Judy Taylor is a story about first loves & second chances. Its about love & life & sex & starlings. Its about Judy & Oliver & Paul & Fabiana & Rob & Min & Lily & Harry & a French siren called Isabella. ...

This paperback edition brings together chapters from volume 5 of The Cambridge History of Japan. Japan underwent momentous changes during the middle decades of the nineteenth century. This book chronicles the hardships of the Tempo era in the 1830s the crisis of values & confidence during the last half century of Tokugawa rule & the political process that finally brought down the Tokugawa regime & ended centuries of warrior rule. It goes on to discuss the samurai rebellions against the Meiji Restoration & national movements for constitutional government which indirectly resulted in the Meiji Constitution of 1889. The significance of Japans Meiji transformation for the rest of the world is the subject of the final chapter in which Professor Akira Iriye discusses Japans drive to Great Power status. Constitutional rule at home imperialism abroad became new goals for early twentieth-century Japan. ...

The revised & updated Second Edition of Emergencies Around Childbirth continues to provide an easy-to access resource for practising midwives. It will enhance the confidence knowledge & skills needed to perform effectively in urgent or emergency situations that can occur in a hospital at a birth centre or at home. It builds on feedback the authors received from practicing midwives on the First Edition expanding the areas found to be especially useful & informative. Growing recognition of the importance of the psycho-social elements of care is addressed by an entirely new chapter on this topic. With contributions from highly experienced midwives this handbook continues to provide key up-to-date information on high-risk medical & obstetric situations as well as relevant information on litigation & the conclusions of The Report on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths. It is essential reading for practising & trainee midwives & those who teach them. ...

This book really does make maths practice fun! Step into the shoes of the doctors & nurses who work in the adrenaline-charged world of the Accident & Emergency Ward". When emergency patients are rushed into the hospital on your shift use your maths skills to manage triage administer medication prioritize your time & save the day! Numeracy work
Includes:: numbers & the number system; calculations; handling data; measures; solving problems; & shape & space."
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Fire! Fire!
- Emergency! Fire engines racing all the way. Hoses slooshing water swooshing. Help is coming
- its on the way!

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The Ladybird Big Noisy Book
- Emergency! is the perfect sound book for vehicle-mad boys & girls! Nee-naw! Nee-naw! Emergency! Whenever
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Master the genetics you need to know with the updated 14th Edition of Emerys Elements of Medical Genetics" by Drs. Peter Turnpenny & Sian Ellard. Review the fields latest & most important topics with user-friendly coverage designed to help you better understand & apply the basic principles of genetics to clinical situations. Learning is easy with the aid of clear full-color illustrative diagrams a wealth of clinical photographs of genetic diseases multiple-choice & case-based review questions end-of-chapter summaries & convenient online access. With this highly visual award-winning classic in your hands you have all the genetics knowledge you need for exams or practice." ...

At first The Emigrants" appears simply to document the lives of four Jewish emigres in the twentieth century. But gradually as Sebald's precise almost dreamlike prose begins to draw their stories the four narrations merge into one overwhelming evocation of exile & loss. Written with a bone-dry sense of humour & a fascination with the oddness of existence " The Emigrants" is highly original in its heady mix of fact memory & fiction & photographs." ...

If Mrs Tischbein had known the amazing adventures her son Emil would have in Berlin she'd never have let him go. Unfortunately when his seven pounds goes missing on the train Emil is determined to get it back
- & when he teams up with the detectives he meets in Berlin it's just the start of a marvellous money-retrieving adventure.. .A classic & influential story Emil & the Detectives remains an enthralling read.
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