The function of cognitive communication is to enable people and machines to acquire knowledge. The gain in knowledge lies in the information gained from the signals received. The links between information theoretical entropy and thermodynamic entropy and energy are explained in detail.

This series of booklets is particularly valuable for lecturers and students of communication and cognitive sciences and border areas, as well as brain researchers, philosophers, media technicians, linguists and...

The popular theme of the book deals with the underlying causes of mysteries and unresolved questions of great interest to both layman and serious scholar that have become commonplace on this planet, ranging from scientific enigmas, such as the Moon, the origins of the Great Pyramid and Sphinx, to religious contradictions on the life of Jesus Christ, the nature of the soul, heaven and hell, and the popular puzzles, such as the Bermuda Triangle, Stonehenge, etc., with a thorough review of the n...

This book on water and climate change goes beyond the usual and predictable analyses, by bringing religion and values into a discussion that is often dominated by technocratic solutions. The three case studies of Jakarta, Cape Town, and Amsterdam demonstrate the challenges of water management in urban areas and the role religion can play in addressing them. With representatives from science, politics, economics, and religion, as well as young voices, the book stimulates a values-driven dialog...

Sustainability is a key word in the environmental vocabulary informing how research projects in the social sciences are framed. This book provides a systematic and critical review of the key research methods used when studying sustainable strategies and outcomes.

The work of 40 innovative and influential thinkers are profiled in this text to provide students with an engaging introduction to and intellectual survey of those who are and have been instrumental in the way we interact with cities

Presenting an impassioned argument for revitalising our imagination of space, Doreen Massey takes on some well-established assumptions from philosophy, and some familiar ways of characterising the twenty-first century world, and shows how they restrain our understanding of both the challenge and the potential of space.

Critically acclaimed and widely used across the social sciences, this new edition adds 14 new thinkers to an already impressive list.

With three of the pentomino letters you can make FUN. With all twelve pentominoes you can make a lot more fun. This exceptional book abounds with fanciful congruences, enclosures, tilings and a host of combinatorial squares: ConMagic, EyeMagic, GeoMagic and SymMagic. Many of the results are far from trivial, obtained by extensive research and programming. Their complete uselessness and beauty compete fiercely with each other. Almost every page bears witness to that by colourful figures. You a...

If you look back, you slow down and they catch up.

If you look down, you'll trip over a lot of trash thrown your way.

But if you look up, you will always see the endless sky. That tight feeling you get when you start something new. The burning muscles during training, the lump in your stomach during an im-portant meeting, the feeling of hunger during a diet: these may seem like sig-nals to stop.

The majority - with almost negligible exceptions - save themselves from life. They tiptoe through...

In the Netherlands and Flanders, a growing number of primary schools are now providing gifted education. Teachers have expressed their need for practical suggestions that will help them to offer high-quality education to gifted learners. To achieve high quality in gifted education, high quality in teacher education on this subject is required. To meet their professional needs, an increasing number of Dutch and Flemish teachers are investing in continuous professional development on the subjec...