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Wuppuluri, Shyam |
From Electrons to Elephants and Elections |
I12534 |
2022 |
Book |
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Zamponi, Gerald Werner |
Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels |
I12312 |
2022 |
Book |
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Hramov, Alexander E |
Wavelets in Neuroscience |
I11833 |
2021 |
eBook |
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Pinter, Charles |
Mind and the Cosmic Order |
I11596 |
2021 |
eBook |
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Max Brockman |
Future science: Cutting-edge essays from the new generation of scientists |
024217 |
2011 |
Book |
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| Title | From Electrons to Elephants and Elections : Exploring the Role of Content and Context |
| Author(s) | Wuppuluri, Shyam;Stewart, Ian |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | XXX, 876 p. 54 illus., 28 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This highly interdisciplinary book, covering more than six fields, from philosophy and sciences all the way up to the humanities and with contributions from eminent authors, addresses the interplay between content and context, reductionism and holism and their meeting point: the notion of emergence. Much of today???s science is reductionist (bottom-up); in other words, behaviour on one level is explained by reducing it to components on a lower level. Chemistry is reduced to atoms, ecosystems are explained in terms of DNA and proteins, etc. This approach fails quickly since we can???t cannot extrapolate to the properties of atoms solely from Schr??dinger's equation, nor figure out protein folding from an amino acid sequence or obtain the phenotype of an organism from its genotype. An alternative approach to this is holism (top-down). Consider an ecosystem or an organism as a whole: seek patterns on the same scale. Model a galaxy not as 400 billion-point masses (stars) but as an object in its own right with its own properties (spiral, elliptic). Or a hurricane as a structured form of moist air and water vapour. Reductionism is largely about content, whereas holistic models are more attuned to context. Reductionism (content) and holism (context) are not opposing philosophies ??? in fact, they work best in tandem. Join us on a journey to understand the multifaceted dialectic concerning this duo and how they shape the foundations of sciences and humanities, our thoughts and, the very nature of reality itself |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030921927 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. BIOMATHEMATICS
2. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
3. Eastern Philosophy
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. EPISTEMOLOGY
7. Knowledge, Theory of
8. Mathematical and Computational Biology
9. NEUROSCIENCE
10. Neurosciences
11. Philosophy, Asian
12. STATISTICAL MECHANICS
13. SYSTEM THEORY
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| Title | Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels |
| Author(s) | Zamponi, Gerald Werner;Weiss, Norbert |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | IX, 710 p. 93 illus., 82 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book covers the tremendous progress in the current understanding of the molecular physiology of voltage-gated calcium channels. This book includes unparalleled insights into structural features of calcium channels due to X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM, which in turn yielded critical information into how these channels function under normal and pathophysiological conditions, and how they interact with calcium channel therapeutics. The chapters investigate how, with the advent of high throughput genome sequencing, numerous mutations in various calcium channel genes have been identified in patients with neurological, cardiovascular, neuropsychiatric and other disorders. This is further complemented through a much larger in vivo toolkit such as knock-out and knock-in mice. The chapters further discuss the increased complexity of calcium channel physiology that arises from mRNA editing and splicing. Finally, the book also provides an overview of the updated research on calcium channel inhibitors that can be used both in vivo and in vitro, and which may serve as a spring board for new calcium channel therapeutics for human disease. Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels is useful for academic researchers at all levels in neuroscience, biophysics, cell biology and drug discovery. Provides a comprehensive update on the state of knowledge of voltage-gated calcium channels; Examines how calcium channels are pharmacologic targets in the treatment of epilepsy, hypertension, and pain; Explores the new, sophisticated imaging approaches that have increased our ability to measure calcium in live cells; Presents an understanding of the molecular mechanisms that govern calcium channel trafficking and distribution |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031088810 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. BIOPHYSICS
2. CELL BIOLOGY
3. Cytology
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Human physiology
7. NEUROSCIENCE
8. Neurosciences
9. PHARMACOLOGY
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| Title | Wavelets in Neuroscience |
| Author(s) | Hramov, Alexander E;Koronovskii, Alexey A;Makarov, Valeri A;Maksimenko, Vladimir A;Pavlov, Alexey N;Sitnikova, Evgenia |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XVI, 384 p. 174 illus., 69 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book illustrates how modern mathematical wavelet transform techniques offer fresh insights into the complex behavior of neural systems at different levels: from the microscopic dynamics of individual cells to the macroscopic behavior of large neural networks. It also demonstrates how and where wavelet-based mathematical tools can provide an advantage over classical approaches used in neuroscience. The authors well describe single neuron and populational neural recordings. This 2nd edition discusses novel areas and significant advances resulting from experimental techniques and computational approaches developed since 2015, and includes three new topics: ??? Detection of fEPSPs in multielectrode LFPs recordings. ??? Analysis of Visual Sensory Processing in the Brain and BCI for Human Attention Control; ??? Analysis and Real-time Classification of Motor-related EEG Patterns; The book is a valuable resource for neurophysiologists and physicists familiar with nonlinear dynamical systems and data processing, as well as for graduate students specializing in these and related areas |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030759926 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applied Dynamical Systems
2. BIOPHYSICS
3. DYNAMICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. GRAPH THEORY
7. Mathematical Models of Cognitive Processes and Neural Networks
8. Neural networks (Computer science)??
9. NEUROSCIENCE
10. Neurosciences
11. NONLINEAR THEORIES
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| Title | Mind and the Cosmic Order : How the Mind Creates the Features & Structure of All Things, and Why this Insight Transforms Physics |
| Author(s) | Pinter, Charles |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XI, 176 p. 3 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The topic of this book is the relationship between mind and the physical world. From once being an esoteric question of philosophy, this subject has become a central topic in the foundations of quantum physics. The book traces this story back to Descartes, through Kant, to the beginnings of 20th Century physics, where it becomes clear that the mind-world relationship is not a speculative question but has a direct impact on the understanding of physical phenomena. The book???s argument begins with the British empiricists who raised our awareness of the fact that we have no direct contact with physical reality, but it is the mind that constructs the form and features of objects. It is shown that modern cognitive science brings this insight a step further by suggesting that shape and structure are not internal to objects, but arise in the observer. The author goes yet further by arguing that the meaningful connectedness between things ??? the hierarchical organization of all we perceive ??? is the result of the Gestalt nature of perception and thought, and exists only as a property of mind. These insights give the first glimmerings of a new way of seeing the cosmos: not as a mineral wasteland but a place inhabited by creatures. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030500832 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics
2. COMPUTER VISION
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Image processing???Digital techniques
6. NEUROSCIENCE
7. Neurosciences
8. PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
9. QUANTUM PHYSICS
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