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This book offers a fresh, readable approach to the analysis of mechanical systems. It is written as an introduction to analytical dynamics, with an emphasis on fundamental concepts in mechanics. The book begins with a description of the motion of a particle subjected to constraints, and presents exp... More

This book offers a fresh, readable approach to the analysis of mechanical systems. It is written as an introduction to analytical dynamics, with an emphasis on fundamental concepts in mechanics. The book begins with a description of the motion of a particle subjected to constraints, and presents exp... More

Table of contents Getting Ready. The Games. The Anti-Boredom Game. The Beastly Boss Game. Beliefs That Can Kill. The Bliss List. Blowing Away the Tension. Blowing Up the Company. Building a Relaxation Machine. Capturing a Daydream. Compu-Relaxation. Coporate Space Oddity. ... More

Table of contents Getting Ready. The New Science and Technology of Creativity. How to Use This Book. The Games. The ABCs of Creativity. The Amazing Magazine Game. The Anonymous Suggestion Game. The Audience Game. Bridges to Creativity. Broadening: Design Challenge. Broadening:... More

Placebo cures. Global warming. Extraterrestrial life. Psychokinesis. In a time when scientific claims can sound as strange as science fiction—and can have a profound effect on individual life or public policy—assessing the merits of a far-out, supposedly scientific idea can be as difficult as it... More

AIDS is not caused by HIV. Coal and oil are not fossil fuels. Radiation exposure is good for you. These ideas make headlines, but most educated people scoff at them. Yet some of science's most important concepts from gravity to evolution have surfaced from the pool of crazy ideas. Here, a well-known... More

General equilibrium economics is among the most challenging fields in modern microeconomic theory. One problem with traditional general equilibrium theory has been that it assumes purely competitive market structures. This assumption limits its usefulness in interpreting modern economies whose domin... More