A thorough, straightforward introduction to human learning. Presentation, topic choice, and language are intended for education majors, and included are a wealth of educational examples and applications.
BBC Focus magazine is a science technology magazine with a trained eye on the future. Includes scientific breakthroughs and gadgets that could shape the future of the human race, on earth or in space.
Humor, Laughter and Human Flourishing: A Philosophical Exploration of the Laughing Animal
This book is a philosophical investigation of the significance of humor and laughter, examining its relation to other human phenomena including truth, nihilism, dreams, friendship, intimacy, aesthetic experience, self-transcendence and education. The author addresses the relative neglect of humor and laughter among philosophers of education with this volume, where the focus is on the significance of humor and laughter for human flourishing.
The Language Phenomenon: Human Communication from Milliseconds to Millennia (The Frontiers Collection)
This volume contains a contemporary, integrated description of the processes of language. These range from fast scales (fractions of a second) to slow ones (over a million years).
With clear, critical, and constructive surveys of key terms by leading researchers in the field, The Dictionary of Human Geography, fifth edition, remains the definitive guide to the concepts and debates in human geography.