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If Nietzsche were a narwhal : what animal intelligence reveals about human stupidity / by Gregg, Justin,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal overturns everything we thought we knew about human intelligence, and asks the question: would humans be better off as narwhals? Or some other, less brainy species? There's a good argument to be made that humans might be a less successful animal species precisely because of our amazing, complex intelligence. All our unique gifts like language, math, and science do not make us happier or more "successful" (evolutionarily speaking) than other species. Our intelligence allowed us to split the atom, but we've harnessed that knowledge to make machines of war. We are uniquely susceptible to bullshit (though, cuttlefish may be the best liars in the animal kingdom); our bizarre obsession with lawns has contributed to the growing threat of climate change; we are sexually diverse like many species yet stand apart as homophobic; and discriminate among our own as if its natural, which it certainly is not. Is our intelligence more of a curse than a gift? As scientist Justin Gregg persuasively argues, there's an evolutionary reason why human intelligence isn't more prevalent in the animal kingdom. Simply put, non-human animals don't need it to be successful. And, miraculously, their success arrives without the added baggage of destroying themselves and the planet in the process.
Subjects: Animal intelligence.; Intellect.;
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The nun. [videorecording] / by Aarons, Bonnie,1979-actor.; Chaves, Michael(Film director),film director.; Cooper, Akela,screenwriter.; Farmiga, Taissa,1994-actor.; Goldberg, Ian(Ian B.),screenwriter.; Naing, Richard,screenwriter.; Popplewell, Anna,1988-actor.; Safran, Peter,1965-film producer.; Wan, James,1977-film producer.; Atomic Monster Productions,production company.; New Line Cinema Corporation,presenter.; Safran Company,production company.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.;
Music by Marco Beltrami; edited by Gregory Plotkin; director of photography Tristan Nyby.Taissa Farmiga, Bonnie Aarons, Anna Popplewell, Storm Reid, Jonas Bloquet, Katelyn Rose Downey.In 1956 France, a priest is murdered, and it seems an evil is spreading. Sister Irene once again comes face to face with a demonic force.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Horror films.; Feature films.; Demonology; Murder; Nuns; Relics; Good and evil; Supernatural; Demoniac possession;
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The nun [videorecording] / by Bichir, Demián,1963-actor.; Bloquet, Jonas,1992-actor.; Dauberman, Gary,screenwriter.; Farmiga, Taissa,1994-actor.; Hardy, Corin,1975-film director.; Safran, Peter,1965-film producer.; Wan, James,1977-screenwriter,film producer.; Atomic Monster Productions,production company.; New Line Cinema Corporation,production company.; Safran Company,production company.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Demian Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet,.A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for terror, violence, and disturbing/bloody images.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Demonology; Murder; Nuns; Demoniac possession;
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The nun [videorecording] / by Bichir, Demián,1963-actor.; Bloquet, Jonas,1992-actor.; Dauberman, Gary,screenwriter.; Farmiga, Taissa,1994-actor.; Hardy, Corin,1975-film director.; Safran, Peter,1965-film producer.; Wan, James,1977-screenwriter,film producer.; Atomic Monster Productions,production company.; New Line Cinema Corporation,production company.; Safran Company,production company.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Demian Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet,.A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for terror, violence, and disturbing/bloody images.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.40:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby Atmos-TrueHD 5.1 ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Demonology; Murder; Nuns; Demoniac possession;
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Her space, her time : how trailblazing women scientists decoded the hidden universe / by Ghose, Shohini,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Her Space, Her Time shares the stories of women in physics and astronomy whose work expanded scientific understanding yet whose accomplishments are largely overlooked--creating a thrilling account of scientific discovery, inspirational leadership and persistence in the face of overwhelming challenges. In shaping her narrative around the science that fascinated them and the social context in which they worked, award-winning quantum physicist Shohini Ghose champions these remarkable women's contributions, which loom even larger given the misogyny and discrimination they faced. Ghose's canvas stretches from the 19th century to the present and includes many women whose work led to Nobel Prizes that were ultimately awarded to men. Among this list of impressive scientists: Henrietta Leavitt and Margaret Burbidge, who helped discover the big bang and the cosmic calendar; Anigaduwagi (Cherokee) aerospace scientist Mary Golda Ross, who helped make the Moon landings possible; atom splitter Lise Meitner; Bibha Chowdhuri, who discovered two fundamental particles; and Harriet Brooks--a Canadian physicist whose impact on radioactivity research was compared to Marie Curie's, but who felt that marriage, not science, was the choice she had to make. Engaging and inspirational, Her Space, Her Time is threaded through with Ghose's own experiences in science--women in STEM still face the same kind of challenges her subjects encountered--and driven by the imperative to make the invisible visible, ensuring that the names of these women who pursued science against all odds will never be forgotten"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Astronomers; Discoveries in science; Physicists; Sex discrimination in science.; Women astronomers; Women in astronomy.; Women in physics.; Women physicists;
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Annabelle comes home [videorecording] / by Dauberman, Gary,author,screenwriter,film director.; Farmiga, Vera,actor.; Grace, Mckenna,2006-actor.; Iseman, Madison,1997-actor.; Safran, Peter,1965-film producer.; Sarife, Katie,actor.; Wan, James,1977-screenwriter,film producer.; Wilson, Patrick,1973-actor.; Atomic Monster Productions,production company.; New Line Cinema Corporation,presenter.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ),publisher.;
McKenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife; Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga.Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her 'safely' behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest's holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on a new target, the Warrens' ten-year-old daughter, Judy, and her friends.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Ontario Film Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for horror violence and terror.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Warren, Ed; Warren, Lorraine; Demonology; Dolls;
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Annabelle comes home [videorecording] / by Dauberman, Gary,author,screenwriter,film director.; Farmiga, Vera,actor.; Grace, Mckenna,2006-actor.; Iseman, Madison,1997-actor.; Safran, Peter,1965-film producer.; Sarife, Katie,actor.; Wan, James,1977-screenwriter,film producer.; Wilson, Patrick,1973-actor.; Atomic Monster Productions,production company.; New Line Cinema Corporation,presenter.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ),publisher.;
McKenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife; Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga.Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her 'safely' behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest's holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on a new target, the Warrens' ten-year-old daughter, Judy, and her friends.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Ontario Film Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for horror violence and terror.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.40:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby Atmos TrueHD ; Dolby digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Warren, Ed; Warren, Lorraine; Demonology; Dolls;
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The elements of Marie Curie : how the glow of radium lit a path for women in science / by Sobel, Dava,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."'Even now, nearly a century after her death, Marie Curie remains the only female scientist most people can name,' writes Dava Sobel at the opening of her shining portrait of the sole Nobel laureate decorated in two separate fields of science -- Physics in 1903 with her husband Pierre and Chemistry by herself in 1911. And yet, Sobel makes clear, as brilliant and creative as she was in the laboratory, Marie Curie was equally passionate outside it. Grieving Pierre's untimely death in 1906, she took his place as professor of physics at the Sorbonne; devotedly raised two brilliant daughters; drove a van she outfitted with x-ray equipment to the front lines of World War I; befriended Albert Einstein and other luminaries of twentieth-century physics; won support from two U.S. presidents; and inspired generations of young women the world over to pursue science as a way of life ... [Dava Sobel] approaches Marie Curie from a unique angle, narrating her remarkable life of discovery and fame alongside the women who became her legacy -- from France's Marguerite Perey, who discovered the element francium, and Norway's Ellen Gleditsch, to Mme. Curie's elder daughter, Irène, winner of the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. For decades the only woman in the room at international scientific gatherings that probed new theories about the interior of the atom, Marie Curie traveled far and wide, despite constant illness, to share the secrets of radioactivity, a term she coined. Her two triumphant tours of the United States won her admirers for her modesty even as she was mobbed at every stop; her daughters, in Ève's later recollection, 'discovered all at once what the retiring woman with whom they had always lived meant to the world.'"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.; Curie, Marie, 1867-1934; Chemical elements; Chemists; Mentoring in science; Physicists; Women chemists; Women physicists;
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M3GAN [videorecording] / by Alvarez, Brian Jordan,actor.; Blum, Jason,film producer.; Chieng, Ronny,actor.; Cooper, Akela,screenwriter.; Davis, Jenna,2004-voice actor.; Donald, Amie,actor.; Dungey, Lori,actor.; Garneau-Monten, Stephane,actor.; Johnstone, Gerard,film director.; McGraw, Violet,actor.; Van Epps, Jen,actor.; Wan, James,1977-screenwriter,film producer.; Williams, Allison,1988-actor.; Atomic Monster Productions,production company.; Blumhouse Productions,presenter.; Divide/Conquer (Firm),production company.; Universal Pictures (Firm),presenter,publisher.;
Director of photography, Peter McCaffrey ; editor, Jeff McEvoy ; music, Anthony Willis.Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald, Jenna Davis, Ronny Chieng, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Lori Dungey, Stephane Garneau-Monten.M3GAN is a marvel of artificial intelligence, a lifelike doll that's programmed to be a child's greatest companion and a parent's greatest ally. Designed by Gemma, a brilliant roboticist, M3GAN can listen, watch, and learn as it plays the role of friend and teacher, playmate and protector. When Gemma becomes the unexpected caretaker of her eight-year-old niece, she decides to give the girl a M3GAN prototype, a decision that leads to unimaginable consequences.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13; violent content and terror, some strong language and a suggestive reference.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films.; Horror films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Androids; Artificial intelligence; Dolls; Human-robot interaction; Nieces; Orphans;
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Mortal kombat [videorecording] / by Asano, Tadanobu,actor.; Brooks, Mehcad,1980-actor.; Callaham, David,1977-screenwriter.; Garner, Todd,film producer.; Gray, Scott,editor of moving image work.; Lawson, Josh,1981-actor.; Lebental, Dan,editor of moving image work.; Lin, Ludi,actor.; McMicking, Germain,director of photography.; McNamee, Jessica,1986-actor.; McQuoid, Simon,film director,film producer.; Ng, Chin Han,1969-actor.; Russo, Greg,Screenwriter,screenwriter.; Sanada, Hiroyuki,1960-actor.; Tan, Lewis,1987-actor.; Taslim, Joe,1981-actor.; Uziel, Oren,screenwriter.; Wallfisch, Benjamin,composer.; Walsh, E. Bennett,film producer.; Wan, James,1977-film producer.; Atomic Monster Productions,production company.; Broken Road Productions,production company.; New Line Cinema Corporation,presenter.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Music, Benjamin Wallfisch ; editors, Dan Lebental, Scott Gray ; director of photography, Germain McMicking.Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Tadanobu Asano, Mehcad Brooks, Ludi Lin, Chin Han, Joe Taslim, Hiroyuki Sanada.MMA fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage but is shaken to the core when a stranger shows up with the same unique birthmark, and a deadly assassin shows up moments later. In order to protect his family -- and the fate of the earth -- Cole and his companions must travel across the world and into other dimensions to discover their unique magical abilities and defeat Outworld's monstrous champions in fights which will end only in ... Fatality.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R; for strong bloody violence and language throughout, and some crude references.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Martial arts films.; Contests; Heroes; Martial arts; Martial artists;
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