Catalog Search Results
Description
New dimensions: first, Howard Gardner revolutionized how we think about "intelligence" and "understanding." Now, with MI: millennium, Gardner expands, and builds upon the foundations of MI theory--bringing twenty years of research, and the history of "intelligence" theory into a timely new focus. In this dynamic presentation for the classroom, Gardner reveals entirely new dimensions of MI, including: a verified eighth intelligence and the possibility...
Description
Metanoia reveals new concepts in natural intelligence. The current environmental crisis demands a radical paradigm shift within the collective human psyche. Current scientific orthodoxy regarding the meaning, significance, and purpose of the web of life is thereby challenged. Nature, in its entirety, is seen as a system of self-organizing intelligence, the essential principles of which can guide human culture. This new vision of nature is accompanied...
Description
The singular revolution in cognitive science and education that is changing how we think about intelligence and the human mind. Now, in this dynamic presentation for the classroom, Howard Gardner presents MI theory and reveals what is at stake--for learning, understanding, and assessment. Setting his presentation within a sweeping history of changing ideas about the human brain and the nature of 'mental representations', Gardner powerfully contrasts...
Author
Formats
Description
An eye-opening examination of the stupid things smart people do-and how to cultivate skills to protect ourselves from error. "As a rule, I have found that the greater brain a man has, and the better he is educated, the easier it has been to mystify him" (Harry Houdini to Arthur Conan Doyle). Smart people are not only just as prone to making mistakes as everyone else- they may be even more susceptible to them. This is the "intelligence trap," the subject...
Author
Formats
Description
The brain may be the seat of consciousness and the engine of all human experience, but it's also messy, fallible and disorganized. It's undeniably impressive, but it's far from perfect, and these imperfections influence everything that humans say, do and experience. In The Idiot Brain, Dean Burnett celebrates the downright laughable things our minds do to us, as well as exposing the fact that people are often way off in their thinking about how the...
Description
First, Howard Gardner conquered long held misconceptions about 'intelligence' and 'understanding'. Now, drawing conclusions from the lives of extraordinary individuals like Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, and Virginia Woolf, Howard Gardner presents a revolutionary new psychology of creativity and leadership. Here, in this dynamic presentation for the classroom, discover where leaders and creators come from. In creativity and leadership, Gardner...
Author
Description
Hawkins explores how we might create machines that can learn on their own, why we need not fear superintelligent systems, and how human and machine intelligence may someday merge. Combining cutting-edge theoretical neuroscience with an ambitious program for tomorrow's digital minds, A Thousand Brains heralds a revolution in the study of intelligence. It is a big-think book, in every sense of the word"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Description
"What if the pandemic you thought would kill you made you more intelligent instead? In the Amazon jungle, a disease is spreading. To those who survive, it grants enhanced communication, memory, and pattern recognition. But the miracle may be the sinister survival mechanism of a fungal organism, manipulating the infected into serving it. Paul Johns, a mycologist, is convinced the fungal host is the next stage of human evolution, while his brother Neil,...
Author
Series
Danny's doodles volume 1
Description
Danny is not sure what to make of Calvin Waffle, a quirky and smart new fourth grader, but when Danny convinces Calvin to use his brain power to help the baseball team, they both have a chance to become heroes.
Series
Description
"In the ultimate space contest, the smartest aliens, organisms, and robots in all the universe vie for the coveted title of 'Smartest Thing in All of Existence!' This year, little robots Clank and Bolt won't be denied! And to get ready, they contact the wisest bot they know: Commander Spacehead!"--From www.imdb.com.
17) The smart cookie
Author
Series
Appears on list
Description
"This cookie has never felt like a smart cookie no matter how hard she tries, especially in comparison to all the clever cupcakes and brilliant rolls in the bakery. Will a dash of creativity and a sprinkle of confidence be enough to help her learn that perfect scores and having all the answers aren't the only ingredients for intelligence?"--
18) Lucy
Formats
Description
"A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic"--from www.imdb.com.
Author
Formats
Description
The Healthy Brain makes the compelling case that most people's brains are underperforming because they are undernourished. As the most metabolically active organ of the body, the brain's nutritional needs are ten times higher than those of any other organ. That means the brain is the first organ to falter when it is improperly fed.
Well respected for her ability to take complex nutritional research and translate it into clear, evidence-based guidelines...
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Ajax Public Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request