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AI for Creativity

AI for Creativity

What is computational creativity? Can AI learn to be creative? One of the human mind’s most valuable features is the capacity to formulate creative thoughts an ability that through quantum leap innovations has propelled us to the current digital age. However creative breakthroughs are easier said than done. Appearing less frequently and more sporadically than desired it seems that we have not yet fully cracked the creative code. But with the rapid advances in artificial intelligence which have come to provide an ever-closer proximity with the cognitive faculties of mankind can this emerging technology improve our creative capabilities? What will that look like and will it be the missing link in the man–machine enigma? AI for Creativity provides a fascinating look at what is currently emerging in the very cutting-edge area of artificial intelligence and the tools being developed to enable computational creativity that holds the propensity to dramatically change our lives.

GBP 16.99
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Geomythology How Common Stories Reflect Earth Events

Geomythology How Common Stories Reflect Earth Events

Gold-guarding griffins Cyclopes killer lakes man-eating birds and fire devils from the sky—such wonders have long been dismissed as fictional. Now thanks to the richly interdisciplinary field of geomythology researchers are taking a second look. It turns out that these and similar tales which originated in pre-literate societies contain surprisingly accurate pre-scientific intuitions about startling or catastrophic earth-based phenomena such as volcanoes earthquakes tsunamis and the unearthing of bizarre animal bones. Geomythology: How Common Stories Reflect Earth Events provides an accessible engaging overview of this hybrid discipline. The introductory chapter surveys geomythology’s remarkable history and its core concepts while the second and third chapters analyze the geomythical resonances of universal earth tales about dragons and giants. Chapter 4 narrows the focus to regional stories and discusses the ways these and other myths have influenced legends about griffins Cyclopes and other iconic creatures. The final chapter considers future avenues of research in geomythology including geohazard management geomythology databases geomythical cold cases and ways the discipline might eventually set rather than merely support research agendas in science. Thus the book constitutes a valuable asset for scientists and lay readers alike particularly in a time of growing interest in monsters massive climate change and natural disasters. | Geomythology How Common Stories Reflect Earth Events

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Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 1: The Ninjabread Girl

Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 1: The Ninjabread Girl

The Gingerbread Man was rather a handful but wait until you meet the Ninjabread Girl! With a Hiiiiii-yaaaaa! she runs away saying Run! Run! So fast like a twirl … you can’t catch me I’m the Ninjabread Girl! Can the Ninjitsu Trainer catch her? What about the crocodile? Or the wolf? Can nothing stop her? On her journey the Ninjabread Girl writes the story with the assistance of the spirit fox Kitsune and Punctua the Fairy Godmother of Writing to punctuate properly and become a bestselling author. Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 1: The Ninjabread Girl is part of a short series of age-specific beautifully illustrated stories that can be read for pleasure and/or used as a contextualised resource containing a step-by-step guide to teaching punctuation. The characters from each story are used to demonstrate a range of punctuation rules in a fun and engaging way appropriate to the book's age group. Areas covered include: formulating punctuation rules. the use of misconceptions to highlight common errors. teaching tips to provide a punctuation model. The book explores the impact of punctuation on reading understanding meaning and effect and can be used as a basis for pupils’ own punctuation or included in their ‘Writer’s Toolkit. ' These new Descriptosaurus stories are an indispensable teaching aid for making punctuation fun for all primary teachers and literacy coordinators.

GBP 11.99
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Outdoor Play for Healthy Little Minds Practical Ideas to Promote Children’s Wellbeing in the Early Years

Outdoor Play for Healthy Little Minds Practical Ideas to Promote Children’s Wellbeing in the Early Years

This essential resource is designed to help busy early years practitioners to support the mental health of young children through outdoor play. Promoting social and emotional wellbeing in childhood has never been more important and outdoor play is a crucial tool to build resilience develop healthy relationships and boost self-esteem. Using relatable case studies that demonstrate achievable change the book is full of practical advice and strategies for exploring nature in both natural and man-made landscapes and includes guidance on how to co-create inviting play spheres with children. Each chapter provides: Adaptable and cost-effective activities designed to help children feel more confident and connected to the world around them. Case studies and reflective opportunities to prompt practitioners to consider and develop their own practice. An accessible and engaging format with links to theorists risk assessment and individual schemas. Outdoor play allows young children to explore who they are and what they can do. It supports them as they learn to think critically take risks and form a true sense of belonging with their peers and with the wider community. This is an indispensable resource for practising and trainee early years practitioners Reception teachers and childminders as they facilitate outdoor play in their early years setting. | Outdoor Play for Healthy Little Minds Practical Ideas to Promote Children’s Wellbeing in the Early Years

GBP 14.99
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Portraits from Memory And Other Essays

Portraits from Memory And Other Essays

‘I have come to think that one of the main causes of trouble in the world is dogmatic and fanatical belief in some doctrine for which there is no adequate evidence. ’ – Bertrand Russell Portraits from Memory Portraits from Memory is one of Bertrand Russell’s most self-reflective and engaging books. Whilst not intended as an autobiography it is a vivid recollection of some of his celebrated contemporaries such as George Bernard Shaw Sidney and Beatrice Webb and D. H. Lawrence. Russell provides some arresting and sometimes amusing insights into writers with whom he corresponded. He was fascinated by Joseph Conrad with whom he formed a strong emotional bond writing that his Heart of Darkness was not just a story but an expression of Conrad’s ‘philosophy of life’. There are also some typically pithy Russellian observations; H. G. Wells ‘derived his importance from quantity rather than quality’ whilst after a brief and fraught friendship Russell thought D. H. Lawrence ‘had no real wish to make the world better but only to indulge in eloquent soliloquy about how bad it was’. This engaging book also includes some of Russell’s customary razor-sharp essays on a rich array of subjects from his ardent pacifism liberal politics and morality to the ethics of education the skills of good writing and how he came to philosophy as a young man. These include ‘A Plea for Clear Thinking’ ‘A Philosophy for Our Time’ and ‘How I Write’. Portraits from Memory is Russell at his best and will enthrall those new to Russell as well as those already well-acquainted with his work. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by the Russell scholar Nicholas Griffin editor of The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell. | Portraits from Memory And Other Essays

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