William G Nickels | James McHugh | Susan McHugh

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Compras Nikon Bluetooth

1 Another edition change?
As a college professor, it upsets me when book authors and publishers change editions so frequently. There is a new editon of this book coming out (perhaps it already has). C'mon-how much about basic business has since 2001? It seems a ploy to not only charge students more money (and disallow them to buy a used edition) and force professors to change the lesson plans for the course-based on changes in a couple of chapters.

The book, however, is well written and provides good examples and case studies.

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2 Priority should be teaching, not exploiting students.
Good organization and readability does not excuse publishers from using their business knowlege to stick it to students. The "description" here doesn't do anything to change that impression. Perhaps this book should have been called "How to Make a Killing in Academic Book Sales" Obviously book buying is a new hazing rite for American students. "Yes, sir, may I have another!"

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Down with categorical imperative!





Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary proof.  There are many examples

of outsiders who eventually overthrew entrenched scientific orthodoxies,

but they prevailed with irrefutable data.  More often, egregious findings

that contradict well-established research turn out to be artifacts.  I have

argued that accepting psychic powers, reincarnation, "cosmic conciousness,"

and the like, would entail fundamental revisions of the foundations of

neuroscience.  Before abandoning materialist theories of mind that have paid

handsome dividends, we should insist on better evidence for psi phenomena

than presently exists, especially when neurology and psychology themselves

offer more plausible alternatives.

		-- Barry L. Beyerstein, "The Brain and Conciousness:

		   Implications for Psi Phenomena".