Furry Logic

Furry Logic
Author: Matin Durrani
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2018-01-30
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1472914112

The animal world is full of mysteries. Why do dogs slurp from their drinking bowls while cats lap up water with a delicate flick of the tongue? How does a tiny turtle hatchling from Florida circle the entire North Atlantic before returning to the very beach where it was hatched? And how can a Komodo dragon kill a water buffalo with a bite that is only as strong as a domestic cat's? These puzzles--and many more besides--are all explained by physics. From heat and light to electricity and magnetism, Furry Logic unveils the ways that animals exploit physics to eat, drink, mate and dodge death in their daily battle for survival. Science journalists Matin Durrani and Liz Kalaugher also introduce the great physicists whose discoveries helped us understand the animal world, as well as the experts of today who are scouring the planet to find and study the animals that seem to push the laws of physics to the limit. Presenting mind-bending physical principles in a simple and engaging way, this book is for anyone curious to see how physics crops up in the natural world. It's more of a 'howdunit' than a whodunit, though you're unlikely to guess some of the answers. -- Inside jacket flap.

Furry Logic, 10th Anniversary Edition

Furry Logic, 10th Anniversary Edition
Author: Jane Seabrook
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-11-11
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1607747162

The adorable and high-profile Furry Logic series celebrates its 10th anniversary with a menagerie of illustrated animals and hilarious sayings about life, love, and everything in between. No one understands the ups and downs of life's little challenges better than the frisky critters of Furry Logic. The inspirational and tongue-in-cheek advice from series creator Jane Seabrook and her plucky animal characters will tickle the fancy and the funnybone of readers everywhere. Each intricately illustrated spread features a member of the animal kingdom with a unique take on life, from the adorably grumpy owl who advises "Smile first thing in the morning. Get it over with" to the fluffy hawk who admonishes, "If at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished." So join the original flock of penguins, bears, frogs, and more in celebrating a decade of wit and wisdom with ten new illustrated spreads for fans looking for fresh inspiration.

Furry Logic

Furry Logic
Author: Jane Seabrook
Publisher:
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2004
Genre: Animals in art
ISBN: 9781869589875

This beautifully illustrated book combines a wonderful collection of animals and appropiate anecdotes. Furry Logic is a collection of the little challenges that life throws at us on a daily basis. If your little challenges are the same as some of the ones in this book, chances are you will have smiled, laughed even, in recognition.

Laugh at Life

Laugh at Life
Author: Jane Seabrook
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2005
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9780740755866

A delightful keepsake book that helps you discover yourself from a humourous animal's point of view

Purry Logic

Purry Logic
Author: Jane Seabrook
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Cats
ISBN: 9781580089043

"An all-feline collection of adorable illustrations, humorous sayings, and cattitude from the creator of Furry Logic"--Provided by publisher.

Furry Logic Love

Furry Logic Love
Author: Jane Seabrook
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Animals
ISBN: 9781580088176

This hilarious take on love and relationships will have you "roaring" with laughter--along with sassy lions, sweet seahorses, and cheeky chipmunks. Indeed, no one understands the ins and outs of love and relationships better than the frisky critters of Furry Logic Love. As a pair of lovebirds explains it, "You've told me you love me, but there's no harm in repeating it endlessly." The inspirational and tongue-in-cheek advice from series creator Jane Seabrook and her plucky animal characters will tickle the fancy and the funnybone of anyone who's ever fallen in--or out--of love. So join otters, macaws, and camels--intricately hand-painted with a tiny sable brush--in embracing the obsessions, the quirks, the glee, the challenges, and the pie-in-the-sky optimisms of love. Because when it comes to matters of the heart, we can never get enough, as a gallant frog reminds his lady love: "I must see you again soon--your effects are beginning to wear off." The perfect gift for Valentine's Day, weddings, anniversaries, special occasions, or just to say "I love you," this memorable menagerie says it all--and then some.

Furry Logic Wild Wisdom

Furry Logic Wild Wisdom
Author: Jane Seabrook
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2007
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9781580088169

Exquisitely detailed watercolor paintings depicting animals caught up in the joy and drudgery of life are paired with old adages given a new spin for our times.

Fuzzy Logic Techniques for Autonomous Vehicle Navigation

Fuzzy Logic Techniques for Autonomous Vehicle Navigation
Author: Dimiter Driankov
Publisher: Physica
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3790818356

In the past decade a critical mass of work that uses fuzzy logic for autonomous vehicle navigation has been reported. Unfortunately, reports of this work are scattered among conference, workshop, and journal publications that belong to different research communities (fuzzy logic, robotics, artificial intelligence, intelligent control) and it is therefore not easily accessible either to the new comer or to the specialist. As a result, researchers in this area may end up reinventing things while being unaware of important existing work. We believe that research and applications based on fuzzy logic in the field of autonomous vehicle navigation have now reached a sufficient level of maturity, and that it should be suitably reported to the largest possible group of interested practitioners, researches, and students. On these grounds, we have endeavored to collect some of the most representative pieces of work in one volume to be used as a reference. Our aim was to provide a volume which is more than "yet another random collection of papers," and gives the reader some added value with respect to the individual papers. In order to achieve this goal we have aimed at: • Selecting contributions which are representative of a wide range of prob lems and solutions and which have been validated on real robots; and • Setting the individual contributions in a clear framework, that identifies the main problems of autonomous robotics for which solutions based on fuzzy logic have been proposed.

An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments: Learn the Lost Art of Making Sense (Bad Arguments)

An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments: Learn the Lost Art of Making Sense (Bad Arguments)
Author: Ali Almossawi
Publisher: The Experiment, LLC
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2014-09-23
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1615192263

“This short book makes you smarter than 99% of the population. . . . The concepts within it will increase your company’s ‘organizational intelligence.’. . . It’s more than just a must-read, it’s a ‘have-to-read-or-you’re-fired’ book.”—Geoffrey James, INC.com From the author of An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language, here’s the antidote to fuzzy thinking, with furry animals! Have you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates? Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he wrote An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments! This handy guide is here to bring the internet age a much-needed dose of old-school logic (really old-school, a la Aristotle). Here are cogent explanations of the straw man fallacy, the slippery slope argument, the ad hominem attack, and other common attempts at reasoning that actually fall short—plus a beautifully drawn menagerie of animals who (adorably) commit every logical faux pas. Rabbit thinks a strange light in the sky must be a UFO because no one can prove otherwise (the appeal to ignorance). And Lion doesn’t believe that gas emissions harm the planet because, if that were true, he wouldn’t like the result (the argument from consequences). Once you learn to recognize these abuses of reason, they start to crop up everywhere from congressional debate to YouTube comments—which makes this geek-chic book a must for anyone in the habit of holding opinions.

Soft Computing in Water Resources Engineering

Soft Computing in Water Resources Engineering
Author: G. Tayfur
Publisher: WIT Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2014-11-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1845646363

Engineers have attempted to solve water resources engineering problems with the help of empirical, regression-based and numerical models. Empirical models are not universal, nor are regression-based models. The numerical models are, on the other hand, physics-based but require substantial data measurement and parameter estimation. Hence, there is a need to employ models that are robust, user-friendly, and practical and that do not have the shortcomings of the existing methods. Artificial intelligence methods meet this need. Soft Computing in Water Resources Engineering introduces the basics of artificial neural networks (ANN), fuzzy logic (FL) and genetic algorithms (GA). It gives details on the feed forward back propagation algorithm and also introduces neuro-fuzzy modelling to readers. Artificial intelligence method applications covered in the book include predicting and forecasting floods, predicting suspended sediment, predicting event-based flow hydrographs and sedimentographs, locating seepage path in an earth-fill dam body, and the predicting dispersion coefficient in natural channels. The author also provides an analysis comparing the artificial intelligence models and contemporary non-artificial intelligence methods (empirical, numerical, regression, etc.). The ANN, FL, and GA are fairly new methods in water resources engineering. The first publications appeared in the early 1990s and quite a few studies followed in the early 2000s. Although these methods are currently widely known in journal publications, they are still very new for many scientific readers and they are totally new for students, especially undergraduates. Numerical methods were first taught at the graduate level but are now taught at the undergraduate level. There are already a few graduate courses developed on AI methods in engineering and included in the graduate curriculum of some universities. It is expected that these courses, too, will soon be taught at the undergraduate levels.