Blips on a Screen

Blips on a Screen
Author: Kate Hannigan
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2022-05-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0593306716

An engaging picture book biography based on the incredible true story of a Jewish refugee who pioneered home video games and launched a worldwide obsession. Do you ever wonder how video gaming was invented? What came before your PlayStation or Xbox? This is the story of Ralph Baer, a refugee from Nazi Germany, who used his skills--and a lot of ingenuity and persistence--to make life a little more fun. Television was new when Ralph returned from serving in World War II, but he didn't settle for watching TV. He knew it could be even more fun if you could play with it. He tinkered and tested, got help and rejected, but with perseverance and skill, he made his vision come true! This is the inspiring story of a fearless inventor who made TV video games a reality.

Videogames

Videogames
Author: Ralph H. Baer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2005
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN:

Sort Your Brain Out

Sort Your Brain Out
Author: Jack Lewis
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2014-02-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857085360

Optimize your brainpower and performance with practical tools and skills The human brain is constantly rewiring its 160 billion cells, continually and imperceptibly changing the way we think. Because of that, we can fundamentally change the way our brains work—for the better. Sort Your Brain Out shows you how to re-wire your brain to be more creative, make better decisions, improve your mood and memory, manage stress, and stave off senility. The book explains how the brain works and what you can do every day to subtly alter your behaviours, beliefs, and motivations to create positive change in your life and health. Presents tools and exercises for maximizing your brain power Written by brain scientist and television personality Dr. Jack Lewis and motivational speaker Adrian Webster Includes brain-powered self-help advice that will improve your mood, help you deal with stress, and be better and smarter at work or in your everyday life In Sort Your Brain Out, you'll discover how to shape and control the most adaptable organ in your body to think more creatively, keep your memory sharp, and live a better life on a daily basis.

Perception, Cognition, and Decision Training

Perception, Cognition, and Decision Training
Author: Joan N. Vickers
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2007
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780736042567

Joan Vickers presents evidence on gaze control within visual perception and action in sport as well as the science underlying decision training.

Who Invented Home Video Games? Ralph Baer

Who Invented Home Video Games? Ralph Baer
Author: Mary Kay Carson
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0766044203

There are few kids who don't enjoy home video games, but do they know who invented the first one? Readers learn about Ralph Baer's life and the first home video games ever made. Readers will invent their own game, too.

World in the Balance

World in the Balance
Author: Brooke C. Stoddard
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 1597975672

In mid-1940, the British Expeditionary Force desperately attempted to flee the small French port of Dunkirk and reach British shores. France was falling, and the men were well aware that the German army had already conquered Poland, Denmark, Norway, Holland, and Belgium. Only Britain remained. Churchill then proclaimed to the House of Commons, "Hitler will have to break us in this island or lose the war." There were, perhaps, no more telling words spoken in World War II. For the following five months, Great Britain waged a heroic, and clandestine, struggle with Nazi Germany--one both psychological and diplomatic--over the fate of the world. World in the Balance recounts these pivotal months. Rallying after Churchill's speeches, destroying the French fleet so it would not fall to the Germans, fending off Nazi agents from former King Edward VIII, weakening England's defenses to build up those of Egypt, establishing a dedication to secret radar, and engaging in deft diplomacy--notably saving Gibraltar by keeping Spain neutral and successfully courting favor in the United States--set all the pieces in place for eventual victory over Axis fascism.

Sacred Tears

Sacred Tears
Author: Roderic Grigson
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2013-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1491816627

1982 and Sami is far from home, trapped in war-torn Beirut, a city under siege by the Israelis. All he wants is to go home to his family in Sri Lanka but in order to stay alive he must learn to kill. David, a captain in the Sri Lankan army, is sent to the steamy jungles in the north of the country as punishment for an indiscretion and is thrown into the brutal insurrection by militant separatist Tamil Tigers. As civil war erupts in Sri Lanka and tears this once peaceful nation apart, David's love, the beautiful Priyani makes a difficult choice and the paths of these two men cross on opposing sides of the struggle. They must plumb the depths of their courage and question their beliefs about right and wrong. Sacred Tears, the first in a trilogy, is a powerful and evocative depiction of Sri Lanka's great beauty and recent tumultuous history. It will take you inside the story of this ancient nation and into the heart of a gripping human struggle.

Perception of the Visual Environment

Perception of the Visual Environment
Author: Ronald G. Boothe
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2006-04-12
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0387216502

Aimed at students taking a course on visual perception, this textbook considers what it means for a man, a monkey and a computer to perceive the world. After an introduction and a discussion of methods, the book deals with how the environment produces a physical effect, how the resulting "image" is processed by the brain or by computer algorithms in order to produce a perception of "something out there". It also discusses color, form, motion, distance, and also the sensing of three dimensionality, before dealing with visual perception and its role in awareness and consciousness. The book concludes with discussions of perceptual development, blindness, and visual disorders. Visual perception is by its very nature an interdisciplinary subject that requires a basic understanding of a range of topics from diverse fields, and this is a very readable guide to all students whether they come from a neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science, robotics, or philosophy background.

The Border Nation

The Border Nation
Author: Donald E. Hilgeman
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2009-12-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1440190895

Maggie and Martin LaTour have been married just two years when she suddenly disappears during a camping trip to Mexico. When her disfigured body is discovered just a few miles from their campsite, the course of Martins life is changed forever. After returning to the States, Martin takes a leave of absence from his job and, while teetering precariously between mental disintegration and the need for revenge, begins to focus on a new life missionto stop illegal aliens at all cost. Martins sudden mega lottery win helps him finance a bizarre assassination plan that eventually rocks the tranquility of two governments. An unprecedented but predictable public outcry of human rights violations changes Martins tactics from committing brutal murders to coordinating organ transplant harvesting using illegal aliens as donors. After the NSA and Interpol plot to assassinate Martin with the help of his lover and a vial of deadly Polonium, a senators young daughter is diagnosed with a rare disease and an organ transplant is her only hope for survival. Through murder, second chances, love, justice, and betrayal, Martin battles an extraordinary turn of events and must decide if all he has sacrificed is worth it in the end.

Marines

Marines
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1992
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