Paths : Why Is Life filled with So Many Detours?
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing AG,
2020.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword: Paths We Live By
- Foreword: The Longest Journey
- Acknowledgements
- Disclaimer
- Contents
- Content Path
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- 1 Introduction: Long and Winding Roads
- 2 Everybody Loves Roundabouts
- 2.1 Hiding Behind Proxies
- 2.2 Mind Maps: The Revolution of Presenting Ideas
- 2.3 Short but Winding Roads
- 3 The Forest of Alternative Choices
- 4 Straight to the Point: A Short Chapter About the Shortest Paths
- 5 Finding Your Way Through the Maze
- 6 On the Trail of Nature: Collecting Scientific Evidence
- 6.1 Flight Paths
- 6.2 Paths from a Word Maze
- 6.3 Internet Paths
- 6.4 Paths from the Human Brain
- 7 The Universal Nature of Paths
- 7.1 Rule 1: Pick a Short (But Not Necessarily Shortest) Path
- 7.2 Rule 2: Use Regular Paths
- 7.3 Rule 3: Prefer Downstream
- 7.4 Checkpoint
- 7.5 Imitating Nature's Path Picking Procedure
- 7.6 Two Short Illuminating Stories About Paths
- 8 Amazing Scientific Discoveries: Aspirin, Cattle, Business Communication and Others
- 9 Paths to the Way We Live, Teach and Learn
- 10 The Path is the Goal!
- Coda
- Bibliography.