Earthquakes and animals [[electronic resource] ] : from folk legends to science / / Motoji Ikeya
| Earthquakes and animals [[electronic resource] ] : from folk legends to science / / Motoji Ikeya |
| Autore | Ikeya M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.22 |
| Soggetto topico |
Earthquake prediction
Animal populations - Climatic factors Extrasensory perception in animals Animal behavior |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 981-283-269-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Acknowledgements; Motoji Ikeya:; Contents; 1 Legends of Unusual Phenomena Before Earthquakes - Wisdom or Superstition?; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Precursor phenomena in the sky, the atmosphere and on land; 1.2.1 Earthquake light (EQL); 1.2.2 Earthquake clouds (EQCs) and fogs (EQFs); 1.2.3 Sky, sun, moon, stars and rainbows; 1.2.4 Weather, water and sounds; 1.3 Unusual behavior of animals and plants; 1.3.1 Unusual animal behavior: myths or reality?; 1.3.2 Legends and proverbs about animals before earthquakes; 1.3.3 Unusually active catfish and the absence of eels
1.3.4 Color woodblock-prints of catfish: Namazu-e1. 3.5 Do human beings feel anything before earthquakes?; 1.3.6 Early flowering, re-flowering and sensitive plants (Mimosa); 1.4 Unusual behavior of inanimate objects; 1.4.1 Mysterious candle flame; 1.4.2 Nails dropping from a magnet and compass: A magnetic anomaly?; 1.4.3 Electric home appliances; 1.4.4 Modern legends: Telecommunication lines and apparatus; 1.5 Earthquake precursors and the Oriental worldview; 1.5.1 Different ways of thinking in East and West; (a) The Oriental tradition (b) Scientists in Western culture: The ""great ocean of undiscovered truth""1.5.2 Examining the Oriental approach; 1.6 Summary; 2 Precursors Before Recent Earthquakes Kobe, Izmit, Taiwan and India; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 What happened before the Kobe Earthquake?; 2.2.1 Over 2000 statements on earthquake precursors; 2.2.2 Phenomena in the sky and atmosphere; 2.2.3 Unusual animal and plant behavior; (a) Mammals (324 reports; 38% of reports on animals); (b) Human (91; 12 % of reports on animals); (c) Birds (281; 35 %) at the epicenter; (d) Reptiles and insects (43 and 40 reports 6 and 5 % of reports on animals)(e) Fish (93; 5 % ); (f) Plants (11; 1 %) swung in still air and flowered early.; 2.2.4 Unusual behavior of electric appliances-the ""Alice in Wonderland"" syndrome?; (a) Spontaneous on-and-off switching of electric appliances, and mysterious sounds; (b) Noises on TV and radio and channel-setting anomalies; (c) Rapidly rotating clock hands; 2.3 Unusual phenomena before the Izmit Earthquake (M7.4) in Turkey; 2.3.1 The Izmit Earthquake in 1999 and field survey; 2.3.2 Unusual atmosphere and sky; (a) Earthquake light (EQL) (208 reports:); (b) Clouds and fogs (c) Stars and moon 2.3.3 Unusual animal behavior; (a) Mammals (291; 23%); (b) Human beings (116; 25 %); (c) Birds (115; 25%); (d) Reptiles (13; 2.8 %); (e) Fish in the Gulf of Izmit (20; 4 %); (f) Insects and worms; (g) Plants (23; 3%); 2.3.4 Unusual phenomena on land and sea (92; 10 % of total); 2.3.5 Malfunctioning electrical appliances (63; 7 %); 2.3.6 ""The Moses Phenomenon"" (1,0.1 %); 2.4 Precursors of the Taiwan-921 Earthquake (M7.7); 2.4.1 The Taiwan-921 Earthquake and field survey; 2.4.2 Unusual atmosphere (320; 11 %), water (229; 8 %) and land (227; 8%) 2.4.3 Unusual behavior of animals, plants and electric appliances |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464539803321 |
Ikeya M
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| River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Earthquakes and animals [[electronic resource] ] : from folk legends to science / / Motoji Ikeya
| Earthquakes and animals [[electronic resource] ] : from folk legends to science / / Motoji Ikeya |
| Autore | Ikeya M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.22 |
| Soggetto topico |
Earthquake prediction
Animal populations - Climatic factors Extrasensory perception in animals Animal behavior |
| ISBN | 981-283-269-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Acknowledgements; Motoji Ikeya:; Contents; 1 Legends of Unusual Phenomena Before Earthquakes - Wisdom or Superstition?; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Precursor phenomena in the sky, the atmosphere and on land; 1.2.1 Earthquake light (EQL); 1.2.2 Earthquake clouds (EQCs) and fogs (EQFs); 1.2.3 Sky, sun, moon, stars and rainbows; 1.2.4 Weather, water and sounds; 1.3 Unusual behavior of animals and plants; 1.3.1 Unusual animal behavior: myths or reality?; 1.3.2 Legends and proverbs about animals before earthquakes; 1.3.3 Unusually active catfish and the absence of eels
1.3.4 Color woodblock-prints of catfish: Namazu-e1. 3.5 Do human beings feel anything before earthquakes?; 1.3.6 Early flowering, re-flowering and sensitive plants (Mimosa); 1.4 Unusual behavior of inanimate objects; 1.4.1 Mysterious candle flame; 1.4.2 Nails dropping from a magnet and compass: A magnetic anomaly?; 1.4.3 Electric home appliances; 1.4.4 Modern legends: Telecommunication lines and apparatus; 1.5 Earthquake precursors and the Oriental worldview; 1.5.1 Different ways of thinking in East and West; (a) The Oriental tradition (b) Scientists in Western culture: The ""great ocean of undiscovered truth""1.5.2 Examining the Oriental approach; 1.6 Summary; 2 Precursors Before Recent Earthquakes Kobe, Izmit, Taiwan and India; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 What happened before the Kobe Earthquake?; 2.2.1 Over 2000 statements on earthquake precursors; 2.2.2 Phenomena in the sky and atmosphere; 2.2.3 Unusual animal and plant behavior; (a) Mammals (324 reports; 38% of reports on animals); (b) Human (91; 12 % of reports on animals); (c) Birds (281; 35 %) at the epicenter; (d) Reptiles and insects (43 and 40 reports 6 and 5 % of reports on animals)(e) Fish (93; 5 % ); (f) Plants (11; 1 %) swung in still air and flowered early.; 2.2.4 Unusual behavior of electric appliances-the ""Alice in Wonderland"" syndrome?; (a) Spontaneous on-and-off switching of electric appliances, and mysterious sounds; (b) Noises on TV and radio and channel-setting anomalies; (c) Rapidly rotating clock hands; 2.3 Unusual phenomena before the Izmit Earthquake (M7.4) in Turkey; 2.3.1 The Izmit Earthquake in 1999 and field survey; 2.3.2 Unusual atmosphere and sky; (a) Earthquake light (EQL) (208 reports:); (b) Clouds and fogs (c) Stars and moon 2.3.3 Unusual animal behavior; (a) Mammals (291; 23%); (b) Human beings (116; 25 %); (c) Birds (115; 25%); (d) Reptiles (13; 2.8 %); (e) Fish in the Gulf of Izmit (20; 4 %); (f) Insects and worms; (g) Plants (23; 3%); 2.3.4 Unusual phenomena on land and sea (92; 10 % of total); 2.3.5 Malfunctioning electrical appliances (63; 7 %); 2.3.6 ""The Moses Phenomenon"" (1,0.1 %); 2.4 Precursors of the Taiwan-921 Earthquake (M7.7); 2.4.1 The Taiwan-921 Earthquake and field survey; 2.4.2 Unusual atmosphere (320; 11 %), water (229; 8 %) and land (227; 8%) 2.4.3 Unusual behavior of animals, plants and electric appliances |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789070503321 |
Ikeya M
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| River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mindreading animals [[electronic resource] ] : the debate over what animals know about other minds / / Robert W. Lurz
| Mindreading animals [[electronic resource] ] : the debate over what animals know about other minds / / Robert W. Lurz |
| Autore | Lurz Robert W. <1968-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Disciplina | 591.5/13 |
| Collana | A bradford book |
| Soggetto topico |
Extrasensory perception in animals
Cognition in animals |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-25864-1
9786613258649 0-262-29833-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Mindreading in animals : its importance and history -- The logical problem in animal mindreading research -- Solving the logical problem for perceptual state attribution -- Solving the logical problem for belief attribution. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456702903321 |
Lurz Robert W. <1968->
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mindreading animals : the debate over what animals know about other minds / / Robert W. Lurz
| Mindreading animals : the debate over what animals know about other minds / / Robert W. Lurz |
| Autore | Lurz Robert W. <1968-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Disciplina | 591.5/13 |
| Collana | A bradford book |
| Soggetto topico |
Extrasensory perception in animals
Cognition in animals |
| Soggetto non controllato |
PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Mind/General
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General |
| ISBN |
1-283-25864-1
9786613258649 0-262-29833-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Mindreading in animals : its importance and history -- The logical problem in animal mindreading research -- Solving the logical problem for perceptual state attribution -- Solving the logical problem for belief attribution. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781762703321 |
Lurz Robert W. <1968->
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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