Through words and images the reader will discover how chemistry underpins the formation of snowflakes, the patterns of animal markings, the science of champagne, the colors of flowers, and much more. [...] The title summarizes this and eludes to the concept from the history of alchemy which describes an enlightened state produced not from supernatural, divine intervention, but from an investigation of nature and the contemplation of the beauty of the abstract. [...] He draws on cognitive and neuroscience, the back-and-forthing in the regions of the brain, the interaction between the brain and body. [...] THE MENTAL LIFE OF MODERNISM Why Poetry, Painting, and Music Changed at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Samuel Jay Keyser (MIT) 207 pages; 47 b&w illus., FEBRUARY 2020 Keyser, Professor Emeritus in MIT's Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, outlines the "outer limits of aesthetics" and proposes an alternative origin to the rise of modernity: an encounter with the limitations of the brain's. [...] After introducing the fundamental concepts of parallel computing and history of OpenMP's development, the book covers topics including the core design pattern of parallel computing, the parallel and worksharing-loop constructs, the OpenMP data environment, and tasks.
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