Ergebnis für "Fasten" in Sozialwissenschaften

At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day.

In their book Abundance, best-selling authors and futurists Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler tackled grand global challenges, such as poverty, hunger, and energy. Then, in Bold, they chronicled the use of exponential technologies that allowed the emergence of powerful new entrepreneurs. Now the best-selling authors are back with The Future Is Faster Than You Think, a blueprint for how our world will change in response to the next 10 years of rapid technological disruption.

Mein Expertenthema ist "Demenz" und damit eigentlich das ganze Leben. Dies ist ein Thema mit sehr ernsten Aspekten und auch wundervollen und humorvollen Seiten. Von Herzen möchte ich die graue Decke, die über dieses Thema gelegt wird, wegreißen und Wege aus der Hilflosigkeit aufzeigen.

To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar America. Fast Food Nation is a groundbreaking work of investigation and cultural history that may change the way America thinks about the way it eats.

The founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum on how the impending technological revolution will change our lives. We are on the brink of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. And this one will be unlike any other in human history. Characterized by new technologies fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will impact all disciplines, economies and industries - and it will do so at an unprecedented rate.

Fast fertig – der neue Podcast von Anna (bekannt aus dem Poppcast)
 Nach ganzen 8 Jahren Poppcast beginnt ein neues Kapitel für Anna und ihre Freund*innen – nur diesmal noch ein bisschen persönlicher, chaotischer und mit neuen Fragen im Gepäck. Fast fertig ist ein Podcast über das Leben in den 30ern, über das Gefühl, irgendwie erwachsen zu sein, aber nie ganz anzukommen. 
Es geht um Sex (klar), aber auch um Liebe, Bücher, Musicals, Nostalgie und die vielen kleinen und großen ersten Male, die das Leben noch bereithält. Der Podcast ist … na ja, fast fertig – aber bald ...

The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other people wrong? Why is it so hard to detect a lie, read a face or judge a stranger's motives? Through a series of encounters and misunderstandings - from history, psychology and infamous legal cases - Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual adventure into the darker side of human nature, where strangers are never simple and misreading them can have disastrous consequences.

Over the past two decades, Joseph F. Coughlin has been busting myths about aging with groundbreaking multidisciplinary research into what older people actually want - not what conventional wisdom suggests they need. In The Longevity Economy, Coughlin provides the framing and insight business leaders need to serve the growing older market: a vast, diverse group of consumers representing every possible level of health and wealth, worth about $8 trillion in the United States alone and climbing.

These 75 flash nonfiction pieces, written by internationally celebrated women authors and dazzlingly hilarious newcomers, are no flashes in the pan: They provide a feast of insights, generously garnished with wit, spice, and an exhilarating attention to craft. In Fast Funny Women, you'll find everything you want from thoughtful essays in a short, delicious form. Perfect for students of writing, writers of humor, and all fans who welcome laughter, insight, and perspective into their lives.

When we think about the future, it can be difficult to feel that we have any control. We aren't confident that we can take actions and make decisions that help determine what happens next. We want to feel prepared, hopeful and equipped and to face the future with optimism. Or, better yet, change the future. But how do we map out our lives when it feels impossible to predict what the world will be like next week, let alone next year? Jane McGonigal, a renowned future forecaster, reveals that 'unimaginable' events aren't unimaginable before they happen.

Often called "Accident Park", "Class Action Park", or "Traction Park", Action Park was an American icon. Entertaining more than a million people a year in the 1980s, the New Jersey-based amusement playland placed no limits on danger or fun, a monument to the anything-goes spirit of the era that left guests in control of their own adventures - sometimes with tragic results. Action Park is the first-ever unvarnished look at the history of this DIY Disneyland, as seen through the eyes of Andy Mulvihill, the son of the park's idiosyncratic founder, Gene Mulvihill.

Can man live on fast food alone? Morgan Spurlock tried to do just that. For 30 days, he ate nothing but three "squares" a day from McDonald's as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on American health. The resulting documentary won him resounding applause and a worldwide release that broke box-office records. Audiences were captivated by Spurlock's experiment, during which he gained 25 pounds, his blood pressure skyrocketed, and his libido all but disappeared.

Als Kind begann alles mit einer alten Ledermappe: Zeitungsartikel, Notizen, Zeichnungen – vollgepackt mit seltsamen Phänomenen, ungelösten Rätseln und verborgenen Schätzen. Heute öffnen wir diese Mappe wieder und teilen den Inhalt mit euch. In „Die Mystische Mappe“ nehmen wir die Hörer mit auf eine Reise durch die geheimnisvollen Kapitel der Menschheitsgeschichte, begegnen rätselhaften Kulturen, unheimlichen Wesen und mächtigen Geheimbünden. Immer mit einem Blick auf das "Warum". Warum faszinieren uns diese Stories, warum sind sie entstanden und warum kennt die mystische Mappe ...

Do you find yourself constantly asking your child to "pick up the pace"? Does he or she seem to take longer than others to get stuff done - whether completing homework, responding when spoken to, or getting dressed and ready in the morning? Drs. Ellen Braaten and Brian Willoughby have worked with thousands of kids and teens who struggle with an area of cognitive functioning called "processing speed" and who are often mislabeled as lazy or unmotivated.

Two hundred and rising. That's the death tally for the Obama administration's "Operation Fast & Furious." The program was supposedly designed to "win the drug war" by deliberately walking more than two thousand guns across the border to Mexico. But instead of catching drug lords, Fast & Furious armed the very kingpins it was supposed to trap.

Living Life in Fast Forward is more than a memoir. Author James J. Hammond shares the raw truth about what it’s like to pursue your vision when you’ve been given an expiration date. • By looking at your life from a fast-forward perspective you can: Reset your priorities to pull forward the most important things • Find your purpose to greatly impact your quality of life • Learn to care for yourself so you can be at your best • Understand how empathy for others is different than sympathy for them • Express genuine appreciation for your most important relationships The lessons James...

The podcast for women with ADHD, by women with ADHD.Hosts Dani and Lorna chat with everyday legends about the real-life highs, lows, and WTFs of ADHD.Expect connection, insight, and hope – plus zero shame, lots of laughs, and the reminder that you’re not alone.👉 Follow @FastBrainedWomen and join the community.

Kingsley Amis' authoritative and witty guide to the use and abuse of the English language. A scourge of illiteracy and a thorn in the side of pretension, Amis provides indispensable advice about the linguistic blunders and barbarities that lie in wait for us, from danglers, four-letter words to jargon and even Welsh rarebit. By turns reflective, acerbic and provocative, The King's English is for anyone who cares about how the English language is used.

Zwei Freunde Anfang 20, irgendwo zwischen Kaffee, Gesprächen und kleinen Krisen. fast deep. ist unser Versuch, Gedanken Raum zu geben – über Zufall und Zukunft, über Beziehungen, Entscheidungen, das Gefühl, erwachsen zu werden, ohne es zu merken – und den ein oder anderen Moment aus unserem Leben in Kanada. Mal ernst, mal leicht – aber immer ehrlich. Ein Podcast, wie ein Gespräch nach Mitternacht: unperfekt, offen, manchmal überraschend klar.

Welcome to my first podcast , I hope you enjoy listening to it!