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The origins of grammar :evidence from early language comprehension
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- 1 online resource (x, 230 pages) :illustrations.
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Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics
Includes index.Turtle Geometry presents an innovative program of mathematical discovery that demonstrates how the effective use of personal computers can profoundly change the nature of a student's contact with mathematics. Using this book and a few simple computer programs, students can explore the properties of space by following an imaginary turtle across the screen. The concept of turtle ge…
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- 9780262362740
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- 1 online resource (xx, 477 pages :illustrations.
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Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction
Interactive fiction--the best-known form of which is the text game or text adventure--has not received as much critical attention as have such other forms of electronic literature as hypertext fiction and the conversational programs known as chatterbots. Twisty Little Passages (the title refers to a maze in Adventure, the first interactive fiction) is the first book-length consideration of this…
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- 9780262297110
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- 1 online resource (xv, 286 pages)
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The Two Sides of Perception
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- 9780262276061
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- 1 online resource (315 pages) :illustrations.
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Type-Logical Semantics
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- 1 online resource (xxi, 575 pages).
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The Origins of Music
The book can be viewed as representing the birth of evolutionary biomusicology. What biological and cognitive forces have shaped humankind's musical behavior and the rich global repertoire of musical structures? What is music for, and why does every human culture have it? What are the universal features of music and musical behavior across cultures? In this groundbreaking book, musicologists…
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The U. S. Paper Industry and Sustainable Production: An Argument for Restruct…
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- 1 online resource (xii, 303 pages) :illustrations.
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Orthogonal Town Planning in Antiquity
The decisiveness of the right angle, which is uncommon in nature, would seem to exercise an irresistible appeal to the human mind, for it permeates man's art, artifacts, and architecture. That it should also appear as a basic organizational element in town plans over many centuries and in many cultures only confirms this appeal. The present work examines Greek, Etruscan, Italic, Hellenistic, an…
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Pain :new essays on its nature and the methodology of its study
What does feeling a sharp pain in one's hand have in common with seeing a red apple on the table? Some say not much, apart from the fact that they are both conscious experiences. To see an object is to perceive an extramental reality--in this case, a red apple. To feel a pain, by contrast, is to undergo a conscious experience that doesn't necessarily relate the subject to an objective reality. …
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- 9780262316262
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 423 pages) :illustrations
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Uncertainty Underground: Yucca Mountain and the Nation's High-Level Nuclear W…
Despite approval by Congress and the Bush administration and over seven billion dollars already spent, the Yucca Mountain, Nevada, site for disposal of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel is not yet in operation. The reasons for the delay lie not only in citizen and activist opposition to the project but also in the numerous scientific and technical issues that remain unresolved. Although man…
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