Essays on architecture as narrative and urban space as experience and the new geographies they create.The Unknown City takes its place in the emerging architectural literature that looks beyond design process and buildings to discover new ways of looking at the urban experience. A multistranded contemplation of the notion of "knowing a place," it is about both the existence and the possibilitie…
"The authors present the results of a large-scale study of American colleges, and offer recommendations for rethinking and restructuring the delivery of liberal arts education"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A posthumanist exploration of what design could become"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Laboratory research on human attention has often been conducted under conditions that bear little resemblance to the complexity of our everyday lives. Although this research has yielded interesting discoveries, few scholars have truly connected these findings to natural experiences. This book bridges the gap between 'laboratory and life' by bringing together cutting-edge research using traditi…
"Noam Nisan is Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He received his doctoral degree from the University of California, Berkeley.""Randomization is an important tool in the design of algorithms, and the ability of randomization to provide enhanced power is a major research topic in complexity theory. Noam Nisan continues the investigation into the pow…
Description based upon print version of record."An explanation of where children's scientific intuitions come from and how they can be nurtured. Intended not just for scholars but science teachers and enthusiasts as well"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Conference proceedings."This book is based on a conference on 'Dodd-Frank and the Future of Finance' that was held in Washington, DC, on June 13-14, 2013"--Acknowledgments.Leading scholars, along with regulators and practitioners, discuss Dodd-Frank and financial regulation. The origins of the Dodd-Frank Act in the financial crisis and the legislative process that produced it are described. Sys…
Using MPI is a completely up-to-date version of the authors' 1994 introduction to the core functions of MPI. It adds material onthe new C++ and Fortran 90 bindings for MPI throughout the book.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.