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Katherina Hetzeldorfer, tried "for a crime that didn't have a name" (same sex sexual relations) and sentenced to death by drowning in 1477; Charles aka Mary Hamilton, publicly whipped for impersonating a man in eighteenth-century England; Clara, aka "Big Ben," over whom two jealous women fought in 1926 New York: these are just three of the lives that the artist Ria Brodell has reclaimed for que…
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- 9780262349956
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 79 pages) :color illustrations.
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Bicycling science
"A new, updated edition of a popular book on the history, science, and engineering of bicycles. The bicycle is almost unique among human-powered machines in that it uses human muscles in a near-optimum way. This new edition of the bible of bicycle enthusiasts provides just about everything you could want to know about the history of bicycles, how human beings propel them, what makes them go fas…
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- Fourth edition.
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- 0262357534
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- 1 online resource.
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Reality media :augmented and virtual reality
How augmented reality and virtual reality are taking their places in contemporary media culture alongside film and television. This book positions augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) firmly in contemporary media culture. The authors view AR and VR not as the latest hyped technologies but as media--the latest in a series of what they term "reality media," taking their places alongsid…
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- 9780262366250
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- 1 online resource (248 pages).
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Urban humanities :new practices for reimagining the city
Original, action-oriented humanist practices for interpreting and intervening in the city: a new methodology at the intersection of the humanities, design, and urban studies. Urban humanities is an emerging field at the intersection of the humanities, urban planning, and design. It offers a new approach not only for understanding cities in a global context but for intervening in them, interpret…
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- 9780262356985
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- 1 online resource (336 pages).
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March 4 :scientists, students, and society
Scientists debate the role of scientific research in the military-industrial complex and consider the complicity of academic science in American wars. On March 4, 1969, MIT faculty and students joined together for an extraordinary day of protest. Growing out of the MIT community's anguish over the Vietnam War and concern over the perceived complicity of academic science with the American war ma…
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- [Anniversary edition].
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- 9780262351843
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- 1 online resource (200 pages).
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New solutions for cybersecurity
Experts from MIT explore recent advances in cybersecurity, bringing together management, technical, and sociological perspectives.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262346641
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- 1 online resource.
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How to go digital :practical wisdom to help drive your organization's digital…
Includes index.Advice on how companies can succeed in the new digital business environment.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262345323
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- 1 online resource.
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Divine games :game theory and the undecidability of a superior being
A game-theoretical analysis of interactions between a human being and an omnipotent and omniscient godlike being highlights the inherent unknowability of the latter's superiority.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262347792
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The feeling of life itself :why consciousness is widespread but can't be comp…
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- 9780262354424
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- 1 online resource (272 pages) :illustrations
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Infinite playground :a player's guide to imagination
A play-centered invitation to experience the power and delight unlocked by imagination.Bernard De Koven (1941-2018) was a pioneering designer of games and theorist of fun. He studied games long before the field of game studies existed. For De Koven, games could not be reduced to artifacts and rules; they were about a sense of transcendent fun. This book, his last, is about the imagination: the …
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