Scholars from a variety of disciplines consider cases of convergence in lithic technology, when functional or developmental constraints result in similar forms in independent lineages.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
The election of Donald Trump and the great disruption in the news and social media.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
An argument that health is optimal responsiveness and is often best treated at the system level.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Explores whether, for whom, and under what circumstances the free, networked, public sharing of ICT resources contributes to positive social change"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Six essays by artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky on how education can foster inventiveness, paired with commentary by Minsky's former colleagues and students. Marvin Minsky was a pioneering researcher in artificial intelligence whose work led to both theoretical and practical advances. His work was motivated not only by technological advancement but also by the desire to understand t…
"The use of infographics is on the rise in newspapers, on television, and on the web. Data visualizations are now ubiquitous in education and corporate life as well. Yet modern communications scholarship has had little to say about this development: the infographic has so far existed on the periphery of communications studies. To date, no serious attempt has been made to explore the historical …
Identifying a new approach to disaster response: spontaneous, compassionate, and impromptu actions to alleviate suffering. In Spontaneous Venturing , Dean Shepherd and Trenton Williams identify and describe a new approach for responding to disaster and suffering: the local organizing of spontaneous, compassionate, and impromptu actions -- the rapid emergence of a compassionate venture. This app…
"A natural history of longevity in a wide variety of species along with an exploration of what we can learn from other species to preserve and extend human health"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Technical, policy, economic, and business history of the global mobile phone industry over four decades"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
How to analyze data settings rather than data sets, acknowledging the meaning-making power of the local. In our data-driven society, it is too easy to assume the transparency of data. Instead, Yanni Loukissas argues in All Data Are Local , we should approach data sets with an awareness that data are created by humans and their dutiful machines, at a time, in a place, with the instruments at han…