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Weather by the numbers :the genesis of modern meteorology
The history of the growth and professionalization of American meteorology and its transformation into a physics- and mathematics-based scientific discipline.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262274982
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- 1 online resource (ix, 308 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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Elizabeth Blackburn and the story of telomeres :deciphering the ends of DNA
The story of molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn and her groundbreaking research on telomeres and what it reveals about the resourceful optimism that characterizes the best scientific thinking.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262269117
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- 1 online resource (392 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :illustrations
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Subjectivity and otherness :a philosophical reading of Lacan
The evolution of the concept of subjectivity in the works of Jacques Lacan.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262288149
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- 1 online resource (235 pages) :illustrations.
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HCI remixed :essays on works that have influenced the HCI community
Over almost three decades, the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) has produced a rich and varied literature. Although the focus of attention today is naturally on new work, older contributions that played a role in shaping the trajectory and character of the field have much to tell us. The contributors to HCI Remixed were asked to reflect on a single work at least ten years old that infl…
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- 9780262256070
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- 1 online resource (xv, 337 pages) :illustrations
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Sex and the brain
AnnotationOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262272247
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 834 pages) :illustrations
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Structures of scientific collaboration
How technology and bureaucracy shape collaborative scientific research projects: an empirical study of multiorganizational collaboration in the physical sciences. Collaboration among organizations is rapidly becoming common in scientific research as globalization and new communication technologies make it possible for researchers from different locations and institutions to work together on com…
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- 9780262283588
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- 1 online resource (xi, 280 pages) :illustrations.
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Institutions and norms in economic development
Experts address "the development puzzle"--Unprecedented growth coupled with unequal distribution of that growth across different countries-and focus on the importance of institutional arrangements and norms and culture.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262274197
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages) :illustrations, map.
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Evolutionary psychology as maladapted psychology
"A Bradford book."A philosopher subjects the claims of evolutionary psychology to the evidential and methodological requirements of evolutionary biology, concluding that evolutionary psychology's explanations amount to speculation disguised as results. Human beings, like other organisms, are the products of evolution. Like other organisms, we exhibit traits that are the product of natural selec…
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- 9780262282376
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- 1 online resource (xi, 213 pages) :illustrations.
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Integrating evolution and development :from theory to practice
Scholars argue for the importance of the developmental synthesis, or evo-devo, discussing the history and potential of this growing field of study and presenting specific case studies.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262282932
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- 1 online resource (xii, 334 pages) :illustrations
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The enclave economy :foreign investment and sustainable development in Mexico…
Analyzes the extent to which foreign investment in Mexico's information technology sector brought economic, social, and environmental benefits to Guadalajara.Foreign investment has been widely perceived as a panacea for developing countries--as a way to reduce poverty and kick-start sustainable modern industries. The Enclave Economy calls this prescription into question, showing that Mexico's p…
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- 9780262273398
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- 1 online resource (x, 214 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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