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Scientists debate Gaia :the next century
The Gaia hypothesis holds that the Earth's physical and biological processes are linked to form a complex self-regulating system, and that life has affected this over time. This title examines both this theory, as well as other Gaian processes.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262283182
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 377 pages) :illustrations, maps
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Robert Rauschenberg
Critical essays on the artist Robert Rauschenberg, focusing on the important period of his development in the 1950s and 1960s.From the moment art historian Leo Steinberg championed his work in opposition to Clement Greenberg's rigid formalism, Robert Rauschenberg has played a pivotal role in the development and understanding of postmodern art. Challenging nearly all the prevailing assumptions a…
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- 9780262276498
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- 1 online resource (163 pages) :illustrations.
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Richard Serra
A critical primer on artist Richard Serra's work.Richard Serra is considered by many to be the most important sculptor of the postwar period. The essays in this volume cover the complete span of Serra's work to date--from his first experiments with materials and processes through his early films and site works to his current series of "torqued ellipses." There is a special emphasis on those mom…
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- 9780262273022
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- 1 online resource (205 pages) :illustrations.
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Rethinking media change :the aesthetics of transition
The essays in Rethinking Media Change center on a variety of media forms at moments of disruption and cultural transformation. The editors' introduction sketches an aesthetics of media transition--patterns of development and social dispersion that operate across eras, media forms, and cultures. The book includes case studies of such earlier media as the book, the phonograph, early cinema, and t…
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- 9780262284943
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- 1 online resource (x, 404 pages) :illustrations.
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Reflections on water :new approaches to transboundary conflicts and cooperation
This book offers conceptual and empirical support for the idea that the human relationship with water must move beyond rationalist definitions of water as product, property, and commodity.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262268660
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 358 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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Reconstructing the cognitive world :the next step
"A Bradford book.""In Reconstructing the Cognitive World, Michael Wheeler argues that we should turn away from the generically Cartesian philosophical foundations of much contemporary cognitive science research and proposes instead a Heideggerian approach. Wheeler begins with an interpretation of Descartes. He defines Cartesian psychology as a conceptual framework of explanatory principles and …
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- 9780262286039
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- 1 online resource (xi, 340 pages)
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Readings in development economics.
These two volumes of readings attempt to bring some degree of structure to a relatively diffuse field. Because of the sheer volume of high-quality work in development economics research, they are intended as a sampling of work at the frontier of the field, rather than as a comprehensive overview. Volume II: Empirical Microeconomics focuses on empirical work. Topics covered include the relations…
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Spectrum auctions and competition in telecommunications
"CES."Leading experts in industrial organization and auction theory examine the recent European telecommunication license auction experience. In 2000 and 2001, several European countries carried out auctions for third generation technologies or universal mobile telephone services (UMTS) communication licenses. These "spectrum auctions" inaugurated yet another era in an industry that has already…
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- 0262090376
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- 1 online resource (x, 306 pages) :illustrations.
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Social thinking-software practice
A collection of essays on the interrelationship of social science and software practice.Software practice--which includes software development, design, and use--needs to go beyond the traditional engineering framework. Drawing on a variety of social theory approaches, this book focuses on interdisciplinary cooperation in software practice. The topics discussed include the facilitation of collab…
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- 9780262271783
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- 1 online resource (xii, 481 pages) :illustrations
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Should the United States Privatize Social Security?
The two papers that make up the core of this book address what is perhaps the most fundamental question in the current debate over Social Security: whether to shift, in part or even entirely, from today's pay-as-you-go system to one that is not just funded but also privatized in the sense that individuals would retain control over the investment of their funds and, therefore, personally bear th…
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- 9780262266697
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