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Built on sand :the science of granular materials
Explaining the science contained in a simple assembly of grains--the most abundant form of matter present on Earth. Granular matter--materials composed of vast amounts of solid grains--constitutes the most abundant form of matter on Earth. Granular materials assemble in disordered configurations scientists often liken to a bag of marbles. Made of macroscopic particles rather than molecules, the…
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- 9780262357951
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- 1 online resource (272 pages).
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A tale of two towers :gigantism in architecture and digital culture
A cultural history of gigantism in architecture and digital culture, from the Eiffel Tower to the World Trade Center. The gigantic is everywhere, and gigantism is manifest in everything from excessively tall skyscrapers to globe-spanning digital networks. In this book, Henriette Steiner and Kristin Veel map and critique the trajectory of gigantism in architecture and digital culture--the conver…
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- 9780262358330
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- 1 online resource (248 pages).
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Being and neonness
A cultural and philosophical history of neon, from Paris in the twentieth century to the perpetually switched-on present day. For most of us, the word neon conjures images of lights, colors, nightlife, and streets. It evokes the poetry of city nights. For Luis de Miranda, neon is a subject of philosophical curiosity. Being and Neonness is a cultural and philosophical history of neon, from early…
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- Revised and adapted by Luis de Miranda
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- 9780262353052
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- 1 online resource (136 pages).
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Keep calm and log on :your handbook for surviving the digital revolution
"This book offers sensible advice for ordinary people about how to sustain a safe and satifsfying online life. This takes some know-how, given the risks we face each day. This book offers that knowledge and empowers us to shop, share, and connect with one another digitally while protecting ourselves from identity theft, Internet addiction, fake news, and data breaches. This is a chatty, convers…
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- 0262358298
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Recovering lost species in the modern age :histories of longing and belonging
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- 9780262355711
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- 1 online resource (248 pages) :illustrations.
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Convergent evolution on earth :lessons for the search for extraterrestrial life
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- 9780262354172
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- 1 online resource (328 pages).
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Thermodynamic weirdness :from Fahrenheit to Clausius
An account of the concepts and intellectual structure of classical thermodynamics that reveals the subject's simplicity and coherence. Students of physics, chemistry, and engineering are taught classical thermodynamics through its methods--a "problems first" approach that neglects the subject's concepts and intellectual structure. In Thermodynamic Weirdness , Don Lemons fills this gap, offering…
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- 9780262351324
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- 1 online resource (192 pages).
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Alice and Bob meet the wall of fire :the biggest ideas in science from Quanta
A collection of physics and biology stories from Quanta magazine.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262350518
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The prime number conspiracy :the biggest ideas in math from Quanta
Mathematics stories from Quanta Magazine.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262350532
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The mental life of modernism :why poetry, painting, and music changed at the …
An argument that Modernism is a cognitive phenomenon rather than a cultural one. At the beginning of the twentieth century, poetry, music, and painting all underwent a sea change. Poetry abandoned rhyme and meter; music ceased to be tonally centered; and painting no longer aimed at faithful representation. These artistic developments have been attributed to cultural factors ranging from the Ind…
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- 9780262356947
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- 1 online resource (240 pages).
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