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Keeping the edge :managing defense for the future
Most national security debates concern the outcomes of policies, neglecting the means by which those policies are implemented. This book argues that although the US military is the finest fighting force in the world, the system that supports it is in disrepair. Operating with Cold War-era structures and practices, it is subject to managerial and organizational problems that increasingly threate…
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- 9780262269995
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 326 pages).
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The Kantian legacy in nineteenth-century science
"Historians of philosophy, science, and mathematics explore the influence of Kant's philosophy on the evolution of modern scientific thought."--Jacket.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262273268
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- 1 online resource (vi, 370 pages) :illustrations.
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Journey to data quality
A guide for assessing an organization's data quality practice and a roadmap for implementing a viable data and information quality management program, based on rigorous research and drawing on real-world examples.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262256544
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- 1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) :illustrations
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Jesuit science and the republic of letters
A reassessment of the Jesuit contributions to the emergence of the scientific worldview.Founded in 1540, the Society of Jesus was viewed for centuries as an impediment to the development of modern science. The Jesuit educational system was deemed conservative and antithetical to creative thought, while the Order and its members were blamed by Galileo, Descartes, and their disciples for virtuall…
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- 9780262272537
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- 1 online resource (xi, 483 pages) :illustrations.
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Japanese morphophonemics :markedness and word structure
The sound pattern of Japanese, with its characteristic pitch accent system and rich segmental alternations, has played an important role in modern phonology, from structuralist phonemics to current constraint-based theories. In Japanese Morphophonemics, Junko Ito and Armin Mester provide the first book-length treatment of central issues in Japanese phonology from the perspective of Optimality T…
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- 9780262276054
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- 1 online resource (xii, 303 pages) :illustrations.
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James Coleman
Illustrated critical essays on the work of artist James Coleman.James Coleman has emerged in recent years as one of the most important artists of visual postmodernism. His work has transformed critical debates about the status of the image in contemporary culture and influenced an entire generation of younger artists in ways that have not yet been fully acknowledged. Until recently, Coleman has…
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- 9780262267601
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- 1 online resource (x, 213 pages) :illustrations.
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Ivory bridges :connecting science and society
A study of two bridges between science and society: governmental science policy and scientists' voluntary public-interest associations. According to a widespread stereotype, scientists occupy an ivory tower, isolated from other parts of society. To some extent this is true, and the resulting freedom to pursue curiosity-driven research has made possible extraordinary scientific advances. The spi…
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- 0585442703
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- 1 online resource (227 pages)
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Iterative arrays of logical circuits
"MIT Press."An exploration of the techniques for analyzing the behavior of one- and two-dimensional iterative networks formed of discrete, or logical elements, showing that most questions about the behavior of iterative systems are recursively undecidable.Title from vendor webpage (IEEE Xplore; viewed on Feb. 14, 2013).An exploration of the techniques for analyzing the behavior of one- and two-…
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- 9780262256322
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Islamic science and the making of the European Renaissance
"The Islamic scientific tradition has been described many times in accounts of Islamic civilization and in general histories of science, with most authors tracing its beginnings to the appropriation of ideas from other ancient civilizations - the Greeks in particular. In this thought-provoking and original book, George Saliba argues that, contrary to the generally accepted view, the foundations…
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- 9780262282888
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- 1 online resource (xi, 315 pages) :illustrations.
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Is human nature obsolete? :genetics, bioengineering, and the future of the hu…
Papers from a conference held in spring 2001 at the University of Scranton.As our scientific and technical abilities expand at breathtaking speeds, concern that modern genetics and bioengineering are leading us to a posthuman future is growing. Is Human Nature Obsolete? poses the overarching question of what it is to be human against the background of these current advances in biotechnology. It…
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- 9780262267571
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- 1 online resource (x, 422 pages).
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