The big book of concepts

"A Bradford book."Concepts embody our knowledge of the kinds of things there are in the world. Tying our past experiences to our present interactions with the environment, they enable us to recognize and understand new objects and events. Concepts are also relevant to understanding domains such as social situations, personality types, and even artistic styles. Yet like other phenomenologically …

Categories we live by :how we classify everyone and everything

An in-depth analysis of how humanity's compulsion to categorize affects every aspect of our lived experience. The minute we are born -- sometimes even before -- we are categorized. From there, classifications dog our every step: to school, work, the doctor's office, and even the grave. Despite the vast diversity and individuality in every life, we seek patterns, organization, and control. In Ca…

The unequal effects of globalization

"A look at the effects of globalization on within-country inequality and implications of policies to address this"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

The great Easter :ambulation

"The first-person account of what it is actually like to be what Deleuze & Guattari call a "schizo on a stroll.""--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Minding the weather :how expert forecasters think

"This book presents an integration of recent research that reveals the knowledge and reasoning of expert weather forecasters, explaining how they understand and predict the weather. The book also discusses different styles and approaches to forecasting. It summarizes what weather forecasters themselves have said about their reasoning, the literature of what makes for sound training of forecaste…

Psychology :the hope of a science

"A Bradford book."At a time in the history of psychology when many psychologists are troubled by the splintered condition of the field, Gregory Kimble proposes that the diverse perspectives in psychology share ways of thinking that can bring coherence to the discipline. Drawing on years of extensive research and scholarship, Kimble presents evidence for this potential unity. He portrays psychol…

Strategic warfare in cyberspace

A comprehensive analysis of strategic information warfare waged via digital means as a distinct concern for the United States and its allies. In the "information age," information systems may serve as both weapons and targets. Although the media has paid a good deal of attention to information warfare, most treatments so far are overly broad and without analytical foundations. In this book Greg…

Slaves of the machine :the quickening of computer technology

"A Bradford book."Includes index.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Categories We Live By: How We Classify Everyone and Everything

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Virtual Realities International Dagstuhl Seminar, Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, …

Virtual reality (VR) is a multidisciplinary area of research aimed at interactive human–computer-mediated simulations of artificial environments. An important aspect of VR-based systems is the stimulation of the human senses – usually sight, sound, and touch – in such a way that a user feels a sense of presence in the virtual environment. Sometimes it is important to combine real and virt…