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Reading the Comments: Likers, Haters, and Manipulators at the Bottom of the Web
Online comment can be informative or misleading, entertaining or maddening. Haters and manipulators often seem to monopolize the conversation. Some comments are off-topic, or even topic-less. In this book, Joseph Reagle urges us to read the comments. Conversations "on the bottom half of the Internet," he argues, can tell us much about human nature and social behavior. Reagle visits communiti…
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Changing lanes :visions and histories of urban freeways
The story of the evolution of the urban freeway, the competing visions that informed it, and the emerging alternatives for more sustainable urban transportation.Urban freeways often cut through the heart of a city, destroying neighborhoods, displacing residents, and reconfiguring street maps. These massive infrastructure projects, costing billions of dollars in transportation funds, have been s…
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- 0262312387
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 361 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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Time and identity
The concepts of time and identity seem at once unproblematic and frustratingly difficult. Time is an intricate part of our experience—it would seem that the passage of time is a prerequisite for having any experience at all—and yet recalcitrant questions about time remain. Is time real? Does time flow? Do past and future moments exist? Philosophers face similarly stubborn questions about id…
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- 9780262265799
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- 1 online resource (vi, 330 pages).
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Wikipedia @ 20 :stories of an incomplete revolution
"Founders, contributors, scholars, teachers, and students reflect on Wikipedia's first 20 years"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262360594
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Memories of a theoretical physicist :a journey across the landscape of string…
"Breakthrough Prize recipient Joseph Polchinksi (now deceased) reveals details of his upbringing, his collaborations with major figures in physics, and his significant contributions to string theory and cosmology"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262368919
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Causation and Explanation
"A Bradford book."Leading scholars discuss the development and application of theories of causation and explanation, offering a state-of-the-art view of current work on these two topics.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 315 pages) :illustrations.
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Project-Based Learning for Academically-Able Students; Hwa Chong Institution …
Buku ini melaporkan penelitian yang bertujuan untuk mengembangkan pemahaman tentang dampak kurikulum pembelajaran kerja proyek berbasis penelitian terhadap pembelajaran mandiri. Sebuah studi kasus mengkaji pandangan dan pengalaman siswa di Hwa Chong Institution Singapura, yang terlibat dalam kurikulum sekolah menengah ketat yang dikembangkan untuk menawarkan pengalaman belajar yang mandiri, dis…
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- 978-94-6300-732-0
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Neurotechnology for biomimetic robots
"A Bradford book."An overview of neurotechnology, the engineering of robots based on animals and animal behavior.The goal of neurotechnology is to confer the performance advantages of animal systems on robotic machines. Biomimetic robots differ from traditional robots in that they are agile, relatively cheap, and able to deal with real-world environments. The engineering of these robots require…
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 636 pages) :illustrations
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Climate Change :What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren
"This revised and updated collection of essays on climate change incorporates the latest scientific research and policy initiatives on the subject. It describes recent major legislative actions, analyzes alternative regulatory tools (including new uses of taxes and markets), offers increased coverage of China and other developing nations, discusses the role of social media in communicating abou…
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- Second edition.
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- 9780262322300
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 343 pages) :illustrations.
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Niche Envy: Marketing Discrimination in the Digital Age
The price we pay for the new strategies in database marketing that closely track desirable customers, offering them benefits in return for personal information. We have all been to Web sites that welcome us by name, offering us discounts, deals, or special access to content. For the most part, it feels good to be wanted—to be valued as a customer. But if we thought about it, we might reali…
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