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Mind and brain :a critical appraisal of cognitive neuroscience
Here, William Uttal offers a critical review of cognitive neuroscience, examining both its history and modern developments in the field. He pays particular attention to the role of brain imaging in studying the mind-brain relationship.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Competitive Failures in Insurance Markets: Theory and Policy Implications
Leading international economists offer new insights on recent developments in the economic analysis of the limits of insurability, with particular attention of adverse selection and moral hazard.Risk sharing is a cornerstone of modern economies. It is valuable to risk-averse consumers and essential for investment and entrepreneurs. The standard economic model of risk exchange predicts that comp…
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Technics and Architecture: The Development of Materials and Systems for Building
In this richly illustrated history Cecil Elliott focuses on a neglected aspect of architecture, the tecnics of building form. Concentrating on developments in Europe and North America from the Industrial Revolution to the present, he surveys the ways in which new materials, methods, and systems were discovered and tested, and the ways in which they succeeded or failed. Elliott tells the story i…
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Organization Space: Landscapes, Highways, and Houses in America
Bridging the gap between architecture and infrastructure, Easterling views architecture as part of an ecology of interrelationships and linkages, and she treats the expression of organizational character as part of the architectural endeavor. The dominant architectures in our culture of development consist of generic protocols for building offices, airports, houses, and highways. For Keller …
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The origins of grammar :evidence from early language comprehension
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- 1 online resource (x, 230 pages) :illustrations.
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The Origins of Music
The book can be viewed as representing the birth of evolutionary biomusicology. What biological and cognitive forces have shaped humankind's musical behavior and the rich global repertoire of musical structures? What is music for, and why does every human culture have it? What are the universal features of music and musical behavior across cultures? In this groundbreaking book, musicologists…
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Orthogonal Town Planning in Antiquity
The decisiveness of the right angle, which is uncommon in nature, would seem to exercise an irresistible appeal to the human mind, for it permeates man's art, artifacts, and architecture. That it should also appear as a basic organizational element in town plans over many centuries and in many cultures only confirms this appeal. The present work examines Greek, Etruscan, Italic, Hellenistic, an…
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Uncertainty Underground: Yucca Mountain and the Nation's High-Level Nuclear W…
Despite approval by Congress and the Bush administration and over seven billion dollars already spent, the Yucca Mountain, Nevada, site for disposal of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel is not yet in operation. The reasons for the delay lie not only in citizen and activist opposition to the project but also in the numerous scientific and technical issues that remain unresolved. Although man…
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Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice
Includes index.Looking at knowledge as a shared resource: experts discuss how to define, protect, and build the knowledge commons in the digital age."Knowledge in digital form offers unprecedented access to information through the Internet but at the same time is subject to ever-greater restrictions through intellectual property legislation, overpatenting, licensing, overpricing, and lack of pr…
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Open strategy :mastering disruption from outside the C-suite
"A practical guide, grounded in research, for implementing open strategy in organizations"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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