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Computer-human interaction : cognitive effects of spatial interaction, learni…
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 25th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, OzCHI 2013, held in Adelaide, SA, Australia, in November 2013. The 11 revised extended papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 192 submissions and cover topics on multi-dimensional interaction; video gaming; spatial learning; and physical spatial in…
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- 9783319169408
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- xii, 239 pages
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- 004.8
Hartmut Elsenhans and a Critique of Capitalism Conversations on Theory and P…
This book presents a series of interviews with Hartmut Elsenhans on his wide-ranging theories and their policy implications. Serving as a compilation of his distilled thoughts, we discuss with him his unique world economic theory, his theorisation of social movements, his work on overcoming underdevelopment, and much more.
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- 978-1-349-56243-5
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- XII, 184
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- 330 WIL h
The Jazz Republic Music, Race, and American Culture in Weimar Germany
The Jazz Republic examines jazz music and the jazz artists who shaped Germany’s exposure to this African American art form from 1919 through 1933. Jonathan O. Wipplinger explores the history of jazz in Germany as well as the roles that music, race (especially Blackness), and America played in German culture and follows the debate over jazz through the fourteen years of Germany’s first democ…
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- 9780472073405
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Performing Deception ; Learning, Skill and the Art of Conjuring
In Performing Deception, Brian Rappert reconstructs the practice of entertainment magic by analysing it through the lens of perception, deception and learning, as he goes about studying conjuring himself. Through this novel meditation on reasoning and skill, Rappert elevates magic from the undertaking of mere trickery to an art that offers the basis for rethinking our possibilities for acting i…
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- 9781800646902
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Harmonics in Offshore Wind Power Plants Application of Power Electronic Devi…
This book reports on cutting-edge findings regarding harmonic stability assessment for offshore wind power plants (OWPPs). It presents a timely investigation of the harmonic stability interaction between OWPPs on the one hand, and associated control systems in the wind turbines and other power electronic devices in the transmission system on the other. The book particularly focuses on voltage-s…
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- 978-3-319-26475-2
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- XXV, 208
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The Politics of Affective Societies ; An Interdisciplinary Essay
Many claim that political deliberation has become exceedingly affective, and hence, destabilizing. The authors of this book revisit that assumption. While recognizing that significant changes are occurring, these authors also point out the limitations of turning to contemporary democratic theory to understand and unpack these shifts. They propose, instead, to reframe this debate by deploying th…
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- 9783837647624
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A Handbook of Plant-Form For Students of Design, Art Schools, Teachers and A…
Written and richly illustrated by the Derby-born artist Ernest Ellis Clark (1869–1932), this guide was originally published in 1904 to demonstrate the decorative possibilities of certain plants, mainly English wild flowers, to art students sitting examinations in plant drawing and design. Clark emphasises the importance of retaining a certain amount of botanical accuracy and provides examples…
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- 9781107262225
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- Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
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Migratory Men ; Place, Transnationalism and Masculinities
Foregrounding the ways in which men experience transnational migration, Migratory Men: Place, Transnationalism and Masculinities considers how we conceptualise and theorise mobile men in a global context. Bringing together studies from around the world (e.g. Australia, Pakistan, Tunisia, Zimbabwe and Italy), this collection foregrounds how the transnational migratory experience profoundly resha…
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- 9781003353232
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Harmonic Analysis on Exponential Solvable Lie Groups
This book is the first one that brings together recent results on the harmonic analysis of exponential solvable Lie groups. There still are many interesting open problems, and the book contributes to the future progress of this research field. As well, various related topics are presented to motivate young researchers. The orbit method invented by Kirillov is applied to study basic problems …
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- 978-4-431-55287-1
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- XI, 465
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The Paraguayan War ; Causes and Early Conduct, 2nd Edition
Reissued with a new introduction by the author, The Paraguayan War is an engrossing and comprehensive account of the origins and early campaigns of the deadliest and most extensive interstate war ever fought in Latin America. One of the first significant investigations of the Paraguayan War available in English, it investigates the complexities of South American nationalism, military developmen…
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