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Weighting Methods and their Effects on Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model O…
This book provides a systematic way of how to make better decisions in water resources management. The applications of three weighting methods namely rating, ranking, and ratio are discussed in this book. Additionally, data mining on keywords is presented using three popular scholarly databases: Science Direct, Scopus, and SciVerse. Four abbreviated keywords (MCDM, MCDA, MCA, MADM) representing…
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Weapons in space :technology, politics, and the rise and fall of the Strategi…
"This is the first historical work that situates the Strategic Defense Initiative within a new phase in the militarization of space, uncovering a largely secret history of the role of military space technologies in late-Cold War U.S. defense strategy and foreign relations"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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The leak :politics, activists, and the loss of trust in science at Brookhaven…
How the discovery of a harmless leak of radiation sparked a media firestorm, political grandstanding, and fearmongering that closed a vital scientific facility. In 1997, scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory found a small leak of radioactive water near their research reactor. Brookhaven was -- and is -- a world-class, Nobel Prize-winning lab, and its reactor was the cornerstone of US mat…
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- 1 online resource (344 pages).
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A place for science and technology studies :observation, intervention, and co…
An exploration of science and technology studies in eight different places, and the possibilities that arise for observation, intervention, and collaboration. Where does science and technology studies (STS) belong In A Place for Science and Technology Studies, Jane Calvert takes readers through eight different rooms -- the laboratory, the conference room, the classroom, the coffee room, the art…
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- 9780262376914
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Cats, carpenters, and accountants :bibliographical foundations of information…
"This book argues that bibliography is the foundation of information science, an infrastructure with the power to address many of the most challenging issues in the field. Bibliographers establish what has been presented to us as records of what has been known, experienced, and desired, and they are responsible for assessing and safeguarding what has arrived in the present and for reproducing w…
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A history of the social sciences in 101 books
"The most respected researchers in the social sciences in France were each invited to write an essay presenting a book of interest, significance, and influence in the social sciences for a general readership, addressing its contributions and impact as well as its shortcomings, the lingering questions it leaves, and the work remaining to be done, to offer a new, nuanced portrait of the field's f…
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Molecular mechanisms in materials :insights from atomistic modeling and simul…
"This book introduces students and non-specialists to the study of material behaviors at the molecular level and their impact on macroscopic properties"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Writing for their lives :America's pioneering female science journalists
"Based on extensive archival research in the voluminous Science Service records at the Smithsonian Institution, Writing for Their Lives focuses on a remarkable group of women whose contributions to science and journalism deserve greater recognition"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Counting feminicide :data feminism in action
"This book explores the work of activists in the Americas who are documenting feminicide, arguing that feminist activists at the margins have much to teach mainstream data scientists about data ethics: how to work with data ethically amidst extreme and durable structural inequalities"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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The neurocognitive theory of dreaming :the where, how, when, what, and why of…
"An up-to-date synthesis of the neurocognitive theory of dreaming as presented by its founder"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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