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Project Icarus systems engineering.
"The MIT Press."This technological fantasy, the product of the MIT Students System Project and the inspiration for the 1979 film "Meteor," presents a plan for avoiding a hypothetical collision between Earth and the Apollo asteroid, Icarus, which sweeps by every nineteen years within a few million miles (a near-miss in astronomical terms). Collision with a four billion-ton rock would create a ca…
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Shadows in the forest :Japan and the politics of timber in Southeast Asia
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- 0585337888
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- 1 online resource (x, 308 pages) :illustrations, map.
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Self-trust and reproductive autonomy
A study of the importance of self-trust for women's autonomy in reproductive health. The power of new medical technologies, the cultural authority of physicians, and the gendered power dynamics of many patient-physician relationships can all inhibit women's reproductive freedom. Often these factors interfere with women's ability to trust themselves to choose and act in ways that are consistent …
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- 0585442711
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 199 pages).
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Self-representational approaches to consciousness
"A Bradford book."In this pioneering collection of essays, leading theorists examine the self-representational theory of consciousness, which holds that consciousness always involves some form of self-awareness. The self-representational theory of consciousness stands as an alternative to the two dominant reductive theories of consciousness, the representational theory of consciousness (RTC) an…
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- 9780262277624
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- 1 online resource (561 pages)
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The second century :reconnecting customer and value chain through build-to-or…
As the auto industry moves into its second century, it suffers from low margins and a sclerotic value chain that cannot evolve with customer desires. Inventories of many weeks pile up on dealer lots and at distribution centers around the world while executives applaud marginal improvements in factory efficiency.Value streams based on Henry Ford's mass-production model from the early 1900s do no…
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- 9780262275613
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- 1 online resource (xi, 238 pages) :illustrations
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The Russian military :power and policy
Russian military capacity remains a major consideration for global security even in the post-Soviet era. This book assesses today's Russian military and analyzes its possible future direction. The contributors--experts on the subject from both Russia and the West--consider not only how Russia has built its military capacity but also the policies and doctrines that have shaped Russia's defense p…
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- 9780262279857
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages).
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The right way to hire financial help :a complete guide to choosing and managi…
Title from title screen.Detailed, practical advice on hiring financial advisers.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- [2nd ed.].
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- 9780262287845
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Restoring trust in American business
"This book examines the failure of "gatekeepers"--Corporate directors, regulators, auditors, lawyers, investment bankers, and business journalists - to stand between corporate misconduct and the public interest. Prominent scholars and corporate leaders argue that market pressures have made gatekeepers too focused on financial self-interest at the expense of the public good. Stronger professiona…
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- 9780262278560
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- 1 online resource (184 pages)
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The rediscovery of the mind
"Bradford Books."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262315982
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- 1 online resource (xv, 270 pages).
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Recollections of my life
Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934) made prolific and lasting contributions to understanding "the life of the infinitely small." Santiago Ram?on y Cajal (1852-1934) made prolific and lasting contributions to understanding "the life of the infinitely small." Widely thought of as the founder of neuroscience, Cajal made remarkable explorations into the organization and function of the ner…
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- 026228782X
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- 1 online resource (664 pages).
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