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Uncertain archives :critical keywords for big data
"The ambition of this book is to examine in close detail the whole range of epistemological, political and ethical uncertainties that are being raised by big data in our time"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262361280
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Against moral responsibility
Here, Bruce Waller launches a spirited attack on a system that is profoundly entrenched in our society and its institutions deeply rooted in our emotions, and vigorously defended by philosophers from ancient times to the present.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262298940
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Social science for what? :battles over public funding for the "other sciences…
How the NSF became an important yet controversial patron for the social sciences, influencing debates over their scientific status and social relevance. In the early Cold War years, the U.S. government established the National Science Foundation (NSF), a civilian agency that soon became widely known for its dedication to supporting first-rate science. The agency's 1950 enabling legislation made…
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Retirement income :risks and strategies
With 'Retirement Income', Warshawsky offers not abstract theory or highly technical methodology but practical ideas based on the results of empirical investigations and analyses, which can be applied to household decision making by retirees and their financial planners and to the design of insurance products and public policy.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262301596
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- 1 online resource (vi, 267 pages) :illustrations
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The demonstration society
"An analysis of the "demonstration"-from protests to tech product demos and everything in between-to draw out their peculiarities and common features"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262366398
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Designed for digital :how to architect your business for sustained success
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- 9780262354776
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- 1 online resource (208 pages).
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The small worlds of corporate governance
The financial crisis of 2008 laid bare the hidden network of relationships in corporate governance: who owes what to whom and who will stand by whom in times of crisis. This book maps the influence of these types of economic and social networks on corporate behaviour and governance.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262301572
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 388 pages) :illustrations
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LabOratory :Speaking of Science and Its Architecture
An illustrated examination of laboratory architecture and the work that it does to engage the public, recruit scientists, and attract funding.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 026235635X
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- 1 online resource (361 pages)
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Conflicted American landscapes
"Traces six contradictory American ideologies of nature from their emergence in the late eighteenth century to the present to explore how inconsistent conceptions of nature lead to conflict"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262363097
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Extraterrestrials
"In this EK title Roush investigates a topic that has fascinated him since college -- the possibility and probability of life, intelligent or otherwise, in the universe. The book covers the history and science of our search for extraterrestrial life, and investigates what that search means for us as a species, as well as what the implications of finding life on other planets might mean for life…
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