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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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- 1 online resource.
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Anti-vaxxers :how to challenge a misinformed movement
"A presentation of the scientific argument in favor of vaccination, which probes the consequences, origins and impact of the the anti-vaccination movement"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262359566
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- 1 online resource (1 volume) :illustrations (black and white).
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On the contrary :critical essays, 1987-1997
Paul and Patricia Churchland take on their critics—with verve, combativeness, and generosity. Paul M. and Patricia S. Churchland are towering figures in the fields of philosophy, neuroscience, and consciousness. This collection was prepared in the belief that the most useful and revealing of anyone's writings are often those shorter essays penned in conflict with or criticism of one's prof…
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- 0585021848
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- 1 online resource (xii, 349 pages) :illustrations.
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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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Visual culture
"A short, accesible critical guide to visual culture-what it means to look and see; how the visual impacts our lives, our era, our understandings of each other, and even how it is changing our brains"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262359719
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- 1 online resource (volumes cm.)
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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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- 9780262358750
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Frederik Ruysch and his thesaurus anatomicus :a morbid guide
A lavishly illustrated guide to the magnum opus of the great seventeenth-century anatomist, master embalmer, artist, and collector of specimens. Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731) was a celebrated Dutch anatomist, master embalmer, and museologist. He is best remembered today for strange tableaux, crafted from fetal skeletons and other human remains, that flicker provocatively at the edges of science, …
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- 9780262366526
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- 1 online resource (256 pages)
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Robotics :science and systems VI
"This volume contains the 40 papers presented at Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2010, held at the University of Zaragoza in Spain, from June 27 to June 30, 2010"--Preface.Papers from a flagship robotics conference that cover topics ranging from kinematics to human-robot interaction and robot perception.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262298933
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 322 pages) :illustrations
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Women and climate change :examining discourses from the Global North
"This book investigates how women have been cast with regard to climate change science and policy-making, such as roles as victims, drivers of change, laborers, and saviors"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262372664
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- 1 online resource
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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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