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All data are local :thinking critically in a data-driven society
How to analyze data settings rather than data sets, acknowledging the meaning-making power of the local. In our data-driven society, it is too easy to assume the transparency of data. Instead, Yanni Loukissas argues in All Data Are Local , we should approach data sets with an awareness that data are created by humans and their dutiful machines, at a time, in a place, with the instruments at han…
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- 9780262352215
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- 1 online resource (272 pages).
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A philosophy of madness :the experience of psychotic thinking
Translations of: Filosophie van de waanzin: Fundamentele en grensoverischrijdende inzichten, 2014."A groundbreaking, deeply personal, magnum opus on madness and philosophy from a psychotic patient turned philosopher"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262359634
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The smart enough city :putting technology in Its place to reclaim our urban f…
Why technology is not an end in itself, and how cities can be "smart enough," using technology to promote democracy and equity. Smart cities, where technology is used to solve every problem, are hailed as futuristic urban utopias. We are promised that apps, algorithms, and artificial intelligence will relieve congestion, restore democracy, prevent crime, and improve public services. In The Smar…
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- 9780262352246
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- 1 online resource (240 pages) :illustrations.
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Spontaneous venturing :an entrepreneurial approach to alleviating suffering i…
Identifying a new approach to disaster response: spontaneous, compassionate, and impromptu actions to alleviate suffering. In Spontaneous Venturing , Dean Shepherd and Trenton Williams identify and describe a new approach for responding to disaster and suffering: the local organizing of spontaneous, compassionate, and impromptu actions -- the rapid emergence of a compassionate venture. This app…
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- 0262349590
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- 1 online resource (248 pages).
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Making time on Mars
"Making Time on Mars is a book about people, robots, processes and intuitions working together to make time on Mars. In early 2004, for over ninety days NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers mission set their daily work activities on Earth according to "Mars time" clocks. Two local Mars times, one for each of the two Mars rovers, drove work timelines for all mission members. A successful mission that …
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Convergent evolution in stone-tool technology
Scholars from a variety of disciplines consider cases of convergence in lithic technology, when functional or developmental constraints result in similar forms in independent lineages.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262346160
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- 1 online resource (x, 294 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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Teaching computational thinking :an integrative approach for middle and high …
"This book provides a model for teaching computational thinking to middle and high school students across a broad range of school subjects"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262366142
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The social fact :news and knowledge in a networked world
How the structure of news, information, and knowledge is evolving and how news media can foster social connection. While the public believes that journalism remains crucial for democracy, there is a general sense that the news media are performing this role poorly. In The Social Fact, John Wihbey makes the case that journalism can better serve democracy by focusing on ways of fostering social c…
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- 9780262351973
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- 1 online resource (328 pages).
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Weaving the dark web :legitimacy on freenet, Tor, and I2P
An exploration of the Dark Web--websites accessible only with special routing software--that examines the history of three anonymizing networks, Freenet, Tor, and I2P.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262347587
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- 1 online resource (xi, 276 pages).
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Making and doing :activating STS through knowledge expression and travel
"Focused on engaging with and communicating to audiences outside the STS academy through the "making and doing" movement"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262366053
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