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Relationscapes :movement, art, philosophy
Exploring the relation between sensation and thought through the prisms of dance, cinema, art, and the new media, Manning argues for the intensity of movement, developing the concept of preacceleration which makes palpable how movement creates relational intervals out of which displacements take form.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262255158
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- 1 online resource (x, 268 pages) :illustrations.
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Confronting the coffee crisis :fair trade, sustainable livelihoods and ecosys…
'Confronting the Coffee Crisis' explores small-scale farming the political economy of the global coffee industry, & initiatives that claim to promote more sustainable rural development in coffee-producing communities.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262267526
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- 1 online resource (xii, 390 pages) :illustrations.
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Pension strategies in Europe and the United States
In this work, leading economists analyse topical issues in pension policy, including strucural reform of pay-as-you-go systems, the political sustainability of pension reforms, and the need for private, funded systems.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262272575
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- 1 online resource (vi, 299 pages) :illustrations.
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Learning to communicate in science and engineering :case studies from MIT
To many science and engineering students, the task of writing may seem irrelevant to their future professional careers. At MIT, however, students discover that writing about their technical work is important not only in solving real-world problems but also in developing their professional identities. MIT puts into practice the belief that "engineers who don't write well end up working for engin…
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- 0262310627
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- 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) :illustrations
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Bond markets in Latin America :on the verge of a big bang?
Developing local bond markets is high on the policy agenda of Latin America. This book's case studies of Argentina, Brazil Chile, Columbia, Mexico and Uruguay, written by country experts follow a common methodology, with each offering a history of that country's bond market development and data sets.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262269025
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- 1 online resource (x, 305 pages) :illustrations
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Minding the weather :how expert forecasters think
"This book presents an integration of recent research that reveals the knowledge and reasoning of expert weather forecasters, explaining how they understand and predict the weather. The book also discusses different styles and approaches to forecasting. It summarizes what weather forecasters themselves have said about their reasoning, the literature of what makes for sound training of forecaste…
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- 9780262339407
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- 1 online resource.
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Quantum computing without magic :devices
This text offers an introduction to quantum computing, with a special emphasis on basic quantum physics, experiment, and quantum devices. Unlike many other texts, which tend to emphasize algorithms, Quantum Computing without Magic explains the requisite quantum physics in some depth, and then explains the devices themselves. It is a book for readers who, having already encountered quantum algor…
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- 9780262288187
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- 1 online resource (xx, 422 pages) :illustrations.
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Foreign direct investment and the multinational enterprise
Top economists examine one of the key forces in globalization from a wide range of theoretical and empirical perspectives.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262269124
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- 1 online resource (1 volume).
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Emergence :contemporary readings in philosophy and science
"A Bradford book."This reader collects in one easy, accessible place, classic writings on emergence from contemporary philosophy and science. This title includes contributions from the likes of John Searle, Stephen Weinberg, Thomas Schelling, Stephen Wolfram and Jenny Fodor.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9781435640740
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- 1 online resource (xv, 464 pages) :illustrations
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Scientific collaboration on the Internet
Modern science is increasingly collaborative, and this volume looks at the challenges and rewards of scientific collaboration enabled by information and communication technology, from theoretical approaches to in-depth case studies.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262281041
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- 1 online resource (xii, 406 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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