"What altered states of consciousness--the dissolution of feelings of time and self--can tell us about the mystery of consciousness. During extraordinary moments of consciousness--shock, meditative states and sudden mystical revelations, out-of-body experiences, or drug intoxication--our senses of time and self are altered; we may even feel time and self dissolving. These experiences have long …
"General introduction to the history of technology privileging a global view over typical Eurocentrist takes on the subject"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
State-of-the-art research on MRFs, successful MRF applications, and advanced topics for future study.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Imagining a future in which humans fundamentally reshape the natural world using nanotechnology, synthetic biology, de-extinction, and climate engineering. We have all heard that there are no longer any places left on Earth untouched by humans. The significance of this goes beyond statistics documenting melting glaciers and shrinking species counts. It signals a new geological epoch. In The Syn…
The election of Donald Trump and the great disruption in the news and social media. Donald Trump's election as the 45th President of the United States came as something of a surprise—to many analysts, journalists, and voters. The New York Times' s The Upshot gave Hillary Clinton an 85 percent chance of winning the White House even as the returns began to come in. What happened? And what role …
An overarching framework for comparing and steering complex adaptive systems is developed through understanding the mechanisms that generate their intricate signal/boundary hierarchies.
"A Core Research Project of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)."Here, experts investigate how states and other actors can improve inter-institutional synergy. They examine the complexity of over-lapping environmental governance structures.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
A new edition of a book that details the system of transformation underlying the 14 Points for Management presented in Deming's Out of the Crisis . It would be better if everyone would work together as a system, with the aim for everybody to win. What we need is cooperation and transformation to a new style of management." --from The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education In this boo…
Deming's classic work on management, based on his famous 14 Points for Management. " Long-term commitment to new learning and new philosophy is required of any management that seeks transformation. The timid and the fainthearted, and the people that expect quick results, are doomed to disappointment." --from Out of the Crisis In his classic Out of the Crisis, W. Edwards Deming describes the fou…
"How to educate the next generation of college students to invent, to create, and to discover--filling needs that even the most sophisticated robot cannot. Driverless cars are hitting the road, powered by artificial intelligence. Robots can climb stairs, open doors, win Jeopardy, analyze stocks, work in factories, find parking spaces, advise oncologists. In the past, automation was considered a…