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How attention works :finding your way in a world full of distraction
How we filter out what is irrelevant so we can focus on what we need to know. We are surrounded by a world rich with visual information, but we pay attention to very little of it, filtering out what is irrelevant so we can focus on what we think we need to know. Advertisers, web designers, and other "attention architects" try hard to get our attention, promoting products with videos on huge out…
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- 9780262350976
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- 1 online resource (152 pages).
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IBM :the rise and fall and reinvention of a global icon
A history of one of the most influential American companies of the last century. For decades, IBM shaped the way the world did business. IBM products were in every large organization, and IBM corporate culture established a management style that was imitated by companies around the globe. It was "Big Blue", an icon. And yet over the years, IBM has gone through both failure and success, survivin…
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- 9780262351485
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- 1 online resource (752 pages).
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Plagues and the paradox of progress :why the world is getting healthier in wo…
"A Council on Foreign Relations book."Why the news about the global decline of infectious diseases is not all good. Plagues and parasites have played a central role in world affairs, shaping the evolution of the modern state, the growth of cities, and the disparate fortunes of national economies. This book tells that story, but it is not about the resurgence of pestilence. It is the story of it…
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- 9780262348072
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- 1 online resource (259 pages) :illustrations, maps
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Quantum reality :grasping the metaphysical implications of Bell's theorem
A physicist's efforts to understand the enigma that is quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics is one of the glories of our age. The theory lies at the heart of modern society. Quantum mechanics is one of our most valuable forecasters--a "great predictor." It has immeasurably altered our conception of the natural world. Its philosophical implications are earthshaking. But quantum mechanics steadfa…
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- 9780262353298
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- 1 online resource (160 pages) :illustrations
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Toward fewer images :the work of Alexander Kluge
The first English-language monograph devoted to the full oeuvre of Alexander Kluge, the prolific German filmmaker, television producer, digital entrepreneur, author, thinker, and public intellectual. Alexander Kluge (born 1932) is a German filmmaker, author, television producer, theorist, and digital entrepreneur. Since 1960, he has made fourteen feature films and twenty short films and has wri…
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- 9780262346672
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- 1 online resource (448 pages).
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Proxies :the cultural work of standing in
"A history of proxies and how they are made, shaped, and maintained"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 026236624X
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The great Easter :ambulation
"The first-person account of what it is actually like to be what Deleuze & Guattari call a "schizo on a stroll.""--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262370585
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The AI advantage :how to put the artificial intelligence revolution to work
Thomas Davenport offers a guide to using artificial intelligence in business. He describes what technologies are available and how companies can use them for business benefits and competitive advantage. He cuts through the hype of the AI craze - remember when it seemed plausible that IBM's Watson could cure cancer? - to explain how businesses can put artificial intelligence to work now, in the …
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- 9780262350631
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The Vanishing Middle Class :Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy.
Why the United States has developed an economy divided between rich and poor and how racism helped bring this about.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262348768
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