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Handbook of mobile communication studies
This volume offers a view of the cultural, interpersonal and family consequences of mobile communication across the globe. The contributors analyse the effects of moble communications on all aspects of life, from the relationship between literacy and the textual features of phones, to the use of ringtones as a form of social exchange.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262276818
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- 1 online resource (ix, 472 pages) :illustrations, map
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Weather by the numbers :the genesis of modern meteorology
The history of the growth and professionalization of American meteorology and its transformation into a physics- and mathematics-based scientific discipline.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262274982
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- 1 online resource (ix, 308 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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Elizabeth Blackburn and the story of telomeres :deciphering the ends of DNA
The story of molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn and her groundbreaking research on telomeres and what it reveals about the resourceful optimism that characterizes the best scientific thinking.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262269117
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- 1 online resource (392 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :illustrations
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Sex and the brain
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- 9780262272247
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 834 pages) :illustrations
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Structures of scientific collaboration
How technology and bureaucracy shape collaborative scientific research projects: an empirical study of multiorganizational collaboration in the physical sciences. Collaboration among organizations is rapidly becoming common in scientific research as globalization and new communication technologies make it possible for researchers from different locations and institutions to work together on com…
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- 9780262283588
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- 1 online resource (xi, 280 pages) :illustrations.
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The enclave economy :foreign investment and sustainable development in Mexico…
Analyzes the extent to which foreign investment in Mexico's information technology sector brought economic, social, and environmental benefits to Guadalajara.Foreign investment has been widely perceived as a panacea for developing countries--as a way to reduce poverty and kick-start sustainable modern industries. The Enclave Economy calls this prescription into question, showing that Mexico's p…
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- 9780262273398
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- 1 online resource (x, 214 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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The Musical Representation :Meaning, Ontology, and Emotion.
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- 9780262290784
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- 1 online resource (400 pages)
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Governance and information technology :from electronic government to informat…
Experts discuss moving beyond the notion of electronic government and its focus on technology and efficiency to a broader concept of "information government" that incorporates the role of information flows within government, between government and citizen.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262279291
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) :illustrations
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Cinematic mythmaking :philosophy in film
Mythic themes and philosophical probing in film as an art form, as seen in works of Preston Sturges, Jean Cocteau, Stanley Kubrick, and various other filmmakers. Film is the supreme medium for mythmaking. The gods and heroes of mythology are both larger than life and deeply human; they teach us about the world, and they tell us a good story. Similarly, our experience of film is both distant and…
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- 9780262283694
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- 1 online resource (x, 245 pages).
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Things and places :how the mind connects with the world
"A Bradford book."Problems in linking representation and perceived things in the world are discussed in light of the role played by a preconceptual indexing mechanism that functions to identify, reidentify, and track objects.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262282000
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 255 pages) :illustrations.
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