"Despite enormous scientific and media attention focused on the topic, real progress against climate change has been frustratingly slow. Why? Peter Friederici claims that this failure is largely due to narrative--specifically, to the existence of numerous compelling narratives of denial that are closely tied to our political, economic, religious, and psychological belief systems. By analyzing h…
"How cultural and technological objects can reveal more information than their creators or sharers intended, or even imagined, when introduced into new contexts"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"The authors construct theories and methods for "distant viewing" as a method for analyzing collections of digitized visual materials with computer vision"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Chun investigates the centrality of race, gender, class, and sexuality to "Big Data" and network analytics"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"An examination of the role and impact of lockdown drills in America's schools, including consideration of arguments for and against these practices"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Saul Griffith lays out an accessible, rigorously-researched plan to decarbonize the U.S. economy in time to address climate change. His plan, in short, is to "electrify everything." Griffith uses his deep understanding of U.S. energy flows, materials, and clean energy technologies to show that decarbonizing in time to meet climate goals is not only possible, but can be done without major sacri…
An introduction to the technology of contact tracing and its usefulness for public health, considering questions of efficacy, equity, and privacy. Contact tracing is key to containing and controlling the spread of a virus in a pandemic. South Korea, China, and Singapore were among the few countries that quickly employed contact tracing after the emergence of COVID-19; the United States did not.…
"Memory, Edited explores historical memory in the context of today's crises of extremism and polarization, showing how narratives that seem to reveal an "arc of history" leading to progress or salvation are false accounts that exclude some groups and privilege others. Rumsey gives us a deep look at 20th century Russian and Eastern European artists as a way of exploring the effects of authoritar…
"Using a well-known and successful dance and performance method, the authors describe how avatars and robots can be designed to be more comfortable with these technologies"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"An examination of the daily grind of living with pollution in rural China and of the varying forms of activism that develop in response, revised from the original 2017 edition with a new preface"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.