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The world set free
"Building on the recent discovery that "the atom, that once we thought hard and impenetrable, and indivisible and final and - lifeless - lifeless, is really a reservoir of immense energy," Wells conjures a 1950s England in which clean, efficient atomic engines have transformed life for the better. Alas, a world war breaks out, in which atomic bombs wipe out the world's great cities. Worldwide c…
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- 9780262368674
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The promise and peril of entrepreneurship :job creation and survival among us…
"A book describing surprising findings from a new dataset on startups in the US"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262373975
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The convergent evolution of agriculture in humans and insects
"An edited collection about the evolution of agriculture in humans and insects"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262367572
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The parent trap :how to stop overloading parents and fix our inequality crisis
"A trade book making the economic case for more systematic support of parents in developing their children's skills"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262369001
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- 1 online resource.
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Sludge :what it is and what we can do about it
"A short manifesto on sludge, the goo that gums up the works of people working through various public and private systems, and why/how it should be reduced"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262365340
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Long days, short years :a cultural history of modern parenting
"How parenting has, over the last half century, emerged as a pervasive verb that invokes extremes of joy, guilt, pride, anxiety, and responsibility"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262370824
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The age of prediction :algorithms, AI, and the shifting shadows of risk
The power of the ever-increasing tools and algorithms for prediction and their paradoxical effects on risk. The Age of Prediction is about two powerful, and symbiotic, trends: the rapid development and use of artificial intelligence and big data to enhance prediction, as well as the often paradoxical effects of these better predictions on our understanding of risk and the ways we live. Beginnin…
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- 9780262373203
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- 1 online resource (208 pages).
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Drugs and the FDA :a story of tragedy, effectiveness, and safety
"The tension between the drugs patients need & what is necessary to demonstrate safety & efficacy; a story of hope in justifiably desperate patients vs. the time it takes to prove drugs actually work"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262371322
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Playing software :homo ludens in computational culture
"This is Johan Huizinga's Homo Ludens for the 21st century. Miguel Sicart extends Huizinga's argument that play is essential to the generation of culture to the computational culture of today"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262373180
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Reimagining design :unlocking strategic innovation
"How a deliberate merger of design and innovation capabilities can help organizations garner more strategic advantage, pursue sustainable growth, navigate disruption, and improve foresight"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262368476
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