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In praise of reason
A spirited defense of the relevance of reason for an era of popular skepticism over such matters as climate change, vaccines, and evolution.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 026230113X
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- 1 online resource (xii, 166 pages)
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Software studies :a lexicon
This collection of short expository, critical and speculative texts offers a field guide to the cultural, political, social and aesthetic impact of software. Experts from a range of disciplines each take a key topic in software and the understanding of software, such as algorithms and logical structures.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262273343
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- 1 online resource (xii, 334 pages) :illustrations.
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The native mind and the cultural construction of nature
Surveys show that our growing concern over protecting the environment is accompanied by a diminishing sense of human contact with nature. Many people have little commonsense knowledge about nature - are unable, for example, to identify local plants and trees or describe how these plants and animals interact. Researchers report dwindling knowledge of nature even in smaller, nonindustrialized soc…
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- 9780262267410
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- 1 online resource (viii, 333 pages) :illustrations.
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Systematics as cyberscience :computers, change, and continuity in science
For all the use scientists make of computers in their work, we still know little about how computing affects their working methods and the knowledge they produce. Christine Hine explores these questions by examining the developing use of information technology in one discipline, systematics (the classification of organisims).OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262275408
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- 1 online resource (x, 307 pages) :illustrations.
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Strategic bargaining and cooperation in greenhouse gas mitigations :an integr…
A fresh approach to the economics of climate change that bridges integrated assessment modeling and game theoretic modeling.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262286510
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- 1 online resource (x, 191 pages) :illustrations
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Internet architecture and innovation
Today--following housing bubbles, bank collapses, and high unemployment--the Internet remains the most reliable mechanism for fostering innovation and creating new wealth. The Internet's remarkable growth has been fueled by innovation. In this pathbreaking book, Barbara van Schewick argues that this explosion of innovation is not an accident, but a consequence of the Internet's architecture--a …
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- 9780262265867
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- 1 online resource (xii, 574 pages) :illustrations
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Nurturing dreams :collected essays on architecture and the city
Unavailable as a collection until now, these essays document both the intellectual journey of one of the world's leading architects and a critical period in the evolution of architectural thought.Born in Tokyo, educated in Japan and the United States, and principal of an internationally acclaimed architectural practice, celebrated architect Fumihiko Maki brings to his writings on architecture a…
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- 9780262278911
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 273 pages) :illustrations
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Critical play :radical game design
An examination of subversive games-games designed for political, aesthetic, and social critique.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262258760
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- 1 online resource (vii, 353 pages) :illustrations
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The Soar cognitive architecture
"A Bradford Book."The definitive presentation of Soar, one AI's most enduring architectures, offering comprehensive descriptions of fundamental aspects and new components.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262301145
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- 1 online resource (xv, 374 pages) :illustrations
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Minding the weather :how expert forecasters think
"This book presents an integration of recent research that reveals the knowledge and reasoning of expert weather forecasters, explaining how they understand and predict the weather. The book also discusses different styles and approaches to forecasting. It summarizes what weather forecasters themselves have said about their reasoning, the literature of what makes for sound training of forecaste…
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- 9780262339407
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