Filter by
Engineering invention :Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. electrical industry
Over the course of less than 20 years, inventor Frank J Sprague (1857-1934) achieved an astonishing series of breakthroughs. Frederick Dalzell tells Sprague's story, setting it against the backdrop of one of the most dynamic periods in the history of technology.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262258708
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Water, place, and equity
Many predict that by the end of the 21st century water will dominate world natural resource politics as oil does today. At present, much of the world's water is misallocated, wasted or polluted. This book argues that fairness in the allocation of water could be the cornerstone to a more secure future for mankind.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262286107
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) :illustrations, maps.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Eye, retina, and visual system of the mouse
A comprehensive guide to current research, reflecting recent technical breakthroughs that have established the usefulness of the mouse model as part of a bilateral exchange between experimental and clinical research. Recent years have seen a burst of studies on the mouse eye and visual system, fueled in large part by the relatively recent ability to produce mice with precisely defined changes i…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262270137
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xii, 754 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates) :illustrations (some color)
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
The analysis and synthesis of linear servomechanisms
The 1943 printing of "The Analysis and Synthesis of Linear Servomechanisms" was classified as restricted and distributed accordingly. After the close of WWII, the book was declassified in order to permit general dissemination of the material.From the Preface: This book is a formulation of a servomechanism design procedure based primarily upon an analysis of the system response to sinusoidal inp…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0262310783
- Collation
- 1 online resource (193 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Advances in the evolutionary synthesis of intelligent agents
"A Bradford book.""This book explores a central issue in artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and artificial life: how to design information structures and processes that create and adapt intelligent agents through evolution and learning." "The book is organized around four topics: the power of evolution to determine effective solutions to complex tasks, mechanisms to make evolutionary d…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0585387168
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 480 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Adaptive dynamics :the theoretical analysis of behavior
In this book J.E.R. Staddon proposes an explanation of behavior that lies between cognitive psychology, which seeks to explain it in terms of mentalistic constructs, and cognitive neuroscience, which tries to explain it in terms of the brain. Staddon suggests a new way to understand the laws and causes of learning, based on the invention, comparison, testing, and modification or rejection of pa…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262284189
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xiv, 423 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Adaptation in natural and artificial systems :an introductory analysis with a…
"A Bradford book."DSU Title III 2007-2012.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- 1st MIT Press ed.
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0585038449
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xiv, 211 pages) :illustrations.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
The business of global environmental governance
The Business of Global Environmental Governance takes a political economy approach to understanding the role of business in global environmental politics. The book's contributors -- from a range of disciplines including international political economy, management, and political science -- view the evolution of international environmental governance as a dynamic interplay of economic structures,…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 026230290X
- Collation
- 1 online resource (384 pages).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Built upon love :architectural longing after ethics and aesthetics
A vision of architecture that transcends concerns of form and function and finds the connections between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society. The forced polarity between form and function in considerations of architecture--opposing art to social interests, ethics to poetic expression--obscures the deep connections …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262281409
- Collation
- 1 online resource (x, 247 pages)
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Borders in cyberspace :information policy and the global information infrastr…
Borders in Cyberspace investigates issues arising from national differences in law, public policy, and social and cultural values in light of the emerging global information infrastructure. The contributions include detailed analyses of some of the most visible issues, including intellectual property, security, privacy, and censorship.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 058500286X
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xi, 374 pages) :illustrations.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography