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Developing scaffolds in evolution, culture, and cognition
'Scaffolding' is a concept that is becoming widely used across disciplines. This book investigates common threads in diverse applications of scaffolding, including theoretical biology cognitive science, social theory, science and technology studies, and human development. Despite its widespread use, the concept of scaffolding is often given short shrift; the contributors to this volume offer a …
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- 9781461952367
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 426 pages) :illustrations.
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Birdsong, speech, and language :exploring the evolution of mind and brain
Scholars have long been captivated by the parallels between birdsong and human speech and language. In this book, leading scholars draw on the latest research to explore what birdsong can tell us about the biology of human speech and language and the consequences for evolutionary biology. They examine the cognitive and neural similarities between birdsong learning and speech and language acquis…
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- 0262313820
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 542 pages) :illustrations
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Digital humanities
A visionary report on the revitalization of the liberal arts tradition in the electronically inflected, design-driven, multimedia language of the twenty-first century.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262312103
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- 1 online resource (x, 141 pages)
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Sonic interaction design
An overview of emerging topics, theories, methods, and practices in sonic interactive design, with a focus on the multisensory aspects of sonic experience.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262313308
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The road to democracy in Iran
A famous Iranian dissident calls for universal human rights and democracy based on our common humanity.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262273459
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- 1 online resource (113 pages).
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The cosmetic gaze :body modification and the construction of beauty
If the gaze can be understood to mark the disjuncture between how we see ourselves and how we want to be seen by others, the cosmetic gaze--in Bernadette Wegenstein's groundbreaking formulation--is one through which the act of looking at our bodies and those of others is already informed by the techniques, expectations, and strategies (often surgical) of bodily modification. It is, Wegenstein s…
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- 9780262301114
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- 1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) :illustrations
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Digital Apollo :human and machine in spaceflight
How human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight--the lunar landings of NASA's Apollo program.As Apollo 11's Lunar Module descended toward the moon under automatic control, a program alarm in the guidance computer's software nearly caused a mission abort. Neil Armstrong responded by switching off the automatic mode and taking direct control. He stopped mo…
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- 9780262266673
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 359 pages) :illustrations
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Value sensitive design :shaping technology with moral imagination
Using our moral and technical imaginations to create responsible innovations: theory, method, and applications for value sensitive design. Implantable medical devices and human dignity. Private and secure access to information. Engineering projects that transform the Earth. Multigenerational information systems for international justice. How should designers, engineers, architects, policy maker…
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- 9780262351690
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- 1 online resource (248 pages) :illustrations
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Evolution of communicative flexibility :complexity, creativity, and adaptabil…
Experts investigate communicative flexibility (in both form and usage of signals) as the foundation of the evolution of complex communication systems, including human language.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262281027
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- 1 online resource (x, 356 pages) :illustrations.
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Learning to communicate in science and engineering :case studies from MIT
To many science and engineering students, the task of writing may seem irrelevant to their future professional careers. At MIT, however, students discover that writing about their technical work is important not only in solving real-world problems but also in developing their professional identities. MIT puts into practice the belief that "engineers who don't write well end up working for engin…
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- 0262310627
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- 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) :illustrations
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