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Borders as infrastructure :the technopolitics of border control
"Examines the European border-and the various actors and institutions involved behind the maintenance of a border--as an infrastructure, with particular attention to the refugee crisis of 2014-2016"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 026236638X
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Productivity machines :German appropriations of American technologies from ma…
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- 9780262353717
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- 1 online resource (368 pages).
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Free will as an open scientific problem
"A Bradford book."This work presents an argument that the problem of free will boils down to an open scientific question about the causal histories of certain kinds of neural events.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262258548
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- 1 online resource (viii, 202 pages)
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The Radiance of France: Nuclear Power and National Identity after World War II
How it happened that technological prowess and national glory (or "radiance," which also means "radiation" in French) became synonymous in France as nowhere else.
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- 1 online resource (xxviii, 461 pages) : illustrations, map.
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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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Better than conscious? : DECISION MAKING, the HUMAN MIND, and IMPLICATIONS FO…
Experts discuss the implications of the ways humans reach decisions through the conscious and subconscious processing of information. Conscious control enables human decision makers to override routines, to exercise willpower, to find innovative solutions, to learn by instruction, to decide collectively, and to justify their choices. These and many more advantages, however, come at a price: the…
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 449 pages) : illustrations (some color).
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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.
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- 1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) : illustrations
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Riding the waves : A Life in Sound, Science, and Industry
The life and work of Renaissance man Leo Beranek: scientist, professor, engineer, business leader, inventor, entrepreneur, musician, television executive, philanthropist, and author.
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Power struggles : Scientific Authority and the Creation of Practical Electric…
Laying the foundation for Thomas Edison, the first electric generators were built in the 1830s, the earliest commercial lighting systems before 1860, and the first commercial application of generator-powered light in the early 1860s. This book examines some of these early applications of electricity.
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Strategic bargaining and cooperation in greenhouse gas mitigations : An Integ…
A fresh approach to the economics of climate change that bridges integrated assessment modeling and game theoretic modeling.
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