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The Social Neuroscience of Empathy
"A Bradford book."In recent decades, empathy research has blossomed into a vibrant and multidisciplinary field of study. This text collects cross-disciplinary, cutting-edge work on human empathy from the perspectives of social, cognitive, developmental and clinincal psychology and cognitive/affective neuroscience.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262255295
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- 1 online resource (ix, 255 pages) :illustrations.
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Simulation and Its Discontents
How the simulation and visualization technologies so pervasive in science, engineering, and design have changed our way of seeing the world.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262254847
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 217 pages).
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America Identified: Biometric Technology and Society
An examination of the public perception of biometric identification technology in the context of privacy, security & civil liberties.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262289689
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- 1 online resource (viii, 258 pages) :illustrations
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Uttering Trees
Here, Richards investigates the conditions imposed upon syntax by the need to create syntactic objects that can be interpreted by phonology - that is, objects that can be pronounced.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262282369
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- 1 online resource (x, 233 pages) :illustrations.
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Isaac Newton on Mathematical Certainty and Method
An analysis of Newton's mathematical work, from early discoveries to mature reflections, & a discussion of Newton's views on the role & nature of mathematics, in this book Guicciardini reconstructs Newton's own method by extracting it from his concrete practice.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262258869
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- 1 online resource (xxiii, 422 pages) :illustrations.
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At War with the Weather: Managing Large-Scale Risks in a New Era of Catastrophes
In this work, the authors deliver an analysis of how the US currently mitigates, insures against, and finances recovery from natural disasters.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262255431
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- 1 online resource (xxi, 416 pages) :illustrations, maps
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Control Theory and Systems Biology
This is a survey of how engineering techniques from control and systems theory can be used to help biologists understand the behaviour of cellular systems.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262258906
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- 1 online resource (ix, 345 pages) :illustrations
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Speaking Code: Coding as Aesthetic and Political Expression
Speaking Code begins by invoking the "Hello World" convention used by programmers when learning a new language, helping to establish the interplay of text and code that runs through the book. Interweaving the voice of critical writing from the humanities with the tradition of computing and software development, in Speaking Code Geoff Cox formulates an argument that aims to undermine the distinc…
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- 9780262305228
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- 1 online resource (xv, 149 pages) :illustrations.
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Engineering a Safer World: Systems Thinking Applied to Safety
A new approach to safety, based on systems thinking, that is more effective, less costly, and easier to use than current techniques. Engineering has experienced a technological revolution, but the basic engineering techniques applied in safety and reliability engineering, created in a simpler, analog world, have changed very little over the years. In this groundbreaking book, Nancy Leveson p…
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- 9780262298247
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Consciousness Revisited: Materialism without Phenomenal Concepts
We are material beings in a material world, but we are also beings who have experiences and feelings. How can these subjective states be just a matter of matter? This book looks at this question and much more.
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- 9780262255172
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