Filter by
The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War America
The Closed World offers a radically new alternative to the canonical histories of computers and cognitive science. Arguing that we can make sense of computers as tools only when we simultaneously grasp their roles as metaphors and political icons, Paul Edwards shows how Cold War social and cultural contexts shaped emerging computer technology--and were transformed, in turn, by information machi…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262272162
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xx, 440 pages) :illustrations.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Cognitive Science in Medicine: Biomedical Modeling
Cognitive Science in Medicine presents current research that focuses on issues and results in applying techniques from cognitive science to problems in biomedicine. "A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262315791
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xxi, 421 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Blockheads! :essays on Ned Block's philosophy of mind and consciousness
New essays on the philosophy of Ned Block, with substantive and wide-ranging responses by Block. Perhaps more than any other philosopher of mind, Ned Block synthesizes philosophical and scientific approaches to the mind; he is unique in moving back and forth across this divide, doing so with creativity and intensity. Over the course of his career, Block has made groundbreaking contributions to …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262348973
- Collation
- 1 online resource (vii, 634 pages).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Cognitive Modeling
Computational modeling plays a central role in cognitive science. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to computational models of human cognition. It covers major approaches and architectures, both neural network and symbolic; major theoretical issues; and specific computational models of a variety of cognitive processes, ranging from low-level (e.g., attention and memory) to higher-…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262281744
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xxi, 1270 pages) :illustrations.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Climate Change :What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren
"This revised and updated collection of essays on climate change incorporates the latest scientific research and policy initiatives on the subject. It describes recent major legislative actions, analyzes alternative regulatory tools (including new uses of taxes and markets), offers increased coverage of China and other developing nations, discusses the role of social media in communicating abou…
- Edition
- Second edition.
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262322300
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xiii, 343 pages) :illustrations.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
The more we know :NBC news, educational innovation, and learning from failure
"In 2006, young people were flocking to MySpace, discovering the joys of watching videos of cute animals on YouTube, and playing online games. Not many of them were watching network news on television; they got most of their information online. So when NBC and MIT launched iCue, an interactive learning venture that combined social networking, online video, and gaming in one multimedia education…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262305624
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xvii, 205 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
New directions in statistical signal processing :from systems to brain
Signal processing and neural computation have separately and significantly influenced many disciplines, but the cross-fertilization of the two fields has begun only recently. Research now shows that each has much to teach the other, as we see highly sophisticated kinds of signal processing and elaborate hierachical levels of neural computation performed side by side in the brain. In New Directi…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262256315
- Collation
- 1 online resource (vi, 514 pages) :illustrations.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Ideas that created the future :classic papers of computer science
"An anthology of classic papers in computer science with introductions by the editor"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0262363178
- Collation
- 1 online resource.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Object-oriented programming :the CLOS perspective
To date, books on object-oriented programming have focused either on the methodology of the object-oriented paradigm or on teaching the details of a particular programming language. This collection takes a different approach, examining one object-oriented programming language - the Common-Lisp Object System (CLOS) - as a modern programming tool. The fourteen contributions examine CLOS from a va…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262256759
- Collation
- 1 online resource (viii, 352 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
On the contrary :critical essays, 1987-1997
Paul and Patricia Churchland take on their critics—with verve, combativeness, and generosity. Paul M. and Patricia S. Churchland are towering figures in the fields of philosophy, neuroscience, and consciousness. This collection was prepared in the belief that the most useful and revealing of anyone's writings are often those shorter essays penned in conflict with or criticism of one's prof…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0585021848
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xii, 349 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