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By force of thought :irregular memoirs of an intellectual journey
"Janos Kornai, a distinguished Hungarian economist, began his adult life as an ardent believer in socialism and then became a critic of the communist political and economic system. He lost family members in the Holocaust, contributed to the ideological preparation for the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, and became an influential theorist of the post-Soviet economic transition. He has been a journali…
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- 9780262277440
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- 1 online resource (xix, 461 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) :illustrations
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Philosophy and AI :essays at the interface
"A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262315951
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- 1 online resource (xi, 304 pages) :illustrations
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Phrasal movement and its kin
This study investigates the types of movement and movement-like relations that link positions in syntactic structure. David Pesetsky argues that there are three such relations. Besides overt phasal movement, there are two distinct types of movement without phonological effect: covert phrasal movement and feature movement. Focusing on wh-questions, he shows how his classification of movement-lik…
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- 9780262281461
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- 1 online resource (xi, 132 pages).
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Picturing machines 1400-1700
How technical drawings shaped early engineering practice.Technical drawings by the architects and engineers of the Renaissance made use of a range of new methods of graphic representation. These drawings--among them Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawings of mechanical devices--have long been studied for their aesthetic qualities and technological ingenuity, but their significance for the architect…
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- 9780262278102
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- 1 online resource (vi, 347 pages) :illustrations.
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What do science technology and innovation mean from Africa
Clapperton Mavhunga's collection of essays about science, technology, and innovation (STI) from an African perspective opens with the idea, "Things do not (always) mean the same from everywhere; when we insist that only?our? meaning is the meaning, we silence other people?s meanings." Mavhunga and his contributors argue that our contemporary definitions of STI are those of countries and culture…
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- 9780262342322
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages) :illustrations, maps
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Planning, shortage, and transformation :essays in honor of J?anos Kornai
The three major themes of János Kornai's work reflected in the title of this book—planning, shortage, and transition, or transformation—figure prominently in the essays. The three major themes of János Kornai's work reflected in the title of this book—planning, shortage, and transition, or transformation—figure prominently in the essays. After a philosophical introduction by Edmond…
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- 9780262279222
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 439 pages) :illustrations
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Plasticity of development
Revised papers presented at a series of lectures, during the 1986-87 academic year. Organized by the Program for Developmental Research, University of Maryland, College Park."A Bradford book."Errata slip inserted.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262269193
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- 1 online resource (viii, 182 pages) :illustrations
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What algorithms want imagination in the age of computing
The gap between theoretical ideas and messy reality, as seen in Neal Stephenson, Adam Smith, and Star Trek.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262338837
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- 1 online resource (viii, 257 pages) :illustrations.
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Play between worlds :exploring online game culture
"In Play Between Worlds, T.L. Taylor examines multiplayer gaming life as it is lived on the borders, in the gaps - as players slip in and out of complex social networks that cross online and offline space. Taylor questions the common assumption that playing computer games is an isolating and alienating activity indulged in by solitary teenage boys. Massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs), in…
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- 9780262284714
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- 1 online resource (197 pages) :illustrations
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Idea Colliders: The Future of Science Museums
"An exploration of where the science museum is headed in the 21st century--from the traditional curiosity exposition of 19th century to contemporary hybrid/interactive models"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262359214
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