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Swords and Sustenance: The Economics of Security in Belarus and Ukraine
The stability of the former Soviet states is threatened by their precarious geopolitical position within a turbulent economic and political environment. Swords and Sustenance explores the complex economic dimension of national security for two key post-Soviet countries, Belarus and Ukraine--that is, how they have dealt with the challenges posed by internal economic and political reform and thei…
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- 9780262278126
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages).
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Synesthesia: A Union of the Senses
"A Bradford book."Annotation For decades, scientists who heard about synesthesia hearing colors, tasting words, seeing colored pain just shrugged their shoulders or rolled their eyes. Now, as irrefutable evidence mounts that some healthy brains really do this, we are forced to ask how this squares with some cherished conceptions of neuroscience. These include binding, modularity, functionalism,…
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- 9780262271073
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- 1 online resource (xv, 394 pages) :illustrations
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System Modeling in Cellular Biology: From Concepts to Nuts and Bolts
A Bradford book."This is an introduction and overview of system modelling in biology that is accessible to researchers from different fields including biology, computer science, mathematics, statistics physics, and biochemistry.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262257060
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 448 pages) :illustrations
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Systems, Experts, and Computers: The Systems Approach in Management and Engin…
This study charts the origins and spread of the systems movement. It describes the major players - including RAND, MITRE, Ramo-Wooldrige (later TRW), and the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis - and examines applications in a wide variety of military, government, civil, and engineering settings. The book is international in scope, describing the spread of systems thinking in Fr…
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- 9780262275873
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- 1 online resource (vi, 513 pages) :illustrations.
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Systems That Learn: An Introduction to Learning Theory for Cognitive and Comp…
A Bradford book. Systems That Learn presents a mathematical framework for the study of learning in a variety of domains. It provides the basic concepts and techniques of learning theory as well as a comprehensive account of what is currently known about a variety of learning paradigms.Daniel N. Osherson and Scott Weinstein are at MIT, and Michael Stob at Calvin College."OCLC-licensed vendor bib…
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- 9780262256742
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- 1 online resource (ix, 205 pages).
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Systems That Learn: An Introduction to Learning Theory
A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 2nd ed.
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- 9780262276252
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- 1 online resource (xii, 317 pages) :illustrations.
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State and environment :the comparative study of environmental governance
This volume of comparative studies documents the continuing relevance of the state in environmental politics and policy. The book also demonstrates the analytical power of the comparative approach to the study of environmental politics and policy, offering cross-national comparisons of environmental governance in both developed and developing countries. Some chapters are based on qualitative st…
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- 9780262323871
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- 1 online resource :illustrations.
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Our own worst enemy? :institutional interests and the proliferation of nuclea…
An examination of the effectiveness of knowledge nonproliferation programs implemented by the United States after the fall of the Soviet Union.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262295970
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 358 pages) :maps.
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Taking Action: Cognitive Neuroscience Perspectives on Intentional Acts
A Bradford book."Recent cognitive neuroscientific research that crosses traditional conceptual boundaries among perceptual, cognitive, and motor functions in an effort to understand intentional acts. Traditionally, neurologists, neuroscientists, and psychologists have viewed brain functions as grossly divisible into three separable components, each responsible for either perceptual, cognitive, …
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- 9780262276337
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- 1 online resource (viii, 413 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) :illustrations (some color)
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101 Things to Learn in Art School
Lessons, demonstrations, definitions, and tips on what to expect in art school, what it means to make art, and how to think like an artist. What is the first thing to learn in art school? “Art can be anything.” The second thing? “Learn to draw.” With 101 Things to Learn in Art School, artist and teacher Kit White delivers and develops such lessons, striking an instructive balance bet…
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