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Material noise :reading theory as artist's book
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- 9780262354950
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- 1 online resource (224 pages).
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Power and care :toward balance for our common future -- science, society, and…
Includes index.Leading thinkers from a range of disciplines discuss the compatibility of power and care, in conversation with the Dalai Lama. For more than thirty years, the Dalai Lama has been in dialogue with thinkers from a range of disciplines, helping to support pathways for knowledge to increase human wellbeing and compassion. These conversations, which began as private meetings, are now …
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- 9780262351669
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A tale of two towers :gigantism in architecture and digital culture
A cultural history of gigantism in architecture and digital culture, from the Eiffel Tower to the World Trade Center. The gigantic is everywhere, and gigantism is manifest in everything from excessively tall skyscrapers to globe-spanning digital networks. In this book, Henriette Steiner and Kristin Veel map and critique the trajectory of gigantism in architecture and digital culture--the conver…
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Being and neonness
A cultural and philosophical history of neon, from Paris in the twentieth century to the perpetually switched-on present day. For most of us, the word neon conjures images of lights, colors, nightlife, and streets. It evokes the poetry of city nights. For Luis de Miranda, neon is a subject of philosophical curiosity. Being and Neonness is a cultural and philosophical history of neon, from early…
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- 9780262353052
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- 1 online resource (136 pages).
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Alice and Bob meet the wall of fire :the biggest ideas in science from Quanta
A collection of physics and biology stories from Quanta magazine.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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How to be human in the digital economy
An argument in favor of finding a place for humans (and humanness) in the future digital economy. In the digital economy, accountants, baristas, and cashiers can be automated out of employment; so can surgeons, airline pilots, and cab drivers. Machines will be able to do these jobs more efficiently, accurately, and inexpensively. But, Nicholas Agar warns in this provocative book, these developm…
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- 9780262349154
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- 1 online resource (232 pages).
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A theory of jerks and other?A philosophical misadventures
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- 9780262355353
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- 1 online resource (400 pages).
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Ever smaller :nature's elementary particles, from the atom to the neutrino an…
Originally published as: Le particelle elementari by il Saggiatore S.r.l., Milano, 2017.Includes index."This book is a thorough introduction to particle physics for the reader that has not been trained in mathematics and modern physics. This book is an excellent follow up to The Atom. It follows a similar model in terms of the history and the state-of-art in the research and the future, but it …
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Cosmic odyssey :how intrepid astronomers at Palomar Observatory changed our v…
"Stories of 20th century astronomers working at the frontiers of astrophysics whose discoveries on the Palomar telescopes shattered and expanded our view of the universe"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262359669
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Howard Hiatt :an extraordinary mentor who transformed health with science and…
Includes index.The seven-decade career of Howard Hiatt, a pioneer in public health, advocate for global health and health equity, a mentor to generations of healthcare leaders. Howard Hiatt--physician, scientist, advocate for global health, and mentor to generations of healthcare leaders--has spent much of his seven-decade career being ahead of his time. His innovative ideas as head of Harvard'…
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