"An examination of the role and impact of lockdown drills in America's schools, including consideration of arguments for and against these practices"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Saul Griffith lays out an accessible, rigorously-researched plan to decarbonize the U.S. economy in time to address climate change. His plan, in short, is to "electrify everything." Griffith uses his deep understanding of U.S. energy flows, materials, and clean energy technologies to show that decarbonizing in time to meet climate goals is not only possible, but can be done without major sacri…
An introduction to the technology of contact tracing and its usefulness for public health, considering questions of efficacy, equity, and privacy. Contact tracing is key to containing and controlling the spread of a virus in a pandemic. South Korea, China, and Singapore were among the few countries that quickly employed contact tracing after the emergence of COVID-19; the United States did not.…
"An A-Z glossary of "cultures of contagion", conceived literally and metaphorically, and approaxched from multiple historical perspectives"--Includes index.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Memory, Edited explores historical memory in the context of today's crises of extremism and polarization, showing how narratives that seem to reveal an "arc of history" leading to progress or salvation are false accounts that exclude some groups and privilege others. Rumsey gives us a deep look at 20th century Russian and Eastern European artists as a way of exploring the effects of authoritar…
"Using a well-known and successful dance and performance method, the authors describe how avatars and robots can be designed to be more comfortable with these technologies"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"An original view of human corporeality linking myths, legends, and fables with biomedical concepts about some bodily parts"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Shows the flaws in using "the war metaphor" to understand and organize our response to pandemics and urges its abandonment"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A complete overview of the basal ganglia, including its computational physiology, and its' role in both health and in diseases such as Parkinson's, other movement disorders, and psychiatric diseases"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"An argument for using Donald Davidson's metaphysics for briding the growing divide between scientiific and humanistic understanding of religion"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.