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Intrusive thinking :from molecules to free will
"This volume explores the neurological and behavioral mechanisms and processes involved in intrusive thinking and suggests avenues for future clinically relevant research"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262363666
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 455 pages) :illustrations.
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The next 500 years :engineering life to reach new worlds
"Driven by a vision of colonizing other planets, Mason reveals unique insights into how the human body is altered during long-duration spaceflight & how genetic engineering can protect cells in space"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262360055
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- 1 online resource
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Privacy is hard and seven other myths :achieving privacy through careful design
"This book debunks 10 myths about how hard it really is to design privacy-friendly systems"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262365510
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How AI is transforming the organization
A clear-eyed look at how AI can complement (rather than eliminate) human jobs, with real-world examples from companies that range from Netflix to Walmart. Descriptions of AI's possible effects on businesses and their employees cycle between utopian hype and alarmist doomsaying. This book from MIT Sloan Management Review avoids both these extremes, providing instead a clear-eyed look at how AI c…
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- 9780262357517
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- 1 online resource (176 pages).
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Absence of clutter :minimal writing as art and literature
An exploration of minimal writing--texts generally shorter than a sentence--as complex, powerful literary and visual works. In the 1960s and 70s, minimal and conceptual artists stripped language down to its most basic components: the word and the letter. Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Carl Andre, Lawrence Weiner, and others built lucrative careers from text-based art. Meanwhile, poets and writer…
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- 9780262357494
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- 1 online resource (288 pages).
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His master's voice
Originally published as G?os Pana in 1967."His Master's Voice is one of Lem's most polished and fully realized novels. It is told in the voice of Peter Hogarth, an eminent mathematician, who admits in the initial chapter that "the fundamental traits of my character I consider to be cowardice, malice, and pride." Hogarth recounts how he was conscripted to join the secret Master's Voice project -…
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- 0262357631
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- 1 online resource.
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Too much information :understanding what you don't want to know
"How information can make us happy or miserable, and why we sometimes avoid it and sometimes seek it out. How much information is too much? Do we need to know how many calories are in the giant vat of popcorn that we bought on our way into the movie theater? Do we want to know if we are genetically predisposed to a certain disease? Can we do anything useful with next week's weather forecast for…
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- 0262359014
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- 1 online resource (156 pages)
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Alternatives to multilateralism :new forms of social and environmental govern…
Analysis and case studies of emerging forms of private, public, and hybrid social and environmental governance.The effects of globalization on governance are complex and uncertain. As markets integrate, governments have become increasingly hesitant to enforce regulations inside their own jurisdictions. At the same time, multilateralism has proven unsuccessful in coordinating states' responses t…
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- 9780262359160
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Neuroscience and philosophy
"State-of-the-art collection on how neuroscience and philosophy can mutually illuminate each other on core psychological concepts. An interdisciplinary collection in the best sense"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262367335
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- 1 online resource.
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Preparing dinosaurs :the work behind the scenes
"Detailed and in-depth investigation of the important but often unappreciated work done by science technicians, in this case in the context of paleontology"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262365979
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