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One of the most persistent concerns about the future is whether it will be dominated by the predictive algorithms of AI – and, if so, what this will mean for our behaviour, for our institutions and for what it means to be human. AI changes our experience of time and the...
Editeur :
Polity
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2021-08-19
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This book focuses on the ways in which resiliency can foster the transformation of cities. There is a growing need for our cities to be transformed into “smart” cities; in this regard, tremendous efforts are called for in order to face the environmental challenges that...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-08-18
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A respected physics professor and author breaks down the great debate over the Big Bang and the continuing quest to understand the fate of the universe. Today, the Big Bang is so entrenched in our understanding of the cosmos that to doubt it would seem crazy. But...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2021-08-17
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This book treats various aspects of the quantum theory of measurement, partially in a relativistic framework. Measurement(-like) processes in quantum theory are identified and analysed; and the quantum operator formalism is derived in full generality without postulating...
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Springer
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2021-08-17
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This book describes the water security challenges with focus on water scarcity and quality in our rapidly changing world. Achieving water security is essential to promoting economic and social development, as well as resource sustainability and ecosystem integrity....
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Springer
Parution :
2021-08-17
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This book aims to describe, though in a quite light way, the social role of plant diseases, letting the reader know the topical importance of plant pathology, as well as the role of plant pathologists in our society. Plant diseases caused, in the past, significant...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-08-17
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It's time to honor the significant scientific contributions of Esther Zimmer Lederberg. In A Hidden Legacy, Thomas E. Schindler shares the story of this remarkable microbiologist and offers insight into why her legacy has been obscured for so long.
In the mid-20th...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-08-17
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Discover the role of nanotechnology in promoting plant growth and protection through the management of microbial pathogens In Nanotechnology in Plant Growth Promotion and Protection, distinguished researcher and author Dr. Avinash P. Ingle delivers a rigorous and...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2021-08-17
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The future of the human posture is in the spotlight.The 200-year-old locomotion paradigm can no longer resist the advancement of knowledge, yet 2,500 years of thinking on the place of verticalized human anatomy and its reflexive consciousness in the natural history of...
Editeur :
Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2021-08-17
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Humans have identified just a fraction of the 2.2 million species living in the sea. Roughly 91% of all marine species remain unknown: myths still to be written, discoveries still to be made, blank pages with room to dream . . .As a small boy, Bill François was...
Editeur :
Constable
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2021-08-17
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A roadmap to guide individuals on the ever-changing path of public scholarship
The academic landscape is shifting greatly in the 21st century, and modern researchers must be able to navigate this sphere. With increased communication via the Internet and social media,...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-08-17
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A detailed look at various ways to conduct research for public scholarship
Traditional research practices have often been critiqued for resulting in a wellspring of research that circulates exclusively within academic circles and garners small readership. With opinions...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-08-17
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A scholar's guide for to conducting ethical research with various communities
Though the arena of scholarship grows and changes, collaboration and community remain vital aspects of research and public scholarship. Popularizing Scholarly Research: Working with...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-08-17
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Highlights the importance and benefit of mass spectrometry-based metabolomics for identifying biomarkers that accurately screen for potential biomarkers of diseases Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics offer new opportunities for biomarker discovery in complex diseases...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2021-08-17
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This book narrates the history of the initiation and development of elementary particle physics in India and by Indians, focusing on the first half of the twentieth century. The thread is taken up with the introduction of Western science into India in the previous...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-08-16
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PHOTOVOLTAIC MANUFACTURING This book covers the state-of-the-art and the fundamentals of silicon wafer solar cells manufacturing, written by world-class researchers and experts in the field. High quality and economic photovoltaic manufacturing is central to realizing...
Editeur :
Wiley-Scrivener
Parution :
2021-08-16
Collection :
Solar Cell Manufacturing
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INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES WITH SMART GRID Provides comprehensive coverage of renewable energy and its integration with smart grid technologies. This book starts with an overview of renewable energy technologies, smart grid technologies, and energy storage...
Editeur :
Wiley-Scrivener
Parution :
2021-08-16
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As the risks of the climate crisis continue to grow, so too do the challenges of facing a harsh climate future with honesty and courage; justice and compassion; meaning and purpose. Hope and Courage in the Climate Crisis explores diverse sources of learning and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-08-16
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Axially Chiral Compounds Explore this comprehensive and current volume summarizing the characteristics, synthesis, and applications of axial chiralityAppearing widely in natural products, biologically active molecules, asymmetric chemistry, and material science, axially...
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Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2021-08-16
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This monograph develops an innovative approach that utilizes the Birman-Schwinger principle from quantum mechanics to investigate stability properties of steady state solutions in galactic dynamics. The opening chapters lay the framework for the main result...
Editeur :
Birkhäuser
Parution :
2021-08-14
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