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- Global Catastrophes and Trends - V. Smil
Global Catastrophes and Trends - V. Smil
- Vaclav Smil
- anglické
- MIT Press Ltd
- 307
- 2014
A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary look at global changes that may occur over the next fifty years--whether sudden and cataclysmic world-changing events or gradually unfolding...
- Atlas of Economic Complexity
Atlas of Economic Complexity
- Hausmann, Ricardo;Hidalgo, Cesar A
- MIT Press Ltd
- 368
- 2014
Why do some countries grow and others do not? The authors of The Atlas of Economic Complexity offer readers an explanation based on "Economic Complexity," a measure of a...
- Radical Prototypes
Radical Prototypes
- Rodenbeck, Judith F
- anglické
- MIT Press Ltd
- 312
- 2014
An examination of an experiential and experimental art form that, despite its evanescence, has shaped participatory art into the present. "Happenings" have pop connotations...
- Speculative Everything - A. Dunne, F. Raby
Speculative Everything - A. Dunne, F. Raby
- Anthony Dunne, Fiona Raby
- anglické
- MIT Press Ltd
- 240
- 2014
Today designers often focus on making technology easy to use, sexy, and consumable. In Speculative Everything, Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby propose a kind of design that is...
- Analyzing Neural Time Series Data M. Cohen
Analyzing Neural Time Series Data M. Cohen
- Cohen, Mike X
- MIT Press Ltd
- 600
- 2014
This book offers a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of analyzing electrical brain signals. It explains the conceptual, mathematical, and implementational (via...
- Flight Vehicle Aerodynamics - Mark Drela
Flight Vehicle Aerodynamics - Mark Drela
- Drela, Mark
- MIT Press Ltd
- 304
- 2014
This book offers a general overview of the physics, concepts, theories, and models underlying the discipline of aerodynamics. A particular focus is the technique of velocity...
- Tax Systems
Tax Systems
- Slemrod, Joel;Gillitzer, Christian
- MIT Press Ltd
- 240
- 2014
An approach to taxation that goes beyond an emphasis on tax rates to consider such aspects as administration, compliance, and remittance. Despite its theoretical elegance, the...
- Divining a Digital Future
Divining a Digital Future
- Dourish, Paul;Bell, Genevieve
- MIT Press Ltd
- 264
- 2014
A sociotechnical investigation of ubiquitous computing as a research enterprise and as a lived reality. Ubiquitous computing (or ubicomp) is the label for a "third wave" of...
- Robot Ethics
Robot Ethics
- MIT Press Ltd
- 400
- 2014
Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be...
- Why Architects Still Draw
Why Architects Still Draw
- Belardi, Paolo
- anglické
- MIT Press Ltd
- 136
- 2014
An architect's defense of drawing as a way of thinking, even in an age of electronic media. Why would an architect reach for a pencil when drawing software and AutoCAD are a...
- Free Will
Free Will
- Balaguer, Mark
- MIT Press Ltd
- 152
- 2014
A philosopher considers whether the scientific and philosophical arguments against free will are reason enough to give up our belief in it. In our daily life, it really seems...
- Understanding Pain
Understanding Pain
- Cervero, Fernando
- MIT Press Ltd
- 192
- 2014
An expert explores the nature of pain: why it hurts and why some pain is good and some pain is bad. If you touch something hot, it hurts. You snatch your hand away from the hot...
- Surf Craft - Kenvin Richard
Surf Craft - Kenvin Richard
- Kenvin, Richard
- anglické
- MIT Press Ltd
- 192
- 2014
Surfboards were once made of wood and shaped by hand, objects of both cultural and recreational significance. Today most surfboards are mass-produced with fiberglass and a stew...
- Labor Economics
Labor Economics
- Cahuc Pierre Carcillo Stephane Zylberberg Andre
- anglické
- MIT Press Ltd
- 1080
- 2014
This landmark graduate-level text combines depth and breadth of coverage with recent, cutting-edge work in all the major areas of modern labor economics. Its command of the...