Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World, Paperback - Kevin Kelly

Reducere. Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be ind...

DescriptionA groundbreaking look at the role of water in living organisms that ultimately brings us closer to answering the riddle of the etiology ...

Out-of-Control Criminal Justice shows that our system of criminal justice is broken; it is out of control. The author writes that a research-based ...

The optimization of motion and trajectory planning is an effective and usually costless approach to improving the performance of robots, mechatroni...

Reducere. We know racism is entrenched in our systems and institutions, but what about our cities and public spaces?In The Diaspora of Belonging, author Jay ...

Glamorous Estra, with dark curls to die for, and with the loyal companionship of her horse Silverado, and tame wolf, roams the faraway and mystical...

Reducere. These introductions and readings provide a comprehensive range of information for the study of Perceptual Control Theory-papers, books, book review...

DescriptionA century ago, discoveries in physics came together with engineering to produce an array of astonishing new technologies: radios, teleph...

Reducere. Based on Perceptual Control Theory, PCT (explained in the foreword), this therapeutic method, called The Method of Levels (MOL) leaves the patient ...

Validationrecognizing and accepting your child s thoughts and feelings, regardless of whether or not you feel that your child should be experiencin...

Reducere. DescriptionA pragmatic philosophy more popular than ever--here are 52 ancient lessons to help you overcome adversity and find tranquility in the mo...

Examines the rise of autonomy in air warfare from the inception of powered flight to the first phase of the Combined Bomber Offensive in World War ...

Reducere. Moving from the classroom to the field is often a daunting transition for social work students. In this new edition of their celebrated text, Kelly...

In Volume IV the biology of depression is addressed from the vantage point of symptom components of de pression, and similarities and differences i...

An explosive insider's account of racism, homophobia and wrongdoing in today's police force and his fight for change.Publisher: Granta BooksAuthor(...

Within the modern built environment, advanced engineering systems allow us to go about our daily lives in a relative degree of safety, comfort and ...

Reducere. DescriptionStarting with a graph-theoretic framework for structural modeling of complex systems, this text presents results related to robust stabi...

A century ago, discoveries in physics came together with engineering to produce an array of astonishing new technologies that radically reshaped th...

Reducere. First published in 1973, this is a radical interpretation, offering a unified explanation for the growth of Western Europe between 900 A. D. and 17...

The untold story about how the internet became social, and why this matters for its futurePublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Kevin Driscoll...

Reducere. Kelly examines five church-state relations over a three-century period to show the impact of Calvin's thought on civil government. Though primarily...

Reducere. In post-Holocaust philosophy, anti-Semitism has come to be seen as a paradigmatic political and ideological evil. Jews Out of the Question examines...

Reducere. This unique book explains how to think systematically about public transportation through the lens of physics models. The book includes aspects of ...

Reducere. The Plains Indians found medicinal value in more than two hundred species of native prairie plants. Unfortunately, modern American culture has not ...

Reducere. Bitingly funny and at times harrowingly sad, Let's Shut Out the World traces the man-hungry and misanthropic journey of an intensely bibliophilisti...

DescriptionBiology until recently has been the neglected stepchild of science, and many educated people have little grasp of how biology explains t...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Explores power relations in the households, schools, and monasteries of late antiquity in light of social theory, in a way that will be of interest...

Over the past thirty years, a new systemic conception of life has emerged at the forefront of science. New emphasis has been given to complexity, n...

An insightful, theological examination of domestic abuse and how a compassionate and modern church can best orient itself against it. Draws candidl...

Reducere. Over the past thirty years, a new systemic conception of life has emerged at the forefront of science. New emphasis has been given to complexity, n...

This book is a five-country empirical study of the causes and consequences of social and economic rights litigation.Publisher: Cambridge University...

Reducere. Only Malachi Martin, consummate Vatican insider and intelligence expert, could reveal the untold story behind the Vatican's role in today's winner-...