The burning of biomass - forests, grasslands, and agricultural fields after the harvest - is much more widespread and extensive than previously believed; most biomass burning is thought to be initiate
What are the frontiers of today's communications technology? The Age of Electronic Messages explains the scientific principles on which this technology is based and explores its capabilities and limit
By viewing the corporation as a communicator, Image Worlds links the histories oflabor, business, consumption, engineering, and photography, providing a new perspective on one ofthe largest and most r
Deregulating the Airlines narrates and analyzes the decisions taken by the Civil Aeronautics Board during the transition to deregulation and the reasoning behind the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978.
This is the first comprehensive and fully documented study of Philadelphia's architecture (originally published in hardcover in 1974), covering all sections of the city and covering buildings from all
Industrialization and population explosion are contributing to an urban revolution in the developing countries of the world. Static social and economic conditions, frozen for hundreds of years, are ra
A guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology and why we should never assume that computers always get it right.In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues th
Sustainable business seeks to shift the focus of business from pure profitability to a more holistic success that incorporates social and ecological considerations. Szekely and Dossa seek to bring the
The Terror of Evidence is composed of notes, comments, aphorisms, maxims, and meditations: 191 texts ranging from 3 words to 3 pages, each one titled and all of them addr
An equilibrium theory of unemployment assumes that firms and workers maximize their payoffs under rational expectations and that wages are determined to exploit the private gains from trade. This book
Beginning with the release of the Magnavox Odyssey and Pong in 1972, video games, whether played in arcades and taverns or in family rec rooms, became part of popular cul
Findings from the Human Genome Project and from Genome-Wide Association (GWA) studies indicate that many diseases and traits manifest a more complex genomic pattern than previously assumed. These find
Today anyone can purchase technology that can track, quantify, and measure the body and its environment. Wearable or portable sensors detect heart rates, glucose levels, steps taken, water quality, ge
Today anyone can purchase technology that can track, quantify, and measure the body and its environment. Wearable or portable sensors detect heart rates, glucose levels, steps taken, water quality, ge
In the coal-mining region of Central Appalachia, mountaintop-removal mining and coal-industry-related flooding, water contamination, and illness have led to the emergence of a grassroots, women-driven
Simulation modeling is increasingly integrated into research and policy analysis of complex sociotechnical systems in a variety of domains. Model-based analysis and policy design inform a range of app
Production in the Innovation Economy emerges from several years of interdisciplinary research at MIT on the links between manufacturing and innovation in the United States and the world economy. Autho
The study of concepts has advanced dramatically in recent years, with exciting new findings and theoretical developments. Core concepts have been investigated in greater depth and new lines of inquiry
Medical and social progress depend on research with human subjects. When that research is done in institutions getting federal money, it is regulated (often minutely) by federally required and supervi
Adobe Flash began as a simple animation tool and grew into a multimedia platform thatoffered a generation of creators and innovators an astonishing range of opportunities to develop anddistribute new
This book draws on ideas from philosophical logic, computational logic, multi-agentsystems, and game theory to offer a comprehensive account of logic and games viewed in twocomplementary ways. It exam
Children are among the most vulnerable citizens of the world, with a special need forthe protections, rights, and services offered by states. And yet children are particularly at riskfrom statelessnes
Millions of children visit virtual worlds every day. In such virtual play spaces asHabbo Hotel, Toontown, and Whyville, kids chat with friends from school, meet new people, constructavatars, and earn
Today's blockbuster video games -- and their never-ending sequels, sagas, and reboots-- provide plenty of excitement in high-resolution but for the most part fail to engage a player'smoral imagination
Amid the cultural and political ferment of 1960s France, a group of avant-gardearchitects, artists, writers, theorists, and critics known as "spatial urbanists"envisioned a series of urban utopias--ph
Digital media and network technologies are now part of everyday life. The Internethas become the backbone of communication, commerce, and media; the ubiquitous mobile phone connectsus with others as i
In Adversarial Design, Carl DiSalvo examines the ways thattechnology design can provoke and engage the political. He describes a practice, which he terms"adversarial design," that uses the means and
"Environmental issues often span long periods of time, far-flung areas, and labyrinthine layers of complexity. In Greening through IT, Bill Tomlinson investigates how the tools and techniques of infor
In Against Moral Responsibility, Bruce Waller launches a spirited attack on a systemthat is profoundly entrenched in our society and its institutions, deeply rooted in our emotions,and vigorously defe
The language of thought (LOT) approach to the nature of mind has been highlyinfluential in cognitive science and the philosophy of mind; and yet, as Susan Schneider argues, itsphilosophical foundation
Ubiquitous computing (or ubicomp) is the label for a "third wave" ofcomputing technologies. Following the eras of the mainframe computer and the desktop PC, ubicomp ischaracterized by small and powerf
Children are among the most vulnerable citizens of the world, with a special need forthe protections, rights, and services offered by states. And yet children are particularly at riskfrom statelessnes
The debate over the use of copyright law to prevent competition and interoperability in the global software industry. We live in an interoperable world. Computer hardware and software products from
In postwar France, the aesthetics of appropriation and collage gave cultural form to a struggle over meaning. A new wave of avant-garde experimentation used -- or stole, plagiarized, and expropriated
Hemispheric asymmetry is one of the basic aspects of perception and cognitiveprocessing. The different functions of the left and right hemispheres of the brain have been studiedwith renewed interest i
"Environmental issues often span long periods of time, far-flung areas, and labyrinthine layers of complexity. In Greening through IT, Bill Tomlinson investigates how the tools and techniques of infor
In the nineteenth century, horse transportation consumed vast amounts of land for hay production, and the intense traffic and ankle-deep manure created miserable living conditions in urban centers. T
In the nineteenth century, horse transportation consumed vast amounts of land for hay production, and the intense traffic and ankle-deep manure created miserable living conditions in urban centers. Th
Certain ideas have preoccupied thinkers since ancient times: the nature of mind, the sources of knowledge and belief, the nature of the self, ethics and the best way to l
By the end of the twentieth century, sub-Saharan Africa had experienced twenty-fiveyears of economic and political disaster. While "economic miracles" in China and Indiaraised hundreds of millions fro
