At a time when events are overtaking many publications, these articles selected fromInternational Security provide up-to-date and comprehensive analyses of American national securitystrategy in the po
Stephen Doheny-Farina shows that the technical and commercial processes of turning technologies into products are, in significant ways, communication processes. Improving the way that technology is tr
a powerful default-handling system that yields an intuitive behavior in several domains of interest in AI, including inheritance hierarchies, reasoning about change, general logic programs, and abduct
a powerful default-handling system that yields an intuitive behavior in several domains of interest in AI, including inheritance hierarchies, reasoning about change, general logic programs, and abduct
This collection of essays continues Barrett's investigations into implementing networked online systems described in his first book Text, ConText, and HyperText, with a more focused emphasis on specif
These original contributions by symbiosis biologists and evolutionary theorists address the adequacy of the prevailing neo-Darwinian concept of evolution in the light of growing evidence that heredita
These original contributions by symbiosis biologists and evolutionary theorists address the adequacy of the prevailing neo-Darwinian concept of evolution in the light of growing evidence that heredita
This source book presents the essential technical, political, legal, and historical background needed for informed judgments about the recent expansion of military interest in the life sciences - part
This first English translation of Napier's Rabdologia provides a clear and readable introduction to a group of physical calculating devices, which, long overshadowed by Napier's logarithms, have their
Among architects and preservationists, the writings of Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879) have long been considered major resources. They inspired a generation of American architects, including Frank Furness,
Soviet military policy has been one of the most important and perplexing issues confronting the United States since 1945. Mikhail Gorbachev's foreign policy innovations have focused renewed attention
Suddenly, the universe of people making typographical decisions has expanded.Effective visual communication through the informed manipulation of the size and style of type, itsplacement on a two dimen
This comprehensive analysis of the British privatization program offers insights into recent policies on privatization, competition, and regulation in a country that has by far the greatest experience
On the basis of a decade's work on syntactic-comprehension disorders, primarily in the Neurolinguistics Laboratory of the Montreal Neurological Hospital, David Caplan and Nancy Hildebrandt present an
The study of anaphoric expressions-especially reflexives and reciprocals-has played an increasingly important role in linguistic theory. Within the Extended Standard Theory, the central notions of gov
This major work covers almost all that has been learned about the acoustics of stringed instruments from Helmholtz's 19th-century theoretical elaborations to recent electroacoustic and holographic mea
Results of a 3-week intensive examination of the present and potential climatic effects of man's activities by 30 of the world's leading atmospheric scientists from 14 countries.
A comprehensive behavioral theory of market interactions and an approach to policy management based on the use of microanalytic computer simulation. This book presents a comprehensive behavioral the
A comprehensive exposition of mathematics, tracing the history and cultural significance of mathematical ideas from antiquity to the present day. Mathematics, which originated in antiquity in the ne
Somewhere between birth and maturity the highly structured linguistic system characteristic of the adult mind evolves. While young children commonly group words idiosyncratically or according to a the
A top behavioral geneticist makes the case that DNA inherited from our parents at the moment of conception can predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses.In Blueprint, behavioral geneticist Ro
Cutting through the hype, a practical guide to using artificial intelligence for business benefits and competitive advantage.In The AI Advantage, Thomas Davenport offers a guide to using artificial in
From Tyrannosaurus rex to Heteropoda davidbowie: scientific naming as a joyful and creative act. Tyrannosaurus rex. Homo sapiens. Heteropoda davidbowie. Behind each act of scientific naming is a s
The latest edition of a popular introductory text, including a section on computational linguistics, new non-English examples, quizzes for each chapter, and additional special topics. With this edit
All working architects leave behind a string of monuments to themselves in the form of buildings they have designed and built. But what about the "final place" an archite
A detailed examination of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the shift in governance strategy they represent. In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Sustainable D
The development and deployment of cleaner energy technologies have become globalized phenomena. Yet despite the fact that energy-related goods account for more than ten percent of international trade,
A new philosophy of higher education has taken hold in institutions around the world. Its supporters disavow the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake and argue that the
Warren S. McCulloch was an original thinker, in many respects far ahead of his time. McCulloch, who was a psychiatrist, a philosopher, a teacher, a mathematician, and a p
In the late 1960s an eclectic group of engineers joined the antiwar and civil rights activists of the time in agitating for change. The engineers were fighting to remake
In 1982, the British Broadcasting Corporation launched its Computer Literacy Project, intended "to introduce interested adults to the world of computers and computing." The BBC accompanied t
California's Silicon Valley is home to the greatest concentration of designers in the world: corporate design offices at flagship technology companies and volunteers at nonprofit NGOs; global design c
For many years, researchers have studied visual recognition with objects -- single,clean, clear, and isolated objects, presented to subjects at the center of the screen. In our realenvironment, howeve
This book offers a unified, comprehensive, and up-to-date treatment of analytical andnumerical tools for solving dynamic economic problems. The focus is on introducing recursive methods-- an important
Sparse modeling is a rapidly developing area at the intersection of statisticallearning and signal processing, motivated by the age-old statistical problem of selecting a smallnumber of predictive var
Computers were first conceived as "thinking machines," but in thetwenty-first century they have become social machines. People use computers to meet friends, playgames, and collaborate on projects. Co
Our contemporary concerns about food range from food security to agriculturalsustainability to getting dinner on the table for family and friends. This book investigates foodissues as they intersect w
For more than four decades, the elusive but influential Los Angeles-based artist JohnKnight has developed a practice of site specificity that tests both architectural and ideologicalboundaries of the
This pithy and engaging volume shows that economists may be better equipped topredict the future than science fiction writers. Economists' ideas, based on both theory andpractice, reflect their knowle
For more than four decades, the elusive but influential Los Angeles-based artist JohnKnight has developed a practice of site specificity that tests both architectural and ideologicalboundaries of the
