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We live in strange times. A machine plays the strategy game Go better than any human; upstarts like Apple and Google destroy industry stalwarts such as Nokia; ideas from the crowd are repeatedly more
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Take your home on the road, and turn your wanderlust into action Praise for previous edition:"A perfect guide."--Anchorage Daily News "Honest, insightful advice."--Northeast Outdoors "If any of our fa
At its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us. It should come as no surprise, then, that children make excellent philosophers! Naturally inquisitive, pint-size
At its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us. It should come as no surprise, then, that children make excellent philosophers! Naturally inquisitive, pint-size
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At its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us. It should come as no surprise, then, that children make excellent philosophers! Naturally inquisitive, pint-size
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This book provides an overview of the practical aspects of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), from understanding the basis of the technique through selection of the right protocols, trouble-shooting data
適合醫療人員理解醫事法律的入門書，本書以15個法院判決事實為本，分成中毒篇6例，暴力外傷篇4例，其他篇5例。每個實務案例皆先簡介疾病，輔以事實經過、相關法理和判決，由學習者的角度，從認事、用法、討論、結語的方式建立基礎概念，內容難易適中，使具醫療背景者能輕易一窺醫學與法律碰撞之結果，具法律背景者亦能了解「事實運作中的法律」（law in action）與「書本中的法律」（law in books）
