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“jan simonsen”

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  • Movement and Connectivity

    Configurations of Belonging

    Edited by Jan Simonsen, Kjersti Larsen, Ada Engebrigtsen ...
    Through a series of case studies from Southern and Eastern Africa, Oceania, and Europe, Movement and Connectivity: Configurations of Belonging explores the analytical usefulness of the concept of «mobility» for anthropological thought and theorization.The book scrutinizes mobility through long-term ethnographies that encompass life histories of individual persons, cyclical household developments, ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    An Emerging Paradigm

    Edited by Peter Timmerman, Peter Brown ...
    Ecological Economics for the Anthropocene provides an urgently needed alternative to the long-dominant neoclassical economic paradigm of the free market, which has focused myopically—even fatally—on the boundless production and consumption of goods and services without heed to environmental consequences. The emerging paradigm for ecological economics championed in this new book recenters the field ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Study Guide for Microbiology: Biochemistry, Cell Structure and Function, and Metabolism of Microbes

    by Dr. Evelyn J Biluk ...
    This is a large collection (32 pages) of multiple choice questions on biochemistry, cell structure and function, and the metabolism of microbes. Topics include an overview of biochemistry, organic chemistry, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, proteins, DNA replication, gene expression, protein synthesis, cell structure and function (bacteria, Archaea, eukaryotes), metabolism, enzymes, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Energy and the Wealth of Nations

    Understanding the Biophysical Economy

    by Charles A. S. Hall, Kent A. Klitgaard ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    For the past 150 years, economics has been treated as a social science in which economies are modeled as a circular flow of income between producers and consumers. In this “perpetual motion” of interactions between firms that produce and households that consume, little or no accounting is given of the flow of energy and materials from the environment and back again. In the standard economic model, ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Holistic Engineering Education

    Beyond Technology

    Edited by Domenico Grasso, Melody Burkins ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Holistic Engineering Education: Beyond Technology is a compilation of coordinated and focused essays from world leaders in the engineering profession who are dedicated to a transformation of engineering education and practice. The contributors define a new and holistic approach to education and practice that captures the creativity, interdisciplinarity, complexity, and adaptability required for ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Luigi Ghirri and the Photography of Place

    Interdisciplinary Perspectives

    Edited by Marina Spunta, Jacopo Benci ...
    The photographer Luigi Ghirri (1943–1992) was one of the most significant Italian artists of the late twentieth century. This volume – the first scholarly book-length publication on Ghirri to appear in English – introduces his photographic and critical work to a broader audience and positions Ghirri as a key voice within global artistic debates. It breaks new ground by approaching Ghirri’s œuvre ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Handbook for Small Science Centers

    by Dennis Schatz, Pat Adams, American Association of Museums, Association of Science-Technology Centers, Elsa B. Bailey, Mary Baske0, Bronwyn Bevan1, Colleen Blair2, Vicki Breazeale3, Kim L. Cavendish4, Al DeSena5, Kirsten M. Ellenbogen6, John H. Falk7, Claude Faubert8, Peter B. Giles9, Kit Goolsby0, Hands On! Inc1, George E. Hein2, Cassandra L. Henry3, Asger Høeg4, Marilyn Hoyt5, Karen Johnson6, Maureen E. Kennedy7, Lucy Kirshner8, Kathleen R. Krafft9, Thomas Krakauer0, Darlene Librero1, Laura Martin2, Ronen Mir3, Alan Nursall4, Chuck O'Connor5, Paul Orselli6, Andrée Peek7, Stephen Pizzey8, Melanie Quin9, Albert J. Read0, Beryl Rosenthal1, Christen E. Runge2, Beverly S. Sanford3, Rebecca Schatz4, Harold Skramstad5, Robert Semper6, David Taylor7, Charlie Trautmann8, Susan B. F. Wageman9, Charlie Walter0, Kim Whaley1, Adela "Laddie" SkiptonElwell2, Watson "Mac" Laetsch3, Susan Skramstad4, Robert "Mac" West5 ...
    There has been, and continues to be, an explosion of interest in developing new small science centers that is changing the world of museums. This handbook is designed to be a one-stop source for future and current centers, and anyone interested in the important roles these institutions play in their communities. With articles-all written by leaders in field-covering everything from administration, ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Conflict and Complexity

    Countering Terrorism, Insurgency, Ethnic and Regional Violence

    Edited by Yaneer Bar-Yam, Ali A. Minai, Philip Vos Fellman ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book follows the methodologies of complex adaptive systems research in their application to addressing the problems of terrorism, specifically terrorist networks, their structure and various methods of mapping and interdicting them as well as exploring the complex landscape of network-centric and irregular warfare. A variety of new models and approaches are presented here, including Dynamic ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • After Method

    Mess in Social Science Research

    by John Law ...
    Series series International Library of Sociology
    John Law argues that methods don't just describe social realities but are also involved in creating them. The implications of this argument are highly significant. If this is the case, methods are always political, and it raises the question of what kinds of social realities we want to create. Most current methods look for clarity and precision. It is usually said that only poor research produces ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Model-Based Control of Networked Systems

    by Panos J. Antsaklis, Eloy Garcia, Luis A. Montestruque ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This monograph introduces a class of networked control systems (NCS) called model-based networked control systems (MB-NCS) and presents various architectures and control strategies designed to improve the performance of NCS. The overall performance of NCS considers the appropriate use of network resources, particularly network bandwidth, in conjunction with the desired response of the system being ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Math for the Digital Factory

    Edited by Luca Ghezzi, Dietmar Hömberg, Chantal Landry ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This volume provides a unique collection of mathematical tools and industrial case studies in digital manufacturing. It addresses various topics, ranging from models of single production technologies, production lines, logistics and workflows to models and optimization strategies for energy consumption in production.The digital factory represents a network of digital models and simulation and 3D ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Intelligent Non-hierarchical Manufacturing Networks

    Edited by Raul Poler, Luis Maia Carneiro, Thomas Jasinski, Marc Zolghadri, Paolo Pedrazzoli ...
    This book provides the latest models, methods and guidelines for networked enterprises to enhance their competitiveness and move towards innovative high performance and agile industrial systems.In the new global market, competitiveness and economic growth rely greatly on the move toward innovative high performance industrial systems and agile networked enterprises through the creation and ... Read more

    $190.00 USD