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Book cover of There Is No Theory of Everything

There Is No Theory of Everything

A Physics Perspective on Emergence

by Lars Q. English
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2017

The main purpose of this book is to introduce a broader audience to emergence by illustrating how discoveries in the physical sciences have informed the ways we think about it. In a nutshell, emergence asserts that non-reductive behavior arises at higher levels of organization and complexity. As physicist...
Book cover of Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
by A. Estache, Q. Wodon, KATHRYN LOMAS
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014

Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa analyzes the extent to which, how, and how fast the infrastructure needs of the poor have been met in Sub-Saharan Africa. Estache and Wodon explore the extent to which some key policies have hurt or helped progress in trying to speed the expansions...
Book cover of Customer Experience

Customer Experience

Future Trends and Insights

by C. Shaw, Q. Dibeehi, S. Walden
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2010

Customer Experience is now the key differentiator as consumers and businesses alike decide among competing brands. The authors explore growing trends in Experience Psychology, Social Media and Neuroscience and their impact on Customer Experience that businesses need to understand to gain preference, loyalty and market share.
Book cover of The Art and Science of Personal Magnetism
by Theron Q. Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008

Have you ever heard of someone being described as having a "magnetic personality"? Chances are, that person is well aware of his or her unique ability to charm and persuade others -- most people blessed with this gift have actually worked long and hard to develop it. In The Art and Science of Personal...
Book cover of Marx's Capital and Capitalism Today
by Tony Cutler, Barry Hindess, Athar Hussain
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013

This volume is concerned with the re-evaluation and criticism of Capital itself. It is in three parts, each covering a specific area of Marxist theory. The first part contains an investigation into Marx’s theory of value and considers the types of questions and modes of analysis to which this theory...
Book cover of Parallel R

Parallel R

Data Analysis in the Distributed World

by Q. Ethan McCallum, Stephen Weston
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011

It’s tough to argue with R as a high-quality, cross-platform, open source statistical software product—unless you’re in the business of crunching Big Data. This concise book introduces you to several strategies for using R to analyze large datasets. You’ll learn the basics of Snow, Multicore,...
Book cover of AngularJS: Maintaining Web Applications
by Rodrigo Branas, Chandermani, Matt Frisbie
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016

Get started with speed building AngularJS applications, and scale up to a full-stack web application, using the existing AngularJS framework without the trouble of migrating to Angular 2 About This Book Follow the best practices of the framework to organize and modularize your application Get...
Book cover of A Guide Book of Buffalo and Jefferson Nickels
by Q. David Bowers
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007

This is the eighth entry in Whitman's Bower Series of numismatic titles. Lavishly illustrated in full color, the Guide Book of Buffalo and Jefferson Nickels features high-resolution enlargements for important overdates and other varieties. These popular coins are given the famous Bowers treatment: insightful...
Book cover of The Official American Numismatic Assiciation Grading Standards for United States Coins
by Q. David Bowers
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013

This comprehensive and easy-to-use guide provides the official American Numismatic Association grading standards for every United States coin minted since 1793. Beginners, advanced collectors, and dealers will all find the text understandable and invaluable for grading coins, both circulation strikes...
Book cover of A Guide Book of United States Type Coins
by Q. David Bowers
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008

This comprehensive 288-page full-color book details how to begin the ideal numismatic pursuit: a collection of United States coins by type. Major updates to the 2nd edition are new market values, new certified-coin population data, updated Market Price Performance charts, new coins, new section on...
Book cover of The Expert's Guide to Collecting & Investing in Rare Coins
by Q. David Bowers
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2006

This book is a comprehensive insider's look at not only rare coins, but also tokens, medals, and paper money. At 34 chapters and nearly 700 pages, it covers everything from grading to determining values to techniques of smart auction bidding. More than 1,300 photographs and illustrations, both black...
Book cover of War, Media, and Propaganda

War, Media, and Propaganda

A Global Perspective

by Naiim Badii, Ben H. Bagdikian, Nicolene Botha
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004

This timely book presents a multifaceted look at war, media, and propaganda from international perspectives. Focusing on the media's role in global conflicts, prominent authors, journalists, scholars, and researchers provide an insightful overview of the impact of globalization on media practices....
Book cover of Hygrothermal Risk on Building Heritage

Hygrothermal Risk on Building Heritage

A Methodology for a Risk Map

by João M.P.Q. Delgado, Ana Sofia Guimarães, Vasco Peixoto de Freitas
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015

This book presents a critical review of a criterion of risk, created to assess the flood risk to heritage buildings, and evaluates this criterion by applying it to the sample Portuguese heritage buildings. In a first approach, the total number of potential parameters is effectively reduced and the...
Book cover of Work-Life Balance in Construction

Work-Life Balance in Construction

Millennials in Singapore and South Korea

by Low Sui Pheng, Benjamin K. Q. Chua
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018

The book presents the latest studies on the work–life balance of millennial (also known as Generation Y) building professionals in Singapore and South Korea. Its main goal is to compare and contrast the workplace attitudes of millennials, and to provide guidelines that help supervisors in the construction...
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