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Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think by Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier Publisher Comments A revelatory exploration of the hottest trend in technology and the dramatic impact it will have on the economy, science, and society at large. Which paint color is most likely to tell you that a used car is in good shape? How can officials identify the... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health (Vintage) by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers Publisher Comments In the spring of 2005, cardiologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz was called to consult on an unusual patient: an Emperor tamarin at the Los Angeles Zoo. While examining the tiny monkey’s sick heart, she learned that wild animals can die of a form of... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy by Robert W. Mcchesney Synopsis Celebrants and skeptics alike have produced valuable analyses of the Internets effect on us and our world, oscillating between utopian bliss and dystopian hell. But according to Robert W. McChesney, these arguments are deeply flawed, since they fail to... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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Why Knot?: How to Tie More Than Sixty Ingenious, Useful, Beautiful, Lifesaving, and Secure Knots! [With Rope] by Philippe Petit Publisher Comments On August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between the New York World Trade Centers twin towers, where he performed for nearly an hour. During this history-making walk, and many others throughout his celebrated career, knots... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Hardcover
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Swordfish: A Biography of the Ocean Gladiator by Richard Ellis Publisher Comments A perfect fish in the evolutionary sense, the broadbill swordfish derives its name from its distinctive bill—much longer and wider than the bill of any other billfish—which is flattened into the sword we all recognize. And though the majesty... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Penguins: Natural History and Conservation (Samuel and Althea Stroum Book) by Pablo Garcia Borboroglu Publisher Comments Penguins, among the most delightful creatures in the world, are also among the most vulnerable. The fragile status of most penguin populations today mirrors the troubled condition of the southern oceans, as well as larger marine conservation problems... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Trade Paper
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Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter by Terrence W. Deacon Publisher Comments As scientists study the minutiae of subatomic particles, neural connections, and molecular compounds, their attempts at a "theory of everything" harbor a glaring omission: they still cannot explain us, the thoughts and perceptions that truly make us what... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind: What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Tell Us about Ourselves by Robert A. Burton, M.d. Publisher Comments What if our soundest, most reasonable judgments are beyond our control? Despite 2500 years of contemplation by the worlds greatest minds and the more recent phenomenal advances in basic neuroscience, neither neuroscientists nor philosophers have a... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Hardcover
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Introduction to Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes by John Chiasson Publisher Comments A unique approach to stochastic processes that connects the mathematical formulation of random processes to their use in applications This book presents an innovative approach to teaching probability theory and stochastic processes based on the binary... (read more) Your price: $130.00 New - Hardcover
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Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture by Ross Conrad Publisher Comments Today's beekeepers face unprecedented challenges, a fact that is now front-page news with the spread of "colony collapse disorder." Newly introduced pests like varroa and tracheal mites have made chemical treatment of hives standard practice, but pest... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Unpredictable Species: What Makes Humans Unique by Philip Lieberman Publisher Comments "In this wonderfully readable book, Lieberman argues that evolution has equipped humans with the most marvelous gift in the animal kingdom--the freedom to be unpredictable. The Unpredictable Species is educational, entertaining, challenging, aggravating,... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Harvest the Wind: America's Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability by Philip Warburg Publisher Comments Winds sweeping through the Great Plains once robbed the Farm Belt of its future, stripping away overworked topsoil and creating the dreaded Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Today, those winds are bringing new hope to the declining rural communities of the central... (read more) Your price: $19.00 New - Trade Paper
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Mathematical Methods in the Theory of Queuing (Dover Books on Mathematics) by A. Y. Khinchin Publisher Comments Written by a prominent Russian mathematician, this concise monograph examines aspects of queuing theory as an application of probability. Prerequisites include a familiarity with the theory of probability and mathematical analysis. Students and... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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Before They're Gone: A Family's Year-Long Quest to Explore America's Most Endangered National Parks by Michael Lanza Publisher Comments A longtime backpacker, climber, and skier, Michael Lanza knows our national parks like the back of his hand. As a father, he hopes to share these special places with his two young children. But he has seen firsthand the changes wrought by the warming... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless: Design and Measurement Challenges by Moray Rumney Publisher Comments A practical guide to LTE design, test and measurement, this new edition has been updated to include the latest developments This book presents the latest details on LTE from a practical and technical perspective. Written by Agilent’s measurement... (read more) Your price: $115.00 New - Hardcover
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Optimal Resource Allocation: With Practical Statistical Applications and Theory by Igor A. Ushakov Publisher Comments A UNIQUE ENGINEERING AND STATISTICAL APPROACH TO OPTIMAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION Optimal Resource Allocation: With Practical Statistical Applications and Theory features the application of probabilistic and statistical methods used in reliability engineering... (read more) Your price: $94.95 New - Hardcover
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Electrical Drives for Direct Drive Renewable Energy Systems (Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy) by Markus Mueller Publisher Comments Wind turbine gearboxes are one of the major reliability problems for wind energy operators and cause expensive maintenance and repair jobs when failures occur, particularly in offshore wind farms. Gearless direct drive wind energy systems present a... (read more) Your price: $218.50 New - Hardcover
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Pieces of Light: How the New Science of Memory Illuminates the Stories We Tell about Our Pasts by Charles Fernyhough Publisher Comments How is it possible to have vivid memories of something that never happened? How can siblings remember the same event from their childhoods so differently? Do the selections and distortions of memory reveal a truth about the self? Why are certain memories... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Fundamentals of Statistical Signal Processing, Volume III: Practical Algorithm Development by Steven Kay Publisher Comments The Complete, Modern Guide to Developing Well-Performing Signal Processing Algorithms In Fundamentals of Statistical Signal Processing, Volume III: Practical Algorithm Development, author Steven M. Kay shows how to convert theories of statistical... (read more) Your price: $132.00 New - Hardcover
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Explaining the Computational Mind by Marcin Milkowski Publisher Comments andlt;Pandgt;In this book, Marcin Milkowski argues that the mind can be explained computationally because it is itself computational -- whether it engages in mental arithmetic, parses natural language, or processes the auditory signals that allow us to... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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