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Télécharger le livre :  Automating Linguistics
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Automating Linguistics


Jacqueline Léon


Automating Linguistics offers an in-depth study of the history of the mathematisation and automation of the sciences of language. In the wake of the first mathematisation of the 1930s, two waves followed: machine translation in the 1950s and the development of...

Parution : 2021-04-26
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Collection : History of Computing
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Télécharger le livre :  Earth, Our Living Planet
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Earth, Our Living Planet


Philippe Bertrand , Louis Legendre


Earth is, to our knowledge, the only life-bearing body in the Solar System. This extraordinary characteristic dates back almost 4 billion years. How to explain thatEarth is teeming with organisms and that this has lasted for so long? What makesEarth different from its...

Parution : 2021-04-21
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Télécharger le livre :  Antimatter
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Antimatter


Beatriz Gato-Rivera


Antimatter is one of the most fascinating aspects of Particle Physics, and matter-antimatter annihilation the most energetic process in the universe. If they existed, everyday objects made of antimatter would look exactly like those made of ordinary matter, as would...

Parution : 2021-04-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Next Civilization
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Next Civilization


Dirk Helbing


"Digital transformation" sounds harmless, given that the explosion in data volumes, processing power and Artificial Intelligence has driven humanity and the entire world to a point of no return. We will surely see a new civilization, but we are at a crossroads. The...

Parution : 2021-02-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Germans in the Antarctic
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Germans in the Antarctic


Cornelia Lüdecke


While science was usually at the forefront of German Antarctic expeditions, research into the Southern Polar region always had a political or economic component, whether it was about resource use or securing areas of influence.Cornelia Lüdecke presents the course of the...

Parution : 2021-02-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Close Encounters of the Microbial Kind
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Close Encounters of the Microbial Kind


Michael Wilson , Philippa J. K. Wilson


Microbes – can’t live with them, can’t live without them. Increasingly, we’re finding out that our microbiota (the microbes that live on us) are essential for our wellbeing – they provide us with nutrients and vitamins and play a key role in developing our immune...

Parution : 2021-01-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Innovations in Everyday Engineering Materials
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Innovations in Everyday Engineering Materials


H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia , T. Debroy


This book provides an invaluable reference of materials engineering written for a broad audience in an engaging, effective way.  Several stories explain how perseverance and organized research helps to discover new processes for making important materials and how...

Parution : 2021-01-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Master of Galactic Astronomy: A Biography of Jan Hendrik Oort
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Master of Galactic Astronomy: A Biography of Jan Hendrik Oort


Pieter C. Van Der Kruit


This accessible and entertaining biography chronicles the life and triumphs of astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort, who helped lay the foundations of modern astronomy in the 20th century. The book puts into context some of Oort's most significant achievements, including his...

Parution : 2020-12-28
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Éditeur : Springer
Collection : Springer Biographies
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Télécharger le livre :  Orreries, Clocks, and London Society
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Orreries, Clocks, and London Society


Tony Buick


Orreries—mechanical models of the Solar System and its motions—are found everywhere. They appear in paintings, on computers, across natural landscapes, and in museums all over the world. The more you look, the more you find, yet their significance is...

Parution : 2020-12-23
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Éditeur : Springer
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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Télécharger le livre :  Hackathons
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Hackathons


Andreas Kohne , Volker Wehmeier


This book provides a detailed and comprehensive overview of all phases of a hackathon and thus helps to reduce complexity, to use opportunities, to avert pitfalls and to avoid problems. In addition, it also explains from a participant’s perspective how to succeed in a...

Parution : 2020-12-10
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Télécharger le livre :  The Beauty of Space Art
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The Beauty of Space Art


Ron Miller , Jon Ramer


Long before humans wrote, we painted.From mud and ash to acrylic and computers, artists across the centuries have found countless inventive ways to explore and express some of life’s biggest mysteries. Enter space art, a genre of artistic expression that strives to...

Parution : 2020-12-01
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Télécharger le livre :  The Mathematical Universe
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The Mathematical Universe


Joel L. Schiff


I first had a quick look, thenI started reading it.I couldn't stop. -Gerard 't Hooft (Nobel Prize, in Physics 1999)This is a book about the mathematical nature of our Universe. Armed with no more than basic high school mathematics, Dr. Joel L. Schiff takes you...

Parution : 2020-11-18
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Collection : Springer Praxis Books
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Télécharger le livre :  The Neutrino Story: One Tiny Particle's Grand Role in the Cosmos
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The Neutrino Story: One Tiny Particle's Grand Role in the Cosmos


Rabindra N. Mohapatra


Every second of every day, we are exposed to billions of neutrinos emitted by the Sun, and yet they seem to pass straight through us with no apparent effect at all. Tiny and weakly interacting this subatomic particle may be, but this book will show you just how crucial...

Parution : 2020-11-05
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Télécharger le livre :  The ABC's of Science
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The ABC's of Science


Giuseppe Mussardo


Science, with its inherent tension between the known and the unknown, is an inexhaustible mine of great stories. Collected here are twenty-six among the most enchanting tales, one for each letter of the alphabet: the main characters are scientists of the highest caliber...

Parution : 2020-11-05
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Télécharger le livre :  Mind and the Cosmic Order
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Mind and the Cosmic Order


Charles Pinter


The topic of this book is the relationship between mind and the physical world. From once being an esoteric question of philosophy, this subject has become a central topic in the foundations of quantum physics.The book traces this story back to Descartes, through Kant,...

Parution : 2020-11-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Limits and Opportunities of a Matrix Organization
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Limits and Opportunities of a Matrix Organization


Jasmine Shahani


This book investigates the functioning of contemporary matrix organizations based on a case study of a German leading commercial vehicle manufacturer. It creates a framework for research of matrix organizations and demonstrates empirically how a contemporary MNC can...

Parution : 2020-10-30
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Télécharger le livre :  The Event Horizon: Homo Prometheus and the Climate Catastrophe
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The Event Horizon: Homo Prometheus and the Climate Catastrophe


Andrew Y. Glikson


 With the advent of global warming and the nuclear arms race, humans are rapidly approaching a moment of truth. Technologically supreme, they manifest their dreams and nightmares in the real world through science, art, adventures and brutal wars, a paradox...

Parution : 2020-10-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Time, Progress, Growth and Technology
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Time, Progress, Growth and Technology


Filipe Duarte Santos


This book addresses the current challenges of sustainable development, including its social, economic and environmental components. The author argues that we need to develop a new concept of time based on inter-generational solidarity, which focuses both on the long-...

Parution : 2020-09-18
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Télécharger le livre :  Making Better Decisions
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Making Better Decisions


Pekka J. Korhonen , Jyrki Wallenius


This book offers a comprehensive introduction to decision-making in an MCDM framework. Designed as a tutorial, it presents the main concepts and methods to be applied, together with essential background information.This includes the concept of nondominance, Simon’s...

Parution : 2020-08-18
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Télécharger le livre :  Gravitational Waves
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Gravitational Waves


Ajit Kembhavi , Pushpa Khare


Gravitational waves were first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916, a year after the development of his new theory of gravitation known as the general theory of relativity. This theory established gravitation as the curvature of space-time produced by matter and...

Parution : 2020-08-06
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