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Systems Thinking: Coping with 21st Century Problems (Industrial Innovation)
Systems Thinking: Coping with 21st Century Problems (Industrial Innovation)
It is a great pleasure to introduce this inaugural edition of Systems Thinking: Coping with 21st Century Problems by John Boardman and Brian Sauser. In response to the increasing relevance of “systems thinking” to global challenges from terrorism to energy to clean water to healthcare, these authors provide a unique perspective on the...
Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers
Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers
We believe that the computer revolution has left most of you behind. Steve Jobs had similar thoughts when he founded Apple Computer and set out to build “computers for the rest of us.” The idea was to enable people who were not computer experts—like artists, educators, and children—to take advantage of the power of...
Lucid Waking: The Answer to the Problem of Consciousness
Lucid Waking: The Answer to the Problem of Consciousness
There is no problem more baffling to the academic world than the problem of consciousness. It’s fair to say that no academic has any clue at all about what consciousness is. In fact, academics have totally confused it with something radically different, namely sentience. The problem that faces the academic world is the insurmountable one...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Building and Remodeling
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Building and Remodeling

It's easy building green!

This guide helps environmentally conscious people make real-world decisions about building or remodeling a home. Readers will find information on how to save money by going green when building or remodeling, how to find the right green integrated system design, how to choose heating and
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The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption
The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption

The modern human animal spends upwards of 11 hours out of every 24 in a state of constant consumption. Not eating, but gorging on information ceaselessly spewed from the screens and speakers we hold dear. Just as we have grown morbidly obese on sugar, fat, and flour—so, too, have we become gluttons for texts, instant...

Gold Mining and the Discourses of Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana
Gold Mining and the Discourses of Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana

This book critically examines the practice and meanings of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and how the movement has facilitated a positive and somewhat unquestioned image of the global corporation. Drawing on extensive fieldwork material collected in Ghanaian communities located around the project sites of Newmont Mining...

Embodied Minds in Action
Embodied Minds in Action
In Embodied Minds in Action, Robert Hanna and Michelle Maiese work out a unified treatment of three fundamental philosophical problems: the mind-body problem, the problem of mental causation, and the problem of action. This unified treatment rests on two basic claims. The first is that conscious, intentional minds like ours are essentially...
Introduction to Nonimaging Optics (Optical Science and Engineering)
Introduction to Nonimaging Optics (Optical Science and Engineering)
from the foreword…a clear, self-contained and well organized introduction to Nonimaging Optics….will strongly contribute to the spread and understanding of Nonimaging Optics, helping engineers to find better solutions to many optical design problems where the transfer of light energy is critical.
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Organization Development at Work: Conversations on the Values, Applications, and Future of OD
Organization Development at Work: Conversations on the Values, Applications, and Future of OD
SHARE IN THE POWER, PURPOSE, AND PRACTICE OF OD

Organization Development at Work–a title in The Practicing OD Series–is a collection of conversations among leaders, practitioners, and educators in the organization development (OD) field. Throughout the book experienced professionals share their best thinking about principles,...

Governance, Risk, and Compliance Handbook for Oracle Applications
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Handbook for Oracle Applications
  • Governance: In depth coverage of corporate, IT, and security Governance, which includes important topics such as strategy development and communication, strategic reporting and control, and more
  • Risk Management: Creating a risk management program, performing risk assessment and control verification, and more
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The Manifesting Mind: Rewire Your Brain to Engineer Your Dream Life
The Manifesting Mind: Rewire Your Brain to Engineer Your Dream Life
Everything you see around you was once a thought: the chair you’re sitting in; the water filter on your kitchen counter; your partner and the relationship you share; your bank account balance. All these things have been manifested; brought into existence as the results of thoughts; either positive or negative.In this book, you’ll go...
Neurochemistry of Consciousness: Neurotransmitters in mind (Advances in Consciousness Research)
Neurochemistry of Consciousness: Neurotransmitters in mind (Advances in Consciousness Research)

This pioneering book explores in depth the role of neurotransmitters in conscious awareness. The central aim is to identify common neural denominators of conscious awareness, informed by the neurochemistry of natural, drug induced and pathological states of consciousness. Chemicals such as acetylcholine and dopamine, which bridge the synaptic...

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