Frontiers Of Another Nature
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Frontiers Of Another Nature
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Author : Christiane Stahl
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Frontiers Of Another Nature written by Christiane Stahl and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Iceland categories.
Frontiers A Study In Political Geography
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Author : C B Fawcett
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
Frontiers A Study In Political Geography written by C B Fawcett and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.
This insightful work explores the complexities of political borders and their social, economic, and environmental impacts on the people living within them. Fawcett draws on his vast knowledge of geography, history, and politics to provide a comprehensive analysis of this crucial aspect of international relations. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Silicon Second Nature
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Author : Stefan Helmreich
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2000-08-29
Silicon Second Nature written by Stefan Helmreich and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-08-29 with Computers categories.
Looks at the emerging field of artificial life - the product of imagination - a mix of biology, mythology and technology.
A Different Nature
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Author : David Hancocks
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2001
A Different Nature written by David Hancocks and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Nature categories.
"A well-written and provocative, opinion-rich account of zoos, their history, and their goals and purposes. Hancocks has earned the right to speak authoritatively about these subjects, thanks to his tenure as director of two leading U. S. zoos. This book will appeal to general readers and to all persons interested in zoos and their role in conservation and education."—John Alcock, author of Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach "Giraffes, elephants, gorillas, snakes, and toucans respond poorly to the usual conventions of human architecture. Zoo architects usually respond no less poorly to the needs of animals. David Hancocks draws on a lifetime's experience working as a zoo director and zoo architect to explore this dilemma, and offers a compelling vision for the future. This is an important book for those interested in conservation as well as for zoo and museum buffs."—William Conway, former President and General Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Bronx Zoo "For over two decades David Hancocks has fervently tried to reform the fundamental character and mission of zoos. This book is his most thorough analysis of what is wrong with them and his most detailed and compelling plea for improvement. Every conscientious zoo administrator, curator, and keeper should read it from cover to cover with an open mind. Professionals in botanical gardens, museums, and nature parks should also consider this treatise because Hancocks advocates that a fusion of all of these institutions into a new entity better positioned to interpret the entire biosphere."-Mark A. Dimmitt, Director of Natural History, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
After Nature
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Author : Jedediah Purdy
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2015-09
After Nature written by Jedediah Purdy and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09 with History categories.
Nature no longer exists apart from humanity. The world we will inhabit is the one we have made. Geologists call this epoch the Anthropocene, Age of Humans. The facts of the Anthropocene are scientific—emissions, pollens, extinctions—but its shape and meaning are questions for politics. Jedediah Purdy develops a politics for this post-natural world.
Second Nature
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Author : Cherry Wilder
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Second Nature written by Cherry Wilder and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with New Zealand fiction categories.
Information And Its Role In Nature
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Author : Juan G. Roederer
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2005-05-23
Information And Its Role In Nature written by Juan G. Roederer and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-23 with Computers categories.
Infromation and Its Role in Nature presents an in-depth interdisciplinary discussion of the concept of information and its role in the control of natural processes. After a brief review of classical and quantum information theory, the author addresses numerous central questions, including: Is information reducible to the laws of physics and chemistry? Does the Universe, in its evolution, constantly generate new information? Or are information and information-processing exclusive attributes of living systems, related to the very definition of life? If so, what is the role of information in classical and quantum physics? In what ways does information-processing in the human brain bring about self-consciousness? Accessible to graduate students and professionals from all scientific disciplines, this stimulating book will help to shed light on many controversial issues at the heart of modern science.
Frontiers In Nature Inspired Industrial Optimization
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Author : Mahdi Khosravy
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2022-08-09
Frontiers In Nature Inspired Industrial Optimization written by Mahdi Khosravy and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-09 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The book provides a collection of recent applications of nature inspired optimization in industrial fields. Different optimization techniques have been deployed, and different problems have been effectively analyzed. The valuable contributions from researchers focus on three ultimate goals (i) improving the accuracy of these techniques, (ii) achieving higher speed and lower computational complexity, and (iii) working on their proposed applications. The book is helpful for active researchers and practitioners in the field.
Frontier Applications Of Nature Inspired Computation
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Author : Mahdi Khosravy
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-03-11
Frontier Applications Of Nature Inspired Computation written by Mahdi Khosravy and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-11 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This book addresses the frontier advances in the theory and application of nature-inspired optimization techniques, including solving the quadratic assignment problem, prediction in nature-inspired dynamic optimization, the lion algorithm and its applications, optimizing the operation scheduling of microgrids, PID controllers for two-legged robots, optimizing crane operating times, planning electrical energy distribution systems, automatic design and evaluation of classification pipelines, and optimizing wind-energy power generation plants. The book also presents a variety of nature-inspired methods and illustrates methods of adapting these to said applications. Nature-inspired computation, developed by mimicking natural phenomena, makes a significant contribution toward the solution of non-convex optimization problems that normal mathematical optimizers fail to solve. As such, a wide range of nature-inspired computing approaches has been used in multidisciplinary engineering applications. Written by researchers and developers from a variety of fields, this book presents the latest findings, novel techniques and pioneering applications.
Beyond Nature And Culture
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Author : Philippe Descola
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2013-08-01
Beyond Nature And Culture written by Philippe Descola and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-01 with Social Science categories.
“Gives to anthropological reflection a new starting point and will become the compulsory reference for all our debates in the years to come.” —Claude Lévi-Strauss, on the French edition Beyond Nature and Culture has been a major influence in European intellectual life since its French publication in 2005. Here, finally, it is brought to English-language readers. At its heart is a question central to both anthropology and philosophy: what is the relationship between nature and culture? Culture—as a collective human making, of art, language, and so forth—is often seen as essentially different from nature, which is portrayed as a collective of the nonhuman world, of plants, animals, geology, and natural forces. Philippe Descola shows this essential difference to be not only a Western notion, but also a very recent one. Drawing on ethnographic examples from around the world and theoretical understandings from cognitive science, structural analysis, and phenomenology, he formulates a sophisticated new framework, the “four ontologies” —animism, totemism, naturalism, and analogism—to account for all the ways we relate ourselves to nature. By thinking beyond nature and culture as a simple dichotomy, Descola offers a fundamental reformulation by which anthropologists and philosophers can see the world afresh. “A compelling and original account of where the nature-culture binary has come from, where it might go—and what we might imagine in its place.” —Somatosphere “The most important book coming from French anthropology since Claude Lévi-Strauss’s Anthropologie Structurale.” —Bruno Latour, author of An Inquiry into Modes of Existence “Descola’s challenging new worldview should be of special interest to a wide range of scientific and academic disciplines from anthropology to zoology . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice