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The book that helped earn Thomas P. Hughes his reputation as one of the foremost historians of technology of our age and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1990, American Genesis tells the sweeping story of America's technological revolution. Unlike other histories of technology, which focus on particular inventions like the light bulb or the automobile, American Genesis makes these inventions characters in a broad chronicle, both shaped by and...
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An animal's body helps it survive. Special body parts with special shapes and features help animals find food, take shelter, reproduce, and stay safe from predators. Fully decodable text features high-frequency words, and words with the short e and l sounds. Also features tips for teachers and caregivers along with additional information at the end to build the reader's background knowledge of the topic. Downloadable Teacher Notes available.
3) Política y gobernanza de la ia, examinar cómo los gobiernos y las instituciones internacionales e
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¡Descubre el fascinante mundo de la inteligencia artificial a través de "Política y Gobernanza de la IA"! Este libro te sumerge en un análisis profundo y revelador sobre cómo los gobiernos y las instituciones internacionales están abordando la regulación y el control de la inteligencia artificial.En un momento en que la IA está transformando rápidamente nuestra sociedad, este libro es esencial para comprender cómo se toman decisiones cruciales...
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"Heterosexuality," assumed to denote a universal sexual and cultural norm, has been largely exempt from critical scrutiny. In this boldly original work, Jonathan Ned Katz challenges the common notion that the distinction between heterosexuality and homosexuality has been a timeless one. Building on the history of medical terminology, he reveals that as late as 1923, the term "heterosexuality" referred to a "morbid sexual passion," and that its current...
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¡Descubre el emocionante mundo de las criptomonedas con "Criptomonedas 101: Desde Bitcoin hasta Blockchain"! En esta guía completa y accesible, el autor experto en tecnología blockchain te lleva en un viaje fascinante a través del fenómeno que está revolucionando el sistema financiero global.Desde los conceptos básicos hasta las aplicaciones más avanzadas, este libro te proporciona todo lo que necesitas saber para entender y comenzar a utilizar...
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A question to ponder: are we as humans pre-programmed to "follow in our father's footsteps?" Is there something inherent in our heritage? Do we repeat what our forefathers and mothers did?And if so, can we apply these inherited cross-generational learning methods as we invent the next generations of intelligent systems? Rather than creating AI that is artificial and intended to replace human work, can we create intelligent systems that AUGMENT the...
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Man existed until the days of Homer, but perhaps without realizing that behind the face of man there is something deeper and stronger than the sun that extinguishes the darkness. That in his veins flows the essence of gods of omnipotence that can bestow upon him the power of either destruction or creation.
Man can become a beast or a doctor who offers healing, a dogmatic who sees into a black hole or a free light giver who pushes the world forward...
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Welcome to the school of the future! Futurist tots will love this amazing primer on the school of tomorrow while exploring how students will interact with technology and how self-driving school buses will take kids home from school. This is the third title in the innovative series Future Lab, where babies and tots will learn how their world will look a few years from now.
The day starts early at the future school, where students arrive on electric...
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The idea of "world religions" expresses a vague commitment to multiculturalism. Not merely a descriptive concept, "world religions" is actually a particular ethos, a pluralist ideology, a logic of classification, and a form of knowledge that has shaped the study of religion and infiltrated ordinary language.
In this ambitious study, Tomoko Masuzawa examines the emergence of "world religions" in modern European thought. Devoting particular attention...
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Reading a range of Italian works, Rubini considers the active transmittal of traditions through generations of writers and thinkers.
Rocco Rubini studies the motives and literary forms in the making of a "tradition," not understood narrowly, as the conservative, stubborn preservation of received conventions, values, and institutions, but instead as the deliberate effort on the part of writers to transmit a reformulated past across generations....
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Until now the advent of Western romantic love has been seen as a liberation from-or antidote to-ten centuries of misogyny. In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch demonstrates how similar the ubiquitous antifeminism of medieval times and the romantic idealization of woman actually are.
Through analyses of a broad range of patristic and medieval texts, Bloch explores the Christian construction of gender in which the flesh is...
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The first comprehensive intellectual history of alphabet studies.
Inventing the Alphabet provides the first account of two-and-a-half millennia of scholarship on the alphabet. Drawing on decades of research, Johanna Drucker dives into sometimes obscure and esoteric references, dispelling myths and identifying a pantheon of little-known scholars who contributed to our modern understandings of the alphabet, one of the most important inventions in human...
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Follow the progression of writing systems in the ancient world with a look at the Phoenician alphabet as it developed from Egyptian hieroglyphics and spread across the Red Sea to the Middle East. Along the way, examine its influence on writing systems in other languages like Aramaic and Greek. Also, consider the advantages of an alphabet-based writing system for the spread of literacy.
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Holiday Heritage: Ella, with the help of Griffin her ex-boyfriend, encourages her family to celebrate Christmas and Kwanzaa and to heal their past wounds before it's too late. All Saints Christmas: Lisette is a popular R&B singer who's getting ready to travel home to New Orleans for Christmas. When the media mistake a photo of her with her music producer's ex as an engagement announcement, her family insists that he join her on the trip. Inventing...
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Defective Institutions overturns the basis of institutionalism. Faith in classic institutions-exposed as clamorously inadequate by the failure of governance under neoliberalism--does not result in greater democracy, greater horizontality, or more equitable living. Nor does trust in the standing of decisions, in the authority of antecedent cases, in the coherence, strength, continuity, or solidity of the institutions that frame and render legitimate...
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Flik, a clumsy but brilliant inventor ant, has a big crush on Queen Atta! So when the time comes for Flik to give her a birthday present, he can't find the perfect gift. Flik decides to invent something special for her, but his inventions keep going haywire! Don't miss this heartwarming tale as Flik learns that it's not the gift but the thought that truly counts.
18) Just Fix This!
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People invent and improve tools to solve problems. The shape of a tool helps it work. Take a look at some jobs, big and small. Choose the tool that is just right for each task. Fully decodable text features high-frequency words, and words with the j, v, and x sounds. Also features tips for teachers and caregivers along with additional information at the end to build the reader's background knowledge of the topic. Downloadable Teacher Notes available....
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While Kaybree continues to defend the city against the Angels, she also investigates her mother's secret society. She wants to believe that her mother will use the Witch's power for good, and wants to trust her heart and conscience to Galen.But are the Angels oppressors as he claims, or are they trying to prevent her mother's inventions from destroying the world? Kaybree's fate hangs on her ability to trust Galen, but as he takes charge of the city's...