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Instruments for new music : sound, technology, and modernism
Player pianos, radio-electric circuits, gramophone records, and optical sound film—these were the cutting-edge acoustic technologies of the early twentieth century, and for many musicians and artists of the time, these devices were also the implements of a musical revolution. Instruments for New Music traces a diffuse network of cultural agents who shared the belief that a truly modern music …
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- 9780520963122
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- XII, 236 p.
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- 784.190904 PPAT i
Computational models of argument : proceedings of COMMA 2016
Research into computational models of argument is a rich interdisciplinary field involving the study of natural, artificial and theoretical argumentation and requiring openness to interactions with a variety of disciplines, ranging from philosophy and cognitive science to formal logic and graph theory. The ultimate aim is to support the development of computer-based systems able to engage in …
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- 9781614996866
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- viii, 483 p.; 22 cm.
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- 004.06 COM c
Snow in the tropics: a history of the independent reefer operators
Snow in the Tropics offers the first comprehensive history of the independent reefer operators, companies that are dedicated to transport refrigerated products by ship, from the early 20th century to the present. Readership: All interested in maritime history, particularly those with an interest in the modern history of the shipping industry.
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- 9789004393868
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- xiv, 278p.: ill.
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- 387.554 LEN s
Handbook of education policy studies : values, governance, globalization, and…
This open access handbook brings together the latest research from a wide range of internationally influential scholars to analyze educational policy research from international, historical and interdisciplinary perspectives. By effectively breaking through the boundaries between countries and disciplines, it presents new theories, techniques and methods for contemporary education policy, and i…
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- 9789811383472
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- xxix, 414p. : ill.
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- 370.1 HAN h
Handbook of education policy studies : school/university, curriculum, and ass…
This open access handbook brings together the latest research from a wide range of internationally influential scholars to analyze educational policy research from international, historical and interdisciplinary perspectives. By effectively breaking through the boundaries between countries and disciplines, it presents new theories, techniques and methods for contemporary education policy, and i…
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- 9789811383434
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- XXIX, 383 p.
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- 370.1 HAN h
Biotechnologies for plant mutation breeding : protocols
This book offers 19 detailed protocols on the use of induced mutations in crop breeding and functional genomics studies, which cover topics including chemical and physical mutagenesis, phenotypic screening methods, traditional TILLING and TILLING by sequencing, doubled haploidy, targeted genome editing, and low-cost methods for the molecular characterization of mutant plants that are suitable f…
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- 9783319450216
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- xx, 340p. : ill.
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- 631.52 BIO b
The clinical legal education handbook
The Clinical Legal Education Handbook is intended to act as a good practice guide and practical resource for those engaged in the design and delivery of clinical legal education programmes at university law schools. The Handbook is primarily aimed at clinics in England and Wales, but is likely to have content that is of interest to those engaged in clinic in other jurisdictions. The Handbook of…
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- 9781911507178
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- XIII, 465 p.
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- OBServing Law
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- 370 CLI c
Cinema of confinement
In this book, Thomas J. Connelly draws on a number of key psychoanalytic concepts from the works of Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Žižek, Joan Copjec, Michel Chion, and Todd McGowan to identify and describe a genre of cinema characterized by spatial confinement. Examining classic films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Rope and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, as well as current films such as Room, Green Room,…
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- 9780810139237
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- X, 179 p.
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- 791.43653 CON c
Bird species : how they arise, modify and vanish
The average person can name more bird species than they think, but do we really know what a bird “species” is? This open access book takes up several fascinating aspects of bird life to elucidate this basic concept in biology. From genetic and physiological basics to the phenomena of bird song and bird migration, it analyzes various interactions of birds – with their environment and other…
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- 9783319916897
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- xii, 266p. : ill.
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- 598 BIR b
Model-based demography : essays on integrating data, technique and theory
Late in a career of more than sixty years, Thomas Burch, an internationally known social demographer, undertook a wide-ranging methodological critique of demography. This open access volume contains a selection of resulting papers, some previously unpublished, some published but not readily accessible [from past meetings of The International Union for the Scientific Study of Population and its…
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- 9783319654331
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- xviii, 200p. : ill.
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- 304.6 BUR m
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