Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: john cohen

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  • HUMAN ROBOTS IN MYTH AND SCIENCE
    JOHN COHEN
    First published in 1966, in Human Robots in Myth and Science, the author traces the idea of the robot from antiquity until the present day (1960s) and sketches the lines of its likely development in the future. Modern science, like science fiction, is deeply concerned with the idea of a robot or self-regulating artifact which operates without human aid. Ultra rapid computers, p...

    $1,480.00

  • GAMING THE SYSTEM
    ALEXANDER H COHEN / JOHN ALDEN / JONATHAN J. RING
    Gaming the System takes an active approach to learning about American government, using novel, exciting, and highly instructive games to help students learn politics by living it. These timeless games are the perfect complement to a core textbook in American government—covering key topics like the Constitution, the Supreme Court, Congress, political participation, campaigns and...

    $1,160.00

  • LEGAL SYSTEMS AND INCEST TABOOS
    JOHN R. COMMONS / YEHUDI A. COHEN
    The goal of this book is to investigate why there are two distinct notions of liability in the legal and ethical systems of different societies; the relationship between two sets of criteria of liability and the individual's evolution from childhood adolescence. The specific ways in which different societies cope with the transition from childhood to adolescence are important b...

    $660.00

  • METROPOLITANIZATION AND PUBLIC SERVICES
    CHARLES M. HAAR / JOHN G. WOFFORD / DAVID L. KIRP / DAVID K. COHEN / LEONARD J. DUHL / ALLEN V. HAEFELE
    Metropolitanization and Public Services is third in a series on the governance of metropolitan regions which aims to explore the welfare and development of Metropolitan America. Originally published in 1972, this study discusses who decides which essential public services need to be provided within a metropolitan area by looking at political reform as well as presenting ideas o...

    $980.00

  • INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIONS INTO LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
    LIVIA BIZIKOVA / JOHN ROBINSON / STEWART COHEN
    To date, climate change adaptation and mitigation have been treated separately both in research and in the climate negotiations. However, a growing body of literature is now being developed that points to actual and potential synergies and trade-offs between responses to climate change and sustainability. This literature has evolved in a spontaneous way with diverse approaches ...

    $800.00

  • MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF ATTITUDE CHANGE
    JOHN E. HUNTER / JEFFREY E. DANES / STANLEY H. COHEN
    Mathematical Models of Attitude Change, Volume 1: Change in Single Attitudes and Cognitive Structure presents the mathematical models that address the existing verbal attitude change theories, which are translated into families of mathematical models. This book discusses the two types of attitude change, namely, the attitude toward the object of the message and the attitude tow...

    $970.00

  • RADIOSITY AND REALISTIC IMAGE SYNTHESIS
    COHEN, MICHAEL F. / WALLACE, JOHN R.
    The goal of image synthesis is to create, using the computer, a visual experience that is identical to what a viewer would experience when viewing a real environment. Radiosity and Realistic Image Synthesis offers the first comprehensive look at the radiosity method for image synthesis and the tools required to approach this elusive goal.Basic concepts and mathematical fundame...

    $928.00

  • BEHAVIOUR IN UNCERTAINTY
    JOHN COHEN
    First published in 1964, Behaviour in Uncertainty begins with an analysis of the manner in which we weigh evidence or commit ourselves to a course of action. From here it is but a step of choices when life and limb are at stake, as in the behaviour of motorists and pedestrians on the road, or when suicide is contemplated, alone or with a loved one. In all these situations, as i...

    $1,480.00

  • HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY
    JOHN COHEN
    First published in 1958, Humanistic Psychology opens with a consideration of the many different ways in which a system of psychology can be built. Professor Cohen takes an entirely different view from that which suggests that a knowledge of the brain will eventually tell us all we need to know about the mind. The qualities of human experience are peculiar to themselves and cann...

    $1,480.00

  • THE PARTY DECIDES
    MARTY COHEN / DAVID KAROL / HANS NOEL / JOHN ZALLER
    Throughout the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, politicians and voters alike worried that the outcome might depend on the preferences of unelected superdelegates. This concern threw into relief the prevailing notion that—such unusually competitive cases notwithstanding—people, rather than parties, should and do control presidential nominations. But for t...

    $524.17