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Phyllotactic Patterns: A Multidisciplinary Approach

By: Denis Barabe,Christian R Lacroix

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Phyllotactic Patterns: A Multidisciplinary Approach

By: Denis Barabe,Christian R Lacroix

The book provides a current review of the field of phyllotaxis from a variety of perspectives, that is, morphological, developmental, biochemical, molecular genetics, biophysical, and evolutionary.This unique book covers phyllotactic processes from the level of genes involved in the establishment of patterns to modeling the emergence of those patterns in space and time. The models in question (deterministic or stochastic) touch on various fields, including geometry, biochemistry, and biophysics.Not only providing a recent review but also current critique and analysis of the discipline, the book will appeal to a variety of individuals involved in developmental modeling as well as pattern initiation and formation. The text is highly illustrated with excellent pictures representing recent developments in the field.A biological context or perspective to models and ideas is explored in the book. Terminology specific to the discipline is defined and updated as well.

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World Scientific

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9811211027

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Maps of Time

An Introduction to Big History

By: David Christian

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Maps of Time

An Introduction to Big History

By: David Christian

Introducing a novel perspective on the study of history, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora & fauna, including human beings.

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Univ of California Press

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0520271440

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The Enemy on Display

The Second World War in Eastern European Museums

By: Zuzanna Bogumił,Joanna Wawrzyniak,Tim Buchen,Christian Ganzer

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The Enemy on Display

The Second World War in Eastern European Museums

By: Zuzanna Bogumił,Joanna Wawrzyniak,Tim Buchen,Christian Ganzer

Eastern European museums represent traumatic events of World War II, such as the Siege of Leningrad, the Warsaw Uprisings, and the Bombardment of Dresden, in ways that depict the enemy in particular ways. This image results from the interweaving of historical representations, cultural stereotypes and beliefs, political discourses, and the dynamics of exhibition narratives. This book presents a useful methodology for examining museum images and provides a critical analysis of the role historical museums play in the contemporary world. As the catastrophes of World War II still exert an enormous influence on the national identities of Russians, Poles, and Germans, museum exhibits can thus play an important role in this process.

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Berghahn Books

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1782382186

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The Rough Guide to Berlin

By: Christian Williams

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The Rough Guide to Berlin

By: Christian Williams

The Rough Guide to Berlin is the definitive guide to this extraordinary city with its fascinating historical sites, world-class museums, cutting edge galleries and architecture and pulsating nightlife. It will guide you through Germany's capital with reliable information and a clearly explained background on everything from the enduring Reichstag to eastern Berlin's cultural scene. Whether you're looking for great places to eat and drink or inspiring accommodation and the most exciting places to party, you'll find the solution. Accurate maps and comprehensive practical information help you get under the skin of this dynamic city, whilst stunning photography make The Rough Guide to Berlin your ultimate travelling companion. Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Berlin. Now available in epub format.

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Rough Guides UK

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Foundations of Property Law

Things As Objects of Property Rights

By: Christian von Bar

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Foundations of Property Law

Things As Objects of Property Rights

By: Christian von Bar

Foundations of Property Law: Things as Objects of Property Rights is an abridged translation of the first volume of Christian von Bar's Gemeineuropäisches Sachenrecht -a milestone in European private law theory, and in comparative property law more broadly. Radical in content and scope, the English version examines the dynamics of interaction between the objects, contents, and holders of property. The conceptual framework of 'property law' is presented as a domain of erga omnes monopoly rights that govern the relationship between persons and objects of value. Within that framework, a reciprocal relationship is illustrated between "property rights" and their objects; property rights play a role in constituting the very objects ("things") in which they are held. With comprehensive comparative analysis, insights are gleaned from all the jurisdictions of the European Union and the United Kingdom, presenting a critical evaluation of property law systems in both Common and Civil Law traditions. This book joins all the national legal systems in a single inquiry, treating their traditions and arguments with the respect they deserve and taking advantage of the knowledge embodied in the diversity of European private law. A scholastic work, offering deep and unique insights into the European property law systems, Foundations of Property Law will quickly become a go-to resource for anyone interested in European private law and comparative property law.

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Oxford University Press

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0198885334

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Youth in the Roman Empire

The Young and the Restless Years?

By: Christian Laes,Johan Strubbe

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Youth in the Roman Empire

The Young and the Restless Years?

By: Christian Laes,Johan Strubbe

Historians of antiquity and others interested in youth, adolescence or family life in the past have debated whether youth in the Roman Empire differed from that of our time. This book examines the lives of Roman boys and girls and explores the possible existence of a separate youth culture.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107048885

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Molecular Rearrangements in Organic Synthesis

By: Christian M. Rojas

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Molecular Rearrangements in Organic Synthesis

By: Christian M. Rojas

Designed for practitioners of organic synthesis, this book helps chemists understand and take advantage of rearrangement reactions to enhance the synthesis of useful chemical compounds. Provides ready access to the genesis, mechanisms, and synthetic utility of rearrangement reactions Emphasizes strategic synthetic planning and implementation Covers 20 different rearrangement reactions Includes applications for synthesizing compounds useful as natural products, medicinal compounds, functional materials, and physical organic chemistry

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118939891

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Annuaire Europeen 1998 / European Yearbook 1998

By: Hans Christian Kroger,P. Tigrid,C. Brooks,C. Church

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Annuaire Europeen 1998 / European Yearbook 1998

By: Hans Christian Kroger,P. Tigrid,C. Brooks,C. Church

The "European Yearbook" promotes the scientific study of nineteen European supranational organisations and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Each volume contains a detailed survey of the history, structure and yearly activities of each organisation and an up-to-date chart providing a clear overview of the member states of each organisation. In addition, a number of articles on topics of general interest are included in each volume. A general index by subject and name, and a cumulative index of all the articles which have appeared in the "Yearbook," are included in every volume and provide direct access to the "Yearbook"'s subject matter. Each volume contains a comprehensive bibliography covering the year's relevant publications. This is an indispensable work of reference for anyone dealing with the European institutions.

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Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

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9041115382

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Spaces of Measures and their Applications to Structured Population Models

By: Christian Düll,Piotr Gwiazda,Anna Marciniak-Czochra,Jakub Skrzeczkowski

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Spaces of Measures and their Applications to Structured Population Models

By: Christian Düll,Piotr Gwiazda,Anna Marciniak-Czochra,Jakub Skrzeczkowski

Presents a comprehensive analytical framework for structured population models in spaces of Radon measures and their numerical approximation.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316519104

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Logic Functions and Equations

Fundamentals and Applications using the XBOOLE-Monitor

By: Bernd Steinbach,Christian Posthoff

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Logic Functions and Equations

Fundamentals and Applications using the XBOOLE-Monitor

By: Bernd Steinbach,Christian Posthoff

The greatly expanded and updated 3rd edition of this textbook offers the reader a comprehensive introduction to the concepts of logic functions and equations and their applications across computer science and engineering. The authors’ approach emphasizes a thorough understanding of the fundamental principles as well as numerical and computer-based solution methods. The book provides insight into applications across propositional logic, binary arithmetic, coding, cryptography, complexity, logic design, and artificial intelligence. Updated throughout, some major additions for the 3rd edition include: a new chapter about the concepts contributing to the power of XBOOLE; a new chapter that introduces into the application of the XBOOLE-Monitor XBM 2; many tasks that support the readers in amplifying the learned content at the end of the chapters; solutions of a large subset of these tasks to confirm learning success; challenging tasks that need the power of the XBOOLE software for their solution. The XBOOLE-monitor XBM 2 software is used to solve the exercises; in this way the time-consuming and error-prone manipulation on the bit level is moved to an ordinary PC, more realistic tasks can be solved, and the challenges of thinking about algorithms leads to a higher level of education.

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Springer Nature

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3030889459

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The Use and Abuse of Memory

Interpreting World War II in Contemporary European Politics

By: Christian Karner

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The Use and Abuse of Memory

Interpreting World War II in Contemporary European Politics

By: Christian Karner

Decades after the previously unimaginable horrors of the Nazi extermination camps and the dropping of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, their memories remain part of our lives. In academic and human terms, preserving awareness of this past is an ethical imperative. This volume concerns narratives about—and allusions to—World War II across contemporary Europe, and explains why contemporary Europeans continue to be drawn to it as a template of comparison, interpretation, even prediction. This volume adds a distinctly interdisciplinary approach to the trajectories of recent academic inquiries. Historians, sociologists, anthropologists, linguists, political scientists, and area study specialists contribute wide-ranging theoretical paradigms, disciplinary frameworks, and methodological approaches. The volume focuses on how, where, and to what effect World War II has been remembered. The editors discuss how World War II in particular continues to be a point of reference across the political spectrum and not only in Europe. It will be of interest for those interested in popular culture, World War II history, and national identity studies.

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135129654X

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EU Funds in the New Member States

Party Politicization, Administrative Capacities, and Absorption Problems after Accession

By: Christian Hagemann

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EU Funds in the New Member States

Party Politicization, Administrative Capacities, and Absorption Problems after Accession

By: Christian Hagemann

This book examines new member states’ problems with the absorption of EU funds. Since accession, many new member states from Central and Eastern Europe struggle to access their billions of development funds from Brussels. While existing research mostly emphasizes the role of states’ administrative capacities to account for absorption problems, this study adds the so far neglected role of politics as party politicization to the equation. The argument is tested using a combination of fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) with two detailed process tracing case studies. This book will appeal to scholars interested in EU cohesion policy, post-accession compliance, and post-communist politics.

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3030020924

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Kafka’s Blues

Figurations of Racial Blackness in the Construction of an Aesthetic

By: Mark Christian Thompson

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Kafka’s Blues

Figurations of Racial Blackness in the Construction of an Aesthetic

By: Mark Christian Thompson

Kafka's Blues proves the startling thesis that many of Kafka's major works engage in a coherent, sustained meditation on racial transformation from white European into what Kafka refers to as the "Negro" (a term he used in English). Indeed, this book demonstrates that cultural assimilation and bodily transformation in Kafka's work are impossible without passage through a state of being "Negro." Kafka represents this passage in various ways—from reflections on New World slavery and black music to evolutionary theory, biblical allusion, and aesthetic primitivism—each grounded in a concept of writing that is linked to the perceived congenital musicality of the "Negro," and which is bound to his wider conception of aesthetic production. Mark Christian Thompson offers new close readings of canonical texts and undervalued letters and diary entries set in the context of the afterlife of New World slavery and in Czech and German popular culture.

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Northwestern University Press

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0810132877

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9780810132870

ETL with Azure Cookbook

Practical recipes for building modern ETL solutions to load and transform data from any source

By: Christian Coté,Matija Lah,Madina Saitakhmetova

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ETL with Azure Cookbook

Practical recipes for building modern ETL solutions to load and transform data from any source

By: Christian Coté,Matija Lah,Madina Saitakhmetova

Explore the latest Azure ETL techniques both on-premises and in the cloud using Azure services such as SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Azure Data Factory, and Azure Databricks Key FeaturesUnderstand the key components of an ETL solution using Azure Integration ServicesDiscover the common and not-so-common challenges faced while creating modern and scalable ETL solutionsProgram and extend your packages to develop efficient data integration and data transformation solutionsBook Description ETL is one of the most common and tedious procedures for moving and processing data from one database to another. With the help of this book, you will be able to speed up the process by designing effective ETL solutions using the Azure services available for handling and transforming any data to suit your requirements. With this cookbook, you’ll become well versed in all the features of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to perform data migration and ETL tasks that integrate with Azure. You’ll learn how to transform data in Azure and understand how legacy systems perform ETL on-premises using SSIS. Later chapters will get you up to speed with connecting and retrieving data from SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters, and even show you how to extend and customize the SSIS toolbox using custom-developed tasks and transforms. This ETL book also contains practical recipes for moving and transforming data with Azure services, such as Data Factory and Azure Databricks, and lets you explore various options for migrating SSIS packages to Azure. Toward the end, you’ll find out how to profile data in the cloud and automate service creation with Business Intelligence Markup Language (BIML). By the end of this book, you’ll have developed the skills you need to create and automate ETL solutions on-premises as well as in Azure. What you will learnExplore ETL and how it is different from ELTMove and transform various data sources with Azure ETL and ELT servicesUse SSIS 2019 with Azure HDInsight clustersDiscover how to query SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters hosted in AzureMigrate SSIS solutions to Azure and solve key challenges associated with itUnderstand why data profiling is crucial and how to implement it in Azure DatabricksGet to grips with BIML and learn how it applies to SSIS and Azure Data Factory solutionsWho this book is for This book is for data warehouse architects, ETL developers, or anyone who wants to build scalable ETL applications in Azure. Those looking to extend their existing on-premise ETL applications to use big data and a variety of Azure services or others interested in migrating existing on-premise solutions to the Azure cloud platform will also find the book useful. Familiarity with SQL Server services is necessary to get the most out of this book.

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Packt Publishing Ltd

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1800202857

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Enforcing Obligations Erga Omnes in International Law

By: Christian J. Tams

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Enforcing Obligations Erga Omnes in International Law

By: Christian J. Tams

The concept of obligations erga omnes - obligations to the international community as a whole - has fascinated international lawyers for decades, yet its precise implications remain unclear. This book assesses how this concept affects the enforcement of international law. It shows that all States are entitled to invoke obligations erga omnes in proceedings before the International Court of Justice, and to take countermeasures in response to serious erga omnes breaches. In addition, it suggests ways of identifying obligations that qualify as erga omnes. In order to sustain these results, the book conducts a thorough examination of international practice and jurisprudence as well as the recent work of the UN International Law Commission in the field of State responsibility. By so doing, it demonstrates that the erga omnes concept is solidly grounded in modern international law, and clarifies one of the central aspects of the international regime of law enforcement.

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1139448803

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The Cultural Lives of Capital Punishment

Comparative Perspectives

By: Austin Sarat,Christian Boulanger

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The Cultural Lives of Capital Punishment

Comparative Perspectives

By: Austin Sarat,Christian Boulanger

How does the way we think and feel about the world around us affect the existence and administration of the death penalty? What role does capital punishment play in defining our political and cultural identity? In this volume the authors argue that in order to understand the death penalty we need to know more about the “cultural lives”—past and present—of the state’s ultimate sanction.

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Stanford University Press

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0804752346

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Re-organising Service Work

Call Centres in Germany and Britain

By: Karen A. Shire,Ursula Holtgrewe,Christian Kerst

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Re-organising Service Work

Call Centres in Germany and Britain

By: Karen A. Shire,Ursula Holtgrewe,Christian Kerst

This title was first published in 2002. Call centres are a type of service work that stand at the interface between corporations and consumers. They exemplify more general tendencies present within service work. They also have a particular public image - being associated in the public mind with low skilled and regimented work. This volume presents contributions from British and German management academics and industrial sociologists based on primary research on call centres in both countries. The contributions cover the genesis and development of call centres as a new form of organization, or indeed a new industry; the rationalization and control strategies of organizations that establish call centres; and the nature of service work and service interactions. The findings of this volume challenge the common public image of call centres and finds that call centre employment is in fact very diverse. So, for example, skilled advising and consulting services are often performed over the phone. Along with the sometimes skilled nature of call centre work, work organization and working conditions vary as well. The text also seeks to contrast the British and German experience of call centre work and employment. In Germany clerical work has traditionally been embedded in the specific traditions of co-operative industrial relations that define the German model. Call centres present a strategic challenge to this model, and the expansion of call centres has been at the forefront of changes aimed at making employment more flexible in Germany. This work offers a choice of country cases, which permit a comparison of service employment within both a liberal capitalist and a socially embedded economy.

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ASP.NET Core Security

By: Christian Wenz

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ASP.NET Core Security

By: Christian Wenz

Secure your ASP.NET applications before you get hacked! This practical guide includes secure coding techniques with annotated examples and full coverage of built-in ASP.NET Core security tools. In ASP.NET Core Security, you will learn how to: Understand and recognize common web app attacks Implement attack countermeasures Use testing and scanning tools and libraries Activate built-in browser security features from ASP.NET Take advantage of .NET and ASP.NET Core security APIs Manage passwords to minimize damage from a data leak Securely store application secrets ASP.NET Core Security teaches you the skills and countermeasures you need to keep your ASP.NET Core apps secure from the most common web application attacks. With this collection of practical techniques, you will be able to anticipate risks and introduce practices like testing as regular security checkups. You’ll be fascinated as the author explores real-world security breaches, including rogue Firefox extensions and Adobe password thefts. The examples present universal security best practices with a sharp focus on the unique needs of ASP.NET Core applications. About the technology Your ASP.NET Core applications are under attack now. Are you ready? Th ere are specific countermeasures you can apply to keep your company out of the headlines. This book demonstrates exactly how to secure ASP.NET Core web applications, including safe browser interactions, recognizing common threats, and deploying the framework’s unique security APIs. About the book ASP.NET Core Security is a realistic guide to securing your web applications. It starts on the dark side, exploring case studies of cross-site scripting, SQL injection, and other weapons used by hackers. As you go, you’ll learn how to implement countermeasures, activate browser security features, minimize attack damage, and securely store application secrets. Detailed ASP.NET Core code samples in C# show you how each technique looks in practice. What's inside Understand and recognize common web app attacks Testing tools, helper libraries, and scanning tools Activate built-in browser security features Take advantage of .NET and ASP.NET Core security APIs Manage passwords to minimize damage from a data leak About the reader For experienced ASP.NET Core web developers. About the author Christian Wenz is a web pioneer, consultant, and entrepreneur. Table of Contents PART 1 FIRST STEPS 1 On web application security PART 2 MITIGATING COMMON ATTACKS 2 Cross-site scripting (XSS) 3 Attacking session management 4 Cross-site request forgery 5 Unvalidated data 6 SQL injection (and other injections) PART 3 SECURE DATA STORAGE 7 Storing secrets 8 Handling passwords PART 4 CONFIGURATION 9 HTTP headers 10 Error handling 11 Logging and health checks PART 5 AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION 12 Securing web applications with ASP.NET Core Identity 13 Securing APIs and single page applications PART 6 SECURITY AS A PROCESS 14 Secure dependencies 15 Audit tools 16 OWASP Top 10

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Simon and Schuster

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1638350736

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The Story of Crossrail

By: Christian Wolmar

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The Story of Crossrail

By: Christian Wolmar

The story of an engineering marvel of the twenty-first century, from Britain's bestselling railway writer. Crossrail, first conceived just after the Second World War in the era of Attlee and Churchill, has cost more than £15bn and is expected to serve 200 million passengers annually. From Reading and Heathrow in the west, the Elizabeth line will extend to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, including 42 kilometres of new tunnels dug under central London. The author sets out the complex and highly political reasons for Crossrail's lengthy gestation, tracing the troubled progress of the concept from the rejection of the first Crossrail bill in the 1990s through the tortuous parliamentary processes that led to the passing of the Crossrail Act of 2008. He also recounts in detail the construction of this astonishing new railway, describing how immense tunnel-boring machines cut through a subterranean world of rock and mud with unparalleled accuracy that ensured none of the buildings overhead were affected. A shrewdly incisive observer of postwar transport policy, Wolmar pays due credit to the remarkable achievement of Crossrail, while analysing in clear-eyed fashion the many setbacks it encountered en route to completion. With a new afterword to mark the opening of Crossrail in 2022.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1788540247

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Deleuze and the Unconscious

By: Christian Kerslake

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Deleuze and the Unconscious

By: Christian Kerslake

An original and provocative contribution to the literature on Deleuze, arguably the biggest name in Continental philosophy

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A&C Black

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Money and Sustainability

By: Christian Arnsperger Bernard Lietaer, Sally Goerner Stefan Brunnhuber

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Money and Sustainability

By: Christian Arnsperger Bernard Lietaer, Sally Goerner Stefan Brunnhuber

In 1972, the first Report for the Club of Rome - The Limits to Growth - famously spelled out the unsustainable consequences of an economic system that demands infinite growth in a finite world. Just as The Limits to Growth exposed the catastrophic flaws in our economic system, this new Report from the Club of Rome exposes the systemic flaws in our money system and the wrong thinking that underpins it. It describes the ongoing currency and banking crises we must expect if we continue with the current monopoly system - and the vicious impact of these crises on our communities, our society as a whole and our environment. Our money system is outdated, brittle and unfit for purpose. It is responsible for the endless cycle of boom and bust, it systematically widens the gap between rich and poor, it creates unemployment and multiplies other extremely adverse social effects of any financial/economic crisis, it undermines sustainability initiatives, it disables vitally-needed national and international action to limit multiple threats to the environment and the biosphere. It is the single structural cause common to all financial and monetary instability. Money and Sustainability: The Missing Link - Report from the Club of Rome proposes an alternative: a monetary 'ecosystem' with complementary currencies working alongside the conventional one. This is more flexible, resilient, fair and sustainable. Societies worked like this in the past. So can we. The book first explains these systemic problems in detail. It's written in a way that's clearly accessible to the general public (although it references at length a wide range of technical topics: economics theory, the history and institutions of banking, the physics of complex flow networks, the science of sustainability, and population trends and climate change). This gives a framework for understanding the present money system. The authors then describe their proposal for an alternative money ecosystem which systematically addresses and resolves the problems created by the present system. Finally, this practical proposal is illustrated by nine case studies of different complementary currencies which are either running now, in development or could be implemented at short notice in individual cities and regions around the world.

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Triarchy Press

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1908009845

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Metal-Fluorocarbon Based Energetic Materials

By: Ernst-Christian Koch

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Metal-Fluorocarbon Based Energetic Materials

By: Ernst-Christian Koch

Metal-Fluorocarbon Based Energetic Materials This exciting new book details all aspects of a major class of pyrolants and elucidates the progress that has been made in the field, covering both the chemistry and applications of these compounds. Written by a pre-eminent authority on the subject from the NATO Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC), it begins with a historical overview of the development of these materials, followed by a thorough discussion of their ignition, combustion and radiative properties. The next section explores the multiple facets of their military and civilian applications, as well as industrial synthetic techniques. The critical importance of the associated hazards, namely sensitivity, stability and aging, are discussed in detail, and the book is rounded off by an examination of the future of this vital and expanding field. The result is a complete guide to the chemistry, manufacture, applications and required safety precautions of pyrolants for both the military and chemical industries. From the preface: “... This book fills a void in the collection of pyrotechnic literature... it will make an excellent reference book that all researchers of pyrolants and energetics must have...” Dr. Bernard E. Douda, Dr. Sara Pliskin, NAVSEA Crane, IN, USA

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3527644199

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Arms Transfers and Dependence

By: Christian Catrina

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Arms Transfers and Dependence

By: Christian Catrina

First published in 1988, Arms Transfers and Dependence was written to provide a view of arms transfers in the context of the global distribution of power. The book analyses different types of dependence and is focused on comparing the enhancement of military capabilities as a result of arms transfers with the dependence that may be caused by those transfers. In doing so, it provides an overview of how particular structures of imports and exports of arms lead to dependence.

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1000392007

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Non-Contractual Liability Arising out of Damage Caused to Another

By: Christian von Bar

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Non-Contractual Liability Arising out of Damage Caused to Another

By: Christian von Bar

Non-contractual liability arising out of damage caused to another" is one of the three main non-contractual obligations dealt with in the DCFR. The law of non-contractual liability arising out of damage caused to another (in the Common Law known as tort law or the law of torts, but in most other jurisdictions referred to as the law of delict) is the area of law which determines whether one who has suffered a damage can on that account demand reparation (in money or in kind) from another with whom there may be no other legal connection than the causation of damage itself. Besides determining the scope and extent of responsibility for dangers of one's own or another's creation, this field of law serves to protect fundamental rights in the private law domain, that is to say horizontally between citizens inter se. Based on pan-European comparative research which annotates the work, this volume presents model rules on liability. Explanatory comments and illustrations amplify the policy decisions involved. During the drafting process, comparative material from over 25 different EU jurisdictions has been taken into account. The work therefore is not only a presentation of a future model for European rules to come but provides also a fairly detailed indication of the present legal situation in the Member States.

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3866538650

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Connection to Nature, Deep Ecology, and Conservation Social Science

Human-Nature Bonding and Protecting the Natural World

By: Christian Diehm

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Connection to Nature, Deep Ecology, and Conservation Social Science

Human-Nature Bonding and Protecting the Natural World

By: Christian Diehm

In Connection to Nature, Deep Ecology, and Conservation Social Science: Human-Nature Bonding and Protecting the Natural World , Christian Diehm analyzes the relevance of the philosophy of deep ecology to contemporary discussions of human-nature connectedness. Focusing on deep ecologists’ notion of “identification” with nature, Diehm argues that deep ecological theory is less conceptually problematic than is sometimes thought, and offers valuable insights into what a sense of connection to nature entails, what its attitudinal and behavioral effects might be, and how it might be nurtured and developed. This book is closely informed by, and engages at length with, conservation social science, which Diehm draws on to assess the claims of deep ecology theorists, resolve long-standing problems associated with their work, investigate the impacts of time outdoors on human-nature bonding, and critically review the biophilia hypothesis. Emphasizing the foundational role of ecologically-inclusive identities in pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors, Diehm demonstrates that having a sense of connection to nature is more important than many environmental advocates have realized, and that deep ecology has much to add to the increasingly pressing conversations about it.

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Palmyra

Mirage in the Desert

By: Joan Aruz,Waleed Khaled al-Asa‘ad,Dr. Eleonora Cussini,Lucinda Dirven,Michał Gawlikowski,Maura K. Heyn,Ted Kaizer,Michel Al-Maqdissi,Eva Ishaq,Jørgen Christian Meyer,Dr. Rubina Raja,Andreas Schmidt-Colinet,Judith Weingarten

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Palmyra

Mirage in the Desert

In response to the catastrophic destruction of Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO world heritage site, a group of major international scholars gathered to focus on the art, archaeology, and history of the beleaguered site and present their latest findings. Their papers, given at a symposium at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in May 2016, have been collected in this fascinating and important publication. They are accompanied by a moving tribute by Waleed Khaled al-Asa‘ad to his father, Khaled al-Asa‘ad, the Syrian archaeologist and head of antiquities for the ancient city of Palmyra who was brutally murdered in 2015 while defending the site. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana} Palmyra: Mirage in the Desert, published simultaneously in English and Arabic, is the latest volume in the Metropolitan Museum symposium series. It is a major contribution to the knowledge and understanding of this multicultural desert—located at the crossroads of the ancient world—that will help preserve the memory of this extraordinary place for generations to come.

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1588396312

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Privatization, Social Impact, and Social Safety Nets

By: Mr.Sanjeev Gupta,Mr.Henry Ma,Mr.Christian Schiller

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Privatization, Social Impact, and Social Safety Nets

By: Mr.Sanjeev Gupta,Mr.Henry Ma,Mr.Christian Schiller

Privatization promotes economic efficiency and growth, thereby reinforcing macroeconomic adjustment. In the short run, however, it can lead to job losses and wage cuts for workers and higher prices for consumers. This paper discusses these impacts and the fiscal implications of privatization. It then reviews various methods of privatization and finds that public sales and auctions can have more negative effects on workers but maximize the government’s revenue gains. Policymakers’ options for mitigating the social impact of privatization are surveyed, and experiences under adjustment programs reviewed.

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International Monetary Fund

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1451848978

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Systemic Functional Linguistics

A Complete Guide

By: Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen,Kazuhiro Teruya

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Systemic Functional Linguistics

A Complete Guide

By: Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen,Kazuhiro Teruya

This user-friendly student guide is the essential resource for all those engaged in studying systemic functional linguistics (SFL). Assuming no prior knowledge, this guide is divided into nine chapters which can be read independently of one another and used for purposes of reference. The reading section maps out and mediates the key SFL literature. The application guides show how SFL has been and can be applied to various domains, from translation to healthcare communication. The term guides demystify the core terminology and the vocabulary guides aid readers in dealing with the most commonly used terms in text analysis. Systemic Functional Linguistics is an invaluable guidebook for all those studying functional grammar and SFL within linguistics, applied linguistics and related courses.

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Taylor & Francis

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1317382994

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State of Emergency

An Economic Analysis

By: Christian Bjørnskov,Stefan Voigt

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State of Emergency

An Economic Analysis

By: Christian Bjørnskov,Stefan Voigt

State of emergency provides the first exploration of the causes and consequences of constitutional emergency provisions across the world.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009372084

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Boolean Differential Calculus

By: Bernd Steinbach,Christian Posthoff

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Boolean Differential Calculus

By: Bernd Steinbach,Christian Posthoff

The Boolean Differential Calculus (BDC) is a very powerful theory that extends the basic concepts of Boolean Algebras significantly. Its applications are based on Boolean spaces and n, Boolean operations, and basic structures such as Boolean Algebras and Boolean Rings, Boolean functions, Boolean equations, Boolean inequalities, incompletely specified Boolean functions, and Boolean lattices of Boolean functions. These basics, sometimes also called switching theory, are widely used in many modern information processing applications. The BDC extends the known concepts and allows the consideration of changes of function values. Such changes can be explored for pairs of function values as well as for whole subspaces. The BDC defines a small number of derivative and differential operations. Many existing theorems are very welcome and allow new insights due to possible transformations of problems. The available operations of the BDC have been efficiently implemented in several software packages. The common use of the basic concepts and the BDC opens a very wide field of applications. The roots of the BDC go back to the practical problem of testing digital circuits. The BDC deals with changes of signals which are very important in applications of the analysis and the synthesis of digital circuits. The comprehensive evaluation and utilization of properties of Boolean functions allow, for instance, to decompose Boolean functions very efficiently; this can be applied not only in circuit design, but also in data mining. Other examples for the use of the BDC are the detection of hazards or cryptography. The knowledge of the BDC gives the scientists and engineers an extended insight into Boolean problems leading to new applications, e.g., the use of Boolean lattices of Boolean functions.

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Springer Nature

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3031798929

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Global Regularity and Uniqueness of Solutions in a Surface Growth Model Using Rigorous A-Posteriori Methods

By: Christian Nolde

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Global Regularity and Uniqueness of Solutions in a Surface Growth Model Using Rigorous A-Posteriori Methods

By: Christian Nolde

The use of rigorous numerical methods to approach problems which can not be solved using standard methods (yet) has increased signifiantly in recent years. In this book, riogorous a-posteriori methods are used to study the time evolution of a surface growth model, given by a fourth order semi-linear parabolic partial differential equation, where standard methods fail to verify global uniqueness and smoothness of solutions. Based on an arbitrary numerical approximation, a-posteriori error-analysis is applied in order to prevent a blow up analytically. This is a method that in a similar way also applies to the three dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. The main idea consists of energy-estimates for the error between solution and approximation that yields a scalar differential equation controlling the norm of the error with coefficients depending solely on the numerical data. This allows the solution of the differential equation to be bounded using only numerical data. A key technical tool is a rigorous eigenvalue bound for the nonlinear operator linearized around the numerical approximation. The presented method succeeds to show global uniqueness for relatively large initial conditions, which is demonstrated in many numerical examples.

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3832544534

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Illustrating Evolutionary Computation with Mathematica

By: Christian Jacob

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Illustrating Evolutionary Computation with Mathematica

By: Christian Jacob

An essential capacity of intelligence is the ability to learn. An artificially intelligent system that could learn would not have to be programmed for every eventuality; it could adapt to its changing environment and conditions just as biological systems do. Illustrating Evolutionary Computation with Mathematica introduces evolutionary computation to the technically savvy reader who wishes to explore this fascinating and increasingly important field. Unique among books on evolutionary computation, the book also explores the application of evolution to developmental processes in nature, such as the growth processes in cells and plants. If you are a newcomer to the evolutionary computation field, an engineer, a programmer, or even a biologist wanting to learn how to model the evolution and coevolution of plants, this book will provide you with a visually rich and engaging account of this complex subject.* Introduces the major mechanisms of biological evolution.* Demonstrates many fascinating aspects of evolution in nature with simple, yet illustrative examples.* Explains each of the major branches of evolutionary computation: genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolutionary programming, and evolution strategies.* Demonstrates the programming of computers by evolutionary principles using Evolvica, a genetic programming system designed by the author.* Shows in detail how to evolve developmental programs modeled by cellular automata and Lindenmayer systems.* Provides Mathematica notebooks on the Web that include all the programs in the book and supporting animations, movies, and graphics.

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0080508456

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Five Lines of Code

How and when to refactor

By: Christian Clausen

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Five Lines of Code

How and when to refactor

By: Christian Clausen

Five Lines of Code teaches refactoring that's focused on concrete rules and getting any method down to five lines or less! There’s no jargon or tricky automated-testing skills required, just easy guidelines and patterns illustrated by detailed code samples. In Five Lines of Code you will learn: The signs of bad code Improving code safely, even when you don’t understand it Balancing optimization and code generality Proper compiler practices The Extract method, Introducing Strategy pattern, and many other refactoring patterns Writing stable code that enables change-by-addition Writing code that needs no comments Real-world practices for great refactoring Improving existing code—refactoring—is one of the most common tasks you’ll face as a programmer. Five Lines of Code teaches you clear and actionable refactoring rules that you can apply without relying on intuitive judgements such as “code smells.” Following the author’s expert perspective—that refactoring and code smells can be learned by following a concrete set of principles—you’ll learn when to refactor your code, what patterns to apply to what problem, and the code characteristics that indicate it’s time for a rework. Foreword by Robert C. Martin. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Every codebase includes mistakes and inefficiencies that you need to find and fix. Refactor the right way, and your code becomes elegant, easy to read, and easy to maintain. In this book, you’ll learn a unique approach to refactoring that implements any method in five lines or fewer. You’ll also discover a secret most senior devs know: sometimes it’s quicker to hammer out code and fix it later! About the book Five Lines of Code is a fresh look at refactoring for developers of all skill levels. In it, you’ll master author Christian Clausen’s innovative approach, learning concrete rules to get any method down to five lines—or less! You’ll learn when to refactor, specific refactoring patterns that apply to most common problems, and characteristics of code that should be deleted altogether. What's inside The signs of bad code Improving code safely, even when you don’t understand it Balancing optimization and code generality Proper compiler practices About the reader For developers of all skill levels. Examples use easy-to-read Typescript, in the same style as Java and C#. About the author Christian Clausen works as a Technical Agile Coach, teaching teams how to refactor code. Table of Contents 1 Refactoring refactoring 2 Looking under the hood of refactoring PART 1 LEARN BY REFACTORING A COMPUTER GAME 3 Shatter long function 4 Make type codes work 5 Fuse similar code together 6 Defend the data PART 2 TAKING WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED INTO THE REAL WORLD 7 Collaborate with the compiler 8 Stay away from comments 9 Love deleting code 10 Never be afraid to add code 11 Follow the structure in the code 12 Avoid optimizations and generality 13 Make bad code look bad 14 Wrapping up

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1638356378

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Disproof of Bell's Theorem

Illuminating the Illusion of Entanglement, Second Edition

By: Joy Christian

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Disproof of Bell's Theorem

Illuminating the Illusion of Entanglement, Second Edition

By: Joy Christian

A remarkable concept known as "entanglement" in quantum physics requires an incredibly bizarre link between subatomic particles. When one such particle is observed, quantum entanglement demands the rest of them to be affected instantaneously, even if they are universes apart. Einstein called this "spooky actions at a distance," and argued that such bizarre predictions of quantum theory show that it is an incomplete theory of nature. In 1964, however, John Bell proposed a theorem which seemed to prove that such spooky actions at a distance are inevitable for any physical theory, not just quantum theory. Since then many experiments have confirmed these long-distance correlations. But now, in this groundbreaking collection of papers, the author exposes a fatal flaw in the logic and mathematics of Bell's theorem, thus undermining its main conclusion, and proves that---as suspected by Einstein all along---there are no spooky actions at a distance in nature. The observed long-distance correlations among subatomic particles are dictated by a garden-variety "common cause," encoded within the topological structure of our ordinary physical space itself.

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1612337244

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The Extermination of the European Jews

By: Christian Gerlach

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The Extermination of the European Jews

By: Christian Gerlach

A major new interpretation of the Holocaust, contextualizing the destruction of the Jews within Nazi violence against other groups.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521880785

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Why Free Will Is Real

By: Christian List

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Why Free Will Is Real

By: Christian List

A crystal-clear, scientifically rigorous argument for the existence of free will, challenging what many scientists and scientifically minded philosophers believe. Philosophers have argued about the nature and the very existence of free will for centuries. Today, many scientists and scientifically minded commentators are skeptical that it exists, especially when it is understood to require the ability to choose between alternative possibilities. If the laws of physics govern everything that happens, they argue, then how can our choices be free? Believers in free will must be misled by habit, sentiment, or religious doctrine. Why Free Will Is Real defies scientific orthodoxy and presents a bold new defense of free will in the same naturalistic terms that are usually deployed against it. Unlike those who defend free will by giving up the idea that it requires alternative possibilities to choose from, Christian List retains this idea as central, resisting the tendency to defend free will by watering it down. He concedes that free will and its prerequisites—intentional agency, alternative possibilities, and causal control over our actions—cannot be found among the fundamental physical features of the natural world. But, he argues, that’s not where we should be looking. Free will is a “higher-level” phenomenon found at the level of psychology. It is like other phenomena that emerge from physical processes but are autonomous from them and not best understood in fundamental physical terms—like an ecosystem or the economy. When we discover it in its proper context, acknowledging that free will is real is not just scientifically respectable; it is indispensable for explaining our world.

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0674979583

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