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Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder

Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder

by David Weinberger

“Perfectly placed to tell us what’s really new about <the> second-generation Web.”— Los Angeles Times Business visionary and bestselling author David Weinberger charts how as business, politics, science, and media move online, the rules of the physical world—in which everything has a place—are upended. In the digital world, everything has its places, with transformative effects: • Information is now a... (more)

Ambient Findability

by Peter Morville

How do you find your way in an age of information overload? How can you filter streams of complex information to pull out only what you want? Why does it matter how information is structured when Google seems to magically bring up the right answer to your questions? What does it mean to be "findable" in this day and age? This eye-opening new book examines the convergence of information and connectivity. Written by... (more)

The Biology of TardigradesIan M. Kinchin

The Biology of Tardigrades

by Ian M. Kinchin

An account of marine and freshwater tardigrades which includes a taxonomic review, as well as covering every aspect of their biology. Topics covered include: affinities of the tardigrades; origins and systematics; external morphology; reproduction and life history; and cryptobiosis.

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

by John Steinbeck

Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America’s greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works published as black-spine Penguin Classics for the first time and will feature eye-catching, newly commissioned art. Penguin Classics is proud to present these seminal works to a new generation of readers—and to the many who revisit... (more)

Semi-Supervised Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning)

Semi-Supervised Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning)

In the field of machine learning, semi-supervised learning (SSL) occupies the middle ground, between supervised learning (in which all training examples are labeled) and unsupervised learning (in which no label data are given). Interest in SSL has increased in recent years, particularly because of application domains in which unlabeled data are plentiful, such as images, text, and bioinformatics. This first... (more)

Biology Coloring Book

by Robert D. Griffin

Readers experience for themselves how the coloring of a carefully designed picture almost magically creates understanding. Indispensable for every biology student.

Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary

Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary

by James G. Harris

Plant identification employs an extensive and complex terminology. Professional botanists often need several years in the field to master this terminology, and it presents a daunting obstacle to the student of botany. The meaning of most botanical terms, however, is immediately apparent when an illustration is available. That is the purpose of this volume. Plant Identification Terminology provides over... (more)

Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife

DK Smithsonian

Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife

by Jane Burton, David Burnie, Don E. Wilson

This authoritative volume starts with a clear introduction to the animal world, examining the reasons for the apparently infinite variety of animal forms and the major evolutionary developments. Animal anatomy, life-cycles and the principles of classification are also explored. This is followed by a superbly illustrated survey of world habitats, showing how animals have adapted to each environment and the threats... (more)

Botany in a Day: Thomas J. Elpel's Herbal Field Guide to Plant Families, 4th Ed.

Botany in a Day: Thomas J. Elpel's Herbal Field Guide to Plant Families, 4th Ed.

by Thomas J. Elpel

Now you can cut years off the process of learning about plants. Learn how related plants have similar features for identification. Discover how they often have similar properties and similar uses. Toms book takes you beyond the details towards a greater understanding of the patterns among plants. Most plant books cover only one or two hundred species. Botany in a Day includes more than 100 plant... (more)

Meet the Arthropods... (Doris, Ellen. Real Kids Real Science Books.)Ellen Doris, Mass.) Children's School of Science (Woods Hole

Meet the Arthropods... (Doris, Ellen. Real Kids Real Science Books.)

by Ellen Doris, Mass.) Children's School of Science (Woods Hole

Gr. 4^-7. Fieldwork is an integral part of this new entry in the real kids/real science series produced in cooperation with the Children's School of Science in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Doris introduces animals from six classes of Arthropoda, including the horseshoe crab, potato beetle, and praying mantis, then follows with an assortment of loosely structured activities (to do at the local pond, in the backyard,... (more)

Organising Knowledge: Taxonomies, Knowledge and Organisational Effectiveness

Organising Knowledge: Taxonomies, Knowledge and Organisational Effectiveness

by Patrick Lambe

Taxonomies are often thought to play a niche role in content-oriented knowledge management projects, as many consider them nice to have but not essential. In this groundbreaking book, Patrick Lambe illustrates how taxonomies play an integral role in helping organizations coordinate and communicate effectively. Through a series of real-world case studies, decision-making frameworks, and example questionnaires,... (more)

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