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Uncrackable codes and secret cyphers that helped win wars, spark revolutions and change the faces of nations, rediscovered and explored in the newest book by the bestselling author and historian, Sinclair McKay.

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A top expert explains why a social and economic understanding of complex systems will help society to anticipate and confront our biggest challenges

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A user-friendly introduction to some of the most useful analytical tools for model building, estimation, and analysis, presenting key methods and examples.

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An overview of the rapidly growing field of ant colony optimization that describes theoretical findings, the major algorithms, and current applications.

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This title is an expos of the myth that the Internet is a complete reference tool. The issue is not what you cannot find on the Internet, but what you miss if you only consult it. Anecdotes from the author lend a personal element to the practical advice in the book. This new edition includes a chapter on the problems posed by artificial intelligence.

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Why bibliometrics is useful for understanding the global dynamics of science but generate perverse effects when applied inappropriately in research evaluation and university rankings.

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"Coyne examines urban living through the frame of cryptography, diving into the technologies, instruments, and processes of hiding information, messages, things, spaces, places, and people within cities"--

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A historical study of Chile's twin experiments with cybernetics and socialism, and what they tell us about the relationship of technology and politics.

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An introduction to a powerful and flexible network modeling tool for developing and understanding complex systems, with many examples from a range of industries.

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A guide to using the power of design flexibility to improve the performance of complex technological projects, for designers, managers, users, and analysts.

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Learn how to think like a lawyer to gain advantage in your life--whether you're buying a house, negotiating a salary, or choosing the right health care.

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Offers the investing principles as the author originally laid them out - principles that continue to stand more than half a century since the book was first published. This book tells about making the right decisions to protect your investments and make them a success.

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This practical, down-to-earth guide is for researchers, students, community groups, charities or employees - in fact anyone who needs to put together research projects quickly and effectively.

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An introduction to the modeling of business information systems, with processes formally modeled using Petri nets.

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Super Crunchers are the pioneers who 'think by numbers' to find patterns in human behaviour and predict the future - with staggeringly accurate results

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Two marketing experts present a comprehensive guide to building a product into a recognized and respected brand and share their radical strategies for marketing effectively on the Internet, urging readers to mix the old with the new when making a marketing plan, in a volume that contains The 22 Immu

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Drawing from different 'fields' such as philosophy, psychology, literature, and theology, Joseph Bikart uses decades of experience as a business coach for seniorexecutives around the globe to explore how and why we make the decisions we do.

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This volume casts doubt on the seeming innocence of the activity of communication. Using poststructuralist literary theory and philosophy, Chang argues that modern communication theories fail to provide an adequate explanation for how communication is possible.

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How To Eat A Booger is based on tackling a monumental task, or seemingly difficult job. Children and adults are often overwhelmed by everyday life. St. Francis of Assisi said it best, Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.