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Showing 1 - 12 of 25 results for “peter j denning”
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  • Turing's Mistake

    Escaping the Yoke of Unintelligent Machines

    by Peter J. Denning ...
    AI is sweeping away familiar cultures and we have no idea where it is taking us. The older generation tends to stick up for humanity and the younger generation for post-humanity. It is a serious tension. Everywhere there is a mood of unsettlement at not knowing where the unstoppable momentum of AI will go and whether we will like the outcome. For the first time in the history of humanity, we do ... Read more

    $43.96 CAD

  • Beyond Calculation

    The Next Fifty Years of Computing

    by Peter J. Denning, Robert M. Metcalfe ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    In March 1997, the Association for Computing Machinery will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the electronic computer. To understand what an extraordinary fifty years the computer has had, you need only look around you--probably no farther than your desk. Computers are everywhere: in our cars, our homes, our supermarkets, at the phone company office, and at your local hospital. But as the ... Read more

    $29.49 CAD

  • Structure, Image, Ornament

    Architectural Sculpture in the Greek World

    by Ralf Von den Hoff ...
    This volume presents the proceedings of a conference hosted by the American School of Classical Studies, Athens and the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Athens in 2004. There are additional contributions from Patricia Butz, Robin Osborne, Katherine Schwab, Justin St. P. Walsh, Hilda Westervelt and Lorenz Winkler-Horacek. The contents are divided into four sections I. Structure and Ornament; II. ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Innovator's Way

    Essential Practices for Successful Innovation

    by Peter J. Denning, Robert Dunham ...
    Two experts show that innovation is a skill that can be learned and describe eight essential practices for achieving success.Innovation is the ruling buzzword in business today. Technology companies invest billions in developing new gadgets; business leaders see innovation as the key to a competitive edge; policymakers craft regulations to foster a climate of innovation. And yet businesses report ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Computational Thinking

    by Peter J. Denning, Matti Tedre ...
    Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
    This pocket-sized introduction to computational thinking and problem-solving traces its genealogy centuries before the digital computer.A few decades into the digital era, scientists discovered that thinking in terms of computation made possible an entirely new way of organizing scientific investigation. Eventually, every field had a computational branch: computational physics, computational ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Dialogic Learning

    Shifting Perspectives to Learning, Instruction, and Teaching

    Edited by Jos van den Linden, Peter Renshaw ...
    Contemporary researchers have analysed dialogue primarily in terms of instruction, conversation or inquiry. There is an irreducible tension when the terms ‘dialogue’ and ‘instruction’ are brought together, because the former implies an emergent process of give-and-take, whereas the latter implies a sequence of predetermined moves. It is argued that effective teachers have learned how to perform in ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Why Did Hitler Hate the Jews?

    The Origins of Adolf Hitler's Anti-Semitism and its Outcome

    by Peter den Hertog ...
    This investigation into the Nazi leader's mindset is "an inherently fascinating study . . . a work of meticulously presented and seminal scholarship" ( Midwest Book Review).Adolf Hitler's virulent anti-Semitism is often attributed to external cultural and environmental factors. But as historian Peter den Hertog notes in this book, most of Hitler's contemporaries experienced the same culture and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Computational Thinking

    by Peter J. Denning, Matti Tedre ...
    Narrated by Steven Jay Cohen ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 56 min

    A few decades into the digital era, scientists discovered that thinking in terms of computation made possible an entirely new way of organizing scientific investigation; eventually, every field had a computational branch: computational physics, computational biology, computational sociology. More recently, "computational thinking" has become part of the K–12 curriculum. But what is computational ... Read more

    $26.10 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • International Economic Dispute Settlement

    Demise or Transformation?

    Edited by Manfred Elsig, Rodrigo Polanco, Peter van den Bossche ...
    The post-Cold War era has seen an unprecedented move towards more legalization in international cooperation and a growth of third-party dispute settlement systems. WTO panels, the Appellate Body and investor-state dispute settlement cases have received increasing attention beyond the core trade and investment constituencies within governments. Scrutiny by business, civil society, academia, and ... Read more

    $164.79 CAD

  • The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization

    Text, Cases, and Materials

    by Peter Van den Bossche, Werner Zdouc ...
    Since the publication of its first edition, this textbook has been the prime choice of teachers and students alike, due to its clear and detailed explanation of the basic principles of the multilateral trading system and the law of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The fifth edition continues to explore the institutional and substantive law of the WTO. It has been updated to incorporate all new ... Read more

    $69.59 CAD

  • Delivering Sustainable Competitiveness

    Revisiting the organising capacity of cities

    Edited by Luís Carvalho, Leo van den Berg, Hazem Galal, Peter Teunisse ...
    Series series EURICUR Series (European Institute for Comparative Urban Research)
    Global trends such as climate change, digitalisation, enhanced concepts of democracy and the consequences of the 2008 financial crisis are changing the playing field of cities across the world. Urban development objectives are shifting away from being purely concerned with wealth creation and competitiveness, to increasingly combining social and environmental dimensions. In this context, how can ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Applied Design Research

    A Mosaic of 22 Examples, Experiences and Interpretations Focussing on Bridging the Gap between Practice and Academics

    Edited by Peter Joore, Guido Stompff, Jeroen van den Eijnde ...
    Design and research are two fields of knowledge that each has its traditions, methods, standards and practices. These two worlds appear to be quite separate, with researchers investigating what exists, and designers visualising what could be. This book builds a bridge between both worlds by showing how design and research can be integrated to develop a new field of knowledge.Applied Design ... Read more

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