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  • Audiobook

    Guardrails

    Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI

    by Urs Gasser, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger ...
    Narrated by Anand Jagatia ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 39 min

    This audiobook narrated by Anand Jagatia reveals how society can shape individual actions in times of uncertaintyWhen we make decisions, our thinking is informed by societal norms, "guardrails" guiding our decisions, like the laws and rules that govern us. But what are good guardrails in today's world of overwhelming information flows and increasingly powerful technologies, such as artificial ... Read more

    $29.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Microsoft System Center 2016 Service Manager Cookbook

    Discover over 100 practical recipes to help you master the art of IT service management for your organization

    by Dieter Gasser, Steve Buchanan, Steve Beaumont, Anders Asp, Andreas Baumgarten ...
    Discover over 100 practical recipes to help you master the art of IT service management for your organizationKey FeaturesRecipes for essential new features and functionalities of Microsoft System Center 2016 Service ManagerPractical implementation of the ITSM framework and processes based on ITILDeployment of Service Manager HTML5 Self-Service Portal along with Service Catalog design and ... Read more

    $49.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why You Like It

    The Science & Culture of Musical Taste

    by Nolan Gasser ...
    From the chief architect of the Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of why we respond to music the way we do.Everyone loves music. But what is it that makes music so universally beloved and have such a powerful effect on us?In this sweeping and authoritative book, Dr. Nolan Gasser—a composer, pianist, and musicologist, and the chief architect of ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Biokinetics and Biodynamics of Human Differentiation

    Principles and Applications

    by Erich Blechschmidt M.D., R.F. Gasser Ph.D. ...
    Fifty years ago the field of human embryology was incomplete; prior to that time the anatomy of early human embryos was still unknown, and there was much to be learned about the older stages of human embryonic development. It is now understood that human organs result from step-by-step differentiations of the growing human embryo. Research by renowned embryologist Erich Blechschmidt, MD, showed ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Guardrails

    Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI

    by Urs Gasser, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger ...
    How society can shape individual actions in times of uncertaintyWhen we make decisions, our thinking is informed by societal norms, “guardrails” that guide our decisions, like the laws and rules that govern us. But what are good guardrails in today’s world of overwhelming information flows and increasingly powerful technologies, such as artificial intelligence? Based on the latest insights from ... Read more

    Was $21.59 USD Now $14.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Social Science, Technical Systems, and Cooperative Work

    Beyond the Great Divide

    Edited by Geoffrey Bowker, Susan Leigh Star, Les Gasser, William Turner ...
    This book is the first to directly address the question of how to bridge what has been termed the "great divide" between the approaches of systems developers and those of social scientists to computer supported cooperative work--a question that has been vigorously debated in the systems development literature. Traditionally, developers have been trained in formal methods and oriented to ... Read more

    $120.99 USD

  • Personal Identity and Resurrection

    How Do We Survive Our Death?

    Edited by Georg Gasser ...
    What happens to us when we die? According to Christian faith, we will rise again bodily from the dead. This claim raises a series of philosophical and theological conundrums: is it rational to hope for life after death in bodily form? Will it truly be we who are raised again or will it be post-mortem duplicates of us? How can personal identity be secured? What is God's role in resurrection and ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Biomechanics of the Aorta

    Modeling for Patient Care

    Edited by T. Christian Gasser, Stéphane Avril, John A. Elefteriades ...
    Series series Biomechanics of Living Organs
    Biomechanics of the Aorta: Modelling for Patient Care is a holistic analysis of the aorta towards its biomechanical description. The book addresses topics such as physiology, clinical imaging, tissue and blood flow modeling, along with knowledge that is needed in diagnostics, aortic rupture prediction, assist surgical planning, and more. It encompasses a wide range of topics from the basic ... Read more

    $179.99 USD

  • The Divine Nature

    Personal and A-Personal Perspectives

    Edited by Simon Kittle, Georg Gasser ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
    This book is the first systematic treatment of the strengths and limitations of personal and a-personal conceptions of the divine. It features contributions from Jewish, Islamic, Chinese, Indian and naturalistic backgrounds in addition to those working within a decidedly Christian framework.This book discusses whether the concept of God in classical theism is coherent at all and whether the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Personal Identity

    Complex or Simple?

    Edited by Georg Gasser, Matthias Stefan ...
    We take it for granted that a person persists over time: when we make plans, we assume that we will carry them out; when we punish someone for a crime, we assume that she is the same person as the one who committed it. Metaphysical questions underlying these assumptions point towards an area of deep existential and philosophical interest. In this volume, leading metaphysicians discuss key ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Big Data, Health Law, and Bioethics

    Edited by I. Glenn Cohen, Holly Fernandez Lynch, Effy Vayena, Urs Gasser ...
    When data from all aspects of our lives can be relevant to our health - from our habits at the grocery store and our Google searches to our FitBit data and our medical records - can we really differentiate between big data and health big data? Will health big data be used for good, such as to improve drug safety, or ill, as in insurance discrimination? Will it disrupt health care (and the health ... Read more

    $85.29 USD

  • The Spatial Foundations of Language and Cognition

    Thinking Through Space

    Edited by Kelly S. Mix, Linda B. Smith, Michael Gasser ...
    Series Book 4 - Explorations in Language and Space
    This book presents recent research on the role of space as a mechanism in language use and learning. It proceeds from the notion that cognition in real time, developmental time, and over evolutionary time occurs in space, and that the physical properties of space may provide insights into basic cognitive processes, including memory, attention, action, and perception. It looks at how physical space ... Read more

    $104.39 USD