Michael Nielsen: 11 books
The Reputation Society
How Online Opinions Are Reshaping the Offline World
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Experts discuss the benefits and risks of online reputation systems.
In making decisions, we often seek advice. Online, we check Amazon recommendations, eBay vendors' histories, TripAdvisor ratings, and even our elected representatives' voting records. These online reputation systems serve...
Reinventing Discovery
The New Era of Networked Science
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
In Reinventing Discovery, Michael Nielsen argues that we are living at the dawn of the most dramatic change in science in more than 300 years. This change is being driven by powerful new cognitive tools, enabled by the internet, which are greatly accelerating scientific discovery. There are many books...
Remaking the News
Essays on the Future of Journalism Scholarship in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
Leading scholars chart the future of studies on technology and journalism in the digital age.
The use of digital technology has transformed the way news is produced, distributed, and received. Just as media organizations and journalists have realized that technology is a central and indispensable...
Leadership at Scale
Better leadership, better results
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
"A first-class template demonstrating how to use superior leadership to drive performance in large organizations." - Paul Myners (Lord Myners), former FTSE100 Chair and Treasury Minister
Leadership effectiveness drives organizational performance, yet almost half of all organizations face some...
Mikhail Bakhtin’s Heritage in Literature, Arts, and Psychology
Art and Answerability
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Art and Answerability, the work that would become Mikhail Bakhtin’s literary manifesto, was first published in Den Iskusstva (The Day of the Art) on September 13, 1919. Mikhail Bakhtin’s Heritage in Literature, Arts, and Psychology: Art and Answerability celebrates one hundred years of Bakhtin’s...
Philosophy Imprisoned
The Love of Wisdom in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Western philosophy’s relationship with prisons stretches from Plato’s own incarceration to the modern era of mass incarceration. Philosophy Imprisoned: The Love of Wisdom in the Age of Mass Incarceration draws together a broad range of philosophical thinkers, from both inside and outside prison...
by Doug Gault, Dimitri Gielis, Martin DSouza
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Expert Oracle Application Express, 2nd Edition is newly updated for APEX 5.0 and brings deep insight from some of the best APEX practitioners in the field today. You'll learn about important features in APEX 5.0, and how those can be applied to make your development work easier and with greater impact...
German Sports, Doping, and Politics
A History of Performance Enhancement
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
Doping has developed from a relatively ethical or moral phenomenon of sport to a very real problem, dealing with blatantly unfair and clearly forbidden means and substances. Obviously, the Cold War—especially in Germany—was one of the main reasons why doping became a central problem of current...
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information
10th Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
One of the most cited books in physics of all time, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information remains the best textbook in this exciting field of science. This 10th anniversary edition includes an introduction from the authors setting the work in context. This comprehensive textbook describes such...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 1
Advances in breeding and cultivation techniques
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Reviews key developments in understanding crop physiology and genetic diversity and how they have informed advances in breeding new varieties
Coverage of advances across the value chain for grain legume cultivation, from variety selection to post-harvest storage
Discusses the latest trends in disease, insect pest and weed management
Doping und Anti-Doping in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1950 bis 2007
Genese - Strukturen - Politik
Language: German
Release Date: July 16, 2014
Während zum „Staatsdoping“ in der DDR bereits mehrere Veröffentlichungen vorliegen, war bislang über Doping in Westdeutschland mit Ausnahmen von einzelnen Skandalen wenig bekannt. Über drei Jahre lang haben die Autoren dieses Buches in Archiven recherchiert und neue Quellen ausgewertet. Sie...