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UNINA9910297039403321 |
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Bovensiepen Judith |
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The promise of prosperity : visions of the future in Timor-Leste / / edited by Judith M. Bovensiepen |
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ANU Press, 2018 |
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Acton, A.C.T. : , : ANU Press, , [2018] |
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©2018 |
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1 online resource (xi, 253 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Developing countries |
Indigenous peoples |
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography |
Timor-Leste Politics and government |
Timor-Leste Economic conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Part I: Looking at the future through the past. Progress and propaganda in Timor-Leste: Visions of the future in comparative historical perspective / Douglas Kammen; The Timor Oil Company's network, 1956-1968: Interacting internal and external infrastructures / Alex Grainger -- Part II: State visions of development. Political and economic challenges of petroleum dependency in Timor-Leste / Guteriano Neves; Piloting the experimental ZEESM megaproject: Performing the future in the Oecusse-Ambeno enclave / Laura S. Meitzner Yoder; Expropriation or plunder? Property rights and infrastructure development in Oecusse / Bernardo Almeida; Just a dream? The struggle for national resource sovereignty and oil infrastructure development along Timor-Leste's south coast / Judith M. Bovensiepen; Reconsidering reintegration: Veterans' benefits as state-building / Kate Roll -- Part III: Alternative moral economies of prosperity. Expressions of the 'good life' and visions of the future: Reflections from Dili and Uatolari / Josh Trindade and Susana Barnes; Looking back into the future: Temporalities of hope among the Fataluku (Lautém) / Susana de Matos Viegas; Negotiating |
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'darkness' and 'light': Meshworks of fluidity and fire in Baucau / Lisa Palmer; Misreading the night: The shadows and light of a solar technology / Chris Shepherd; Christianity and kultura: Visions and pastoral projects / Kelly Silva; Afterword: A study in contrasts / Andrew McWilliam. |
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For the people of Timor-Leste, independence promised a fundamental transformation from foreign occupation to self-rule, from brutality to respect for basic rights, and from poverty to prosperity. In the eyes of the country’s political leaders, revenue from the country’s oil and gas reserves is the means by which that transformation could be effected. Over the past decade, they have formulated ambitious plans for state-led development projects and rapid economic growth. Paradoxically, these modernist visions are simultaneously informed by and contradict ideas stemming from custom, religion, accountability and responsibility to future generations. This book explores how the promise of prosperity informs policy and how policy debates shape expectations about the future in one of the world’s newest and poorest nation-states. |
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UNINA9910254841403321 |
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Autore |
Moret-Bonillo Vicente |
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Adventures in Computer Science : From Classical Bits to Quantum Bits / / by Vicente Moret-Bonillo |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
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[1st ed. 2017.] |
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1 online resource (XIII, 198 p. 55 illus., 21 illus. in color.) |
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Computers |
Quantum computers |
Quantum theory |
Artificial intelligence |
Theory of Computation |
Quantum Computing |
Quantum Physics |
Artificial Intelligence |
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The Universe of Binary Numbers -- Back and Forth Computing -- Reversible Architectures -- The Principles of Quantum Mechanics -- Introducing Quantum Computing -- Feynman's Quantum Computer Machine -- Some Quantum Algorithms -- Concluding Remarks -- App. A: Mathematical Background -- App. B: Glossary of Terms Used in the Book. |
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The main focus of this textbook is the basic unit of information and the way in which our understanding of this has evolved over time. In particular the author covers concepts related to information, classical computing, logic, reversible computing, quantum mechanics, quantum computing, thermodynamics and some artificial intelligence and biology, all approached from the viewpoint of computer sciences. The book begins by asking the following nontrivial question: what is a bit? The author then discusses logic, logic gates, reversible computing and reversible architectures, and the concept of disorder. He then tries to establish the relationship between three essential questions that justify quantum approaches in computer sciences: the energy required to perform a real-life computation, the size of current processors, and the reversibility of quantum operations. Based on these concepts, the author establishes the conditions that justify the use of quantum techniques for certain kinds of computational tasks, and he uses formal descriptions and formal argumentations to introduce key quantum mechanical concepts and approaches. The rest of the book is formally different, focusing on practical issues, including a discussion of remarkable quantum algorithms in a treatment based on quantum circuit theory. The book is valuable for graduate students in computer science, and students of other disciplines who are engaged with physical models of information and computing. |
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