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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172243103321

Autore

Bauman Zygmunt <1925-2017.>

Titolo

Does ethics have a chance in a world of consumers? / / Zygmunt Bauman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2008

ISBN

9780674261921

0674261925

9780674020580

0674020588

9780674033948

0674033949

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Institute for Human Sciences Vienna lecture series

Classificazione

AP 13625

Disciplina

174

Soggetti

Consumption (Economics) - Moral and ethical aspects

Globalization - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction Threats or Chances? -- Chapter One. What Chance of Ethics in the Globalized World of Consumers? -- Chapter Two. Categorial Murder, or the Legacy of the Twentieth Century and How to Remember It -- Chapter Three. Freedom in the Liquid-Modern Era -- Chapter Four. Hurried Life, or Liquid-Modern Challenges to Education -- Chapter Five. Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire, or the Arts between Administration and the Markets -- Chapter Six. Making the Planet Hospitable to Europe -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Bauman urges us to think in new ways about a newly flexible, newly challenging modern world. In an era of routine travel, where most people circulate widely, the inherited beliefs that aid our thinking about the world have become an obstacle. He challenges members of the "knowledge class" to overcome their estrangement from the rest of society.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484856303321

Titolo

DNA Computing : 14th International Meeting on DNA Computing, DNA 14, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2-9, 2008. Revised Selected Papers / / edited by Ashish Goel, Friedrich C. Simmel, Petr Sosik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2009

ISBN

3-642-03076-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 191 p.)

Collana

Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues, , 2512-2029 ; ; 5347

Classificazione

DAT 168f

SS 4800

Altri autori (Persone)

GoelAshish

SimmelFriedrich C

SosikPetr <1967->

Disciplina

004

Soggetti

Bioinformatics

Nanotechnology

Algorithms

Computer science

Artificial intelligence

Computational and Systems Biology

Theory of Computation

Artificial Intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Experimental Validation of Signal Dependent Operation in Whiplash PCR -- Towards DNA Comparator: The Machine That Compares DNA Concentrations -- Construction of Photon-Fueled DNA Nanomachines by Tethering Azobenzenes as Engines -- Operon Structure Optimization by Random Self-assembly -- Isothermal Reactivating Whiplash PCR for Locally Programmable Molecular Computation -- DNA as a Universal Substrate for Chemical Kinetics -- A Simple DNA Gate Motif for Synthesizing Large-Scale Circuits -- Tiamat: A Three-Dimensional Editing Tool for Complex DNA Structures -- Connecting the Dots: Molecular Machinery for Distributed Robotics -- Polyomino-Safe DNA Self-assembly via Block Replacement -- Robust Self-



assembly of Graphs -- Time Optimal Self-assembly for 2D and 3D Shapes: The Case of Squares and Cubes -- Self-assembly of Discrete Self-similar Fractals -- Speeding Up Local-Search Type Algorithms for Designing DNA Sequences under Thermodynamical Constraints -- Sequentiality Induced by Spike Number in SNP Systems.

Sommario/riassunto

The 14th international meeting on DNA computation took place in the Czech Republic in Prague, June 2-9, 2008. During the last 14 years the DNA C- puting meetings have been the key forum at the boundary between computer science, biochemistry and nanotechnology where the most recent results have been presented and their authors have met. Their scienti'c program includes mathematical foundations and theoretical study of DNA computing - or b- computing in general- and recent experimental results in DNA nanotechnology, nanoscience and nanocomputing. It continues to be one of the most exciting interdisciplinary meetings, as exempli'ed by the diverse nature of contributions in this volume. The meeting began with tutorial talks by Friedrich Simmel ("Molecular - ology for Computer Scientists"), Nadrian Seeman ("Structural DNA Nanote- nology"), and Yasubumi Sakakibara ("Formal Grammars for DNA Compu- tion and Bioinformatics"). During the meeting, a number of excellent keynote speakers gave an up-to-date overview of di'erent aspects of DNA computing and biochemical information processing. Luca Cardelli talked about "Molecules as Automata," while Niles Pierce gave an exciting talk entitled "Molecular Choreography--ProgrammingNucleicAcidSelf-AssemblyandDisassemblyPa- ways."Inamorebiologicaltalk,LauraLandweberdiscussed"RNA-Guided,E- geneticProgrammingandRe-programmingofGenomicInformationinCiliates," and Ming Li gave an overview of "Modern Homology Search." The meeting was concluded by a Nanoday with beautiful presentations by Christof Niemeyer, Kurt Gothelf, Andrew Ellington and David Pine.