LEADER 01697nam a2200349 i 4500 001 991001842139707536 008 121009s2009 riua b 100 0 eng d 020 $a9780821846278 035 $ab14079410-39ule_inst 040 $aDip.to Matematica e Fisica$beng 082 00$a004.1$222 084 $aAMS 81P68 084 $aAMS 81T18 084 $aAMS 81V10 084 $aLC QA76.889.C66 111 2 $aConference on Representation Theory, Quantum Field Theory, Category Theory, and Quantum Information Theory$d<2007 :$cUniversity of Texas at Tyler>$0477543 245 10$aAdvances in quantum computation :$brepresentation theory, quantum field theory, category theory, mathematical physics, and quantum information theory, September 20-23, 2007, University of Texas at Tyler /$cKazem Mahdavi, Deborah Koslover, editors 260 $aProvidence, R. I. :$bAmerican Mathematical Society,$cc2009 300 $avii, 240 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm 440 0$aContemporary mathematics,$x0271-4132 ;$v482 504 $aIncludes bibliographical references 650 0$aQuantum computers$vCongresses 650 0$aQuantum theory$vCongresses 650 0$aQuantum communication$vCongresses 700 1 $aMahdavi, Kazem$eauthor$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0732147 700 1 $aKoslover, Deborah$eauthor$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0732148 907 $a.b14079410$b13-11-12$c09-10-12 912 $a991001842139707536 945 $aLE013 81P MAH11 (2009)$g1$i2013000216515$lle013$op$pE78.00$q-$rl$s- $t0$u0$v0$w0$x0$y.i15453340$z06-11-12 996 $aAdvances in quantum computation$91442510 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale013$b09-10-12$cm$da $e-$feng$griu$h0$i0 LEADER 02730nam 2200529K 450 001 9910901883603321 005 20200826032611.0 010 $a0-262-35910-3 010 $a0-262-35911-1 035 $a(CKB)4100000011490505 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6383431 035 $a(OCoLC)1187208843 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1187208843 035 $a(MaCbMITP)11856 035 $a(PPN)261417355 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011490505 100 $a20200821d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMercury stories $eunderstanding sustainability through a volatile element /$fHenrik Selin and Noelle Eckley Selin 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cThe MIT Press,$d[2020] 215 $a1 online resource (353 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-262-53920-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMercury elementary -- Analyzing human-technical-environmental systems -- Global human-technical-environmental cycling : chasing quicksilver -- Human health : mercury's caduceus -- Energy, industry and pollution : mercury, winged messenger -- Assets and liabilities : mercury, god of commerce -- Mining and sustainable livelihoods : mercury, god of finance -- Sustainability systems : seeing the matrix -- Sustainability insights : Earth "under pressure" -- Sustainability champions : "we'll keep on fighting..." 330 $a"Mercury offers an opportunity to trace a millennial-scale history of human interactions with an element whose use has both benefited and harmed human well-being in complex and interacting ways. The book develops and applies an analytical framework using the perspective of a human-technical-environmental system to learn from the long history of human mercury use and exposure, and to inform strategies--here done in story form--by which people can effect change towards greater sustainability"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aMercury$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aMercury industry and trade$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aSustainable development 610 $aENVIRONMENT/Sustainability 610 $aENGINEERING/Systems Science & Engineering 610 $aENVIRONMENT/Environmental Science 615 0$aMercury$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aMercury industry and trade$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aSustainable development. 676 $a363.17/91 700 $aSelin$b Henrik$f1971-$01623082 702 $aEckley$b Noelle 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910901883603321 996 $aMercury stories$94273194 997 $aUNINA