The art of insight in science and engineering : mastering complexity / / Sanjoy Mahajan |
Autore | Mahajan Sanjoy <1969-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 501/.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Statistical physics
Estimation theory Hypothesis Problem solving |
Soggetto non controllato |
PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General
ENGINEERING/General MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS/General SCIENCE / Applied Sciences TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General) MATHEMATICS / Applied |
ISBN |
0-262-32524-1
0-262-32523-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910260595203321 |
Mahajan Sanjoy <1969-> | ||
Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Clouds in the perturbed climate system : their relationship to energy balance, atmospheric dynamics, and precipitation / / edited by Jost Heintzenberg and Robert J. Charlson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (615 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.57/6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HeintzenbergJ (Jost)
CharlsonRobert J |
Collana | Strüngmann Forum reports |
Soggetto topico |
Cloud physics
Clouds - Dynamics Climatic changes |
Soggetto non controllato |
PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General
ENVIRONMENT/General |
ISBN |
0-262-29369-2
0-262-25544-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; The Ernst Strüngmann Forum; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Trends in Observed Cloudiness and Earth's Radiation Budget; 3 Climatologies of Cloud-related Aerosols; 4 Cloud Properties from In-situ and Remote-sensing Measurements; 5 Clouds and Precipitation; 6 Temporal and Spatial Variability of Clouds and Related Aerosols; 7 Laboratory Cloud Simulation; 8 Cloud-controlling Factors; 9 Deep Convective Clouds; 10 Large-scale Controls on Cloudiness; 11 Cloud-controlling Factors of Cirrus; 12 Cloud-controlling Factors; 13 Cloud Particle Precursors
14 Cloud-Aerosol Interactions from the Micro to the Cloud Scale15 Weather and Climate Engineering; 16 Air Pollution and Precipitation; 17 What Do We Know about Large-scale Changes of Aerosols, Clouds, and the Radiation Budget?; 18 The Extent and Nature of Anthropogenic Perturbations of Clouds; 19 Global Indirect Radiative Forcing Caused by Aerosols; 20 Simulating Global Clouds; 21 Observational Strategies from the Micro- to Mesoscale; 22 Observational Strategies at Meso- and Large Scales to Reduce Critical Uncertainties in Future Cloud Changes 23 Aerosols and Clouds in Chemical Transport Models and Climate Models24 Current Understanding and Quantification of Clouds in the Changing Climate System and Strategies for Reducing Critical Uncertainties; Abbreviations; Name Index; Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782858603321 |
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Clouds in the perturbed climate system : their relationship to energy balance, atmospheric dynamics, and precipitation / / edited by Jost Heintzenberg and Robert J. Charlson |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (615 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.57/6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HeintzenbergJ (Jost)
CharlsonRobert J |
Collana | Strüngmann Forum reports |
Soggetto topico |
Cloud physics
Clouds - Dynamics Climatic changes |
Soggetto non controllato |
PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General
ENVIRONMENT/General |
ISBN |
0-262-29369-2
0-262-25544-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; The Ernst Strüngmann Forum; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Trends in Observed Cloudiness and Earth's Radiation Budget; 3 Climatologies of Cloud-related Aerosols; 4 Cloud Properties from In-situ and Remote-sensing Measurements; 5 Clouds and Precipitation; 6 Temporal and Spatial Variability of Clouds and Related Aerosols; 7 Laboratory Cloud Simulation; 8 Cloud-controlling Factors; 9 Deep Convective Clouds; 10 Large-scale Controls on Cloudiness; 11 Cloud-controlling Factors of Cirrus; 12 Cloud-controlling Factors; 13 Cloud Particle Precursors
14 Cloud-Aerosol Interactions from the Micro to the Cloud Scale15 Weather and Climate Engineering; 16 Air Pollution and Precipitation; 17 What Do We Know about Large-scale Changes of Aerosols, Clouds, and the Radiation Budget?; 18 The Extent and Nature of Anthropogenic Perturbations of Clouds; 19 Global Indirect Radiative Forcing Caused by Aerosols; 20 Simulating Global Clouds; 21 Observational Strategies from the Micro- to Mesoscale; 22 Observational Strategies at Meso- and Large Scales to Reduce Critical Uncertainties in Future Cloud Changes 23 Aerosols and Clouds in Chemical Transport Models and Climate Models24 Current Understanding and Quantification of Clouds in the Changing Climate System and Strategies for Reducing Critical Uncertainties; Abbreviations; Name Index; Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819556003321 |
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Digital Apollo : human and machine in spaceflight / / David A. Mindell |
Autore | Mindell David A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (376 p.) |
Disciplina | 629.47/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Human-machine systems
Astronautics - United States - History Manned space flight - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General COMPUTER SCIENCE/Human Computer Interaction |
ISBN |
0-262-26668-7
0-262-26667-9 1-4356-4329-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781925903321 |
Mindell David A | ||
Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Digital Apollo : human and machine in spaceflight / / David A. Mindell |
Autore | Mindell David A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (376 p.) |
Disciplina | 629.47/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Human-machine systems
Astronautics - United States - History Manned space flight - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General COMPUTER SCIENCE/Human Computer Interaction |
ISBN |
0-262-26668-7
0-262-26667-9 1-4356-4329-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822762103321 |
Mindell David A | ||
Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Free will / / Mark Balaguer |
Autore | Balaguer Mark |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA : , : MIT Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (152 p.) |
Disciplina | 123/.5 |
Collana | The MIT Press essential knowledge series |
Soggetto topico | Free will and determinism |
Soggetto non controllato |
PHILOSOPHY/General
PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General |
ISBN |
0-262-32146-7
0-262-32145-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The Case Against Free Will; 3 Can Religion Save Free Will?; 4 Can Philosophy Save Free Will?; 5 What Is Free Will, Anyway?; 6 Can We Block the Random or-Predetermined Argument Against Free Will?; 7 Can We Block the Scientific Argument Against Free Will?; 8 Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Further Readings; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789032403321 |
Balaguer Mark | ||
Cambridge, MA : , : MIT Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Free will / / Mark Balaguer |
Autore | Balaguer Mark |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA : , : MIT Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (152 p.) |
Disciplina | 123/.5 |
Collana | The MIT Press essential knowledge series |
Soggetto topico | Free will and determinism |
Soggetto non controllato |
PHILOSOPHY/General
PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General |
ISBN |
0-262-32146-7
0-262-32145-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The Case Against Free Will; 3 Can Religion Save Free Will?; 4 Can Philosophy Save Free Will?; 5 What Is Free Will, Anyway?; 6 Can We Block the Random or-Predetermined Argument Against Free Will?; 7 Can We Block the Scientific Argument Against Free Will?; 8 Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Further Readings; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811896803321 |
Balaguer Mark | ||
Cambridge, MA : , : MIT Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global environmental assessments : information and influence / / edited by Ronald B. Mitchell [and others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.7 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MitchellRonald B (Ronald Bruce) |
Collana | Global environmental accord |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - International cooperation
Environmental protection - International cooperation Environmental impact analysis |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy
PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General |
ISBN |
1-282-09745-8
9786612097454 0-262-27998-3 1-4294-7761-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Evaluating the influence of global environmental assessments / William C. Clark, Ronald B. Mitchell, David W. Cash -- Science or salience : building an agenda for climate change / Wendy E.F. Torrance -- Problem framing in assessment processes : the case of biosafety / Aarti Gupta -- Whose experts? : the role of geographic representation in global environmental assessments / Frank Biermann -- Assessment information in European politics : east and west / Stacy D. VanDeveer -- Structure and influence of international assessments : lessons from Eastern Europe / Liliana B. Andonova -- From regional to global information : assessment of persistent organic pollutants / Noelle Eckley Selin -- Climate change and sea-level rise in Maine and Hawai'i : the changing tides of an issue domain / Susanne C. Moser -- Trust, respect, patience, and sea-surface temperatures : useful climate forecasting in Zimbabwe / Anthony G. Patt -- Mining water, drying wells : multilevel assessment and decision making for water management / David W. Cash -- Information and influence / Ronald B. Mitchell, William C. Clark, David W. Cash. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777637803321 |
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global environmental assessments : information and influence / / edited by Ronald B. Mitchell [and others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.7 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MitchellRonald B (Ronald Bruce) |
Collana | Global environmental accord |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - International cooperation
Environmental protection - International cooperation Environmental impact analysis |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy
PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General |
ISBN |
1-282-09745-8
9786612097454 0-262-27998-3 1-4294-7761-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Evaluating the influence of global environmental assessments / William C. Clark, Ronald B. Mitchell, David W. Cash -- Science or salience : building an agenda for climate change / Wendy E.F. Torrance -- Problem framing in assessment processes : the case of biosafety / Aarti Gupta -- Whose experts? : the role of geographic representation in global environmental assessments / Frank Biermann -- Assessment information in European politics : east and west / Stacy D. VanDeveer -- Structure and influence of international assessments : lessons from Eastern Europe / Liliana B. Andonova -- From regional to global information : assessment of persistent organic pollutants / Noelle Eckley Selin -- Climate change and sea-level rise in Maine and Hawai'i : the changing tides of an issue domain / Susanne C. Moser -- Trust, respect, patience, and sea-surface temperatures : useful climate forecasting in Zimbabwe / Anthony G. Patt -- Mining water, drying wells : multilevel assessment and decision making for water management / David W. Cash -- Information and influence / Ronald B. Mitchell, William C. Clark, David W. Cash. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815289803321 |
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Inventing atmospheric science : Bjerknes, Rossby, Wexler, and the foundations of modern meteorology / / James Rodger Fleming |
Autore | Fleming James Rodger |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA : , : MIT Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.5092/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Atmospheric science - History
Atmosphere - Research |
Soggetto non controllato |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General |
ISBN |
0-262-33452-6
0-262-33451-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Bjerknes -- Rossby -- Wexler -- Atmospheric sciences. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798180203321 |
Fleming James Rodger | ||
Cambridge, MA : , : MIT Press, , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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