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Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War
Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War
It has often been said that generals prepare for the next war by re-fighting the last.  The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill was unlike any previous – an underwater well blowout 1,500 meters deep.  Much has been learned in the wake of DWH and these lessons should in turn be applied to both similar oil spill scenarios...
Actualistic Taphonomy in South America (Topics in Geobiology)
Actualistic Taphonomy in South America (Topics in Geobiology)

Highlighting the latest research on Actualistic Taphonomy (AT), this book presents the outcomes of a meeting that took place in Montevideo, Uruguay, in October 2017. Its respective chapters offer valuable insights into South American archaeology, invertebrate and vertebrate fauna, and flora.

In recent years, there has been a
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Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory: Utility Theory and Causal Analysis
Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory: Utility Theory and Causal Analysis

Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory: Utility Theory and Causal Analysis provides the theoretical background to approach decision theory from a statistical perspective. It covers both traditional approaches, in terms of value theory and expected utility theory, and recent developments, in terms of causal...

A Primer on Quantum Computing (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
A Primer on Quantum Computing (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
This book is about quantum computing and quantum algorithms. The book starts with a chapter introducing the basic rules of quantum mechanics and how they can be used to build quantum circuits and perform computations.

Further, Grover's algorithm is presented for unstructured search discussing its consequences and
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Psychotherapy Relationships that Work: Volume 2: Evidence-Based Therapist Responsiveness
Psychotherapy Relationships that Work: Volume 2: Evidence-Based Therapist Responsiveness
First published in 2002, the landmark Psychotherapy Relationships That Work broke new ground by focusing renewed and corrective attention on the substantial research behind the crucial (but often overlooked) client-therapist relationship. This highly cited, widely adopted classic is now presented in two volumes: Evidence-based...
Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way: Understanding Statistics and Probability with Star Wars, LEGO, and Rubber Ducks
Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way: Understanding Statistics and Probability with Star Wars, LEGO, and Rubber Ducks
Fun guide to learning Bayesian statistics and probability through unusual and illustrative examples.

Probability and statistics are increasingly important in a huge range of professions. But many people use data in ways they don't even understand, meaning they aren't getting the most from it. Bayesian
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Smoking Meat 101: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide
Smoking Meat 101: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide

Smokin’ hot tips for new pitmasters!

The right tools, the best wood, the ideal temperature?there’s a lot to know about smoking meat. That’s why Smoking Meat 101 offers a crash course that’ll have you serving up sumptuous smoked masterpieces in no time.

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Pro TBB: C++ Parallel Programming with Threading Building Blocks
Pro TBB: C++ Parallel Programming with Threading Building Blocks

This open access book is a modern guide for all C++ programmers to learn Threading Building Blocks (TBB). Written by TBB and parallel programming experts, this book reflects their collective decades of experience in developing and teaching parallel programming with TBB, offering their insights in an approachable manner. Throughout...

Software Design for Resilient Computer Systems
Software Design for Resilient Computer Systems

This book addresses the question of how system software should be designed to account for faults, and which fault tolerance features it should provide for highest reliability. With this second edition of Software Design for Resilient Computer Systems the book is thoroughly updated to contain the newest advice...

Changing Ethnicity: Contemporary Ethno-Politics in China
Changing Ethnicity: Contemporary Ethno-Politics in China
This book investigates the changes in ethnicity in contemporary China by examining the Yi in Liangshan. With a particular focus on cadres, a seemingly highly politicized group, this book tries to contribute to the discussion of ethnopolitics in China and the politicization of ethnicity. This study categorizes cadres into three generations...
Dark Pedagogy: Education, Horror and the Anthropocene (Palgrave Studies in Education and the Environment)
Dark Pedagogy: Education, Horror and the Anthropocene (Palgrave Studies in Education and the Environment)
Dark pedagogy explores how different perspectives can be incorporated into a darker understanding of environmental and sustainability education. Drawing on the work of the classic horror author H.P. Lovecraft and new materialist insights of speculative realism, the authors link Lovecraft’s ‘tales of the horrible’ to the current...
Coders: Who They Are, What They Think and How They Are Changing Our World
Coders: Who They Are, What They Think and How They Are Changing Our World

Facebook’s algorithms shaping the news. Uber’s cars flocking the streets. Revolution on Twitter and romance on Tinder. We live in a world constructed of computer code. Coders – software programmers – are the people who built it for us. And yet their worlds and minds are little known to outsiders.

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