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  • Shale

    Subsurface Science and Engineering

    by Thomas Dewers, Jason Heath, Marcelo Sánchez ...
    Series Book 245 - Geophysical Monograph Series
    Advances in theories, methods and applications for shale resource useShale is the dominant rock in the sedimentary record. It is also the subject of increased interest because of the growing contribution of shale oil and gas to energy supplies, as well as the potential use of shale formations for carbon dioxide sequestration and nuclear waste storage.Shale: Subsurface Science and Engineering ... Read more

    $231.99 CAD

  • The Process of Animal Domestication

    by Marcelo Sánchez-Villagra ...
    The first modern scholarly synthesis of animal domesticationAcross the globe and at different times in the past millennia, the evolutionary history of domesticated animals has been greatly affected by the myriad, complex, and diverse interactions humans have had with the animals closest to them. The Process of Animal Domestication presents a broad synthesis of this subject, from the rich biology ... Read more

    $59.39 CAD

  • Embryos in Deep Time

    The Rock Record of Biological Development

    by Marcelo Sánchez-Villagra ...
    How can we bring together the study of genes, embryos and fossils? Embryos in Deep Time is a critical synthesis of the study of individual development in fossils. It brings together an up-to-date review of concepts from comparative anatomy, ecology and developmental genetics, and examples of different kinds of animals from diverse geological epochs and geographic areas.Can fossil embryos ... Read more

    $93.49 CAD

  • Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development

    Edited by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Owen Flanagan, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, William Vendley, Anthony Annett, Jesse Thorson ...
    The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, comprise an ambitious and sweeping agenda that unites economic, social, and environmental aims. What resources do the world’s religious and secular traditions offer in support of these objectives? Which principles do these traditions hold in common, and how can these shared values help advance global goals?This book presents ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development

    Edited by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Owen Flanagan, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, William Vendley, Anthony Annett, Jesse Thorson ...
    The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, comprise an ambitious and sweeping agenda that unites economic, social, and environmental aims. What resources do the world’s religious and secular traditions offer in support of these objectives? Which principles do these traditions hold in common, and how can these shared values help advance global goals?This book presents ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Energy Geotechnics

    Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Energy Geotechnics, ICEGT 2016, Kiel, Germany, 29-31 August 2016

    Edited by Frank Wuttke, Sebastian Bauer, Marcelo Sanchez ...
    Energy Geotechnicsincludes 97 technical papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT 2016, Kiel, Germany, 29-31 August 2016). The contributions provides significant advances and critical challenges facing the areas of fundamentals, constitutive and numerical modelling, testing techniques and energy geotechnics applications.Energy Geotechnics contains seven ... Read more

    $494.71 CAD

  • Children and Sustainable Development

    Ecological Education in a Globalized World

    Edited by Antonio M. Battro, Pierre Léna, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Joachim von Braun ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book addresses the changes in education practices, especially basic education, necessitated by the global challenges of climate change and sustainable development and in a context characterized by increasing poverty and inequality, migration and refugees.Written by a range of international scholars, scientists and grassroots practitioners from Africa, Latin America, Asia (India, China, ... Read more

    $153.69 CAD

  • Robotics, AI, and Humanity

    Science, Ethics, and Policy

    Edited by Joachim von Braun, Margaret S. Archer, Gregory M. Reichberg, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This open access book examines recent advances in how artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics have elicited widespread debate over their benefits and drawbacks for humanity. The emergent technologies have for instance implications within medicine and health care, employment, transport, manufacturing, agriculture, and armed conflict. While there has been considerable attention devoted to robotics ... Read more

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    Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development

    Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 12 min

    The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, comprise an ambitious and sweeping agenda that unites economic, social, and environmental aims. What resources do the world's religious and secular traditions offer in support of these objectives? Which principles do these traditions hold in common, and how can these shared values help advance global goals?This book presents ... Read more

    $42.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility

    Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health

    Edited by Wael Al-Delaimy, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book not only describes the challenges of climate disruption, but also presents solutions. The challenges described include air pollution, climate change, extreme weather, and related health impacts that range from heat stress, vector-borne diseases, food and water insecurity and chronic diseases to malnutrition and mental well-being.The influence of humans on climate change has ... Read more

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  • Superintelligence

    Paths, Dangers, Strategies

    by Nick Bostrom ...
    The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws, but we have cleverer brains. If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become very powerful. As the fate of ... Read more

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