Author: United States. Forest experiment station, AppalachianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Investigative Program...
Author: United States. Forest experiment station, AppalachianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Investigative Program Analysis
Author: United States. Bureau of CustomsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Customs administration
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Federal Training Programs for Investigative Personnel
Author: United States. Congress. House. Government OperationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Defense Investigative Service
Author: United States. Defense Investigative ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : National security
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Investigations
Author: Stuart A. KauffmanPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190283858
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
"It may be that I have stumbled upon an adequate description of life itself." These modest yet profound words trumpet an imminent paradigm shift in scientific, economic, and technological thinking. In the tradition of Schrödinger's classic What Is Life?, Kauffman's Investigations is a tour-de-force exploration of the very essence of life itself, with conclusions that radically undermine the scientific approaches on which modern science rests--the approaches of Newton, Boltzman, Bohr, and Einstein. Building on his pivotal ideas about order and evolution in complex life systems, Kauffman finds that classical science does not take into account that physical systems--such as people in a biosphere--effect their dynamic environments in addition to being affected by them. These systems act on their own behalf as autonomous agents, but what defines them as such? In other words, what is life? Kauffman supplies a novel answer that goes beyond traditional scientific thinking by defining and explaining autonomous agents and work in the contexts of thermodynamics and of information theory. Much of Investigations unpacks the progressively surprising implications of his definition. Significantly, he sets the stages for a technological revolution in the coming decades. Scientists and engineers may soon seek to create autonomous agents--both organic and mechanical--that can not only construct things and work, but also reproduce themselves! Kauffman also lays out a foundation for a new concept of organization, and explores the requirements for the emergence of a general biology that will transcend terrestrial biology to seek laws governing biospheres anywhere in the cosmos. Moreover, he presents four candidate laws to explain how autonomous agents co-create their biosphere and the startling idea of a "co-creating" cosmos. A showcase of Kauffman's most fundamental and significant ideas, Investigations presents a new way of thinking about the fundamentals of general biology that will change the way we understand life itself--on this planet and anywhere else in the cosmos.
Forest Service Investigative Program
Author: United States. Forest ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Investigation of Attempts to Subvert the United States Armed Services, Hearings Before ... 92-1... 92-2...
Author: United States. Congress. House Internal SecurityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1332
Book Description
Investigation of Attempts to Subvert the United States Armed Services
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Internal SecurityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subversive activities
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Investigative Reporter's Handbook
Author: Brant HoustonPublisher: Macmillan Higher Education
ISBN: 1319079652
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Published with Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. (IRE), The Investigative Reporters Handbook is the best-selling classroom and newsroom classic. Useful as a textbook in advanced journalism courses and as a reference for professional journalists, this book shows students how to use fundamental news reporting and writing skills like gathering sources, tracking information, and interviewing to pursue investigative stories in a variety of beats from the government and education to healthcare, the environment and real estate. In addition to discussing the latest techniques and challenges in the profession, the fifth edition is now thoroughly streamlined, making it easier to locate the resources that investigative reporters need to get the story.
DIS, Defense Investigative Service
Author: United States. Defense Investigative ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description