Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Proceedings of the ... Arctic Science Conference
Author: Bibliography and Index of Geology
Author: From the Yenisei to the Yukon
Author: Ted GoebelPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1603443843
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Who were the first people who came to the land bridge joining northeastern Asia to Alaska and the northwest of North America? Where did they come from? How did they organize technology, especially in the context of settlement behavior? During the Pleistocene era, the people now known as Beringians dispersed across the varied landscapes of late-glacial northeast Asia and northwest North America. The twenty chapters gathered in this volume explore, in addition to the questions posed above, how Beringians adapted in response to climate and environmental changes. They share a focus on the significance of the modern-human inhabitants of the region. By examining and analyzing lithic artifacts, geoarchaeological evidence, zooarchaeological data, and archaeological features, these studies offer important interpretations of the variability to be found in the early material culture the first Beringians. The scholars contributing to this work consider the region from Lake Baikal in the west to southern British Columbia in the east. Through a technological-organization approach, this volume permits investigation of the evolutionary process of adaptation as well as the historical processes of migration and cultural transmission. The result is a closer understanding of how humans adapted to the diverse and unique conditions of the late Pleistocene.
Open Space as an Air Resource Management Measure ...: Sink factors
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Technologies to maintain biological diversity.
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology AssessmentPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 142892289X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Biodiversity and the Law
Author: Charles R. McManisPublisher: Earthscan
ISBN: 1849770573
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
How do we promote global economic development, while simultaneously preserving local biological and cultural diversity? This authoritative volume, written by leading legal experts and biological and social scientists from around the world, addresses this question in all of its complexity. The first part of the book focuses on biodiversity and examines what we are losing, why and what is to be done. The second part addresses biotechnology and looks at whether it is part of the solution or part of the problem, or perhaps both. The third section examines traditional knowledge, explains what it is and how, if at all, it should be protected. The fourth and final part looks at ethnobotany and bioprospecting and offers practical lessons from the vast and diverse experiences of the contributors.
Proceedings of the Second Glacier Bay Science Symposium
Author: Alexander M. MilnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biotic communities
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Publications of the National Bureau of Standards, 1966-1967
Author: United States. National Bureau of StandardsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Medical Physics Data Book
Author: Game Theory, Alive
Author: Anna R. KarlinPublisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470419823
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
We live in a highly connected world with multiple self-interested agents interacting and myriad opportunities for conflict and cooperation. The goal of game theory is to understand these opportunities. This book presents a rigorous introduction to the mathematics of game theory without losing sight of the joy of the subject. This is done by focusing on theoretical highlights (e.g., at least six Nobel Prize winning results are developed from scratch) and by presenting exciting connections of game theory to other fields such as computer science (algorithmic game theory), economics (auctions and matching markets), social choice (voting theory), biology (signaling and evolutionary stability), and learning theory. Both classical topics, such as zero-sum games, and modern topics, such as sponsored search auctions, are covered. Along the way, beautiful mathematical tools used in game theory are introduced, including convexity, fixed-point theorems, and probabilistic arguments. The book is appropriate for a first course in game theory at either the undergraduate or graduate level, whether in mathematics, economics, computer science, or statistics. The importance of game-theoretic thinking transcends the academic setting—for every action we take, we must consider not only its direct effects, but also how it influences the incentives of others.