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The world’s leading textbook on astrobiology—ideal for an introductory one-semester course and now fully revised and updated Are we alone in the cosmos? How are scientists seeking signs of life beyond our home planet? Could we colonize other planets, moons, or even other star systems? This introductory textbook, written by a team of four renowned science communicators, educators, and researchers, tells the amazing story of how modern science is seeking the answers to these and other fascinating questions. They are the questions that are at the heart of the highly interdisciplinary field of astrobiology, the study of life in the universe. Written in an accessible, conversational style for...
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During the 1960s, the automobile finally secured its position as an indispensable component of daily life in Britain. Car ownership more than doubled from approximately one car for every 10 people in 1960 to one car for every 4.8 people by 1970. Consumers no longer asked "Do we need a car?" but "What car shall we have?" This well-illustrated history analyzes how both domestic car manufacturers and importers advertised their products in this growing market, identifying trends and themes. Over 180 advertisement illustrations are included.
This text begins with a succinct discussion of the administration of criminal justice in the United States. The second and fourth sections, respectively, evaluate conservative and liberal crime control proposals. Policies concerning guns and gun crimes, which occupy an ideological middle ground, are examined in the third section. The fifth section covers drug policy, the war on drugs, and the legalization of drugs. The final section summarizes all of the evidence and draws some conclusions about crime policy.
Lab manual to accompany the Macintosh software program VOYAGER, the Interactive Desktop Planetarium. Revised to correspond to the newest version of the Voyager program, VOYAGER II which now has color capability, an improved interface and quicker run time.
By far the best-selling text in this market, AMERICA'S COURTS focuses on the dynamics of the court by introducing the concept of the "courtroom work group" and the relationship between the three main-actors judge, prosecutor, and defense attorney-thus illustrating the law in action, not just dry theory and facts.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Digital Economy, ICDEc 2018, held in Brest, France in May 2018. The conference was founded in 2016 to discuss innovative research and projects related to the support role of Information System Technologies in the digital transformation process, business innovation and e-commerce. The 15 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 41 submissions. The theme of ICDEc 2018 was “Digital Economy: Emerging Technologies and Business Innovation”. The papers were organized in topical sections named: digital marketing; e-banking and competitive intelligence; information system technologies; and e-learning, e-government and e-health.
The 23rd EUROCALL conference was organised by the Cyprus University of Technology Language Centre. The theme of the conference was “CALL communities and Culture”. Between the 24th and 27th August 2016, over 135 presentations were delivered and 27 posters were presented; 84 of these presentations appear in this volume of selected peer-reviewed short papers.
A comprehensive look at all areas of corrections as a system of interconnected organizations. Contains extensive pedagogical features to aid student understanding. Includes the most recent research findings and implications of policy issues.