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This book is a collection of reviews and essays about the recent developments in the area of Symmetries and applications of Group Theory. Contributions have been written mostly at the graduate level but some are accessible to advanced undergraduates. The book is of interest to a wide audience and covers a broad range of topics with a strong degree of thematical unity.

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This book explores human possibility at the end of the twentieth century. It takes the form of discussion between an eminent philosopher and a skilled journalist about "the human measure" as it engages false absolutes and their accompanying utopias. The book proposes a "third way" between capitalism and socialism, and it concludes with comments on end-of-century phenomena, including democracy, intellectuals, and terrorism. ... Read more

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed postproceedings of the 16th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets, WIRN 2005, as well as the satellite International Workshop on Natural and Artificial Immune Systems, NAIS 2005, held in Vietri sul Mare, Italy in June 2005.

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In 1996 the north Italian port city of Genoa invited a team of internationally renowned architects including Rem Koolhaas, Manuel de Sol -Morales, Marcel Smets, and Bernardo Secchi to draw up a master plan for the city. Four years later a competition was held to redesign an ancient pier in the city's port. The brief for the Ponte Parodi brought another gallaxy of stellar architectural names to town, among them MVRDV, UN Studio, Foreign Office Architects, OMA, Arup Associates, David Chipperfield, Dominique Perrault, and Bernard Tschumi. UN Studio eventually won the competition to design the three-dimensional plaza as a center for leisure and technology, a new heart for an old port city. Presenting and analyzing the various projects involved in both phases of Genoa's redevelopment, this publication paints a picture of some of the most important architects working today, and contextualizes Genoa within the larger scope of branded cities, Europe, and the world. Published in conjunction with The City of Genoa and the Porto Antico. ... Read more

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Long adventure stories starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy. Pat and Carol McGreal's "May the Farce Be With You!" skewers Star Wars with a space-age trek for Mickey and Donald. In "Healthy Choice," Donald battles with Uncle Scrooge to market a cure for colds. Then Mickey and Minnie take "One Dangerous Vacation" in a Far Eastern country. ... Read more

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Mickey and Donald at their best!
This issue was soooooo good! I enjoyed seeing the "Star Wars" story. I found an error on the item description on this page. It says there is a story called "One dangerous Vacation!", but it isreally called, "Double Danger"!! D'oh! ... Read more

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Centennial celebrations in honor of the Saint Maria Giuseppa Rossello. Pictures and illustrations of artwork and ceramics. Text entirely in Italian. ... Read more

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This monograph presents an updated source of information on the state of the art in advanced control of articulated and mobile robots. It includes relevant selected problems dealing with enhanced actuation, motion planning and control functions for articulated robots, as well as of sensory and autonomous decision capabilities for mobile robots. The basic idea behind the book is to provide a larger community of robotic researchers and developers with a reliable source of information and innovative applications in the field of control of cooperating and mobile robots. This book is the outcome of the research project MISTRAL (Methodologies and Integration of Subsystems and Technologies for Anthropic Robotics and Locomotion) funded in 2001-2002 by the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research. The thorough discussion, rigorous treatment, and wide span of the presented work reveal the significant advances in the theoretical foundation and technology basis of the robotics field worldwide.