A brilliant, revelatory account of the Cold War origins of the data-mad, algorithmic twenty-first century, from the acclaimed and internationally bestselling author. 'Back in the 1960s, long before the denizens of Silicon Valley were infiltrating every facet of our lives, the smart men and women of The Simulmatics Corporation were creating algorithms to predict and even influence human...

In recent years, and more specifically, since the outbreak of the Eurozone crisis in 2010, the model of integration has changed. The rising political power of the strongest Member States and the political segmentation of the European Union into separate circles of integration have become the new reality. These processes have been accompanied by a range of related changes, such as the...

This volume is mainly a collection of articles based on the papers delivered during the Third Central European Conference of Young Egyptologists. Egypt 2004: Perspectives of Research, which was held from the 12th to the 14th of May 2004. in the National Museum in Warsaw within five subject groups: Archaic and Old Kingdom Studies, New Kingdom Studies, Nubian Studies, Language and Textual...

Psychology in Practice For some, excessive workload is a source of satisfaction, while for others it stems from the desire to meet one's own and external expectations. Sometimes a fulfilling job fulfills one's life because it provides everything that is needed to be happy. Work can be an accepted way of escaping from one's emotional problems. In some cases excessive workload results from...

Nowe podejście do współzarządzania i współrządzenia, zaprezentowane przez Autorów, jest ważną odpowiedzią nauki na kryzys polityki i funkcjonowania państwa. (…) Współzarządzanie publiczne przezwycięża tradycyjne podziały między domeną państwa, rynku i społeczeństwa obywatelskiego. Potrzebna książka, interdyscyplinarna analiza naukowa na wysokim poziomie. prof. dr hab. Jerzy Wilkin...

Why rebel? Because our footprint on the Earth has never mattered more than now. How we treat it, in the spirit of gift or of theft, has never been more important. Because we need a politics of kindness, but the very opposite is on the rise. Libertarian fascism, with its triumphal brutalism, its racism and misogyny - a politics that loathes the living world. Because nature is not a hobby. It...

Niniejsza praca zajmuje się problematyką fraz nominalnych, w których liczebnik jest jednym z elementów modyfikujących rzeczownik. Głównym zagadnieniem omawianym w książce są morfo-składniowe własności liczebników głównych na przykładach z języka polskiego oraz staro-angielskiego jako przedstawicieli języków fleksyjnych oraz mechanizmy nadawania przypadka w grupach imiennych z liczebnikami....