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Wording Robotics Discourses and Representations on Robotics /

Table of Contents: “…A technical model from ancient Greece to robotics -- Metaphor, Metonymy, and Personification in the Language of Robotics -- Artificial moral agents. …”
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Between Worlds Understanding Ritual Cave Use in Later Prehistory /

Table of Contents: “…A Contextual Approach at Pastena Cave -- Pan Rituals of Ancient Greece Revisited -- The Watery Way to the World of the Dead: Underwater Excavations (Old and New) at the Cave of Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium -- Part II: Innovative Digital Capture Techniques in Cave Archaeology -- The Bronze Age Decorated Cave of Les Fraux: Ritual Uses of an Atypical French Heritage Site -- From Macro to Micro: Multi-scalar Digital Approaches at the Sculptor's Cave, NE Scotland -- How a Community Digital Heritage Project has Helped to Imagine the Circumstances of Pictish symbols in the Wemyss Caves, Scotland -- Reverberant Spaces Preferentially Selected by Prehistoric Artists: Ritualistic Use of Sound Underscored by Choice of Subject Matter.…”
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Complexity Management in Engineering Design - a Primer by Maurer, Maik

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The Future of Democracy by Glassman, Ronald M.

Table of Contents: “…Full Fledged Democracy in the City-States of Ancient Greece: Majority Rule at the Citizens Assembly; Constitutional Law; Jury Trials; the Rational-Scientific World-View Emerges -- Chapter 5. …”
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Mechanics IUTAM USNC/TAM A History of People, Events, and Communities / by Herakovich, Carl T.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Mechanics: An Engineering Science -- Brief History Of Mechanics -- The Giants Of Mechanics -- Ancient Greece (Bc) -- The Renaissance -- Industrial Revolution -- Paris And École Polytechnique -- Technological Revolution -- Major Developments In Mechanics -- Mechanics At Göttingen -- International Research Council -- The Innsbruck Conference -- International Applied Mechanics Congresses -- Mechanics In The United States -- Land Grant Colleges -- National Academy Of Sciences (Nas) -- First Flight -- National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics (Naca) -- National Research Council (Nrc) -- Immigrants To United States -- Other Immigrants To The United States -- Asme Applied Mechanics Division -- International Congresses - American Involvement -- International Union Of Theoretical And Applied Mechanics -- IUTAM General Assembly -- IUTAM Bureau -- USNC/TAM -- USNC/TAM Time Line -- The Independent Years -- A Committee Of The National Academy Of Sciences -- USNCTAM Constitution And Bylaws -- USNCTAM Member Societies -- USNC/TAM Members -- USNC/TAM Officers -- USNC/TAM Chairs -- Secretaries Of The USNC/TAM -- USNC/TAM In IUTAM Leadership Positions -- USNC/TAM Diversity -- Academic Genealogy -- Gender Diversity -- Ethnic And Racial Diversity -- Age Diversity -- Mechanics Specialty -- USNC/TAM Activities -- Meetings With Governmental Agency Representatives -- Scordim Reports -- U. …”
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