levin simon editors (3 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Softcover; in near fine condition. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. First Edition, First Printing. BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. First Edition, First Printing. LAID-IN: MIT Press Release. A multi-discipinary examination of how, and why, work is performed in research of living systems --- the relationships between work and the study of work across many different levels of organization, in disciplines of biology, neuroscience, psychology, electrical and computer engineering, and design. Content address the biological work of producing energy in the cell; establish inherent tradeoffs between energy and information in neural systems; relate principles of integrated circuit manufacture to work in biological systems; explore the work of photosynthesis; investigate how work shapes organisms' evolutionary niches; consider the human work of design; describe the effects of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction on work-life balance; and address the effects of environmental challenges (stress) on how humans and animals do work. Essays from Alan Blackwell, Gillian Brown, Christina De La Rocha, Kevin Laland, Simon Laughlin, Robert Levin, Michael Lightner, Steven Maier, Joseph Rosse, and Stacy Saturay.

Soft cover. Condizione: New. Large quarto, softcover, new in green and gold pictorial wraps. 809 pp. extra weight cost included in price. a concise, authoritative one-volume reference to the field's major subjects and key concepts. It has over ninety clear and accurate articles on the most important topics within seven major fields: autecology, population ecology, communities and ecosystems, landscapes and the biosphere, conservation biology, ecosystem services, and biosphere management. more than 200 illustrations.