Species And Machines

Author : Martyn Hudson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351615242

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Species and Machines by Martyn Hudson Pdf

This book offers a re-examination of the relationship between humans and nature with a new methodology: by examining our entanglement with machines. Using central ideas of critical theory, it uncovers the suppression of nature through technology, tools and engines. It focuses on the ways in which human social forms have actively subjugated and destroyed other species in order to enhance their own social power and accumulation, leading to a new Anthropocene epoch in which human intervention is signalled in the geological record. Beginning with an account of the interactions between humans and other species, the book moves on to explore the hidden history of Marx and his obsession with machines, as well as new attempts to rethink a Marxist ecology, before proceeding to examine the manner in which technologies were used to suppress and destroy one particular species - the Whale of what we call the Cetacean Holocaust. Following this, there are analyses of the emergence of the ‘human encampments’ of the cities and the rise of mobile, locomotive cultures, and consideration of the relationship between machines of memory, and the ‘capturing’ of nature. A radical rethinking of classical social theory that develops new ways of thinking about ecological catastrophe and nature, this book will appeal to scholars of social theory and environmental sociology.

Author : Oliver Bown
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262361767

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Beyond the Creative Species by Oliver Bown Pdf

A multidisciplinary introduction to the field of computational creativity, analyzing the impact of advanced generative technologies on art and music. As algorithms get smarter, what role will computers play in the creation of music, art, and other cultural artifacts? Will they be able to create such things from the ground up, and will such creations be meaningful? In Beyond the Creative Species, Oliver Bown offers a multidisciplinary examination of computational creativity, analyzing the impact of advanced generative technologies on art and music. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, design, social theory, the psychology of creativity, and creative practice research, Bown argues that to understand computational creativity, we must not only consider what computationally creative algorithms actually do, but also examine creative artistic activity itself.

Author : Dominic Pettman
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780816672981

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Human Error by Dominic Pettman Pdf

Argues that humanity can be seen as a case of mistaken identity.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electric engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012502998

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The Electrical Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electricity
ISBN : NYPL:33433090837901

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The Electrician by Anonim Pdf

Author : David E. Alexander
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128498972

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Nature's Machines by David E. Alexander Pdf

Nature’s Machines: An Introduction to Organismal Biomechanics presents the fundamental principles of biomechanics in a concise, accessible way while maintaining necessary rigor. It covers the central principles of whole-organism biomechanics as they apply across the animal and plant kingdoms, featuring brief, tightly-focused coverage that does for biologists what H. M. Frost’s 1967 Introduction to Biomechanics did for physicians. Frequently encountered, basic concepts such as stress and strain, Young’s modulus, force coefficients, viscosity, and Reynolds number are introduced in early chapters in a self-contained format, making them quickly available for learning and as a refresher. More sophisticated, integrative concepts such as viscoelasticity or properties of hydrostats are covered in the later chapters, where they draw on information from multiple earlier sections of the book. Animal and plant biomechanics is now a common research area widely acknowledged by organismal biologists to have broad relevance. Most of the day-to-day activities of an animal involve mechanical processes, and to the extent that organisms are shaped by adaptive evolution, many of those adaptations are constrained and channelized by mechanical properties. The similarity in body shape of a porpoise and a tuna is no coincidence. Many may feel that they have an intuitive understanding of many of the mechanical processes that affect animals and plants, but careful biomechanical analyses often yield counterintuitive results: soft, squishy kelp may be better at withstanding pounding waves during storms than hard-shelled mollusks; really small swimmers might benefit from being spherical rather than streamlined; our bones can operate without breaking for decades, whereas steel surgical implants exhibit fatigue failures in a few months if not fully supported by bone. Offers organismal biologists and biologists in other areas a background in biomechanics to better understand the research literature and to explore the possibility of using biomechanics approaches in their own work Provides an introductory presentation of the everyday mechanical challenges faced by animals and plants Functions as recommended or required reading for advanced undergraduate biology majors taking courses in biomechanics, supplemental reading in a general organismal biology course, or background reading for a biomechanics seminar course

Author : Paul Janet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Metaphysics
ISBN : OXFORD:600043717

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Final Causes by Paul Janet Pdf

Author : Ashok N. Srivastava,Ramakrishna Nemani,Karsten Steinhaeuser
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781315354460

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Large-Scale Machine Learning in the Earth Sciences by Ashok N. Srivastava,Ramakrishna Nemani,Karsten Steinhaeuser Pdf

From the Foreword: "While large-scale machine learning and data mining have greatly impacted a range of commercial applications, their use in the field of Earth sciences is still in the early stages. This book, edited by Ashok Srivastava, Ramakrishna Nemani, and Karsten Steinhaeuser, serves as an outstanding resource for anyone interested in the opportunities and challenges for the machine learning community in analyzing these data sets to answer questions of urgent societal interest...I hope that this book will inspire more computer scientists to focus on environmental applications, and Earth scientists to seek collaborations with researchers in machine learning and data mining to advance the frontiers in Earth sciences." --Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota Large-Scale Machine Learning in the Earth Sciences provides researchers and practitioners with a broad overview of some of the key challenges in the intersection of Earth science, computer science, statistics, and related fields. It explores a wide range of topics and provides a compilation of recent research in the application of machine learning in the field of Earth Science. Making predictions based on observational data is a theme of the book, and the book includes chapters on the use of network science to understand and discover teleconnections in extreme climate and weather events, as well as using structured estimation in high dimensions. The use of ensemble machine learning models to combine predictions of global climate models using information from spatial and temporal patterns is also explored. The second part of the book features a discussion on statistical downscaling in climate with state-of-the-art scalable machine learning, as well as an overview of methods to understand and predict the proliferation of biological species due to changes in environmental conditions. The problem of using large-scale machine learning to study the formation of tornadoes is also explored in depth. The last part of the book covers the use of deep learning algorithms to classify images that have very high resolution, as well as the unmixing of spectral signals in remote sensing images of land cover. The authors also apply long-tail distributions to geoscience resources, in the final chapter of the book.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Patents
ISBN : WISC:89119133684

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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Electronic
ISBN : DMM:057003458550

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Specifications of Letters Patent for Inventions and Provisional Specifications by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1306 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Legislative hearings
ISBN : UCAL:B3611867

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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Select Committee on Small Business by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business Pdf

Author : Christopher Hookway
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1986-07-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 052133828X

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Minds, Machines and Evolution by Christopher Hookway Pdf

Original essays written by philosophers and scientists and dealing with philosophical questions arising from work in evolutionary biology and artificial intelligence.

Author : Jakob von Uexküll
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1452903794

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A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans by Jakob von Uexküll Pdf

“Is the tick a machine or a machine operator? Is it a mere object or a subject?” With these questions, the pioneering biophilosopher Jakob von Uexküll embarks on a remarkable exploration of the unique social and physical environments that individual animal species, as well as individuals within species, build and inhabit. This concept of the umwelt has become enormously important within posthumanist philosophy, influencing such figures as Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Deleuze and Guattari, and, most recently, Giorgio Agamben, who has called Uexküll “a high point of modern antihumanism.” A key document in the genealogy of posthumanist thought, A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans advances Uexküll’s revolutionary belief that nonhuman perceptions must be accounted for in any biology worth its name; it also contains his arguments against natural selection as an adequate explanation for the present orientation of a species’ morphology and behavior. A Theory of Meaning extends his thinking on the umwelt, while also identifying an overarching and perceptible unity in nature. Those coming to Uexküll’s work for the first time will find that his concept of the umwelt holds new possibilities for the terms of animality, life, and the framework of biopolitics.

Author : Justin E. H. Smith
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691141787

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Divine Machines by Justin E. H. Smith Pdf

"his book provides a comprehensive survey of G. W. Leibniz's deep and complex engagement with the sciences of life, in areas as diverse as medicine, physiology, taxonomy, generation theory, and paleontology. It is shown that these sundry interests were not only relevant to his core philosophical interests, but indeed often provided the insights that in part led to some of his most familiar philosophical doctrines, including the theory of corporeal substance and the theory of organic preformation"--

Author : Christopher J. Preston
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262537094

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The Synthetic Age by Christopher J. Preston Pdf

Imagining a future in which humans fundamentally reshape the natural world using nanotechnology, synthetic biology, de-extinction, and climate engineering. We have all heard that there are no longer any places left on Earth untouched by humans. The significance of this goes beyond statistics documenting melting glaciers and shrinking species counts. It signals a new geological epoch. In The Synthetic Age, Christopher Preston argues that what is most startling about this coming epoch is not only how much impact humans have had but, more important, how much deliberate shaping they will start to do. Emerging technologies promise to give us the power to take over some of Nature's most basic operations. It is not just that we are exiting the Holocene and entering the Anthropocene; it is that we are leaving behind the time in which planetary change is just the unintended consequence of unbridled industrialism. A world designed by engineers and technicians means the birth of the planet's first Synthetic Age. Preston describes a range of technologies that will reconfigure Earth's very metabolism: nanotechnologies that can restructure natural forms of matter; “molecular manufacturing” that offers unlimited repurposing; synthetic biology's potential to build, not just read, a genome; “biological mini-machines” that can outdesign evolution; the relocation and resurrection of species; and climate engineering attempts to manage solar radiation by synthesizing a volcanic haze, cool surface temperatures by increasing the brightness of clouds, and remove carbon from the atmosphere with artificial trees that capture carbon from the breeze. What does it mean when humans shift from being caretakers of the Earth to being shapers of it? And in whom should we trust to decide the contours of our synthetic future? These questions are too important to be left to the engineers.