Global City-Regions: Trends, Theory, Policy

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There are now more than three hundred city-regions around the world with populations greater than one million. These city-regions are expanding vigorously, and they present many new and deep challenges to researchers and policy-makers in both the more developed and less developed parts of the world. The processes of global economic integration and accelerated urban growth make traditional planning and policy strategies in these regions increasingly inadequate, while more effective approaches remain largely in various stages of hypothesis and experimentation. Global City-Regions represents a multifaceted effort to deal with the many different issues raised by these developments. It seeks at once to define the question of global city-regions and to describe the internal and external dynamics that shape them; it proposes a theorization of global city-regions based on their economic and political responses to intensifying levels of globalization; and it offers a number of policy insights into the severe social problems that confront global city-regions as they come face to face with an economically and politically neoliberal world. At a moment when globalization is increasingly subject to critical scrutiny in many different quarters, this book provides a timely overview of its effects on urban and regional development, one of its most important (but perhaps least understood) corollaries. The book also offes a series of nuanced visions of alternative possible futures.

City regions.(Global City-Regions: Trends, Theory, Policy)(Global City Regions: Their Emerging Forms)(Book Review) (book review): An article from: Journal of the American Planning Association

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City regions.(Global City-Regions: Trends, Theory, Policy)(Global City Regions: Their Emerging Forms)(Book Review) (book review): An article from: Journal of the American Planning Association
Kiran Lalloo
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Author: Kiran Lalloo
Publication: Journal of the American Planning Association (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2003
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Scott, Allen J. (ed) Global City-Regions: Trends, Theory, Policy.(Book Review): An article from: Canadian Journal of Urban Research
James Lightbody
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Title: Scott, Allen J. (ed) Global City-Regions: Trends, Theory, Policy.(Book Review)
Author: James Lightbody
Publication: Canadian Journal of Urban Research (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2003
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Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Page: 162(3)

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GLOBAL CITY-REGIONS: TRENDS THEORY POLICY

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GLOBAL CITY-REGIONS: TRENDS THEORY POLICY
SCOTT
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Clermont's Territorial Jurisdiction and Venue paints the theoretical background and lays out the doctrine explaining the subject's practical importance and how it works. Introduces international and comparative aspects, as well as a firm reminder of where the law on forum fits into the structure of our own legal system. Coverage extends from the history of the law to its application in cyberspace. In brief, this book provides the theory, doctrine, and practice of territorial jurisdiction and venue.

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Debugging the lies

Totally Misleading Title

Very little practical information.

Just the Basics

Closet Cultivator: Indoor Marijuana Cultivation Made Easy
Ed Rosenthal
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Written in clear, easy-to-understand language for the novice grower, Closet Cultivator is the ultimate secret growing guide. The author discusses lighting, nutrients, water systems, potency, and more, and he shows how to establish a high-yield garden in a limited space -- and on a limited budget.

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Read the book and learn.......2004-06-28

I disagree with the disparaging reviews. I felt like it was very practical and really gave important information for growing in a small area (4x4 ft- hence "closet cultivator").

Debugging the lies.......2002-02-03

I've read this book several times and found it very useful. Though decievingly complicated, a little extra attention can help you make a cheap and effective system. The top three reviewers are obiously all the same person(they have similar comments and come from the same place; no coincidence). The reviewer didnt even read the book, saying that there is no information on making system. There is plenty of info on making cheap to expensive systems, organic or hydroponic. He then pats himself on the back to sell his own book, whos title i was too disgusted to read. Ignore the above three commments and buy this book, it will change your life.

Totally Misleading Title.......2001-12-07

When I bought this book I thought it looked great and would give me the information needed to set up a small grow system. But, there was absolutely no information about setting up systems of any kind, instead it was all basic info, like plants need water to survive! I just wish that there was an option for negative stars. I would recommend Sea of Green by Hans, Marijuana Grower's Guide by Mel Frank, or Indoor Marijuana Horticulture each of these books, in contrast to this one, give clear and relevant information thatwould help anyone set up a basic grow system.

Very little practical information........2001-11-20

I agree with the other reviewers that this is a very basic book. It really seems to just cover the basic theory of marijuana and cultivation without ever getting into the specifics. There was absolutely no guidance on how to set up a closet system, why you should, what the benefits or problems would be. The illustrations were all of large scale gardens and didn't explain how to set the room up. The color pictures were ok but not anything I haven't seen before.

Just the Basics.......2001-10-23

This book is poorly written, full of outdated information, and is not for serious growers. Might be interesting for a teenager who is considering growing, but lacks the information needed to be successful. I've read a lot of grow books, and this is one of the worst I've seen. In fact, I've thrown it in the recycling bin.

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The Double-Edged Helix explores the impact of recent genetic discoveries on both different population segments and society as a whole. The authors address the medical and ethical implications of the new technologies, outlining potential positive and negative effects of genetic research on minorities, individuals with disabilities, and those of diverse sexual orientations. Presenting a wide array of perspectives, this book emphasizes the need to ensure that research into genetics research does not result in discrimination against people on the basis of their DNA.

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The chemistry of the carbon compounds
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Victor von Richter
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Victor von Richter
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In this fascinating book, John Charap offers a panoramic view of the physicist's world as the twenty-first century opens--a view that is entirely different from the one that greeted the twentieth century. We have learned that the universe is billions of galaxies larger than we imagined--and billions of years older. We know more about how it came to be and what it is. Because of physics, we live in a world of greater danger and more convenience, smaller particles and bigger ideas.

Charap introduces these ideas but spares us the math behind them. After a review of the twentieth century's thorough transformation of physics, he checks in on the latest findings from particle physics, astrophysics, chaos theory, and cosmology. His tour includes ongoing efforts to find the universe's missing matter and to account for the first moments after the big bang. Taking readers right to the field's speculative edge, he explains how superstring theory may finally unite quantum mechanics with general relativity to produce a consistent quantum theory of gravity.

Along the way, Charap poses the questions that continue to inspire research. Why is the universe flat? Why can't we forecast weather better? Can Schrodinger's cat really be simultaneously dead and alive? Why does fractal geometry keep showing up in strange places? Might spacetime have eleven dimensions? What does quantum mechanics mean about the nature of our world?

In this book's pages, the nonphysicist will accept as commonsensical Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, and physicists can meet across specialties. Students can access physics' critical concepts, and poets can learn a new language to describe the universe's many wonders. Taking us from the ultraviolet catastrophe that undid the Newtonian world to tomorrow's Theory of Everything, Charap brings today's most fascinating science down to Earth, where we can all enjoy it.

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Maxwell, Marconi, Mandelbrot & M-theory.......2003-02-02

Popular books on physics are now commonplace, but rare are those as articulate and carefully crafted as John Charap's ''Explaining the Universe''. A theoretical physicist with a gift for story-telling, Charap takes us on a tour of the twentieth century's most spectacular discoveries: quantum mechanics, special and general relativity, the expanding universe, quantum field theory, black holes and elementary particles, culminating in the triumphs of the Standard Model of Particle Physics and the inflationary Big Bang cosmology. Yet at century's end physicists faced their biggest conundrum: the incompatibility of Einstein's gravity and quantum theory. With elegance and clarity, the author persuades the reader that radical departures from traditional thinking seem to called for: supersymmetry, extra space dimensions and microscopic extended objects like strings and membranes. Anyone interested in learning more of where physics in the next millennium might take us, and in being entertained along the way, can do no better than start with this book. A delight!

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This volume presents the complete correspondence between two of the most important and influential American poets of the postwar period. The almost 500 letters range widely over the poetry scene and the issues that made the period so lively and productive. But what gives the exchange its special personal and literary resonance is the sense of spiritual affinity and shared conviction about the power of the visionary imagination. Duncan and Levertov explore these matters in rich detail until, under the stress of dealing with the Vietnam War in poetry, they discover deep-seated differences in the religious and ethical convictions underlying their politics and poetic stance. The issues that drew them together and those that drove them apart create a powerful personal drama with far-reaching historical and cultural significance. The editors have provided a critical Introduction, full notes, a chronology, and a glossary of names.

The Letters of Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov

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The Letters of Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov
Denise and Duncan, Robert] Bertholf, Robert J. and Albert Gelpi, editors [Levertov
Manufacturer: Stanford University Press, 2004
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Academic, yet fluffy!

Some interesting people.

HAVE FUN LEARNING ABOUT WIERD HISTORY!

The Good, the Bad, and the Mad: (Some Weird People in American History)

Manufacturer: Barnes & Noble Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0760766002

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The quiet spinster who erupted one day in a blinding flash of violence, the brilliant scientist that was terrified of women wearing pearl earrings, the inexperienced pilot who took off from New York bound for Los Angeles and landed 27 hours laterin Dublin! These are just a few of the many saints, sinners, hucksters, and oddballs you'll meet in The Good, The Bad & The Mad. In this compellingly off-beat peek into America's past, E. Randall Floyd examines a fascinating array of men and women who achieved fame, fortune, or notoriety because (or in spite of) their glaring peculiarities. Did you know that: Stonewall Jackson was as renowned for his odd personal habits as for his daring flank attacks? Conan the Barbarian author Robert Howard lived all his life with his mother and committed suicide immediately after she died? All of General Custer's Indian scouts survived the Battle of Little Bighorn because he'd fired them just hours before? Discover why financier Jay Gould was known as "the most hated man in America," who called social activist Jane Addams "the most dangerous woman in America," and how shy photographer's assistant Edgar Cayce achieved the title of "America's most mysterious man." They're all right here in The Good, The Bad & The Mad. E. Randall Floyd is a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, motion picture screenwriter, and author of several books, including Deep in the Heart and Great Southern Mysteries. His history lectures at Georgia's Augusta State University helped inspire The Good, The Bad & The Mad.

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Academic, yet fluffy!.......2007-02-20

The author of this book lectures at Augusta State University, in Georgia, and the tone and structure of a historian often become apparent within this book.
Every short chapter in "The Good, the Bad, and the Mad: Some Weird People in American History" deals with a different figure in America's past. Many of the characters are people everyone has heard of and that really don't seem that weird. Others are weird but are used more as devices to talk about a weird subject such as a house full of staircases that lead nowhere, or the wilder revivals of the early West.
The chapters, like essays in a historical review, often start with summaries of everything that's going to be in that chapter, and then go on to tell the stories. Some of the chapters feel like four summaries of the same information in a row. Most end with the character dying.
The characters seem arbitrarily selected, with a disproportionate amount of fantasy authors and people who believe in lost continents. The Western half of the country is notably underrepresented, as are any Spanish colonizers (many of who were very weird), and as are very many people before the nineteenth century.
The chapters could have been placed in a more sensible order--for instance chronologically--but instead jump around from nearly modern day to Cotton Mather to the early-1900s to an Indian chief.
The book's ending is abrupt, without any sort of an afterword, and the entire thing feels fluffy and forgetable. In fact, leafing through it now, on the same day I finished reading it, I can't match stories to all of the names in the table of contents.
The book also lacks any sort of notes, index, or bibliography, and seems to turn a lot of fascinating stories into slight little anecdotes.
All that said, I basically enjoyed this book, though it left me feeling a little ripped off. Some of the characters it introduced to me made me want to read more about them elsewhere, and the author does have a knack for finding very amusing quotes.
I liked this book. I'll keep it. But I wish it were better--more complete, indexed, with longer chapters, a wider cast of characters, and the guts to decide if it was something academic or something to be read on an airplane.

Some interesting people........2006-09-27

Floyd gives short biographies of 38 interesting people. As he states in his introduction, he selected out of his own criteria. The author seems fascinated with science fiction writers, and believers in the continent of Atlantis. There were at least three each of those people. Other than that, Floyd selects the usual selection of interesting people in American life such as Custer, Pillow,and Chivington.

This is an OK read. I learned about some interesting people. However, there is not a lot of meat in this book. It is a quick light read.

HAVE FUN LEARNING ABOUT WIERD HISTORY!.......2006-06-08

If you like to learn about the other side of those people who have shaped our history you will love this book.Many of the people you read about here are also in our history books,but this tells about the eccentricities of these individuals that history has tried to cover up.I was a big fan of "IN SEARCH OF "as a kid,and now I like "SIGHTINGS".If you can relate to what I'm saying,this will be the type of book that will keep your interest.The stories are short and sweet,enough to feel like you get to know a good deal about these people without drawing out the story like some of the biography's do.Great for someone like me with a short attention span!!I came away feeling like it was the wierdness of the people that led them to take the chances in their lives that took them to greatness.

The Good, the Bad & the Mad: Weird People in American History

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Biography lite - very cool
Weird people in American history?
Recommended Reading!!!
It's the "dark side" of history
Creepy...Entertaining...Fascinating!

The Good, the Bad & the Mad: Weird People in American History
E. Randall Floyd
Manufacturer: Harbor House (GA)
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1891799150

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Probes the dark side of more than 40 unforgettable men and women who made history in profound, sometimes shocking ways.

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Biography lite - very cool.......2007-05-04

Containing extremely short biographies of some of the most intriguing people in American History, "The Good, The Bad & the Mad" is a book well worth reading for anyone who is interested in American history and/or the characters that made it up. Containing vignettes on such personages as P.T. Barnum, Marie Laveau, H.P Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce and Nikola Tesla, just to name a VERY few, this is a very easily-accessible way to learn a little bit about a lot of people. It has made me interested to learn more about many of these fascinating people who helped create our melting pot.

Weird people in American history?.......2002-01-27

I'm not sure the author of this book knows the definition of 'weird'. What makes Isadora Duncan 'weird' or Tecumseh or 80% of the other people listed in this book? One of my all time heroes Nikola Tesla's actual 'weirdness' is glossed over in less than three sentences, then we're told it's 'bizzare behavior' to watch and enjoy a lightning storm or to feed and care for animals in the park. This book is pap, a meaningless collection of watered down facts about people you've barely or never heard of and won't care about once you have.

Recommended Reading!!!.......1999-07-14

I thoroughly enjoyed this collection of "mini-biographies" by E. Randall Floyd. These people were truly good, bad and mad--and definitely "weird" in every sense of the word.

I have passed this book along to several friends who have also enjoyed learning so much "dark stuff" about some of America's greatest literary, artistic and historical icons. I hope to see a follow-up book very soon!!!

It's the "dark side" of history.......1999-07-14

This book makes me wish I had Professor Floyd as a history teacher. These crazy people come to life in a way that makes me almost cry one moment, laugh the next. Some were quite scary and makes me wonder how I missed knowing all this stuff about them for so long. I really think more teachers should tell the truth about the people in our country's past the same way Prof. Floyd has done. Excellent job and highly recommended!

Creepy...Entertaining...Fascinating!.......1999-07-14

I didn't know what to expect from this book. I bought it because I have read some of Professor Floyd's other books and liked them all, especially the "unsolved mystery" varieties. This book was fascinating! In fact, I liked it so much I read it through at a single sitting. My wife kept asking: "What are you doing?" I kept saying, "I'm reading about Stonewall Jackson." A few minutes later, she'd ask: "What are you doing?" And I'd say: "I'm reading about General Custer." So it went for about three hours. From Jackson and Custer to Huey Long and Cotton Mather and Isadore Duncan. These were definitely some of the strangest people in American history! After reading the book, I passed it on to my brother, a history professor in Alamaba. Just wanted to say thanks for a fascinating book!

Good, Bad, And The Mad - Some Weird People In American History

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Good, Bad, And The Mad - Some Weird People In American History
E. Randall Floyd
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Good, Bad, & Mad - Some Weird People In American History

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Good, Bad, & Mad - Some Weird People In American History
E. Randall Floyd
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In a study that compares the major attempts at genocide in world history, Robert Melson creates a sophisticated framework that links genocide to revolution and war. He focuses on the plights of Jews after the fall of Imperial Germany and of Armenians after the fall of the Ottoman as well as attempted genocides in the Soviet Union and Cambodia. He argues that genocide often is the end result of a complex process that starts when revolutionaries smash an old regime and, in its wake, try to construct a society that is pure according to ideological standards.

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Book description is incorrect.......2007-04-24

This 1996 paperback version is not a "New Ed" like the Product Detail says, and it is not 386 pages either. It is a 363 page reprint of the 1992 original. If you have the 1992 edition, do not buy this. There is nothing new in this printing.

Nationalist Propagada.......2005-05-07

It just astonished me as how certain discursive formations can actually lead people to believe as the 'real' reality. It does not matter whether for an event to 'really happen' or not. What matters is that you hear it on a radio or read it on a newspaper or website or even talk about it at the water-cooler. Those who have had the chance to watch 'Wag the Dog' might get the idea of how such 'reality' is constructed.

On a more advanced level 'discursivity', a la Foucault, is a building block of a discourse in which certain linkages, here and their, add to what ordinary people believe on the street.

Now obviously Hitler was one of the worst things that happened during the 20th century. This is commonsense. But to add certain 'material' so as to advance another claim by building upon Hitler, is something that should be carefully approached, at least for people who at least visit and read stuff through Amazon.
If a chain in a series of discursive formations can be shown to be weak or invalid than it would be proven that that chain of a discourse is on shaky grounds, and that most of what is known about it is likely to be false.
Unfortunately we see certain 'material' is attached to certain claims so as to resemble the Holocaust. Let us revisit a single claim on part of those would like to exploit the events during the early 20th century. A reviewer, for instance, obviously bought one claim and thus knows it to be the 'truth'

Adolf Hitler: "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?"

Now has anybody bothered to investigate it. No, of course. "It sounds like as if it is true, so why not believe it". Well fortunately there are still people who like investigating such stuff.
Read for example :
Heath W. Lowry
Washington, D.C.
Political Communication and Persuasion, Volume 3, Number 2 (1985)
Abstract This article traces the history of a purported Adolf Hitler quote which cites the perecent of the world's lack of reaction to the fate of Armenians during the First World War as a justification for his planned extermination of European Jewry in the course of the Second World War. By a detailed examination of the genesis of this quotation the author demonstrates that there is no historical basis for attributing such a statement to Hitler...
[...]
If one is serious about really getting into history, rather than believing simply what is out their in the popular press,
I would additionally suggest to take a tour of the documents of Ambassador Morgenthau. First let us not take any word for having a Godly truth 'Its ambassador so its gotta be true' mentality is ok if you're ok with it (respect of thought). But there are historical evidence that suggests that Morgenthau did not even know Ottoman scripture, and that this is proved throughout his letters when he attempts to translate 'words' and 'dates' of events. Do not hesitate to read...
[...]

For those who have CAREFULLY read what I have written so far, notice I am not either on one side of the argument between Armenian historians or historians of the Ottoman empire, but that I have just thrown out some thought provoking information so that one will at least ask some questions before believing what they read. Doubtless there will be those occasional pointless replies to this review, but again all I am saying is, think before you react. Now one could argue that I am saying is a postmodernist crituque and historical relativism. That would be false. I believe in historical analysis, as a scientific enterprise (and only the scientific version of it). But then again let us not forget that some American historians who were studying the case at hand were bombed by Armenians. Now if history is written by historians and that some historians (i.e. UCLA professor Stanford Shaw)are bullied so as not to investigate certain historical matters than, at least if you have a capacity to think critically than be suspicious about it. [...]
By the way absolutely nothing is mentioned about the equal ammount of civilian Turks that were slaugthered by Russian backed Armenian militia. Nor anything about the terrorism campaign of Armenians during the 1970's that left thousands of people dead and wounded. To say "denying genocide is a wrong thing" is one thing. But in doing so if one is denying the death of tens of thousands of innocent Turks, is called hypocrism and puts one in ethically shaky grounds.

The latest British governemeents acceptance that the "blue book", which Armenian claims are based upon, have been declared by the government itself to be a WW1 time propaganda material. Yes you heard it right!

Here's another eye opener: Often the claim is made there 1 million Armenians were murdered. What they do not say that the same material they indicate that a "genocide" happened says that
the ENTIRE Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire was 800 thousand (200 thousand difference!) MOREOVER Keep in mind that the Armenian diaspora, that builds its own desire to have a national identity, has a population of more than 9 million people across the world. HOW CAN this be??? Well thats how nationalism is formed: impossibile numbers, man on white horse, the evil "other" etc.... So this "genocide" attitude is more of identity building rather than real history.

Well I hope I contributed on an intellectual level and I hope 'thought thugs' would not misunderstand what I have suggested.

Study of Armenian Genocide by a non-Armenian.......2003-09-26

The comparison of The Genocide and the Holocaust can be considered an important step towards the recoginition of this almost a century old crime against the Armenians. I felt this book analyzed the conditions of both of these events and came to conclusion that they were same. I commend Dr. Melson for this effort.

An excellent work from a leading genocide scholar.......1998-10-17

In this intelligent work, Melson studies the role of revolution in the promulagtion of genocide. His theories cover political, historical, cultural, and psychological rationales, and lead to a concrete answer to a fluid question. The Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust are systematically disected, studied, and put back together, and a rational theory about revolution's role in genocide emerges. A definite requirement for anyone studying modern genocide.

Revolution and Genocide: On the Origins of the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust

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Revolution and Genocide: On the Origins of the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust
Robert Melson
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OPM5HC

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Intelligent agents are employed as the central characters in this new introductory text. Beginning with elementary reactive agents, Nilsson gradually increases their cognitive horsepower to illustrate the most important and lasting ideas in AI. Neural networks, genetic programming, computer vision, heuristic search, knowledge representation and reasoning, Bayes networks, planning, and language understanding are each revealed through the growing capabilities of these agents. The book provides a refreshing and motivating new synthesis of the field by one of AI's master expositors and leading researchers. Artificial Intelligence: A New Synthesis takes the reader on a complete tour of this intriguing new world of AI.

* An evolutionary approach provides a unifying theme
* Thorough coverage of important AI ideas, old and new
* Frequent use of examples and illustrative diagrams
* Extensive coverage of machine learning methods throughout the text
* Citations to over 500 references
* Comprehensive index

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Good general overview.......2004-07-05

The field of artificial intelligence has an interesting history, both in terms of its content and the philosophical debate it has provoked. The field could also be loosely described as divided into two camps, those who view it as a collection of highly sophisticated algorithms, and those who view it as an attempt to create machines that exhibit human-level intelligence. Ironically, in the latter camp, it is difficult to assess the progress that has been made, since criteria for measuring machine intelligence are never explicitly given. Instead, dependence has been made on the "Turing test" for intelligence, a test that is difficult to apply, and in fact can be said to be too vague for a practical, objective assessment of machine intelligence.

This book is written more in the context of the latter camp, than in the former. However, in-depth discussion of the Turing test is not given, and this actually is one of the main virtues of the book, although the author clearly believes that the purpose of doing research in artificial intelligence is to achieve human-level intelligence. As he remarks in the last paragraph in the book, it was written to overview the techniques that he believes are required to achieve human-level intelligence. Although he does not explicitly give the reader tests for machine intelligence that will allow progress to be measured, he devotes a small portion of the book to various ideas on just what constitutes intelligence.

The book also gives a general (and sometimes very brief) overview of the algorithms used in artificial intelligence. Search heuristics, neural networks, and genetic programming are some of the topics that are covered. The influence of the "intelligent agent" paradigm, that is now taking the AI community by storm, is very apparent throughout the book. The author though does not neglect some of the topics in "good-ole-fashioned" artificial intelligence that arose decades ago and is still applicable today, especially in the field of logic programming. These topics include resolution in both the propositional and predicate calculus, and in expert systems. By far the best discussion in the book is on knowledge-based systems and evolving knowledge bases. This topic has taken on considerable importance in recent years due to the importance of data mining and business intelligence.

Readers who are considering artificial intelligence as a career choice will find good motivation by reading this book. The field also is quite different than most others in that it respects a high degree of individual creativity and ingenuity, and has a high bandwidth for new ideas. Beginning with its origins in the 1950s, the field has grown by leaps and bounds, but its applications have exploded in the last five years, fueled mainly by business and financial applications. Concerned not only with achieving human-level capabilities, but also with other forms of intelligence and how they can be useful, artificial intelligence has become one of the predominant forces in the twenty-first century. One can only be excited and optimistic about its further advances.

Run Forrest Run.......2003-02-23

In general avoid this book.
I purchased this book for a course, and unfortunately this is my first book. Its 95% maths, of course AI is a lot of math, but the book is so abstract and nothing related to practical stuff. Take convolution filters, it gives integrals and all that stuff, but what exactly does it do, how does it perform it on images, and where the heck are sample images, and sample matricies.
I bet this author must have sent this book out to teachers so that 50 students would have to buy this over priced book with no practicle use and so hard to read/understand and extremely dense.

Not a good intro to AI.......2002-12-19

While the book is well organised and number of topics covered is substantial, this was the worst intro-to-anything book I had to suffer through. If calculus is something you are very comfortable with, then go ahead, read it. :-)

nice, but with these errors.......2002-11-27

A nice book. Especially the order in which the topics are covered is a good idea. However, you will not find the following errors reported in the book's webpage:

Page 52: The "high-degree function" is not a function!

Page 92: In Figure 6.6, the topmost pixels that get deleted as a result of the averaging operation should actually remain there, since both their sums are 4, which is greater than the threshold, which is 3.

Page 100: In Fig. 6.13, the last row of the last image contains a spurious image boundary.

Page 151: In Fig. 9.8, there are two nodes with name n; the one which is higher in the figure should have the subscript 1.

Page 152, item 3 in the list: There is an implicit assumption that h-hat always returns 0 for goal states. I don't think that this assumption is stated earlier in the text.

Page 165: In Figure 10.1, all arrows are supposed to be pointing away from the current state.

Page 246: The last paragraph mentions ".. the two interpretations for Clear and On suggested by Fig. 15.2", but aren't actually THREE interpretations suggested for On?

And in the current errata list in the book's website, something is clearly wrong with item 6, since it says n_i should be replaced by n_i.

All in all, a good book.

Varies between being superficial and incomprehendable.......2002-10-26

After having borrowed and read part of Nilsson's previous book "Principles of Artificial Intelligence" at the library some years back I was quite positive about the prospect of reading this one. However, it falls short on many of my expectations and can therefore not be recommended for neither the beginner nor the expert.

The book covers all the major areas of artificial intelligence but does so in a very superficial manner. There isn't actually enough information in the book at allow to to implement some of the techniques available - it is mostly teasers. Also many of the subjects are - and even some of the subjects that I already knew about beforehand - incomprehendable and I often got more confused about a subject than before I began reading it.

I very rarely give a book one star, but this one deserves it in the light of the many better books on AI. I recommend that you read "Russell and Norvig: Artificial Intelligence - A Modern Approach" instead.

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