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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
2023 || Hardcover || Alberto Quintavalla e.a. || Oxford University Press
The scope of Artificial Intelligence's (AI) hold on modern life is only just beginning to be fully understood. Academics, professionals, policymakers, and legislators are analysing the effects of AI in the legal realm, notably in human rights work. Artificial Intelligence technologies and modern human rights have lived parallel lives for the last sixty years, and they continue to evolve with one another as both fields take shape.
Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence explores the effects o...
Psychopharmacology / 4th Edition
2022 || Hardcover || Jerry Meyer || Oxford University Press
Unique in its breadth of coverage ranging from historical accounts of drug use to clinical and preclinical behavioral studies, Psychopharmacology is appropriate for undergraduates studying the relationships between the behavioral effects of psychoactive drugs and their mechanisms of action. BL Chapter-opening vignettes foster student engagement BL Up-to-date and outstanding coverage of current research BL Breakout boxes present novel, and, in some cases, controversial topics for special discu...
Islamic Ethics
Fundamental Aspects of Human Conduct
2022 || Hardcover || Abdulaziz Sachedina || Oxford University Press
There have been two main traditions of writing on ethics in the Islamic tradition, one philosophical and related to the works of Aristotle and other Greek philosophers, represented by thinkers such as Avicenna, and one theological, represented by such figures as the famous theologian al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar. Some later scholars attempted to combine those two traditions. For the most part, however, the views of the jurists have been ignored.
Abdulaziz Sachedina herecalls attention to this third ...
The Biology of Rocky Shores / 2 Revised Edition
2020 || Hardcover || Colin Little e.a. || Oxford University Press
This new edition offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to rocky shore ecology and has been completely revised and updated throughout. It describes the diverse biota (invertebrates, vertebrates, seaweeds, seagrasses and microalgae) that inhabit rocky shores, and the factors that determine their distributions, abundances and interactions. The book discusses the latest research on processes that control community structure, utilizing a global range of examplesfrom a wide range of shore...
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?
How eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order
2015 || Hardcover || Susannah Gibson || Oxford University Press
Since the time of Aristotle, there had been a clear divide between the three kingdoms of animal, vegetable, and mineral. But by the eighteenth century, biological experiments, and the wide range of new creatures coming to Europe from across the world, challenged these neat divisions. Abraham Trembley found that freshwater polyps grew into complete individuals when cut.
This shocking discovery raised deep questions: was it a plant or an animal? And this was not the only conundrum. What of cora...
New Hart's Rules
The Oxford Style Guide
2014 || Hardcover || Oxford University Press || Oxford University Press
For over a hundred years, Hart's Rules has been the authority on style, helping writers and editors prepare copy for publication. The latest edition of this guide has been updated for the twenty-first century using the resources of Oxford Languages and with the advice of publishing experts. Twenty-one chapters give information on all aspects of writing and of preparing copy for publication, whether in print or electronically.
New Hart's Rules gives guidance on a broad range of topics includin...