Search results for [Massachusetts Institute of Technology] at NC Cardinal

Results 21 to 30 of 81 | « previous | next »

American panda / by Chao, Gloria,1986-author.(CARDINAL)351108;

A freshman at MIT, seventeen-year-old Mei Lu tries to live up to her Taiwanese parents' expectations, but no amount of tradition, obligation, or guilt prevent her from hiding several truths--that she is a germaphobe who cannot become a doctor, she prefers dancing to biology, she decides to reconnect with her estranged older brother, and she is dating a Japanese boy.780LAccelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Taiwanese Americans; Dating (Social customs); Families; Secrecy; College students; Interracial dating; Phobias; Secrecy.;

Available copies: 25 / Total copies: 29

unAPI

The technologists [sound recording] / by Pearl, Matthew.(CARDINAL)354084; Hoye, Stephen.; Books on Tape, Inc.;

Read by Stephen Hoye.Boston, 1868. The Civil War may be over but a new war has begun, one between the past and the present, tradition and technology. On a former marshy wasteland, the daring Massachusetts Institute of Technology is rising, its mission to harness science for the benefit of all and to open the doors of opportunity to everyone of merit. But in Boston Harbor a fiery cataclysm throws commerce into chaos, as ships' instruments spin inexplicably out of control. Soon after, another mysterious catastrophe devastates the heart of the city. Is it sabotage by scientific means or Nature revolting against man's attempt to control it?Compact disc.

Subjects: Audiobooks.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; College students; Suspense fiction.;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

unAPI

Masterworks of early 20th-century literature [sound recording] / by Thorburn, David,Ph. D.; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;

Part 1. Lecture 1: Road map--modernism and moral ambiguity -- Lecture 2: How to read fiction--Joyce's "An encounter" -- Lecture 3: Defining modernism--Monet's cathedral -- Lecture 4: Defining modernism--beyond impressionism -- Lecture 5: "The man who would be king"--imperial fools -- Lecture 6: "Heart of darkness"--Europe's Kurtz -- Lecture 7: "Heart of darkness"--the drama of the telling -- Lecture 8: "The shadow-line"--unheroic heroes -- Lecture 9: "The good soldier"--the limits of irony -- Lecture 10: "The good soldier"--killed by kindness -- Lecture 11: Lawrence (and Joyce)--sex in modern fiction -- Lecture 12: "Horse dealer's daughter"--a shimmer within.Part 2. Lecture 13. The metamorphosis--uneasy dreams -- Lecutre 14. Dubliners--The music of the ordinary -- Lecture 15. Ulysses--Joyce's Homer -- Lecture 16. Ulysses--The incongruity principle -- Lecture 17. To the lighthouse--Life stands still here -- Lecture 18. To the lighthouse--That horrid skull again -- Lecutre 19. Isaac Babel--Jew and Cossack -- Lecture 20. Isaac Babel--Odessa's Homer -- Lecture 21. Faulkner's world--our frantic steeple chase -- Lecture 22. Absalom, Absalom!--the fragile thread -- Lecture 23. Pale fire--modern or postmodern" -- Lecture 24. The moral vision of modern fiction.David Thorburn, lecturer, Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Subjects: Literature, Modern;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

unAPI

The technologists : a novel / by Pearl, Matthew.(CARDINAL)354084;

The first graduating class at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is thrown into turmoil by bizarre phenomena that cause instruments to inexplicably spin out of control, challenging enterprising students to protect lives while combating Harvard rivals.

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Massachusetts Institute of Technology; College students; College students;

Available copies: 20 / Total copies: 23

unAPI

Thermodynamics : four laws that move the universe [videorecording]. by Grossman, Jeffrey C.,teacher.tch; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;

Course guidebook Includes bibliographical references.Disc 1: 1. Thermodynamics: what's under the hood -- 2. Variables and the flow of energy -- 3. Temperature: thermodynamics' first force -- 4. Salt, soup, energy, and entropy -- 5. The ideal gas law and a piston -- 6. Energy transferred and conserved -- disc 2: 7. Work-heat equivalence -- 8. Entropy: the arrow of time -- 9. The chemical potential -- 10. Enthalpy, free energy, and equilibrium -- 11. Mixing and osmotic pressure -- 12. How materials hold heat -- disc 3: 13. How materials respond to heat -- 14. Phases of matter: gas, liquid, solid -- 15. Phase diagrams: ultimate materials maps -- 16. Properties of phases -- 17. To mix, or not to mix? -- 18. Melting and freezing of mixtures --disc 4: 19. The Carnot engine and limits of efficiency -- 20. More engines: materials at work -- 21. The electrochemical potential -- 22. Chemical reactions: getting to equilibrium -- 23. The chemical reaction quotient -- 24. The greatest processes in the world.Lecturer: Professor Jeffrey C. Grossman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.What is heat? What is temperature? What is energy? What is time? When we look beneath the surface of these everyday terms to learn how scientists understand them, we encounter a realm of fundamental processes that rule the universe.DVD.

Subjects: Educational films.; Filmed lectures.; Educational films.; Lectures.; Nonfiction films.; Thermodynamics.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

unAPI

Softwar : a novel theory on power projection and the national strategic significance of Bitcoin / by Lowery, Jason P.,Major,author.; Rubin, Joan Shelley,1947-thesis supervisor.(CARDINAL)724100; United States.Department of Defense,sponsor.(CARDINAL)139186; Massachusetts Institute of Technology.School of Engineering, System Design and Management Program,thesis granting department.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-354).Current analysis of Bitcoin's underlying proof-of-work technology is almost exclusively based on financial, monetary, or economic theory. Recycling the same theoretical frameworks when performing hypothesis-deductive analysis of Bitcoin has the potential to create systemic-level analytical bias which could negatively impact public policy making efforts and could even pose a threat to US national security. This thesis introduces a novel theoretical framework for analyzing the potential national strategic impact of Bitcoin as an electro-cyber security technology rather than a peer-to-peer cash system. The goal of this thesis is to give the research community a different frame of reference they can utilize to generate hypotheses and deductively analyze the potential risks and rewards of proof-of-work technologies as something other than strictly monetary technology. The author asserts it would be beneficial for researchers to explore alternative functionality of proof-of-work technologies to eliminate potential blind spots, provide a more well-rounded understanding of the risks and rewards of proof-of-work protocols like Bitcoin, and positively contribute to the development of more informed public policy in support of the March 2022 US Presidential Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity.

Subjects: Academic theses.; Bitcoin.; Cyberspace.; National security; Computer networks;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

unAPI

The exceptions [sound recording] : Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the fight for women in science / by Zernike, Kate,author.(CARDINAL)501756; Mazur, Kathe,narrator.(CARDINAL)543054;

Read by Kathe Mazur.From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who broke the story, the inspiring account of the sixteen female scientists who forced MIT to publicly admit it had been discriminating against its female faculty for years, sparking a nationwide reckoning with the pervasive sexism in science.

Subjects: Audiobooks.; Biographies.; Hopkins, Nancy (Nancy H.); Massachusetts Institute of Technology.; Sex discrimination in employment; Sex discrimination in science; Women in science; Women scientists; Sexism in education; Women; Women college teachers;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

unAPI

The Cana mystery / by Beckett, David,1972-author.(CARDINAL)815530;

In this gripping mystery adventure, Ava, an MIT graduate student and expert in ancient languages, is awakened in the middle of the night by a phone call from an old friend, Paul, with a baffling request: Could she fly to Yemen immediately? He's found something important and needs her help. Paul's subsequent coded e-mail alludes to what he and his boss, Simon Demaj, have found: the lost jars of Cana, the very jars that Jesus used at the wedding at Cana and a puzzle to be solved. Are the jars authentic and is there a prophecy somehow hidden in them? At the same time a shocking global announcement is made: Pope Benedict XVI announced that he will resign for the good of the church. Is there a connection? Ava and Paul set off on a deadly global adventure to Yemen, Egypt, Malta, and Rome searching for answers. Every step of the way they're chased by Paul's unscrupulous billionaire boss, a drug lord, and corrupt officials.

Subjects: Novels.; Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927-2022; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Turning water into wine at the wedding at Cana (Miracle); Graduate students; Storage jars;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

unAPI

21 [videorecording] / by Brunetti, Dana.(CARDINAL)558748; Spacey, Kevin.(CARDINAL)347745; De Luca, Michael,1965-(CARDINAL)539053; Steinfeld, Peter.(CARDINAL)652556; Loeb, Allan.(CARDINAL)489891; Luketic, Robert,1973-(CARDINAL)547040; Sturgess, Jim.(CARDINAL)555533; Bosworth, Kate,1983-(CARDINAL)542597; Fishburne, Laurence,III,1961-(CARDINAL)434940; Mezrich, Ben,1969-Bringing down the house.; Columbia Pictures.(CARDINAL)747663; Michael De Luca Productions (Firm)(CARDINAL)557731; Relative Media (Firm); Relative Media.; Relativity Media.(CARDINAL)551892; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)282399; Trigger Street Productions.(CARDINAL)348481;

Special features: Anamorphic widescreen version -- "21 : the advantage player" (the cast explains the game of blackjack and card countig) -- "Basic strategy : a complete film journal" (making-of featurette) -- "Money plays : a tour of the good life" (Featurette that explores the clothes, luxuries and locatons shown in the film -- Filmmaker commentary -- Language: English Dolby digital 5.1 ; French Dolby digital 5.1 ; Spanish Dolby digital 5.1 -- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish.Director of photography, Russell Carpenter ; editor, Elliot Graham ; music, David Sardy ; costume designer, Luca Mosca ; production designer, Missy Stewart.Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Spacey.Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. Wanting to transfer to the Harvard School of Medicine, he learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the tuition. Then Ben is introduced into a small but secretive club by his math professor, Micky Rosa. The club has four other students: Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Jimmy; and they are being trained by Mickey in the skill of blackjack card counting. Intriged by the desire to make money, Ben joins his new friends on secret weekend trips to Las Vegas where, using the skills of code talk and hand signals, Ben makes hundreds of thousands of dollars winning blackjack at casino after casino. Ben wants to make only enough money for his tuition and then to back out of the group. Ben's greed and arrogance put Micky, as well as the group, on the radar of a brutal casino security enforcer named Cole Williams. Cole holds a personal grudge against Micky which threatens to undo everything the students have learned and earned.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence and sexual content, including partial nudity.DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.

Subjects: Feature films.; Action and adventure films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Fiction films.; Film adaptations.; Drama.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Blackjack (Game); Card counting; College students; College teachers; Casinos; Barajas; Estudiantes universitarios; Universities and colleges;

Available copies: 26 / Total copies: 39

unAPI

The exceptions : Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the fight for women in science / by Zernike, Kate,author.(CARDINAL)501756;

Includes bibliographical references (page 371-392) and index.An epiphany on Divinity Avenue -- The choice -- An immodest proposal -- At the feet of Harvard's great men -- Bungtown road -- "Women, please apply" -- The vow -- "We should distance all competitors" -- Our Millie -- The best home for a feminist -- Liberated lifestyles -- Kendall square -- "This slow and gentle robbery" -- "Fodder" -- Fun in middle age -- Three hundred square feet -- MIT Inc. -- Sixteen tenured women -- X and Y -- All for one or one for all -- "The greater part of the balance -- Epilogue -- The sixteen.In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted to discriminating against its most senior female scientists. It was a seismic cultural event - one that forced institutions across the nation to reckon with the bias faced by girls and women in STEM. This is the story of the women on MIT's faculty who started it all, centered on the life and career of their unlikely leader: Nancy Hopkins, a noted molecular geneticist and cancer researcher and protégée of James Watson, the codiscoverer of the structure of DNA.--

Subjects: Biographies.; Hopkins, Nancy (Nancy H.); Massachusetts Institute of Technology.; Sex discrimination in science; Women scientists; Women; Women college teachers; Sexism in education; Women in science; Women.; Womyn.;

Available copies: 32 / Total copies: 37

unAPI

Results 21 to 30 of 81 | « previous | next »