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The last unknowns: deep, elegant, profound unanswered questions about the universe, the mind, the future of civilization, and the meaning of life / edited by John Brockman ; foreword by Daniel Kahneman

Dewey Library - B68.L3825 2019




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The depositions: new and selected essays on being and ceasing to be / Thomas Lynch ; foreword by Alan Ball

Dewey Library - BD431.L975 2019




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Another white man's burden: Josiah Royce's quest for a philosophy of White racial empire / Tommy J. Curry

Hayden Library - B945.R64 C87 2018




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Higher-order evidence: new essays / edited by Mattias Skipper, Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen

Dewey Library - BD181.H54 2019




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Having a word with Angus Graham: at twenty-five years into his immortality / edited by Carine Defoort and Roger T. Ames

Hayden Library - B1626.G74 H38 2018




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A time for critique / edited by Didier Fassin and Bernard E. Harcourt

Dewey Library - B809.2.T56 2019




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Reoccupy earth: notes toward an other beginning / David Wood

Hayden Library - BD581.W59 2019




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Mystery 101: introduction to the big questions and the limits of human knowledge / Richard H. Jones

Hayden Library - BD201.J66 2018




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Malebranche, theological figure, being 2 / Alain Badiou ; translated by Jason E. Smith ; introduction by Kenneth Reinhard

Hayden Library - B1897.B3413 2018




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Deconstruction machines: writing in the age of cyberwar / Justin Joque ; foreword by Catherine Malabou

Hayden Library - B809.6.J67 2018




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Scepticism: a very short introduction / Duncan Pritchard

Dewey Library - B837.P755 2019




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Spinoza's philosophy of ratio / edited by Beth Lord

Hayden Library - B3998.S654 2018




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Disappointment: toward a critical hermeneutics of worldbuilding / Jarrett Zigon

Hayden Library - BD241.Z54 2018




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Atomistic intuitions: an essay on classification / by Gaston Bachelard ; translated by Roch C. Smith ; preface by Daniel Parrochia

Hayden Library - BD646.B313 2018




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The end of morality: taking moral abolitionism seriously / edited by Richard Garner and Richard Joyce

Dewey Library - BJ1031.E53 2019




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Aristotle and early Christian thought / Mark Edwards

Dewey Library - B631.E39 2019




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The logos of the sensible world: Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological philosophy / John Sallis ; edited by Richard Rojcewicz

Dewey Library - B2430.M3764 S356 2019




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Personal identity in moral and legal reasoning / Richard Prust (St. andrews University), Jeffery Geller (University of North Carolina, Pembroke)

Dewey Library - B828.5.P78 2019




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Improving the Cd2+ detection capability of a new anionic Rare Earth Metal-Organic Framework based on a [RE6(μ3-ΟΗ)8]10+ secondary building unit: An ion - exchange approach towards more efficient sensors

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9ME00176J, Paper
Nikos Panagiotou, Kasiani Evangelou, Athanasia Psalti, Nektaria Varnava, Giasemi K. Aggeli, Pantelis Trikalitis, John C Plakatouras, Theodore Lazarides, Anastasios Tasiopoulos
The synthesis and characterization of a new family of rare earth (RE) MOFs based on a hexanuclear (RE)6 secondary building unit (SBU) and the angular dicarboxylic ligand 4,4'-oxybisbenzoic acid (H2OBA)...
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Modulation of magnetic relaxation behaviors via replacing coordinated solvents in a series of linear tetranuclear Dy4 complexes

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01830A, Paper
Wen-Min Wang, Xin-Yan Hu, Yang Yang, Jia-Qi Zhao, Yaxin Zhang, Xiao-Min Kang, Zhilei Wu
Four linear tetranuclear dysprosium compounds, [Dy4(L)2(dbm)6(ROH)2]·x(ROH) (ROH = MeOH, x = 3 (1); ROH = EtOH, x = 3 (2); ROH = n-PrOH, x = 1 (3); ROH = n-BuOH,...
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Modulating the Thermomechanical Properties and Self-Healing Efficiency of Siloxane-Based Soft Polymers Through Metal-Ligand Coordination

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01119C, Paper
Julia Pignanelli, Zhiyuan Qian, Xiaodan Gu, Mohammed Jalal Ahamed, Simon Rondeau-Gagné
Short oligomeric species end-capped with imine-based ligands can generate intrinsic autonomous self-healable soft polymer upon metal coordination, allowing for the preparation of materials that can be easily fine-tuned in terms...
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Cd(II) coordination compounds as heterogeneous catalysts for microwave-assisted peroxidative oxidation of toluene and 1-phenyletanol

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01408G, Paper
Manas Sutradhar, Tannistha Roy Barman, Elisabete Clara Bastos do Amaral Alegria, Hugo M Lapa, M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva, Armando J. L. Pombeiro
The aroylhydrazone Schiff bases 2-hydroxy(2-hydroxybenzylidene)benzohydrazide (H2L1) and 2-amino(2-hydroxybenzylidene)benzohydrazide (H2L2) have been used to synthesize the new Cd(II) coordination polymer [Cd(-1ONO’:2O:3O’’-L1)(DMF)]n (1) and the dinuclear complex [Cd(1ONO’:2O-HL2)(OO’-Ac)]2·2DMF (2). Both 1 and...
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Bonding–antibonding state transition induces multiple electron modulations toward oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis

New J. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ00660B, Paper
Qi Zhang, Haixia Zhong, Can Chen, Juexian Cao, Liwen Yang, Xiaolin Wei
B doping induces the transformation from the bonding state to the antibonding state of an Ni–N bond, resulting in enhanced ORR activity.
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Oligoaniline-functionalized polysiloxane/Prussian blue composite towards bifunctional electrochromic supercapacitors

New J. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ00736F, Paper
Yanyan Wang, Xiaoteng Jia, Meihua Zhu, Xincai Liu, Danming Chao
We report the preparation of a novel oligoaniline-functionalized polysiloxane/Prussian blue composite, which exhibits improved electrochromic properties and approving supercapacitor performance featuring charge storage indicating functionalization.
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Synthesis of eight isostructural 2D lanthanide coordination polymers assembled by rigid furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid and flexible adipic acid as linkers and exploration of luminescent Eu/Tb polymers as efficient and sensitive sensors for nitroaromatic comp

New J. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01018A, Paper
Zaib ul Nisa, Lobzang Tashi, Charanjeet Sen, Nargis Akhter Ashashi, Subash Chandra Sahoo, Haq Nawaz Sheikh
Eight isostructural coordination polymers were synthesized by a solvothermal method. The luminescent Eu/Tb polymers function as efficient sensors for nitroaromatics via turn-off mode.
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Density Functional Theory Investigations on the Coordination of Pa(V) with N, N-dialkylamide

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ00687D, Paper
Jun Ma, Chu-Ting Yang, Jun Han, Sheng Hu, Haizhu Yu, Xinggui Long
Density functional theory (DFT) method was used to study the coordination of a series of N, N-dialkylamides with Pa(V) to shed light on the inherent principals for screening amides extractants...
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Linear dicarboxylate based pyridyl appended cobalt(II) coordination polymers in search of opto-electronic properties

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ00567C, Paper
Faruk Ahmed, Joydeep Datta, Samim Khan, Basudeb Dutta, Sakhiul Islam, Sanobar Naaz, Partha Pratim Ray, Mohammad Hedayetullah Mir
Two new coordination polymers (CPs) [Co(adc)(4-ppy)(H2O)2]n, (1) and [Co(adc)(4-bppy)(H2O)2]n, (2) (H2adc = acetylenedicarboxylic acid, 4-ppy = 4-phenylpyridine and 4-bppy = 4-(4-bromophenyl)pyridine) have been synthesized and characterized by various techniques including...
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Saturday Is for Funerals

Previewing the May/June issue.




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Library Discards

Take and read.




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Brooklyn’s Boardwalk Empire

In time for its 95th anniversary, the Coney Island Boardwalk has become a New York City landmark! On May 15, 2018, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the wooden walkway a scenic landmark (read the designation report here). It joins others around the city like Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn and Morningside Park in Manhattan. The Boardwalk–officially called the Riegelmann Boardwalk...

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Highway to Hell: Tensions in the La Guardia Administration

Despite the effects of the Great Depression, the City Planning Commission under Mayor Fiorello La Guardia reported for the period 1920–1939 a staggering increase in New York City motor vehicle registrations from 225,000 to nearly one million. As a result of the evolving needs of constituents, and with a glimmering post-war economic boom on the horizon,...

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“The Good Lord protected me”: A soldier’s letter on the Meuse-Argonne Offensive

This Sunday will be the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I, a war that remains etched in the collective memory for the physical and psychological toll wrought on those who lived through it. With that in mind, it seems fitting to mark this occasion through the words of a soldier who...

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A Flying Saucer Sighting in the Time Inc. Records

The idea of mysterious flying saucers piloted by extraterrestrials had, by the 1950s, been popularized to such an extent that even Time magazine’s Circulation Department wanted in on the fun. The magazine itself was less inclined to dabble in science fiction or conspiracy theories, but a letter sent out to potential subscribers nevertheless reported on...

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New Finding Aids, 3rd Quarter 2019

This post is the third in a quarterly series in which the New-York Historical Society highlights the collections for which detailed finding aids were published over the prior three months. All collections receive at least a summary description in our catalog, Bobcat. But many collections have such depth or are simply so large or complex...

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Santa in the City: The Christmas Cards of Oscar Fabres

What’s Christmas without Christmas cards? The fanciful greetings here are the work of Oscar Fabres (1894–1960), a Chilean illustrator who studied art in Paris and settled in New York in 1940, where he lived and kept a studio at 715 Madison Avenue. The Oscar Fabres Collection (PR 079), bequeathed to the New-York Historical Society by the artist’s agent,...

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Effects of Sweetened Beverage Taxes in Philadelphia and Oakland: Fewer Beverage Purchases, but Increased Cross-Border Shopping and Mixed Effects on Consumption

A Mathematica issue brief synthesizes new and recent evidence on how the two cities’ beverage taxes affected purchases, consumption, and the retail environment.




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LaVerne H. Council Appointed to Mathematica’s Board of Directors

Mathematica announced the appointment of LaVerne H. Council to serve as a member of the organization’s Board of Directors.




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Howard University and Mathematica to Host Computational Social Science Summer Institute

Mathematica and Howard University have partnered to host the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS), which will give social and data scientists opportunities to explore how they can use real-world data to address ethics and equity in artificial intelligence.




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Tourism and the power of otherness : seductions of difference / edited by David Picard and Michael A. Di Giovine




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Tourist destination images and local culture : using the example of the United Arab Emirates / Verena Schwaighofer ; foreword by Prof. Dr. Sc. Othmar M. Lehner

Schwaighofer, Verena, author




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Tourism and citizenship : rights, freedom and responsibilities in the global order / Raoul V. Bianchi and Marcus L. Stephenson

Bianchi, Raoul V., author




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Foodies and food tourism / text by Donald Getz, Richard N.S. Robinson, Tommy D. Andersson and Sanja Vujicic

Getz, Donald, 1949- author




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Tourism in Africa : harnessing tourism for growth and improved livelihoods / Iain Christie, Eneida Fernandes, Hannah Messerli, and Louise Twining-Ward

Christie, Iain T., author




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Sustainable tourism : from mass tourism towards eco-tourism / Anton Fischer

Fischer, Anton, 1953- author




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Tourism and cricket : travels to the boundary / edited by Tom Baum and Richard Butler




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Dumont d'Urville : explorer & polymath / Edward Duyker

Duyker, Edward, 1955- author




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Tourism and development : concepts and issues / edited by Richard Sharpley and David J. Telfer




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Century of the leisured masses : entertainment and the transformation of twentieth-century America / David George Surdam ; preface by Ken McCormick

Surdam, David G. (David George)




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The love market [videorecording] / written, produced, filmed and drected by Shalom Almond




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The forgotten district [videorecording] / a documentary by Oliver Dickinson