Luiz Costa: 20 books

Book cover of Music, Theater, and Society in the Comedies of Luiz Carlos Martins Penna (1833-1846)
by Luiz Costa-lima Neto
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017

This book clarifies the musical dramaturgy of comedy writer and musician Luiz Carlos Martins Penna (1815-48) – a notion that encompasses both the theatrical text and its performance. The corpus for this analysis is composed of twelve comedies by Martins Penna written between 1833 and 1846, divided...
Book cover of Figuras da linguagem
by Luiz Costa Pereira Jr.
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: May 9, 2014

Figuras da linguagem reúne 20 das mais significativas entrevistas realizadas por Luiz Costa Pereira Junior para a revista Língua Portuguesa. Em conversas com Saramago, Millôr Fernandes e Mia Couto, entre outros, o livro mostra que pensar a vida ao pensar o idioma pode ser mais fecundo e brotar...
Book cover of The Owners of Kinship

The Owners of Kinship

Asymmetrical Relations in Indigenous Amazonia

by Luiz Costa
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017

The Owners of Kinship investigates how kinship in Indigenous Amazonia is derived from the asymmetrical relation between an “owner” and his or her dependents. Through a comprehensive ethnography of the Kanamari, Luiz Costa shows how this relationship is centered around the bond created between...
Book cover of Virtuality and Capabilities in a World of Ambient Intelligence

Virtuality and Capabilities in a World of Ambient Intelligence

New Challenges to Privacy and Data Protection

by Luiz Costa
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016

This book is about power and freedoms in our technological world and has two main objectives. The first is to demonstrate that a theoretical exploration of the algorithmic governmentality hypothesis combined with the capability approach is useful for a better understanding of power and freedoms in...
Book cover of Solarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World
by Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro, Fábio Fernandes, Carlos Orsi
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018

Imagine a sustainable world, run on clean and renewable energies that are less aggressive to the environment. Now imagine humanity under the impact of these changes. This is the premise Brazilian editor Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro proposed, and these authors took the challenge to envision hopeful futures...
Book cover of Títulos de Nobreza e Hierarquias: um guia sobre as graduações sociais na história
by Antonio Luiz M. C. Costa
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: September 25, 2014

Como devemos nos dirigir a um Rei? Um Sultão é a mesma coisa que um Califa? Quem era mais importante, um Duque ou um Barão? Que cargos havia nas cortes da Idade Média? Para responder a essas e a outras perguntas de curiosos pelas organizações sociais e militares através do tempo, a Editora...
Book cover of Armas Brancas: Lanças, espadas, maças e flechas como lutar sem pólvora da pré-história ao século XXI
by Antonio Luiz M. C. Costa
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: January 27, 2015

Conheça as armas utilizadas pelas culturas humanas para travar suas batalhas quando a pólvora não é uma opção.Escrito por Antonio Luiz M. C. Costa, de “Títulos de Nobreza e Hierarquias: um guia sobre as graduações sociais na história”, autor de ficção especulativa e editor de...
Book cover of Letras Animadas
by Marcelo Luiz Galli, Marcos Tavares Costa
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 30, 2015

Que legal seria se as palavras e letras ganhassem vida e começassem a se juntar umas às outras para formar novos sentidos e significados, não é mesmo? Marcelo Luiz Galli e Marcos Tavares Costa, nas páginas de Letras Animadas, mostram que elas fazem tudo isso e muito mais.
Book cover of O caso Lula

O caso Lula

a luta pela afirmação dos direitos fundamentais no Brasil

by Rafael Valim, Cristiano Zanin Martins, Valeska Teixeira Zanin Martins
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: October 2, 2016

Os densos artigos que compõem a obra, de autoria de grandes juristas brasileiros, revelam um cenário estarrecedor de violação de direitos humanos e de falência do Estado de Direito brasileiro, no qual se insere, de maneira emblemática, a verdadeira caçada judicial de que é vítima o ex-Presidente...
Book cover of Zona digital
by Heloisa Buarque de Hollanda, Cristiane Costa, Rodrigo Savazoni
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: December 4, 2015

Este livro não nasceu do nada. Em 2010, criamos o espaço Zona Digital, uma experiência on-line, que pretende investigar as possibilidades narrativas abertas pelas novas tecnologias. Em seu conjunto, o site Zona Digital é um agregador de links, notícias, arte, experiências e artigos, tanto nacionais...
Book cover of Por que gritamos Golpe?

Por que gritamos Golpe?

Para entender o impeachment e a crise política no Brasil

by André Singer, Armando Boito Jr., Ciro Gomes
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: July 13, 2016

Somando-se ao debate público sobre a crise política no Brasil, Por que gritamos Golpe? proporciona ao leitor diversas análises sobre a dinâmica do processo de impeachment da presidente Dilma Rousseff, dentro de uma perspectiva multidisciplinar e de esquerda. Os textos que compõem a coletânea...
Book cover of Continuous Average Control of Piecewise Deterministic Markov Processes
by Oswaldo Luiz do Valle Costa, Francois Dufour
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013

The intent of this book is to present recent results in the control theory for the long run average continuous control problem of piecewise deterministic Markov processes (PDMPs). The book focuses mainly on the long run average cost criteria and  extends to the PDMPs some well-known techniques related...
Book cover of Continuous-Time Markov Jump Linear Systems
by Oswaldo Luiz do Valle Costa, Marcelo D. Fragoso, Marcos G. Todorov
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012

It has been widely recognized nowadays the importance of introducing mathematical models that take into account possible sudden changes in the dynamical behavior of a high-integrity systems or a safety-critical system. Such systems can be found in aircraft control, nuclear power stations, robotic...
Book cover of Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2

Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2

Genetics, breeding, pests and diseases

by Dr Michael Abberton, Dr Hernán Ceballos, Prof. P. Zhang
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017

Originating in South America, cassava is now grown in over 100 countries around the world. It is the third most important source of calories in the tropics after rice and maize. Its caloric value, as well as its ability to tolerate dry conditions and poor soils, makes it a key food security crop in...
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