Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Liquid fuels
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Oil & Gas Science and Technology
Author: CIKM'13
Author: CIKM 13 Conference CommitteePublisher:
ISBN: 9781450326964
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
CIKM'13: 22nd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management Oct 27, 2013-Nov 01, 2013 San Francisco, USA. You can view more information about this proceeding and all of ACM�s other published conference proceedings from the ACM Digital Library: http://www.acm.org/dl.
Extraterrestrial Seismology
Author: Vincent C. H. TongPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107041724
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Taking a transdisciplinary approach to seismology, this unique book reviews the most recent developments in planetary seismology, helioseismology, and asteroseismology.
Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
Author: Rabindra Nath PatiPublisher:
ISBN: 9788176259941
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Papers presented at the First Global Summit on Sustainable Development and Biodiversity, held at Raipur during 7-9 February 2009.
Convention on Biological Diversity
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Auto Mechanics
Author: Kevin L. BorgPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801886065
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The history of automobiles is not just the story of invention, manufacturing, and marketing; it is also a story of repair. Auto Mechanics opens the repair shop to historical study—for the first time—by tracing the emergence of a dirty, difficult, and important profession. Kevin L. Borg's study spans a century of automotive technology—from the horseless carriage of the late nineteenth century to the "check engine" light of the late twentieth. Drawing from a diverse body of source material, Borg explores how the mechanic’s occupation formed and evolved within the context of broad American fault lines of class, race, and gender and how vocational education entwined these tensions around the mechanic’s unique expertise. He further shows how aspects of the consumer rights and environmental movements, as well as the design of automotive electronics, reflected and challenged the social identity and expertise of the mechanic. In the history of the American auto mechanic, Borg finds the origins of a persistent anxiety that even today accompanies the prospect of taking one's car in for repair.
Driving Ambitions
Author: H. F. MoorhousePublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719029165
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Moorhouse (sociology, U.of Glasgow) interprets the post-war American passion for hot rods and drag racing as an extreme example of the country's attitude toward automobiles. Of interest to social scientists and to teenagers who want to see what they missed. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Technology and the Good Life?
Author: Eric HiggsPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226333861
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Can we use technology in the pursuit of a good life, or are we doomed to having our lives organized and our priorities set by the demands of machines and systems? How can philosophy help us to make technology a servant rather than a master? Technology and the Good Life? uses a careful collective analysis of Albert Borgmann's controversial and influential ideas as a jumping-off point from which to address questions such as these about the role and significance of technology in our lives. Contributors both sympathetic and critical examine Borgmann's work, especially his "device paradigm"; apply his theories to new areas such as film, agriculture, design, and ecological restoration; and consider the place of his thought within philosophy and technology studies more generally. Because this collection carefully investigates the issues at the heart of how we can take charge of life with technology, it will be a landmark work not just for philosophers of technology but for students and scholars in the many disciplines concerned with science and technology studies.
Congress and Air Pollution
Author: Christopher J. BaileyPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719036613
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive introduction and essential guide to one of the most important institutions in medieval England and to its substantial archive. This is the first book to offer a detailed explanation of the form, structure and evolution of the manor and its records. Offers translations of, and commentaries upon, each category of document to illustrate their main features. Examples of each category of record are provided in translation, followed by shorter extracts selected to illustrate interesting, commonly occurring, or complex features. A valuable source of reference for undergraduates wishing to understand the sources which underpin the majority of research on the medieval economy and society.
A Companion to American Technology
Author: Carroll PursellPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470695331
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
A Companion to American Technology is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that analyze the hard-to-define phenomenon of “technology” in America. 22 original essays by expert scholars cover the most important features of American technology, including developments in automobiles, television, and computing Analyzes the ways in which technologies are organized, such as in the engineering profession, government, medicine and agriculture Includes discussions of how technologies interact with race, gender, class, and other organizing structures in American society