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Author: James Winter Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136104364 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 278
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The streets of Victorian London became increasingly congested with vehicles, fast and furious drivers, pedestrians, costermongers, prostitutes, brass bands, homeless children and other obstacles to safe and rapid motion. Concerned citizens were alarmed by this unprecedented build-up of traffic and pollution. But how did this chaotic state come about - and why was more not done to prevent it? London's Teeming Streets brings an historical perspective to present-day concerns about the effects of continued urban expansion and shows that many current problems date back to the Victorian era. James Winter reveals that the issue of street reform was fraught with political intrigue. Many reformers were liberals; yet the question of attempting to limit or prohibit activity on the King's Highway which was, by definition, an open and democratic preserve, brought the very purpose of liberal reform into sharp focus.
Author: Tamsin Woolley-Barker Publisher: ISBN: 9781940468426 Category : Social sciences and management Languages : en Pages : 0
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An entertaining and accessible read with profound implications for the future, Teeming takes us on a journey through nature's most ancient and successful R&D labs, and gives practical prescriptions for redesigning organizations to flourish far into the future. Evolutionary biologist Woolley-Barker weaves poetic vision and deep scientific expertise to illustrate how flat, agile, and adaptive societies like ants, termites, and underground fungal networks self-organize for resilience and value. The most successful species are those that adapt to change, and the same is true in business. But there are limits to vertical growth, and our hierarchical structures can only grow so tall before complexity and instability overwhelm them. Today's global organizations need a new way to sense and respond to change. Earth's most ancient and successful societies - the ants and termites, and vast fungal networks underground - have already solved the problem. For hundreds of millions of years, they have worked in huge cities -- tens of millions strong -- compounding their wealth from one generation to the next with no management whatsoever. With just four simple principles -- Collective Intelligence, Distributed Leadership, Swarm Creativity, and Regenerative Value -- Teeming shows how these simple individuals pool their diverse and independent experiences to create rich hotspots of abundance and exquisite resilience to change. We can do it too.
Author: James Winter Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136104364 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 278
Book Description
The streets of Victorian London became increasingly congested with vehicles, fast and furious drivers, pedestrians, costermongers, prostitutes, brass bands, homeless children and other obstacles to safe and rapid motion. Concerned citizens were alarmed by this unprecedented build-up of traffic and pollution. But how did this chaotic state come about - and why was more not done to prevent it? London's Teeming Streets brings an historical perspective to present-day concerns about the effects of continued urban expansion and shows that many current problems date back to the Victorian era. James Winter reveals that the issue of street reform was fraught with political intrigue. Many reformers were liberals; yet the question of attempting to limit or prohibit activity on the King's Highway which was, by definition, an open and democratic preserve, brought the very purpose of liberal reform into sharp focus.
Author: Stephen Webb Publisher: Springer ISBN: 3319132369 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 442
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Given the fact that there are perhaps 400 billion stars in our Galaxy alone, and perhaps 400 billion galaxies in the Universe, it stands to reason that somewhere out there, in the 14-billion-year-old cosmos, there is or once was a civilization at least as advanced as our own. The sheer enormity of the numbers almost demands that we accept the truth of this hypothesis. Why, then, have we encountered no evidence, no messages, no artifacts of these extraterrestrials? In this second, significantly revised and expanded edition of his widely popular book, Webb discusses in detail the (for now!) 75 most cogent and intriguing solutions to Fermi's famous paradox: If the numbers strongly point to the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations, why have we found no evidence of them? Reviews from the first edition: "Amidst the plethora of books that treat the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence, this one by Webb ... is outstanding. ... Each solution is presented in a very logical, interesting, thorough manner with accompanying explanations and notes that the intelligent layperson can understand. Webb digs into the issues ... by considering a very broad set of in-depth solutions that he addresses through an interesting and challenging mode of presentation that stretches the mind. ... An excellent book for anyone who has ever asked ‘Are we alone?’." (W. E. Howard III, Choice, March, 2003) "Fifty ideas are presented ... that reveal a clearly reasoned examination of what is known as ‘The Fermi Paradox’. ... For anyone who enjoys a good detective story, or using their thinking faculties and stretching the imagination to the limits ... ‘Where is everybody’ will be enormously informative and entertaining. ... Read this book, and whatever your views are about life elsewhere in the Universe, your appreciation for how special life is here on Earth will be enhanced! A worthy addition to any personal library." (Philip Bridle, BBC Radio, March, 2003) Since gaining a BSc in physics from the University of Bristol and a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Manchester, Stephen Webb has worked in a variety of universities in the UK. He is a regular contributor to the Yearbook of Astronomy series and has published an undergraduate textbook on distance determination in astronomy and cosmology as well as several popular science books. His interest in the Fermi paradox combines lifelong interests in both science and science fiction.
Author: Tamsin Woolley-Barker Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 320
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Our world is increasingly volatile and unpredictable--organizations need to be on their toes. Over evolutionary time, the most successful species are those that adapt to change. The same is true in business, yet we design for efficient scale-up, standardizing production to match the predictions of a few. Biologists know diversity is the raw feedstock of evolution, yet we systematically suppress it. We need a new way to organize and work. Earth's oldest and most successful societies can show us how. Superorganisms like ants and honeybees have perfected the art of collaboration over tens of millions of years, compounding their wealth from one generation to the next--without bosses, administration, targets, regulations, or paychecks. With twelve simple principles and five simple patterns-Collective Intelligence, Swarm Creativity, Distributed Leadership, Trust, and Regenerative Value-Teeming shows how unique and independent members of superorganisms share work and wealth to create adaptive hotspots of resilience, opportunity, and abundance. Our organizations can do the same.
Author: Stephen Webb Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 0387955011 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 294
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In a 1950 conversation at Los Alamos, four world-class scientists generally agreed, given the size of the Universe, that advanced extraterrestrial civilizations must be present. But one of the four, Enrico Fermi, asked, "If these civilizations do exist, where is everybody?" Given the fact that there are perhaps 400 million stars in our Galaxy alone, and perhaps 400 million galaxies in the Universe, it stands to reason that somewhere out there, in the 14 billion-year-old cosmos, there is or once was a civilization at least as advanced as our own. Webb discusses in detail the 50 most cogent and intriguing solutions to Fermi's famous paradox.
Author: Ken McGregor Publisher: Macmillan Education AU ISBN: 9781876832230 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 240
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An invaluable reference for researchers, collectors and everyone interested in the artist's work, this book identifies more than 400 editions of etchings or lithographs produced by him between 1957 and now and is a complete catalogue raisonne with a reproduction from each edition.
Author: Jane Piirto Publisher: Hampton Press (NJ) ISBN: Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 424
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A study of the psychology of the creative writer. It discusses: the personality characteristics of writers; their creative processes; young writers; how writers view the self; and practical aspects. The second part of the book covers themes in the lives of 160 writers - 80 women and 80 men.
Author: Jeff Lowenfels Publisher: Timber Press ISBN: 1604693142 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 251
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A 2014 Garden Writers Association Media Award Winner Just as he demystified the soil food web in his ground-breaking book Teaming with Microbes, in this new work Jeff Lowenfels explains the basics of plant nutrition from an organic gardener’s perspective. Most gardeners realize that plants need to be fed but know little or nothing about the nature of the nutrients and the mechanisms involved. In his trademark down-to-earth, style, Lowenfels explains the role of both macronutrients and micronutrients and shows gardeners how to provide these essentials through organic, easy-to-follow techniques. Along the way, Lowenfels gives the reader easy-to-grasp lessons in the biology, chemistry, and botany needed to understand how nutrients get into the plant and what they do once they’re inside.
Author: Denis Kitchen Publisher: ISBN: 9781948886048 Category : Illustrators Languages : en Pages : 192
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An oversized hardcover monograph on the cartoonist and graphic artist Harrison Cady, the master of creatures, contraptions and crowd scenes.
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