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Author | : Robert Llewellyn |
Publisher | : Unbound Publishing |
Total Pages | : 405 |
Release | : 2013-09-26 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 178352006X |
In this eagerly-awaited sequel to News From Gardenia, Gavin Meckler is trying to get back to the present, but something is amiss. He soon realises he has travelled sideways through time to another possible future, as unlike Gardenia as our own era. Arriving in a teeming megacity, Gavin discovers a highly technologically developed society in a vast urban landscape constructed around a seemingly endless series of squares dense with lush vegetation and trees. Much of what Gavin sees is recognisable. But there is one important difference. Here, women make up the majority of the global population and run the majority of institutions, including the vast and mysterious Institute of Mental Health where Gavin is required to live...
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Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Alfalfa industry |
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Author | : Cyrus C. M. Mody |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 423 |
Release | : 2022-07-12 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0262369354 |
When ungroovy scientists did groovy science: how non-activist scientists and engineers adapted their work to a rapidly changing social and political landscape. In The Squares, Cyrus Mody shows how, between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, some scientists and engineers who did not consider themselves activists, New Leftists, or members of the counterculture accommodated their work to the rapidly changing social and political landscape of the time. These “square scientists,” Mody shows, began to do many of the things that the counterculture urged: turn away from military-industrial funding, become more interdisciplinary, and focus their research on solving problems of civil society. During the period Mody calls “the long 1970s,” ungroovy scientists were doing groovy science. Mody offers a series of case studies of some of these collective efforts by non-activist scientists to use their technical knowledge for the good of society. He considers the region around Santa Barbara and the interplay of public universities, think tanks, established firms, new companies, philanthropies, and social movement organizations. He looks at Stanford University’s transition from Cold War science to commercialized technoscience; NASA’s search for a post-Apollo mission; the unsuccessful foray into solar energy by Nobel laureate Jack Kilby; the “civilianization” of the US semiconductor industry; and systems engineer Arthur D. Hall’s ill-fated promotion of automated agriculture.
Author | : Robert Llewellyn |
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Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Science fiction |
ISBN | : 9781783520084 |
Author | : Robert F. Gatje |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0393731731 |
Forty outstanding urban spaces of the Western world, analyzed and drawn at a common scale for easy comparison.
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Total Pages | : 1186 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : 4-H clubs |
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Total Pages | : 948 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : Engineering |
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Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1932 |
Genre | : Technology |
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Author | : Bala A. Musa |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 821 |
Release | : 2014-06-24 |
Genre | : Social Science |
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This timely guide examines the influence of social media in private, public, and professional settings, particularly the ethical implications of the cultural changes and trends created by their use. In the quest for quick dissemination of information, web users and content providers find both opportunity and liability in digital broadcasts. Examples abound: Twitter members tap into news reports well in advance of traditional print media, but stories are prone to inaccuracies and misinformation; Facebook shares useful data mined from member profiles, but this sharing often compromises privacy. It is no surprise that use of social media gives rise to a host of moral dilemmas never before encountered. This book sheds light on the effects of this new medium on the individual and society. Through two volumes chock full of topics found in news headlines everyday, the authors look at evolving trends in social media and their impact on privacy, politics, and journalism. The first volume explores the role of this technology on national and international security. Volume 2 focuses on the individual as both a producer and consumer of internet content, showing how the media itself is changing notions of self-identity, relationships, and popular culture. The book's content covers such topics as individual and community psychology, citizen journalism, and corporate technology.
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Total Pages | : 1238 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Petroleum |
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Vols. for 1958- include an annual Factbook issue.