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Author | : Joseph F. Engelberger |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1468471201 |
THE REAL THING by Isaac Asimov Back in 1939, when I was still a teenager, I began to write (and publish) a series of stories about robots which, for the first time in science fiction, were pictured as having been deliberately engineered to do their job safely. They were not intended to be creaky Gothic menaces, nor outlets for mawkish sentiment. They were simply well-designed machines. Beginning in 1942, I crystallized this notion in what I called 'The Three Laws of Robotics' and, in 1950, nine of my robot stories were collected into a book, I, Robot. I did not at that time seriously believe that I would live to see robots in action and robotics becoming a booming industry .... Yet here we are, better yet, I am alive to see it. But then, why shouldn't they be with us? Robots fulfil an important role in industry. They do simple and repetitive jobs more steadily, more reliably, and more uncomplainingly than a human being could - or should. Does a robot displace a human being? Certainly, but he does so at a job that, simply because a robot can do it, is beneath the dignity of a human being; a job that is no more than mindless drudgery. Better and more human jobs can be found for human beings - and should.
Author | : Beate Dignas |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 365 |
Release | : 2007-09-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 052184925X |
A narrative history, with sourcebook, of the turbulent relations between Rome and the Sasanian Empire.
Author | : Gerry Farrell |
Publisher | : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : |
AcknowledgementsNote on TransliterationIntroduction1. `Wild by pleasing when understood.' Europeans and Indian music in the late eighteenth century2. `In short, almost everything Oriental appears to better advantage in European garb.' Indian music, notation, and nationalism in the nineteenth century3. `My naive heart ... ' Indian music in Western popular song4. `This talking machine is the marvel of the twentieth century.' The gramophone comes to India5. `Pomegranates with fingerboards added.' Three journeys to the West6. `We'll be able to get plastic sitars in our cornflakes soon.' Indian music in popular music and jazz7. `Listen to the story of an Asian man.' World Music and South Asian music in the WestAppendix : Selected discography for chapters 6 and 7List of Sources and BibliographyIndex.
Author | : Christina M. Knopf |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2015-07-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786498358 |
For military cartoonists the absurdity of war inspires a laugh-or-cry response and provides an endless source of un-funny amusement. Cartoons by hundreds of artists-at-arms from more than a dozen countries and spanning two centuries are included in this study--the first to consider such a broad range of military comics. War and military life are examined through the inside jokes of the men and women who served. The author analyzes themes of culture, hierarchy, enemies and allies, geography, sexuality, combat, and civilian relations and describes how comics function within a community. A number of artists included were known for their work with Disney, Marvel Comics, the New Yorker and Madison Avenue but many lesser known artists are recognized.
Author | : András Sajó |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Constitutional law |
ISBN | : 9789639116252 |
Author | : David Scott |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2013-08-29 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 110729245X |
Prison studies has experienced a period of great creativity in recent years, and this collection draws together some of the field's most exciting and innovative contemporary critical writers in order to engage directly with one of the most profound questions in penology - why prison? In addressing this question, the authors connect contemporary penological thought with an enquiry that has received the attention of some of the greatest thinkers on punishment in the past. Through critical exploration of the theories, policies and practices of imprisonment, the authors analyse why prison persists and why prisoner populations are rapidly rising in many countries. Collectively, the chapters provide not only a sophisticated diagnosis and critique of global hyper-incarceration but also suggest principles and strategies that could be adopted to radically reduce our reliance upon imprisonment.
Author | : Francesco Brighenti |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 540 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
This Study, In An Ethono-Historical Perspective, Explores The Multi Linear Evolution Of Sakti Worship In Orissa: From The Pre-/Protohistorical Times To The Late Medieval Epoch, And Its Continuity Into The Modern Period With Contextual Focus On Its Probable Genesis, Historical Development, Festivals, Ritualistic Patterns, And Cultural Sources Including Myths, Legends And Folklore.
Author | : Hazel Frankel |
Publisher | : Jacana Media |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1431402672 |
"Hazel Frankel's multi-layered new book takes you into the search for meaning that lies at the heart of an apparently comfortable life in suburban Johannesburg. It's simultaneously an evocation of the Highveld, of hadedahs and sprinklers and night-time meals under the Milky Way, of traditional Jewish food like teygl and cheese cake ... and an exploration of the heritage of violence."--Back cover.
Author | : Isaac Bashevis Singer |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1996-04-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780374524807 |
Shosha is a hauntingly lyrical love story set in Jewish Warsaw on the eve of its annihilation. Aaron Greidinger, an aspiring Yiddish writer and the son of a distinguished Hasidic rabbi, struggles to be true to his art when faced with the chance at riches and a passport to America. But as he and the rest of the Writers' Club wait in horror for Nazi Germany to invade Poland, Aaron rediscovers Shosha, his childhood love-still living on Krochmalna Street, still mysteriously childlike herself-who has been waiting for him all these years.
Author | : Greg Dening |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 1994-03-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521467186 |
Captain Bligh and the mutiny on the Bounty have become proverbial in their capacity to evoke the extravagant and violent abuse of power. But William Bligh was one of the least violent disciplinarians in the British navy. It is this paradox which inspired Greg Dening to ask why the mutiny took place. His book explores the theatrical nature of what was enacted in the power-play on deck, on the beaches at Tahiti and in the murderous settlement at Pitcairn, on the altar stones and temples of sacrifice, and on the catheads from which men were hanged. Part of the key lies in the curious puzzle of Mr Bligh's bad language.