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The Component A Personal Odyssey towards Another Normal

The Component A Personal Odyssey towards Another Normal

The Component: A Personal Odyssey towards Another Normal is the Oosterhuis' personal account of four decades of architectural and societal thinking designing building and theorizing. It is an orchestrated yet non-linear series of subjects all leading toward the creation of a parallel world called Another Normal. Another Normal is as of now a hypothetical parallel world. Nomadic international citizens are the inhabitants of Another Normal. Urged by the climate crisis the food energy and water nexus and the COVID-19 pandemic Another Normal demonstrates the inevitable data-driven techno-social architecture of the physically built environment and the metaverse. Besides robotic production on demand of almost anything – when where and as needed – Oosterhuis' proposes a dozen strategies that run in parallel to establish Another Normal among others: ubiquitous basic income global birthright to own a generous piece of land distributed production of healthy food clean energy and drinking water ownership of private data and personal avatars in the Web 3. 0 autonomous electronic transportation ubiquitous shared responsibility for clean production and waste treatment techniques ubiquitous home delivery working from anywhere for any period of time and decentralized real-time peer to peer banking. The organic real and the synthetic hyper-real co-evolve naturally in Another Normal where a mix of strong and simple legislative planning and design rules create complexity diversity fairness and equality. | The Component A Personal Odyssey towards Another Normal

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The Economics of Population Key Classic Writings

The Economics of Population Key Classic Writings

The economics of population has a long and controversial history as well as an exciting present. Vociferous popular debate public policy and population economics have unduly influenced one another: public debate and policy affect the erection of economists' conclusions just as the results of economists' studies influence debate and popular thought. The words and theories of John Maynard Keynes Thomas R. Malthus John Stuart Mill and Friedrich Engels come to mind immediately. However many writings on population economics had little or no influence on public thought at the time they were written although they may be seen as correct in light of modern developments. In fact many of the ideas contained in these writings were publicly debated but then ignored for a long time reappearing much later or reinvented independently. The Economics of Population edited by Julian L. Simon traces the history of population economics. This is a century-spanning collection of essays from foremost influential economic theorists arranged to illustrate thought development and its numerous reversals. The first section includes essays from Joseph J. Spengler John Graunt William Petty Thomas R. Malthus William Godwin and David Ricardo. Theorists such as Alexander Everett William Peterson Simon Gray Henry C. Carey John Stuart Mill Friedrich Engels Henry George and Charles Fourier are the subject of the volume's second section. Finally Simon covers the effect of population density and cities on productivity and the effect of density on agricultural practices and natural resources. Essays from this section include John Maynard Keynes' Is Britain Overpopulated? and The Economic Consequences of Peace as well as selections from Lionel Robbins George Simmel and Alvin H. Hansen. Simon's long-term focus reflects the evolution of population movements. He does not restrict himself to writings that have been important in the historical chain of intellectual influence. Rather he guides us to key works which shed light on the intellectual history of population economics. Simon includes some essays that while greatly influential can also be seen as fundamentally wrong in light of later work. As such The Economics of Population will be of great value to political economists sociologists of knowledge and historians of ideas. | The Economics of Population Key Classic Writings

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Philosophy of Mathematics Classic and Contemporary Studies

Philosophy of Mathematics Classic and Contemporary Studies

The philosophy of mathematics is an exciting subject. Philosophy of Mathematics: Classic and Contemporary Studies explores the foundations of mathematical thought. The aim of this book is to encourage young mathematicians to think about the philosophical issues behind fundamental concepts and about different views on mathematical objects and mathematical knowledge. With this new approach the author rekindles an interest in philosophical subjects surrounding the foundations of mathematics. He offers the mathematical motivations behind the topics under debate. He introduces various philosophical positions ranging from the classic views to more contemporary ones including subjects which are more engaged with mathematical logic. Most books on philosophy of mathematics have little to no focus on the effects of philosophical views on mathematical practice and no concern on giving crucial mathematical results and their philosophical relevance consequences reasons etc. This book fills this gap. The book can be used as a textbook for a one-semester or even one-year course on philosophy of mathematics. Other textbooks on the philosophy of mathematics are aimed at philosophers. This book is aimed at mathematicians. Since the author is a mathematician it is a valuable addition to the literature. Mark Balaguer California State University Los Angeles There are not many such texts available for mathematics students. I applaud efforts to foster the dialogue between mathematics and philosophy. Michele Friend George Washington University and CNRS Lille France | Philosophy of Mathematics Classic and Contemporary Studies

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Rome and the Classic Maya Comparing the Slow Collapse of Civilizations

Rome and the Classic Maya Comparing the Slow Collapse of Civilizations

This volume compares two of the most famous cases of civilizational collapse that of the Roman Empire and the Classic Maya world. First examining the concept of collapse and how it has been utilized in the historical archaeological and anthropological study of past complex societies Storey and Storey draw on extensive archaeological evidence to consider the ultimate failure of the institutions infrastructure and material culture of both of these complex cultures. Detailing the relevant economic political social and environmental factors behind these notable falls Rome and the Classic Maya contends that a phenomenon of “slow collapse” has repeatedly occurred in the course of human history: complex civilizations are shown to eventually come to an end and give way to new cultures. Through their analysis of these two ancient case studies the authors also present intriguing parallels to the modern world and offer potential lessons for the future. | Rome and the Classic Maya Comparing the Slow Collapse of Civilizations

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Classic Papers in Natural Resource Economics Revisited

Classic Papers in Natural Resource Economics Revisited

Classic Papers in Natural Resource Economics Revisited is the first attempt to bring together a selection of classic papers in natural resource economics alongside reflections by highly regarded professionals about how these papers have impacted the field. The seven papers included in this volume are grouped into five sections representing the five core areas in natural resource economics: the intertemporal problem; externalities and market failure; property rights institutions and public choice; the economics of exhaustible resources; and the economics of renewable resources. The seven papers are written by distinguished economists five of them Nobelists. The papers originally published between 1960 and 2000 addressed key issues in resource production pricing consumption planning management and policy. The original insights fresh perspectives and bold vision embodied in these papers had a profound influence on the readership and they became classics in the field. This is the first attempt to publish original commentaries from a diverse group of scholars to identify probe and analyse the ways in which these papers have impacted and shaped the discourse in natural resource economics. Although directed primarily at an academic audience this book should also be of great appeal to researchers policy analysts and natural resource professionals in general. This book was published as a series of symposia in the Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research.

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Social Theory The Multicultural Global and Classic Readings

Social Theory The Multicultural Global and Classic Readings

Social Theory is more than a reader. Feminists race theorists decolonizing leaders and others are thoughtfully introduced by Charles Lemert’s substantial commentaries. Social Theory has always sought to keep up with the new while respecting the old—from Durkheim and Weber to Latinx and LGBTQ pioneers. When the book first appeared it was as it remains a collection of selections from those who have changed how we think about social things. Today as the world is threatened by a global wave of anti-democratic movements Social Theory adds a new early section to remind us of the origins of democratic values in the 1700s. A new concluding section focuses the theoretical mind on how in the 2020s social theorists are rethinking the world in order to better understand and resist the menace of anti-democratic movements. | Social Theory The Multicultural Global and Classic Readings

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The Adult Learner The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development

The Adult Learner The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development

How do you tailor education to the learning needs of adults? Do they learn differently from children? How does their life experience inform their learning processes? These were the questions at the heart of Malcolm Knowles’ pioneering theory of andragogy which transformed education theory in the 1970s. The resulting principles of a self-directed experiential problem-centred approach to learning have been hugely influential and are still the basis of the learning practices we use today. Understanding these principles is the cornerstone of increasing motivation and enabling adult learners to achieve. The 9th edition of The Adult Learner has been revised to include: Updates to the book to reflect the very latest advancements in the field. The addition of two new chapters on diversity and inclusion in adult learning and andragogy and the online adult learner. An updated supporting website. This website for the 9th edition of The Adult Learner will provide basic instructor aids including a PowerPoint presentation for each chapter. Revisions throughout to make it more readable and relevant to your practices. If you are a researcher practitioner or student in education an adult learning practitioner training manager or involved in human resource development this is the definitive book in adult learning you should not be without. | The Adult Learner The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development

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An Introduction to Tensor Analysis

An Introduction to Tensor Analysis

The subject of Tensor Analysis deals with the problem of the formulation of the relation between various entities in forms which remain invariant when we pass from one system of coordinates to another. The invariant form of equation is necessarily related to the possible system of coordinates with reference to which the equation remains invariant. The primary purpose of this book is the study of the invariance form of equation relative to the totally of the rectangular co-ordinate system in the three-dimensional Euclidean space. We start with the consideration of the way the sets representing various entities are transformed when we pass from one system of rectangular co-ordinates to another. A Tensor may be a physical entity that can be described as a Tensor only with respect to the manner of its representation by means of multi-sux sets associated with different system of axes such that the sets associated with different system of co-ordinate obey the transformation law for Tensor. We have employed sux notation for tensors of any order we could also employ single letter such A B to denote Tensors. | An Introduction to Tensor Analysis

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Water Poverty The Next “Oil” Crisis

Water Poverty The Next “Oil” Crisis

A water crisis on our immediate horizon is destined to hurt even kill millions of children and the window of opportunity to do something about it is rapidly closing. There is however a glimmer of hope that could turn into rays of sunshine. Water is a commodity and we have just come through some painful times dealing with the shortage of another commodity—energy. For those who lived through the energy crisis this book offers a brief trip down memory lane. | Water Poverty The Next “Oil” Crisis

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Organic Chemistry Structure and Mechanisms

Organic Chemistry Structure and Mechanisms

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This book presents a range of research on important topics in the field. Of the approximately 11 million known chemical compounds about 10 million are organic. Organic chemists are currently working to produce better polymers with specific properties such as biodegradable plastics. The understanding of new drug structures from plants and the synthesis of improved pharmaceuticals is another area of great interest. Organic chemists are also researching the reactions that occur in living systems and understanding the molecular causes of disease. | Organic Chemistry Structure and Mechanisms

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Intermediate Heat Transfer

Intermediate Heat Transfer

Equipping practicing engineers and students with the tools to independently assess and understand complex material on the topic this text is an ideal precursor to advanced heat transfer courses. Intermediate Heat Transfer discusses numerical analysis in conduction and convection temperature-dependent thermal conductivity conduction through a slab from one fluid to another fluid steady-state heat conduction in a two-dimensional fin and truncation and round-off errors in finite difference method. Replete with sample problems to clarify concepts this is an indispensable resource for professionals and seniors and first-year graduate students pursuing tracks in mechanical aerospace nuclear and chemical engineering.

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HVAC Fundamentals Third Edition

HVAC Fundamentals Third Edition

Updated with chapters on ventilating and exhausting systems and HVAC systems this third edition of a bestseller covers the range of HVAC systems. The coverages is into components and controls for air water heating ventilating and air conditioning and readers will learn why one component or system may be chosen over another. New information is included on occupancy comfort process function thermodynamics heat transfer building envelope conditioned space heating and cooling load calculations air duct fundamentals water pipe fundamentals variable flow water systems refrigeration components piping fundamentals central plant water chiller optimization and the latest heat recovery technologies. | HVAC Fundamentals Third Edition

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Agnes's Jacket A Psychologist's Search for the Meanings of Madness.Revised and Updated with a New Epilogue by the Author

Agnes's Jacket A Psychologist's Search for the Meanings of Madness.Revised and Updated with a New Epilogue by the Author

In a Victorian-era German asylum seamstress Agnes Richter painstakingly stitched a mysterious autobiographical text into every inch of the jacket she created from her institutional uniform. Despite every attempt to silence them hundreds of other psychiatric patients have managed to get their stories out or to publish them on their own. Today in a vibrant network of peer-advocacy groups all over the world those with firsthand experience of emotional distress are working together to unravel the mysteries of madness and to help one another recover. Agnes’s Jacket tells their story focusing especially on the Hearing Voices Network (HVN) an international collaboration of professionals people with lived experience and their families and friends who have been working to develop an alternative approach to coping with voices visions and other extreme states that is empowering and useful and does not start from the assumption that such people have a chronic illness. A vast gulf exists between the way medicine explains psychiatric conditions and the experiences of those who suffer. Hornstein’s work helps us to bridge that gulf guiding us through the inner lives of those diagnosed with schizophrenia bipolar illness depression and paranoia and emerging with nothing less than a new model for understanding one another and ourselves. | Agnes's Jacket A Psychologist's Search for the Meanings of Madness. Revised and Updated with a New Epilogue by the Author

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Atlas of Surgical Anatomy

Atlas of Surgical Anatomy

The author of a number of acclaimed best-selling surgical atlases has collaborated again with an award-winning artist to produce another invaluable surgical resource. This highly regarded team provide a master-class in the demonstration of surgically relevant anatomy. Masquelet has attained world-renown in particular for his innovative flaps for reconstructive plastic surgery of the limbs in this book he displays his unrivalled knowledge of surgery of the trunk head and neck. Every point of entry in required surgical procedures is described and every procedure is illustrated with a sequence of drawings displayed as the surgeon would see them together with anatomical cross-sections. | Atlas of Surgical Anatomy

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Swahili The Rise of a National Language

Swahili The Rise of a National Language

Originally published in 1969 this book examines the factors which at different historical periods led people to use one language (Swahili) rather than another or within a given period to use a particular language in one set of circumstances. The national language of Tanzania and much of East Africa Swahili is unique among African languages in its verse literature which dates back to the 18th Century and was written in the Arabic script. This book traces the remarkable expansion of Swahili which was linked with the expansion of trace missionary activities and the establishment of Colonial administrations and the development of education. | Swahili The Rise of a National Language

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Practical Guide to Large Database Migration

Practical Guide to Large Database Migration

It is a major challenge to migrate very large databases from one system say for example to transfer critical data from Oracle to SQL Server. One has to consider several issues such as loss of data being transferred the security of the data the cost and effort technical aspects of the software involved etc. There a very few books that provide practical tools and the methodology to migrate data from one vendor to another. This book introduces the concepts in database migration with large sample databases. It provides step by step guides and screenshots for database migration tools. Many examples are shown for migrating Oracle SQL Server and MySQL databases. | Practical Guide to Large Database Migration

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Ugandan Asians in Great Britain Forced Migration and Social Absorption

Ugandan Asians in Great Britain Forced Migration and Social Absorption

Ugandan Asians in Great Britain (1975) examines the impact of the 1972 immigration of 28 000 Asians expelled from Uganda looking at the impact on both the immigrants themselves and the British host community. It is an attempt to understand some of the dynamics of forced migrant transition from one society and culture to another. The study was largely carried out in Wandsworth and Slough and shows how these communities – not without social problems before this influx of immigrants – adapted to the new arrivals. The sensitivity and effectiveness of the community relations organisations and the welfare agencies in these areas is revealed. | Ugandan Asians in Great Britain Forced Migration and Social Absorption

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A History of Technoscience Erasing the Boundaries between Science and Technology

A History of Technoscience Erasing the Boundaries between Science and Technology

Are science and technology independent of one another? Is technology dependent upon science and if so how is it dependent? Is science dependent upon technology and if so how is it dependent? Or are science and technology becoming so interdependent that the line dividing them has become totally erased? This book charts the history of technoscience from the late nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century and shows how the military–industrial–academic complex and big science combined to create new examples of technoscience in such areas as the nuclear arms race the space race the digital age and the new worlds of nanotechnology and biotechnology. | A History of Technoscience Erasing the Boundaries between Science and Technology

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Digital Forensic Art Techniques A Professional’s Guide to Corel Painter

Digital Forensic Art Techniques A Professional’s Guide to Corel Painter

Digital Forensic Art Techniques: A Professional’s Guide to Corel PainterTM illustrates hands-on techniques to digitally create forensic art for police and investigative purposes. Coverage focuses specifically on how to utilize the software to create realistic human likenesses including composites of suspects and drawings of persons in unidentified remains cases. Drawing digitally is like using any tool in art: a pencil a charcoal stick a conte’ crayon. A stylus is just another tool to master. Digital work is easier for artists to send to the case detective and the work always reproduces exactly as it was completed. Another benefit to working digitally is that one can use video conferencing with a witness online to provide services remotely world-wide. This enables police departments who have never had access to a forensic artist to have a sketch done within hours of the crime. Chapters address the more basic functions to serve as a primer for those transitioning to working digitally. There is also instruction on light and shadow and bones and muscles of the skull. All of the discussion is intended to make the reader see things as an artist to improve drawing skills and overall digital techniques. In short Digital Forensic Art Techniques is a practical easy-to-follow manual for working forensic artists that will give readers a solid base from which to start. It serves as an essential resource to greater skill and comfort with the hardware and software thus furthering current best practices and technological advances in the field. | Digital Forensic Art Techniques A Professional’s Guide to Corel Painter

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Working at the Interface of Cultures Eighteen Lives in Social Science

Working at the Interface of Cultures Eighteen Lives in Social Science

Behind the mask of objective science lie the dynamics of what happens to scientists who go to live and work in another culture. Those who work and study in an alien culture often find themselves changed in ways that affect their scientific work. How does this challenge stimulate provoke suggest and inspire advances and novelty in their theories methods and instruments? Originally published in 1997 each of the essays in this title explores these issues through the experiences of a distinguished practitioner describing the process of intellectual growth and development. Chosen for their extensive experience with people holding a different worldview the authors have all achieved renown for their contributions to the social science of culture. | Working at the Interface of Cultures Eighteen Lives in Social Science

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Advances in Energy Science and Equipment Engineering II Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Energy Equipment Science and Engi

Advances in Energy Science and Equipment Engineering II Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Energy Equipment Science and Engi

The 2016 2nd International Conference on Energy Equipment Science and Engineering (ICEESE 2016) was held on November 12-14 2016 in Guangzhou China. ICEESE 2016 brought together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of energy equipment science and engineering to a common forum. The primary goal of the conference is to promote research and developmental activities in energy equipment science and engineering and another goal is to promote scientific information interchange between researchers developers engineers students and practitioners working all around the world. The conference will be held every year to make it an ideal platform for people to share views and experiences in energy equipment science and engineering and related areas. | Advances in Energy Science and Equipment Engineering II Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Energy Equipment Science and Engi

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Commonsense in Nuclear Energy

Commonsense in Nuclear Energy

Originally published in 1979 written at a time when the world stood on the brink of (another) energy crisis this book argued that an alternative primary fuel had to be found and that the answer lay in the exploitation of nuclear fission. The book sought to dispel the anxieties of environmentalists by correcting what the authors felt were basic misconceptions about nuclear energy. The book distinguishes carefully between nuclear energy and nuclear explosions as the authors believed that it was the confusion between these two very different things which lies at the root of most opposition to nuclear energy. The Relevant facts concerning nuclear energy are presented in a straightforward way and the case made that nuclear energy can be clean and safe. The book includes a discussion of the storage of nuclear waste and the safety record of the nuclear industry. | Commonsense in Nuclear Energy

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From Student to Scholar A Guide to Writing Through the Dissertation Stage

From Student to Scholar A Guide to Writing Through the Dissertation Stage

From Student to Scholar guides graduate students through the hidden developmental transition required in writing a dissertation and moving beyond to become a successful scholar. Identifying common rhetorical challenges across disciplines author Hjortshoj explains how to accommodate evolving audiences motivations standards writing processes and timelines. One full chapter is devoted to writing blocks and another offers advice to international students who are non-native speakers of English. The text also offers advice for managing relations with advisors and preparing for the diverse careers that PhDs trained primarily as research specialists actually enter. On the basis of more than thirty years of consultations with graduate students this volume is an important addition to graduate thesis seminars and composition courses as well as an invaluable reference for writing centers workshops and learning support centers. | From Student to Scholar A Guide to Writing Through the Dissertation Stage

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Introduction to Sustainable Energy Transformation

Introduction to Sustainable Energy Transformation

This textbook provides an accessible introduction to various energy transformation technologies and their influences on the environment. Here the energy transformation is understood as any physical process induced by humans in which energy is intentionally transformed from one form to another. This book provides an accessible introduction to the subject: covering the theory principles of design operation and efficiency of the systems in addition to discerning concepts such as energy entropy exergy efficiency and sustainability. It is not assumed that readers have any previous exposure to such concepts as laws of thermodynamics entropy exergy fluid mechanics or heat transfer and is therefore an ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate students. Key features: Represents a complete source of information on sustainable energy transformation systems and their externalities. Includes all existing and major emerging technologies in the field. Chapters include numerous examples and problems for further learning opportunities. | Introduction to Sustainable Energy Transformation

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