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The radiance of France :nuclear power and national identity after World War II
Originally published: 1998. With new foreword and afterword.How it happened that technological prowess and national glory (or "radiance," which also means "radiation" in French) became synonymous in France as nowhere else.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262258890
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- 1 online resource (xxviii, 461 pages) :illustrations, map.
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Power struggles :scientific authority and the creation of practical electrici…
Laying the foundation for Thomas Edison, the first electric generators were built in the 1830s, the earliest commercial lighting systems before 1860, and the first commercial application of generator-powered light in the early 1860s. This book examines some of these early applications of electricity.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262283120
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- 1 online resource (xii, 420 pages) :illustrations
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Riding the waves :a life in sound, science, and industry
The life and work of Renaissance man Leo Beranek: scientist, professor, engineer, business leader, inventor, entrepreneur, musician, television executive, philanthropist, and author.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262268189
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- 1 online resource (x, 235 pages) :illustrations
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Learning to communicate in science and engineering :case studies from MIT
To many science and engineering students, the task of writing may seem irrelevant to their future professional careers. At MIT, however, students discover that writing about their technical work is important not only in solving real-world problems but also in developing their professional identities. MIT puts into practice the belief that "engineers who don't write well end up working for engin…
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- 0262310627
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- 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) :illustrations
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Design and destiny :Jewish and Christian perspectives on human germline modif…
Scholars discuss the genetic modification of embryonic cells from the viewpoints of traditional Jewish and Christian teaching, considering both the possible therapeutic benefits of this technology and moral concerns about its implementation.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262270632
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Red Prometheus: engineering and dictatorship in East Germany, 1945-1990
This analysis of the relationship between science and totalitarian rule in one of the most technically advanced countries in the East bloc examines professional autonomy under dictatorship and the place of technology in Communist ideology. In Cold War-era East Germany, the German tradition of science-based technology merged with a socialist system that made technological progress central to its…
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- 9780262267458
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- 1 online resource (xxx, 381 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) :illustrations (some color).
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Engineering invention :Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. electrical industry
Over the course of less than 20 years, inventor Frank J Sprague (1857-1934) achieved an astonishing series of breakthroughs. Frederick Dalzell tells Sprague's story, setting it against the backdrop of one of the most dynamic periods in the history of technology.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262258708
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- 1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) :illustrations
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Is human nature obsolete? :genetics, bioengineering, and the future of the hu…
Papers from a conference held in spring 2001 at the University of Scranton.As our scientific and technical abilities expand at breathtaking speeds, concern that modern genetics and bioengineering are leading us to a posthuman future is growing. Is Human Nature Obsolete? poses the overarching question of what it is to be human against the background of these current advances in biotechnology. It…
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The shattered self :the end of natural evolution
"A Bradford book."AnnotationOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0585388490
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- 1 online resource (xii, 245 pages) :illustrations
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Web Reasoning and Rule Systems 9th International Conference, RR 2015, Berlin…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web Reasoning and Rule Systems, RR 2015, held in Berlin, Germany, in August 2015. The 5 full papers, 4 technical communications presented together with 4 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 16 submissions. The scale and the heterogenous nature of web data poses many challenges, and turns ba…
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