Filter by
Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure
The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most readable book, Invention and Innovation, the prolific author—a favorite of Bill Gates—pens an insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of human invention. Impatient with the hype that so often accompanies innovation, Smil offers in this book a clear-eyed corrective to the overpromises that a…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262374262
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
The Greenest Nation?: A New History of German Environmentalism
An account of German environmentalism that shows the influence of the past on today's environmental decisions. Germany enjoys an enviably green reputation. Environmentalists in other countries applaud its strict environmental laws, its world-class green technology firms, its phase-out of nuclear power, and its influential Green Party. Germans are proud of these achievements, and environmenta…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262322409
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 900 UEK t
The Commons in History: Culture, Conflict, and Ecology
An argument that the commons is neither tragedy nor paradise but can be a way to understand environmental sustainability. The history of the commons—jointly owned land or other resources such as fisheries or forests set aside for public use—provides a useful context for current debates over sustainability and how we can act as “good ancestors.” In this book, Derek Wall considers the …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262322003
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 900 WAL t
Twenty Years of Education Transformation in Gauteng 1994 to 2014
wenty Years of Education Transformation in Gauteng 1994 to 2014: An Independent Review presents a collection of 15 important essays on different aspects of education in Gauteng since the advent of democracy in 1994. These essays talk to what a provincial education department does and how and why it does these things – whether it be about policy, resourcing or implementing projects. Each essay…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781920677794
- Collation
- 358 halaman
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 370 TWE
Figurations of the Feminine in the Early French Women’s Press, 1758–1848
In this original study, Siobhán McIlvanney examines the beginnings of the women’s press in France. Figurations of the Feminine is the first work in English to assess the most significant publications which make up this diverse, yet critically neglected, medium. It traces the evolving representations of womanhood that appear over the first ninety years of women’s journals in France. McIlvan…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781786941886
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 900 ILV f
Riding the New York Subway: The Invention of the Modern Passenger
A history of New York subway passengers as they navigated the system's constraints while striving for individuality, or at least a smooth ride. When the subway first opened with much fanfare on October 27, 1904, New York became a city of underground passengers almost overnight. In this book, Stefan Höhne examines how the experiences of subway passengers in New York City were intertwined wit…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262363259
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 900 HOH r
Reckonings: Numerals, Cognition, and History
Insights from the history of numerical notation suggest that how humans write numbers is an active choice involving cognitive and social factors. Over the past 5,000 years, more than 100 methods of numerical notation—distinct ways of writing numbers—have been developed and used by specific communities. Most of these are barely known today; where they are known, they are often derided as …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262360883
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 900
Cellular: An Economic and Business History of the International Mobile-Phone …
Tracks the evolution of the international cellular industry from the late 1970s to the present. The development of the mobile-phone industry into what we know today required remarkable cooperation between companies, governments, and industrial sectors. Companies developing cellular infrastructure, cellular devices, cellular network services, and eventually software and mobile semiconductors …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262370011
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 004.09
Film and the Chinese Medical Humanities
Film and the Chinese Medical Humanities is the first book to reflect on the power of film in representing medical and health discourse in China in both the past and the present, as well as in shaping its future. Drawing on both feature and documentary films from mainland China, the chapters each engage with the field of medicine through the visual arts. They cover themes such as the history of …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780429017407
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 791.43 FIL f
The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series Espionage: A Concise History
A concise introduction to the history and methods of espionage, illustrated by spy stories from antiquity to today's high-tech world. Espionage is one of the most secret of human activities. It is also, as the popularity of spy stories suggests, one of the most intriguing. This book pulls the veil back on the real world of espionage, revealing how spying actually works. In a refreshingly cle…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262373005
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 900 MAC e
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography