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  • 1
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    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Wiley | Boston, MA : Safari
    ISBN: 9781119458999
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (264 pages)
    Edition: 1st edition
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Wohlgemuth, John H. Photovoltaic module reliability
    DDC: 621.3815/42
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; local ; Solarzelle ; Fotovoltaikanlage ; Modul ; Zuverlässigkeit
    Abstract: Provides practical guidance on the latest quality assurance and accelerated stress test methods for improved long-term performance prediction of PV modules This book has been written from a historical perspective to guide readers through how the PV industry learned what the failure and degradation modes of PV modules were, how accelerated tests were developed to cause the same failures and degradations in the laboratory, and then how these tests were used as tools to guide the design and fabrication of reliable and long-life modules. Photovoltaic Module Reliability starts with a brief history of photovoltaics, discussing some of the different types of materials and devices used for commercial solar cells. It then goes on to offer chapters on: Module Failure Modes; Development of Accelerated Stress Tests; Qualification Testing; and Failure Analysis Tools. Next, it examines the use of quality management systems to manufacture PV modules. Subsequent chapters cover the PVQAT Effort; the Conformity Assessment and IECRE; and Predicting PV Module Service Life. The book finishes with a look at what the future holds for PV. A comprehensive treatment of current photovoltaic (PV) technology reliability and necessary improvement to become a significant part of the electric utility supply system Well documented with experimental and practical cases throughout, enhancing relevance to both scientific community and industry Timely contribution to the harmonization of methodological aspects of PV reliability evaluation with test procedures implemented to certify PV module quality Written by a leading international authority in PV module reliability Photovoltaic Module Reliability is an excellent book for anyone interested in PV module reliability, including those working directly on PV module and system reliability and preparing to purchase modules for deployment.
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  • 2
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    Oakland, California : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
    ISBN: 9781523095520 , 1523095520
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (1 volume) , illustrations
    Edition: First Edition.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Szaky, Tom, 1982 - The future of packaging
    DDC: 688.8068/4
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    Keywords: Package goods industry ; Environmental aspects ; Packaging waste ; Environmental aspects ; Sustainable development ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; local ; Verpackungstechnik
    Abstract: Outstanding Book of the Year gold medalist and "Most Likely to Save the Planet" from the Independent Book Publisher Awards. Tom Szaky sets out to do the impossible - eliminate all waste. This book paints a future of a "circular economy" that relies on responsible reuse and recycling to propel the world towards eradicating overconsumption and waste. Only 35 percent of the 240 million metric tons of waste generated in the United States alone gets recycled, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. This extraordinary collection shows how manufacturers can move from a one-way take-make-waste economy that is burying the world in waste to a circular, make-use-recycle economy. Steered by Tom Szaky, recycling pioneer, eco-capitalist, and founder and CEO of TerraCycle, each chapter is coauthored by an expert in his or her field. From the distinct perspectives of government leaders, consumer packaged goods companies, waste management firms, and more, the book explores current issues of production and consumption, practical steps for improving packaging and reducing waste today, and big ideas and concepts that can be carried forward. Intended to help every business from a small start-up to a large established consumer product company, this book serves as a source of knowledge and inspiration. The message from these pioneers is not to scale back but to innovate upward. They offer nothing less than a guide to designing ourselves out of waste and into abundance.
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  • 3
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    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : RIBA Publishing | Boston, MA : Safari
    ISBN: 9781000701401
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (192 pages)
    Edition: 1st edition
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Baker-Brown, Duncan The re-use atlas
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    Abstract: This book is a highly illustrated “map,” using photos, infographics and statistics, showing designers how they can successfully navigate the emerging field of resource management and the circular economy. Using the Brighton Waste House Project as a basis for this, the book will look at key moments and landmark decisions made during its design and construction, as well as the people and projects from around the world that inspired them.
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  • 4
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    San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (1 volume) , illustrations
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    Keywords: Programmable controllers ; Amateurs' manuals ; Microcontrollers ; Programming ; Science projects ; Design and construction ; Arduino (Programmable controller) ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; local ; Arduino-Plattform
    Abstract: This second volume of Arduino Project Handbook follows up the acclaimed first volume with 25 new and fresh projects. Each project provides step-by-step instructions, full-color photos and circuit diagrams, and the complete code to bring your build to life. With the low-cost Arduino board and a handful of components, you'll use LEDs to build a light matrix display for scrolling text, sensors to make an ultrasonic Super Soaker that detects and drenches intruders, buzzers and buttons for a digital piano, a fingerprint scanner to ramp up security in your home, LCD screens to build a code-breaking bomb-diffuser game, and so much more. The handbook finishes with more advanced builds to test your skills, like an Arduino nerve center for controlling your gadgets remotely. Arduino Project Handbook, Volume II provides a crash course to get you set up with the Arduino and to introduce electronics parts and tools, as well as a troubleshooting chapter for solving your hardware problems. This is a perfect guide for kids, parents, educators, and hobbyists getting started with Arduino or just levelling up their hardware skills. Praise for the first volume of Arduino Project Handbook : "Easily the best beginner's guide out there. Pair with an inexpensive clone-based starter kit, and it's never been cheaper to join the maker revolution." MakeUseOf.com "Beautifully designed." Boing Boing
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  • 5
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    San Francisco : No Starch Press
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (1 volume) , illustrations
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    Keywords: Programmable controllers ; Microcontrollers ; Programming ; Science projects ; Design and construction ; Arduino (Programmable controller) ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; local ; Arduino-Plattform
    Abstract: The Arduino Project Handbook is a full-color illustrated guide to building 25 projects with the low cost Arduino microcontroller.
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  • 6
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    Chichester, U.K. : Wiley
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xxi, 283 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 621.3'1
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    Keywords: Smart power grids ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; local
    Abstract: This book provides discussion on the fundaments of the Smart Grid concept and then describes the technologies that are required for its realisation. It allows the reader to engage with the immediate development of the power system and to take part in the debate over the future Smart Grid. The book opens with an overview on understanding the Smart Grid, and then is divided into three sections. Section 1 ('Information and Communications Technologies') covers communication standards for the Smart Grid. Section Two discusses sensing, measurement, control and automation.Smart metering and demand side participation are described in detail, before distribution automation and the distribution management system. The last chapter of this section covers advanced transmission system operation. Section Three looks at power electronic and advanced components. First of all the topic of power electronics in power demand and supply is presented. Enabling technologies and advanced components are described last of all, giving a balanced view of Smart Grids.
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  • 7
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    Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xxiv, 408 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 621.38456
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    Keywords: Telecommunication systems ; Technological innovations ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; local
    Abstract: Bridging the industry divide between the technical expertise of engineers and the aims of market and business planners, Making Telecoms Work provides a basis for more effective interdisciplinary analysis of technology, engineering, market and business investment risk and opportunity. Since fixed and mobile broadband has become a dominant deliverable, multiple areas of transition and transformation have occurred; the book places these changes in the context of the political, social and economic dynamics of the global telecommunications industry. Drawing on 25 years of participative experience in the mobile phone and telecommunications industry, the author closely analyses the materials, components and devices that have had a transformative impact. By presenting detailed case studies of materials innovation, such as those shown at success story Apple, the book shows how the collaboration of technological imagination with business knowledge will shape the industry's future. Makes a link between the technical aspects and the business practice of the telecoms industry, highlighting the commercial and economic significance of new developments Gives a historical analysis of past successes and failures in order to identify future competitive advantage opportunities Supplies detailed case studies of supply chain disconnects and the impact these have on industry risk and profitability Brings together technological detail with analysis of what is and is not commercially important, from the implications of energy and environmental networks to the technical details of wireless network hardware.
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  • 8
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    Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub.
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xxi, 456 p.) , ill., ports.
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Series Statement: Autodesk official training guide
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 720.285
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    Keywords: Autodesk Navisworks ; Building ; Data processing ; Project management ; Data processing ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; local
    Abstract: Design, communicate and collaborate with Navisworks Mastering Autodesk Navisworks shows you how to best use the amazing Navisworks software. This collaboration tool enables the consolidation of all files connected to a construction project?including file formats such as Revit, SketchUp, ArchiCAD, and others?into one 3D model that all participants can view, share, navigate, and use for visualization and simulation. With the ability to support 60-plus file formats, Naviworks has an eager fan base seeking more information. Using step-by-step tutorials, real-world examples, and hands-on exercises, this thorough guide provides the complete guidance you need to master Navisworks. Introduces you to Navisworks using a workflow approach that mirrors how it is used on real projects from start to finish Explains how to import the 60+ supported file formats, navigate around the merged 3D model, document and annotate it, and coordinate schedules with TimeLiner Delves into the powerful clash detection tool, which warns you if a design will not work in the real world Covers advanced functions such as creating visualizations and using scripting tools Features step-by-step instruction, real-world examples, and downloadable before-and-after tutorial files Mastering Autodesk Navisworks is the ultimate reference on this exciting collaboration and design review software.
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  • 9
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    Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (1 v.) , ill.
    Edition: 2nd ed.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als RF microelectronics
    DDC: 621.384/12
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    Keywords: Radio frequency integrated circuits ; Design and construction ; Electronic books ; lcgft ; Electronic books ; local ; Hochfrequenztechnik ; Integrierte Schaltung ; CMOS ; VLSI
    Abstract: The Acclaimed RF Microelectronics Best-Seller, Expanded and Updated for the Newest Architectures, Circuits, and Devices Wireless communication has become almost as ubiquitous as electricity, but RF design continues to challenge engineers and researchers. In the 15 years since the first edition of this classic text, the demand for higher performance has led to an explosive growth of RF design techniques. In RF Microelectronics, Second Edition, Behzad Razavi systematically teaches the fundamentals as well as the state-of-the-art developments in the analysis and design of RF circuits and transceivers. Razavi has written the second edition to reflect today's RF microelectronics, covering key topics in far greater detail. At nearly three times the length of the first edition, the second edition is an indispensable tome for both students and practicing engineers. With his lucid prose, Razavi now Offers a stronger tutorial focus along with hundreds of examples and problems Teaches design as well as analysis with the aid of step-by-step design procedures and a chapter dedicated to the design of a dual-band WiFi transceiver Describes new design paradigms and analysis techniques for circuits such as low-noise amplifiers, mixers, oscillators, and frequency dividers This edition's extensive coverage includes brand new chapters on mixers, passive devices, integer-N synthesizers, and fractional-N synthesizers. Razavi's teachings culminate in a new chapter that begins with WiFi's radio specifications and, step by step, designs the transceiver at the transistor level. Coverage includes Core RF principles, including noise and nonlinearity, with ties to analog design, microwave theory, and communication systems An intuitive treatment of modulation theory and wireless standards from the standpoint of the RF IC designer Transceiver architectures such as heterodyne, sliding-IF, directconversion, image-reject, and low-IF topologies. Low-noise amplifiers, including cascode common-gate and commonsource topologies, noise-cancelling schemes, and reactance-cancelling configurations Passive and active mixers, including their gain and noise analysis and new mixer topologies Voltage-controlled oscillators, phase noise mechanisms, and various VCO topologies dealing with noisepower-tuning trade-offs All-new coverage of passive devices, such as integrated inductors, MOS varactors, and transformers A chapter on the analysis and design of phase-locked loops with emphasis on low...
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  • 10
    ISBN: 0470749660 , 9780470749661
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xv, 392 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Wiley series in quality & reliability engineering
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 621.381
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    Keywords: Electronic apparatus and appliances ; Reliability ; System failures (Engineering) ; Prevention ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; local
    Abstract: A unique book that describes the practical processes necessary to achieve failure free equipment performance, for quality and reliability engineers, design, manufacturing process and environmental test engineers. This book studies the essential requirements for successful product life cycle management. It identifies key contributors to failure in product life cycle management and particular emphasis is placed upon the importance of thorough Manufacturing Process Capability reviews for both in-house and outsourced manufacturing strategies. The readers attention is also drawn to the many hazards to which a new product is exposed from the commencement of manufacture through to end of life disposal. Revolutionary in focus, as it describes how to achieve failure free performance rather than how to predict an acceptable performance failure rate (reliability technology rather than reliability engineering) Author has over 40 years experience in the field, and the text is based on classroom tested notes from the reliability technology course he taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA Contains graphical interpretations of mathematical models together with diagrams, tables of physical constants, case studies and unique worked examples
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  • 11
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    Chichester, U.K. : J. Wiley & Sons
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xxii, 458 p.) , ill., plans.
    Edition: 2nd ed.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 621.3845
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    Keywords: Wireless LANs ; Wireless communication systems ; Mobile communication systems ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; local
    Abstract: Why is indoor coverage needed, and how it is best implemented? As the challenge of providing higher data speeds and quality for mobile applications intensifies, ensuring adequate in-building and tunnel coverage and capacity is increasingly important. A unique, single-source reference on the theoretical and practical knowledge behind indoor and tunnel radio planning, Indoor Radio Planning, Second Edition provides an overview of mobile networks systems and coverage solutions with GSM, UMTS, HSPA and LTE cellular systems technologies as a backdrop. All of the available solutions, from basic passive distributed antenna systems (DAS) through to advanced fiber optic systems supporting MIMO and LTE, are discussed in detail to give the reader a good understanding. In addition, there is a section covering multi-operator systems, as this becomes a more and more utilized approach. Systematically moving from the basic considerations through to advanced indoor planning, aspects such as upgrading passive DAS from 2G to 3G, noise analysis, link budgets, traffic calculations and software tools that can be used to help create in-building designs are also covered. Femtocells, outdoor DAS and tunnel radio planning are newly included in this edition. A new version of the bestseller, updated with an introduction to LTE and treatments of modulation principle, DAS systems for MIMO/LTE, designing repeater systems and elevator coverage Addresses the challenge of providing coverage inside train, and high speed rail Outlines the key parameters and metrics for designing DAS for GSM, DCS, UMTS, HSPA & LTE Essential reading for engineering and planning personnel at mobile operators, also giving a sound grounding in indoor radio planning for equipment manufacturers Written by a leading practitioner in the field with more than 20 years of practical experience
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  • 12
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    Indianapolis, Ind. : Wiley
    ISBN: 0470554819 , 9780470554814
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xliii, 1130 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 006.6869
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    Keywords: SolidWorks ; Computer graphics ; Computer-aided design ; Electronic books ; local
    Abstract: "SolidWorks is a powerful 3D solid modeling system that is popular with CAD users everywhere, but to become really proficient at the more involved functionality in SolidWorks one really needs specialized training or a comprehensive book like the SolidWorks Bible. Get the guidance you need to efficiently learn and master SolidWorks"--Resource description page.
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  • 13
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    Cary : Oxford University Press USA - OSO
    ISBN: 9780199741892
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (252 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Naked City : The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places
    Parallel Title: Zukin, Sharon Naked city
    DDC: 307.14164097471
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    Keywords: Urbanization ; Community development, Urban ; City and town life ; Electronic books ; local ; City and town life ; New York (State) ; New York ; Community development, Urban ; New York (State) ; New York ; Urbanization ; New York (State) ; New York ; Electronic books ; New York, NY ; Stadtforschung ; Gentrifizierung
    Abstract: Sharon Zukin argues that the rapid and pervasive demand for authenticity--and the consequent escalating real estate prices--has helped drive out the very people who first lent a neighborhood its authentic aura: immigrants, the working class, and artists. Zukin traces this economic and social evolution in six archetypal New York areas--Williamsburg, Harlem, the East Village, Union Square, Red Hook, and the city's community gardens--and shows that for followers of Jane Jacobs, this transformation is a perversion of what was supposed to happen.
    Abstract: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction The City That Lost Its Soul -- Uncommon Spaces -- 1 How Brooklyn Became Cool -- 2 Why Harlem Is Not a Ghetto -- 3 Living Local in the East Village -- Common Spaces -- 4 Union Square and the Paradox of Public Space -- 5 A Tale of Two Globals: Pupusas and IKEA in Red Hook -- 6 The Billboard and the Garden: A Struggle for Roots -- Conclusion Destination Culture and the Crisis of Authenticity -- Notes -- Index.
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; Preface; Introduction: The City That Lost Its Soul; Uncommon Spaces; Common Spaces; Conclusion Destination Culture and the Crisis of Authenticity; Notes; Index;
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  • 14
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    Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
    ISBN: 9780801898419
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (353 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Would Trotsky Wear a Bluetooth? : Technological Utopianism under Socialism, 1917-1989
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Josephson, Paul R., 1954 - Would Trotsky wear a Bluetooth?
    DDC: 303.4830947
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    Keywords: Technology-Social aspects ; Technology-Political aspects ; Technology and civilization ; Utopian socialism-History-20th century ; Electronic books ; local ; Technology ; Political aspects ; Technology ; Social aspects ; Technology and civilization ; Utopian socialism ; History ; 20th century ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Technik ; Sozialverhalten ; Frühsozialismus ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Tractors, Steel Mills, Concrete, and Other Joys of Socialism -- 1 Would Trotsky Wear a Bluetooth? Technological Utopianism in the Soviet Union in the 1920s -- 2 Proletarian Aesthetics: Technology and Socialism in Eastern Europe -- 3 From Kimchi to Concrete: The North Korean Experiment -- 4 Floating Reactors: Nuclear Hubris after the Fall of Communism -- 5 Industrial Deserts: Technology and Environmental Degradation under Socialism -- 6 No Hard Hats, No Steel-toed Shoes Required: Worker Safety in the Proletarian Paradise -- 7 The Gendered Tractor -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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  • 15
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    Indianapolis, Ind. : Wiley
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xx, 460 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 620.0042
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    Keywords: SolidWorks ; Plastics ; Computer-aided design ; Surfaces (Technology) ; Electronic books ; local
    Abstract: "If you want to gain proficiency and expertise with SolidWorks surface modeling, this is the resource for you. You'll learn how to apply concepts, utilize tools, and combine techniques and strategies in hands-on tutorials. This Bible covers the range from sketching splines and shelling to modeling blends and decorative features. Complete with professional tips and real-world examples, this inclusive guide enables you to coax more out of SolidWorks surfacing tools."--Resource description page.
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    ISBN: 9780262273237
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (601 pages)
    Series Statement: The MIT Press Ser
    Parallel Title: Print version Friedel, Robert D Culture of Improvement : Technology and the Western Millennium
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Friedel, Robert D. A culture of improvement
    DDC: 303.483
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    Keywords: Technological innovations History ; Technology and civilization ; Civilization, Western ; Intellectual life ; Technological innovations -- History ; Electronic books ; local ; Civilization, Western ; Intellectual life ; Technological innovations ; History ; Technology and civilization ; Electronic books ; Westliche Welt ; Technologie ; Innovation ; Weltgeschichte ; Westliche Welt ; Technologie ; Innovation ; Weltgeschichte ; Westliche Welt ; Technologie ; Innovation ; Weltgeschichte
    Abstract: How technological change in the West has been driven by the pursuit of improvement: a history of technology, from plows and printing presses to penicillin, the atomic bomb, and the computer.
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Technology and Improvement -- 2 Plows and Horses -- 3 Power -- 4 Buildings for God and Man -- 5 Transforming Matter -- 6 Light and Time -- 7 Types of Change -- 8 Earth, Fire, Water, and Air -- 9 Improving Knowledge -- 10 Improvers and Engineers -- 11 Raising Fire -- 12 Fabrics of Change -- 13 Artisans, Philosophes, and Entrepreneurs -- 14 Airs and Lightning -- 15 Mobility -- 16 Messages -- 17 Engineering Emerges -- 18 Stuff, Reality, and Dreams -- 19 The Improvement of Violence -- 20 Learning -- 21 Dynamics -- 22 Land and Life -- 23 Scale -- 24 The Corruption of Improvement -- 25 Networks -- 26 Improvement's End -- Notes -- Index.
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA
    ISBN: 9780195135831
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (271 p.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version The Engines of Our Ingenuity : An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lienhard, John H., 1930 - The engines of our ingenuity
    DDC: 303.48/3
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    Keywords: Technology -- Social aspects ; Creative ability in technology ; Electronic books ; local ; Creative ability in technology ; Technology ; Social aspects ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Technik ; Geschichte ; Ingenieurwissenschaften ; Kreativität
    Abstract: Millions of people have listened to John H. Lienhard's radio program "The Engines of Our Ingenuity." In this fascinating book, Lienhard gathers his reflections on the nature of technology, culture, and human inventiveness. The book brims with insightful observations. Lienhard writes that the history of technology is a history of us--we are the machines we create. Thus farming dramatically changed the rhythms of human life and redirected history. War seldom fuels invention--radar, jets, and the digital computer all emerged before World War II began. And the medieval Church was a drivi
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; Preface; 1 Mirrored by Our Machines; 2 God, the Master Craftsman; 3 Looking Inside the Inventive Mind; 4 The Common Place; 5 Science Marries into the Family; 6 Industrial Revolution; 7 Inventing America; 8 Taking Flight; 9 Attitudes and Technological Change; 10 War and Other Ways to Kill People; 11 Major Landmarks; 12 Systems, Design, and Production; 13 Heroic Materialism; 14 Who Got There First; 15 Ever-Present Dangers; 16 Technology and Literature; 17 Being There; Correlation of the Text with the Radio Program; Notes; Index;
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    Cary : Oxford University Press USA - OSO
    ISBN: 9780198033400
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (178 pages)
    Edition: 2nd ed.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Feenberg, Andrew, 1943 - Transforming technology
    Parallel Title: Print version Transforming Technology : A Critical Theory Revisited
    DDC: 306.46
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    Keywords: Critical theory ; Technology -- Philosophy ; Technology -- Social aspects ; Electronic books ; local ; Critical theory ; Technology ; Philosophy ; Technology ; Social aspects ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Technikphilosophie ; Techniksoziologie
    Abstract: Thoroughly revised, this new edition of Critical Theory of Technology rethinks the relationships between technology, rationality, and democracy, arguing that the degradation of labor--as well as of many environmental, educational, and political systems--is rooted in the social values that preside over technological development. It contains materials on political theory, but the emphasis has shifted to reflect a growing interest in the fields of technology and cultural studies.
    Abstract: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: The Varieties of Theory -- Part I : From Marxism to Radical Critique -- 2. Technology and Transition -- 3. The Bias of Technology -- Part II : The Ambivalence of the Computer -- 4. Postindustrial Discourses -- 5. The Factory or the City : Which Model for Online Education? -- Part III : The Dialectics of Technology -- 6. Beyond the Dilemma of Development -- 7. The Critical Theory of Technology -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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    San Diego, CA : Academic Press
    ISBN: 9780080491783 , 0080491782
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (1 v.) , ill.
    Edition: 2nd ed.
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    Keywords: Thin films ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; local ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This is the first book that can be considered a textbook on thin film science, complete with exercises at the end of each chapter. Ohring has contributed many highly regarded reference books to the AP list, including Reliability and Failure of Electronic Materials and the Engineering Science of Thin Films . The knowledge base is intended for science and engineering students in advanced undergraduate or first-year graduate level courses on thin films and scientists and engineers who are entering or require an overview of the field. Since 1992, when the book was first published, the field of thin films has expanded tremendously, especially with regard to technological applications. The second edition will bring the book up-to-date with regard to these advances. Most chapters have been greatly updated, and several new chapters have been added.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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