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Book INSIGHTS IN SPACE

    Book Details:
  • Author : JAMES. WAY LAWLEY (MARIAN.)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017
  • ISBN : 9780957486621
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book INSIGHTS IN SPACE written by JAMES. WAY LAWLEY (MARIAN.) and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Science Insights

Download or read book Science Insights written by DiSpezio Diaz and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Science Insights

Download or read book Science Insights written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Everyday Space Traveler

Download or read book The Everyday Space Traveler written by Jason Klassi and published by Space Traveler Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes readers on the world's first adventure vacation to Mars where they can discover insight into the universe.

Book Functional Features in Language and Space

Download or read book Functional Features in Language and Space written by Laura Carlson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'language and space' area is a relatively new research area in cognitive science. Studying how language and spatial representation are linked in the human brain mainly draws on research in existing disciplines focusing on language, perception, categorization and development. Representative researchers from these sub-disciplines of cognitive science discuss new insights in their own field of expertise and show what role their definition of 'function', 'feature'or 'functional feature' plays in their research. New research centered around these concepts is on the forefront of developments in these sub-disciplines and in the area of 'Language and Space'.

Book Ether Space Time and Cosmology

Download or read book Ether Space Time and Cosmology written by Joseph Lévy and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book US Spacesuits

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kenneth S. Thomas
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2007-09-11
  • ISBN : 0387739793
  • Pages : 417 pages

Download or read book US Spacesuits written by Kenneth S. Thomas and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-11 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * the most accurate and comprehensive work on U.S. spacesuits ever published. *A unique insight into the development of US spacesuits through to the present day. * Presents in context the authors’ unique collection of 172 black and white photographs. * Explains why spacesuits are a last refuge for astronauts for survival. * Details many technically and historically interesting developments, but which never achieved fruition.

Book Fluids  Materials and Microgravity

Download or read book Fluids Materials and Microgravity written by Marcello Lappa and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2004 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space research -- Fundamental concepts, mathematical models and scaling analysis for the microgravity environment -- Dispersed droplets and metal alloys -- Growth of semiconductors : the floating zone technique -- Macromolecular crystal growth : surface kinetics and morphological studies -- Macromolecular crystal growth at macroscopic length scales -- The growth of biological tissues.

Book The Next 500 Years

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christopher E. Mason
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 2022-04-12
  • ISBN : 0262543842
  • Pages : 295 pages

Download or read book The Next 500 Years written by Christopher E. Mason and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An argument that we have a moral duty to explore other planets and solar systems--because human life on Earth has an expiration date. Inevitably, life on Earth will come to an end, whether by climate disaster, cataclysmic war, or the death of the sun in a few billion years. To avoid extinction, we will have to find a new home planet, perhaps even a new solar system, to inhabit. In this provocative and fascinating book, Christopher Mason argues that we have a moral duty to do just that. As the only species aware that life on Earth has an expiration date, we have a responsibility to act as the shepherd of life-forms--not only for our species but for all species on which we depend and for those still to come (by accidental or designed evolution). Mason argues that the same capacity for ingenuity that has enabled us to build rockets and land on other planets can be applied to redesigning biology so that we can sustainably inhabit those planets. And he lays out a 500-year plan for undertaking the massively ambitious project of reengineering human genetics for life on other worlds. As they are today, our frail human bodies could never survive travel to another habitable planet. Mason describes the toll that long-term space travel took on astronaut Scott Kelly, who returned from a year on the International Space Station with changes to his blood, bones, and genes. Mason proposes a ten-phase, 500-year program that would engineer the genome so that humans can tolerate the extreme environments of outer space--with the ultimate goal of achieving human settlement of new solar systems. He lays out a roadmap of which solar systems to visit first, and merges biotechnology, philosophy, and genetics to offer an unparalleled vision of the universe to come.

Book Matters of Revolution

Download or read book Matters of Revolution written by Dominik Bartmanski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Symbols matter, and especially those present in public spaces, but how do they exert influence and maintain a hold over us? Why do such materialities count even in the intensely digitalized culture? This book considers the importance of urban symbols to political revolutions, examining manifold reasons for which social movements necessitate the affirmation or destruction of various material icons and public monuments. What explains variability of life cycles of certain classes of symbols? Why do some of them seem more potent than others? Why do people exhibit nostalgic attachments to some symbols of the controversial past and vehemently oppose others? What nourishes and threatens the social life of icons? Through comparative analyses of major iconic processes following the epochal revolution of 1989 in Berlin and Warsaw, the book argues that revolutionary action needs objects and sites which concretize the transformative redrawing of the symbolic boundaries between the "sacred" and "profane," good and evil, before and after, and "progressive" and "reactionary"—the symbolic shifts that every revolution implies in theory and formalizes in practice. Public symbols ensconced within actual urban spaces provide indispensable visibility to human values and social changes. As affective topographies that externalize collective feelings, their very presence and durability is meaningful, and so are the revolutionary rituals of preservation and destruction directed at those spaces. Far from being mere gestures or token signifiers, they have their own gravity with profound cultural ramifications. This volume will appeal to sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, and social theorists with interests in urban studies, public heritage, material culture, political revolution, and social movements.

Book Adaptive Space  How GM and Other Companies are Positively Disrupting Themselves and Transforming into Agile Organizations

Download or read book Adaptive Space How GM and Other Companies are Positively Disrupting Themselves and Transforming into Agile Organizations written by Michael J. Arena and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lack of Agility is the kiss of death. Position your company to succeed in world of change.To edge out the competition in today’s disruptive environment, you need to ensure that your company is agile—that it can respond to change instantly and effectively. Because fast and furious change is the only thing you can count on in business today.Network expert Michael Arena helped enable GM’s legendary turnaround. In these pages, he explains how you can transform your own company through the concept of adaptive space. Based on hundreds of interviews and the author’s own groundbreaking study of dozens of organizations spanning a variety of industries, Adaptive Space shows how to position your company for today—and for the future—by enabling creativity, innovation, and novel ideas to flow freely among teams, across departments, and throughout the company. Using GM as the main case study—along with the stories of other highly adaptive organizations, like Apple, Amazon, Disney, and Gore—Arena provides a model you can follow to reinvent your company. It’s about inspiring employees to explore new ideas, empowering the most creative people and teams to spread their ideas across the organization, and operationalizing the entrepreneurial spirit so adaptability is set in stone. Hesitation is a killer in today’s business landscape. With Adaptive Space, you have everything you need to confront disruption with smart, confident actions and seize the valuable opportunities that come with change.

Book Human Health and Performance Risks of Space Exploration Missions

Download or read book Human Health and Performance Risks of Space Exploration Missions written by Jancy C. McPhee and published by U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration. This book was released on 2009 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Genesis in Space and Time

    Book Details:
  • Author : Francis A. Schaeffer
  • Publisher : InterVarsity Press
  • Release : 2009-12-08
  • ISBN : 0830878262
  • Pages : 171 pages

Download or read book Genesis in Space and Time written by Francis A. Schaeffer and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-12-08 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging modern skepticism, Francis A. Schaeffer shows why Genesis provides solid ground for answering the questions of humanity's origin and purpose.

Book Design Thinking Research

Download or read book Design Thinking Research written by Christoph Meinel and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-26 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extensive research conducted by the Hasso Plattner Design Thinking Research Program at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, USA, and the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany, has yielded valuable insights on why and how design thinking works. The participating researchers have identified metrics, developed models, and conducted studies, which are featured in this book, and in the previous volumes of this series. This volume provides readers with tools to bridge the gap between research and practice in design thinking with varied real world examples. Several different approaches to design thinking are presented in this volume. Acquired frameworks are leveraged to understand design thinking team dynamics. The contributing authors lead the reader through new approaches and application fields and show that design thinking can tap the potential of digital technologies in a human-centered way. In a final section, new ideas in neurodesign at Stanford University and at Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam are elaborated upon thereby challenging the reader to consider newly developed methodologies and provide discussion of how these insights can be applied to various sectors. Special emphasis is placed on understanding the mechanisms underlying design thinking at the individual and team levels. Design thinking can be learned. It has a methodology that can be observed across multiple settings and accordingly, the reader can adopt new frameworks to modify and update existing practice. The research outcomes compiled in this book are intended to inform and provide inspiration for all those seeking to drive innovation – be they experienced design thinkers or newcomers.

Book Outer Space and Popular Culture

Download or read book Outer Space and Popular Culture written by Annette Froehlich and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides detailed insights into how space and popular culture intersect across a broad spectrum of examples, including cinema, music, art, arcade games, cartoons, comics, and advertisements. This is a pertinent topic since the use of space themes differs in different cultural contexts, and these themes can be used to explore various aspects of the human condition and provide a context for social commentary on politically sensitive issues. With the use of space imagery evolving over the past sixty years of the space age, this is a topic ripe for in-depth exploration. The book also discusses the contrasting visions of space from the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the reality of today, and analyzes space vehicles and habitats in popular depictions of space from an engineering perspective, exploring how many of those ideas have actually been implemented in practice, and why or why not (a case of life imitating art and vice versa). As such, it covers a wide array of relevant and timely topics examining intersections between space and popular culture, and offering accounts of space and its effect on culture, language, and storytelling from the southern regions of the world.

Book Bombay Novels

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mamta Mantri
  • Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Release : 2019-01-15
  • ISBN : 152752552X
  • Pages : 388 pages

Download or read book Bombay Novels written by Mamta Mantri and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mumbai? Bombay? How do we explain this city and ourselves within it? How do the city and the city dweller together allow for representations of urban life to arise in literature and the fine arts? This book is an understanding of Mumbai, both as an architectural and literary space, through the lens of spatial criticism and the technique of flânerie. As an icon of experiences, Mumbai is felt through the simultaneous acts of walking, observing, remembering and articulating. In analyzing four novels, namely Baumgartner’s Bombay, Ravan and Eddie, Shantaram and Baluta, the book claims that the characters and their authors offer an alternative vision of the city, as they also construct a transient place for themselves. This act of flânerie is an act of transgression as it turns the outside into the inside, changing public space into private space. As the characters serve to disrupt meaning, uncover hidden histories and expose power relations involved in the representation of place, they actualize many possibilities and meanings. Using the novel as a literary device, the authors have told stories, not only of the protagonist-flâneur, but also of people around them; sometimes in detail, sometimes in passing. In contesting, claiming and owning the lives, the stories, and the city, the humane aspect is never forgotten.

Book Research for a Future in Space

    Book Details:
  • Author : Committee for the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 2012-07-19
  • ISBN : 0309261031
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book Research for a Future in Space written by Committee for the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During its more than 50-year history, NASA's success in human space exploration has depended on the agency's ability to effectively address a wide range of biomedical, engineering, physical sciences, and related obstacles. This achievement is made possible by NASA's strong and productive commitments to life and physical sciences research for human space exploration, and by its use of human space exploration infrastructures for scientific discovery. Research for a Future in Space: The Role of Life and Physical Sciences explains how unique characteristics of the space environment can be used to address complex problems in the life and physical sciences. This booklet also helps deliver both new knowledge and practical benefits for humankind as it embarks on a new era of space exploration. Research for a Future in Space: The Role of Life and Physical Sciences is based on the in depth report, Recapturing a Future for Space Exploration: Life and Physical Sciences Research for a New Era. To learn more about the future of space exploration, visit our catalog page and download this report for free.