Download or read book Liquid Power written by Erik Swyngedouw and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the central role of water politics and engineering in Spain's modernization, illustrating water's part in forging, maintaining, and transforming social power. In this book, Erik Swyngedouw explores how water becomes part of the tumultuous processes of modernization and development. Using the experience of Spain as a lens to view the interplay of modernity and environmental transformation, Swyngedouw shows that every political project is also an environmental project. In 1898, Spain lost its last overseas colony, triggering a period of post-imperialist turmoil still referred to as El Disastre. Turning inward, the nation embarked on “regeneration” and modernization. Water played a central role in this; during a turbulent period from the twentieth century into the twenty-first—through the Franco years and into the new era of liberal democracy—Spain's waterscapes were completely transformed, with large-scale projects that ranged from dam construction to irrigation to desalinization. Swyngedouw describes the contested political-ecological process that marked this transformation, showing that the Spain's diverse and contested paths to modernization were predicated on particular trajectories of environmental transformation. After laying out his theoretical perspectives, Swyngedouw analyzes three periods of Spain's political-ecological modernization: the aspirations and stalled modernization of the early twentieth century; the accelerated efforts under the authoritarian Franco regime—which included six hundred dams, expanded hydroelectricity, and massive irrigation; and the changing hydro-social landscape under social democracy. Offering an innovative perspective on the relationship of nature and society, Liquid Power illuminates the political nature of nature.
Download or read book Open Circuits written by Windell Oskay and published by No Starch Press. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open Circuits is a photographic exploration of the beautiful design inside everyday electronics. Its stunning cross-section photography unlocks a hidden world full of elegance, subtle complexity, and wonder. Our phones, computers, and appliances are made of hundreds of internal components, each precisely engineered to perform a certain function, but none intended to actually be seen. Through painstakingly executed, vividly detailed cross-section photography, Open Circuits reveals the surprising—and often accidental—beauty hiding inside the electronic components that drive our everyday devices. From resistors to LEDs, USB cables to headphone jacks, stepper motors to nixie tubes, the book’s arresting imagery transforms more than 130 components into delightful works of art. As you visually dissect the components’ insides, you’ll learn about how they work and how they were made. Open Circuits has something for everyone to appreciate, whether you’re a seasoned electrical engineer, an amateur tinkerer, or simply a lover of art and photography.
Download or read book Pumps written by G. K. Sahu and published by New Age International. This book was released on 2000 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book, Written With An Applications-Oriented Approach, Is Divided Into Four Parts. Part I Covers The General Aspects Of Fluid Flow And Pumps Including The Governing Theories Of Fluid Flow. Part Ii Covers The Design And Construction Of Pumps And Auxiliaries, Drives Etc. Part Iii Presents Pump Selection Criteria And Procurement Actions Including Fittings And Maintenance Requirements. Part Iv Includes Miscellaneous Items Like Key To Symbols, Conversion Tables Etc. For Reference.Various Aspects Of Pumps Have Been Explained In Systematic Detail, Starting From Basic Concepts And Going On To Industrial Applications. The Exposition Is Well Illustrated With Diagrams And Solved Examples.With All These Features, This Is An Invaluable Book For Practicing Engineers And Designers. Mechanical Engineering Students Would Also Find It Extremely Useful.
Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office written by United States. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 1358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Product Design written by Kevin N. Otto and published by 清华大学出版社有限公司. This book was released on 2003 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 责任者译名:奥托。
Download or read book The Power of Project Leadership written by Susanne Madsen and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2015-01-03 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's 'more for less' culture, the expectations of project management and delivery are no longer limited to budgets, schedules and quality. For projects to make an impact and have lasting value, the project manager must be able to strategize, innovate, motivate, empower and collaborate - in other words, project managers must learn how to lead. The Power of Project Leadership helps you transform into an effective project leader by shifting your managerial mindset into one of inspiration, motivation and influence. The book describes what good project leadership looks like and explains how to make the transition using concrete tools and strategies. With underlying theories to help the reader understand how teams and individuals are motivated, it ensures that project managers lead with vision, continuously improve and innovate, work with intent, empower the team, get closer to stakeholders, remain authentic and establish a solid foundation for their projects. The book has a practical and engaging approach and draws on over 25 interviews with leading experts who have made the transition from project managers to project leaders. These experts come from a variety of sectors and companies; including Expedia, British Gas, Standard Bank, Verizon Enterprise Solutions, Liquid Planner, and the UK Government.
Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office written by United States. Patent and Trademark Office and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 1214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Applications of High Temperature Superconductors to Electric Power Equipment written by Swarn S. Kalsi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only one-stop reference to design, analysis, and manufacturing concepts for power devices utilizing HTS. High temperature superconductors (HTS) have been used for building many devices for electric grids worldwide and for large ship propulsion motors for the U.S. Navy. And yet, there has been no single source discussing theory and design issues relating to power applications of HTS—until now. This book provides design and analysis for various devices and includes examples of devices built over the last decade. Starting with a complete overview of HTS, the subsequent chapters are dedicated to specific devices: cooling and thermal insulation systems; rotating AC and DC machines; transformers; fault current limiters; power cables; and Maglev transport. As applicable, each chapter provides a history of the device, principles, configuration, design and design challenges, prototypes, and manufacturing issues, with each ending with a summary of the material covered. The design analysis and design examples provide critical insight for readers to successfully design their own devices. Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) designers, industry and utilities users, universities and defense services research groups, and senior/postgraduate engineering students and instructors will rely on this resource. "HTS technology reduces electric losses and increases the efficiency of power equipment. This book by Swarn Kalsi, a leading expert on the HTS subject, provides a survey of the HTS technology and the design rules, performance analyses, and manufacturing concepts for power application-related devices. It compares conventional and HTS technology approaches for device design and provides significant examples of devices utilizing the HTS technology today. The book is useful for a broad spectrum of professionals worldwide: students, teaching staff, and OEM designers as well as users in industry and electric utilities." —Professor Dr. Rolf Hellinger, Research and Technologies Corporate Technology, Siemens AG
Download or read book Liquid Memory written by Jonathan Nossiter and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Nossiter, acclaimed filmmaker and former sommelier, had his first taste of wine at the age of three in Paris, from his father's fingertip. For him, wine is "memory in its most liquid and dynamic form," as essential an expression of culture as cinema, books, baseball, painting, even sex. With great wit and passion, he celebrates wine and its enthusiasts—and defends both from those who tell us what to drink and how to think about it. In Liquid Memory, the American expatriate investigates the infinite mysteries of terroir, the historical sense of place that makes wine a living, thrilling expression of cultural identity that can stretch back centuries. The book is a deliriously joyful master class in locating the soul of a wine, and in learning to trust your own palate and desires. Nossiter, who has already created an uproar in the world of wine with his film Mondovino, arms us against the tyranny of snobs, critics, and charlatans who would prevent us from taking part in what should be a gloriously democratic bacchanalia. From the sacred wine shops and three-star restaurants of Paris to the biodynamic vineyards of Burgundy, from the hipster bistros of New York to film locations in Rio de Janeiro and Athens, this singular journey invites us to consider how power, misused, can sometimes mask an absence of taste—and how our own personal taste can combat power in any sphere. A controversial bestseller in Europe, Liquid Memory is sure to rile the establishment, enlighten the thirsty, and reveal the inner life of the world's most mysterious, contradictory, and jubilatory drink.
Download or read book Rules of Thumb in Engineering Practice written by Donald R. Woods and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-06-27 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An immense treasure trove containing hundreds of equipment symptoms, arranged so as to allow swift identification and elimination of the causes. These rules of thumb are the result of preserving and structuring the immense knowledge of experienced engineers collected and compiled by the author - an experienced engineer himself - into an invaluable book that helps younger engineers find their way from symptoms to causes. This sourcebook is unrivalled in its depth and breadth of coverage, listing five important aspects for each piece of equipment: * area of application * sizing guidelines * capital cost including difficult-to-find installation factors * principles of good practice, and * good approaches to troubleshooting. Extensive cross-referencing takes into account that some items of equipment are used for many different purposes, and covers not only the most familiar types, but special care has been taken to also include less common ones. Consistent terminology and SI units are used throughout the book, while a detailed index quickly and reliably directs readers, thus aiding engineers in their everyday work at chemical plants: from keywords to solutions in a matter of minutes.
Download or read book Sustainametrics envisioning a sustainable future with data science written by Shutaro Takeda and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-03-08 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Experiments and Demonstrations in Physics written by Yaakov Kraftmakher and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2007 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A laboratory manual for high schools, colleges, and universities, this book contains more than 80 experiments and lecture demonstrations. The coverage includes the essentials of general physics: mechanics and molecular physics, electricity and magnetism, optics and atomic physics, and condensed matter physics. All the experiments are illustrated through the results of real measurements and include many novel experiments developed by the author.
Download or read book Basics of Civil and Mechanical Engineering written by Rajesh Kumar R and published by Jyothis Publishers. This book was released on 2021-12-19 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Tales of Faerie written by A.W. Hoacs and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-11-13 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen-year-old Kylie's life is turned upside down when she discovers that not only do faeries exist, but she is half faerie, and not only is she half faerie, but she is also the granddaughter of the great faerie, Queen Azarya, and being the last living relative of the queen, she is also the only person who can destroy the dark powers of the evil faerie lord, Sadasun. Along with her uncle, Sir Liam, and her four best friends, Hunter, Leah, Colin, and Jared, she sets out on a perilous journey to do just that, submitting to the will of the Just Creator and accepting this task which he has given her. Suddenly, in a world she never knew existed, she and her friends are forced to battle creatures that should only exist in a person's worst nightmares, doing whatever is necessary to fulfill this task given her. Along the way, they learn the importance of having faith in the Just Creator and trusting him in all situations, especially when all things seem hopeless.
Download or read book Luttinger Model written by Vieri Mastropietro and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2014 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Luttinger Model is the only model of many-fermion physics with legitimate claims to be both exactly and completely solvable. In several respects it plays the same role in many-body theory as does the 2D Ising model in statistical physics. Interest in the Luttinger model has increased steadily ever since its introduction half a century ago. The present volume starts with reprints of the seminal papers in which it was originally introduced and solved, and continues with several contributions setting out the landscape of the principal advances of the last fifty years and of prominent new directions.
Download or read book Troubleshooting Centrifugal Pumps and their systems written by Ron Palgrave and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2003-12-02 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended for those new to the use and abuse of centrifugal pumps. It is also for those whose involvement with pumps is so occasional, that they need a reminder of the basics.
