Download or read book Towards the Next Orbit written by Subir Verma and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global meltdown, the concomitant demise of legendary corporate behemoths, and the challenge of competing in a world marked by unprecedented complexities, volatility, discontinuities, and ambiguities, have pushed discussions on survival and excellence to the forefront. Towards the Next Orbit: A Corporate Odyssey brings forth ideas, experiences, studies, insights, and suggestions from renowned theoreticians and practitioners towards changing and succeeding in a new world. The first part of the book comprises rich conceptual papers and research-based empirical papers written primarily by thought leaders from all over the world. The second part comprises dialogs with persons who are well known in the business landscape as "change masters." The chapters discuss cutting-edge ideas in the areas of corporate behavior, positioning, growth, leadership, employee relations, and so on. Together, the articles and interviews will help readers develop perspective, cognitive framework, behavioral repertoire, and portfolio of practices for making the transition from simply functioning to achieving excellence.
Download or read book Single Stage to Orbit written by Andrew J. Butrica and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-10-22 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the glories and tragedies of the space shuttle make headlines and move the nation, the story of the shuttle forms an inseparabe part of a lesser-known but no less important drama—the search for a reusable single-stage-to-orbit rocket. Here an award-winning student of space science, Andrew J. Butrica, examines the long and tangled history of this ambitious concept, from it first glimmerings in the 1920s, when technicians dismissed it as unfeasible, to its highly expensive heyday in the midst of the Cold War, when conservative-backed government programs struggled to produce an operational flight vehicle. Butrica finds a blending of far-sighted engineering and heavy-handed politics. To the first and oldest idea—that of the reusable rocket-powered single-stage-to-orbit vehicle—planners who belonged to what President Eisenhower referred to as the military-industrial complex.added experimental ("X"), "aircraft-like" capabilties and, eventually, a "faster, cheaper, smaller" managerial approach. Single Stage to Orbit traces the interplay of technology, corporate interest, and politics, a combination that well served the conservative space agenda and ultimately triumphed—not in the realization of inexpensive, reliable space transport—but in a vision of space militarization and commercialization that would appear settled United States policy in the early twenty-first century. -- D. M. Ashford
Download or read book Next Orbit of an Entrepreneur written by Vikas Chandra Shah, Narendrasingh Shekhawat and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-08-29 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entrepreneur’s journey is full of ups and downs. They need to learn fast, and theonly way to do that is to fail fast, and another way is to learn from other people’s mistakes. If you want to shorten the learning curve, then you should definitely read this book. This book guides entrepreneurs and especially the wannabe tech-entrepreneurs to help them “navigate life more smoothly.” This book throws light on: - Few tech startup opportunities that are still unexplored. - How to handle financial and emotional health. - How to deal with VCs. Next Orbit of an Entrepreneur is a must-read for first-time entrepreneurs.
Download or read book Floating to Space written by John M. Powell and published by Collectors Guide Pub. This book was released on 2008 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book & DVD. From the Space Shuttle, to Soyuz, to Spaceship One, riding the explosion at the bottom of a rocket has historically been the only path to space. Is there another way? "Floating to Space" in an overview of the new technology of space-bound airships. What, the Goodyear blimp goes to Mars? Yes! The technology called ATO, "Airship to Orbit" is being developed right now. Hypersonic airships and cities floating at the edge of space are all part of this seemingly impossible idea. Beyond describing the concept, this book shows the amazing adventure of those who are building these giant craft and throwing them into the sky. Not just a fantasy, this book shows photographs and details from the nearly one hundred development flights conducted so far. . . Included are descriptions of the environment where these craft fly to the edge of space. New findings such as life twenty miles up and mile high plasma volcanoes are introduced for the first time outside of scientific journals. This book shows you how ATO is to be accomplished from a project and economic prospective. It also details the progress so far and lays out a blueprint of what is to come. Includes a DVD of remarkable footage taken during the many test flights of JP Aerospace's unique experiments floating to space.
Download or read book Leaving Orbit written by Margaret Lazarus Dean and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, a breathtaking elegy to the waning days of human spaceflight as we have known it In the 1960s, humans took their first steps away from Earth, and for a time our possibilities in space seemed endless. But in a time of austerity and in the wake of high-profile disasters like Challenger, that dream has ended. In early 2011, Margaret Lazarus Dean traveled to Cape Canaveral for NASA's last three space shuttle launches in order to bear witness to the end of an era. With Dean as our guide to Florida's Space Coast and to the history of NASA, Leaving Orbit takes the measure of what American spaceflight has achieved while reckoning with its earlier witnesses, such as Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, and Oriana Fallaci. Along the way, Dean meets NASA workers, astronauts, and space fans, gathering possible answers to the question: What does it mean that a spacefaring nation won't be going to space anymore?
Download or read book License to Orbit written by Joseph N. Pelton and published by Collector's Guide Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an up-to-date investigation of the emerging commercial space business. It explores who are the players, the celebrities and technical innovators that are making this important new industry a reality. It is the most comprehensive look at the industry in terms of covering the companies, the role of NASA and other space agencies, as well as the strategic implications of private space systems. It examines the business risks and other possible show-stoppers that might inhibit the growth of commercial spaceflight systems. Space tourism is seen as more than a fad but a crucial next step in the evolution of humankind. The book is unique in terms of exploring new technologies of the future, and reviewing the regulatory and legal ramifications of private space now and into the next decade.
Download or read book Howling Dark written by Christopher Ruocchio and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hadrian Marlowe is lost. For half a century, he has searched the farther suns for the lost planet of Vorgossos, hoping to find a way to contact the elusive alien Cielcin. He has not succeeded, and for years has wandered among the barbarian Normans as captain of a band of mercenaries. Determined to make peace and bring an end to nearly four hundred years of war, Hadrian must venture beyond the security of the Sollan Empire and among the Extrasolarians who dwell between the stars. There, he will face not only the aliens he has come to offer peace, but contend with creatures that once were human, with traitors in his midst, and with a meeting that will bring him face to face with no less than the oldest enemy of mankind. If he succeeds, he will usher in a peace unlike any in recorded history. If he fails ... the galaxy will burn"--
Download or read book A New Approach to ICSE Chemistry for Class IX A Y 2023 24 Onward written by V. K. Sally and published by Goyal Brothers Prakashan. This book was released on 2023-05-20 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book "A New Approach to I.C.S.E. Chemistry for Class IX" has been written in accordance with the latest syllabus prescribed by the Council for Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi. The book is divided into five distinct parts : 1. The first part constitutes chapters on, The Languages of chemistry; Chemical Changes and Reactions; and Water, to give an idea to the students about the diversity of matter. 2. The second part constitutes chapters on Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding and The Periodic Table. This part will help the students to understand unity in diversity of matter. It further explains the rules required for reaction between various forms of matter. 3. The third part constitutes chapter on Study of the First Element -Hydrogen and Study of Gas Laws. This will familiarise the students with element hydrogen and their chemical properties. It further explains the behaviour of gases under changes of temperature and pressure and also provides explanation in terms of molecular motion. 4. The fourth part deals with Atmospheric Pollution. 5. The fifth part deals with Practical Chemistry. The salient features of the book: • Large number of chemical reactions are described with experimental observations. • Important points have been highlighted for location of precise answers. • All definitions and other important points are highlighted. • Diagrams are made simple and more Informative. • In the chapter on the language of chemistry, a new method has been introduced for balancing chemical equations. This method Is based on atomic numbers which Is fundamental property of the elements. • A chapter on Practical Chemistry is added to help students for laboratory work. • Questions have been added chapter-wise under the heading Question Bank for the benefit of students. The solution can be accessed through QR Code given at the end of each chapter. • Periodic Table showing mass number; atomic number of various elements along with list of actual names of the elements is provided. • A Specimen Paper (Solved) has also been included through QR Code, for the benefit of students. • Annual Examination Paper 2019 (Solved) has been given through OR Code. • Model Test Papers 1 to 5 (Unsolved) have been given through OR Code. We hope this book will prove very useful to the students and teachers. Suggestions and constructive criticism for the further improvement of the book would be gratefully acknowledged. -Author
Download or read book Orbit Shifting Innovation written by Rajiv Narang and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orbit-shifting innovation happens when an area that needs transformation, meets an innovator with the will and the desire to create, and not follow history. At the heart of the orbit shifting innovation, is the breakthrough that creates a new orbit and achieves a transformative impact. Businesses, social enterprises, and even governments need orbit-shifting ideas to create a transformative impact. But how does that groundbreaking idea come about, and what translates it into actuality? Charting the vast landscape of orbit-shifting innovation and innovators across countries, cultures, and industries, Orbit-shifting Innovation brings to the fore the moving force that drives orbit-shifters to take on a transformative challenge and to navigate the pitfalls and obstacles in making it happen. Orbit-shifting Innovation comprehensively outlines and delves deep into what it really take to ensure that an orbit shifting idea is grown into an in market success model with all the richness and potential of the original aspiration.
Download or read book The Failure Project The Story Of Man s Greatest Fear written by ANUP KOCHHAR and published by One Point Six Technology Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Failure destroys lives. It damages confidence and crushes the spirit. Throughout our lives we endeavour to manage our thoughts, actions and results so as not to be branded as failures. However, despite our best intentions, life does have a way of throwing curve balls and surprising us. Things do not always go the way we planned or wished for. Failure happens. And it will continue to happen. For most people failure is akin to a dreaded disease that must be prevented at any cost. Certainly it can never be admitted to. Failure is like fire – it has the power to singe or destroy completely. Few of us remember that failure can also be harnessed creatively. All that it requires is a different perspective. What do we know of failure? More importantly, how much do we know about it? The first step to overcoming our inherent fear of failure is to know the enemy – inside and out. This amazing, comprehensive and compassionate book helps us understand the anatomy, psychology and management of failure – the greatest, and often the most secret, fear of Man."
Download or read book SELF HELP TO I C S E NEW APPROACH TO CHEMISTRY 9 FOR 2022 23 EXAMINATIONS written by Amar Bhutani and published by Ravinder Singh and sons. This book was released on with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written strictly in accordance with the latest syllabus prescribed by the Council for the I.C.S.E. Examinations in and after 2023. This book includes the Answers to the Questions given in the Textbook New Approach to Chemistry Class 9 published by Goyal Prakshan Pvt. Ltd. This book is written by Amar Bhutani.
Download or read book towards the unMaking of Heaven Balant A Beginning written by Sam Smith and published by The eBook Sale. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest Sci-fi sagas ask is there anyone out there and how do they live and exist. In towards the unMaking of Heaven, Sam Smith takes us to one of these places, where humans are not necessarily the dominant species and first steps of life are emerging from wherever it desires. Balant is book one in a series of five. Each book is intricately linked and delves deeper into what is known as the Supreme Civilisation, until the ultimate drawing together in the finale. Balant, has Dag Olvess, Malamud Bey and Pi Pandy marooned on the edge of the universe. Narrator is the priggish Pi Pandy. En route from his mother's substation to university in another galaxy, the ship he was travelling upon encountered a storm of cosmic proportions. The ship about to implode, he escaped in the ship's shuttle with two other young men, Malamud Bey and Dag Olvess. They end up on the planet, Balant, where they adapt to life in a cave, and then come across ancient robots, savages, slave traders, the Nautili.
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Download or read book Edengone written by J.P. Dold and published by Berchtold Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike intends to continue in the quiet and peaceful life of a philosophy professor, but his friend, Ron, seems dead-set on rewriting the laws of physics. As Ron delves deeper into a hair-brained theory of his own, he discovers another world, invisible and intangible to us, but existing in the same space as our world. Ron persuades Mike to join him, and together they traverse the harsh conditions of an alien world locked in war. "At that moment, I was no longer Michael. I was no longer intellectual or diplomatic. The time for that was gone. Now it was the time to act. Now was the time of reckoning. I became a force. I became death and destruction. I became blood and fire. My heart pounded to the beat of an instinctive, primitive, and intrinsic war drum. I was prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner. I was the tribunal. The crime had been committed. Justice required punishment. And I was there to deliver. Deliver I did. My battle cry delivered the accusation. My weapon served the verdict. And the rounds fired from my gun executed the sentence. "Do I look back on my actions with pride? No. Would I have spared them if there was another way? Yes. I wish I could have spared them. I wish I could have let them be. But they would not let Edengone be. Then can I reflect on my choices and look virtue and justice in the eye with confidence? Yes; a resounding and emphatic yes. The correct action is not always a pleasant or happy one, but it is necessary and always the best action. How do I justify my actions? That is between me and the powers I answer to. Let the world think of me as they will. I was trained to destroy, but more importantly, I was trained to know when to destroy. I do not reflect on my actions with any pride, but I do not reflect with any doubt, either."
Download or read book Eye of the Tempest written by Nicole Peeler and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing says "home" like being attacked by humans with very large guns, as Jane and Anyan discover when they arrive in Rockabill. These are professionals, brought into kill, and they bring Anyan down before either Jane or the barghest can react. Seeing Anyan fall awakens a terrible power within Jane, and she nearly destroys herself taking out their attackers. Jane wakes, weeks later, to discover that she's not the only thing that's been stirring. Something underneath Rockabill is coming to life: something ancient, something powerful, and something that just might destroy the world. Jane and her friends must act, striking out on a quest that only Jane can finish. For whatever lurks beneath the Old Sow must be stopped. . .and Jane's just the halfling for the job.
Download or read book Your Guide to the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse written by Michael E. Bakich and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Astronomy Magazine editor Michael Bakich presents all the information you’ll need to be ready for the total solar eclipse that will cross the United States on August 21, 2017. In this one resource you’ll find out where the eclipse will occur, how to observe it safely, what you’ll experience during the eclipse, the best equipment to choose, how to photograph the event, detailed weather forecasts for locations where the Moon’s shadow will fall, and much more. Written in easy-to-understand language (and with a glossary for those few terms you may not be familiar with), this is the must-have reference for this unique occurrence. It’s not a stretch to say that this eclipse will prove to be the most viewed sky event in history. That’s why even now, more than a year before the eclipse, astronomy clubs, government agencies, cities — even whole states — are preparing for the unprecedented onslaught of visitors whose only desire is to experience darkness at midday. Bakich informs observers what anyone will need to observe, enjoy, and understand this event.
