Imaginary Weapons
Author: Sharon Weinberger
Publisher: Nation Books
Published: 2007-05-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781568583297
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of how a lunatic fringe science project became favored by Rumsfeld's Pentagon.
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The Powerful Presence of the Past
Author: Jacqueline Knörr
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2010-10-25
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9004190007
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book conceptualizes integration and conflict as interrelated dimensions of social interaction impacted by specific historical experiences. Contributions aim at a better understanding of the social mechanisms affecting processes of integration and conflict at the local, national and regional levels.
Understanding the imaginary war
Author: Matthew Grant
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2016-09-01
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 1526101335
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection offers a fresh interpretation of the Cold War as an imaginary war, a conflict that had imaginations of nuclear devastation as one of its main battlegrounds. The book includes survey chapters and case studies on Western Europe, the USSR, Japan and the USA. Looking at various strands of intellectual debate and at different media, from documentary film to fiction, the chapters demonstrate the difficulties to make the unthinkable and unimaginable - nuclear apocalypse - imaginable. The book will be required reading for everyone who wants to understand the cultural dynamics of the Cold War through the angle of its core ingredient, nuclear weapons.
Jules & Rom
Author: Pete Mullineaux
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2021-03-02
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 1800462514
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 2040 Kerry Tracker, a newly qualified teacher is appointed to oversee a US high school production of Romeo & Juliet: a tall order, the 10th grade kids in the cast previously caused an emotional meltdown in the android teacher originally assigned to the task. Moreover, the 15 year old rebel ringleader is the daughter of the man whose company supplies all the AI resources in the school. When a suspicious death takes place in the school and special agent Floyd Linton from Homeland Security pursues the investigation into what happened, the play’s story of young love and social division unfolds against a background of political intrigue as human beings and androids discover themselves through the process of putting on Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece.
Gender Equity In The Early Years
Author: Browne, Naima
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Published: 2004-03-01
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 0335211526
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGender Equity in the Early Yearscritically evaluates the extent to which current early years policies, provision and practice promote and foster gender equity. It explores the rationale for the drive to employ more men in the early years field and examines the link made between ‘underachievement’ in boys and the ‘feminine’ nature of early years provision. It also looks at the underpinning philosophy and impact of the Foundation stage in early years provision. Taking into consideration recent research, this book considers the validity of the ‘scientific’ conclusions being drawn about the biological basis for gender differences. Children’s perceptions of ‘masculinities’ and ‘femininities’ are also under scrutiny as the author analyses their imaginative role play and storytelling in early years settings. The author also looks at the principles behind the pre-school provision in Reggio Emilia and focuses on the extent to which this approach fosters gender equity. This groundbreaking book is essential reading for professionals working with young children, students on early childhood education and early childhood studies courses and heads and deputies in nurseries and primary and nursery schools.
Final Frontiers
Author: Upamanyu Pablo Mukherjee
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 1789620287
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first sustained exploration of the relationship between post-colonial science fiction, Indian techno-scientific policies, and the non-aligned movement. It shows the critical role played by the science fiction genre in imagining alternative pathways for scientific and geo-political developments to those that dominate our lives now.
Arms Control And International Security
Author: Roman Kolkowicz
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-08-27
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 0429725566
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDesigned to introduce the reader to the critical issues of arms control and international security in the 1980s, this collection of provocative and challenging articles encourages a rethinking of conventional wisdom on strategic policy. The authors succinctly convey the tensions existing between those who would eliminate the weapons on which strategic deterrence has rested and those who see the Soviet nuclear buildup as a challenge that must be met with increased armaments. They reflect, as well, on the conceptual tension between eliminating nuclear weapons and answering the question of how defense can be managed in the nuclear era. Their contributions are at times compelling, at times frustrating, but at all times informative and of critical importance.
The Mirrors of Elangir
Author: Steven J Pemberton
Publisher: Steven J Pemberton
Published: 2014-06-21
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA hunt for a magical treasure that could pay a dowry - or win a war. Raltarn and his uncle are entrepreneurs, struggling to make an honest living - or failing that, any sort of living - as Raltarn scrapes together a dowry for his fiancée Shanu. Shanu's father, tired of waiting, gives Raltarn an ultimatum - double your fortune in three months or the wedding is off. While clearing junk from a dead man's house, Raltarn finds a magic mirror that can communicate instantaneously with an identical mirror over great distances. The pair could provide him with a dowry - and might give his country the edge it needs in the long war with its neighbour. When the other mirror proves to be thousands of miles away, across dangerous seas and unexplored lands, Raltarn and his uncle decide the risks are worth it, but they soon discover they are not the only ones who see the opportunity for power and profit...
Physics of Societal Issues
Author: David Hafemeister
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-12-12
Total Pages: 677
ISBN-13: 1461492726
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides the reader with essential tools needed to analyze complex societal issues and demonstrates the transition from physics to modern-day laws and treaties. This second edition features new equation-oriented material and extensive data sets drawing upon current information from experts in their fields. Problems to challenge the reader and extend discussion are presented on three timely issues: • National Security: Weapons, Offense, Defense, Verification, Nuclear Proliferation, Terrorism • Environment: Air/Water, Nuclear, Climate Change, EM Fields/Epidemiology • Energy: Current Energy Situation, Buildings, Solar Buildings, Renewable Energy, Enhanced End-Use Efficiency, Transportation, Economics Praise for the first edition: "This insight is needed in Congress and the Executive Branch. Hafemeister, a former Congressional fellow with wide Washington experience, has written a book for physicists, chemists and engineers who want to learn science and policy on weapons, energy, and the environment. Scientists who want to make a difference will want this book." Richard Scribner, first Director, Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow Program, AAAS "Hafemeister shows how much one can understand about nuclear weapons and missile issues through simple back-of-the-envelope calculations. He also provides compact explanations of the partially successful attempts that have been made over the past 60 years to control these weapons of mass destruction. Hopefully, Physics of Societal Issues will help interest a new generation of physicists in continuing this work." Frank von Hippel, Professor, Princeton, former Assistant Director, National Security, White House, OSTP "Energy policy must be quantitative. People who don't calculate economic tradeoffs often champion simplistic hardware. ‘The solution is more... nuclear power, or electric cars, or photovoltaics, etc.’ Some simple physics will show that the true solution matches supply and demand as an ‘integrated resource plan.’ Physics of Societal Issues is a good place to begin this journey." Arthur Rosenfeld, former California Energy Commissioner, Professor-emeritus, U. of California-Berkeley
Russia Since 1980
Author: Steven Rosefielde
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 0521849136
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRussia since 1980 recounts the epochal political, economic, and social changes that destroyed the Soviet Union, ushering in a perplexing new order. Two decades after Mikhail Gorbachev initiated his regime-wrecking radical reforms, Russia has reemerged as a superpower. It has survived a hyperdepression, modernized, restored private property and business, adopted a liberal democratic persona, and asserted claims to global leadership. Many in the West perceive these developments as proof of a better globalized tomorrow, while others foresee a new cold war. Globalizers contend that Russia is speedily democratizing, marketizing, and humanizing, creating a regime based on the rule of law and respect for civil rights. Opponents counterclaim that Russia before and during the Soviet period was similarly misportrayed and insist that Medvedev's Russia is just another variation of an authoritarian "Muscovite" model that has prevailed for more than five centuries. The cases for both positions are explored while chronicling events since 1980, and a verdict is rendered in favor of Muscovite continuity. Russia will continue challenging the West until it breaks with its cultural legacy.
