Regulation : how the politics of skill become law -- Production : how skill makes cities -- Skill : how skill is embodied and what it means for the control of bodies -- Protest : how skillful practice becomes resistance -- Body : how definitions of skill cause injury -- Earth : how the politics of skill shape responses to climate change.
The Iskander mobile tactical aero-ballistic/cruise missile complex has been developed for domestic Russian service, Iskander-M, and the export market, Iskander-E, as a survivable 21st century replacement for older generation tactical ballistic missile complex's dating back to the Soviet era. This volume sets out to detail the Iskander-M/E missile complex in service with the Russian Federation Land Force and export customer(s). All technical data relating to the respective weapon systems and their components have been provided by the respective design bureau/offices, as has much of the imagery and graphics with additional impute from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the United States defense industry and Department of Defense.
"The Rise of Iskander" by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli offers a glimpse into the political intrigue and power struggles of the Ottoman Empire. Disraeli's mastery shines as he crafts a story of ambition, diplomacy, and strategic maneuvering. Set against a backdrop of historical events, the novel introduces readers to Iskander, a charismatic figure navigating the intricate world of politics and diplomacy. Disraeli's rich character development and engaging narrative showcase his prowess in historical fiction, providing readers with a captivating exploration of power dynamics and cultural exchange.
Erika Haber's analysis of the interplay between literature and culture in the Soviet Union of the 1970s and 1980s breaks new ground not only in our understanding of this relationship, but also in our appreciation of the literary genre popularized at that time by the Colombian writer Gabriel Garc a M rquez--magical realism. The Soviets perceived Garc a M rquez as a Socialist, and they sanctioned his magical realism--when other writing styles were outlawed--as a natural extension of socialist realism. Haber discusses the use of magical realism in Soviet literature, focusing especially on two non-Slavic writers: Fasil Iskander, of Abkhazia, and Chingiz Aitmatov, of Kyrgyzstan. She explores how these writers used literary tools of subversion and successfully employed magical realism in rebellion against the prescription of national conformity in art. In critical readings of Iskander and Aitmatov, Haber demonstrates how these writers juxtaposed their native myth with Soviet myth, thus undermining the primary message of socialist realism by suggesting a plurality of worlds and truths.
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El Borak, the character created by Howard, is a Texan gunman who has travelled the world and finally settled in Afghanistan. In this story, he finds descendants of Alexander the Great's soldiers still hiding in the mountains.
The latest edition of Electromagnetic Fields and Waves retains an authoritative, balanced approach, in-depth coverage, extensive analysis, and use of computational techniques to provide a complete understanding of electromagnetic important to all electrical engineering students. An essential feature of this innovative text is the early introduction of Maxwell's equations, together with the quantifying experimental observations made by the pioneers who discovered electromagnetics. This approach directly links the mathematical relations in Maxwell's equations to real experiments and facilitates a fundamental understanding of wave propagation and use in modern practical applications, especially in today's wireless world. New and expanded topics include the conceptual relationship between Coulomb's law and Gauss's law for calculating electric fields, the relationship between Biot-Savart's and Ampere's laws and their use in calculating magnetic fields from current sources, the development of Faraday's law from experimental observations, and a comprehensive discussion and analysis of the displacement current term that unified the laws of electromagnetism. The text also includes sections on computational techniques in electromagnetics and applications in electrostatics, in transmission lines, and in wire antenna designs. The antennas chapter has been substantially broadened in scope; it now can be used as a stand-alone text in an introductory antennas course. Advantageous pedagogical features appear in every chapter: examples that illustrate key topics and ask the reader to render a solution to a question or problem posed; an abundant number of detailed figures and diagrams, enabling a visual interpretation of the developed mathematical equations; and multiple review questions and problems designed to strengthen and accelerate the learning process. Helpful material is included in six appendices, including answers to selected problems. Unlike other introductory texts, Electromagnetic Fields and Waves does not bog readers down with equations and mathematical relations. Instead, it focuses on the fundamental understanding and exciting applications of electromagnetics. Not-for-sale instructor resource material available to college and university faculty only; contact publisher directly. [Resumen del editor].
One of the major difficulties in predicting the capacity of pipe piles in sand has resulted from a lack of understanding of the physical processes that control the behavior of piles during installation and loading. This monograph presents a detailed blue print for developing experimental facilities necessary to identify these processes. These facilities include a unique instrumented double-walled pipe-pile that is used to delineate the frictional stresses acting against the external and internal surfaces of the pile. The pile is fitted with miniature pore-pressure transducers to monitor the generation of pore water pressure during installation and loading. A fast automatic laboratory pile hammer capable of representing the phenomena that occur during pile driving was also developed and used.
