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Perspectives On Thinking And Reasoning Essays In Honour Of Peter Wason

Perspectives On Thinking And Reasoning Essays In Honour Of Peter Wason

This collection of essays focuses on three reasoning problems devised by Peter Wason - the selection task the 2-4-6 task and the THOG problem - which have had a considerable influence since their invention. ; The reasons why people make so many errors in these seemingly simple tasks are still not fully understood. A variety of different theoretical perspectives have been used in trying to explain performance. These include the mental models approach the pragmatic reasoning approach and the mental logic approach. This book contains chapters which discuss all these theories. Other chapters review the literature or offer alternative theoretical perspectives. A final chapter by Peter Wason describes how he came to create the tasks discussed. | Perspectives On Thinking And Reasoning Essays In Honour Of Peter Wason

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Barry Commoner's Contribution to the Environmental Movement Science and Social Action

Barry Commoner's Contribution to the Environmental Movement Science and Social Action

Few people have made greater contributions to protecting and improving the environment than the scientist teacher activist Dr. Barry Commoner. For half a century Dr. Commoner has been an international leader in the environmental movement. On the occasion of his eightieth birthday a symposium was held at which invited speakers discussed his contributions to a wide range of environmental issues. This book collecting many of the invited papers provides fascinating insights into the life and work of one of the twentieth century's most influential scientists and social activists. Chapters contributed by other activists scientists and scholars including Ralph Nader Tony Mazzocchi and Peter Montague cover many of Dr. Commoner's major contributions. | Barry Commoner's Contribution to the Environmental Movement Science and Social Action

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The Globalizing Cities Reader

The Globalizing Cities Reader

The newly revised Globalizing Cities Reader reflects how the geographies of theory have recently shifted away from the western vantage points from which much of the classic work in this field was developed. The expanded volume continues to make available many of the original and foundational works that underpin the research field while expanding coverage to familiarize students with new theoretical and epistemological positions as well as emerging research foci and horizons. It contains 38 new chapters including key writings on globalizing cities from leading thinkers such as John Friedmann Michael Peter Smith Saskia Sassen Peter Taylor Manuel Castells Anthony King Jennifer Robinson Ananya Roy and Fulong Wu. The new Reader reflects the fact that world and global city studies have evolved in exciting and wide-ranging ways and the very notion of a distinct global class of cities has recently been called into question. The sections examine the foundations of the field and processes of urban restructuring and global city formation. A large number of new entries focus on the emerging urban worlds of Asia Latin America and Africa including Beijing Bogota Cairo Cape Town Delhi Istanbul Medellin Mumbai Phnom Penh Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo and Shanghai. The book also presents cases off the conventional map of global cities research such as smaller cities and less known urban regions that are undergoing processes of globalization. The book is a key resource for students and scholars alike who seek an accessible compendium of the intellectual foundations of global urban studies as well as an overview of the emergent patterns of early 21st century urbanization and associated sociopolitical contestation around the world. | The Globalizing Cities Reader

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Setting the Scene Perspectives on Twentieth-Century Theatre Architecture

Setting the Scene Perspectives on Twentieth-Century Theatre Architecture

During the twentieth century an increasingly diverse range of buildings and spaces was used for theatre. Theatre architecture was re-formed by new approaches to staging and performance while theatre was often thought to have a reforming role in society. Innovation was accompanied by the revival and reinterpretation of older ideas. The contributors to this volume explore these ideas in a variety of contexts from detailed discussions of key architects’ work (including Denys Lasdun Peter Moro Cedric Price and Heinrich Tessenow) to broader surveys of theatre in West Germany and Japan. Other contributions examine the Malm¶ Stadsteater ’ideal’ theatres in post-war North America ’found space’ in 1960s New York and Postmodernity in 1980s East Germany. Together these essays shed new light on this complex building type and also contribute to the wider architectural history of the twentieth century. | Setting the Scene Perspectives on Twentieth-Century Theatre Architecture

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Public Relations and Social Theory Key Figures Concepts and Developments

Public Relations and Social Theory Key Figures Concepts and Developments

Public Relations and Social Theory: Key Figures Concepts and Developments broadens the theoretical scope of public relations studies by applying the work of a group of prominent social theorists to make sense of the practice. The volume focuses on the work of key social theorists including Max Weber Karl Marx John Dewey Jürgen Habermas Niklas Luhmann Michel Foucault Ulrich Beck Pierre Bourdieu Anthony Giddens Robert Putnam Erving Goffman Peter L. Berger Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Bruno Latour Dorothy Smith Zygmunt Bauman Harrison White John W. Meyer Luc Boltanski and Chantal Mouffe. Each chapter is devoted to an individual theorist providing an overview of that theorist’s key concepts and contributions and exploring how these can be applied to public relations as a practice. Each chapter also includes a box giving a short and concise presentation of the theorist along with recommendation of key works and secondary literature. | Public Relations and Social Theory Key Figures Concepts and Developments

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Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes Two Volume Set: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures

Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes Two Volume Set: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures

Drawn to Life is a two-volume collection of the legendary lectures of long-time Disney animator Walt Stanchfield. For over 20 years Walt mentored a new generation of animators at the Walt Disney Studios and influenced such talented artists such as Tim Burton Brad Bird Glen Keane and Andreas Deja. His writing and drawings have become must-have lessons for fine artists film professionals animators and students looking for inspiration and essential training in drawing and the art of animation. Written by Walt Stanchfield (1919–2000) who began work for the Walt Disney Studios in the 1950s. His work can be seen in films such as Sleeping Beauty The Jungle Book 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan. Edited by Disney Legend and Oscar®-nominated producer Don Hahn whose credits include the classic Beauty and the Beast The Lion King and Hunchback of Notre Dame. | Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes Two Volume Set: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures

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Lean for the Process Industries Dealing with Complexity Second Edition

Lean for the Process Industries Dealing with Complexity Second Edition

Compared to its widespread implementation across almost all areas of production Lean improvement efforts lag within the process industries. While many innovators have successfully applied Lean principles to these industries during the past three decades most of those pioneering efforts were never recorded to guide the improvement efforts of others. Drawing on more than 40 years of application experience at one of the world’s largest chemical and materials manufacturers coupled with 10 years in private practice Peter King corrects this void by providing the first comprehensive resource written explicitly for change agents within the process industries. Focusing on areas where the improvement needs of the process industry differ from parts assembly manufacturing Lean for the Process Industries: Dealing with Complexity Second Edition: Covers each of the eight wastes commonly described in Lean literature looking at how they manifest themselves in process operations. Explains how to adapt value stream mapping for process operations. Shows how to identify the root causes of bottlenecks and how to manage them to optimize flow until they can be eliminated. Provides practical techniques to overcome the barriers which have prevented the application of Cellular Manufacturing to process operations. Discusses the role of business leadership in a Lean strategy describing both enabling and counter-productive management behaviors Since the publication of the first edition of this book Peter King has been busy consulting with food beverage gasoline additive and nutraceutical companies - these new experiences have broadened his perspectives on certain Lean processes and have given him a richer set of examples to discuss in this new edition. While Value Stream Mapping is a very powerful tool to understand flow bottlenecks and waste in an operation the traditional format as presented in many other books does not describe all of the data required to fully understand process flow and its detractors. This new edition highlights the necessary additions with examples of why they are useful. Product wheel scheduling achieves production leveling in a far more comprehensive and effective way than traditional heijunka methods. This edition has a more thorough description of the wheel concept and design steps and more examples from actual applications. | Lean for the Process Industries Dealing with Complexity Second Edition

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Protocols for Multislice Helical Computed Tomography The Fundamentals

Protocols for Multislice Helical Computed Tomography The Fundamentals

Despite the expected decline in the mid-1970s in the use of computed tomography (CT) following the excitement of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) CT has confounded its detractors and remains the imaging modality of choice particularly for the chest and abdomen. Spiral/helical CT with the development of 64-multislice variant has revolutionized diagnostic imaging: image acquistion of large body volumes are obtained in short times during a single-breath hold. Scanning protocols without contrast enhancement are not a challenge; however with intravenous contrast agents critical choices are made and bad choices inevitably produce bad scans. This handy guide provides the reader with a simple introduction to the essential ideas involved and a practical guide to the implementation of rational scanning protocols for multislice spiral instruments. Written by Peter Dawson a well-respected figure in computed tomography and radiology and a world expert on contrast agents Scanning Protocols for Multislice Helical Computed Tomography is an essential guide for all those working with CT as well as those in training. | Protocols for Multislice Helical Computed Tomography The Fundamentals

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The Stuart Age England 1603–1714

The Stuart Age England 1603–1714

The Stuart Age provides an accessible introduction to England's century of civil war and revolution including the causes of the English Civil War; the nature of the English Revolution; the aims and achievements of Oliver Cromwell; the continuation of religious passion in the politics of Restoration England; and the impact of the Glorious Revolution on Britain. The fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated by Peter Gaunt to reflect new work and changing trends in research on the Stuart age. It expands on key areas including the early Stuart economic religious and social context; key military events and debates surrounding the English Civil War; colonial expansion foreign policy and overseas wars; and significant developments in Scotland and Ireland. A new opening chapter provides an important overview of current historiographical trends in Stuart history introducing readers to key recent work on the topic. The Stuart Age is a long-standing favourite of lecturers and students of early modern British history and this new edition is essential reading for those studying Stuart Britain. | The Stuart Age England 1603–1714

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A Mathematica Primer for Physicists

A Mathematica Primer for Physicists

…an excellent text for either a short course or self-study… Professor Napolitano has figured out what students really need and found a way to deliver it… I have found everything he writes to be worthy of my serious attention… —Peter D. Persans Professor of Physics and Director Center for Integrated Electronics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Learn how to use Mathematica quickly for basic problems in physics. The author introduces all the key techniques and then shows how they’re applied using common examples. Chapters cover elementary mathematics concepts differential and integral calculus differential equations vectors and matrices data analysis random number generation animation and visualization. Written in an appealing conversational style Presents important concepts within the framework of Mathematics Gives examples from frequently encountered physics problems Explains problem-solving in a step-by-step fashion Jim Napolitano is professor and chair in the Department of Physics at Temple University. He is the author of other textbooks including co-author with Alistair Rae of Quantum Mechanics Sixth Edition also published by Taylor & Francis / CRC Press. | A Mathematica Primer for Physicists

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The Environmental Policy Paradox

The Environmental Policy Paradox

Now in its eighth edition The Environmental Policy Paradox continues the book's tradition of offering an accessible introduction to the social economic legal and political matters pertaining to environmental policy while also developing the student’s own unique views. The text explains why some environmental ideas shape policy while others do not and illustrates that even when the best short- and long-term solutions to environmental problems are identified the task of implementing these solutions is often left undone or is completed too late. New to the eighth edition: New topics including environmental social movements and the anti-environmental countermovements environmental justice corporate influence in regulatory affairs. Analyzes the growing policy divide between the two parties and the efforts of both Republicans and Democratic presidents to undo the policies of their predecessor. Updated discussions of environmental justice issues. Includes a range of visual aids in figures and tables to demonstrate trends in the topics covered. A new co-author Peter Jacques recognized for his teaching and scholarship in global environmental politics and sustainability. A must-buy for courses in Environmental Policy Environmental Studies and Public Policy; and as a supplement for courses in American Government and Public Administration.

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Solution Techniques for Elementary Partial Differential Equations

Solution Techniques for Elementary Partial Differential Equations

In my opinion this is quite simply the best book of its kind that I have seen thus far. —Professor Peter Schiavone University of Alberta from the Foreword to the Fourth Edition Praise for the previous editions An ideal tool for students taking a first course in PDEs as well as for the lecturers who teach such courses. —Marian Aron Plymouth University UK This is one of the best books on elementary PDEs this reviewer has read so far. Highly recommended. —CHOICE Solution Techniques for Elementary Partial Differential Equations Fourth Edition remains a top choice for a standard undergraduate-level course on partial differential equations (PDEs). It provides a streamlined direct approach to developing students’ competence in solving PDEs and offers concise easily understood explanations and worked examples that enable students to see the techniques in action. New to the Fourth Edition Two additional sections A larger number and variety of worked examples and exercises A companion pdf file containing more detailed worked examples to supplement those in the book which can be used in the classroom and as an aid to online teaching

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An Introduction to the Geography of Health

An Introduction to the Geography of Health

In the second edition of An Introduction to the Geography of Health Helen Hazen and Peter Anthamatten explore the ways in which geographic ideas and approaches can inform our understanding of health. The book’s focus on a broad range of physical and social factors that drive health in places and spaces offers students and scholars an important holistic perspective on the study of health in the modern era. In this edition the authors have restructured the book to emphasize the theoretical significance of ecological and social approaches to health. Spatial methods are now reinforced throughout the book and other qualitative and quantitative methods are discussed in greater depth. Data and examples are used extensively to illustrate key points and have been updated throughout including several new extended case studies such as water contamination in Flint Michigan; microplastics pollution; West Africa’s Ebola crisis; and the Zika epidemic. The book contains more than one hundred figures including new and updated maps data graphics and photos. The book is designed to be used as the core text for a health geography course for undergraduate and lower-level graduate students and is relevant to students of biology medicine entomology social science urban planning and public health.

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Radical Theology and Emerging Christianity Deconstruction Materialism and Religious Practices

Radical Theology and Emerging Christianity Deconstruction Materialism and Religious Practices

The ’theological turn’ in continental philosophy and the ’turn to Paul’ in political philosophy have occasioned a return to radical theology a tradition whose philosophical heritage can be traced to the death of God announced in the work of Nietzsche and Hegel. John D. Caputo’s deconstructive theology and Slavoj Zizek’s materialist theology are two radical theologies that explore what it might mean to pass through the death of God and to abandon this experience as specifically Christian. Radical Theology and Emerging Christianity demonstrates how these theologies are transforming everyday religious practices through an examination of the work of Peter Rollins and Kester Brewin two figures at the radical margins of a contemporary expression of Western religiosity called emerging Christianity. The author uses her analysis of all four figures to argue that deconstructive practices can enable religious communities to become part of a wider materialist collective in which the death of God continues to resonate. Pushing the methodological boundaries of philosophy of religion by examining religious practices as the site of philosophical signification the book challenges scholars and practitioners alike to a new and more demanding dialogue between theory and practice. | Radical Theology and Emerging Christianity Deconstruction Materialism and Religious Practices

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Chanson The French Singer-Songwriter from Aristide Bruant to the Present Day

Chanson The French Singer-Songwriter from Aristide Bruant to the Present Day

’En France tout finit par des chansons’ is the well-known phrase which sums up the importance of chanson for the French. A song tradition that goes back to the Middle Ages and troubadours of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries chanson is part of the texture of everyday life in France - a part of the national identity and a barometer of popular taste. In this first study of chanson in English Peter Hawkins examines the background to the genre and the difficulties in defining what is and what is not chanson. The focus then moves to the development of the singer-songwriter of chanson from 1880 to the present day. This period saw the emergence of national icons from Aristide Bruant at the end of the nineteenth century through to internationally recognized musicians such as Jacques Brel and Serge Gainsbourg. Each of these figures used chanson to express the particular moral dilemmas tragic situations and moments of euphoria particular to themselves and their times. The book provides bibliographies discographies and details of video recordings for each of the singer-songwriters that it discusses. It is both an essential reference guide to the genre and a useful case history of the adaptation of an ancient form to the demands of the modern mass media. | Chanson The French Singer-Songwriter from Aristide Bruant to the Present Day

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The Industrial Revolution in World History

The Industrial Revolution in World History

Now in its fifth edition this book explores the ways in which the industrial revolution reshaped world history covering the international factors that helped launch the industrial revolution its global spread and its impact from the end of the eighteenth century to the present day. The single most important development in human history over the past three centuries the industrial revolution continues to shape the contemporary world. Revised and brought into the present this fifth edition of Peter N. Stearns’ The Industrial Revolution in World History extends his global analysis of the industrial revolution. Looking beyond the West the book considers India the Middle East and China and now includes more on key Latin American economies and Africa as well as the heightened tensions since 2008 about the economic aspects of globalization and the decline of manufacturing in the West. This edition also features a new chapter on key historiographical debates updated suggestions for further reading and boxed debate features that encourage the reader to consider diversity and different viewpoints in their own analysis and pays increased attention to the environmental impacts. Illustrating the contemporary relevance of the industrial revolution's history this is essential reading for students of world history and economics as well as for those seeking to know more about the global implications of what is arguably the defining socioeconomic event of modern times.

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Russia A Historical Introduction from Kievan Rus' to the Present

Russia A Historical Introduction from Kievan Rus' to the Present

This lucid account of Russian and Soviet history presents major trends and events from Kievan Rus’ to Vladimir Putin’s presidency in the twenty-first century. Directly addressing controversial topics this book looks at issues such as the impact of the Mongol conquest the paradoxes of Peter the Great the “inevitability” of the 1917 Revolution the Stalinist terror and the Gorbachev reform effort. This new ninth edition has been updated to include a discussion of Russian participation in the War in Donbas eastern Ukraine Russia’s role in the Syrian civil war the rise of opposition figure Alexei Navalny Vladimir Putin’s confirmation as “president for life ” recent Russian relations with the United States the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union as well as contemporary social and cultural trends. Distinguished by its brevity and supplemented with substantially updated suggested readings that feature new scholarship on Russia and a thoroughly updated index this essential text provides balanced coverage of all periods of Russian history and incorporates economic social and cultural developments as well as politics and foreign policy. Suitable for undergraduates as well as the general reader with an interest in Russia this text is a concise single volume on one of the world’s most significant lands. | Russia A Historical Introduction from Kievan Rus' to the Present

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Advances and Trends in Engineering Sciences and Technologies III Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Engineering Sciences and

Advances and Trends in Engineering Sciences and Technologies III Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Engineering Sciences and

These are the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Engineering Sciences and Technologies (ESaT 2018) held from 12th - 14th September 2018 in the High Tatras Mountains Tatranské Matliare Slovak Republic. ESaT 2018 was organized under the auspices of the Faculty of Civil Engineering Technical University of Košice - Slovak Republic in collaboration with Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University - Russia after the successful organization with excellent feedback of the previous international conferences ESaT 2015 and ESaT 2016. The proceedings is covering various topics and disciplines in civil engineering sciences such as Buildings and Architectural Engineering Bearing Structures Material and Environmental Engineering Construction Technology and Management Building Physics and Facilities Geodesy Surveying and Mapping Geotechnics and Traffic Engineering. The proceedings report on new and original progress and trends in various fields of engineering sciences that will be of interest to a wide range of academics and professionals from university and industry. 116 papers originating from more than 10 countries have been accepted for publication in the conference proceedings. Each accepted paper was reviewed by two reviewers selected according to the scientific area and orientation of the paper which guarantees topicality quality and an advanced level of the presented results. | Advances and Trends in Engineering Sciences and Technologies III Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Engineering Sciences and

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Architecture and the Unconscious

Architecture and the Unconscious

There are a number of recent texts that draw on psychoanalytic theory as an interpretative approach for understanding architecture or that use the formal and social logics of architecture for understanding the psyche. But there remains work to be done in bringing what largely amounts to a series of independent voices into a discourse that is greater than the sum of its parts in the way that say the architect Peter Eisenman was able to do with the architecture of deconstruction or that the historian Manfredo Tafuri was able to do with the Marxist critique of architecture. The discourse of the present volume focuses specifically for the first time on the subject of the unconscious in relation to the design perception and understanding of architecture. It brings together an international group of contributors who provide informed and varied points of view on the role of the unconscious in architectural design and theory and in doing so expand architectural theory to unexplored areas enriching architecture in relation to the humanities. The book explores how architecture engages dreams desires imagination memory and emotions how architecture can appeal to a broader scope of human experience and identity. Beginning by examining the historical development of the engagement of the unconscious in architectural discourse and the current and historical theoretical and practical intersections of architecture and psychoanalysis the volume also analyses the city and the urban condition. | Architecture and the Unconscious

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Handbook of Spin Transport and Magnetism

Handbook of Spin Transport and Magnetism

In the past several decades the research on spin transport and magnetism has led to remarkable scientific and technological breakthroughs including Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg’s Nobel Prize-winning discovery of giant magnetoresistance (GMR) in magnetic metallic multilayers. Handbook of Spin Transport and Magnetism provides a comprehensive balanced account of the state of the art in the field known as spin electronics or spintronics. It reveals how key phenomena first discovered in one class of materials such as spin injection in metals have been revisited decades later in other materials systems including silicon organic semiconductors carbon nanotubes graphene and carefully engineered nanostructures. The first section of the book offers a historical and personal perspective of the field written by Nobel Prize laureate Albert Fert. The second section addresses physical phenomena such as GMR in hybrid structures of ferromagnetic and normal metals. The third section discusses recent developments in spin-dependent tunneling including magnetic tunnel junctions with ferroelectric barriers. In the fourth section the contributors look at how to control spin and magnetism in semiconductors. In the fifth section they examine phenomena typically found in nanostructures made from metals superconductors molecular magnets carbon nanotubes quantum dots and graphene. The final section covers novel spin-based applications including advanced magnetic sensors nonvolatile magnetoresistive random access memory and semiconductor spin-lasers. The techniques and materials of spintronics have rapidly evolved in recent years leading to vast improvements in hard drive storage and magnetic sensing. With extensive cross-references between chapters this seminal handbook provides a complete guide to spin transport and magnetism across various classes of materials and structures.

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Self-Consolidating Concrete Applying what we know

Self-Consolidating Concrete Applying what we know

A very interesting and useful book for all the different practitioners in the concrete industry. Each necessary step is thoroughly dealt with and explained in a nice and pedagogic way. —Peter Billberg Swedish Cement and Concrete Research Institute (CBI)Quite comprehensive and with a narrative style at the practitioner level. —Lloyd Keller Director of R&D and Quality Assurance EllisDon CanadaSelf-consolidating concrete (SCC) is an innovative material used successfully throughout the world. It is a highly flowable non-segregating concrete that can spread into place fill the formwork and encapsulate the reinforcement without any mechanical consolidation improving the overall efficiency of a concrete construction project. SCC mixtures are highly fluid yet their flowing properties can be adapted for a range of applications and allow practitioners to select and determine levels of filling ability passing ability and stability. Self-Consolidating Concrete: Applying What We Know discusses all aspects of SCC including:Benefits and limitations Raw material components Mixture proportions Production and quality control Placement and curing Presenting a basis for consistently producing and applying SCC in a regular production environment this book is written from the perspective of the concrete practitioner. It uses descriptions and case studies throughout as examples of specific types of applications to identify where the practitioner needs to focus attention. This book bridges the gap between research and practice. It links science with practical application describing a number of projects and types of applications where SCC has been used successfully. It will be useful for new practitioners as well as for those already using SCC. | Self-Consolidating Concrete Applying what we know

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Max Weber and Islam

Max Weber and Islam

Max Weber and Islam is a major effort by Islamic-studies specialists to reexamine and appraise Max Weber's perspectives on Islam and its historical development. Eight specialists on Islam and two sociologists explore many dimensions of Weber's comments on Islam along with Weber's conceptual framework. The volume's introduction links the discussions to contemporary issues and debates. Wolfgang Schluchter reconstructs Weber's conceptual apparatus as it applies to Islam and its historical development. In subsequent chapters Islamic specialists consider such major topics as the developmental history of Islam Islamic fundamentalism Islamic reform Islamic law and capitalism secularization in Islam as well as the value of attempting to apply Weber's concept of sects to Islam. While some authors find flaws in Weber's factual knowledge of Islam they also find considerable merit in the kinds of questions Weber raised. Contributors to the volume include highly respected contemporary international scholars of Islam: Ira Lapidus Nehemia Levtzion Richard M. Eaton Peter Hardy Rudolph Peters Barbara Metcalf Francis Robinson Patricia Crone Michael Cook and S. N. Eisenstadt. Toby Huff's introduction not only knits the thematics of the separate essays together but adds its own stresses while engaging the contributors in dialogue and debate about fundamental issues. This acute collective analysis establishes a new benchmark for understanding Weber and Islam. This book also provides an up-to-date overview of the developmental history of many aspects of Islam. A major reappraisal of the entire span of Max Weber's sociological thought on Islam this book will appeal to a wide range of scholars and laymen interested in the Islamic world. It will be of particular interest to sociologists specializing in religion and Middle East area specialists.

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The City Reader

The City Reader

The seventh edition of the highly successful The City Reader juxtaposes the very best classic and contemporary writings on the city. Sixty-three selections are included: forty-five from the sixth edition and eighteen new selections including three newly written exclusively for The City Reader. The anthology features a Prologue essay on How to Study Cities eight part introductions as well as individual introductions to each of the selected articles. The new edition has been extensively updated and expanded to reflect the latest thinking in each of the disciplinary and topical areas included such as sustainable urban development globalization the impact of technology on cities resilient cities and urban theory. The seventh edition places greater emphasis on cities in the developing world the global city system and the future of cities in the digital transformation age. While retaining classic writings from authors such as Lewis Mumford Jane Jacobs and Louis Wirth this edition also includes the best contemporary writings of among others Peter Hall Manuel Castells and Saskia Sassen. New material has been added on compact cities urban history placemaking climate change the world city network smart cities the new social exclusion ordinary cities gentrification gender perspectives regime theory comparative urbanization and the impact of technology on cities. Bibliographic material has been completely updated and strengthened so that the seventh edition can serve as a reference volume orienting faculty and students to the most important writings of all the key topics in urban studies and planning. The City Reader provides the comprehensive mapping of the terrain of Urban Studies old and new. It is essential reading for anyone interested in studying cities and city life.

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The Live-Streaming Handbook How to create live video for social media on your phone and desktop

The Live-Streaming Handbook How to create live video for social media on your phone and desktop

The Live-Streaming Handbook will teach you how to present live-video shows from your phone and stream them straight to Facebook and Twitter. With this book and your favourite social media apps you will be able to run your own TV station for your home or work. Peter Stewart an experienced TV and radio presenter producer and author now shares the training he’s given to professional broadcasters with you! From structuring and developing a show to establishing an effective online persona and getting more people to watch you. The book includes dozens of tried and tested formats for your live-video show alongside case studies highlighting how businesses and professionals are using live-streaming in their brand and marketing strategies. Also included are: a foreword by Al Roker (NBC's The Today Show); practical steps for using popular live-streaming apps such as Facebook Live and Twitter; nearly 80 colour images of live-streaming events screenshots and gadgets; a detailed walk-through of how to successfully present and produce your live-streaming show; advice on analysing and exploiting viewer metrics to increase followers; more than 130 quotes of real-world advice from expert producers of online media content; over 700 links to online case studies articles research and background reading. With this extensive manual you will gain a competitive edge in the world of online live-streaming. This book is invaluable to entrepreneurs professionals and students working in journalism public relations marketing and digital media as well as general readers interested in live-streaming at home. | The Live-Streaming Handbook How to create live video for social media on your phone and desktop

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Five Naval Journals 1789-1817

Five Naval Journals 1789-1817

These documents were selected by Rear-Admiral Thursfield for the light they throw on life afloat in the Navy of the Napoleonic era rather than for their contribution to the history of the operations in which their authors took part. They comprise four ‘Journals’ based mainly on dairies kept at the time and written up at a later date for enjoyment by the author’s friends and family. The fifth document is not a journal at all but the Order Book of a frigate captain. In addition eleven letters are included written by men from the lower deck. Each journal is headed by an Introduction which puts it in its historical context. The journal of the Rev Edward Mangin is a lively record of life aboard a 74-gun battleship in 1812 written by a clergyman who was deeply shocked by the events and deaths he witnessed. Four of the paintings he made on the Gloucester are reproduced. Peter Cullen’s journal covers the period 1789-1802 starting from the time he joined the Navy as an assistant surgeon. He gives a long account of the mutiny at the Nore and was present at Nelson’s battle at Copenhagen. Robert Wilson was a pressed man an able seaman promoted to be signalman on the smart frigate Unité from 1805 to 1809. His journal is packed with details of the many varied duties she undertook in the Mediterranean in the post-Trafalgar period and how these affected her officers and crew. Charles Abbot was a midshipman on the Alceste when she carried Lord Amherst to China as ambassador in 1816 and sank off Borneo on her return voyage. | Five Naval Journals 1789-1817

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