Author : Stan Goff
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 21,81 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9781932360127
Former U.S. Special Forces veteran turned antiwar political activist Goffrings an idiosyncratic point of view and tone to his critique of U.S.oreign policy, much of which hinges on the idea that the complex system thats global capitalism is fundamentally at odds with the laws of entropy and isurrently in the process of collapse. He combines
Author : Adam Rogers
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 40,53 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Art
ISBN : 1328518906
A lively account of our age-old quest for brighter colors, which changed the way we see the world, from the best-selling author of Proof: The Science of Booze From kelly green to millennial pink, our world is graced with a richness of colors. But our human-made colors haven't always matched nature's kaleidoscopic array. To reach those brightest heights required millennia of remarkable innovation and a fascinating exchange of ideas between science and craft that's allowed for the most luminous manifestations of our built and adorned world. In Full Spectrum, Rogers takes us on that globe-trotting journey, tracing an arc from the earliest humans to our digitized, synthesized present and future. We meet our ancestors mashing charcoal in caves, Silk Road merchants competing for the best ceramics, and textile artists cracking the centuries-old mystery of how colors mix, before shooting to the modern era for high-stakes corporate espionage and the digital revolution that's rewriting the rules of color forever. In prose as vibrant as its subject, Rogers opens the door to Oz, sharing the liveliest events of an expansive human quest--to make a brighter, more beautiful world--and along the way, proving why he's "one of the best science writers around."* *National Geographic
Author : Christian Arnsperger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 42,93 MB
Release : 2010-01-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1135169764
Economics is essential in today’s world, and yet mainstream economists are increasingly under criticism for not taking into account sufficiently many dimensions of real life, such as political and moral values, human development, spirituality, and people’s widely shared aspiration to live more liberated lives. This book offers a critical assessment of contemporary mainstream economics by showing that the discipline has become much too narrow and misses out on the full spectrum of human existence. The book presents a careful, detailed analysis of the limitations of neoclassical economics and of its post-neoclassical successors: behavioral economics, neuroeconomics, and experimental economics. It offers a deconstruction rooted in the "Integral" philosophy developed over the past three decades by the contemporary American thinker Ken Wilber. Distinguishing between exterior and interior dimensions of human existence, it suggests that economics could be made into a more inclusive and more emancipatory science if it started to truly honor the genuinely interior aspects of individuals and communities. Instead of remaining stuck in the limitations of post-neoclassical theory, we should make the move toward a new paradigm that, in the name of science, promotes objectivity as well as subjectivity, and material causality as well as existential awareness. The result is a highly expanded sense of relevance for economists, sociologists, and social scientists in general. Combining methodologies from systems science, brain science, ethno-methodology, and existentialism as well as from the great spiritual traditions of humanity, Christian Arnsperger delineates the requirements of a genuinely integral economics beyond today’s crippling reductionism.
Author : Jay Greenberg
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 1077 pages
File Size : 13,20 MB
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1633198278
Full Spectrum covers the Philadelphia Flyers like no other sports franchise has ever been covered before. The Flyers are a unique hockey organization in a special sports town and Full Spectrum gives you the whole story: on the ice, in the dressing room, and behind the scenes. From the campaign to gain an NHL franchise in 1965, through the building of a hard-hitting Stanley Cup championship roster that performed at its best after Kate Smith's thundering rendition of "God Bless America"; from the tragic loss of goaltending great Pelle Lindbergh to the controversy-strewn signing of mega-star Eric Lindros; from the Leach-Barber-Clarke line to the Legion of Doom, Full Spectrum sets new standards for contemporary sports history.
Author : Bob Johansen
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,29 MB
Release : 2020-03-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1523087536
Leading futurist Bob Johansen shows how a new way of thinking, enhanced by new technologies, will help leaders break free of limiting labels and see new gradients of possibility in a chaotic world. The future will get even more perplexing over the next decade, and we are not ready. The dilemma is that we're restricted by rigid categorical thinking that freezes people and organizations in neatly defined boxes that often are inaccurate or obsolete. Categories lead us toward certainty but away from clarity, and categorical thinking moves us away from understanding the bigger picture. Sticking with this old way of thinking and seeing isn't just foolish, it's dangerous. Full-spectrum thinking is the ability to seek patterns and clarity outside, across, beyond, or maybe even without any boxes or categories while resisting false certainty and simplistic binary choices. It reveals our commonalities that are hidden in plain view. Bob Johansen lays out the core concepts of full-spectrum thinking and reveals the role that digital media—including gameful engagement, big-data analytics, visualization, blockchain, and machine learning—will play in facilitating and enhancing it. He offers examples of broader spectrums and new applications in a wide range of areas that will become possible first, then mandatory. This visionary book provides powerful ways to make sense of new opportunities and see the world as it really is.
Author : David Levithan
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 32,77 MB
Release : 2008-12-24
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 0307485196
Teens are more aware of sexuality and identity than ever, and they’re looking for answers and insights, as well as a community of others. In order to help create that community, YA authors David Levithan and Billy Merrell have collected original poems, essays, and stories by young adults in their teens and early 20s. The Full Spectrum includes a variety of writers—gay, lesbian, bisexual, straight, transitioning, and questioning—on a variety of subjects: coming out, family, friendship, religion/faith, first kisses, break-ups, and many others. This one of a kind collection will, perhaps, help all readers see themselves and the world around them in ways they might never have imagined. We have partnered with the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and a portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to them.
Author :
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 13,67 MB
Release : 2009-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1437914241
Contents: (1) Electronic Warfare Overview; (2) Electronic Warfare in Full Spectrum Operations; (3) Electronic Warfare Organization; (4) Electronic Warfare and the Operations Process; (5) Coordination, Deconfliction, and Synchronization; (6) Integration with Joint and Multinational Operations; (7) Electronic Warfare Capabilities; Appendix A: The Electromagnetic Environment; Appendix B: Electronic Warfare Input to Operation Plans and Orders; Appendix C: Electronic Warfare Running Estimate; Appendix D: Electronic Warfare-Related Reports and Messages; Appendix E: Army and Joint Electronic Warfare Capabilities; Appendix F: Tools and Resources Related to Electronic Warfare; Glossary; References; Index. Illustrations.
Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 22,42 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0312044526
This volume gathers more than 250,000 words of the finest Science Fiction stories published in the previous year, and includes a thorough review of the year in SF and a comprehensive list of recommended reading.
Author : Chuanyi Wang
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 31,95 MB
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0443136327
Full-Spectrum Responsive Photocatalytic Materials: From Fundamentals to Applications provides a comprehensive overview on the design, synthesis concepts, mechanisms, characterization techniques, and advances and limitations in applications of full-spectrum responsive photocatalytic materials. The book starts with the fundamentals of full-spectrum responsive materials. It then discusses the problems of most semiconductors that are not active in the whole solar spectrum and explains the benefits of utilizing full-spectrum responsive photocatalysts. Other sections describe examples of full-spectrum responsive photocatalysts classified by material types and provide the design principles and characterization protocols for these promising materials. Photocatalysis technology based on semiconductor materials holds great promise in various fields due to its potential advantages in energy-saving, cost and environmental impact. Maximizing the utilization of solar energy is always the target of pursuits in the areas of photocatalysis, and understanding and constructing appropriate full-spectrum (UV-VIS-NIR) responsive photocatalytic materials offer ways to better realize the practical utilization of photocatalysis. - Provides new insights into full-spectrum (UV-VIS-NIR) responsive photocatalysts and successful approaches for developing these materials - Assists readers working to develop more efficient catalysts and establish a solid structure–activity correlation - Suggests possibilities for the alteration of conventional photocatalysts to utilize the full spectrum of solar light
Author : Peter Clote
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 32,15 MB
Release : 2013-03-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1461225663
Perspicuity is part of proof. If the process by means of which I get a result were not surveyable, I might indeed make a note that this number is what comes out - but what fact is this supposed to confirm for me? I don't know 'what is supposed to come out' . . . . 1 -L. Wittgenstein A feasible computation uses small resources on an abstract computa tion device, such as a 'lUring machine or boolean circuit. Feasible math ematics concerns the study of feasible computations, using combinatorics and logic, as well as the study of feasibly presented mathematical structures such as groups, algebras, and so on. This volume contains contributions to feasible mathematics in three areas: computational complexity theory, proof theory and algebra, with substantial overlap between different fields. In computational complexity theory, the polynomial time hierarchy is characterized without the introduction of runtime bounds by the closure of certain initial functions under safe composition, predicative recursion on notation, and unbounded minimization (S. Bellantoni); an alternative way of looking at NP problems is introduced which focuses on which pa rameters of the problem are the cause of its computational complexity and completeness, density and separation/collapse results are given for a struc ture theory for parametrized problems (R. Downey and M. Fellows); new characterizations of PTIME and LINEAR SPACE are given using predicative recurrence over all finite tiers of certain stratified free algebras (D.
