These thirteen essays explore a crucial historical question that has been notoriously hard to pin down: To what extent, and by what means, does a society's technology determine its political, social, economic, and cultural forms?Karl Marx launched the modern debate on determinism with his provocative remark that "the hand-mill gives you society with the feudal lord; the steam-mill, society with the industrial capitalist," and a classic article by Robert Heilbroner (reprinted here) renewed the debate within the context of the history of technology. This book clarifies the debate and carries it forward.Marx's position has become embedded in our culture, in the form of constant reminders as to how our fast-changing technologies will alter our lives. Yet historians who have looked closely at where technologies really come from generally support the proposition that technologies are not autonomous but are social products, susceptible to democratic controls. The issue is crucial for democratic theory. These essays tackle it head-on, offering a deep look at all the shadings of determinism and assessing determinist models in a wide variety of historical contexts.Contributors: Bruce Bimber. Richard W. Bulliet. Robert L. Heilbroner. Thomas P. Hughes. Leo Marx. Thomas J. Misa. Peter C. Perdue. Philip Scranton. Merritt Roe Smith. Michael L. Smith. John M. Staudenmaier. Rosalind Williams.

Contains solutions and strategies for solving selected problems.

This report presents the basic findings of the study, but the interested reader should refer to the main report for a detailed discussion of the issues.

This handbook offers a comprehensive look at your requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). It details current chemical regulation under TSCA, EPA's program for evaluating and regulating new chemical substances, civil and criminal liability, reporting and retention information, and more. For your ease-of-use, the authors have included detailed charts, figures, tables, and multiple indexes.

Im 12. Band der Reihe werden antike Pragungen aus den nordgriechischen Gebieten Thessalien, Illyrien, Epirus und Korkyra beschrieben und publiziert. Die Identifizierung und historische Einordnung der samtlich nach Gipsabguessen abgebildeten Muenzen erfolgte durch die international anerkannte Numismatikerin Katerini Liampi von der Universitat Ioannina Griechenland. Unter den Pragungen finden sich auch Exemplare des durch seine Kampfe gegen Rom beruehmten Konigs Pyrrhus von Epirus (Regierungszeit 297-272 v. Chr.). Dieser hatte wahrend seiner Feldzuege in Unteritalien auch Muenzen unter seinem Namen im sizilischen Syrakus schlagen lassen. Die vorgestellten Pragungen werden heute im Muenchner Muenzkabinett aufbewahrt, das zu den grossten offentlichen Muenzsammlungen der Welt gehort.

Residential Housing & Interiors acquaints students with planning, building, decorating, and landscaping a home, and working in the housing industry.
- Chapters 21, 23, and 30 cover the practical aspects of choosing suitable housing.
- Each text chapter includes a list of Internet resources.
- Appendix includes: topographical, plumbing, electrical, and climate control symbols; common sizes of living room furniture, bedroom furniture, bathroom fixtures, and kitchen cabinets; common sizes of windows; and much more.

Focusing on the global media coverage of Hong Kong's transfer from Britain to China, Global Media Spectacle explores how the world media plans, operates, competes, and produces a historical record during significant global events. The authors interviewed seventy-six print and television reporters from the United States, Britain, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, Canada, and Japan to delve into the revealing world of writing first drafts of history from reporters' vantage points.

When Gregor Mendel passed away in 1884, not a single scholar recognized his epochal contributions to biology. The unassuming abbot of the Augustinian monastery in Brno (in today's Czech Republic) was rediscovered at the turn of the century when scientists were stunned to learn that their findings about inheritance had already been made by an unknown monk three decades earlier. A dedicated researcher who spent every spare hour in the study of the natural sciences, Mendel devised a series of brilliantly simple experiments using a plant easily grown on the monastery's grounds--the garden pea. In the course of just a few years he made the famous discoveries that later became the centerpiece of the science of heredity. In an entertaining and thoroughly informed narrative, Edward Edelson traces Mendel's life from his humble origins to his posthumous fame, giving us both a brief introduction to the fascinating science of genetics and an inspired account of what a modest man can accomplish with dedication and ingenuity.

Oxford Portraits in Science is an ongoing series of scientific biographies for young adults. Written by top scholars and writers, each biography examines the personality of its subject as well as the thought process leading to his or her discoveries. These illustrated biographies combine accessible technical information with compelling personal stories to portray the scientists whose work has shaped our understanding of the natural world.

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Nanoalloys: From Fundamentals to Emergent Applications presents and discusses the major topics related to nanoalloys at a time when the literature on the subject remains scarce. Particular attention is paid to experimental and theoretical aspects under the form of broad reviews covering the most recent developments. The book is organized into 11 chapters covering the most fundamental aspects of nanoalloys related to their synthesis and characterization, as well as their theoretical study. Aspects related to their thermodynamics and kinetics are covered as well. The coverage then moves to more specific topics, including optics, magnetism and catalysis, and finally to biomedical applications and the technologically relevant issue of self-assembly. With no current single reference source on the subject, the work is invaluable for researchers as the nanoscience field moves swiftly to full monetization. * Encapsulates physical science of structure, properties, size, composition and ordering at nanoscale, aiding synthesis of experimentation and modelling* Multi-expert and interdisciplinary perspectives on growth, synthesis and characterization of bimetallic clusters and particulates supports expansion of your current research activity into applications * Synthesizes concepts and draws links between fundamental metallurgy and cutting edge nanoscience, aiding interdisciplinary research activity

This CD offers users instant access to information in 75 major fields of science and engineering. It features 8200 articles from the McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopaedia of Science and Technology, 3rd edition, and 104,300 terms from Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th edition.

Now Windows 2000 and XP compatible.Both students and non-scientists will find this CD-ROM an enjoyable introduction to the human brain. The six sections cover the structure and function of the brain substructure, and hearing, vision, and speech. The voice-over gives guidance in the pronunciation of latin names of various brain substructures. It includes photos, video clips and animations, and a rotatable model of the brain which allows various substructures to be highlighted. The self-testing function allows a continual assessment of understanding. A built-in photo album allows the student to keep their own record of images.

This new CD-ROM is a reference database. It covers almost twenty years of non-military scientific/technical meetings and publications sponsored by the NATO Science Committee. It contains full references (with keywords and/or abstracts) to more than 30,000 contributions from scientists all over the world and is published in more than 1,000 volumes. With the easy-to-follow menu options of the retrieval software, access to the data is simple and fast. Updates are planned on a yearly basis.

This thesis aims to describe and interpret the effects of tourism on historic sites in Antarctica and Svalbard (also known as Spitsbergen), and to assess the implications for management. Explorers, whalers, seal hunters, scientists and others have left many material remains in the Polar Regions that are significant because they tell the history of the exploration and exploitation of these regions. Contemporary polar tourism represents a new phase in this exploration and exploitation of the Polar Regions. The potential for the transformation of historic sites has increased following the substantial expansion of polar tourism in recent decades. Key cultural heritage sites are regularly included in standard tourist itineraries and are also the subject of specialized tourism. In this context, the central research question of this thesis is: What are the effects of tourism on polar historic sites, and what are the implications of this for the management of tourism and these historic sites?

This text covers a wide spectrum of information about telecommunications from understanding how telecommunications are used by almost everyone to the latest wave on the Internet. Both concepts and applications are used to achieve a relatively non-technical, end-user approach. Hands-on exercises are included for those users who have access to telecommunications software/networks. To reinforce knowledge of the Internet, consider CyberWISE Internet.Master by the Saratoga Group (ISBN: 1-57775-000-4). Internet access is not required with this text if you use CyberWISE Internet.Master.

- Provides problems with a wide range of difficulty to challenge students with varying abilities.- Highly readable with an appealing format and layout.- Includes a study of basic Computer-Aided Drafting.

This text introduces students to the operations underlying multiple-camera video production. Written in an accessible style that appeals to students, it covers the basics of television production with an emphasis on studio production. While the main focus is on equipment and techniques that students use, "Video Production" also covers more advanced equipment and techniques used in the professional world. The ninth edition adds information about preparing video material for the Web and for DVDs, updates on HDTV, further detail on graphics construction, and more.

This is a completely self-contained, cross platform CD tutorial package and electronic study guide for anyone interested in calculus. This interactive presentation of calculus includes video and still photos illustrating the applications of concepts, simulations and "what if" explorations, and interactive exercises. It also includes hints, clickable "hotwords" providing additional information, and a graphing tool that renders figures automatically.

The Statistical Imagination, a basic social science statistics text with illustrations and exercises for sociology, social work, political science, and criminal justice courses, teaches readers that statistics is not just a mathematical exercise; it is a way of analyzing and understanding the social world. Praised for a writing style that takes the anxiety out of statistics courses, the author explains basic statistical principles through a variety of engaging exercises, each designed to illuminate the unique theme of examining society both creatively and logically. In an effort to make the study of statistics relevant to students of the social sciences, the author encourages readers to interpret the results of calculations in the context of more substantive social issues, while continuing to value precise and accurate research. Ritchey begins by introducing students to the essentials of learning statistics; fractions, proportions, percentages, standard deviation, sampling error and sampling distribution, along with other math hurdles, are clearly explained to fill in any math gaps students may bring to the classroom. Treating statistics as a skill learned best by doing, the author supplies a range of student-friendly questions and exercises to both demystify the calculation process, and to encourage the kind of proportional thinking needed to master the subject. In addition to pencil-and-paper exercises, The Statistical Imagination includes computer-based assignments for use with the free Student Version SPSS 9.0 CD-ROM that accompanies each new copy of the book.