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This volume contains the updated and expanded lecture notes of the
37th Saas-Fee Advanced Course organised by the Swiss Society for
Astrophysics and Astronomy. It offers the most comprehensive and up
to date review of one of the hottest research topics in
astrophysics - how our Milky Way galaxy formed. Joss Bland-Hawthorn
& Ken Freeman lectured on Near Field Cosmology - The Origin of
the Galaxy and the Local Group. Francesca Matteucci's chapter is on
Chemical evolution of the Milky Way and its Satellites. As designed
by the SSAA, books in this series - and this one too - are targeted
at graduate and PhD students and young researchers in astronomy,
astrophysics and cosmology. Lecturers and researchers entering the
field will also benefit from the book.
This volume contains the updated and expanded lecture notes of the
37th Saas-Fee Advanced Course organised by the Swiss Society for
Astrophysics and Astronomy. It offers the most comprehensive and up
to date review of one of the hottest research topics in
astrophysics - how our Milky Way galaxy formed. Joss Bland-Hawthorn
& Ken Freeman lectured on Near Field Cosmology - The Origin of
the Galaxy and the Local Group. Francesca Matteucci's chapter is on
Chemical evolution of the Milky Way and its Satellites. As designed
by the SSAA, books in this series - and this one too - are targeted
at graduate and PhD students and young researchers in astronomy,
astrophysics and cosmology. Lecturers and researchers entering the
field will also benefit from the book.
Ben Moore presents a new approach to reading urban modernity in
nineteenth-century literature, by bringing together hidden, mobile
and transparent features of city space as part of a single system
he calls 'invisible architecture'. Resisting narratives of the
nineteenth-century as progressing from concealment to transparency,
he instead argues for a dynamic interaction between these
tendencies. Across two parts, this book addresses a range of
apparently disparate buildings and spaces. Part I offers new
readings of three writers and their cities: Elizabeth Gaskell and
Manchester, Charles Dickens and London, and Émile Zola and Paris,
focusing on the cellar-dwelling, the railway and river, and the
department store respectively. Part II takes a broader view by
analysing three spatial forms that have not usually been considered
features of nineteenth-century modernity: the Gothic cathedral, the
arabesque and white walls. Through these readings, the book extends
our understanding of the uneven modernity of this period.
This Pivot engages with current debates about anthropocentrism and
the Anthropocene to propose a reappraisal of the realist novel in
the second half of the nineteenth century. Through three case
studies, it argues for ‘human tissue’ as a conceptual tool for
reading that brings together biology, literature and questions of
layering. This new approach is shown to be especially salient to
the Victorian period, when the application of ‘tissue’ to
biology first emerges. The book is distinctive in bringing together
theoretical concerns around realism and the Anthropocene – two
major topics in literary criticism – and presenting a new
methodology to approach this conjunction, demonstrated through
original readings of Charles Kingsley, George Eliot, and Emile Zola
and two English-language writers he influenced (George Moore and
Vernon Lee).
This is a new release of the original 1945 edition.
This book is about the history and future of life and the
universe, written at a level that any educated lay-person can
understand and enjoy. It describes our place in time and space, how
we got here and where we are going. It will take you on a journey
from the beginning of time to the end of the universe to uncover
our origins and reveal our destiny. It will explain how mankind
acquired this knowledge starting from the beginning of civilization
when the ancient Greeks first began to ask questions about the
nature of the world around them.
Ben Moore takes us on a path of discovery that connects
astrophysics with subjects as varied as biology, neuroscience and
evolution; from the origin of atoms to how stars shine and die,
from ants and elephants to space travel and extra-terrestrial life.
But as our universe grows older and its stars fade away and stop
shining, can life continue for eternity or is all life destined for
complete extinction? And what is the purpose of all of this
anyway?
On the German edition:
"With his public talks and his new book "Elefanten im All" the Brit
is on his way of becoming a popstar of science. Moore has a story
to tell. The story of everything. From the beginning to the end of
our existence. And he does so with esprit and catching passion."
Rico Bandle, Weltwoche, 1. November 2012
"The kind of book you come across only every few years." Artur
K. Vogel, Der Bund, September 2012"
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
In Part I "Learning from the Past" we explore the history of
American Manufacturing. We are on a trajectory toward the future.
We intend to show that trajectory by a short review of our recent
past. In Chapter 1, titled "The History of American Manufacturing-
Where it All Came From" we examine the impact of the First
Industrial Revolution (from Manpower to Steam Power) and the Second
Industrial Revolutions (of Modern Day Manufacturing Methods) on
American Manufacturing. In Chapter 2, which is called "The
Information Revolution in Manufacturing," we examine the impact of
the Third Industrial Revolution that started after the 1940s and is
still in process. In this chapter we explore the shift in
manufacturing from Individuals to System Thinking, the growth of
Lean and Six Sigma methodologies and the emergence of MRPII/ERP
systems. In Part Two, which is called "Efficient and Profitable
Customization," we take a look ahead to the future. We show how
American manufacturing is only midway through these current trends
and how these trends foreshadow the remaining topics in this book:
systems thinking, the engineering pyramid, product configuration,
configuration engineering and mass customization. In Chapter 3,
called "It's Not about the Computer, it's about Systems Thinking,"
we explore how recent advances in Systems Thinking have helped to
lower development costs. In Chapter 4, called "The Engineering
Pyramid," we introduce readers to our Engineering Pyramid paradigm
and a top down approach that can be utilized to increase the speed
of innovation and dramatically lower engineering costs. In Chapter
5, called "Systemization and Standardization - They are Not the
Same" we explore the current challenges of designing and building
customized products and our methodology for top down systemization
and standardization to increase the speed of innovation and
dramatically lower engineering costs. In Chapter 6, called "Mass
Customization," we demonstrate the importance of mass customization
for the future of American manufacturing and describe how current
leaders have made mass customization profitable in their
businesses. In Part Three, called "The Human Component - It's Still
All About the People," we look at the continuing importance and the
necessity of people systems in the manufacturing process. In
Chapter 7, called "Employee On Boarding" we provide an approach to
bringing people into the organization. In Chapter 8, called "High
Performance Team-Based Work Systems," we tell you how to maximize
throughput, profit and career rewards through an empowered team
based work system.. In Chapter 9, called "Technology Transfer and
Training," we explore how employees can learn the necessary skills
for working in a highly efficient manufacturing environment. The
last section, Part Four, is entitled, "Putting it All Together."
Here, in Chapter 10, called "Taking Your Company There" we tell you
who will be the winners and losers of this natural extension of
American manufacturers. Also, we tell you how you will know if it's
too late for your company. Sorry...some of you readers won't be
happy.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
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