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The number-one environmental threat to public health, air pollution
remains a pressing problem-made even more complicated by the
massive quantity and diversity of air pollution sources.
Biofiltration technology (using micro-organisms growing on porous
media) is being recognized as one of the most advantageous means to
convert pollutants to harmless products. Done properly,
biofiltration works at a reasonable cost-utilizing inexpensive
components, without requiring fuel or generating hazardous
by-products. Firmly established in Europe, biofiltration techniques
are being increasingly applied in North America: Biofiltration for
Air Pollution Control offers the necessary knowledge to "do it
right."
Over the last half century scholars from a range of disciplines
have attempted to theorise silence. Naively we tend to think of
silence negatively, as a lack, an emptiness. Yet silence studies
shows that silence is more than mere absence. All speech
incorporates silence, not only in the gaps between words or the
pauses that facilitate turn taking, but in the omissions that
result from the necessary selectivity of communicative acts. Thus
silence is significant in and of itself; it is a sign that has
socially-constructed (albeit context -dependent and ambiguous)
meanings. To date, studies of science communication have focussed
on what is said rather than what is not said. They have highlighted
the content of communication rather than its form, and have largely
ignored the gaps, pauses and lacunae that are an essential, and
meaningful, part of any communicative act. Both the sociology of
science and the history of science have also failed to highlight
the varied functions of silence in the practice of science, despite
interests in tacit knowledge and cultures of secrecy. Through a
range of case studies from historical and contemporary situations,
this volume draws attention to the significance of silence, its
different qualities and uses, and the nature, function and meaning
of silence for science and technology studies.
The number-one environmental threat to public health, air pollution remains a pressing problem-made even more complicated by the massive quantity and diversity of air pollution sources. Biofiltration technology (using micro-organisms growing on porous media) is being recognized as one of the most advantageous means to convert pollutants to harmless products. Done properly, biofiltration works at a reasonable cost-utilizing inexpensive components, without requiring fuel or generating hazardous by-products. Firmly established in Europe, biofiltration techniques are being increasingly applied in North America: Biofiltration for Air Pollution Control offers the necessary knowledge to "do it right."
Over the last half century scholars from a range of disciplines
have attempted to theorise silence. Naively we tend to think of
silence negatively, as a lack, an emptiness. Yet silence studies
shows that silence is more than mere absence. All speech
incorporates silence, not only in the gaps between words or the
pauses that facilitate turn taking, but in the omissions that
result from the necessary selectivity of communicative acts. Thus
silence is significant in and of itself; it is a sign that has
socially-constructed (albeit context -dependent and ambiguous)
meanings. To date, studies of science communication have focussed
on what is said rather than what is not said. They have highlighted
the content of communication rather than its form, and have largely
ignored the gaps, pauses and lacunae that are an essential, and
meaningful, part of any communicative act. Both the sociology of
science and the history of science have also failed to highlight
the varied functions of silence in the practice of science, despite
interests in tacit knowledge and cultures of secrecy. Through a
range of case studies from historical and contemporary situations,
this volume draws attention to the significance of silence, its
different qualities and uses, and the nature, function and meaning
of silence for science and technology studies.
Goldstruck: A Life Shaped by Jewellery sets luxurious imagery of a
lifetime s work alongside an honest and often comically
autobiographical account of Stephen s career in the jewellery
world. The book is a lavish collation of Stephen s personal and
professional life, encompassing material such as photography by
Rankin and Amelia Troubridge documenting his coveted collections,
intricate sketches and designs that convey a fascinating creative
process, and archival imagery including magazine editorials,
advertising campaigns and intimate photography from Stephen s
personal collection. Alongside such visual opulence, a foreword by
Tracey Emin and a host of candid and personal recollections from
luminaries of the worlds of art, entertainment and fashion, Stephen
charts his career from the first steps of enrollment upon a
jewellery- making course at his local college in Rochester, Kent to
his rise to international recognition.
Intended for biology students, this philosophical commentary on biology makes science students' studies more interesting by offering an easy way of studying the philosophy of science, as well as engaging in debates about the social and political implications of biology. It is a unique biology textbook because it adopts an explicitly philosophical approach.
Intended for biology students, this philosophical commentary on biology makes science students' studies more interesting by offering an easy way of studying the philosophy of science, as well as engaging in debates about the social and political implications of biology. It is a unique biology textbook because it adopts an explicitly philosophical approach.
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