High Speed Dreams

Author : Erik M. Conway
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781421410432

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High-Speed Dreams by Erik M. Conway Pdf

In High-Speed Dreams, Erik M. Conway constructs an insightful history that focuses primarily on the political and commercial factors responsible for the rise and fall of American supersonic transport research programs. Conway charts commercial supersonic research efforts through the changing relationships between international and domestic politicians, military/NASA contractors, private investors, and environmentalists. He documents post-World War II efforts at the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics and the Defense Department to generate supersonic flight technologies, the attempts to commercialize these technologies by Britain and the United States during the 1950s and 1960s, environmental campaigns against SST technology in the 1970s, and subsequent attempts to revitalize supersonic technology at the end of the century. High-Speed Dreams is a sophisticated study of politics, economics, nationalism, and the global pursuit of progress. Historians, along with participants in current aerospace research programs, will gain valuable perspective on the interaction of politics and technology.

Author : Erik M. Conway
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : 080188067X

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High-Speed Dreams by Erik M. Conway Pdf

In High-Speed Dreams, Erik M. Conway constructs an insightful history that focuses primarily on the political and commercial factors responsible for the rise and fall of American supersonic transport research programs. Conway charts commercial supersonic research efforts through the changing relationships between international and domestic politicians, military/NASA contractors, private investors, and environmentalists. He documents post-World War II efforts at the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics and the Defense Department to generate supersonic flight technologies, the attempts to commercialize these technologies by Britain and the United States during the 1950s and 1960s, environmental campaigns against SST technology in the 1970s, and subsequent attempts to revitalize supersonic technology at the end of the century. High-Speed Dreams is a sophisticated study of politics, economics, nationalism, and the global pursuit of progress. Historians, along with participants in current aerospace research programs, will gain valuable perspective on the interaction of politics and technology.

Author : Joshua P. Howe
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780295805092

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Behind the Curve by Joshua P. Howe Pdf

In 1958, Charles David Keeling began measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. His project kicked off a half century of research that has expanded our knowledge of climate change. Despite more than fifty years of research, however, our global society has yet to find real solutions to the problem of global warming. Why? In Behind the Curve, Joshua Howe attempts to answer this question. He explores the history of global warming from its roots as a scientific curiosity to its place at the center of international environmental politics. The book follows the story of rising CO2—illustrated by the now famous Keeling Curve—through a number of historical contexts, highlighting the relationships among scientists, environmentalists, and politicians as those relationships changed over time. The nature of the problem itself, Howe explains, has privileged scientists as the primary spokespeople for the global climate. But while the “science first” forms of advocacy they developed to fight global warming produced more and better science, the primacy of science in global warming politics has failed to produce meaningful results. In fact, an often exclusive focus on science has left advocates for change vulnerable to political opposition and has limited much of the discussion to debates about the science itself. As a result, while we know much more about global warming than we did fifty years ago, CO2 continues to rise. In 1958, Keeling first measured CO2 at around 315 parts per million; by 2013, global CO2 had soared to 400 ppm. The problem is not getting better - it's getting worse. Behind the Curve offers a critical and levelheaded look at how we got here.

Author : Robert G. Ferguson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCSD:31822041095381

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NASA's First A by Robert G. Ferguson Pdf

Author : Planka.nu
Publisher : PM Press
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781629632650

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Traffic Power Structure by Planka.nu Pdf

The modern traffic system is ecologically unsustainable, emotionally stressful, and poses a physical threat to individuals and communities alike. Traffic is not only an ecological and social problem but also a political one. Modern traffic reproduces the rule of the state and capital and is closely linked to class society. It is a problem of power. At its core lies the notion of “automobility,” a contradictory ideal of free movement closely linked to a tight web of regulations and control mechanisms. This is the main thesis of the manifesto The Traffic Power Structure, penned by the Sweden-based activist network Planka.nu. Planka.nu was founded in 2001 to fight for free public transport. Thanks to creative direct action, witty public interventions, and thought-provoking statements, the network has become a leading voice in Scandinavian debates on traffic. In its manifesto, Planka.nu presents a critique of the automobile society, analyzes the connections between traffic, the environment, and class, and outlines its political vision. The topics explored along the way include Bruce Springsteen, high-speed trains, nuclear power, the security-industrial complex, happiness research, and volcano eruptions. Planka.nu rejects demands to travel ever-longer distances in order to satisfy our most basic needs while we lose all sense for proximity and community. The Traffic Power Structure argues for a different kind of traffic in a different kind of world. The book has received several awards in Sweden and has been hailed by Swedish media as a “manifesto of striking analytical depth, based on profound knowledge and a will to agitation that demands our respect” (Ny Tid).

Author : Richard Leshner,Thor Hogan
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780700628322

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The View from Space by Richard Leshner,Thor Hogan Pdf

In 1990, NASA began developing Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE), an initiative aimed at using satellites to study the planet’s environment from space. With the Earth Observing System (EOS) as its technological cornerstone, MTPE’s main goal was to better understand fundamental processes such as climate change. The View from Space tells the remarkable story of this unprecedented convergence of science, technology, and policy in one of the most significant “Big Science” programs in human history. Richard B. Leshner and Thor Hogan offer an engrossing behind-the-scenes look at how and why NASA managed to make an aggressive earth science research program part of the national agenda—an accomplishment made possible by the pragmatic and assertive efforts of the earth science community. This is the first book to focus on describing and analyzing the historical evolution of the MPTE/EOS initiative from its formative years in the 1980s to its political and technical struggles in the 1990s to its scientific successes in the 2000s. Though detailed in its coverage of science and technology, The View from Space is primarily concerned with questions of policy—specifically, how MTPE/EOS came to be, how it developed, and how its proponents navigated the fraught politics of the time. Compelling in its own right, this in-depth history of the initiative is also a valuable object lesson in how political, technical, and scientific infighting can shape a project of such national and global consequence—particularly in the age of climate change.

Author : Howard W. Johnson,Martin Graham
Publisher : Prentice Hall Professional
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Computers
ISBN : 013084408X

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High-speed Signal Propagation by Howard W. Johnson,Martin Graham Pdf

This advanced-level reference presents a complete and unified theory of signal propagation for all metallic media from cables to pcb traces to chips. It includes numerous examples, pictures, tables and wide-ranging discussion of the high-speed properties of transmission lines.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UVA:X006182124

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Air & Space Smithsonian by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jay Ahuja
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0806522437

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Speed Dreams by Jay Ahuja Pdf

From Daytona to Talladega to Watkins Glen, this book tells you how to get the biggest bang for your buck at every track in every American city that hosts the NASCAR Winston Cup series. If you have a need for speed, this is the book to read.

Author : Reema Patel
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771073724

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Such Big Dreams by Reema Patel Pdf

A savvy former street child working at a human rights law office in Mumbai fights for redemption and a chance to live life on her own terms in this fresh, propulsive debut novel about fortune and survival. Named a Loan Stars Top Ten Pick and a CBC Canadian Fiction title to watch. Rakhi is a twenty-three-year-old former street child haunted by the grisly aftermath of an incident that led her to lose her best friend eleven years ago. Constantly reminded she doesn’t belong, Rakhi lives alone in a Mumbai slum, working as a lowly office assistant at Justice For All, a struggling human rights law office headed by the renowned lawyer who gave her a fresh start. Fiercely intelligent and in possession of a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue, Rakhi is nobody’s fool, even if she is underestimated by everyone around her. Rakhi's life isn't much, but she's managing. That is until a fading former Bollywood starlet tries to edge her way back into the spotlight by becoming a celebrity ambassador for Justice For All. Steering the organization into uncharted territories, she demands an internship for her young Canadian family friend, Alex, a Harvard-bound graduate student. Ambitious, persistent, and naive, Alex persuades Rakhi to show him "the real" India. In exchange, he’ll do something to further Rakhi’s dreams in a transaction that seems harmless, at first. As old guilt and new aspirations collide, everything Rakhi once knew to be true is set ablaze. And as the stakes mount, she will come face to face with the difficult choices and moral compromises that people are prepared to make in order to survive, no matter the costs. Reema Patel’s transportive debut novel offers a moving, smart, and arrestingly funny look at the cost of ambition and power in reclaiming one’s story.

Author : Lawrence W. Reithmaier
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Science
ISBN : 0070520216

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Mach 1 and Beyond: The Illustrated Guide to High-Speed Flight by Lawrence W. Reithmaier Pdf

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. This compelling book opens up the world of high-speed flight to readers who do not have extensive technical backgrounds Covering both subsonic and supersonic flight, it demystifies the world of high-speed aerodynamics, flight principles, gas turbine jets, and more. You'll learn why there are no supersonic airliners, what problems confront designers of 2,000-mph aircraft, and whether or not a hypersonic, or Mach 5, airplane is likely to be built.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Current events
ISBN : IND:30000009939723

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Newsweek by Anonim Pdf

Author : Zolar
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1989-05-16
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780671765996

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Zolar's Book of Dreams, Numbers, and Lucky Days by Zolar Pdf

Find out today just how lucky you can be! We all have lucky days and numbers and now, a world-renowned astrologer tells you how to find yours! In this illuminating, easy-to-read book, Zolar, the master of occult lore and practices, reveals how you can use the arts of dream interpretation and numerology to enrich your life. Discover, for example: * Your fortunate years * Your good days * Your best hours * Your Magic Hour * Your Pinnacle of Success * The Lady Luck Method ...and much, much more! Included is a special dream key that uncovers the meanings of hundreds of dream symbols, as well as their numerological significance. The ancient sciences were developed to put humankind in touch with life's rhythms and harmonies. Now you, too, can put this secret wisdom to work for you! Whether you're new to the occult sciences or already a practiced hand, you can easily learn how your dreams and lucky numbers can help you -- in everything from choosing a partner to playing the lottery.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1924
Category : Stratford Hall (Westmoreland County, Va.)
ISBN : UIUC:30112087536832

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Stratford Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015056039806

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The Strand Magazine by Anonim Pdf