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10 produkter
Imagining Philadelphia
Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City
E-bok, 2011
437 kr
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When Philadelphia's iconoclastic city planner Edmund N. Bacon looked into his crystal ball in 1959, he saw a remarkable vision: "Philadelphia as an unmatched expression of the vitality of American technology and culture." In that year Bacon penned an essay for Greater Philadelphia Magazine, …
Disaster Experts
Mastering Risk in Modern America
E-bok, 2012
489 kr
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In the wake of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, many are asking what, if anything, can be done to prevent large-scale disasters. How is it that we know more about the hazards of modern American life than ever before, yet the nation faces ever-increasing losses from such events? History shows that …
Imagining Philadelphia
Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City
Häftad, 2009
343 kr
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When Philadelphia's iconoclastic city planner Edmund N. Bacon looked into his crystal ball in 1959, he saw a remarkable vision: "Philadelphia as an unmatched expression of the vitality of American technology and culture." In that year Bacon penned an essay for Greater Philadelphia Magazine, …
Disaster Experts
Mastering Risk in Modern America
Häftad, 2013
388 kr
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In the wake of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, many are asking what, if anything, can be done to prevent large-scale disasters. How is it that we know more about the hazards of modern American life than ever before, yet the nation faces ever-increasing losses from such events? History shows that …
Legacies of Fukushima
3.11 in Context
Av Kyle Cleveland, Scott Gabriel Knowles m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
572 kr
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It was an unlikely convergence of events. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest in Japanese memory and the fourth largest recorded in world history; a tsunami that peaked at forty meters, devastating the seaboard of northeastern Japan; three reactors in meltdown at the Daiichi nuclear power plant …
Legacies of Fukushima
3.11 in Context
Av Kyle Cleveland, Scott Gabriel Knowles m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
668 kr
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It was an unlikely convergence of events. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest in Japanese memory and the fourth largest recorded in world history; a tsunami that peaked at forty meters, devastating the seaboard of northeastern Japan; three reactors in meltdown at the Daiichi nuclear power plant …
World's Fairs in the Cold War
Science, Technology, and the Culture of Progress
Av Arthur Molella, Scott Gabriel Knowles
Inbunden, 2019
908 kr
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The post–World War II science-based technological revolution inevitably found its way into almost all international expositions with displays on atomic energy, space exploration, transportation, communications, and computers. Major advancements in Cold War science and technology helped to shape new …
Spaces of Inquiry
Making Science and Technology in the Modern World
Av Amy Sue Bix, Penelope K. Hardy m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
2588 kr
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This book traces the historical development of key sites of knowledge creation in science and technology and the robust traditions of scholarship around their origins, exploring commonalities, divergences, and transnational features of knowledge-making cultures from the 18th century to the …
COVID Studies
A Reader
Av Alexa S. Dietrich, Scott Gabriel Knowles m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
757 kr
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A "state of the field" collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplinesCOVID Studies is a "state of the field" collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, …
Building Drexel
The University and Its City 1891-2016
Av Richardson Dilworth, Scott Gabriel Knowles
Inbunden, 2016
410 kr
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Published in conjunction with Drexel University’s 125th anniversary, Building Drexel chronicles the founding of the university by Anthony J. Drexel through to the present day. The editors and contributors create a prismatic discussion of the university and its evolution.Richly illustrated chapters …
