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Thinking Without a Banister: Essays in Understanding, 1953-1975
by Hannah Arendt • Jerome KohnHannah Arendt was born in Germany in 1906 and lived in America from 1941 until her death in 1975. Thus her life spanned the tumultuous years of the twentieth century, as did her thought. She did not consider herself a philosopher, though she studied and maintained close relationships with two great ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Between Past and Future: Eight Exercises in Political Thought (Historia, Ciencia, Sociedad Ser. #Vol. 250)
by Hannah Arendt • Jerome KohnArendt's penetrating observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, constitute a major contribution to political philosophy. In this book she describes the perplexing crises which modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of p... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1968 -
Synchrotron Light Sources and Free-Electron Lasers
Hardly any other discovery of the nineteenth century did have such an impact on science and technology as Wilhelm Conrad R#65533;ntgen's seminal find of the X-rays. X-ray tubes soon made their way as excellent instruments for numerous applications in medicine, biology, materials science and testing... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Life Chances in Turkey: Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation
by Francisco H. G. Ferreira • Meltem Aran • Arzu Uraz • Jesko Hentschel • Jérémie Gignoux • Raif CanChildren in Turkey have vastly different odds of success. Their paths are affected by factors over which they have no control, such as how wealthy or educated their parents--and even grandparents--are. By investing in its children and youth, Turkey can create a virtuous cycle whereby these children ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Peer to Peer
by Rael Dornfest • David Anderson • Nimisha Asthagiri • Dan Brickley • Dan Bricklin • Alan Brown • Avinash Chugh • Lorrie Cranor • Roger Dingledine • Michael Freedman • Marc Hedlund • Theodore Hong • Gene Kan • Adam Langley • Richard Lethin • Jeremie Miller • Nelson Minar • David Molnar • Tim O'Reilly • Aviel Rubin • Clay Shirky • Walter Tuvell • Jon Udell • Marc Waldman • Brandon WileyThis book presents the goals that drive the developers of the best-known peer-to-peer systems, the problems they've faced, and the technical solutions they've found. The contributors are leading developers of well-known peer-to-peer systems, such as Gnutella, Freenet, Jabber, Popular Power, SETI@Hom... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2001 -
Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mid and Later Life
by Temple Grandin • Valerie Paradiz • Michael Baron • Elizabeth A. Perkins • Peter Gerhardt • Valerie Gaus • E. Sandra Byers • A.J. Paron-Wildes • Amanda Bakian • Hilary Coon • Elizabeta Mukaetova-Ladinska • Saskia Baron • Valerie D'Astous • Pamela A. Smith • Digby Tantam • Terry Brugha • Sylvia Heijnen • R.C. Oude Voshaar • Bas Van Alphen • Jalynn Prince • Shana Nichols • Scott D. Wright • Jeremy Parr • Xenia Grant • Bruce Parsons • Angela Rodriguez • Karen Glaser • Stella Macdonald • Hilde Geurts • Robert Macbean • Susan Balandin • Amanda Roestorf • Karen Lowton • Lauren Bishop Fitzpatrick • Benjamin Dicicco-Bloom • Kristina Cottle • Monique Hines • Dermot Bowler • Judy Endow • Megan Farley • Mick Coppock • William Mcmahon • Cos Michael • Francesca Happé • Amy Maida Wadsworth • Gregory Prince • Denise D. Resnik • Christopher Gregg • Carol PoveyBringing together international academics and professionals who are actively researching and working in the field, this pioneering scholarly volume covers the issues faced by individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) in mid and later life. Including a range of personal, academic and clinical p... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Think in Public: A Public Books Reader (Public Books Series)
by Barbara Cassin • Jill Lepore • Judith Butler • Kieran Setiya • Fred Turner • Jan Mieszkowski • Jeremy Adelman • Haruo Shirane • Anne E. Fernald • Matthew Engelke • Imani Perry • James Vernon • Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak • Kim Phillips-Fein • Philip Gorski • Frances Negrón-Muntaner • Namwali Serpell • Shannon Mattern • Karen Dunak • John Plotz • Daegan Miller • Christopher Schaberg • Lilly Irani • Joseph Jonghyun Jeon • Suzy Hansen • Max Holleran • Mark McGurl • Stacey Balkan • Nathan Connolly • Najwa Al-Qattan • Destin Jenkins • Andrew Perrin • Lynn French • Salamishah Tillet • Matthew Clair • Ursula K. Guin • Eli Rosenblatt • Rebecca Falkoff • Karl Ashoka Britto • Marah Gubar • Tess McNulty • Nicholas Dames • John R. McNeillSince 2012, Public Books has championed a new kind of community for intellectual engagement, discussion, and action. An online magazine that unites the best of the university with the openness of the internet, Public Books is where new ideas are debuted, old facts revived, and dangerous illusions di... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019