Author: Archibald Williams
Publisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The Romance of Modern Mechanism is a scientific book touching on the impact of different machines on the lifestyle of the average man. It offers interesting descriptions in non-technical language of various machinery and mechanical devices as well as scientific instruments in common use by 1910, when it was written by author Archibald Williams.
Probability and Statistics for Modern Engineering
Author: Lawrence L. Lapin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
This text helps engineering students assimilate probability & statistics & will assist them to discover how these subjects are relevant to their interests & immediate needs.
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Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
This text helps engineering students assimilate probability & statistics & will assist them to discover how these subjects are relevant to their interests & immediate needs.
The Romance of Engineering
Author: Henry Frith
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Engineering War and Peace in Modern Japan, 1868–1964
Author: Takashi Nishiyama
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421412667
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
The role of engineering communities in taking Japan from a defeated war machine into a peacetime technology leader. Naval, aeronautic, and mechanical engineers played a powerful part in the military buildup of Japan in the early and mid-twentieth century. They belonged to a militaristic regime and embraced the importance of their role in it. Takashi Nishiyama examines the impact of war and peace on technological transformation during the twentieth century. He is the first to study the paradoxical and transformative power of Japan’s defeat in World War II through the lens of engineering. Nishiyama asks: How did authorities select and prepare young men to be engineers? How did Japan develop curricula adequate to the task (and from whom did the country borrow)? Under what conditions? What did the engineers think of the planes they built to support Kamikaze suicide missions? But his study ultimately concerns the remarkable transition these trained engineers made after total defeat in 1945. How could the engineers of war machines so quickly turn to peaceful construction projects such as designing the equipment necessary to manufacture consumer products? Most important, they developed new high-speed rail services, including the Shinkansen Bullet Train. What does this change tell us not only about Japan at war and then in peacetime but also about the malleability of engineering cultures? Nishiyama aims to counterbalance prevalent Eurocentric/Americentric views in the history of technology. Engineering War and Peace in Modern Japan, 1868–1964 sets the historical experience of one country’s technological transformation in a larger international framework by studying sources in six different languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. The result is a fascinating read for those interested in technology, East Asia, and international studies. Nishiyama's work offers lessons to policymakers interested in how a country can recover successfully after defeat.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421412667
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
The role of engineering communities in taking Japan from a defeated war machine into a peacetime technology leader. Naval, aeronautic, and mechanical engineers played a powerful part in the military buildup of Japan in the early and mid-twentieth century. They belonged to a militaristic regime and embraced the importance of their role in it. Takashi Nishiyama examines the impact of war and peace on technological transformation during the twentieth century. He is the first to study the paradoxical and transformative power of Japan’s defeat in World War II through the lens of engineering. Nishiyama asks: How did authorities select and prepare young men to be engineers? How did Japan develop curricula adequate to the task (and from whom did the country borrow)? Under what conditions? What did the engineers think of the planes they built to support Kamikaze suicide missions? But his study ultimately concerns the remarkable transition these trained engineers made after total defeat in 1945. How could the engineers of war machines so quickly turn to peaceful construction projects such as designing the equipment necessary to manufacture consumer products? Most important, they developed new high-speed rail services, including the Shinkansen Bullet Train. What does this change tell us not only about Japan at war and then in peacetime but also about the malleability of engineering cultures? Nishiyama aims to counterbalance prevalent Eurocentric/Americentric views in the history of technology. Engineering War and Peace in Modern Japan, 1868–1964 sets the historical experience of one country’s technological transformation in a larger international framework by studying sources in six different languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. The result is a fascinating read for those interested in technology, East Asia, and international studies. Nishiyama's work offers lessons to policymakers interested in how a country can recover successfully after defeat.
Finding List
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Languages : en
Pages : 540
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The Bookman
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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The Journal of Education
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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The Stars and Their Mysteries
Author: Charles Robert Gibson
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Lippincott's Monthly Magazine
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Literature of the 1900s
Author: Jonathan Wild
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748635084
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Challenges conventional views of the Edwardian period as either a hangover of Victorianism or a bystander to literary modernismIn this ground-breaking study, Jonathan Wild investigates the literary history of the Edwardian decade. This period, long overlooked by critics, is revealed as a vibrant cultural era whose writers were determined to break away from the stifling influence of preceding Victorianism. In the hands of this generation, which included writers such as Arnold Bennett, Joseph Conrad, E. M. Forster, Beatrix Potter, and H.G. Wells, the new century presented a unique opportunity to fashion innovative books for fresh audiences. Wild traces this literary innovation by conceptualising the focal points of his study as branches of one of the new department stores that epitomized Edwardian modernity.a These adepartments war and imperialism, the rise of the lower middle class, childrens literature, technology and decadence, and the condition of England offer both discrete and interconnected ways in which to understand the distinctiveness and importance of the Edwardian literary scene. Overall, The Great Edwardian Emporium offers a long-overdue investigation into a decade of literature that provided the cultural foundation for the coming century.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748635084
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Challenges conventional views of the Edwardian period as either a hangover of Victorianism or a bystander to literary modernismIn this ground-breaking study, Jonathan Wild investigates the literary history of the Edwardian decade. This period, long overlooked by critics, is revealed as a vibrant cultural era whose writers were determined to break away from the stifling influence of preceding Victorianism. In the hands of this generation, which included writers such as Arnold Bennett, Joseph Conrad, E. M. Forster, Beatrix Potter, and H.G. Wells, the new century presented a unique opportunity to fashion innovative books for fresh audiences. Wild traces this literary innovation by conceptualising the focal points of his study as branches of one of the new department stores that epitomized Edwardian modernity.a These adepartments war and imperialism, the rise of the lower middle class, childrens literature, technology and decadence, and the condition of England offer both discrete and interconnected ways in which to understand the distinctiveness and importance of the Edwardian literary scene. Overall, The Great Edwardian Emporium offers a long-overdue investigation into a decade of literature that provided the cultural foundation for the coming century.
Catalogue of Books on the Useful Arts in the Central Libraries, 1903-1914
Author: Newcastle upon Tyne (England). Public libraries
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Category : Decorative arts
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
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Category : Decorative arts
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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