A novel theory of how technological revolutions affect the rise and fall of great powers When scholars and policymakers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great powers, they draw on theories that center the moment of innovation the eureka moment that sparks astonishing technological feats. In this book, Jeffrey Ding offers a different explanation of how technological revolutions affect competition among great powers. Rather than focusing on which state first introduced major innovations, he investigates why some states were more successful than others at adapting and embracing new technologies at scale. Drawing on historical case studies of past industrial revolutions as well as statistical analysis, Ding develops a theory that emphasizes institutional adaptations oriented around diffusing technological advances throughout the entire economy.Examining Britain s rise to preeminence in the First Industrial Revolution, America and Germany s overtaking of Britain in the Second
The Cambridge Companion to Proust aims to provide a broadaccount of the major features of Marcel Proust's great work A larecherche du temps perdu (1913–1927). The specially commissionedessays, by acknowledged experts on Proust, address a wide range ofissues relating to his work. Progressing from background andbiographical material, the chapters investigate such essentialareas as the composition of the novel, its social dimension, thelanguage in which it is couched, its intellectual parameters, itshumour, its analytical profundity and its wide appeal andinfluence. Particular emphasis is placed on illustrating thediscussion of issues by frequent recourse to textual quotation (inboth French and English) and close analysis. This is the onlycontributory volume of its kind on Proust currently available.Together with its supportive material, a detailed chronology andbibliography, it will be of interest to scholars and studentsalike.
Learn the tricks-of-the-trade of becoming a great technical communicator Remember when you were an undergraduate and freshman composition seemed so irrelevant to your life? After all, you were going to conquer the world with technological know-how. Your spellcheck software would handle the details. Now that you're a professional - pitching an idea, vying for a contract or grant, or presenting at a meeting - getting your point across effectively suddenly seems pretty essential for success, doesn't it? Fear not. This light-hearted text, brimming with proven techniques, good advice, and real-world examples that you can easily apply to your own case, will turn you into an adept communicator. Written expressly for technologists, this is a simple, concise, and practical guide to the communication dynamics of writing, presentation delivery, and meeting interaction. Herbert Hirsch, in-demand consultant who developed these techniques for his own prolific engineering career, teaches you how to use
This text begins with the simplest geometric manifolds, the Grassmann determinant principle for the plane and the Grassmann principle for space; and more. Also explores affine and projective transformations; higher point transformations; transformations with change of space element; and the theory of the imaginary. Concludes with a systematic discussion of geometry and its foundations. 1939 edition. 141 figures.
Volcanoes and the Environment is a comprehensive andaccessible text incorporating contributions from some of theworld's authorities in volcanology. This book is an indispensableguide for those interested in how volcanism affects our planet'senvironment. It spans a wide variety of topics from geology toclimatology and ecology; it also considers the economic and socialimpacts of volcanic activity on humans. Topics covered include howvolcanoes shape the environment, their effect on the geologicalcycle, atmosphere and climate, impacts on health of living onactive volcanoes, volcanism and early life, effects of eruptions onplant and animal life, large eruptions and mass extinctions, andthe impact of volcanic disasters on the economy. This book isintended for students and researchers interested in environmentalchange from the fields of earth and environmental science,geography, ecology and social science. It will also interest policymakers and professionals working on natural hazards.
The most comprehensive and authoritative text ofits kind, Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands, 2nd Edition is your must-have guide to proper international business protocol. With countries such as China and India taking on a more significant role in the global business landscape, you can't afford not to know the practices, customs, and philosophies of other countries. Now fully revised, updated, and expanded with over sixty country profiles, Kiss, Bow, orShake Hands, 2ndEdition provides invaluable information on how to handle common business interactions with grace, respect, and an appreciation for different cultures.
In this profoundly significant book, author Michael Gurian has revised and updated his groundbreaking book that clearly demonstrated how the distinction in hard-wiring and socialized gender differences affects how boys and girls learn. Gurian presents a proven method to educate our children based on brain science, neurological development, and chemical and hormonal disparities. The innovations presented in this book were applied in the classroom and proven successful, with dramatic improvements in test scores, during a two-year study that Gurian and his colleagues conducted in six Missouri school districts.
W. V. Quine (1908–2000) was quite simply the most distinguishedanalytic philosopher of the later half of the twentieth century.His celebrated attack on the analytic/synthetic tradition heraldeda major shift away from the views of language descended fromlogical positivism. His most important book, Word and Object,introduced the concept of indeterminacy of radical translation, ableak view of the nature of the language with which we ascribethoughts and beliefs to ourselves and others. Quine is also famousfor the view that epistemology should be naturalized, that isconducted in a scientific spirit with the object of investigatingthe relationship between the inputs of experience and the outputsof belief. The eleven essays in this volume cover all the centraltopics of Quine's philosophy: the underdetermination of physicaltheory, analycity, naturalism, propositional attitudes,behaviorism, reference and ontology, positivism, holism andlogic.
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