Frontiers Past And Future
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Frontiers Past And Future
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Author : Carl Abbott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Frontiers Past And Future written by Carl Abbott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Fiction categories.
"Abbott offers a fruitful new way to read science fiction, one that also greatly enriches our understanding of western history and its impact on our collective imagination. Detailing the overlap of science fiction and western fiction - especially relating to their mutual interest in and concerns about frontier expansionism - he reveals an unsuspected common ground that informs the writings of both camps." "Reviewing the work of many Hugo and Nebula Award winners, as well as drawing upon popular film and television series (like the Buck Rogers serials), Abbott's study journeys across the far reaches of science fiction's universe."
Cognitive Mapping
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Author : Rob Kitchin
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2000
Cognitive Mapping written by Rob Kitchin and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Health & Fitness categories.
This important work brings together international academics from a variety of disciplines to explore the topic of spatial cognition on a 'geographic' scale. It provides an overview of the historical origins of the subject, a description of current debates and suggests directions for future research.
10 Years Of Frontiers In Genetics Past Discoveries Current Challenges And Future Perspectives
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Author : William C. Cho
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2023-06-02
10 Years Of Frontiers In Genetics Past Discoveries Current Challenges And Future Perspectives written by William C. Cho and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-02 with Science categories.
The Nile And Its Masters Past Present Future
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Author : Jean Kerisel
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2021-12-17
The Nile And Its Masters Past Present Future written by Jean Kerisel and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-17 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The Pharoahs were masters of the Nile: they had a detailed understanding of the ways of the river. Modern Egyptians see themselves as heirs to this tradition, and as owners of the Nile waters. In the 1960's, Egypt decided to protect its increasingly-populated Nile valley from the ravages of annual flooding by building a dam. A relatively small dam in the valley of Nubia, in the region of Tushka, would have enabled the excess floodwaters to safely be diverted towards the fossil valley of the pre-Nile. However, it was decided to select a site near Aswan, making it necessary to inundate more than 250km of river valley. Over the years, this strategy has been revealed to have been faulty, and numerous irrigation schemes in upriver countries have progressively reduced the amount of water descending into Egypt. The dire warning of the 14th century oracle appears to be prophetic: "the water of the river in my country will be stopped from reaching yours, which I shall cause to die of thirst..."
Work Motivation
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Author : Ruth Kanfer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-06-24
Work Motivation written by Ruth Kanfer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-24 with Business & Economics categories.
This edited volume in SIOP's Organizational Frontiers Series presents the current thinking and research on the important area of motivation.Work Motivation is a central issue in Industrial organizational psychology, human resource management and organizational behavior. In this volume the editors and authors show that motivation must be seen as a m
Searching For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Author : H. Paul Shuch
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2011-02-14
Searching For Extraterrestrial Intelligence written by H. Paul Shuch and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-14 with Science categories.
This book is a collection of essays written by the very scientists and engineers who have led, and continue to lead, the scientific quest known as SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Divided into three parts, the first section, ‘The Spirit of SETI Past’, written by the surviving pioneers of this then emerging discipline, reviews the major projects undertaken during the first 50 years of SETI science and the results of that research. In the second section, ‘The Spirit of SETI Present’, the present-day science and technology is discussed in detail, providing the technical background to contemporary SETI instruments, experiments, and analytical techniques, including the processing of the received signals to extract potential alien communications. In the third and final section, ‘The Spirit of SETI Future’, the book looks ahead to the possible directions that SETI will take in the next 50 years, addressing such important topics as interstellar message construction, the risks and assumptions of interstellar communications, when we might make contact, what aliens might look like and what is likely to happen in the aftermath of such a contact.
Frontiers Of The Future
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Author : University of California, Los Angeles. Committee on International Relations
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1941
Frontiers Of The Future written by University of California, Los Angeles. Committee on International Relations and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1941 with Boundaries categories.
Neo Frontier Spaces In Science Fiction Television
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Author : Sebastian J. Müller
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2023-04-17
Neo Frontier Spaces In Science Fiction Television written by Sebastian J. Müller and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-17 with Performing Arts categories.
The idea of the frontier--once, the geographical borderline moving further and further West across the North American continent--has shaped American science fiction television since its beginnings. TV series have long adapted the frontier myth to outer space and have explored American Wests of the future. This book takes a deeper look at the futuristic frontiers within such series as Star Trek, Firefly, Terra Nova, Defiance and The 100, revealing how they rethink colonialism, the environment, spaces of risk and utopian/dystopian worlds. Harnessing forms of speculation and the post-apocalyptic imagination, these series engage with matters of the present, from the legacies of colonialism to climate change and the increasing integration of humans and technologies. In doing so, these series question in novel ways the very idea of borders and reshape cultural binaries such as Self/Other, wilderness/civilization, city/nature, human/non-human and utopia/dystopia.
Imagined Frontiers
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Author : Carl Abbott
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2015-09-10
Imagined Frontiers written by Carl Abbott and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-10 with Social Science categories.
We live near the edge—whether in a settlement at the core of the Rockies, a gated community tucked into the wilds of the Santa Monica Mountains, a silicon culture emerging in the suburbs, or, in the future, homesteading on a terraformed Mars. In Imagined Frontiers, urban historian and popular culture scholar Carl Abbott looks at the work of American artists who have used novels, film, television, maps, and occasionally even performance art to explore these frontiers—the metropolitan frontier of suburban development, the classic continental frontier of American settlement, and the yet unrealized frontiers beyond Earth. Focusing on writers and artists working during the past half-century, an era of global economic and social reach, Abbott describes the dialogue between historians and social scientists seeking to understand these frontier places and the artists reimagining them in written and visual fictions. This book offers perspectives on such well-known authors as T. C. Boyle and John Updike and on such familiar movies and television shows as Falling Down and The Sopranos. By putting The Rockford Files and the cult favorite Firefly in conversation with popular fiction writers Robert Heinlein and Stephen King and literary novelists Peter Matthiessen and Leslie Marmon Silko, Abbott interweaves the disparate subjects of western history, urban planning, and science fiction in a single volume. Abbott combines all-new essays with others previously published but substantially revised to integrate western and urban history, literary analysis, and American studies scholarship in a uniquely compelling analysis of the frontier in popular culture.
Visions Of The Future In Roman Frontier Kingdoms 100 Bce 100 Ce
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Author : Richard Teverson
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-09-03
Visions Of The Future In Roman Frontier Kingdoms 100 Bce 100 Ce written by Richard Teverson and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-03 with History categories.
This is the first book-length exploration of the ways art from the edges of the Roman Empire represented the future, examining visual representations of time and the role of artwork in Roman imperial systems. This book focuses on four kingdoms from across the empire: Cottius’s Alpine kingdom in the north, King Juba II’s Mauretania in the south-west, Herodian Judea in the east, and Kommagene to the north-east. Art from the imperial frontier is rarely considered through the lens of the aesthetics of time, and Roman provincial art and the monuments of allied rulers are typically interpreted as evidence of the interaction between Roman and local identities. In this interdisciplinary study, which explores statues, wall paintings, coins, monuments, and inscriptions, readers learn that these artworks served as something more: they were created to represent the futures that allied rulers and their people foresaw. The pressure of Roman imperialism drove patrons and artists on the empire’s borders to imbue their creations with increasingly sophisticated ideas about the future, as they wrestled with consequential decisions made under periods of intense political pressure. Comprehensively illustrated and providing an important new approach to Roman material culture at the edge of empire, Visions of the Future in Roman Frontier Kingdoms 100 BCE–100 CE is suitable for students and scholars working on Rome and its frontiers, as well as Roman material culture more broadly, and those studying the aesthetics of time in art and art history.