Good Guys Wiseguys And Putting Up Buildings
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Good Guys Wiseguys And Putting Up Buildings
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Author : Samuel C. Florman
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2012-03-13
Good Guys Wiseguys And Putting Up Buildings written by Samuel C. Florman and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings is an engaging memoir about one man's career in construction--rising to the top of an industry renowned for crime, corruption, violence, physical danger, and the chronic risk of financial catastrophe. Starting in the Navy Seabees at the end of WWII, Samuel C. Florman made his way as a general contractor in New York City through the period of explosive development, private exuberance and the historic growth of publicly supported housing--all amidst the rise of the notorious Mafia families, and evolution of the Civil Rights Movement. His storied career brought him into contact with a variety of personalities: politicians and civil servants, developers and technocrats, saintly do-gooders and corrupt rapscallions. Along with the rousing adventures there were satisfactions of a different sort: the enchantment of seeing architecture made real; the pride of creating housing, hospitals, schools, places of worship--shelter for the body and nourishment for the spirit.
Engineering And The Liberal Arts
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Author : Samuel C. Florman
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2015-12-15
Engineering And The Liberal Arts written by Samuel C. Florman and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-15 with Technology & Engineering categories.
A Technologist's Guide to History, Literature, Philosophy, Art, and Music. From the author who inspired inaugural poet Richard Blanco! Now available in ebook for the first time, Engineering and the Liberal Arts remains a fresh and provocative book, using the familiar world of technology to guide a new generation of engineers through the stimulating world of the liberal arts. Beginning with a penetrating and enlightening discussion of how exposure to the arts can enrich and reward nearly every aspect of an engineer's life, Samuel Florman—himself a decorated engineer with over fifty years' experience in the field—boldly explores the natural relationship between liberal arts and technology. Sweeping away traditional barriers separating the two fields, Florman establishes a rich and vital communication of ideas between scientist and artist. By linking the history of technology to world history, the truth of science to philosophy, utility of form to painting and sculpture, and the world of view of the engineer to literature, Florman builds a series of bridges connecting science to art. A complete survey of the arts in and of itself, this impressive volume constitutes an introduction to the infinite variety of pleasures afforded through study of the liberal arts, paving the way to a richer, fuller life for the engineer.
The Good Guys
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Author : Jules Bonavolonta
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997-08
The Good Guys written by Jules Bonavolonta and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-08 with Political Science categories.
As gripping as fiction, yet all incredibly true, this book is the story of how FBI Special Agent Bonavolonta brought down the most powerful Mafia families in New York--and forever revolutionized the investigative procedures of the FBI. Includes an eight-page photo insert.
Wiseguy
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Author : Nicholas Pileggi
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1990-09
Wiseguy written by Nicholas Pileggi and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-09 with Fiction categories.
Presents a firsthand account of organized crime showing its brutality and fascination.
The Bridgemen S Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1901
The Bridgemen S Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1901 with categories.
The Existential Pleasures Of Engineering
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Author : Samuel C. Florman
language : en
Publisher: Souvenir Press
Release Date : 2013-10-01
The Existential Pleasures Of Engineering written by Samuel C. Florman and has been published by Souvenir Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Humans have always sought to change their environment - building houses, monuments, temples and roads. In the process, they have remade the fabric of the world into newly functional objects that are also works of art to be admired. Samuel Florman explores how engineers think and feel about their profession in The Existential Pleasures of Engineering. Florman celebrates engineering as not only crucial and fundamental but also vital and alive; he views it as a response to some of our deepest impulses, an endeavour rich in spiritual and sensual rewards. An eloquent, witty and perceptive celebration of our deepest creative impulses, The Existential Pleasures of Engineering is an informative account of the modern-day engineer's experience.
The Aftermath
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Author : Samuel C. Florman
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2003-03-01
The Aftermath written by Samuel C. Florman and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-01 with Fiction categories.
The year is 2010 and the world as we know it has come to an end. A huge comet has smashed into the earth off the coast of California, vaporizing and generating a fiery rain that engulfs the globe in a destructive holocaust. But at the opposite pole of the planet, there is a "safe zone" encompassing part of the southeast African shore and the southern tip of Madagascar where the damage is extensive but not total. Spared from destruction is a luxury cruise ship, the Queen of Africa, which carries 600 of the world's leading engineers. These outstanding technologists, traveling with their immediate families, are engaged in a seminar dedicated to finding solutions to humanity's eternal needs-shelter, food, energy, environmental preservation, and the like. But when the impact of the comet sends shock waves around the world, the passengers' first priority is to abandon ship for terra firma. Thus they head for the South African coast to begin the task of "starting over." In KwaZulu Natal the passengers find a surviving community of about 25,000, including many experienced agricultural and industrial workers. These people have been cast back, physically, to the Stone Age, but intellectually they are at the forefront of technological progress in the 21st century, and they have at their disposal the natural resources needed to embark on an industrial revolution. So begins an epic adventure of rebuilding the world from scratch, but in an unpredictable, and sometimes hostile, environment, survival itself may be the real challenge. The Aftermath is a provocative adventure story that provides a scientifically sound blueprint for surviving Armageddon.
Library Journal
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Author : Melvil Dewey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Library Journal written by Melvil Dewey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Electronic journals categories.
Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.
The Anxious Years
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Author : Louis Filler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
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The Introspective Engineer
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Author : Samuel C. Florman
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 2013-09-24
The Introspective Engineer written by Samuel C. Florman and has been published by St. Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-24 with Science categories.
The profession of engineering is rarely the topic of serious public discussion. Multimedia, virtual reality, information superhighway-these are the buzzwords of the day. But real engineers, the people who conceive of computers and oversee their manufacture, the people who design and build information systems, cars, bridges, and airplanes, labor in obscurity. There are no engineering heroes, and we as a society are poorer for this. Like Florman's landmark book, The Existential Pleasures of Engineering, The Introspective Engineer is a clarion call to society. We must awaken to the reality that the quality of human life depends on increasingly creative technological solutions to the problems we face. We need cleaner, more economical engines, faster computers, more power, and a healthier planet if we are to survive. It is engineers who will lead us to this future.