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Human Frontiers

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Author : Michael Bhaskar
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2022-08-02

Human Frontiers written by Michael Bhaskar and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-02 with History categories.

Why has the flow of big, world-changing ideas slowed down? A provocative look at what happens next at the frontiers of human knowledge. The history of humanity is the history of big ideas that expand our frontiers—from the wheel to space flight, cave painting to the massively multiplayer game, monotheistic religion to quantum theory. And yet for the past few decades, apart from a rush of new gadgets and the explosion of digital technology, world-changing ideas have been harder to come by. Since the 1970s, big ideas have happened incrementally—recycled, focused in narrow bands of innovation. In this provocative book, Michael Bhaskar looks at why the flow of big, world-changing ideas has slowed, and what this means for the future. Bhaskar argues that the challenge at the frontiers of knowledge has arisen not because we are unimaginative and bad at realizing big ideas but because we have already pushed so far. If we compare the world of our great-great-great-grandparents to ours today, we can see how a series of transformative ideas revolutionized almost everything in just a century and a half. But recently, because of short-termism, risk aversion, and fractious decision making, we have built a cautious, unimaginative world. Bhaskar shows how we can start to expand the frontier again by thinking big—embarking on the next Universal Declaration of Human Rights or Apollo mission—and embracing change.

Human Frontiers Environments And Disease

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Author : Anthony J. McMichael
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-06-28

Human Frontiers Environments And Disease written by Anthony J. McMichael and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06-28 with Medical categories.

A compelling account of the relentless trajectory of humankind across time and geography.

Star Trek

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Author : Michèle Barrett
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2001

Star Trek written by Michèle Barrett and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Outer space categories.

The earlier series of Star Trek shows a faith in science and rationalism, and in a benign, liberal leadership. This modern order is now in decline. This book addresses these issues in philosophical, literary, historical and cultural contexts.

The Human Frontier

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Author : Roger J Williams
language : en
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Release Date : 2018-10-15

The Human Frontier written by Roger J Williams and has been published by Franklin Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-15 with categories.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Human Frontiers Environments And Disease

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Author : Tony McMichael
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-06-28

Human Frontiers Environments And Disease written by Tony McMichael and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06-28 with Medical categories.

This compelling account charts the relentless trajectory of humankind, and its changing survival and disease patterns, across place and time from when our ancient ancestors roamed the African Savannah to today's populous, industrialised, globalising world. This expansion of human frontiers - geographic, climatic, cultural and technological - has encountered frequent setbacks from disease, famine and dwindling resources. The social and environmental transformations wrought by agrarianism, industrialisation, fertility control, social modernisation, urbanisation and mass consumption have profoundly affected patterns of health and disease. Today, as life expectancies rise, the planet's ecosystems are being damaged by the combined weight of population size and intensive economic activity. Global warming, stratospheric ozone depletion and loss of biodiversity pose large-scale hazards to human health and survival. Recognising this, can we achieve a transition to sustainability? This and other profound questions underlie this chronicle of expansive human activity, social change, environmental impact and their health consequences.

Questions On The Human Frontiers Of Geography

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language : en
Publisher: Ardent Media
Release Date : 1964

Questions On The Human Frontiers Of Geography written by and has been published by Ardent Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with categories.

New Frontiers In Human Robot Interaction

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Author : Kerstin Dautenhahn
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2011

New Frontiers In Human Robot Interaction written by Kerstin Dautenhahn and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Computers categories.

Human–Robot Interaction (HRI) considers how people can interact with robots in order to enable robots to best interact with people. HRI presents many challenges with solutions requiring a unique combination of skills from many fields, including computer science, artificial intelligence, social sciences, ethology and engineering. We have specifically aimed this work to appeal to such a multi-disciplinary audience. This volume presents new and exciting material from HRI researchers who discuss research at the frontiers of HRI. The chapters address the human aspects of interaction, such as how a robot may understand, provide feedback and act as a social being in interaction with a human, to experimental studies and field implementations of human–robot collaboration ranging from joint action, robots practically and safely helping people in real world situations, robots helping people via rehabilitation and robots acquiring concepts from communication. This volume reflects current trends in this exciting research field.

Rare Earth Frontiers

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Author : Julie Michelle Klinger
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-01-15

Rare Earth Frontiers written by Julie Michelle Klinger and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-15 with Political Science categories.

Owing to their unique magnetic, phosphorescent, and catalytic properties, rare earths are the elements that make possible teverything from the miniaturization of electronics, to the enabling of green energy and medical technologies, to supporting essential telecommunications and defense systems. An iPhone uses eight rare earths for everything from its colored screen, to its speakers, to the miniaturization of the phone?s circuitry. On the periodic table rare earth elements comprise a set of seventeen chemical elements (the fifteen lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium). There would be no Pokémon Go without rare earths. Rare Earth Frontiers is a work of human geography. Klinger looks historically and geographically at the ways rare earth elements in three discrete but representative and contested sites are given meaning.

New Frontiers In Hrd

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Author : Monica Lee
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-06-24

New Frontiers In Hrd written by Monica Lee and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-24 with Business & Economics categories.

Contributions from a number of leading international scholars explore the boundaries of the field of Human Resource Development and present an innovative and challenging approach to HRD theory and practice.

Frontiers Of Human Centered Computing Online Communities And Virtual Environments

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Author : Rae Earnshaw
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2001-02-26

Frontiers Of Human Centered Computing Online Communities And Virtual Environments written by Rae Earnshaw 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 2001-02-26 with Computers categories.

This volume presents the results of a joint National Science Foundation and European Commission Workshop which was set up to identify the future key strategic research directions in the areas of human-centred interaction, online communities and virtual environments.