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Proceedings
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 460

Proceedings

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1903
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Current Catalog
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 666

Current Catalog

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1992
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  • Publisher: Unknown

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

The Age of Smoke
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 361

The Age of Smoke

In 1880, coal was the primary energy source for everything from home heating to industry. Regions where coal was readily available, such as the Ruhr Valley in Germany and western Pennsylvania in the United States, witnessed exponential growth-yet also suffered the greatest damage from coal pollution. These conditions prompted civic activism in the form of "anti-smoke" campaigns to attack the unsightly physical manifestations of coal burning. This early period witnessed significant cooperation between industrialists, government, and citizens to combat the smoke problem. It was not until the 1960s, when attention shifted from dust and grime to hazardous invisible gases, that cooperation dissip...

Ergonomics, Health and Safety
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 360

Ergonomics, Health and Safety

The following chapters represent a cross-section of current thinking and action in the related fields of Ergonomics, Health and Safety. Inevitably, there is extensive overlap between these three topics. Ergonomics by definition is concerned with the world of work in its broadest sense, that is purposeful activity, there is often an associated monetary gain but this is not an essential aspect; domestic activity and road transport are amongst the obvious exceptions. Health in this context means largely occupational health. Safety is occupational safety with a related excursion into road safety. All this is very much in line with the career of Professor Paul Verhaegen, the inspirer of this volume. Originally trained in medicine, his interests were and are in health, safety and working efficiency within occupational settings, including the effects of cultural differences, a more specialized interest engendered by his long residence in what used to be the Belgian Congo.

The Alcalde
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 48

The Alcalde

  • Type: Magazine
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  • Published: 1994-07
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  • Publisher: Unknown

As the magazine of the Texas Exes, The Alcalde has united alumni and friends of The University of Texas at Austin for nearly 100 years. The Alcalde serves as an intellectual crossroads where UT's luminaries - artists, engineers, executives, musicians, attorneys, journalists, lawmakers, and professors among them - meet bimonthly to exchange ideas. Its pages also offer a place for Texas Exes to swap stories and share memories of Austin and their alma mater. The magazine's unique name is Spanish for "mayor" or "chief magistrate"; the nickname of the governor who signed UT into existence was "The Old Alcalde."

National Library of Medicine Current Catalog
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1184

National Library of Medicine Current Catalog

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1992
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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For Love of the Automobile
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 240

For Love of the Automobile

In his cultural analysis of the motor car in Germany, Wolfgang Sachs starts from the assumption that the automobile is more than a means of transportation and that its history cannot be understood merely as a triumphant march of technological innovation. Instead, Sachs examines the history of the automobile from the late 1880s until today for evidence on the nature of dreams and desires embedded in modern culture. Written in a lively style and illustrated by a wealth of cartoons, advertisements, newspaper stories, and propaganda, this book explores the nature of Germany's love affair with the automobile. A "history of our desires" for speed, wealth, violence, glamour, progress, and power—a...

Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1098

Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1905
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Future as Catastrophe
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 305

The Future as Catastrophe

Why do we have the constant feeling that disaster is looming? Beyond the images of atomic apocalypse that have haunted us for decades, we are dazzled now by an array of possible catastrophe scenarios: climate change, financial crises, environmental disasters, technological meltdowns—perennial subjects of literature, film, popular culture, and political debate. Is this preoccupation with catastrophe questionable alarmism or complacent passivity? Or are there certain truths that can be revealed only in apocalypse? In The Future as Catastrophe, Eva Horn offers a novel critique of the modern fascination with disaster, which she treats as a symptom of our relationship to the future. Analyzing t...