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This collection of technical essays and reminiscences is a companion to I. Bernard Cohen's biography Howard Aiken: Portrait of a Computer Pioneer. After an overview by Cohen, Part I presents the complete publication of Aiken's 1937 proposal for an automatic calculating machine, later realized as the Mark I, as well as recollections by the chief engineer in charge of construction of Mark II, Robert Campbell, and the programmer of Mark I, Richard Bloch. Henry Tropp describes Aiken's hostility to the exclusive use of binary numbers in computational systems and his alternative approach.
The famed economist John Makin experienced and wrote persuasively about many of the most important economic events of the post-Cold War period. An Economist's Outlook: Essays by John H. Makin from a Transformative Era brings together some of his most important writings. They provide unique insights into economic events from 1992 to 2014.
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What was happening in Burnley Town Hall when the British National Party was winning and holding seats there? What lay behind the far right's advance, and what effect did it have on local government and wider policy trends? How did mainstream parties respond? This is the inside story of these developments, written by the council worker responsible for promoting good race relations in Burnley during the turbulent years following the 'northern town disturbances' of 2001. The book connects the story of one Lancashire town to contemporary social divisions and political trends across the UK: - The rise of right-wing populism, widespread antipathy to immigration, and a deep distrust of established ...
Focusing on the historical experiences of Chinese from West Kalimantan, Indonesia, whether in terms of migratory trajectories or ethnic and state violence, this book interrogates the role of history in the formation of the Chinese Diasporic subject.
His code name was the silencer and he used a .45 semi-automatic pistol with a silencer attached. He is the most competent assassin they have and he never failed performing his assignments. This man is a deadly killer for an organization that had the authority to rid the country of undesirables and traitors who were a danger to our way of living. Follow the silencer through the rainy streets of London, the cobblestones of Paris and the darken roads of the Ukraine facing danger in every city. When a beautiful twenty-nine year old women with raven hair walks into his bookstore looking for a book on the French revolution, his life will never be the same. Their love affair is constantly in danger, but their love for each other continues to grow. This is one of those books you will read long into the darken night until you finish the last page.