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The definitive history of America’s greatest incubator of innovation and the birthplace of some of the 20th century’s most influential technologies “Filled with colorful characters and inspiring lessons . . . The Idea Factory explores one of the most critical issues of our time: What causes innovation?” —Walter Isaacson, The New York Times Book Review “Compelling . . . Gertner's book offers fascinating evidence for those seeking to understand how a society should best invest its research resources.” —The Wall Street Journal From its beginnings in the 1920s until its demise in the 1980s, Bell Labs-officially, the research and development wing of AT&T-was the biggest, and argua...
If Manchester City legend Colin Bell were playing today, he'd be one of the most sought-after midfielders in the world and would command the wages of, and comparison to, the likes of Zidane, Pires and Rivaldo. While his remarkable success came before football heroes acquired celebrity status, he was every bit as talented as today's superstars and would have been a footballer of global stature. best player of all time. He graced the midfield during their greatest years, as they lifted the League Championship, FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup-Winners Cup. The man they nicknamed Nijinski, due to his supreme athleticism, captained Bury at the age of 17 and represented England 48 times before ...
Brad Harper has known that the human bar owner, Tasha Jenkins, is his true mate since he first met her by chance on a night out with friends. However, after his first mate ran off with a human, he’s held a grudge and tries to put distance between him and Tasha as best as he can despite working for her. But when both the human female’s bar and life are in jeopardy, he has no choice but to protect her. The only question is: Can he resist her? Tasha Jenkins likes setting goals and achieving them. It’s how she was able to establish a successful bar in Reno and be her own boss. However, when some troublemakers show up and start harassing her clientele, hoping to put her out of business, she...
Television drama has been the dominant form of popular storytelling for more than sixty years, shaping the imaginations of millions of people. This book surveys the careers of the central creators of those stories for Australian television—the writers who learnt how to work in a new medium, adapting to its constraints and exploring its creative possibilities. Informed by interviews with many writers, it describes the establishment of Australian television drama production, observing the way writers grasped the creative and business opportunities that television presented. It examines the development of Australian versions of the major television genres—the sitcom, the police drama, the h...
When advertising maverick Farren Mortimer sets up AMOLAD to bring the funeral business into the 21st century, his ideas capture the public’s attention as he cashes in on the new zeitgeist of conspicuous public mourning.
This introductory graduate text is based on a graduate course the author has taught repeatedly over the last ten years to students in applied mathematics, engineering sciences, and physics. Each chapter begins with an introductory development involving ordinary differential equations, and goes on to cover such traditional topics as boundary layers and multiple scales. However, it also contains material arising from current research interest, including homogenisation, slender body theory, symbolic computing, and discrete equations. Many of the excellent exercises are derived from problems of up-to-date research and are drawn from a wide range of application areas.
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