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Green Illusions
We don’t have an energy crisis. We have a consumption crisis. And this book, which takes aim at cherished assumptions regarding energy, offers refreshingly straight talk about what’s wrong with the way we think and talk about the problem. Though we generally believe we can solve environmental problems with more energy—more solar cells, wind turbines, and biofuels—alternative technologies come with their own side effects and limitations. How, for instance, do solar cells cause harm? Why can’t engineers solve wind power’s biggest obstacle? Why won’t contraception solve the problem of overpopulation lying at the heart of our concerns about energy, and what will? This practical, en...
Instrumental Ignorance
"This research explores critical innovative roles for conceptual assumptions, institutional amnesia, practiced self-deceit, material avoidance, dissembling, undone science, and other forms of applied ignorance. Ignorance is often conceptualized as a gap in technical expertise; however, ignorance may also arise through technical expertise and prove instrumental for scientific, technical, and finance experts. Specialists and organizations can draw upon ignorance to protect their symbolic values from material evidence that might otherwise challenge those values. Sharing ignorance through science journalism, academic publishing, and government communications relies on carefully crafted language ...
The O’Hara Concern
The definitive biography of short story writer John O’Hara.
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The Wehr Family
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Setting the Pace
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Intermediate Robot Building
* Follow up to his very successful Robot Building for Beginners, it will appeal not only to those who bought the first book, but to others interested in Robotics that are interested in a more advanced book. * Robotics remains a hot topic, with ongoing success of robotic battling shows on Television, the spread of robot clubs in schools, and likely increased interest in robotics resulting from Nasa’s Mars robot rover program (January 2004). * David Cook is the webmaster of two popular robot sites: www.robotroom.com and www.chibots.org * Includes complete instructions and part sources to build a fully functional, interesting robot, with plenty of photographs. * Simple explanations and directions easily understood without intimidation &*Light-hearted
