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2024 PROSE Award in Architecture and Urban Planning An on-the-ground account of the design and evolution of West Bank settlements, showing how one of the world’s most contested landscapes was produced by unexpected conflicts and collaborations among widely divergent actors. Since capturing the West Bank in 1967, Israel has overseen the construction of scores of settlements across the territory’s rocky hilltops. The settlements are part of a fierce political conflict. But they are not just hotly contested political ventures. They are also something more everyday: residential architectural projects. In the Land of the Patriarchsis an on-the-ground account of the design and evolution of Wes...
Essays that analyze the integration and segregation processes that are an integral part of the broader historical trends shaping Israel/Palestine. Controversy surrounds Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, and the radical national and religious agendas at play there have come to define the area in the minds of many. This study, however, provides an alternative framework for understanding the process of “normalization” in the life of Jewish residents. Considering a wider range of historical and structural factors in which the colonization of the West Bank developed, it allows placing its origins and everyday reality into a wider perspective. The works collected consider the trans...
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Learn about fundamental and advanced topics in etching with this practical guide Atomic Layer Processing: Semiconductor Dry Etching Technology delivers a hands-on, one-stop resource for understanding etching technologies and their applications. The distinguished scientist, executive, and author offers readers in-depth information on the various etching technologies used in the semiconductor industry, including thermal, isotropic atomic layer, radical, ion-assisted, and reactive ion etching. The book begins with a brief history of etching technology and the role it has played in the information technology revolution, along with a collection of commonly used terminology in the industry. It the...
V roku 1865 napísal anglický spisovateľ a matematik Lewis Carroll román Alica v krajine zázrakov. Rozpráva o dievčatku menom Alica, ktoré spadne králičou norou do podzemného sveta fantázie, kde neplatia bežné pravidlá a zákony. Do sveta, ktorý je obývaný prazvláštnymi tvormi a plný bizarných dobrodružstiev. Publikácia ponúka skrátenú verziu románu, ktorá je určená pre mierne pokročilých študentov angličtiny. Anglický text dopĺňa slovenský zrkadlový preklad.