Technology & Engineering
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  Civilization, Democracy and GovernmentThe Need for a Native American Historical Perspective |
- | Daniel Paul | 16 | 2006 | $1.12 Add |
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From  NEW! Defining Autonomous VehiclesFrom: Autonomous Vehicles |
In chapter one, Baker defines what an automation is by examining the six levels of automation as defined by Society of American Engineers or SAE, Level 0: No Automation, Level 1: Driver … | Nathan Baker | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Forward and PrefaceFrom: Dry Run |
For this book, I’ve chosen to focus on my first love in the professional world, water, a subject to which I devoted a considerable part of my early professional career. With the arrival of … | Jerry Yudelson | 7 | 2010 | $0.70 Add |
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From  IntroductionFrom: Techno-Fix |
Techno-Fix questions a primary paradigm of our age: that advanced technology alone will extricate us from an ever-increasing load of social, environmental and economic ills. Techno-Fix shows why … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 6 | 2011 | $0.60 Add |
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From  IntroductionA Few Assertions From: Back to the Well |
de Villiers begins the books with 4 assertions about our water future: 1. We aren’t doomed (yet). 2. There is not a global-scale water crisis. Rather, there are thousands of regional water … | Marq de Villiers | 4 | 2018 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! IntroductionSmart Cities in Canada From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
The introduction provides a general definition of what constitutes a “Smart City” as well as exploring what prompted the authors of this title to write about smart cities in Canada. | Alexandra Flynn; Mariana Valverde | 14 | 2020 | $1.40 Add |
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From  IntroductionFrom: Montreal and the Bomb |
A peek into the diaries of William Lyon Mackenzie King and his thoughts on the atomic bomb. | Gilles Sabourin | 2 | 2021 | $0.20 Add |
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From  IntroductionMachines, People, Places and a World Transformed From: Car Nation |
Examines the car as a technology that changed the world as we know it. Outlines that the car became a fulcrum for human interaction. Looks at the American Influence on the Canadian Car Industry. … | Dimitry Anastakis | 9 | 2008 | $0.90 Add |
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From  IntroductionThe slow bleed |
The introduction of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? begins with a survey of positive and progressive images of public transit throughout the history of science fiction, most recently in the … | James Wilt | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Preface & Introduction |
Preface – explains the differences between editions of the book and what new material is in this one. Introduction – History of Oak Island, introduces the mystery of oak island and … | 10 | 2013 | $1.00 Add | |
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From  Preface & IntroductionA Paradigm Shift From: Samuel Cunard |
Explains the importance of Samuel Cunard in giving a major push to the use of steamships and the paradigm shift of the first use of regularized transportation and communication by steamship … | John Boileau | 5 | 2006 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! This is Your Captain Speaking… |
In the introduction author Doug Morris explains how he hopes this book will fill the void of aviation knowledge by enlightening a wide spectrum of readers. As his aviation career is on its final … | Doug Morris | 3 | 2022 | $0.30 Add |
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From A Short History of WaterFrom: Dry Run |
In this chapter you’ll learn a little of the fascinating history of water and civilization and how politics, economics and water have been part of the history of the US, especially of the … | Jerry Yudelson | 11 | 2010 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Counting Carbon: What We Know and How We Know It |
This chapter draws upon the results of Life Cycle Assessment studies to summarize what we know about whole building embodied carbon, and to highlight best opportunities for innovation and … | Barbara Rodriquez Droguett; Catherine De Wolf | 15 | 2017 | $1.50 Add |
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From Dreams of Buried Treasure |
1795 – 1805. Tracing the history of the theory that treasure is buried on Oak Island; includes Daniel McGinnis discovering the Money Pit, traces different discoveries on the island, … | 20 | 2013 | $2.00 Add | |
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From NEW! Examples of Autonomous or Semi-autonomous Vehicles Currently in ProductionFrom: Autonomous Vehicles |
In chapter two, Baker reviews all existing automated sensing systems being used in vehicles today, examining the varying levels and challenges of each. | Nathan Baker | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
