Technology & Engineering
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From ![]() ConclustionThe Cunard Legacy From: Samuel Cunard |
1868-2006. Traces the legacy of Samuel Cunard and his shipping line from his death to 2006. | John Boileau | 14 | 2006 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() Concrete: The Reinvention of Artificial Rock |
In this chapter, the authors turn to concrete, and suggest that the natural resources used to make it – lime, sand, and gravel – are in short supply. Moreover, the production of … | Fernando Martirena; Paul Jaquin | 16 | 2017 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Confederation and the Indian Act |
Daniel Paul | 64 | 2006 | $4.48 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; Kathrina Simonen | 15 | 2017 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() Critical Science and Social ResponsibilityFrom: Techno-Fix |
Critical Science and Social Responsibility outlines ways to increase the awareness of scientists and engineers regarding their social responsibilities as well as ways to transform current science … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 31 | 2011 | $3.10 Add |
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From ![]() Crowding outCongestion and safety |
The fifth chapter of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? evaluates the three revolutions using the criteria of congestion and safety. The author demonstrates that cars of any kind will not solve … | James Wilt | 21 | 2020 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Cruise Checks |
Chapter 5 focuses on the checks during the actual flight and the process of flying. Topics discussed include facts of air flight, routes, air pressure, weather, routing, polar flights, … | Doug Morris | 52 | 2022 | $5.20 Add |
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From ![]() Cunard & CompanyFrom: Samuel Cunard |
1804-1812. Looks at Samuel Cunard as an entrepreneur. Also examines the war of 1812 and the city of Halifax during this time | John Boileau | 10 | 2006 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Data minecraftSurveillance and policing |
Chapter seven of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? considers surveillance and policing of digital data associated with the new transportation revolution technologies. The author finds the new … | James Wilt | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Digital Sovereignty Is Both National and Personal |
In this chapter, Tapscott examines how artificial intelligence and the collapse of the postwar order threaten Canada’s independence. | Don Tapscott | 13 | 2026 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() Disaster & DominanceFrom: Samuel Cunard |
1854-1868. Disaster strikes the Collins Line in the form of ship sinking, Samuel Cunard capitalizes on this disaster also examines the successes of other shipping lines and how they prospered … | John Boileau | 14 | 2006 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() Dispossession and the Imposition of Povety |
Daniel Paul | 19 | 2006 | $1.33 Add | |
![]() Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?Public Transit in the Age of Google, Uber, and Elon Musk |
Public transportation is in crisis. Through an assessment of the history of automobility in North America, the “three revolutions” in automotive transportation, as well as the current … | James Wilt | 306 | 2020 | View |
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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, excavations. | Graham Harris | 20 | 2013 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() Driving into the World, from Oil Crisis to TodayFrom: Car Nation |
1973 – 2005. Looks at the oil shock of 1973, looks at the car industries involvement in nationalism, continentialism, and globalization, the development of fuel economy & emissions … | Dimitry Anastakis | 17 | 2008 | $1.70 Add |
![]() Dry RunPreventing the Next Urban Water Crisis |
In the Age of Scarcity now upon us, fresh water shortages are an increasingly serious global problem. With water restrictions emerging in many developed countries and water diversions for … | Jerry Yudelson | 312 | 2010 | View |













