Technology & Engineering
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From  Rivers and Lakes in TroubleFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers explores how surface water – lakes and rivers – are some of the most vulnerable to contamination and destruction as a result of human action. | Marq de Villiers | 27 | 2018 | $2.70 Add |
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From  Running on emptyClimate and environment |
The third chapter of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? asserts that deeply recommitting to public transit is a requirement for slowing climate catastrophe. The author demonstrates how each of … | James Wilt | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Technology, Exploitation and FairnessFrom: Techno-Fix |
Technology, Exploitation and Fairness advances the thesis that many technologies are regrettably used for control and exploitation of both humans and the environment, leading inevitably to … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 27 | 2011 | $2.70 Add |
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From  Whales & WildfiresFrom: Samuel Cunard |
Early 1800s. Looks at Samuel Cunard as he expands his enterprises into whaleing and timber and events that transpired to challenge these ventures. Also looks at artic expeditions | John Boileau | 10 | 2006 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Wood: Like Never Before |
This chapter explores the role of wood in building efficient and modern buildings. | Andrew Lawrence; Francis Yang | 16 | 2017 | $1.60 Add |
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From  A Den of EspionageFrom: Montreal and the Bomb |
This chapter explores espionage networks in Canada and this nuclear project. It touches upon the stories of key figures such as Igor Sergeyevich Gouzenko, Alan Nunn May, and Bruno Pontecorvo, as … | Gilles Sabourin | 36 | 2021 | $3.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Before Takeoff Checklist |
Chapter 4 explores the questions Morris often finds himself being asked about landing. The chapter discusses topics including concerns of mechanical issues, the “what ifs”, … | Doug Morris | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Civil LiabilityFrom: Autonomous Vehicles |
In chapter five, Jaye Hooper, examines the questions of liability for both the users and creators of autonomous vehicles as they increasingly become part of the general market. | Jaye Hooper | 38 | 2021 | $3.80 Add |
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From Clippers & CanalsFrom: Samuel Cunard |
Looks at Samuel Cunard’s venture into the tea trade, the establishment of the Halifax Whaling Company, his competitor Enos Collins, his friend Joseph Howe, and the creation of canal systems … | John Boileau | 12 | 2006 | $1.20 Add |
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From  End of an EraFrom: Fastest in the World |
1918-1948. The quest for a naval contract, the establishment of Bell-Baldwin Hydrodomes Ltd., other self-propelled hydrofoils are made. Thee legacy of the two men is briefly explored. | John Boileau | 10 | 2004 | $1.00 Add |
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From In Search of Solutions I: Counter-Technologies and Social FixesFrom: Techno-Fix |
In Search of Solutions I: Counter-Technologies and Social Fixes discusses the limitations of technologies that attempt to counter the negative effects of previous technologies and also shows why … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 24 | 2011 | $2.40 Add |
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From  King Car:The Automobile’s Golden Age From: Car Nation |
1945-1973. Analyzes the Great post-war boom in the car industry and argues that the automobile emblems of the era They represented a new industrial might, a new ethos of consumption and a new … | Dimitry Anastakis | 19 | 2008 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Part 2: Sustainable Community Building BlocksWater and Sewage |
North America is abundant in lakes and rivers yet, in many regions, water resources are in critical supply. Costs for operating, maintaining and expanding sewage treatment facilities continue to … | Marc Roseland | 14 | 2012 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Pipeline on Wheels |
Identifies how big corporations moved to get fracked North Dakota Bakken oil and bitumen to refineries, regularly ignoring basic safety practices. | Bruce Campbell | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Privatized Policymaking on Toronto’s WaterfrontFrom: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 4 explores how smart cities projects allow private companies to shape municipal policies to suit their own interests as opposed to the interests of the population. | Natasha Tusikov | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From Race to the bottomInequality and poverty |
The fourth chapter of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? considers the equity and poverty aspects of public transit versus the automobile, asserting that communities that are serious about … | James Wilt | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
