A Commonsense Revolution to Restore Our Environment
Fossil fuels and livestock grazing are often targeted as major culprits behind climate change and desertification. But Allan Savory, cofounder of the Savory Institute, begs to differ. The bigger problem, he warns, is our mismanagement of resources. Livestock grazing is not the problem; it's how we graze livestock. If we don't change the way ......
This book shows organizations how to apply the theories and practices of DevOps to complex cyber-physical systems, systems that combine software, hardware, and firmware.
Simplified, Explained, and Illustrated for the Mechanical Trades
Once more, Astragal Press has rescued an old and rare book from obscurity, allowing for the broad circulation of information previously limited to the select few who could afford access. This book, first published in 1881, was written about the use of the first standard slide rule made in the United States: a Mannheim-type slide rule made by ......
With the effects of climate change already upon us, the need to cut global greenhouse gas emissions is nothing less than urgent. It's a daunting challenge, but the technologies and strategies to meet it exist today. A small set of energy policies, designed and implemented well, can put us on the path to a low carbon future. Energy systems are ......
The popularity of the 007 franchise depends on a seductive formula of sex, violence, and snobbery. Much of its appeal, too, lies in its gadgets: slick, somewhat improbable technological devices that give everyone's favorite secret agent the edge over his adversaries.
Bite Size Advice is a business book, an education book and a general knowledge book. It casts a light on the key issues affecting each one of us every day. Learn about the factors that are shaping politics, redesigning business, changing society and driving technology. This is a practical guide that immediately takes hold of the reader’s ......
Brings together research from different subdisciplines across psychology to address the ways in which technology and Big Data are changing how psychological research is conducted. The book also examines how technology allows us to better understand human psychology.
The history of the automobile would be incomplete without considering the influence of the car on the lives and careers of women in the earliest decades of the twentieth century. Illuminating the relationship between women and cars with case studies from across the globe, Eat My Dust challenges the received wisdom that men embraced ......
The book makes the case for embracing evasive entrepreneurs and the freedom to innovative more generally because of the many benefits that individuals, society, and even governments derive from acts of technological creativity.
