1.Technology [Hardcover]
Book Description
Publication
Date: January 1, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1590707184 | ISBN-13:
978-1590707180 | Edition: 5th
The latest
edition of Technology will help students realize how technology
affects people and the world in which we live. Numerous
illustrations and easy-to-read text enable understanding of how
people use technology and why technological systems work the way
they do. Student-friendly features, such as Tomorrow s Technology
Today, Technology Explained, Connections to Technology, and Career
Corners, provide numerous practical examples of the impacts of
technology on our world. This edition of the book has a broadened
scope, with information on automation and robotics, digital
photography, digital signals, and job skills and employment. The
book is fully correlated to the Standards for Technological
Literacy.
Technology
by R. Thomas Wright
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Publication
Date: October 1, 1999 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade
Level: 3 and up | Series: DK Eyewitness Books
Discover the
ways technology has transformed everyday life-from the largest
structures to the smallest electronic devices.
Packed with superb color illustrations
and fascinating facts, this highly informative guide explores all
aspects of technology, from ancient artifacts to the latest advances
in computer-aided design. Clearly annotated photographs and diagrams
give an invaluable insight into the tools, machines, and systems
that have shaped the modern world. See how the strength of different
materials is measured, the structure of a suspension bridge, how
keyhole surgery works, what astronauts eat in space, and how milk
bottles have changed shape. Learn which materials pull and which
ones push, how engines convert heat into work, how an airplane
flies, how instant coffee is created, and how a ring-pull is made.
Discover why glass is a liquid, the difference between inventors and
designers, what a CD is made from -- and how a CD player works, how
science can help protect threatened plant species, and much, much
more.
Eyewitness:
Technology by Roger Bridgman
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Book Description
Release
Date: September 27, 2011 | ISBN-10: 0143120174 |
ISBN-13: 978-0143120179
"More
thriller than primer, this is the best technology book I have ever
read." -Nicholas Negroponte, author of Being Digital
In this provocative book, one of
today's most respected thinkers turns the conversation about
technology on its head by viewing technology as a natural system, an
extension of biological evolution. By mapping the behavior of life,
we paradoxically get a glimpse at where technology is headed-or
"what it wants." Kevin Kelly offers a dozen trajectories
in the coming decades for this near-living system. And as we align
ourselves with technology's agenda, we can capture its colossal
potential. This visionary and optimistic book explores how
technology gives our lives greater meaning and is a must-read for
anyone curious about the future.
What
Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly
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4.Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development:
Transforming the Industrial State [Hardcover]
Book Description
Publication
Date: October 18, 2011
In this book Nicholas A. Ashford and Ralph P. Hall offer a unified,
transdisciplinary approach for achieving sustainable development in
industrialized nations. They present an insightful analysis of the
ways in which industrial states are currently unsustainable and how
economic and social welfare are related to the environment, to
public health and safety, and to earning capacity and meaningful and
rewarding employment. The authors argue for the design of
multipurpose solutions to the sustainability challenge that
integrate economics, employment, technology, environment, industrial
development, national and international law, trade, finance, and
public and worker health and safety. This book is essential reading
for anyone with a policy or scholarly interest in sustainable
development and the critical roles of the economy, employment, and
the environment.
Technology,
Globalization, and Sustainable Development: Transforming the
Industrial State by Dr. Nicholas A. Ashford
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Book Description
Publication
Date: July 1, 1991 | ISBN-10: 0262660725 | ISBN-13:
978-0262660723
Most general
histories of technology are Eurocentrist, focusing on a main line of
Western technology that stretches from the Greeks is through the
computer. In this very different book, Arnold Pacey takes a global
view, placing the development of technology squarely in a "world
civilization." He portrays the process as a complex dialectic
by which inventions borrowed from one culture are adopted to suit
another.Arnold Pacey is a physicist turned historian whose
publications have contributed to the British appropriate-technology
movement. He has written widely on science, technology, and
agriculture. His previous books include The Maze of Ingenuity and
The Culture of Technology.
Technology
in World Civilization: A Thousand-Year History by Arnold Pacey
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6.When Technology Fails (Revised & Expanded): A Manual for
Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency
[Paperback]
Book Description
Publication
Date: August 18, 2008
There's
never been a better time to "be prepared." Matthew Stein's
comprehensive primer on sustainable living skills--from food and
water to shelter and energy to first-aid and crisis-management
skills--prepares you to embark on the path toward sustainability.
But unlike any other book, Stein not only shows you how to live
"green" in seemingly stable times, but to live in the face
of potential disasters, lasting days or years, coming in the form of
social upheaval, economic meltdown, or environmental catastrophe.
When Technology Fails covers
the gamut. You'll learn how to start a fire and keep warm if you've
been left temporarily homeless, as well as the basics of installing
a renewable energy system for your home or business. You'll learn
how to find and sterilize water in the face of utility failure, as
well as practical information for dealing with water-quality issues
even when the public tap water is still flowing. You'll learn
alternative techniques for healing equally suited to an era of
profit-driven malpractice as to situations of social calamity. Each
chapter (a survey of the risks to the status quo; supplies and
preparation for short- and long-term emergencies; emergency measures
for survival; water; food; shelter; clothing; first aid, low-tech
medicine, and healing; energy, heat, and power; metalworking;
utensils and storage; low-tech chemistry; and engineering, machines,
and materials) offers the same approach, describing skills for
self-reliance in good times and bad.
Fully revised and expanded--the first
edition was written pre-9/11 and pre-Katrina, when few Americans
took the risk of social disruption seriously--When Technology
Fails ends on a positive, proactive note with a new chapter on
"Making the Shift to Sustainability," which offers
practical suggestions for changing our world on personal, community
and global levels.
When
Technology Fails (Revised & Expanded): A Manual for
Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency by
Matthew Stein
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Book Description
Publication
Date: February 18, 2011 | ISBN-10: 0131391577 |
ISBN-13: 978-0131391574 | Edition: 8
In today’s technological age, computer literacy is important for
everyone, and now learning the basics is easier than ever. A
Computer Concepts Text Focused on Today’s Student,Technology in
Action engages students by combining a unique teaching approach
with rich companion media. The eighth edition has been updated to
reflect the latest developments in computer technology. New
interactive learning tools have also been added to enhance student
engagement.
Student CD
is included with every text, containing:
·
Sound Bytes: Multimedia lessons that demystify computer
concepts with audio and video presentations.
·
Sound Byte Podcasts: The Sound Bytes are now also available
as podcasts.
·
Active Helpdesk Calls: Highly interactive, engaging, almost
game-like media that places the student in the role of a helpdesk
staffer answering computer technology questions from callers.
Why
Computers Matter to You: Becoming Computer Literate; The History of
the PC; Looking at Computers: Understanding the Parts; Using the
Internet; Ethics; Application Software: Programs That Let You Work
and Play; Using System Software: The Operating System, Utility
Programs, and File Management; Understanding and Assessing Hardware;
Networking and Security: Hackers and Viruses; Protecting Your
Computer and Backing Up Your Data; Mobile Computing; Digital
Entertainment; System Hardware
With an array of fun and engaging learning tools, Technology in Action teaches students computer fundamentals, from learning Microsoft Office to setting up their own home network.
Technology
In Action, Complete (8th Edition) by Alan Evans
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Book Description
Publication
Date: April 24, 2009 | ISBN-10: 159070956X | ISBN-13:
978-1590709566 | Edition: 7
Modern Automotive Technology details the construction, operation,
diagnosis, service, and repair of late-model automobiles and light
trucks. This comprehensive textbook uses a building-block approach
that starts with the fundamental principles of system operation and
progresses gradually to complex diagnostic and service procedures.
Short sentences, concise definitions, and thousands of color
illustrations help students learn quickly and easily. This newly
revised text provides thorough coverage of the latest developments
in the automotive field, including hybrid drive systems, computer
network communication, and tire pressure monitoring systems.
Organized around the eight ASE automobile test areas, Modern
Automotive Technology is a valuable resource for students preparing
for a career in automotive technology, as well as experienced
technicians who are preparing for the ASE certification tests.
Modern
Automotive Technology by James E. Duffy
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Book Description
Publication
Date: January 6, 2011 | ISBN-10: 0321694503 | ISBN-13:
978-0321694508 | Edition: 11
Mario Triola’s Elementary Statistics remains the
market-leading introductory statistics textbook because it engages
readers with an abundance of real data in the examples,
applications, and exercises. Statistics is all around us in our
daily lives, and Triola is dedicated to finding new real-world
examples and data sets that make sense for today’s reader. The
Eleventh Edition contains more than 2000 exercises, 87% of
which are new, and 82% of which use real data. It also contains
hundreds of examples, 86% of which are new and 94% of which use real
data. By analyzing real data, students are able to connect abstract
concepts to the world at large. As a result, they gain conceptual
understanding and learn to think statistically, using the same
methods that professional statisticians employ.
The
Technology Update includes new instruction that covers major
advancements in statistics software since the first printing of the
Eleventh Edition.
A new
Student Workbook offers even greater opportunity for students
to apply their knowledge and practice as they progress through the
course. The workbook can be packaged with any Triola textbook.
Elementary
Statistics Technology Update (11th Edition) by Mario F. Triola
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Book Description
Publication
Date: August 2, 2010 | ISBN-10: 1584262591 | ISBN-13:
978-1584262596 | Edition: 3rd
Health
Information Management Technology: An Applied Approach by Merida L.
Johns
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