The Future of the Skyscraper: SOM Thinkers Series, Paperback - Philip Nobel

Engines of industry, expressions of ego or will, tall towers are nonetheless, when they pierce the shared skies, intensely public. We may ask of th...

Reducere. How will we travel in the future? Essays on the transport to come, from sidewalk scooters to levitating trainsWith the promise of delivery drones, ...

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Reducere. Jessica Hagy is always looking for connections and themes--tendrils of information that loop and twist and knot into each other. In The Humanist's ...

Reducere. "You expect the city of Al Capone and what you find are pleasant boulevards coursing up and down between the neo-classical buildings of the 1893 Un...

Ideal for general readers as well as students and researchers of language, linguistics and communication, this book examines the evolution of emoji...

DescriptionLauded by major contemporary artists and philosophers, Jacques Ranci re's work returns politics to its central place in understanding ar...

Experience the explosive and colourful future of the cosmos, zooming trillions of years ahead in time with Professor Raman Prinja, published in ass...

Reducere. Trade paperback. An exploration of how people from all backgrounds and sectors can influence the impact of technology on the modern world, from fou...

Publisher: MartelloAuthor(s): Frank McDonaldNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 132 x 198 x 27Cover type: Paperback / softbackRed...

Earth visionaries. Climate drivers. Believers. World in their Hands tells the stories of those who saw the importance of our natural world and dedi...

An eye-opening analysis of how China is transforming Africa's information space, and the consequences for geopolitics, security and Africa's relati...

Awe-inspiring photography and an urgent call to action from twelve of National Geographic's most influential photographers.Editor(s): Geoff Blackwell

The former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus examines the role of the European Central Bank in the euro crisis and what role it should play in...

Brings together members of the former WTO Director General's advisory group which was formed to provide him with expert advice before and after the...

About the Author​Ian I. Mitroff is a Senior Investigator in the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management at University of California Berkeley (USA)....

This book brings together some of the finest minds of social science to answer the great questions about the future of the liberal order.Publisher:...

The book reviews social and technological challenges posed by the new wave of artificial intelligence from a technical and a cognitive perspective,...

Publisher: ATF PressNumber of pages: 142Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 162 x 237 x 23Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): Hilary D ReganRedescopera fa...

A visionary exploration of the global future of work and an essential framework for work/life growth in the era of the remote professional. In Invi...

This book focuses on the next stage which is Industry 5.0 and the steps in taking automation to that next level by increasing processes, operationa...

An Economist Book of the YearA Financial Times Book of the YearA Prospect Top Thinker for the COVID-19 AgeA ProMarket Book of the YearAn Omidyar Ne...

Jeff Howe coined the word 'Crowdsourcing' in a 2006 article for Wired magazine to describe the way in which the Internet has broken down traditiona...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Ben (Lecturer, University of Stirling) WilliamsonIllustration(s): 0 figure; 0 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber o...

Our oceans are becoming increasingly inhospitable to life growing toxicity and rising temperatures coupled with overfishing have led many marine sp...

Providing a reading of Aime Cesaire and Leopold Senghor as political thinkers, Gary Wilder explains how these eminent anti-colonial thinkers, poets...

With the notion of work transforming at a faster rate than it has in centuries, }Gigged{ offers a timely dissection of conventional work's possible...

Publisher: Institute of Economic AffairsAuthor(s): Elinor OstromIllustration(s): tables & chartsNumber of pages: 107Publication date: 2012Dimension...

This open access book, published to mark the 15th anniversary of the International Software Quality Institute (iSQI), is intended to raise the prof...

Reducere. Reissued to follow the Syfy Channel film of Riverworld, this fourth book in the classic Riverworld series continues the adventures of Samuel Clemen...

Kant, Goethe, Schiller and other eighteenth-century German intellectuals loom large in the history of the humanities--both in terms of their indivi...

Reducere. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons IncAuthor(s): Jeff DesjardinsNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 189 x 241 x 22Cover type: Paperback...

DescriptionIn 1994, amidst the boom-&-bust of comic book speculators, The Jack Kirby Collector #1 was published for true fans of the medium. That m...

This study examines the work of Matthew Spinka and Howard Kaminsky on medieval Hussites. The author analyzes their numerous contributions to our un...

Reducere. In most college and university libraries, materials published before 1800 have been moved into special collections, while the post-1923 books remai...

Publisher: Indiana University PressIllustration(s): 13 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 270Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 159 x 235 x ...