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Spaces of Inquiry

Making Science and Technology in the Modern World

Edited by Amy Sue Bix, Penelope K. Hardy, Bruce J. Hunt, Scott Gabriel Knowles ...

Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
This book traces the historical development of key sites of knowledge creation in science and technology and the robust traditions of scholarship around their origins, exploring commonalities, divergences, and transnational features of knowledge-making cultures from the 18th century to the present.The “space of inquiry” is a meeting of knowledge, labor, and public policy that explodes beyond the ... Read more

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This book traces the historical development of key sites of knowledge creation in science and technology and the robust traditions of scholarship around their origins, exploring commonalities, divergences, and transnational features of knowledge-making cultures from the 18th century to the present.The “space of inquiry” is a meeting of knowledge, labor, and public policy that explodes beyond the
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World's Fairs in the Cold War

Science, Technology, and the Culture of Progress

Edited by Arthur Molella, Scott Gabriel Knowles ...

The post–World War II science-based technological revolution inevitably found its way into almost all international expositions with displays on atomic energy, space exploration, transportation, communications, and computers. Major advancements in Cold War science and technology helped to shape new visions of utopian futures, the stock-in-trade of world’s fairs. From the 1940s to the 1980s, ... Read more

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The post–World War II science-based technological revolution inevitably found its way into almost all international expositions with displays on atomic energy, space exploration, transportation, communications, and computers. Major advancements in Cold War science and technology helped to shape new visions of utopian futures, the stock-in-trade of world’s fairs. From the 1940s to the 1980s,
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Legacies of Fukushima

3.11 in Context

Edited by Kyle Cleveland, Scott Gabriel Knowles, Ryuma Shineha ...

Series series Critical Studies in Risk and Disaster
It was an unlikely convergence of events. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest in Japanese memory and the fourth largest recorded in world history; a tsunami that peaked at forty meters, devastating the seaboard of northeastern Japan; three reactors in meltdown at the Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima; experts in disarray and suffering victims young and old. It was, as well, an unlikely ... Read more

$62.39 CAD

It was an unlikely convergence of events. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest in Japanese memory and the fourth largest recorded in world history; a tsunami that peaked at forty meters, devastating the seaboard of northeastern Japan; three reactors in meltdown at the Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima; experts in disarray and suffering victims young and old. It was, as well, an unlikely
... Read more
Legacies of Fukushima

3.11 in Context

Edited by Kyle Cleveland, Scott Gabriel Knowles, Ryuma Shineha ...

Series series Critical Studies in Risk and Disaster
It was an unlikely convergence of events. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest in Japanese memory and the fourth largest recorded in world history; a tsunami that peaked at forty meters, devastating the seaboard of northeastern Japan; three reactors in meltdown at the Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima; experts in disarray and suffering victims young and old. It was, as well, an unlikely ... Read more

$51.99 CAD

It was an unlikely convergence of events. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest in Japanese memory and the fourth largest recorded in world history; a tsunami that peaked at forty meters, devastating the seaboard of northeastern Japan; three reactors in meltdown at the Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima; experts in disarray and suffering victims young and old. It was, as well, an unlikely
... Read more
Disaster Research and the Second Environmental Crisis

Assessing the Challenges Ahead

Edited by James Kendra, Scott G. Knowles, Tricia Wachtendorf ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
The 50th anniversary of the Disaster Research Center of the University of Delaware provoked a discussion of the field’s background, its accomplishments, and its future directions. Participants representing many disciplines brought new methods to bear on perennial problems relevant to effective disaster management and policy formation. However, new concerns were raised, stemming from the fact that ... Read more

$166.49 CAD

The 50th anniversary of the Disaster Research Center of the University of Delaware provoked a discussion of the field’s background, its accomplishments, and its future directions. Participants representing many disciplines brought new methods to bear on perennial problems relevant to effective disaster management and policy formation. However, new concerns were raised, stemming from the fact that
... Read more
The Disaster Experts

Mastering Risk in Modern America

by Scott Gabriel Knowles ...

Series series The City in the Twenty-First Century
In the wake of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, many are asking what, if anything, can be done to prevent large-scale disasters. How is it that we know more about the hazards of modern American life than ever before, yet the nation faces ever-increasing losses from such events? History shows that disasters are not simply random acts. Where is the logic in creating an elaborate set of fire codes for ... Read more

$36.79 CAD

In the wake of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, many are asking what, if anything, can be done to prevent large-scale disasters. How is it that we know more about the hazards of modern American life than ever before, yet the nation faces ever-increasing losses from such events? History shows that disasters are not simply random acts. Where is the logic in creating an elaborate set of fire codes for
... Read more
The Disaster Experts

Mastering Risk in Modern America

by Scott Gabriel Knowles ...

Series series The City in the Twenty-First Century
In the wake of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, many are asking what, if anything, can be done to prevent large-scale disasters. How is it that we know more about the hazards of modern American life than ever before, yet the nation faces ever-increasing losses from such events? History shows that disasters are not simply random acts. Where is the logic in creating an elaborate set of fire codes for ... Read more

$45.59 CAD

In the wake of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, many are asking what, if anything, can be done to prevent large-scale disasters. How is it that we know more about the hazards of modern American life than ever before, yet the nation faces ever-increasing losses from such events? History shows that disasters are not simply random acts. Where is the logic in creating an elaborate set of fire codes for
... Read more
Species Tree Inference

A Guide to Methods and Applications

by Paul D. Blischak, Jeremy M. Brown, Zhen Cao, Alison Cloutier, Kerry Cobb, Alexandria A. DiGiacomo, Deren A. R. Eaton, Scott V. Edwards, Kyle A. Gallivan, Daniel J. Gates, Phil Grayson, Xinhao Liu, Patrick F. McKenzie, Siavash Mirarab, Erin Molloy, Genevieve G. Mount, Luay Nakhleh, Jamie R. Oaks, Huw A. Ogilvie, James B. Pease, Diana Pilson, Timothy B. Sackton, Stacey D. Smith, Claudia Solís-Lemus, David L. Swofford, Coleen E. Thompson, Emiko M. Waight, Joseph F. Walker, Tandy Warnow, Ellen I. Weinheimer, James C. Wilgenbusch, Andrea D. Wolfe, Zhi Yan, Stephen Smith ...

An up-to-date reference book on phylogenetic methods and applications for evolutionary biologistsThe increasingly widespread availability of genomic data is transforming how biologists estimate evolutionary relationships among organisms and broadening the range of questions that researchers can test in a phylogenetic framework. Species Tree Inference brings together many of today’s leading ... Read more

$58.29 CAD

An up-to-date reference book on phylogenetic methods and applications for evolutionary biologistsThe increasingly widespread availability of genomic data is transforming how biologists estimate evolutionary relationships among organisms and broadening the range of questions that researchers can test in a phylogenetic framework. Species Tree Inference brings together many of today’s leading
... Read more
Rethinking American Disasters

by Benjamin Carp, Alyssa Fahringer, Caroline Grego, Jonathan Hancock, Scott Knowles, Jane Manners, Richard Mizelle, Sarah Naramore, Ashley Rogers, Thomas Wickman ...

Rethinking American Disasters is a pathbreaking collection of essays on hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, and other calamities in the United States and British colonial America over four centuries. Proceeding from the premise that there is no such thing as a “natural” disaster, the collection invites readers to consider disasters and their aftermaths as artifacts of and vantage points onto their ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

Rethinking American Disasters is a pathbreaking collection of essays on hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, and other calamities in the United States and British colonial America over four centuries. Proceeding from the premise that there is no such thing as a “natural” disaster, the collection invites readers to consider disasters and their aftermaths as artifacts of and vantage points onto their
... Read more
Of Seeds and the People of God

Preaching as Parable, Crucifixion, and Testimony

by Michael P. Knowles ...

Preachers mount the pulpit steps terribly burdened by the conviction that they are somehow responsible for the growth and spiritual well-being of their congregants. How, they ask themselves, can mere words communicate the reality of God, bring life to a congregation, or foster spiritual growth? This study argues that effective sermons function much like Jesus' parables--by bearing witness to ... Read more

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Preachers mount the pulpit steps terribly burdened by the conviction that they are somehow responsible for the growth and spiritual well-being of their congregants. How, they ask themselves, can mere words communicate the reality of God, bring life to a congregation, or foster spiritual growth? This study argues that effective sermons function much like Jesus' parables--by bearing witness to
... Read more
COVID Studies

A Reader

by Joie Acosta, George Aumoithe, Tanya Buhler Corbin, Anirban Kapil Baishya, Jih-Fei Cheng, Moon Choi, Vivian Choi, Nishaant Choksi, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Sukanya Deogam, Kim Fortun, Alice Fothergill, Danya Glabau, Monica H. Green, Dolly Jørgensen, Dani Joslyn, Christine Keeves, Hyunah Keum, Christos Lynteris, Rachel Margolis, Katherine A. Mason, Tyesha Maddox, Luke J. Matthews, Darshana Sreedhar Mini, Samantha Montano, Courtney Page-Tan, Hyeonbin Park, Lori Peek, Elisa Perego, Rashawn Ray, Kalpesh Rathwa, Monica Sanders, Amanda Savitt, Sarah Senk, Robert Soden, Jacob Steere-Williams, Cécile Stephanie Stehrenberger, Kathleen Tierney, Kristin Urquiza, Ashton M. Verdery, Carlos Villegas, Haowei Wang, Jacqueline Wernimont, Sarah S. Willen, Heather M. Wurtz, Myungji Yang, Carl A. Zimring ...

Series series Critical Studies in Risk and Disaster
A “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplinesCOVID Studies is a “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, public policy, political science, history, and science and technology studies. Though varied in their ... Read more

$74.39 CAD

A “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplinesCOVID Studies is a “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, public policy, political science, history, and science and technology studies. Though varied in their
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Cybersecurity For Beginners

How to Manage Risk, Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

by John Knowles ...

Narrated by Scott Clem ...

Series Audiobook 3 - How to Manage Risk, Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
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5 hours 27 min

In this audiobook, you are going to learn what it takes to manage risk in your organization specifically risk that has to do with information with information systems, with data, and so on. You are going to learn about a wide variety of topics. You are going to learn about assets and what they are, what are the elements of risks, risk analysis, risk assessments, managing and monitoring risk and ... Read more

$27.42 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this audiobook, you are going to learn what it takes to manage risk in your organization specifically risk that has to do with information with information systems, with data, and so on. You are going to learn about a wide variety of topics. You are going to learn about assets and what they are, what are the elements of risks, risk analysis, risk assessments, managing and monitoring risk and
... Read more

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