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Taking Sex Differences Seriously

By: Steven E. Rhoads

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Taking Sex Differences Seriously

By: Steven E. Rhoads

Most discussions of sexuality today assume that differences between men and women are insubstantial, and that the boundary between the masculine and the feminine is highly porous. To reflect the idea that male and female roles have been ''socially constructed,'' they speak of gender instead of sex, and ridicule the double standard of ''studs'' and ''sluts.'' Because men and women are virtually interchangeable, it is argued, men should do an equal share of domestic work so that women can compete equally with men outside the home. This vision of androgyny has compelling aspects. But Dr. Steven Rhoads finds one problem: whatever we might like to believe, sex distinctions remain a deeply rooted part of human nature. In Taking Sex Differences Seriously, he assembles a wealth of scientific evidence showing that these differences are ''hardwired'' into our biology. They range from the subtle (women instinctively carry babies on their left side, near the maternal heartbeat) to the profound (women with higher testosterone levels are more promiscuous, more competitive, and more conflicted about having children). Rhoads explores male/female disparities in aggression and dominance, in sexuality and nurturing. He shows how denial of these differences has affected phenomena such as the sexual revolution and fatherless families, and policies such as Title IX and the call for universal day care. But he also says that society is improved by discouraging some natural tendencies, like men's temptation toward predatory sex, and encouraging others, like women's greater interest and talent in caring for babies. Steven Rhoads dispels social clichs and spotlights biological realities in this provocative book. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, Taking Sex Differences Seriously is a groundbreaking look at the way we are.

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Preventing Youth Access to Tobacco

By: Steven Pokorny,Leonard Jason

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Preventing Youth Access to Tobacco

By: Steven Pokorny,Leonard Jason

Learn to develop and assess comprehensive youth tobacco interventions! Preventing Youth Access to Tobacco examines the components of a preventive public health intervention directed at reducing the rate of youth tobacco use. This valuable book describes this innovative intervention, which involves making tobacco more difficult for young people to acquire and also calls for fines for possession of tobacco. It illustrates the rationale for this intervention and reviews the literature on the topic, pointing to findings that indicate that this kind of comprehensive intervention has been shown to be effective. From the editors: “The amount of human pain and suffering caused by tobacco use is immeasurable. Preventing youth smoking initiation of the most effective way of reducing long-term mortality from heart disease, chronic lung disease, and other tobacco-related disorders. Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, killing over 400,000 people each year. This is more people than die of AIDS, homicide, suicide, automobile accidents, illegal drug use, and fires combined. Despite these facts, 22.9 of adult Americans and 13.8 of Americans under 18 smoke cigarettes.” This essential book can provide some much-needed answers, showing you: effective ways of reducing the rate of regular smoking among adolescents how to assess a community’s readiness to change how to gauge the effectiveness of tobacco laws directed toward youth how to judge the comprehensiveness of school-based tobacco interventions what factors influence illegal tobacco sales to minors why merchants sell tobacco to kids illegally and what the legal risks are for minors who try to buy tobacco

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Routledge

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1317787706

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To War Survive

A Story of Betrayal, Ethnic Cleansings, Deportations and Repatriations.

By: Steven Kashuba

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To War Survive

A Story of Betrayal, Ethnic Cleansings, Deportations and Repatriations.

By: Steven Kashuba

Two orphans escape from their torched home in a small village. The village—its history, language, and culture—has left an indelible impression with me. So much of the sentiment I have for this region of Poland spin around, for a lack of a better word, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Thousands were forcibly removed from their ancestral lands to live in another country. Each seems to harbour a sense of sadness buried somewhere inside. Melancholy? A feeling of pensive sadness? Perhaps. Even Ukraine’s national anthem seems to reflect this sadness. The concept of the Soviet Union was built over many different territories and a number of national identities. Powerful nations fought to conquer either Poland or Ukraine, thus laying the foundation for many divisions. History can divide us or we can use it to unite people. It is best to come to grips with the past before embracing a vision for the future.

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Trafford Publishing

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1490795596

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Tannery Bay

A Novel

By: Steven Dunn,Katie Jean Shinkle

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Tannery Bay

A Novel

By: Steven Dunn,Katie Jean Shinkle

Tannery Bay by Steven Dunn and Katie Jean Shinkle is a collaborative #ownvoices novel encapsulating a Black and queer (and the overlaps therein) community who are held hostage in a never-ending loop of July and work together to fight the oppressive powers-that-be and reclaim their town. Tannery Bay attempts to answer the question: Can art save lives? For the people of Tannery Bay, the answer is Yes"--

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University of Alabama Press

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1573662054

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America's Urban History

By: Lisa Krissoff Boehm,Steven Hunt Corey

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America's Urban History

By: Lisa Krissoff Boehm,Steven Hunt Corey

The history of the American city is, in many ways, the history of the United States. Although rural traditions have also left their impact on the country, cities and urban living have been vital components of America for centuries, and an understanding of the urban experience is essential to comprehending America’s past. America’s Urban History is an engaging and accessible overview of the life of American cities, from Native American settlements before the arrival of Europeans to the present-day landscape of suburban sprawl, urban renewal, and a heavily urbanized population. The book provides readers with a rich chronological and thematic narrative, covering themes including: The role of cities in the European settlement of North America Cities and westward expansion Social reform in the industrialized cities The impact of the New Deal The growth of the suburbs The relationships between urban forms and social issues of race, class, and gender Covering the evolving story of the American city with depth and insight, America's Urban History will be the first stop for all those seeking to explore the American urban experience.

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Routledge

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1317813316

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The Stockton Saga 3

A Man to Reckon With

By: Steven Douglas Glover

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The Stockton Saga 3

A Man to Reckon With

By: Steven Douglas Glover

The Stockton Saga continues. Deputy U.S. Marshal Cole Stockton must escort a fugitive who fled to Canada to avoid a murder warrant back to Judge Wilkersons court in Denver. With prisoner in tow, he discovers that his lady friend, horse rancher Laura Sumner, is overdue to deliver remounts to Fort Laramie in the Wyoming Territory. Stockton comes upon devastation. Three of Lauras men are dead, the remaining wranglers wounded and horseless, and Laura is missing. When the lawman searches for Laura and the perpetrators he must also keep reign on his prisoner. In the wilds of Wyoming, he realizes that utilizing the character and skills of the person under warrant are his only hope in the ranchers rescue. From dealing with ambushers who outnumber him twelve to one, to facing a hired killer dispatched to execute him, to organizing and leading the rescue of Lauras trusted ranch hand from an evil Ranchero in Mexico, Cole Stockton embodies justice as he proves himself a man to reckon with. A novel of the Old West, packed with the drama and suspense of wild horse hunts, interpersonal relationships, and outlaws handled with determination and six-gun justice.

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1491702273

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The Discovery of Subatomic Particles Revised Edition

By: Steven Weinberg

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The Discovery of Subatomic Particles Revised Edition

By: Steven Weinberg

This commentary on the discovery of the atom's constituents provides an historical account of key events in the physics of the twentieth century that led to the discoveries of the electron, proton and neutron. Steven Weinberg introduces the fundamentals of classical physics that played crucial roles in these discoveries. Connections are shown throughout the book between the historic discoveries of subatomic particles and contemporary research at the frontiers of physics, including the most current discoveries of new elementary particles. Steven Weinberg was Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard before moving to The University of Texas at Austin, where he founded its Theory Group. At Texas he holds the Josey Regental Chair of Science and is a member of the Physics and Astronomy Departments. His research has spanned a broad range of topics in quantum field theory, elementary particle physics, and cosmology, and has been honored with numerous awards, including the Nobel Prize in Physics, the National Medal of Science, the Heinemann Prize in Mathematical Physics, the Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute, the Madison Medal of Princeton University, and the Oppenheimer Prize. In addition to the well-known treatise, Gravitation and Cosmololgy, he has written several books for general readers, including the prize-winning The First Three Minutes (now translated into 22 foreign languages), and most recently Dreams of a Final Theory (Pantheon Books, 1993). He has also written a textbook The Quantum Theory of Fields, Vol.I, Vol. II, and Vol. III (Cambridge).

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Cambridge University Press

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052182351X

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Violence, Entitlement, and Politics

A Theology on Transforming the Subject

By: Steven G. Ogden

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Violence, Entitlement, and Politics

A Theology on Transforming the Subject

By: Steven G. Ogden

This book is an exercise in political theology, exploring the problem of gender- based violence by focusing on violent male subjects and the issue of entitlement. It addresses gender-based violence in familial and military settings before engaging with a wider political context. The chapters draw on sources ranging from Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, and Étienne Balibar to Rowan Williams and Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza. Entitlement is theorized and interpreted as a gender pattern, predisposing subjects towards controlling behaviour and/or violent actions. Steven Ogden develops a theology of transformation, stressing immanence. He examines entitled subjects, predisposed to violence, where transformation requires a limit-experience that wrenches the subject from itself. The book then reflects on today’s pervasive strongman politics, where political rationalities foster proprietorial thinking and entitlement gender patterns, and how theology is called to develop counter-discourses and counter-practices.

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1000451585

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Exploring American Histories, Combined Volume

A Survey with Sources

By: Nancy A. Hewitt,Steven F. Lawson

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Exploring American Histories, Combined Volume

A Survey with Sources

By: Nancy A. Hewitt,Steven F. Lawson

Exploring American Histories guides you through the nation’s history, giving voice to an extraordinary variety of Americans, while teaching you to work with historical documents in the same way as professional historians.

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Macmillan Higher Education

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1319409741

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Railway Geotechnics

By: Dingqing Li,James Hyslip,Ted Sussmann,Steven Chrismer

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Railway Geotechnics

By: Dingqing Li,James Hyslip,Ted Sussmann,Steven Chrismer

Links Geotechnics with Railway Track Engineering and Railway Operation Good railway track and railway operations depend on good geotechnics, in several different ways and at varying levels. Railway Geotechnics covers track, track substructure, load environment, materials, mechanics, design, construction, measurements, and management. Illustrated by

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CRC Press

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148228880X

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Ferries of Puget Sound

By: Steven J. Pickens

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Ferries of Puget Sound

By: Steven J. Pickens

Running from Point Defiance to Sidney, British Columbia, the Washington State ferry system is the single largest tourist attraction in the state, with 28 routes and 23 million riders annually. In this volume, travelers are invited to look back to the past and bid Puget Sound's "ancient mariners" a fond farewell.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738530875

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The ESD Handbook

By: Steven H. Voldman

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The ESD Handbook

By: Steven H. Voldman

A practical and comprehensive reference that explores Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) in semiconductor components and electronic systems The ESD Handbook offers a comprehensive reference that explores topics relevant to ESD design in semiconductor components and explores ESD in various systems. Electrostatic discharge is a common problem in the semiconductor environment and this reference fills a gap in the literature by discussing ESD protection. Written by a noted expert on the topic, the text offers a topic-by-topic reference that includes illustrative figures, discussions, and drawings. The handbook covers a wide-range of topics including ESD in manufacturing (garments, wrist straps, and shoes); ESD Testing; ESD device physics; ESD semiconductor process effects; ESD failure mechanisms; ESD circuits in different technologies (CMOS, Bipolar, etc.); ESD circuit types (Pin, Power, Pin-to-Pin, etc.); and much more. In addition, the text includes a glossary, index, tables, illustrations, and a variety of case studies. Contains a well-organized reference that provides a quick review on a range of ESD topics Fills the gap in the current literature by providing information from purely scientific and physical aspects to practical applications Offers information in clear and accessible terms Written by the accomplished author of the popular ESD book series Written for technicians, operators, engineers, circuit designers, and failure analysis engineers, The ESD Handbook contains an accessible reference to ESD design and ESD systems.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119233100

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A Twist at The End

By: Steven Saylor

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A Twist at The End

By: Steven Saylor

A chilling crime tale based on actual events from more than one hundred years ago, follows a serial killer dubbed by O.Henry as "The Servant Girl Annihilator" who roamed the streets of Austin, Texas, along with a fascinating group of characters both real and fictional.

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Macmillan

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0312980663

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Strings, Branes and Extra Dimensions

TASI 2001, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 4-29 June 2001

By: Steven Scott Gubser,Joe D. Lykken

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Strings, Branes and Extra Dimensions

TASI 2001, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 4-29 June 2001

By: Steven Scott Gubser,Joe D. Lykken

This book covers some recent advances in string theory and extra dimensions. Intended mainly for advanced graduate students in theoretical physics, it presents a rare combination of formal and phenomenological topics, based on the annual lectures given at the School of the Theoretical Advanced Study Institute (2001) a traditional event that brings together graduate students in high energy physics for an intensive course of advanced learning. The lecturers in the School are leaders in their fields.The first lecture, by E D'Hoker and D Freedman, is a systematic introduction to the gauge-gravity correspondence, focusing in particular on correlation functions in the conformal case. The second, by L Dolan, provides an introduction to perturbative string theory, including recent advances on backgrounds involving Ramond-Ramond fluxes. The third, by S Gubser, explains some of the basic facts about special holonomy and its uses in string theory and M-theory. The fourth, by J Hewett, surveys the TeV phenomenology of theories with large extra dimensions. The fifth, by G Kane, presents the case for supersymmetry at the weak scale and some of its likely experimental consequences. The sixth, by A Liddle, surveys recent developments in cosmology, particularly with regard to recent measurements of the CMB and constraints on inflation. The seventh, by B Ovrut, presents the basic features of heterotic M-theory, including constructions that contain the Standard Model. The eighth, by K Rajagopal, explains the recent advances in understanding QCD at low temperatures and high densities in terms of color superconductivity. The ninth, by M Sher, summarizes grand unified theories and baryogenesis, including discussions of supersymmetry breaking and the Standard Model Higgs mechanism. The tenth, by M Spiropulu, describes collider physics, from a survey of current and future machines to examples of data analyses relevant to theories beyond the Standard Model. The eleventh, by M Strassler, is an introduction to supersymmetric gauge theory, focusing on Wilsonian renormalization and analogies between three- and four-dimensional theories. The twelfth, by W Taylor and B Zwiebach, introduces string field theory and discusses recent advances in understanding open string tachyon condensation. The thirteenth, by D Waldram, discusses explicit model building in heterotic M-theory, emphasizing the role of the 8 gauge fields.The written presentation of these lectures is detailed yet straightforward, and they will be of use to both students and experienced researchers in high-energy theoretical physics for years to come.The proceedings have been selected for coverage in: Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings) CC Proceedings Engineering & Physical Sciences

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World Scientific

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9812387889

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Translating Christ:

The Memoirs of Herman Peter Aschmann, Wycliffe Bible Translator

By: Hugh Steven

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Translating Christ:

The Memoirs of Herman Peter Aschmann, Wycliffe Bible Translator

By: Hugh Steven

Told through private conversations and personal correspondence between Herman Aschmann and the author, with additional insight from Aschmann’s family and friends, Translating Christ pieces together the life of Herman Aschmann, Wycliffe Bible translator, and his wife as they lived and worked among the Totonac people of Mexico. Aschmann’s abundance of physical and intellectual energy, linked with a passionate curiosity and empathetic concern for the language and culture of the Totonac people, enabled him to translate three distinct Totonac New Testaments. His became the foundation for the remarkable growth of the Totonac church in Mexico.

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William Carey Publishing

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0878086870

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9780878086870

A Captured Heart

By: Steven McCann

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A Captured Heart

By: Steven McCann

My novel begins one snowy evening in cold snowy Buffalo on a typical American street where a light from the topmost room of an otherwise ordinary home shines into the wintry night with a rare golden glimmer and the miracle of invincible youth. From the garret room in this house young Elan Duclair shares with the silent falling snowflakes a voice destined to carry him from his untutored singing in a church choir and a high school rock band onto the grandest of the world’s opera stages in only a few short years. He journeys through the world of early 1960’s New York, making his way past older temptresses, despotic bosses, unreliable landlords, months of city cab driving, waitering, catering, and dishwashing, selling on Wall Street and a graveyard shift in an ice cream factory where the ten degrees Nordic temperature temporarily damages his vocal cords. Inspired by the pure brilliance of his musical gift, an array of opera coaches and mentors offer friendly guidance and a beautiful young musician offers her heart.

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Xlibris Corporation

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154349790X

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9781543497908

Foundations of Modern Physics

By: Steven Weinberg

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Foundations of Modern Physics

By: Steven Weinberg

Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg explains the foundations of modern physics in historical context for undergraduates and beyond.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108841767

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Black Victory

The Rise and Fall of the White Primary in Texas

By: Darlene Clark Hine,Steven F. Lawson,Merline Pitre

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Black Victory

The Rise and Fall of the White Primary in Texas

By: Darlene Clark Hine,Steven F. Lawson,Merline Pitre

In Black Victory, Darlene Clark Hine examines a pivotal breakthrough in the struggle for black liberation through the voting process. She details the steps and players in the 1944 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Smith v. Allwright, a precursor to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. She discusses the role that NAACP attorneys such as Thurgood Marshall played in helping black Texans regain the right denied them by white Texans in the Democratic Party: the right to vote and to have that vote count. Hine illuminates the mobilization of black Texans. She effectively demonstrates how each part of the African American community - from professionals to laborers - was essential to this struggle and the victory against disfranchisement." --Book Jacket.

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University of Missouri Press

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0826263682

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The Quantum Theory of Fields

By: Steven Weinberg

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The Quantum Theory of Fields

By: Steven Weinberg

In this third volume of The Quantum Theory of Fields, available for the first time in paperback, Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg continues his masterly exposition of quantum field theory. This volume presents a self-contained, up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to supersymmetry, a highly active area of theoretical physics. The text introduces and explains a broad range of topics, including supersymmetric algebras, supersymmetric field theories, extended supersymmetry, supergraphs, non-perturbative results, theories of supersymmetry in higher dimensions, and supergravity. A thorough review is given of the phenomenological implications of supersymmetry, including theories of both gauge and gravitationally-mediated supersymmetry breaking. Also provided is an introduction to mathematical techniques, based on holomorphy and duality, that have proved so fruitful in recent developments. This book contains much material not found in other books on supersymmetry, including previously unpublished results. Exercises are included.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521660009

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The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership

By: Steven B. Sample

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The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership

By: Steven B. Sample

In this offbeat approach to leadership, college president Steven B. Sample-the man who turned the University of Southern California into one of the most respected and highly rated universities in the country-challenges many conventional teachings on the subject. Here, Sample outlines an iconoclastic style of leadership that flies in the face of current leadership thought, but a style that unquestionably works, nevertheless. Sample urges leaders and aspiring leaders to focus on some key counterintuitive truths. He offers his own down-to-earth, homespun, and often provocative advice on some complex and thoughtful issues. And he provides many practical, if controversial, tactics for successful leadership, suggesting, among other things, that leaders should sometimes compromise their principles, not read everything that comes across their desks, and always put off decisions.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0787967076

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Bo’s Ace

By: Steven Woods

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Bo’s Ace

By: Steven Woods

It is the year 1969 in the town of Plattsmouth, Nebraska. A mysterious mammoth dog suddenly shows up out of nowhere. Why does he become so quickly accepted into the Bozell household? Many weird events begin to occur to both Bo and his spaced-out neighbor, Randy. Just when things seem like they couldn’t get any stranger, the dog suddenly disappears. Bo’s grief is compounded by the fact that his older brother is now missing in Vietnam. Meanwhile, Matt Duncan continues to hatch his plans to exact revenge on Bo simply because Bo embarrassed him in a high school wrestling match.

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1796022748

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Technology Ethics

Responsible Innovation and Design Strategies

By: Steven Umbrello

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Technology Ethics

Responsible Innovation and Design Strategies

By: Steven Umbrello

Technologies cannot simply be understood as neutral tools or instruments; they embody the values of their creators and may unconsciously reinforce systematic patterns of inequality, discrimination, and oppression. Technology Ethics shows how responsible innovation can be achieved. Demonstrating how design and philosophy converge, the book delves into the intricate narratives that shape our understanding of technology – from instrumentalist views to social constructivism. Yet, at its core, it champions interactionalism as the most promising and responsible narrative. Through compelling examples and actionable tools, this book unravels the nuances of these philosophical positions tailored to foster responsible innovation and thoughtful design. As our everyday lives further intertwine with technology, understanding and implementing these design principles becomes not just beneficial, but essential. This concise and accessible introduction is essential reading for students and scholars of philosophy of technology, engineering ethics, science and technology studies, human-machine communication, as well as policymakers.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509564063

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ESD Basics

From Semiconductor Manufacturing to Product Use

By: Steven H. Voldman

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ESD Basics

From Semiconductor Manufacturing to Product Use

By: Steven H. Voldman

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) continues to impact semiconductor manufacturing, semiconductor components and systems, as technologies scale from micro- to nano electronics. This book introduces the fundamentals of ESD, electrical overstress (EOS), electromagnetic interference (EMI), electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), and latchup, as well as provides a coherent overview of the semiconductor manufacturing environment and the final system assembly. It provides an illuminating look into the integration of ESD protection networks followed by examples in specific technologies, circuits, and chips. The text is unique in covering semiconductor chip manufacturing issues, ESD semiconductor chip design, and system problems confronted today as well as the future of ESD phenomena and nano-technology. Look inside for extensive coverage on: The fundamentals of electrostatics, triboelectric charging, and how they relate to present day manufacturing environments of micro-electronics to nano-technology Semiconductor manufacturing handling and auditing processing to avoid ESD failures ESD, EOS, EMI, EMC, and latchup semiconductor component and system level testing to demonstrate product resilience from human body model (HBM), transmission line pulse (TLP), charged device model (CDM), human metal model (HMM), cable discharge events (CDE), to system level IEC 61000-4-2 tests ESD on-chip design and process manufacturing practices and solutions to improve ESD semiconductor chip solutions, also practical off-chip ESD protection and system level solutions to provide more robust systems System level concerns in servers, laptops, disk drives, cell phones, digital cameras, hand held devices, automobiles, and space applications Examples of ESD design for state-of-the-art technologies, including CMOS, BiCMOS, SOI, bipolar technology, high voltage CMOS (HVCMOS), RF CMOS, smart power, magnetic recording technology, micro-machines (MEMs) to nano-structures ESD Basics: From Semiconductor Manufacturing to Product Use complements the author’s series of books on ESD protection. For those new to the field, it is an essential reference and a useful insight into the issues that confront modern technology as we enter the Nano-electronic Era.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470979712

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9780470979716

Essential Modern World History

By: Steven Waugh

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Essential Modern World History

By: Steven Waugh

The causes of World War I (1) - International relations, 1918-1939 - World War II (2) - Early Cold War, 1945-1950 - Cold War, 1950-1963 - Later Cold War, 1964-1991 - Germany, 1918-1945 - Russia, 1905-1941 - USA, 1919-1941 - Britain, 1905-1951 - China, 1911-1990.

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Nelson Thornes

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0748760067

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9780748760060

Poor News

Media Discourses of Poverty in Times of Austerity

By: Steven Harkins,Jairo Lugo-Ocando

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Poor News

Media Discourses of Poverty in Times of Austerity

By: Steven Harkins,Jairo Lugo-Ocando

Poor News examines the way discourses of poverty are articulated in the news media by incorporating specific narratives and definers that bring about certain ideological worldviews. This happens, the authors claim, because journalists and news editors make use of a set of information strategies while accessing certain sources within specific social and political dynamics. The book looks at the case of the news media in Britain since the industrial revolution and produces a historical account of how these media discourses came into play. The main thesis is that there have been different historical cycles that reflect particular hegemonic ideas of each period. Consequently, the role of mainstream journalism has been a subservient one for existing elites when it comes to the propagation of dominant ideas.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1783489286

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Blues Musicians of the Mississippi Delta

By: Steven Manheim

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Blues Musicians of the Mississippi Delta

By: Steven Manheim

A pictorial biography of Blues legends B.B. King, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, and many others.

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1467103098

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Fundamentals of Machine Elements, Third Edition

SI Version

By: Steven R. Schmid,Bernard J. Hamrock,Bo. O. Jacobson

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Fundamentals of Machine Elements, Third Edition

SI Version

By: Steven R. Schmid,Bernard J. Hamrock,Bo. O. Jacobson

New and Improved SI Edition—Uses SI Units Exclusively in the Text Adapting to the changing nature of the engineering profession, this third edition of Fundamentals of Machine Elements aggressively delves into the fundamentals and design of machine elements with an SI version. This latest edition includes a plethora of pedagogy, providing a greater understanding of theory and design. Significantly Enhanced and Fully Illustrated The material has been organized to aid students of all levels in design synthesis and analysis approaches, to provide guidance through design procedures for synthesis issues, and to expose readers to a wide variety of machine elements. Each chapter contains a quote and photograph related to the chapter as well as case studies, examples, design procedures, an abstract, list of symbols and subscripts, recommended readings, a summary of equations, and end-of-chapter problems. What’s New in the Third Edition: Covers life cycle engineering Provides a description of the hardness and common hardness tests Offers an inclusion of flat groove stress concentration factors Adds the staircase method for determining endurance limits and includes Haigh diagrams to show the effects of mean stress Discusses typical surface finishes in machine elements and manufacturing processes used to produce them Presents a new treatment of spline, pin, and retaining ring design, and a new section on the design of shaft couplings Reflects the latest International Standards Organization standards Simplifies the geometry factors for bevel gears Includes a design synthesis approach for worm gears Expands the discussion of fasteners and welds Discusses the importance of the heat affected zone for weld quality Describes the classes of welds and their analysis methods Considers gas springs and wave springs Contains the latest standards and manufacturer’s recommendations on belt design, chains, and wire ropes The text also expands the appendices to include a wide variety of material properties, geometry factors for fracture analysis, and new summaries of beam deflection.

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1482247488

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But is it Garbage?

On Rock and Trash

By: Steven L. Hamelman

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But is it Garbage?

On Rock and Trash

By: Steven L. Hamelman

Trash has been blowing across the rock'n'roll landscape since the first amplified guitar riff tore through American mass culture. Throwaway tunes, wasted fans, crappy reviews, junk bins of remaindered albums: much of rock's quintessence is handily conveyed in terms of disposability and impermanence. Steven L. Hamelman sums up these rubbishy affinities as rock's "trash trope." Trash is an obvious physical presence on the rock scene -- think of Woodstock's littered pastures or the many hotel rooms redecorated by the Who. More intriguingly, Hamelman says, trash is the catalyst for a powerful mode of rock composition and criticism. It is, for instance, both cause and effect when performers like the Ramones or Beck at once critique junk culture and revel in it. But Is It Garbage? spills over with challenging insights into how rock's creators, critics, and consumers transform, and are transformed by, trash as a fact and a concept. In the music's preoccupation with its own trashiness readers will perceive a wellspring of rock innovation and inspiration -- one largely overlooked and little understood until now.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820325872

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9780820325873

ESD

Physics and Devices

By: Steven H. Voldman

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Physics and Devices

By: Steven H. Voldman

This volume is the first in a series of three books addressing Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) physics, devices, circuits and design across the full range of integrated circuit technologies. ESD Physics and Devices provides a concise treatment of the ESD phenomenon and the physics of devices operating under ESD conditions. Voldman presents an accessible introduction to the field for engineers and researchers requiring a solid grounding in this important area. The book contains advanced CMOS, Silicon On Insulator, Silicon Germanium, and Silicon Germanium Carbon. In addition it also addresses ESD in advanced CMOS with discussions on shallow trench isolation (STI), Copper and Low K materials. Provides a clear understanding of ESD device physics and the fundamentals of ESD phenomena. Analyses the behaviour of semiconductor devices under ESD conditions. Addresses the growing awareness of the problems resulting from ESD phenomena in advanced integrated circuits. Covers ESD testing, failure criteria and scaling theory for CMOS, SOI (silicon on insulator), BiCMOS and BiCMOS SiGe (Silicon Germanium) technologies for the first time. Discusses the design and development implications of ESD in semiconductor technologies. An invaluable reference for EMC non-specialist engineers and researchers working in the fields of IC and transistor design. Also, suitable for researchers and advanced students in the fields of device/circuit modelling and semiconductor reliability.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470012900

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9780470012901

PARTYTRAP

By: Steven McCallum

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PARTYTRAP

By: Steven McCallum

PARTYTRAP describes the intersecting lives of a Hippie Baby Boomer and an extraterrestrial anthropologist. Nuland Veuid arrives from a Utopian culture two billion years more advanced than our own with the objective of learning about Earth culture by following the life of a single specimen. He criticizes all of the major institutions of Earth and the life choices of his subject. Eventually he perceives the imminence of an ecological catastrophe, and although he becomes famous within his own culture for lifting anthropology from a descriptive to a predictive science, he faces an ethical dilemma when he questions his culture's Code of Non-Interference that prohibits him from warning Terrans of the threat of massive suffering and death.

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Lulu.com

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1304299864

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9781304299864

A Contemporary Tale

By: A Novel by Steven Webb

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A Contemporary Tale

By: A Novel by Steven Webb

J.T., a down on his luck street person, stumbles across a vicious murder occurring before his eyes. His decision to follow the killer takes him on a danger filled journey that eventually leads to his hope for redemption and a better life. Veronica Flores, the stunningly beautiful police detective, who with the help of the F.B.I. is on the trail of a serial killer who targets only Federal Judges. Troy, the marijuana grower with his seductively sensual lady friend Whisper and her B.F.F. Violet. The trio comfortably intermingle with the Hollywood elite, while Troy supplies them with his top grade product. Webb weaves a captivating tale of murder, love, and betrayal, filled with a cast of interesting, some times tragic, other times hilarious characters, racing toward an unexpected and unforgettable climax.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1642983985

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9781642983982

The Quantum Theory of Fields: Volume 3, Supersymmetry

By: Steven Weinberg

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The Quantum Theory of Fields: Volume 3, Supersymmetry

By: Steven Weinberg

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Cambridge University Press

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1139643436

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9781139643436

Chocolate Chips and Soup poetry for a vanity printing

By: Steven Ross Keith

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Chocolate Chips and Soup poetry for a vanity printing

By: Steven Ross Keith

Written long ago. My first book that should have been printed years ago. Printed here now through the wonder of the internet. My regret was that I didn't have, couldn't raise $500 for the printing then when the New York Editor came to Jamestown, ND to see me for my work.

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1435718518

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9781435718517

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