[PDF] Re Inventing The Ship eBook

Author : Don Leggett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,91 MB
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1317068386

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Ships have histories that are interwoven with the human fabric of the maritime world. In the long nineteenth century these histories revolved around the re-invention of these once familiar objects in a period in which Britain became a major maritime power. This multi-disciplinary volume deploys different historical, geographical, cultural and literary perspectives to examine this transformation and to offer a series of interconnected considerations of maritime technology and culture in a period of significant and lasting change. Its ten authors reveal the processes involved through the eyes and hands of a range of actors, including naval architects, dockyard workers, commercial shipowners and Navy officers. By locating the ship's re-invention within the contexts of builders, owners and users, they illustrate the ways in which material elements, as well as scientific, artisan and seafaring ideas and practices, were bound together in the construction of ships' complex identities.

Author : Dr Don Leggett
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 41,3 MB
Release : 2013-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1409483096

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Ships have histories that are interwoven with the human fabric of the maritime world. In the long nineteenth century these histories revolved around the re-invention of these once familiar objects in a period in which Britain became a major maritime power. This multi-disciplinary volume deploys different historical, geographical, cultural and literary perspectives to examine this transformation and to offer a series of interconnected considerations of maritime technology and culture in a period of significant and lasting change. Its ten authors reveal the processes involved through the eyes and hands of a range of actors, including naval architects, dockyard workers, commercial shipowners and Navy officers. By locating the ship's re-invention within the contexts of builders, owners and users, they illustrate the ways in which material elements, as well as scientific, artisan and seafaring ideas and practices, were bound together in the construction of ships' complex identities.

Author : Jessica Helfand
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 19,17 MB
Release : 2006-05-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781568985961

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A delightful look at the history of the information wheel

Author : Antonia Honeywell
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 17,39 MB
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316469890

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In this thought-provoking and lyrical debut novel, a young woman's only hope for survival in the dystopian future is a ship, a Noah's Ark, that can rescue 500 people. London burned for three weeks. And then it got worse. . . Young, naive, and frustratingly sheltered, Lalla has grown up in near-isolation in her parents' apartment, sheltered from the chaos of their collapsed civilization. But things are getting more dangerous outside. People are killing each other for husks of bread, and the police are detaining anyone without an identification card. On her sixteenth birthday, Lalla's father decides it's time to use their escape route -- a ship he's built that is only big enough to save five hundred people. But the utopia her father has created isn't everything it appears. There's more food than anyone can eat, but nothing grows; more clothes than anyone can wear, but no way to mend them; and no-one can tell her where they are going.

Author : Crosbie Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 25,52 MB
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1107196728

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An innovative account of the trials and tribulations of first-generation Victorian mail steamship lines, their passengers and the public.

Author : David Osborne
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 13,33 MB
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0452269423

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"A landmark in the debate on the future of public policy."—The Washington Post.

Author : Robert B Laughlin
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,7 MB
Release : 2008-07-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 0786722185

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A Nobel-winning physicist argues that fundamental physical laws are found not in the world of atoms, but in the macroscopic world around us In this age of superstring theories and Big Bang cosmology, we're used to thinking of the unknown as impossibly distant from our everyday lives. But in A Different Universe, Nobel Laureate Robert Laughlin argues that the scientific frontier is right under our fingers. Instead of looking for ultimate theories, Laughlin considers the world of emergent properties-meaning the properties, such as the hardness and shape of a crystal, that result from the organization of large numbers of atoms. Laughlin shows us how the most fundamental laws of physics are in fact emergent. A Different Universe is a truly mind-bending book that shows us why everything we think about fundamental physical laws needs to change.

Author : Kelly Pryde
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 50,30 MB
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1491712104

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Youre on demand 24/7, juggling children, home management, work, relationships, and never-ending to-do lists. You perform superhuman feats of multitasking to get it all done, but the harder you strive for life balance and happiness, the more tired, frustrated, and underappreciated you feel. Like many moms today, you are simply running on empty. In this guide, Kelly Pryde, Ph.D., combines real-life experiences with extensive research to help you step out of the hurried fogginess of everyday juggling into a deeper, more joyful experience of motherhood. Her seven pathways of reinvention will help you learn how to: turn around self-limiting beliefs and practices reclaim your feminine wisdom and restore your energy and mood rethink balance and priorities find joy, meaning, and peace of mind amidst the chaos slow down and reconnect with what matters most to you and your family Filled with practical advice, inspiring stories, and a wealth of resources, Reinventing Mom will support, nurture, and guide you toward becoming the Mom and woman you are meant to be.

Author : Phillip Reid
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 33,96 MB
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9004426345

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In The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600—1800, Phillip Reid shows how ordinary commercial vessels reflected the risk management strategies of those who designed, built, bought, and sailed them.