1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451879103321

Autore

Jesshope C. R

Titolo

Microprocessor and peak oil [[electronic resource] ] : discontinuities in our civilisation / / C.R. Jesshope

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-280-95860-X

9786610958603

90-485-0563-1

1-4294-5459-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (24 p.)

Disciplina

605

Soggetti

Technology - Social aspects

Computer engineering

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

This lecture will explore the challenges of working in an exponentially changing world from the perspective of a computer engineer and architect. The benefits and problems associated with exponential change in computer systems will be illustrated by also exploring current events that follow the exactly the same trends. The challenges of introducing concurrency into our computer chips is the main topic of the lecture but both the growth of technology and our use of oil have been significant events in our society, appearing to be discontinuous but in fact following a predictable and challenging



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450348903321

Autore

Gilligan Emma <1967, >

Titolo

Defending human rights in Russia : Sergei Kovalyov, dissident and human rights commissioner, 1969-2003 / / Emma Gilligan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-34850-9

1-280-23159-9

9786610231591

0-203-34872-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Collana

BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies ; ; 11

Classificazione

86.81

Disciplina

323/.092

B

Soggetti

Human rights - Russia (Federation)

Human rights - Soviet Union

Human rights workers - Russia (Federation)

Human rights workers - Soviet Union

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Dissidentstvo -- The dissident nomenklatura -- The Supreme Soviet Human Rights Committee -- The Presidential Human Rights Commission -- The Chechen War 1994 - 1996 -- Troubling times.

Sommario/riassunto

Sergei Kovalyov is a central figure in the struggle for human rights in Russia. He was a leading Soviet biology academic and, in the 1970s after becoming active in dissident circles, was arrested by the KGB, tried, imprisoned and subjected to internal exile. After his release, he continued to work for human rights, eventually becoming chairman of the Soviet Human Rights Committee and chairman of the Presidential Human Rights Commission, in which positions he was extremely influential in framing human rights provisions in post-Communist Russia. He subsequently took President Yeltsin to task for