1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452089803321

Autore

Pool Robert <1955->

Titolo

Beyond engineering [[electronic resource] ] : how society shapes technology / / Robert Pool

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997

ISBN

0-19-756102-0

1-280-52900-8

9786610529001

0-19-802672-2

1-4294-0021-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

The Sloan technology series

Disciplina

600

Soggetti

Technology

Technological innovations

Nuclear energy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Understanding Technology -- 1. History and Momentum -- 2. The Power of Ideas -- 3. Business -- 4. Complexity -- 5. Choices -- 6. Risk -- 7. Control -- 8. Managing the Faustian Bargain -- 9. Technical Fixes, Technological Solutions.

Sommario/riassunto

We have long recognized technology as a driving force behind much historical and cultural change. The invention of the printing press initiated the Reformation. The development of the compass ushered in the Age of Exploration and the discovery of the New World. The cotton gin created the conditions that led to the Civil War. Now, in 'Beyond Engineering', science writer Robert Pool turns the question around to examine how society shapes technology. Drawing on such disparate fields as history, economics, risk analysis, management science, sociology and psychology, Pool illuminates the complex, often fascinating interplay between machines and society, in a book that will revolutionize how we think about technology.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910466854303321

Autore

Lévy Albert

Titolo

L'argot de l'X / / Albert Lévy, Gaston Pinet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : Ligaran, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

2-335-03840-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (494 p.)

Disciplina

607.114436

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Couverture; Page de Copyright; Page de titre; Avertissement; Préface; A; Absorption; Admiss'; Amicale (l'); Amphi; Amphi-chevé; Amphi-danse; Amphi-gog; Ana; Ancien; Anhydre; Antique; Applic; Archi; Arti; Art-mili; Astro; Astuce. - Atomifler. - Atrophié; B; Bacha; Bafouiller; Bahut. - Bahuté; Bahutage; Balade; Banale; Basané; Bascule; Basoff; Bazar; Berry; Bert; Berzé; Beuglant; Beuveau; Biblo; Bigor; Billet; Binôme. - Bit. - Biture; Blâme; Bleau; Boîte à claque; Bombe; Boncourt; Borius; Botte; Bouret; Bran; Bussy; C; Cahours; Caillou; Caisse. - Caissiers; Calo; Calot; Casert; Casos; Chahut

ChambardChambergeot; Chameau; Cherche-Midi; Chiade; Choco; Cirer; Claque; Cloü; Cocon; Code X; Coeff; Coffin; Colles. - Colleurs; Colo; C.-M; Commiss; Condor; Confé-mili; Conscrit; Conseils; Constantes; Corio; Corneille (la); Corri; Cote; Cotise; Cours révolutionnaires; Craticuler; Cristalliser; Cromwell; Crotale; Culot; Culotté; D; Dard; Dart; Decharme; Dégueuler; Démuseler; Dératifier; Désert; Dévisser; Drap'; Dudu; Durand; E; Eblé; Époil; Épure; État-maj'; Étui; Exam; Exer; F; Fagots; Fauve; Fifrits; Flamber; Frégate; Fremy; Frites; Fruit sec; Fumiste; G; Galvains; Gebhart; Géné; G. M; Geo

Pique-boyauxPiquer; Pique-chien; Pisseraide; Pitaine; Planche; Podzèbe; Point gamma; Police; Polytechnique (La); Pompier; Pondant; Postards; Postes; Potasser; Poulet (coup du); Pouletoscope; Poulot; Pourrat; Prolonge. Rallonge; Promo; Prosper (la); Putz; Q; Quarantaine; Q. de B; QQ; R; Rabiot; Rat; Récré; Récréatif (le); Réfec; Reiset; Riffault; Ripaton; Rond; Rosto; Rouge (la); Rouspétance; S; Salade de hottes;



Salanson; Salle; Sape; Sarrau; Sauveur; Schicksal; Sec; Serpent; Singe; Soufflet; Souriau; Stéré; Stration; T; Tangente; Tapin; Taupin; Thêta; Topo; Torsion; Trapu; Triple X

Trompe-natureTrompette (la); Truffin; U; Unif; V; Vadrouille; Veaux-gras; Visser. Dévisser; W; Whist; X; X; Y; Y; Z; Z = H; Zanzibar; Zèbre; Zeller; Zinc; Zurlin

Sommario/riassunto

Extrait : ""Absorption. - L'absorption, par abréviation l'absorb, est la série des épreuves auxquelles l'ancien soumet le nouveau polytechnicien. C'est une sorte de baptême dont l'origine remonte aux premières années de la fondation de l'école.""