1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462583703321

Titolo

Nanotechnology in eco-efficient construction / / edited by F. Pacheco-Torgal [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA : , : Woodhead Pub., , 2013

ISBN

0-85709-883-7

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (459 p.)

Collana

Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering

Altri autori (Persone)

TorgalFernando Pacheco

Disciplina

690.0286

Soggetti

Nanotechnology - Environmental aspects

Nanotechnology - Industrial applications

Construction industry - Environmental aspects

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Infrastructural applications -- part II. Applications for building energy efficiency -- part III. Photocatalytic applications.

Sommario/riassunto

As the environmental impact of existing construction and building materials comes under increasing scrutiny, the search for more eco-efficient solutions has intensified. Nanotechnology offers great potential in this area and is already being widely used to great success. Nanotechnology in eco-efficient construction is an authoritative guide to the role of nanotechnology in the development of eco-efficient construction materials and sustainable construction.Following an introduction to the use of nanotechnology in eco-efficient construction materials, part one considers such infrastruct



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781131003321

Titolo

What is a poet? [[electronic resource] ] : essays from the Eleventh Alabama Symposium on English and American Literature / / edited by Hank Lazer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1987

ISBN

0-8173-8335-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Modern & Contemporary Poetics

Altri autori (Persone)

LazerHank

Disciplina

811.509

811/.5/09

Soggetti

American poetry - 20th century - History and criticism

Poetry

English poetry - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes  bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; THE SYMPOSIUM; The Character of the Poet; What Modernism Offers the Contemporary Poet; Keats and the Use of Poetry; Lucent and Inescapable Rhythms: Metrical ""Choice"" and Historical Formation; In Search of an Absolute; Horses with Wings; Blood on the Cutting Room Floor; What is This Poet?; Poetry as Symbolic Action; PANEL DISCUSSION; All nine participants, plus comoderators Hank Lazer and Gregory Jay; ADDITIONAL ESSAYS; Poetry and Ambition; Critical Theory and Contemporary American Poetry; Suggestions for Further Reading; Contributors

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Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses the extent of distrust and the extent of the  misunderstandings that exist in the poetry world.