1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777969003321

Autore

Rottenburg Richard

Titolo

Far-fetched facts : a parable of development aid / / Richard Rottenburg ; translated by Allison Brown and Tom Lampert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009

ISBN

1-282-24060-9

0-262-25503-0

9786612240607

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

Inside technology

Disciplina

338.9109172/4

Soggetti

Economic assistance - Developing countries

Social change - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from the German.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acronyms; Prologue; Belief ; 1 The Solid Ground of Development Policy; 2 The Risks of the Entrepreneur; Doubt ; 3 The Disclosures of Science; Searching ; 4 Interstitial Spaces; 5 Trading Zones; Trying Again ; 6 Metacode-Cultural Code; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is a fictionalized ethnographic study of development aid in sub-Saharan Africa that focuses on technologies of inscription in the interactions of development banks, international experts and local managers.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910825427603321

Titolo

Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium [[electronic resource] ] : An Overview

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : National Academies Press, 2001

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (28 p.)

Disciplina

520

Soggetti

Astronomy - Research - United States

Astrophysics - Research - United States

Astronomy -- Research -- United States

Astrophysics -- Research -- United States

Electronic books. -- local

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium""; ""The Telescope as a Time Machine""; ""The First Sources of Light in the Universe""; ""How Galaxies Took Shape""; ""Violent Events in the Cosmos""; ""What Happens at the Heart of a Galaxy""; ""The Origins of Stars and Planets""; ""Surveying the Universe with Increased Accuracy""; ""Gravitational Radiation: A New Way to See the Cosmos""; ""Solar Astrophysics""; ""The Quest for Other Earths""; ""High-Priority Projects in Astronomy and Astrophysics""