Static and dynamic electricity / William R. Smythe

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991001260259707536
• Autore: Smythe, William R.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1968
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xxiii, 623 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
• Collana: International series in pure and applied physics
• Classificazione: 53.2.2; 53.2.22; 53.2.24; 537; QC518
• Soggetti: Electrodynamics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes bibliographies.

Fragments from the history of loss : the nature industry and the postcolony / / Louise Green

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827552703321
• Autore: Green Louise <1968->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• ISBN: 0-271-08758-7; 9780271087603; 0271087609
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Collana: AnthropoScene: the SLSA book series
• Disciplina: 304.2
• Soggetti: Nature - Effect of human beings on; Nature - Effect of human beings on - South Africa; Climatic changes - Social aspects; Climatic changes - Social aspects - South Africa
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The nature industry -- Nature in fragments -- Living in the subjunctive -- The primitive accumulation of nature -- The cult of the wild -- Privatizing nature -- Living at the end of nature.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Examines the theoretical framing of "nature" in South Africa and beyond. Analyzes myths and fantasies that have brought the world to a point of climate catastrophe and continue to shape the narratives through which it is understood"--