1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910697533603321

Titolo

The safety impacts of differential speed limits on rural interstate highways [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

McLean, VA. : , : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Research, Development, and Technology, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, , [2004]

Descrizione fisica

6 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Techbrief

Soggetti

Speed limits - United States - States

Express highways - United States - States - Speed

Traffic accidents - United States - States - Speed

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF caption title (viewed June 16, 2009).

"FHWA-HRT-04-156"--P. [6].

"September 2004"--P. [6].

"HRDS-05/09-04(500)E"--P. [6].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page [6]).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958720403321

Autore

Allenby Braden R

Titolo

The techno-human condition / / Braden R. Allenby, Daniel Sarewitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011

ISBN

9786613258564

9780262294409

0262294400

9780262295666

0262295660

9781283258562

1283258560

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SarewitzDaniel R

Disciplina

303.48/3

Soggetti

Technology - Social aspects

Human evolution

Biotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-216) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue: what a long, transhuman trip it has already been -- In the cause-and-effect zone -- Level I and II technology : effectiveness, progress, and complexity -- Level III technology : radical contingency in earth systems -- Individuality and incomprehensibility -- Complexity, coherence, contingency -- Killer apps -- In front of our nose.

Sommario/riassunto

A provocative analysis of what it means to be human in an era of incomprehensible technological complexity and change.