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UNINA9910452116703321 |
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Lienhard John H. <1930-> |
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How invention begins [[electronic resource] ] : echoes of old voices in the rise of new machines / / John H. Lienhard |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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1-280-84651-8 |
0-19-804172-1 |
1-4294-2054-5 |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Inventions - History |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-259) and index. |
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Priority and apriority. Ötzi and silent beginnings -- The unrelenting presence of priority -- I built my airplane before the Wright brothers did -- Steam and speed. Inventing steam: "Alles was Odem hat" -- From steam to steam engine -- From steam engine to thermodynamics -- Inventing speed -- Inventive motivation and exponential change -- Writing and showing. Inventing Gutenberg -- From Gutenberg to a newly literate world: gestation to cradle to maturation -- Inventing means for illustrating reality -- Fast presses, cheap books, and ghosts of old readers -- Views through a wider lens. Inventing education: the great equalizer -- The arc of invention: finding finished forms. |
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Invention--that single leap of a human mind that gives us all we create. Yet we make a mistake when we call a telephone or a light bulb an invention, says John Lienhard. In truth, light bulbs, airplanes, steam engines--these objects are the end results, the fruits, of vast aggregates of invention. They are not invention itself. In How Invention Begins, Lienhard reconciles the ends of invention with the individual leaps upon which they are built, illuminating the vast web of individual inspirations that lie behind whole technologies. He traces, for instance, the way in which thousands of people |
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UNINA9910133663203321 |
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Frontiers in oncology |
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[Lausanne], : [Frontiers Research Foundation] |
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Oncology |
Neoplasms |
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Fulltext |
Internet Resources. |
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UNINA9910973293903321 |
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Eldridge J. E. T (John Eric Thomas) |
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A sociology of organisations / / J.E.T. Eldridge and A.D. Crombie |
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Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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1-135-93476-2 |
1-135-93469-X |
0-203-54586-9 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (391 p.) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Organizations: Theory & Behaviour ; ; Volume 13 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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First published in 1974 by Allen & Unwin. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Part I Introduction; 1. A Sociology of Organisations ?; Part II Organisations: Concepts and Classifications; 2. Defining and Labelling Organisations; (a) The concept of organisation; (b) Labelling organisations; 3. Types of Organisations; (a) Typologies Based on Functions; (b) Typologies Based on Technology; (c) A Typology Based on Regulation; (d) Typologies Based on Structure; (e) Total Institutions as a Type of organisation; Part III Organisations: Missions and Cultures |
4. Organisations and Their Missions(a) The organisation as an Entity; (b) Organisation Goals; (c) From Functions to Ideals; (d) Organisational Environments; (e) Institutional Leadership and Strategic Choice; 5. Organisational Cultures; (a) Organisational Space; (b) Organisational Culture; (c) Organisation as an Open System; (d) Dimensions of organisational saIntegration; (e) Organisations in Action; Part IV The Organisational Phenomenon; 6. Organisations and Society: Legacies of Sociological Thought; (a) Herbert Spencer: organisation as Friend and Enemy |
(b) Emile Durkheim: organisational Breakdown and Reconstruction(c) Karl Marx: the organisational weapon; (d) Max Weber: Stable and Unstable organisations; 7. Organisations and Society: Thematic Continuities and Cross-currents; (a) Totalitarian organisations; (b) |
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Organisation and the 'iron Law of oligarchy'; (c) Organisations and the Concept of pluralism; Part V Conclusion; 8. Sociologists and Organisations: Critiques and Apologias; (a) The Sociologist as an organisation Man; (b) The Sociologist as Change Agent; Bibliography; Index |
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An understanding of the nature and forms of organisation, particularly with reference to industrial societies, is a key area in sociological analysis. This book discusses and explains what concepts to employ and what analytical procedures to adopt as well as conveying a sense of the theoretical and empirical diversity involved in the study of organisations. Among the questions explored are: why do we classify organisations in particular ways and for what purpose? how can on explore the relationships pertaining to an organisation and its environment? |
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