1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001017249707536

Autore

Ganesh, Ayalvadi

Titolo

Big queues / Ayalvadi Ganesh, Neil O'Connell, Damon Wischik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : Springer, c2004

ISBN

3540209123

Descrizione fisica

xi, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Collana

Lecture notes in mathematics, 0075-8434 ; 1838

Classificazione

AMS 60K

AMS 90B

AMS 60F

LC QA274.8

Altri autori (Persone)

O'Connell, Neilauthor

Wischik, Damonauthor

Disciplina

519.82

Soggetti

Queuing theory

Large deviations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911002990203321

Autore

Lynteris Christos

Titolo

Human Extinction and the Pandemic Imaginary / Christos Lynteris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2019

[s.l.] : , : Routledge, , 2019

ISBN

9781000698886

1000698882

Edizione

[1 ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Routledge Studies in Anthropology

Classificazione

SOC002000SOC002010

Soggetti

Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social

Social Science / Anthropology

Social sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book develops an examination and critique of human extinction as a result of the 'next pandemic' and turns attention towards the role of pandemic catastrophe in the renegotiation of what it means to be human. Nested in debates in anthropology, philosophy, social theory and global health, the book argues that fear of and fascination with the 'next pandemic' stem not so much from an anticipation of a biological extinction of the human species, as from an expectation of the loss of mastery over human/non-humanl relations. Christos Lynteris employs the notion of the 'pandemic imaginary' in order to understand the way in which pandemic-borne human extinction refashions our understanding of humanity and its place in the world. The book challenges us to think how cosmological, aesthetic, ontological and political aspects of pandemic catastrophe are intertwined. The chapters examine the vital entanglement of epidemiological studies, popular culture, modes of scientific visualisation, and pandemic preparedness campaigns. This volume will be relevant for scholars and advanced students of anthropology as well as global health, and for many others interested in catastrophe, the 'end of the world' and the (post)apocalyptic.