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  • Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy

    by A. Richard Thompson, James M. Moran, George W. Swenson Jr. ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.The third edition of this indispensable book in radio interferometry provides extensive updates to the second edition, including results and technical advances from the past decade; discussion of arrays that now span the full range of the radio part of the electromagnetic spectrum observable from the ground, 10 MHz to 1 THz; an analysis of ... Read more

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  • Mute Speech

    Literature, Critical Theory, and Politics

    by Jacques Rancière ...
    Translated by James Swenson ...
    Series Book 19 - New Directions in Critical Theory
    Jacques Rancière has continually unsettled political discourse, particularly through his questioning of aesthetic "distributions of the sensible," which configure the limits of what can be seen and said. Widely recognized as a seminal work in Rancière's corpus, the translation of which is long overdue, Mute Speech is an intellectual tour de force proposing a new framework for thinking about the ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • We, the People of Europe?

    Reflections on Transnational Citizenship

    by Étienne Balibar ...
    Translated by James Swenson ...
    Series series Translation/Transnation
    étienne Balibar has been one of Europe's most important philosophical and political thinkers since the 1960s. His work has been vastly influential on both sides of the Atlantic throughout the humanities and the social sciences. In We, the People of Europe?, he expands on themes raised in his previous works to offer a trenchant and eloquently written analysis of "transnational citizenship" from the ... Read more

    $52.79 CAD

  • Masses, Classes, Ideas

    Studies on Politics and Philosophy Before and After Marx

    by Etienne Balibar ...
    Translated by James Swenson ...
    In Masses, Classes, Ideas, well-known French philosopher Etienne Balibar explores the relationship between abstract philosophy and concrete politics. The book gathers together for the first time in English nine of Balibar's most influential essays written over the last decade, which have been carefully revised and reordered in logical succession with an original preface.Balibar discusses the ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD

  • Chariots for Apollo

    The NASA History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft to 1969

    by Courtney G. Brooks, James M. Grimwood, Loyd S. Swenson Jr. ...
    Series series Dover Books on Astronomy
    Millions around the world watched as the Apollo 11 astronauts "came in peace for all mankind" to take humanity's first steps on the moon. Their mission's triumph was equally attributable to a less visible crew of nearly 400,000 people in hundreds of different organizations. This official NASA history reveals the human story behind an epic achievement. Written by a trio of experts, it chronicles ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

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  • Violence and Civility

    On the Limits of Political Philosophy

    by Étienne Balibar ...
    Translated by G. M. Goshgarian ...
    Series series The Wellek Library Lectures
    In Violence and Civility, Étienne Balibar boldly confronts the insidious causes of violence, racism, nationalism, and ethnic cleansing worldwide, as well as mass poverty and dispossession. Through a novel synthesis of theory and empirical studies of contemporary violence, the acclaimed thinker pushes past the limits of political philosophy to reconceive war, revolution, sovereignty, and class ... Read more

    $33.59 CAD

  • Political Philosophy in the Twentieth Century

    Authors and Arguments

    Edited by Catherine H. Zuckert ...
    This book demonstrates the rich diversity and depth of political philosophy in the twentieth century. Catherine H. Zuckert has compiled a collection of essays recounting the lives of political theorists, connecting each biography with the theorist's life work and explaining the significance of the contribution to modern political thought. The essays are organized to highlight the major political ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Rousseau and Weber

    by J.G. Merguior ...
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Max Weber, central thinkers to the discussion of political legitimacy, represent two very different stages and forms of social theory: early modern political philosophy and classical sociology. In these studies, Dr Merquior describes and assesses their individual contributions to the understanding of the concept of political legitimacy.Dr Merquior compares Rousseau and ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Failure Analysis

    A Practical Guide for Manufacturers of Electronic Components and Systems

    by Marius Bazu, Titu Bajenescu ...
    Failure analysis is the preferred method to investigate product or process reliability and to ensure optimum performance of electrical components and systems. The physics-of-failure approach is the only internationally accepted solution for continuously improving the reliability of materials, devices and processes. The models have been developed from the physical and chemical phenomena that are ... Read more

    $135.99 CAD

  • Multitude

    War and Democracy in the Age of Empire

    by Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri ...
    In their international bestseller Empire, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri presented a grand unified vision of a world in which the old forms of imperialism are no longer effective. But what of Empire in an age of “American empire”? Has fear become our permanent condition and democracy an impossible dream? Such pessimism is profoundly mistaken, the authors argue. Empire, by interconnecting more ... Read more

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  • Fools, Frauds and Firebrands

    Thinkers of the New Left

    by Sir Roger Scruton ...
    The thinkers who have been most influential on the attitudes of the New Left are examined in this study by one of the leading critics of leftist orientations in modern Western civilization. Scruton begins with a ruthless analysis of New Leftism and concludes with a critique of the key strands in its thinking. He conducts a reappraisal of such major left-wing thinkers as: E. P. Thompson, Ronald ... Read more

    $15.39 CAD

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  • A Man on the Moon

    The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts

    by Andrew Chaikin ...
    "The authoritative masterpiece" (L. A. Times) on the Apollo space program and NASA's journey to the moonThis acclaimed portrait of heroism and ingenuity captures a watershed moment in human history. The astronauts themselves have called it the definitive account of their missions. On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Based ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $10.99 CAD