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Essayistic and novelistic heritage of H.G. Wells
Full text linkВ данной статье рассматриваются особенности эссеистического и новеллистического творчества Г.Дж. Уэллса – основоположника социально-философской фантастики. Автор показывает, какое значение имела для писателя теория Ч. Дарвина и как ее положения отразились в его публицистических и художественных произведениях. В основе взглядов Г. Уэллса лежит принцип комплементарности – использование несходных или противоположных теорий, которые отражают различные взгляды на дей-ствительность. Концепция человека, таким образом, формируется на стыке антропоцентристских и антиантропоцентристских теорий. Научно-фантастические новеллы Г. Уэллса стали полигоном, на котором он отрабатывал приемы, легшие в основу модели классического научно-фантастического произведения. Жанрово-тематические разновидности новеллы включают также романтические, пародийные, авантюрно-приключенческие, криминальные, социально-бытовые новеллы, новеллы-притчи, новеллы-анекдоты. Автор отмечает, что для писателя особенно важна социальная проблематика. = The peculiarities of H.G. Wells’s essayistic and novelistic works are studied in this article (H.G. Wells is a founder of soft science fiction). The author shows the importance of Ch. Darwin’s theory for the writer, and how its propositions are represented in his journalism and fiction. The complementarity principle (using different or opposite theories which demonstrate different views on reality) is the basis of H.G. Wells’s ideas. Thus the concept of man is formed on the fringe of anthropocentric and antianthropocentric theories. H.G. Wells’s sci-fi short stories became a proving ground where he practiced methods which would be the basis for a classical sci-fi text. According to the genre and the subject, short stories can be divided into romantic, parody, adventure, criminal, social ones, parables and anecdotes. The author notes the importance of social subject matter for the writer
Letter From H.G. Wells to My Dear J.B.
No full textabstract: Concerning his book Anticipations, finding an illustrator for it, and the Royal Society Dinner. Also concerning a photograph of H.G. Wells.Paper Details: Letterhead reads "Arnold House Sandgate Kent."Creation Date Detail: Anticipations was published in 1901, so this letter was written prior to 1901.Provenance: Tipped in to SPEC WE-82, a copy of Anticipations of the reaction of mechanical and scientific progress upon human life and thought / by H.G. Wells
New canalization of the Nederrijn and Lek: Design of a weir equipped with fibre reinforced polymer gates which is designed using a structured design methodology based on Systems Engineering
No full textThe Nederrijn and Lek are presently dammed by three weirs, build in 1960 till 1970, which are located near the village of Driel, Amerongen, and Hagestein after which they are named. Weir Driel regulates the distribution of water at the IJsselkop for dammed conditions (discharges lower than 2350 m3/s at Lobith). A minimum discharge of 285 m3/s has to be diverted into the IJssel by weir Driel for the fresh water supply of the northern part of the Netherlands (the section of the Netherlands which is located above the fictive line Amsterdam-Nijmegen) and for generating sufficient draught for commercial shipping. The weirs Amerongen and Hagestein regulate the upstream water levels for commercial shipping; minimum levels of +6.0 m NAP respectively +3.0 m NAP are maintained by these weirs. The water levels of the IJssel decrease to 1 metre or lower when weir Driel fails in dry summers which results in an obstructed waterway for commercial shipping and an insufficient fresh water supply to the northern part of the Netherlands. ARCADIS made an assessment for the reliability and availability of the weirs in the framework of the project RINK-SSC (Risico Inventarisatie Natte Kunstwerken Sluis Stuw Complexen). The assessment indicated that the weirs do not meet the reliability and availability norms for the present situation and that structural parts of the weirs have exceeded their technical life span. Therefore, the weirs need to be renovated or replaced within ten years from now. Furthermore, a secondary problem statement is present which concerns the application of Systems Engineering for large scale design projects. Presently, a major ‘transition’ of the substantiation of design choices made in the political domain and design choices which are made by engineering firms, which are based on the Systems Engineering methodology, is present. Design choices made before the ‘transition’ are not well traceable and results in ambiguities during the design process. This graduation research is focused on the replacement of the existing weirs. The weirs could be replaced at the same location, but a broader scope is chosen within the graduation research. The aim of the graduation research is providing an alternative design for the present canalization taking into account the changed environment and use of the waterway. This goal is reached by designing an alternative for canalization using a design methodology based on Systems Engineering (SE). Therefore, a methodology for the application of SE for large scale hydraulic projects is developed and tested for the design of the recanalization. The developed methodology is also applied at large scale design choices for interventions in the present ‘wet infrastructure’ which are, in fact, normally made in the political domain. A toolset is composed from the toolbox of SE methods for the development of the alternative design. The design is elaborated in five sequential design levels. The first design level starts at delta level, the second continues at Nederrijn-Lek level, the third proceeds at the weir location level, the fourth considers the weir build-up, and the structural design of the gates is made for design level five. The gates are designed using fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) which is a self-imposed secondary goal for the graduation research. A small requirement set is developed for each design level in order to obtain a well-structured and clear design method which is applicable for large scale hydraulic design projects. The result of the research is an alternative design of the present canalization. The Nederrijn and Lek are chosen for recanalization due to the lowest impact for the implementation of the recanalization with respect to the other rivers. It is possible to canalize the Nederrijn and Lek using two weirs when the reach located in between the Amsterdam Rijnkanaal and the Lekkanaal is downgraded to a recreational river. The upstream weir is located near the village of Driel and has to maintain the present dam regime to reduce the implementation works and time. The downstream weir is located at a floodplain near the village of Culemborg and has to regulate a minimum upstream level of +5.0 m NAP. The weir is subdivided in three gaps of 41 metres wide each. Three FRP submerged segment gates have to control the discharge and the upstream water levels of which an impression is given in Figure 1. The gates are composed of sandwich panels and four shear webs which are located in between the panels. The application of separate design levels with a limited set of requirements each turned out to be applicable for large scale hydraulic design projects for the first four design levels. So, the SE methodology could also be applied for decision making on a large scale which are normally made in the political domain. A well-structured and clear design methodology is obtained, which performed well for these levels. The method had to be adjusted for the structural design level (level five) because the set of requirements exponentially expands which results in a non-clear design method. Furthermore, using a functional analysis for the structural design results in a non-meaningful definition of the functions of the elements.Hydraulic StructuresHydraulic EngineeringCivil Engineering and Geoscience
H.G. Wells and the empire: the artist and the intellectual
Full text link"H.G. Wells and the Empire: The Artist and the Intellectual" aims to reconstruct H.G. Wells’s (1866-1946) artistic engagement in relation to the power politics of imperialism. The thesis takes into account the vast fictional and non-fictional output of the author, averagely from the age of New Imperialism to the adjacent rise of the first totalitarian movement in Italy in the 1920s. The present work will reveal Wells’s ambivalent and revolutionary standing in the British Empire, while also exploring his anti-fascist crusade. Literary criticism, I contend, has long neglected this crucial intellectual aspect of Wells’s career. Since Bernard Bergonzi’s pioneering study "The Early H.G. Wells: A Study of the Scientific Romances" (1961), critical focus has been extensively devoted to Wells’s evolutionary thinking, establishing a canon which largely obscures Wells’s magnitude in terms of political commitment. For decades, only the early corpus of the British writer has been taken into serious critical consideration (1890-1899); criticism, as consequence, has overlooked Wells’s artistic position in British culture of the past century. Only rapidly mentioned in Raymond Williams’s seminal "Culture and Society" (1958), Wells was probably the most famous and influential intellectual on the planet in the first half of the twentieth century; however, after his death, Wells has incurred a progressive critical oblivion. The emergence of post-colonial studies in the 1970s, equally, have paradoxically disregarded Wells’s artistic and intellectual prominence in European imperial culture. "H.G. Wells and the Empire" purports to fill this cultural gap, by historicizing the author’s public activity in the context of imperialism
The estimation of utility consistent labor supply models by means of simulated scores
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Professor Wells: the Educational Purposes of H.G. Wells’ Works
No full textreservedThis dissertation analyses the educational purposes of H.G. Wells’ works. Wells is
known as one of the fathers of science fiction, and as one of the most influential writers of the late
nineteenth century. However, I will not focus on H.G. Wells as an author. I will focus on H.G. Wells
as a teacher. Education played a key role in the life of this remarkable author. He not only spent some
of his early years working as a teacher, but he also wrote a textbook meant for biology students.
Furthermore, in the later stages of his life Wells actively advocated for the need to reform the British
school system, introducing scientific subjects in the school curricula. He also dedicated himself to
writing popularizing articles about scientific topic. The strong connection between Herbert George
Wells and education is, to me, quite evident. Every chapter of this work will focus on a different work
written by Wells. I chose to follow on some of his most famous works: The Island of Doctor Moreau
(1896), The Time Machine (1895), and The World of the Worlds (1898). Here, I will analyse the
content of each work, trying to point out the educational narrative proposed by Wells. I am not
proposing anything new as far as the interpretation of these works is concerned. In order to carry out
my researches for the dissertation, I attentively read many essays and articles that proposed an
interpretation of Wells’ texts. Among the authors I refer to, there are authoritative Wells’ scholars
such as Patrick Parrinder. The purpose of the work is not providing a new interpretation of the themes
and motifs behind H.G. Wells’ works, but demonstrating that these books had been written in order
to teach something to their reading public.
The last chapter focuses on Wells’ utopian novel A Modern Utopia (1905). It is different from
the others because I will not limit myself to describing the educational purposes of the book. A
Modern Utopia is a programmatic text, and this gave me the possibility to have a closer look at Wells’
beliefs and plans for society. As I propose in the fifth chapter, some of his views would be considered
completely unacceptable by modern-day readers. I focus on two specific topics. First, I will take into
exam the treatment received by criminals, feeble-minded, drunkards, and other sorts of people
considered “undesirable” by the Victorians. And then I focus on the role of the woman in the utopian
state imagined by Wells. As I will discuss, Wells’ ideas were far from progressive as far as these
topics were concerned. Or, at least, they could not be considered progressive nowadays. The final
chapter is not a way to stigmatise Wells. Rather, it is a way to contextualise both the man and his
works. As I propose, contextualising Wells is the only way to truly appreciate the innovative
contributions of his works.This dissertation analyses the educational purposes of H.G. Wells’ works. Wells is
known as one of the fathers of science fiction, and as one of the most influential writers of the late
nineteenth century. However, I will not focus on H.G. Wells as an author. I will focus on H.G. Wells
as a teacher. Education played a key role in the life of this remarkable author. He not only spent some
of his early years working as a teacher, but he also wrote a textbook meant for biology students.
Furthermore, in the later stages of his life Wells actively advocated for the need to reform the British
school system, introducing scientific subjects in the school curricula. He also dedicated himself to
writing popularizing articles about scientific topic. The strong connection between Herbert George
Wells and education is, to me, quite evident. Every chapter of this work will focus on a different work
written by Wells. I chose to follow on some of his most famous works: The Island of Doctor Moreau
(1896), The Time Machine (1895), and The World of the Worlds (1898). Here, I will analyse the
content of each work, trying to point out the educational narrative proposed by Wells. I am not
proposing anything new as far as the interpretation of these works is concerned. In order to carry out
my researches for the dissertation, I attentively read many essays and articles that proposed an
interpretation of Wells’ texts. Among the authors I refer to, there are authoritative Wells’ scholars
such as Patrick Parrinder. The purpose of the work is not providing a new interpretation of the themes
and motifs behind H.G. Wells’ works, but demonstrating that these books had been written in order
to teach something to their reading public.
The last chapter focuses on Wells’ utopian novel A Modern Utopia (1905). It is different from
the others because I will not limit myself to describing the educational purposes of the book. A
Modern Utopia is a programmatic text, and this gave me the possibility to have a closer look at Wells’
beliefs and plans for society. As I propose in the fifth chapter, some of his views would be considered
completely unacceptable by modern-day readers. I focus on two specific topics. First, I will take into
exam the treatment received by criminals, feeble-minded, drunkards, and other sorts of people
considered “undesirable” by the Victorians. And then I focus on the role of the woman in the utopian
state imagined by Wells. As I will discuss, Wells’ ideas were far from progressive as far as these
topics were concerned. Or, at least, they could not be considered progressive nowadays. The final
chapter is not a way to stigmatise Wells. Rather, it is a way to contextualise both the man and his
works. As I propose, contextualising Wells is the only way to truly appreciate the innovative
contributions of his works
The Future of Society: Dystopian and Utopian - Aspects in H.G. Wells’ "The Time Machine and Men Like Gods"
No full textMy essay will discuss the subject of dystopia and utopia in two selected works by H.G. Wells. I will show that both novels reflect the changing discourse of the time in which they were written, and will argue that the author changes large parts of his philosophy and his way of writing after World War One. Further, this essay will show that both novels contain dystopian and utopian elements, but that one element is more prominent in each of the novels. Finally, this essay will show how H.G. Wells presented his ideas of liberal socialism and how those ideas manifested in his post-war novel. The first chapter will discuss the pre-war novel and the society that influenced the writing of The Time Machine. The second chapter will focus on the change of perspective after World War One and the creation of Wells’ utopia in Men Like Gods. The third chapter will address the political views of H.G. Wells by looking at ideas that the author presented at the time and by discussing some of the critique he received by his contemporaries
Interpretation and the Problem of the Intention of the Author, by Burhanetir Tatar
No full textBurhanetir Tatar, Interpretation and the Problem of the Intention of the Author: H.G. Gadamer vs E.D. Hirsh, The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 199
De wieg van de TU Delft
No full textWaarom kwam de eerste hogere opleiding in de techniek naar Delft? Het is een vaak gestelde vraag. In het midden van de negentiende eeuw had Delft al haar glans van de Gouden Eeuw inmiddels verloren. In de Gouden Eeuw behoorde Delft tot de voornaamste steden van Holland. Schilders als Johannes Vermeer, Michiel van Mierevelt, Carel Fabritius, het feit dat Willem de Zwijger hier één van zijn residenties had, hier is vermoord (misschien iets om wat minder trots op te zijn) en is begraven, het wereldberoemde Delfts Blauw aardewerk, de kamer van de VOC; er was genoeg om trots op te zijn.Library Research Service
De Max-Planck medaille
No full textDe Max-Planck-Medaille is een onderscheiding die sinds 1929 jaarlijks wordt uitgereikt door de toentertijd grootste vereniging van natuurkundigen ter wereld: de Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. Het is als het ware de Nobelprijs voor de theoretische natuurkunde, volgens de natuurkundigen zelf. In 1962 werd deze prestigieuze prijs toegekend aan de Delftse hoogleraar in de theoretische natuurkunde, tevens Rector Magnificus van de TH Delft: Ralph Kronig (1904-1995). De medaille is, samen met een klein persoonlijk archief, in 2016 door de familie geschonken aan de TU Delft.Library Research Service
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