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Protecting Animals 36: Author Witi Ihimaera
No full textIn this very special episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by beloved New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera. Witi has written many books featuring nonhuman animals. He offers us a non-colonial lens through which to think about the human/nonhuman relationship
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Génesis y desarrollo interdisciplinar del programa mertoniano para la ciencia
No full textGénesis y desarrollo interdisciplinar del programa mertoniano para la ciencia" da cuenta de la sociología de la ciencia de Robert K. Merton atendiendo al papel que juegan las relaciones entre la historia de la ciencia, la filosofía de la ciencia y la propia sociología en el desarrollo e interpretación de la misma. El estudio analiza el modo en el que los vínculos de estas disciplinares y los propios presupuestos disciplinares "condicionan" la elaboración, recepción de su obra y determinan las diferencias entre los supuesto que el autor plantea para su programa sociológico y los que proponen las Sociologías del Conocimiento Científico para la renovación de la sociología. El trabajo aplica una metodología bibliométrica con unos fines histórico-interpretativos al apoyar las reflexiones del estudio con un análisis de las referencias de los textos más relevantes de la sociología de la ciencia del autor constatándose así las influencias, relaciones y la secuencia temporal de éstas
La 'circunstancia' de 'Herederos y Pretendientes
No full textIn June 2010, the Ortega y Gasset Foundation hosted a Conference about the “Spanish Philosophical Transition” in order to debate the book of Francisco Vázquez, La filosofía española. Herederos y Pretendientes. Una lectura sociológica (1963-1990), recently published. This paper is the author’s response to criticism raised in the Conference and to published reviews received by this book. First, the author summarized the argument of Herederos y pretendientes. Secondly he responds and takes into account the most important objections against the book’s hypothesis and methodology. Finally the author evaluates the favorable judgments received by the book and suggests the limits of the historian’s task.Fundación Ortega y Gasset-Marañó
CRT: an Adaptive Routing Protocol for LEO satellite networks
No full textLow-earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks which have a world wide coverage are becoming more and more important to provide Internet services. One of the technical challenges in using LEO constellations to route Internet traffic is designing appropriate and efficient network layer to be used on board. In particular, traditional IP routing seems to be too complex for a simple and static satellite topology. On the other hand, satellite routing protocols proposed so far do not react promptly to hot spots in traffic generation. In this paper, we propose CRT, a new adaptive routing protocol which dynamically adjusts routes to balance the traffic load over the whole constellation. The protocol is evaluated through simulation using different (realistic) traffic scenarios. Results show that the protocol reacts well to congestion in satellite constellation with enough satellites to have a reasonable number of alternative routes for a given message (at least 36 satellites). In particular, we show that the overhead due to control messages in CRT is very low, performance is competitive to non adaptive algorithms when traffic load is low, and end-to-end delay and drop ratio are greatly reduced using CRT in medium to high traffic load condition
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