Business as Usual: The Economic Crisis and the Failure of CapitalismThe recent global economic downturn has affected nearly everyone in every corner of the globe. Its vast reach and lingering effects have made it difficult to pinpoint its exact cause, and while some economists point to the risks inherent in the modern financial system, others blame long-term imbalances in the world economy. Into this debate steps Paul Mattick, who, in Business as Usual, explains the global economic downturn in relation to the development of the world economy since World War II, but also as a fundamental example of the cycle of crisis and recovery that has characterized capitalism since the early nineteenth century.Mattick explains that today’s recession is not the result of a singular financial event but instead is a manifestation of long-term processes within the world economy. Mattick argues that the economic downturn can best be understood within the context of business cycles, which are unavoidable in a free-market economy. He uses this explanation as a springboard for exploring the nature of our capitalist society and its prospects for the future.Although Business as Usual engages with many economic theories, both mainstream and left-wing, Mattick’s accessible writing opens the subject up in order for non-specialists to understand the current economic climate not as the effect of a financial crisis, but as a manifestation of a truth about the social and economic system in which we live. As a result the book is ideal for anyone who wants to gain a succinct and jargon-free understanding of recent economic events, and, just as important, the overall dynamics of the capitalist system itself.ISBN 10: 1861898010ISBN 13: 9781861898012
Canto eu e a montanha dançaA história da trágica morte de Domènec e do luto de sua família em uma região montanhosa da Catalunha. Mas também a de como uma jovem corça descobre motivos para correr e correr e correr, e como sobreviver na floresta. Canto eu e a montanha dança é um livro singular, polifônico, fortemente telúrico, com uma perspectiva rara, alheia ao antropocentrismo e a dramas e angústias cotidianos. Irene Solà cria atmosferas e sensações e borra divisas entre o real e a fábula para cantar uma região nos Pireneus catalães, recorrendo a lendas do local, seus fantasmas, sua flora e sua fauna – que inclui Domènec, Sió, Mia, Oriol, Lluna, personagens agrestes e ricos. A história da montanha que abarca a memória dos séculos, de eras geológicas, conflitos políticos, e a interação com a natureza que a habita. Um livro intuitivo e de uma beleza selvagem. Editora ? : ? Mundaréu; primeira edição (1 outubro 2021) Idioma ? : ? Português Capa comum ? : ? 224 páginas ISBN-10 ? : ? 658795507X ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-6587955070 Idade de leitura ? : ? 12 anos e acima Dimensões ? : ? 13 x 1.4 x 21 cmISBN 10: 658795507XISBN 13: 9786587955070
Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1Marx for the twenty-first centuryThe first new English translation in fifty years—and the only one based on the last German edition revised by Marx himselfFeaturing extensive original commentary, including a foreword by acclaimed political theorist Wendy Brown“An astounding achievement.”—China Miéville, author of October: The Story of the Russian RevolutionKarl Marx (1818–1883) was living in exile in England when he embarked on an ambitious, multivolume critique of the capitalist system of production. Though only the first volume saw publication in Marx’s lifetime, it would become one of the most consequential books in history. This magnificent new edition of Capital is a translation of Marx for the twenty-first century. It is the first translation into English to be based on the last German edition revised by Marx himself, the only version that can be called authoritative, and it features extensive commentary and annotations by Paul North and Paul Reitter that draw on the latest scholarship and provide invaluable perspective on the book and its complicated legacy. At once precise and boldly readable, this translation captures the momentous scale and sweep of Marx’s thought while recovering the elegance and humor of the original source.For Marx, our global economic system is relentlessly driven by “value”—to produce it, capture it, trade it, and, most of all, to increase it. Lifespans are shortened under the demand for ever-greater value. Days are lengthened, work is intensified, and the division of labor deepens until it leaves two classes, owners and workers, in constant struggle for life and livelihood. In Capital, Marx reveals how value came to tyrannize our world, and how the history of capital is a chronicle of bloodshed, colonization, and enslavement.With a foreword by Wendy Brown and an afterword by William Clare Roberts, this is a critical edition of Capital for our time, one that faithfully preserves the vitality and directness of Marx’s German prose and renders his ideas newly relevant to modern readers.ISBN 10: 0691190070ISBN 13: 9780691190075
Carlo Scarpa: Architecture and DesignCarlo Scarpa was a virtuoso of light, a master of detail, and a connoisseur of materials. Today he is known as a 20th-century master of architecture. To mark the first centenary of Scarpa's birth, all his works are presented here for the first time. The 250 illustrations cover all 58 of his structures, including the Castelvecchio Museum (Verona), the Olivetti showroom (Venice), and the Brion Tomb in San Vito d'Altivole (Treviso), as well as his important glass designs. The book includes essays by leading architects and architecture critics, offering an extensive overview of Scarpa's life as well as interpretations of his architecture. Known as the "Frank Lloyd Wright of Italy," Scarpa's decorative style has become a model for architects wishing to revive craft and luscious materials in the contemporary manner.ISBN 10: 0847829111ISBN 13: 9780847829118
Cidadania, Memoria E PatrimonioFlávia Lemos Mota De Azevedo, João Ricardo Ferreira Pires, Leandro Pena Catão, Organizadores. Includes Bibliographical References.ISBN 10: 8587961519ISBN 13: 9788587961518
Cinco Licoes Sobre ImperioOrganizado a partir de cinco aulas ministradas por Antonio Negri no Instituto de Sociologia da Universidade de Cosenza em 2002, este livro ressalta elementos da metodologia de pesquisa que resultou em Império, escrito em co-autoria com Michael Hardt. No percurso crítico e lúcido de suas análises, o autor aprofunda-se aqui em alguns aspectos do que ele denomina Império, como seu caráter monárquico, ”particularmente evidente sobretudo em tempos de conflito militar, quando [...] o Pentágono domina o mundo com suas armas atômicas e sua tecnologia militar superior. Também algumas instituições econômicas supranacionais, como a OMC, o Banco Mundial e o FMI, exercem, por vezes, um governo monárquico dos negócios globais“. No embate entre a multidão e o Império, Negri confia, esperançoso em uma sociedade melhor em todos os sentidos, na força dos militantes dos movimentos globais: ”São muito mais inteligentes e capazes do que nós, quando éramos pequenos”.ISBN 10: 8574902675ISBN 13: 9788574902678
Cold War 2.0: Artificial Intelligence in the New Battle between China, Russia, and AmericaA vivid, thoughtful examination of how technological innovation—especially AI—is shaping the tensions between democracy and autocracy during the new Cold War.So much of what we hear about China and Russia today likens the relationship between these two autocracies and the West to a “rivalry” or a “great-power competition.” Some might consider it alarmist to say we are in the midst of a second Cold War, but that may be the only responsible way to describe today’s state of affairs.What’s more, we have come a long way from Mao Zedong’s infamous observation that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” Now we live in an age more aptly described by Vladimir Putin’s cryptic prophecy that “artificial intelligence is the future not only of Russia, but of all mankind, and whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become ruler of the world.”George S. Takach’s incisive and meticulously researched new volume, Cold War 2.0, is the book we need to thoroughly understand these frightening and perilous times. In the geopolitical sphere, there are no more pressing issues than the appalling mechanizations of a surveillance state in China, Russia’s brazen attempt to assert its autocratic model in Ukraine, and China’s increasingly likely plans to do the same in Taiwan.But the key here, Takach argues, is that our new Cold War is not only ideological but technological: the side that prevails in Cold War 2.0 will be the one that bests the other in mastering the greatest innovations of our time. Artificial intelligence sits in our pockets every day—but what about AI that coordinates military operations and missile defense systems? Or the highly sophisticated semiconductor chips and quantum computers that power those missiles and a host of other weapons? And, where recently we have seen remarkable feats of bio-engineering to produce vaccines at record speed, shouldn’t we be concerned how catastrophic it would be if bio-engineering were co-opted for nefarious purposes?Takach thoroughly examines how each of these innovations will shape the tension between democracy and autocracy, and how each will play a central role in this second Cold War. Finally, he crafts a precise blueprint for how Western democracies should handle these innovations to respond to the looming threat of autocracy—and ultimately prevail over it.ISBN 10: 163936563XISBN 13: 9781639365630
Computer- Aided ManufacturingUsing a strong science-based and analytical approach, this book provides a modern description of CAM from an engineering perspective to include design specification, process engineering, and production. The Third Edition of Computer Integrated Manufacturing includes new material on CAD drafting, 3D CAD, surface modeling, solid modeling, feature-based modeling, variational and parametric modeling, tools for PLC logic design, and kinematics of NC machines. New chapters include “Geometric Tolerancing,” “Geometric Modeling,” “Statistical-Based Process Engineering,” “Fundamentals of Industrial Control,” and “Rapid Prototyping.” A valuable resource for any professional who needs to stay ahead of the latest issues and technology related to computer-aided design and manufacturing.ISBN 10: 0131429191ISBN 13: 9780131429192
Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach -The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and DesignComputer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, Sixth Edition has been considered essential reading by instructors, students and practitioners of computer design for over 20 years. The sixth edition of this classic textbook from Hennessy and Patterson, winners of the 2017 ACM A.M. Turing Award recognizing contributions of lasting and major technical importance to the computing field, is fully revised with the latest developments in processor and system architecture. The text now features examples from the RISC V (RISC Five) instruction set architecture, a modern RISC instruction set developed and designed to be a free and openly adoptable standard. It also includes a new chapter on domain specific architectures and an updated chapter on warehouse scale computing that features the first public information on Google's newest WSC.True to its original mission of demystifying computer architecture, this edition continues the longstanding tradition of focusing on areas where the most exciting computing innovation is happening, while always keeping an emphasis on good engineering design. Winner of a 2019 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association Includes a new chapter on domain specific architectures, explaining how they are the only path forward for improved performance and energy efficiency given the end of Moore’s Law and Dennard scaling Features the first publication of several DSAs from industry Features extensive updates to the chapter on warehouse scale computing, with the first public information on the newest Google WSC Offers updates to other chapters including new material dealing with the use of stacked DRAM; data on the performance of new NVIDIA Pascal GPU vs. new AVX 512 Intel Skylake CPU; and extensive additions to content covering multicore architecture and organization Includes "Putting It All Together" sections near the end of every chapter, providing real world technology examples that demonstrate the principles covered in each chapter Includes review appendices in the printed text and additional reference appendices available online Includes updated and improved case studies and exercises ACM named John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson, recipients of the 2017 ACM A.M. Turing Award for pioneering a systematic, quantitative approach to the design and evaluation of computer architectures with enduring impact on the microprocessor industry.ISBN 10: 0128119055ISBN 13: 9780128119051
Computer Organization and Architecture, Global EditionThis print textbook is available for students to rent for their classes. The Pearson print rental program provides students with affordable access to learning materials, so they come to class ready to succeed. For graduate and undergraduate courses in computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering. Comprehensively covers processor and computer design fundamentals Computer Organization and Architecture, 11th Edition is about the structure and function of computers. Its purpose is to present, as clearly and completely as possible, the nature and characteristics of modern-day computer systems. Written in a clear, concise, and engaging style, author William Stallings provides a thorough discussion of the fundamentals of computer organization and architecture and relates these to contemporary design issues. Subjects such as I/O functions and structures, RISC, and parallel processors are thoroughly explored alongside real-world examples that enhance the text and build student interest. Incorporating brand-new material and strengthened pedagogy, the 11th Edition keeps students up to date with recent innovations and improvements in the field of computer organization and architecture.ISBN 10: 1292420103ISBN 13: 9781292420103
Computer Organization and Design MIPS Edition: The Hardware/Software Interface -The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and DesignComputer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Sixth Edition, the leading, award-winning textbook from Patterson and Hennessy used by more than 40,000 students per year, continues to present the most comprehensive and readable introduction to this core computer science topic. Improvements to this new release include new sections in each chapter on Domain Specific Architectures (DSA) and updates on all real-world examples that keep it fresh and relevant for a new generation of students. Covers parallelism in-depth, with examples and content highlighting parallel hardware and software topics Includes new sections in each chapter on Domain Specific Architectures (DSA) Discusses and highlights the "Eight Great Ideas" of computer architecture, including Performance via Parallelism, Performance via Pipelining, Performance via Prediction, Design for Moore's Law, Hierarchy of Memories, Abstraction to Simplify Design, Make the Common Case Fast and Dependability via RedundancyISBN 10: 0128201096ISBN 13: 9780128201091
Conceptual Profiles: A Theory of Teaching and Learning Scientific Concepts -Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science EducationThe language of science has many words and phrases whose meaning either changes in differing contexts or alters to reflect developments in a given discipline. This book presents the authors’ theories on using ‘conceptual profiles’ to make the teaching of context-dependent meanings more effective. Developed over two decades, their theory begins with a recognition of the coexistence in the students’ discourse of those alternative meanings, even in the case of scientific concepts such as molecule, where the dissonance between the classical and modern views of the same phenomenon is an accepted norm. What began as an alternative model of conceptual change has evolved to incorporate a sociocultural approach, by drawing on ideas such as situated cognition and Vygotsky’s influential concept of culturally located learning. Also informed by pragmatist philosophy, the approach has grown into a well-rounded theory of teaching and learning scientific concepts. The authors have taken the opportunity in this book to develop their ideas further, anticipate and respond to criticisms-that of relativism, for example-and explain how their theory can be applied to analyze the teaching of core concepts in science such as heat and temperature, life and biological adaptation. They also report on the implementation of a research program that correlates the responsiveness of their methodology to all the main developments in the field of science education. This additional material will inform academic discussion, review, and further enhancement of their theory and research model.ISBN 10: 9048192455ISBN 13: 9789048192458
Controle Estatistico de Processos: Uma Abordagem Pratica para Cursos de Engenharia e AdministracaoO monitoramento do nível de qualidade de produtos e serviços orienta as ações preventivas e estratégicas que podem evitar o desperdício e que levam à satisfação do cliente. Controle Estatístico de Processos: Uma abordagem prática para cursos de Engenharia e Administração apresenta os principais conceitos e métodos relativos a esse tema em uma linguagem ideal para estudantes de graduação e pós-graduação em Estatística Engenharias e áreas relacionadas. Seu conteúdo aborda as teorias envolvidas no procedimento de análise e suas aplicações práticas por meio de orientações passo a passo exercícios com soluções completas e uso de um software livre e gratuito como apoio. Esses diferenciais proporcionam ao estudante uma ferramenta completa e útil para sua trajetória acadêmica e profissional.ISBN 10: 852162204XISBN 13: 9788521622048
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