A Leap from the Clouds

A Leap from the Clouds
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9781476689609
ISBN-13 : 1476689601
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Leap from the Clouds by : Jerry Kuntz

Download or read book A Leap from the Clouds written by Jerry Kuntz and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-07-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late nineteenth century, circus aerialists collaborated with show balloonists to perform death-defying stunts, initially by suspending themselves from trapeze bars beneath a balloon, later by jumping from the balloons using fabric parachutes. By the 1890s, these performances became a worldwide craze, remaining in rural fairs and fetes for decades. Many of the original balloon-parachute pioneers went on to play key roles in the creation of airships, test flying the first gliders and airplanes. Based on extensive historical research, this unusual account explores how a nineteenth-century daredevil act united with the desire to achieve human flight. These performers' contributions did not come without a price: dozens, if not hundreds, of people died in horrifying events witnessed by thousands of spectators. This book chronicles the act that had no practical purpose other than entertainment, which eventually evolved into the development of the free-fall parachute pack--a key aviation need--and the foundation of a new activity known as skydiving.

i in the Sky

i in the Sky
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 322
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ISBN-10 : 9781136597336
ISBN-13 : 1136597336
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Book Synopsis i in the Sky by : Alison Scammell

Download or read book i in the Sky written by Alison Scammell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: i in the Sky is a collection of essays by more than 40 experts, including such leading writers as Charles Handy, Don Tapscott, and Kevin Warwick, giving their personal vision of the future of information. Information here is given its widest meaning and includes such subjects as the Internet, electronic commerce, cybernetics, robotics, artificial intelligence, and even computers as fashion accessories. Information as phenomenon pervades all areas of life, and its evolution has consequences for everyone. Many of the essays have as their central themes the future of computer intelligence; library and information services; interactive Internet marketing; networked learning in higher education; the linking of technology enabling remote and online communication to the deconstruction of the modern corporation; artificial intelligence; scholarly communication; smart houses; intelligent appliances; etc.

A Horseman in the Sky

A Horseman in the Sky
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 80
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B3547268
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Horseman in the Sky by : Ambrose Bierce

Download or read book A Horseman in the Sky written by Ambrose Bierce and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking

Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 400
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ISBN-10 : 9781439851746
ISBN-13 : 1439851743
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking by : Greg Schulz

Download or read book Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking written by Greg Schulz and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The amount of data being generated, processed, and stored has reached unprecedented levels. Even during the recent economic crisis, there has been no slow down or information recession. Instead, the need to process, move, and store data has only increased. Consequently, IT organizations are looking to do more with what they have while supporting gr

A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky

A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 76
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B4374258
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky by : Ambrose Bierce

Download or read book A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky written by Ambrose Bierce and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Leap Forward

Leap Forward
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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : 9781543435788
ISBN-13 : 1543435785
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Leap Forward by : Andrew Obara

Download or read book Leap Forward written by Andrew Obara and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written for people who probably feel they never need it. Its main purpose is to motivate and encourage the reader, whoever and wherever they are, that it is possible to rise up, do better, and excel as a person. It is easy to get into the trap of daily painful existence, blaming circumstances, the environment, other people, and things around us for our negative outcomes in life. None of us love to remain poor or insignificant. We all want to achieve and attain status in life. We all love to excel, yet very few of us do. The book argueswith compelling stories and evidence from history, science, society, and academiathat human destiny, in its most crude form, is like a garden. When left alone, a garden only grows with useless weeds, but when good seeds are sown in it, the ground is well cultivated, the crops cared for, and the garden teeming lively with crops that feed us well. The author shares with the reader his personal experiences and those of scores of other people in the world to demonstrate the indomitable power of the human being to get better. Spiced with easy, witty poems and scores of true stories, the book convinces the reader of their power to excel. The book does this using sequential themes built around eight instructively captivating chapters as follows: 1. Leap forward and get better. 2. Use you power; you are more powerful than you think 3. Pursue excellence; it is your calling 4. Avoid mediocrity and all its roots 5. Accept that you are different 6. Dedicate yourself to service And when you do all these and you realize it is tough, 7. Take heart; the world seldom cheers excellence 8. Now do this and leap forward.

Technological Innovation for Cloud-Based Engineering Systems

Technological Innovation for Cloud-Based Engineering Systems
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 509
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ISBN-10 : 9783319167664
ISBN-13 : 3319167669
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Technological Innovation for Cloud-Based Engineering Systems by : Luis M. Camarinha-Matos

Download or read book Technological Innovation for Cloud-Based Engineering Systems written by Luis M. Camarinha-Matos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-27 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th IFIP WG 5.5/SOCOLNET Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, DoCEIS 2015, held in Costa de Caparica, Portugal, in April 2015. The 54 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 119 submissions. The papers present selected results produced in engineering doctoral programs and focus on development and application of cloud-based engineering systems. Research results and ongoing work are presented, illustrated and discussed in the following areas: collaborative networks; cloud-based manufacturing; reconfigurable manufacturing; distributed computing and embedded systems; perception and signal processing; healthcare; smart monitoring systems; and renewable energy and energy-related management, decision support, simulation and power conversion.