Using a sociological perspective that views reality and the “idealized” breast as socially constructed, this text examines the history of breast implant technology from 1895 to 1990, including the controversies that erupted in the early 1990s over the safety of devices…. More >>

Cleavage: Technology, Controversy, and the Ironies of the Man-Made Breast

This book has DirectLink Technology built into the formatting. This means that we have made it easy for you to navigate the various chapters of this book. Some other versions of this book may not have the DirectLink technology built into them. We can guarantee that if you buy this version of the book it will be formatted perfectly on your Kindle…. More >>

The New Theology – New Century Edition with DirectLink Technology

Avoiding jargon and using well-chosen illustrations, Technology and Women’s Voices assesses technological changes in terms of their impact on women’s social lives…. More >>

Technology and Women’s Voices

Open Space Technology (OST) is an effective, economical, fast, and easily repeatable strategy for organizing meetings of between 5 and 1,000 participants. First developed in 1984, it has now been used around the world with all types of organizations including corporations, community groups, government agencies, schools, and churches. OST produces better meetings and helps groups achieve such organizational goals as self-managed work groups, distributed leadership, and utilizing diversity quickly and without training. In Expanding Our Now, OST creator Harrison Owen offers numerous examples to illustrate the evolution of OST and explores what it is, how it developed as a process for meeting management, and how and why it works all over the world, for groups of all sizes dealing with a vast range of issues. Owen shows how OST can move organizations to higher levels of performance, without elaborate training or professional facilitators…. More >>

Expanding Our Now: The Story of Open Space Technology

A practical retirement planning resource for engineers, scientists, and mathematicians

In 1995, Dr. Mike Golio, an electrical engineer, became seriously interested in planning for early retirement. In 2003, at the age of 49, he and his wife achieved their goal of financial independence and retired. Engineering Your Retirement is an outgrowth of his research. Whether retirement is imminent or many years off, this valuable guide’s straightforward, analytical approach to financial independence answers the critical questions to achieving successful, comfortable, and meaningful retirement.

Written specifically for professionals in the engineering, science, and math fields, Engineering Your Retirement examines such important questions as:
* How much money will I need to retire?
* How long will it take for me to accumulate it?
* What types of post-retirement activities are available to technical professionals?

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Engineering Your Retirement: Retirement Planning for Technology Professionals

Avoiding jargon and using well-chosen illustrations, Technology and Women’s Voices assesses technological changes in terms of their impact on women’s social lives…. More >>

Technology and Women’s Voices

Battle-tested techniques for successfully integrating technology and business You need to overhaul your company’s technology infrastructure, but you lack the technical know-how or vocabulary. You need to communicate with your IT personnel, but everything they say sounds like Greek (or “geek.”) You need to do everything efficiently, effectively, and successfully. Dr. Bob Spencer and Randy Johnston offer sound, time-proven advice. Designed for managers who nevertheless must be technologically aware, Technology Best Practices provides an easy-to-follow road map to selecting, implementing, and managing technical systems. Spencer and Johnston explain that sound management principles are as relevant in the technology arena as they are anywhere else. This reader-friendly study covers a host of hot topics, including: Software and hardware selection Security Remote access Managing IT staff Emerging technologies IT managers need not hold a de… More >>

Technology Best Practices

A forum for all technical consulting and service (VARs, MSPs, IT Providers, Computer Services, Engineering, etc) business owners to capture ways to grow, profit and build value into their business.Kindle blogs are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so you can read them even when you’re not wirelessly connected. And unlike RSS readers which often only provide headlines, blogs on Kindle give you full text content and images, and are updated wirelessly throughout the day…. More >>

Coaching Blog for Technology Consulting & Service Business Owner

Synopsis With growing concerns over environmental issues and global energy consumption, there is increasing interest in nuclear power generation, despite its diminished role in the West over the last few decades. Many of those involved with nuclear power and environmental agencies see controlled expansion of nuclear plants as the most environmentally friendly way of meeting growing energy demands. This book examines the future of nuclear power in the contexts of economics, environmental sustainability and security of electricity supplies. A range of future technologies is considered, illustrating the technical challenges and opportunities facing nuclear power.

This semi-technical overview of modern technologies aims to meet the growing interest from scientists, environmentalists and governments in the potential expansion of nuclear power. Various countries are starting to announce plans for new nuclear plants, either to replace those being decommissioned or to provid… More >>

Nuclear Renaissance: Technologies and Policies for the Future of Nuclear Power

A toolbox for accessing federal laboratory innovations and financing the acquisition of new technologies with corporate equity, this book is also a guide to understanding the expertise of specific government laboratories. Entrepreneurs can rapidly accelerate the growth of their companies and become more competitive by acquiring federal laboratory innovations. This book is an indispensable resource for those who want access to the latest breakthrough technologies, most of which can be traced to universities and federally funded laboratories…. More >>

Technology Transfer for Entrepreneurs: A Guide to Commercializing Federal Laboratory Innovations