Between Colliding Worlds

Between Colliding Worlds
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 246
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ISBN-10 : 0802037178
ISBN-13 : 9780802037176
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Between Colliding Worlds by : Jonathan Malloy

Jonathan Malloy's Between Colliding Worlds examines the relationship between governments and external activists through a comparative study of policy units dedicated to aboriginal and women's issues in Australia and Canada. Malloy identifies these units - or 'special policy agencies' - as sitting on the boundary between the world of permanent public servants and that of collective social movements working for broad social and political change. These agencies at once represent the interests of social movements to government while simultaneously managing relations with social movements on behalf of government, and - thus - operate in a state of permanent ambiguity. Malloy contends that rather than criticizing these agencies for their inherently contradictory nature, we must reconsider them as effectively dealing with the delicate issue of bridging social movements with state politics. In other words, the very existence of these special policy agencies provides a forum for social movements and the state to work out their differences. Relying heavily on interviews with public servants and external activists, Malloy argues convincingly that special policy agencies, despite - or because of - their ambiguous relationship to different communities, make critical contributions to governance.

Colliding Worlds: How Cutting-Edge Science Is Redefining Contemporary Art

Colliding Worlds: How Cutting-Edge Science Is Redefining Contemporary Art
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 397
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ISBN-10 : 9780393244250
ISBN-13 : 0393244253
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Colliding Worlds: How Cutting-Edge Science Is Redefining Contemporary Art by : Arthur I. Miller

A dazzling look at the artists working on the frontiers of science. In recent decades, an exciting new art movement has emerged in which artists utilize and illuminate the latest advances in science. Some of their provocative creations—a live rabbit implanted with the fluorescent gene of a jellyfish, a gigantic glass-and-chrome sculpture of the Big Bang (pictured on the cover)—can be seen in traditional art museums and magazines, while others are being made by leading designers at Pixar, Google’s Creative Lab, and the MIT Media Lab. In Colliding Worlds, Arthur I. Miller takes readers on a wild journey to explore this new frontier. Miller, the author of Einstein, Picasso and other celebrated books on science and creativity, traces the movement from its seeds a century ago—when Einstein’s theory of relativity helped shape the thinking of the Cubists—to its flowering today. Through interviews with innovative thinkers and artists across disciplines, Miller shows with verve and clarity how discoveries in biotechnology, cosmology, quantum physics, and beyond are animating the work of designers like Neri Oxman, musicians like David Toop, and the artists-in-residence at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. From NanoArt to Big Data, Miller reveals the extraordinary possibilities when art and science collide.

Worlds in Collision

Worlds in Collision
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Publisher : Paradigma Ltd
Total Pages : 437
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ISBN-10 : 9781906833718
ISBN-13 : 1906833710
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Worlds in Collision by :

With this book Immanuel Velikovsky first presented the revolutionary results of his 10-year-long interdisciplinary research to the public, founded modern catastrophism - based on eyewitness reports by our ancestors - shook the doctrine of uniformity of geology as well as Darwin's theory of evolution, put our view of the history of our solar system, of the Earth and of humanity on a completely new basis - and caused an uproar that is still going on today. Worlds in Collision - written in a brilliant, easily understandable and entertaining style and full to the brim with precise information - can be considered one of the most important and most challenging books in the history of science. Not without reason was this book found open on Einstein's desk after his death. For all those who have ever wondered about the evolution of the earth, the history of mankind, traditions, religions, mythology or just the world as it is today, Worlds in Collision is an absolute MUST-READ!

Colliding Worlds

Colliding Worlds
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 9780198845409
ISBN-13 : 0198845405
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Colliding Worlds by : Simone Marchi

Some 4.6 billion years ago, a planetary system was born form a disc of gas and dust surrounding a young star. Specks of dust, pushed into dense clumps, collided stuck together, and grew. While the gas disappeared, the growing bodies clashed in a final violent phase, leaving a series of planets, and much debris. The planets jostled and moved around as they sought a stable arrangement, knocking many small fragments out of the system altogether while others forms a distant icy fringe. The massive violent collisions of this time gouged out vast craters form the newborn planets, and sometimes created moons. Such was the birth of our Solar System. Only recently have scientists begun to find subtle clues of these ancient, violent times. Remarkably, they are still there, if we look carefully at the Earth's oldest rocks, at Mars and the Moon with their ancient surfaces, and at the asteroids, which are themselves startlingly varied small worlds. Clues are also to be found in the meteorites that have landed on Earth. From such splinters, from the precious collection of lunar rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts, and the information gleaned by spacecraft and the Mars rovers, we are slowly building up a picture of the early days of the planets.

Colliding Worlds

Colliding Worlds
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Publisher : AuthorHouse
Total Pages : 349
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ISBN-10 : 9781468577181
ISBN-13 : 1468577182
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Colliding Worlds by : Brittany Hughes

A young collector found him, without a shred of memory, at an abandoned kingdom believed to be unfit to support life. Most of the Collectors thought of him as a waste of time, but the strongest of them vouched for his hidden potential. Kept for the leaders lust of power, he was put under the care of Kareu Sangfraid, the older brother of the Collector who had found him. As time went by, a great attachment formed between the brothers and child, and without realizing it, the child affected everyone in unpredictable ways, setting the seeds for an upcoming war that he himself was unaware. The pieces were coming together bit by bit as an old prophecy began to take its course, awaking uproar in Veronia and its unseen twin world, bringing together a group of misfits from different corners of the world that would have never met otherwise. They will have to work together to protect the balance between the twin worlds, but other forces aim to stop them before they can even begin

Colliding Worlds

Colliding Worlds
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 1047
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ISBN-10 : 9781507205518
ISBN-13 : 1507205511
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Colliding Worlds by : Berinn Rae

This fiery, action-packed collection features three passionate, star-crossed sci-fi romances for one low price. Collision: Sienna Wolfe’s world is turned upside down when a man with golden skin and strange tattoos crashes in her backyard and ends up tied to her bedposts. When the gorgeous new alien in her life wants Sienna’s help in an intergalactic war, she can’t say no … but she soon wishes she had. Now it’s up to Sienna to pull off the impossible: save the world without sabotaging her own happily ever after. Implosion: The cataclysmic war is brewing, and Sephian warrior Nalea lives to kill Draeken. That is, until Roden Zyll, a Draeken commander, captures her on the battlefield. As they slowly learn to drop their personal hostilities, tensions between their factions threaten to obliterate life on Earth. To save her friends—and her enemies—Nalea must become a traitor to her own people as well as her own heart. Explosion: Earth’s final war is here and time is running out for Draeken warrior-woman Talla Kolhm. Focused on the fight ahead, she refuses to allow love or compassion to distract her. Then she finds a kindred spirit in Jax Jerrick, a human soldier with his own share of scars, who awakens her darkest desires. Then he betrays his own kind to help her escape execution. Can Talla find the strength to return the favor, even if it means sacrificing their forever destiny to save everyone else? Sensuality Level: Sensual

The Dragon Egg Princess

The Dragon Egg Princess
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9780062875815
ISBN-13 : 0062875817
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis The Dragon Egg Princess by : Ellen Oh

Perfect for fans of Wing & Claw, this must-have middle grade novel is from We Need Diverse Books cofounder Ellen Oh! “Filled with strange terrains, creatures, and magic, this is an enthralling read!”—Soman Chainani, author of the New York Times bestselling School for Good and Evil series "A rich and wonderfully imagined story about the many ways young people can be powerful and the tremendous benefits of awakening your inner dragon." —Annie Ursu, National Book Award for Young People’s Literature nominee for The Real Boy “By drawing inspiration from Korean lore and culture, Ellen Oh is helping to reinvigorate the fantasy genre. Readers will love The Dragon Egg Princess for its humor, inventive magic, and thrilling action!” —Linda Sue Park, Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author In a kingdom filled with magic, Jiho Park and his family are an anomaly—magic doesn’t affect them. Jiho comes from a long line of forest rangers who protect the Kidahara—an ancient and mysterious wood that is home to powerful supernatural creatures. But Jiho wants nothing to do with the dangerous forest. Five years ago, his father walked into the Kidahara and disappeared. Just like the young Princess Koko, the only daughter of the kingdom’s royal family. Jiho knows better than anyone else the horrors that live deep in the magical forest and how those who go in never come back. Now the forest is in danger from foreign forces that want to destroy it, and a long-forgotten evil that’s been lurking deep in the Kidahara for centuries finally begins to awaken. Can a magic-less boy, a fierce bandit leader, and a lost princess join forces and save their worlds before it’s too late? Massachusetts Children’s Book Award Nominee

When Worlds Collide

When Worlds Collide
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:1257321524
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis When Worlds Collide by : Edwin Balmer

Scientists are building rocket ships for a chosen few to escape planets hurtling toward each other on a direct collision course, leaks out touching off a savage struggle for survival.

Colliding Worlds

Colliding Worlds
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Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Total Pages : 187
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ISBN-10 : 9789814634915
ISBN-13 : 9814634913
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Colliding Worlds by : Gerald de Cruz

Spanning the years from the 30s to the 80s, Colliding Worlds is an illuminating portrait of a passionate idealist. Through a crazy paving of anecdotes and essays, Gerald takes the reader into the flow of his variegated world. Whether it is an evocation of his childhood days in Katong or a recounting of his escapes from the Japanese and the Communists, his is a fascinating, sometimes touching, story told with wit and eloquence. Colliding Worlds was first published as Rojak Rebel in 1991.

Tales of Two Cities

Tales of Two Cities
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Publisher : UBC Press
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-10 : 9780774841139
ISBN-13 : 0774841133
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Tales of Two Cities by : Sylvia Bashevkin

How does reshaping local government affect citizen involvement in public life? As cities move between centralized and decentralized governance and conservative and progressive leadership, what brings out the best and the worst in civic engagement? In this thought-provoking book, Sylvia Bashevkin examines the consequences of divergent restructuring experiences in London and Toronto. By focusing on the forced amalgamation of local boroughs in Toronto and the creation of a new metropolitan authority in London, she explores the fallout for women as urban citizens. Ultimately, context is crucial to whether municipal change signals pessimism or promise.