Eliasson: 14 books
Power and Care
Toward Balance for Our Common Future—Science, Society, and Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2019
Leading thinkers from a range of disciplines discuss the compatibility of power and care, in conversation with the Dalai Lama.
For more than thirty years, the Dalai Lama has been in dialogue with thinkers from a range of disciplines, helping to support pathways for knowledge to increase human...
Pastoral Misconduct
The American Black Church Examined
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
In the past, clergy malfeasance was mentioned only in passing by group members or adherents. The subject was invisible and those who studied it were often stigmatized as hostile to religion itself. Today clergy misconduct is acknowledged as a social problem with growing conceptual and theoretical...
Greens!
Tips and Techniques for Growing Your Own Vegetables
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
Gardening is on the rise as the desire for fresh, delicious homegrown vegetables grows. Growing your own vegetables is an easy hobby for a variety of lifestyles, as it doesn’t take a large amount of space to yield nutritious carrots or lettuce. All it takes is a bit of passion, care, and knowledge,...
Visible Costs and Invisible Benefits
Military Procurement as Innovation Policy
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
This book examines the historic role of professional and demanding military customers in industrial development. Particular emphasis is paid to public procurement of military equipment as a catalyst for innovation; and the civilian commercialization of military technologies (from gunpowder and cannons...
by L. Eliasson
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
This book seeks to rectify Americans' views of its closest ally, Europe - an ambitious task, but one sorely lacking in the literature. Many prejudices about Europe surface in headlines, while others remain latent, but they are real, pervasive and ingrained.
by Gyrdir Eliasson
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
**** WINNER OF THE 2011 NORDIC COUNCIL LITERATURE PRIZE** **
Gyrðir Elíasson’s stories take us out of ourselves. Situated on the lonely western shores of Iceland, or out in the vast mountain ranges or barren lava fields of this spectacular country, each one is a study in self-exile. We...
by Lars Larsson, Rolf Eliasson
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
"This book is deeply fascinating...a must." -- Classic Boat
Principles of Yacht Design is the authority on planning and creating your desired yacht. Inside you will find all the essentials, including:
Design methodology and considerations
The yacht's specifications
Hull geometry, including...
Shock Focusing Phenomena
High Energy Density Phenomena and Dynamics of Converging Shocks
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
One of the main reasons for continuing interest in shock focusing is its ability to concentrate energy in a small volume and produce extreme temperatures and pressures in fluids in a controlled laboratory environment. The phenomenon of shock wave focusing leading to extreme conditions in fluids during...
Advanced Public Procurement as Industrial Policy
The Aircraft Industry as a Technical University
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
This study is about the macroeconomic effects of positive externalities or industrial spillovers around advanced production. The case explored is the “technology di- dend” around Swedish aircraft industry, and in particular around the aircraft ma- facturer Saab, and the major industrial project...
The European Union beyond the Crisis
Evolving Governance, Contested Policies, and Disenchanted Publics
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
This volume explores institutional and policy developments in the EU and its member states in a parallel examination of citizens’ views of the effectiveness of crisis response reflected in public trust, output legitimacy, and satisfaction with democracy. Our approach to understanding the crisis...
by Jonathan B. Phillips, Henrik Eliasson
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
The essential guide to the entire process behind performing a complete characterization and benchmarking of cameras through image quality analysis
Camera Image Quality Benchmarking contains the basic information and approaches for the use of subjectively correlated image quality metrics and...
by Jonathan B. Phillips, Henrik Eliasson
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2017
The essential guide to the entire process behind performing a complete characterization and benchmarking of cameras through image quality analysis
Camera Image Quality Benchmarking contains the basic information and approaches for the use of subjectively correlated image quality metrics and...
Cereals in Breadmaking
A Molecular Colloidal Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
This reference text describes the breadmaking process at the molecular level, based on surface and colloidal science and introducing colloidal science with a minimum of theory.;Reviewing the current molecular and colloidal knowledge of the chain from wheat grain to bread, the book: discusses the structure...
by Leif Johan Eliasson, Patricia Garcia-Duran Huet
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2019
This book investigates the politics of transatlantic trade, specifically the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations. Using a novel approach, the authors analyze the rhetorical choices made by opponents and supporters of an agreement, and the logical behind their arguments. Opponents...