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Автор: Smith Sam Название: Formula E: Racing for the Future: An Insight Behind the Scenes of the World`s Premier All-Electric Racing Series ISBN: 1785217062 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781785217067 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 33980.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Formula-E - the world's leading electric-racing series - is leading the way for the future of motorsport, promoting electric power for a sustainable future, while providing thrilling racing and an immersive experience for the fans. This officially licensed book, produced with the full cooperation of Formula-E and the teams, provides a fascinating insight into the series, featuring input from the teams and drivers to take the reader behind the scenes.
Since Formula-E's maiden season in 2014, the series has grown into a global championship, attracting major manufacturers such as Audi, BMW, DS (Citro n), Nissan, Jaguar and, for 2019/20, Mercedes and Porsche, with 12 teams and 24 drivers - including a number of ex-F1 drivers - competing for victory. The races are held on city street circuits around the world, enabling spectators to get close to the action. The series uses 'one-make' cars, which means that all 24 cars on the grid are of the same design, although each team is free to use its own powertrain and spring/damper assemblies, and the teams can set the cars up as they wish to suit individual driver preferences and the relevant track.
For the 2018/2019 season, an all-new car design in the form of the Gen2 was introduced, with double the energy-storage capacity of the previous cars, plus increased acceleration and top speed.
Formula E Manual looks at the origins and history of Formula-E from early concepts in 2011 to the first season of racing in 2014, then follows the evolution of the series through to the 2019/2020 season. The anatomy of a 'Gen2' Formula-E car, is examined in detail, including the chassis, bodywork, powertrain, suspension, steering, brakes, wheels and tyres, cockpit controls, safety equipment and electronics, while drivers and engineers provide their views on the challenges for Formula-E and getting the best from the car. A behind-the-scenes look at a typical race weekend looks at every aspect of what it takes to put on a Formula-E race, including the choice of track layout, setting up of safety barriers, communications and marshaling, press and TV facilities, Race Control, the Fan Zone, and finally qualifying, practice and the race. Appendices provide details of car specifications and season results from 2014 to 2019/20.
This is a must-have book for all fans of Formula-E, and those coming to the series for the first time who want to know more about how this exciting racing series works.
Автор: Gordon, Helen Название: Notes from deep time ISBN: 1788161637 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788161633 Издательство: Profile Рейтинг: Цена: 20240.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: The Earth writes its own story in the landscape. A novelist sets out on a journey to piece it together.
How water enables Caribbean and Latinx writers to reconnect to their pasts, presents, and futures.
Water is often tasked with upholding division through the imposition of geopolitical borders. We see this in the construction of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo on the US-Mexico border, as well as in how the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean are used to delineate the limits of US territory. In stark contrast to this divisive view, Afro-diasporic religions conceive of water as a place of connection; it is where spiritual entities and ancestors reside, and where knowledge awaits.
Departing from the premise that water encourages confluence through the sustainment of contradiction, Channeling Knowledges fathoms water’s depth and breadth in the work of Latinx and Caribbean creators such as Mayra Santos-Febres, Rita Indiana, Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa, and the Border of Lights collective. Combining methodologies from literary studies, anthropology, history, and religious studies, Rebeca L. Hey-Colón’s interdisciplinary study traces how Latinx and Caribbean cultural production draws on systems of Afro-diasporic worship—Haitian Vodou, La 21 División (Dominican Vodou), and Santería/Regla de Ocha—to channel the power of water, both salty and sweet, in sustaining connections between past, present, and not-yet-imagined futures.
Автор: Jordan Frith, Leighton Evans, Michael Saker Название: From Microverse to Metaverse: Modelling the Future through Today`s Virtual Worlds ISBN: 1804550221 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781804550229 Издательство: Emerald Рейтинг: Цена: 65030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: From Microverse to Metaverse: Modelling the Future through Today`s Virtual Worlds analyzes the political economy of emerging tech with the mechanisms of identity and behavioral constraints involved to map what a metaverse might be like, whether it can happen, and just why some companies seem so determined to make it happen.
Автор: Gordon, Helen Название: Notes from deep time ISBN: 1788161645 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788161640 Издательство: Profile Рейтинг: Цена: 10110.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The Earth writes its own story in the landscape. A novelist sets out on a journey to piece it together.
Автор: Pedro Neves Marques Название: YWY, Searching for a Character between Future Worlds Gender, Ecology, Science Fiction ISBN: 3956796160 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783956796166 Издательство: MIT Press Рейтинг: Цена: 0.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Science-fiction narratives on indigenisms and the creation of worlds. Conceived by Pedro Neves Marques, YWY is an android played by indigenous actress and artist Zahy Guajajara, who gave her the name "YWY," meaning "land" or "territory" in her native Tupi-Guarani language. The character's co-invention by a white European author and a native artist from Brazil sets in motion a dynamic that can be resolved only by being given away and shared with a plurality of voices. YWY, Searching for a Character Between Future Worlds shares the fictional character of YWY with several authors from Brazil, the United States, and beyond, creating a conversation about science fiction and robotics, ecology and gender, Indigenous Futurisms and what it means to be human.
Автор: Seifi Shahla Название: The World`s Future Crisis: Extractive Resources Depletion ISBN: 9813364971 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789813364974 Издательство: Springer Цена: 111790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book focuses mainly on strategic decision making at a global level, which is rarely considered in approaches to sustainability.
Автор: Smith, Sam Название: Formula e manual ISBN: 1910505684 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781910505687 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 45980.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Racing For The Future. Formula E is leading the way for the future of motorsport, promoting electric power for a sustainable future while providing thrilling racing. This official book, produced with the full cooperation of Formula E, gives the reader an access all areas pass to provide a fascinating insight into the series and its inner workings. The book looks at the origins and history of Formula E, follows the evolution of the series, examines the design, engineering and technology of the cars, collects views from drivers and engineers about the challenges involved, and takes a close-up look at the organisation of a race
Автор: Orent Wendy Название: Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World`s Most Dangerous Disease ISBN: 1451695853 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781451695854 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 18630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Plague is a terrifying mystery. In the Middle Ages, it wiped out 40 million people -- 40 percent of the total population in Europe. Seven hundred years earlier, the Justinian Plague destroyed the Byzantine Empire and ushered in the Middle Ages. The plague of London in the seventeenth century killed more than 1,000 people a day. In the early twentieth century, plague again swept Asia, taking the lives of 12 million in India alone. Even more frightening is what it could do to us in the near future. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian scientists created genetically altered, antibiotic-resistant and vaccine-resistant strains of plague that can bypass the human immune system and spread directly from person to person. These weaponized strains still exist, and they could be replicated in almost any laboratory. Wendy Orent's Plague pieces together a fascinating and terrifying historical whodunit. Drawing on the latest research in labs around the world, along with extensive interviews with American and Soviet plague experts, Orent offers nothing less than a biography of a disease. Plague helped bring down the Roman Empire and close the Middle Ages; it has had a dramatic impact on our history, yet we still do not fully understand its own evolution. Orent's retelling of the four great pandemics makes for gripping reading and solves many puzzles. Why did some pandemics jump from person to person, while others relied on insects as carriers? Why are some strains more virulent than others? Orent reveals the key differences among rat-based, prairie dog-based, and marmot-based plague. The marmots of Central Asia, in particular, have long been hosts to the most virulent and frightening form of the disease, a form that can travel around the world in the blink of an eye. From its ability to hide out in the wild, only to spring back into humanity with a terrifying vengeance, to its elusive capacity to develop suddenly greater virulence and transmissibility, plague is a protean nightmare. To make matters worse, Orent's disturbing revelations about the former Soviet bioweapon programs suggest that the nightmare may not be over. Plague is chilling reading at the dawn of a new age of bioterrorism.
Название: Future Worlds 1 [Au/Uk] ISBN: 183869062X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781838690625 Издательство: Lonely Planet Рейтинг: Цена: 12860.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Ever wondered what life will be like 100 years from now? Based on the latest in scientific thinking, Future Worlds explores everything from the forms of transport we will use, the jobs we will do to how and what we will eat. Open the gatefolds and lift-the-flaps of this interactive book to discover beautiful illustrations and fascinating facts.
