In 1887, as a result of the federalization of Buenos Aires carried out at the begin-ning of the decade, the government of the Province of Buenos Aires transferred to the national government additional land to enlarge the capital, from which, a year later, its definitive limits were to be drawn (the current General Paz Avenue).1The municipality had until then a little over 4,000 he…
n recent years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has been gathering pace andunleashing a very disruptive potential. According to Gartner, nearly fivebillion “things” were connected in 2015 and the number will reach 50 billionby 2020. However, the IoT does not only have a disruptive power but it isalso one of the main drivers and enablers for the Digitising European Industry…
his book vehemently disagrees with Stein and Lang’s contention that there had been no combat mission since Korea. It examines Canada’s con-tribution to the 1999 Kosovo air war authorized by the Liberal govern-ment of Jean Chrétien, for which a dedicated campaign medal was struck, and for which Battle Honours were awarded to the 441 and 425 Tactical Fighter Squadrons …
Written in simple and accessible language, this nontechnical introduction to cosmology, or the creation and development of the universe, explains the discipline, covers its history, details the latest developments, and explains what is known, what is believed, and what is purely speculative. In addition, the author discusses the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern is…
Worrying about what would become the central concerns addressed in Living with an Infected Planet. Covid-19, feminism and the Global Frontline of care set in March 2020. Thinking about writing what became this book began on March 13,2020. That was the date of Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, "the world's largest universal multilateral international organization". i…
Corruption is one of the biggest global issues, ahead of extreme poverty, unemployment, the rising cost of food and energy, climate change, and terrorism. It is thought to be one of the principal causes of poverty around the globe. Its significance in the contemporary world cannot be undervalued. In this Very Short Introduction, Leslie Holmes looks the history of corruption across the millen…
Videogames are the medium of loss and death. Videogame characters frequently fall from cliffs (Super Mario Bros.), get shot (Space Inva-ders), and go bankrupt (Theme Hospital). Sometimes they die in swimming pools (The Sims), are butchered by rotating blades (Super Meat Boy), impaled (Tomb Raider), or flattened by rolling boulders (Crash Bandicoot)…
This book is about purpose or rather the achievement of purpose, whichis the realization of the highest form of aspiration of any organization orindividual.It is the argument of this bookthat the real battle our globalized worldis facing today is not between liberalism and protectionism, or betweenChina and the United States, or between globalization and nationalism,but rather between a sense o…
Perkembangan China yang begitu pesat, didukung kuatnya pengaruh globalisasi, membuat kebutuhan menguasai bahasa Mandarin tidak terhindarkan lagi. Bahasa ini kian populer dipelajari hampir semua kalangan, baik komunitas Tionghoa maupun komunitas lain, untuk pergaulan, pendidikan, dan bisnis. Ngomong Mandarin, Ngobrolin China disusun oleh Penulis yang mengantongi berbagai prestasi di dalam dan lu…
In our college days, the economics tradition was pretty confident about the outcome to be expected from merger and acquisition. Adam Smith, the revered grandfather of modern economics, while not addressing M&A directly (there was scarcely any at the time), had in 1776 identified potential sources of gain which are standard elements of merger p…