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Developmental Impact of Technology Transfer

Developmental Impact of Technology Transfer in Nigeria is a major work of its kind which examines the roots of Nigeria's inability to assimilate and institutionalise imported foreign technologies. The author takes unconventional view and fathoms the complex issues encountered in international technology transfer in their various ramifications. The author argues that the traditional theories might have explained away the complex issues involved and have treated the major factors essential for the positive developmental impact of the transferred technology on the receiving society with benign neglect. The empirical results from this work provide a new understanding of the problems which obstruct the process of sucessful technology transfer to the developing countries.

12/1986

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Matières enseignées

Buk. best technology ever for word-addicts

This book is in English. It is intended for French students who are not completely familiar with the Anglo-Saxon language. Each double-page comprises : on the left-hand-side, the English text ; on the right-hand side explanations and commentaries about specific words or phrasings that might be difficult to grasp. Different spellings (British or American) are also indicated and a glossary will enlighten you about the wonderful world of BUK. After 200 pages you will have made progress, no doubt ! ... thanks to BUK. Livre en anglais destiné à celles et ceux désirant se perfectionner. Chaque double-page comporte, à gauche, le texte en anglais et, à droite, des explications / définitions avec parfois des traductions en français pour préciser l'usage d'un mot ou d'une locution en contexte. Les différentes orthographes (britannique ou américaine) sont précisées et un glossaire vous éclairera sur le monde merveilleux de BUK. Après 200 pages, vous aurez nul doute progressé ! ... et ceci grâce à BUK.

10/2021

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Histoire et Philosophiesophie

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN

More than ever before Japan is committed to becoming a science and technology-oriented nation. With the challenge of the Asian economic crisis in the late 1 990s, there is pressure on the Japanese economy to change. Japan continues to turn to science and technology to safeguard its future, but there is more than one path to follow. A team of three leading scholars in the field explore the dynamic relationship between science, technology and Japanese society, examining how it has contributed to economic growth and the well-being of the Japanese people. They ask if there is anything distinctively Japanese about Japanese science, in terms of both its development and application. This book presents a synthesis of recent debates by juxtaposing competing views about the role and direction of science, technology and medical care in Japan. Much of the book looks at government policy, the role of the private sector, and the response of concerned citizens. Other topics discussed include computers and communication, quality control and the automobile industry, the aerospace industry, the environment, consumer electronics, changes in medical care, and the role of gender. Part I explores the features of the Japanese model of research and development. It differentiates between basic and applied research and considers the question of cooperation versus competition in national R&D projects. Part 2 focuses on the relevance of science and technology to economic growth, and Part 3 examines the impact of globalisation on the flow of science and technology in and out of Japan. Part 4 critiques the concept of 'national interest', arguing that supposed national goals are often determined by powerful institutional or corporate groups with particular vested interests. This book is an ideal introductory text for students in the sociology of science and technology, the history and philosophy of science, and Japanese studies. Up-to-date research and contemporary case studies make this an invaluable resource for readers interested in the nature of science and technology in the twenty-first century.

01/1999

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Histoire et Philosophiesophie

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN WORLD HISTORY. An introduction

In modern industrial society, the tic between science and technology seems clear, even inevitable. But historically, as James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn remind us, the connection was far less apparent. For much of human history, technology depended more on the innovation of skilled artisans than it did on the speculation of scientists. Technology as "applied science," the authors argue, emerged relatively recently, as industry and governments began funding scientific research that would lead directly to new or improved technologies. In Science and Technology in World History, McClellan and Dorn offer an introduction to this changing relationship. McClellan and Dorn review the historical record beginning with the thinking and tool making of prehistoric humans. Neolithic people, for example, developed metallurgy of a sort, using naturally occurring raw copper, and kept systematic records of the moon's phases. Neolithic craftsmen possessed practical knowledge of the behavior of clay, fire, and other elements of their environment, but though they may have had explanations for the phenomena of their crafts, they toiled without any systematic science of materials or the self-conscious application of theory to practice. Without neglecting important figures of Western science such as Newton and Einstein, the authors demonstrate the great achievements of non-Western cultures. They remind us that scientific traditions took root in China, India, and Central and South America, as well as in a series of Near Eastern empires, during late antiquity and the Middle Ages, including the vast region that formed the Islamic conquest. From this comparative perspective, the authors explore the emergence of Europe as a scientific and technological power. Continuing their narrative through the Manhattan Project, NASA, and modern medical research, the authors weave the converging histories of science and technology into an integrated, perceptive, and highly readable narrative. "Professors McClellan and Dorn have written a survey that does not present the historical development of science simply as a Western phenomenon but as the result of wide-ranging human curiosity about nature and attempts to harness its powers in order to serve human needs. This is an impressive amount of material to organize in a single textbook." - Paula Findlen, Stanford University

01/1999

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Ecrits sur l'art

Inachever Cacher

En accord avec la notion même de création, les pratiques artistiques et les discours sur l'art privilégient le plus souvent la présence, la production et l'exposition d'objets nouveaux et achevés, destinés à enrichir et augmenter l'expérience du spectateur. Mais qu'en est-il de ces pratiques autres qui, à l'inverse, suppriment, détruisent, caviardent, dissimulent, s'abstiennent de perfectionner, de construire tout à fait, ou même de paraître, comme en retrait délibéré par rapport à ce régime généralement partagé de la production parfaite ? Et que nous disent ces pratiques apparemment marginales ou à contre-courant de ce qu'est fondamentalement la démarche artistique, de ses questionnements, de la place qu'elle accorde au spectateur ? En explorant, pour ainsi dire expérimentalement, les usages et les pratiques possibles du verbe inachever, inusité à la forme active, mais aussi en examinant le rôle des pratiques artistiques de la dissimulation et du camouflage, ce volume présente une approche diverse de ce que pourrait être ce versant opposé de la création, orienté non pas vers l'ajout au monde d'objets finis, mais plutôt vers le suspens, le retrait, l'offuscation, voire la disparition. Se joue là, indéniablement, tout une esthétique, la conception d'un art engagé dans un processus qui se constitue et se nourrit de son propre inachèvement et de sa propre occultation. Or cette esthétique négative ou soustractive peut ou doit être perçue, non comme le contraire, mais comme le versant le plus souvent caché, masqué ou tu de ce que sont les pratiques artistiques. Il apparaît en effet que la dimension soustraite (inachevée ou cachée) d'oeuvres délibérément inabouties, obscurcies ou occultées dans leur projet même, constitue un enjeu fondamental de la pratique artistique, de sa réception et de sa théorisation esthétique. A travers la relecture des Romantiques allemands, la réinterprétation d'oeuvres de Rodin, Boulez, Klein, Rauschenberg, Johns, Matta-Clark, Buren, Kapoor, Viola, Jenkins, ou même en envisageant les problématiques de la cosmétique animale, les auteurs ici réunis se sont attachés à explorer le potentiel de ces deux pratiques apparemment paradoxales en art : inachever et cacher.

01/2023

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Seuil

Catcheur d'amour

Ce soir, l'ambiance est explosive ! Deux adversaires s'avancent sur le ring, déterminés à conquérir la première place. Un combat féroce s'annonce... Ce soir, Catcheur d'amour affrontera sur le ring son ennemi juré : Brique de pierre. C'est le début d'un combat singulier, où tous les coups sont permis. De page en page, les adversaires se contournent, s'attaquent, s'échappent l'un à l'autre dans une chorégraphie digne d'un ballet. La foule des spectateurs est suspendue à leurs gestes, et nous aussi, lecteur... A la fin, il n'en restera plus qu'un ? Mais qui ?

04/2021

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