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Is flying safe? Indeed it is -- statistics tell us that it is far more dangerous to drive a car or take the train. But flight safety does not just happen. Instead, as it is argued in this book, it is created by a well-developed air traffic control system that continues to be highly effective -- despite increasing volumes of traffic. How is this high level of safety achieved and sustained? Air traffic controllers are responsible for guiding the aircraft and organizing a safe and efficient traffic flow. Their work is highly structured, providing rules and resources helping them to organize traffic. To achieve the necessary cooperation with flight crews and other controllers necessary for a safe flow, controllers use a number of strategies. Among other things, controllers must visualize traffic and develop redundant procedures to prevent -- or deal with -- potential problems. In this work, controllers must rely on both cognitive abilities and social integrative skills. The study is based on extensive observations, videotapes and interviews of air traffic controllers and flight crews. It focuses on daily teamwork in air traffic control as well as organizational features such as rules and resources that structure the work. The double focus on both organizational structure and the dynamics of interaction among controllers makes the book pioneering in its field. Johan M Sanne is a researcher at the Department of Technology and Social Change at Linköping University, Sweden.

Engelsk utgåva.<br/><b>Orust</b>, ön där båtbyggartraditionerna går tiotusen år bakåt i tiden, är ett begrepp i den internationella båtvärlden.<br/><br/>Ingenstans har varven och båtbyggerierna legat så tätt som på Orust. Öns båtbyggare har placerat Orust på världskartan genom sin hantverksskicklighet och genom båtar som blivit kända för sin kvalitet.<br/>Det finns gott om maritima kulturminnen på Orust, i form av värdefulla varvsmiljöer. Men också flera moderna varv, som nu upplever medvind och producerar båtar till både oceaner och hemmavatten.<br/><br/>Ett trettiotal av alla båtbyggare som är eller varit verksamma på Orust det senaste seklet träder fram i boken, i intervjuer med dem själva eller deras söner och döttrar. Det handlar om hårt arbete, båtbyggande i trä och plast, generationsskiften och nya tider.<br/>Alla är de bärare av ett kulturarv och förvaltare av en kunskapsbank.<br/><br/>En berättelse att förundras över och bilder att förtjusas av!<br/><br/>Boken utkommer även på svenska.<br/>ISBN Engelska: 9789188435101<br/>ISBN Svenska: 9789188435095

Welcome to the world of McDonald's*r Pre-Happy Meal*r Toy collecting-Americana at its best! This book chronicles the colorful and nostalgic toys distributed by the McDonald's Corporation from 1955 through the creation of the Happy Meal concept in 1979. Here are detailed descriptions and over 850 color photographs of all early promotional items and premiums distributed by McDonald's, colorful stories surrounding the McDonaldland cast of characters, and a complete, chronological listing of the jingles, slogans, signs, and themes used by this prolific organization through the years. Check-off boxes and a comprehensive index are provided to help in organizing your collection, plus the authors' established numbering system is used to identify all items. You'll want to complete your McDonald's library with the Losonsky's companion volumes: McDonald's*r Happy Meal*r Toys from the Eighties, McDonald's*r Happy Meal*r Toys from the Nineties, and McDonald's*r Happy Meal*r Toys Around the World. Now join Ronald McDonald and all the McDonaldland characters on an irresistible tour of McDonald's Pre-Happy Meal toys!

This highly acclaimed survey of modern architecture and its origins has become a classic since it first appeared in 1980, and has helped to shape architectural practice and discourse worldwide. For this extensively revised and updated fifth edition, Kenneth Frampton has added a new section that explores in detail the modernist tradition in architecture across the globe in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. He examines the varied ways in which architects are not only responding to the geographical, climatic, material and cultural contexts of their buildings, but also pursuing distinct lines of approach that emphasize topography, morphology, sustainability, materiality habitat and civic form. It remains an essential book for all students of architecture and architectural history.

Every year, Sweden ranks near the top of the list of the world's most innovative countries in terms of the number of historically epoch-making innovations, patents granted per capita and innovation start-up companies. The most common reason cited for Sweden's strength in innovation has been its strong tradition of engineering. But there are other reasons too.<br/><br/><br/><br/>In this book, science writer Eva Krutmeijer and historian Henrik Berggren delve into the structures that created Sweden's favourable innovation climate. They approach the subject by highlighting fifty important Swedish innovations - and through this diversity they uncover some underlying patterns.<br/><br/><br/><br/>The innovations presented in this book span over three hundred years, and many of them are well known all over the world. The concept of innovation is broadly defined by the authors and includes political and social phenomena that arose in Sweden and were later adopted by other countries. The common denominator for all the innovations presented is that they are used in real life. Through storytelling and a rich amount of illustrations, the book provides a greater insight into both the driving forces of each innovator and the importance of collaboration.<br/><br/><br/><br/>The preface is written by HM the king of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf. The King is patron of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and has a keen interest in innovation. The book is produced in cooperation with the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

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"Flygvapnet - an illustrated history of the Swedish Air Force" -En bok på engelska om Flygvapnets historia. Även om boken nu har några år på nacken, är historien fortfarande aktuell. Rikt illustrerad. I grunden en översatt och delvis omredigerad version av "Från Dronten till Gripen ..."; ISBN 978-91-86642-03-7.