Michael Thom: 4 books

Taxes are an inescapable part of life. They are perhaps the most economically consequential aspect of the relationship between individuals and their government. Understanding tax development and implementation, not to mention the political forces involved, is critical to fully appreciating and critiquing...

The social, political, and cultural consequences of attempts to cheat death by freezing life. As the planet warms and the polar ice caps melt, naturally occurring cold is a resource of growing scarcity. At the same time, energy-intensive cooling technologies are widely used as a means of preservation....

Esta obra surge de la necesidad de contar con evidencias científicas sociales con una mirada crítica de los estudios rurales sobre la importancia que tiene el maíz nativo en México en sus múltiples dimensiones y realidades. En este sentir, la Red sobre Maíz, Alimentación, Tecnología y Cultura...

Document Computing: Technologies for Managing Electronic Document Collections discusses the important aspects of document computing and recommends technologies and techniques for document management, with an emphasis on the processes that are appropriate when computers are used to create, access,...