This thesis concerns collecting, an activity that, although widespread, is often misunderstood; an activity that is frequently treated with mild amusement as the harmless province of ecentrics, and, more seriously, as an antisocial or even an unhealthy pursuit. The thesis considers the question of why collectors do what they do. How can collecting be explained? Why do people collect what they collect in the way they collect it? Two independent discourse types are used to address the question: a fictional artefact and an exegetical study. / Thesis (PhDSocialScience)--University of South Australia, 2008.

This thesis concerns collecting, an activity that, although widespread, is often misunderstood; an activity that is frequently treated with mild amusement as the harmless province of ecentrics, and, more seriously, as an antisocial or even an unhealthy pursuit. The thesis considers the question of why collectors do what they do. How can collecting be explained? Why do people collect what they collect in the way they collect it? Two independent discourse types are used to address the question: a fictional artefact and an exegetical study. / Thesis (PhDSocialScience)--University of South Australia, 2008.

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Thesis--M. Phil., University of Hong Kong, 1983.

published_or_final_version / Mechanical Engineering / Master / Master of Philosophy

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1978. / Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (Master)--İzmir Institute of Technology, İzmir, 2005. / Keywords: solar energy, solar collector, porous media, air-type solar collectors, heat absorbing media.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1984. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 126-128).