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Chirp up your card games with the most beautiful birds in the
world. Includes 52 playing cards featuring illustrations of birds
ranging from the familiar to the exotic, plus two jokers. From the
cheerful red cardinal to the majestic white swan, the imposing
California condor to the flamboyant great blue turaco, these
delightful birds may make you forget your poker face
What did eighth-century Japanese sound like? How does one decode its complex script? This book provides the definitive answers to these questions using an unprecedented range of data from the past and the present, including Chinese, Vietnamese, Sanskrit and Tibetan sources, and enables the reader to approximate the original pronunciation of Old Japanese literature. eBook available with sample pages: 0203510720
This beautiful and inspiring book tells the stories of 80 birds
around the world: from the Sociable Weaver Bird in Namibia which
constructs huge, multi-nest 'apartment blocks' in the desert, to
the Bar-headed Goose of China, one of the highest-flying migrants
which crosses the Himalayas twice a year. Many birds come steeped
in folklore and myth, some are national emblems and a few have
inspired scientific revelation or daring conservation projects.
Each has a story to tell that sheds a light on our relationship
with the natural world and reveals just how deeply birds matter to
us.
Learn how to play mah-jong with this beautifully illustrated
mah-jong set! Animal Mah-jong takes the traditional Chinese tile
game and updates it for a new audience in this affordable card
format. Rather than the traditional line drawings of bamboo and
Chinese characters, it features Ryuto Miyake's beautiful animal
illustrations - each suit features Asian animals from the land, sea
and air. Get ready to pong, chow and kong like you never have
before! Stunning illustrations by Ryuto Miyake Affordable new card
format Screen-free fun - a high quality non-digital game for all
ages Suitable for children and familes to play together
How can we achieve digital justice in the age of COVID-19? This
book explores how the pandemic has transformed our use and
perception of digital technologies in various settings. It also
examines the right to resist or reject these technologies and the
politics of refusal in different contexts and scenarios. The book
offers a timely and original analysis of the new realities and
challenges of digital technologies, paving the way for a
post-COVID-19 future.
First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
What did eighth century Japanese sound like? How does one decode
its complex script? This book provides the definitive answers to
these questions using an unprecedented range of data from the past
and the present, including Chinese, Vietnamese, Sanskrit and
Tibetan sources, and enables the reader to approximate the original
pronunciation of Old Japanese literature.
This work provides a complete introduction to the traditional
Japanese Kabuki drama. Featuring sections on the appreciation of
Kabuki, characteristics of the plays, machinery peculiar to Kabuki,
the best Kabuki plays, Kabuki techniques, and symbolism used in the
plays, the book will provide any traveller with the background
knowledge necessary to appreciate and participate in Japanese
culture.
This special issue works toward refining the understanding of a
construct that has had a name for nearly 30 years and has been used
by educators of all stripes for centuries. The introduction lays
the groundwork for discussing the issues addressed throughout. Each
of the papers address different aspects of a similar problem: How
can we conceptualize, design, and assess the effects of scaffolding
when it is implemented in a complex classroom system? The first
article addresses a core problem in conceptualizing scaffolding:
What are the specific goals of scaffolding provided in software
tools? The next paper extends this consideration of how scaffolding
mechanisms can complement each other and explores issues having to
do with the complex settings in which scaffolding is used. A
framework which synthesizes theoretical and design work done in
cognitive science, psychology, educational technology, science
education, and the learning sciences over the last three decades is
the topic of the third paper. The final article presents a new
method for analyzing the effects of scaffolding. This special
issues closes with commentary covering different components of a
definition of scaffolding, including the "what, why, and how" of
scaffolding.
"CSCL 2: Carrying Forward the Conversation" is a thorough and
up-to-date survey of recent developments in Computer Supported
Collaborative Learning, one of the fastest growing areas of
research in the learning sciences. A follow-up to "CSCL: Theory and
Practice of an Emerging Paradigm" (1996), this volume both
documents how the field has grown and fosters a meaningful
discussion of how the research program might be advanced in
substantive ways.
Recognizing the long-standing traditions of CSCL work in Europe
and Japan, the editors sought to broaden and expand the
conversation both geographically and topically. The 45
participating authors represent a range of disciplinary
backgrounds, including anthropology, communication studies,
computer science, education, psychology, and philosophy, and offer
international perspectives on the field. For each chapter, the goal
was not only to show how it connects to past and future work in
CSCL, but also how it contributes to the interests of other
research communities. Toward this end, the volume features a
"conversational structure" consisting of target chapters, invited
commentaries, and author responses. The commentaries on each
chapter were solicited from a diverse collection of writers,
including prominent scholars in anthropology of education, social
studies of science, CSCW, argumentation, activity theory, language
and social interaction, ecological psychology, and other
areas.
The volume is divided into three sections:
*Part I explores four case studies of technology transfer
involving CSILE, one of the most prominent CSCL projects.
*Part II focuses on empirical studies of learning in collaborative
settings.
*Part III describes novel CSCL technologies and the theories
underlying their design.
Historically, there has been a certain amount of controversy as to
what the second "C" in CSCL should represent. The conventional
meaning is "collaborative" but there are many C-words that can be
seen as relevant. With the publication of this volume,
"conversational" might be added to the list and, in this spirit,
the book might be viewed as an invitation to join a conversation in
progress and to carry it forward.
"CSCL 2: Carrying Forward the Conversation" is a thorough and
up-to-date survey of recent developments in Computer Supported
Collaborative Learning, one of the fastest growing areas of
research in the learning sciences. A follow-up to "CSCL: Theory and
Practice of an Emerging Paradigm" (1996), this volume both
documents how the field has grown and fosters a meaningful
discussion of how the research program might be advanced in
substantive ways.
Recognizing the long-standing traditions of CSCL work in Europe
and Japan, the editors sought to broaden and expand the
conversation both geographically and topically. The 45
participating authors represent a range of disciplinary
backgrounds, including anthropology, communication studies,
computer science, education, psychology, and philosophy, and offer
international perspectives on the field. For each chapter, the goal
was not only to show how it connects to past and future work in
CSCL, but also how it contributes to the interests of other
research communities. Toward this end, the volume features a
"conversational structure" consisting of target chapters, invited
commentaries, and author responses. The commentaries on each
chapter were solicited from a diverse collection of writers,
including prominent scholars in anthropology of education, social
studies of science, CSCW, argumentation, activity theory, language
and social interaction, ecological psychology, and other
areas.
The volume is divided into three sections:
*Part I explores four case studies of technology transfer
involving CSILE, one of the most prominent CSCL projects.
*Part II focuses on empirical studies of learning in collaborative
settings.
*Part III describes novel CSCL technologies and the theories
underlying their design.
Historically, there has been a certain amount of controversy as to
what the second "C" in CSCL should represent. The conventional
meaning is "collaborative" but there are many C-words that can be
seen as relevant. With the publication of this volume,
"conversational" might be added to the list and, in this spirit,
the book might be viewed as an invitation to join a conversation in
progress and to carry it forward.
Be inspired by nature and play the card game suited for all. Team
up the component parts of a tree - from the leaf, flower and fruit
plus the tree itself to form a tree family! Discover eleven of the
most beautiful flowering, fruiting trees with Ryuto Miyake's
stunning, detailed illustrations and text about each tree written
by the Head of the Arboretum at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.
See which of your friends knows the most about nature! Take the
time to learn the different components and see if you can identify
the trees next time you're outside! Based on Happy Families, this
game will inspire you take in nature's surroundings and understand
all the elements that make up the worlds beautiful trees.UNIQUE: A
beautifully boxed card game for 2-5 players based on Happy
FamiliesBEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED: Collect all four components of tree
families across 44 beautifully illustrated cards. Keep this safe
within the wonderfully illustrated box measuring 115 x 90 x 35mmFUN
& COLOURFUL: Each card has been illustrated by Ryuto Miyake,
illustrator of Animal Mah-jongHIGHEST QUALITY: These educational
cards have been carefully considered and written by the Head of
Arborteum at the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew.GIFT: If you're
looking for the perfect family gift, Tree Families is the ultimate
for learning and having fun!Other similar Laurence King Publishing
titles include: Fashion Families, Flower Families, Super Happy
Families and Wonder Women
The ability to navigate across town, comprehend an animated display
of the functioning of the human heart, view complex multivariate
data on a company's website, or to read an architectural blueprint
and form a three-dimensional mental picture of a house are all
tasks involving visuospatial thinking. The field of visuospatial
thinking is a relatively diverse interdisciplinary research
enterprise. An understanding of visuospatial thinking, and in
particular, how people represent and process visual and spatial
information, is relevant not only to cognitive psychology but also
education, geography, architecture, medicine, design computer
science/artificial intelligence, semiotics and animal cognition.
The goal of this book, first published in 2005, is to present a
broad overview of research on visuospatial thinking that can be
used by researchers as well as students interested in this topic in
both basic research and applied/naturalistic contexts.
Working memory is currently a "hot" topic in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Because of their radically different scopes and emphases, however, comparing different models and theories and understanding how they relate to one another has been a difficult task. This work offers a much-needed forum for systematically comparing and contrasting existing models of working memory. It does so by asking each contributor to address the same comprehensive set of important theoretical questions on working memory. The answers to these questions elucidate the emerging general consensus on the nature of working memory among different theorists and clarify incompatible theoretical claims that must be resolved in future research. As such, this volume serves not only as a milestone that documents the state of the art in the field, but also as a theoretical guidebook that will promote new lines of research and more precise and comprehensive models of working memory.
The ability to navigate across town, comprehend an animated display
of the functioning of the human heart, view complex multivariate
data on a company's website, or to read an architectural blueprint
and form a three-dimensional mental picture of a house are all
tasks involving visuospatial thinking. The field of visuospatial
thinking is a relatively diverse interdisciplinary research
enterprise. An understanding of visuospatial thinking, and in
particular, how people represent and process visual and spatial
information, is relevant not only to cognitive psychology but also
education, geography, architecture, medicine, design computer
science/artificial intelligence, semiotics and animal cognition.
The goal of this book, first published in 2005, is to present a
broad overview of research on visuospatial thinking that can be
used by researchers as well as students interested in this topic in
both basic research and applied/naturalistic contexts.
The purpose of this book is to explain linear algebra clearly for
beginners. In doing so, the author states and explains somewhat
advanced topics such as Hermitian products and Jordan normal forms.
Starting from the definition of matrices, it is made clear with
examples that matrices and matrix operation are abstractions of
tables and operations of tables. The author also maintains that
systems of linear equations are the starting point of linear
algebra, and linear algebra and linear equations are closely
connected. The solutions to systems of linear equations are found
by solving matrix equations in the row-reduction of matrices,
equivalent to the Gauss elimination method of solving systems of
linear equations. The row-reductions play important roles in
calculation in this book. To calculate row-reductions of matrices,
the matrices are arranged vertically, which is seldom seen but is
convenient for calculation. Regular matrices and determinants of
matrices are defined and explained. Furthermore, the resultants of
polynomials are discussed as an application of determinants. Next,
abstract vector spaces over a field K are defined. In the book,
however, mainly vector spaces are considered over the real number
field and the complex number field, in case readers are not
familiar with abstract fields. Linear mappings and linear
transformations of vector spaces and representation matrices of
linear mappings are defined, and the characteristic polynomials and
minimal polynomials are explained. The diagonalizations of linear
transformations and square matrices are discussed, and inner
products are defined on vector spaces over the real number field.
Real symmetric matrices are considered as well, with discussion of
quadratic forms. Next, there are definitions of Hermitian inner
products. Hermitian transformations, unitary transformations,
normal transformations and the spectral resolution of normal
transformations and matrices are explained. The book ends with
Jordan normal forms. It is shown that any transformations of vector
spaces over the complex number field have matrices of Jordan normal
forms as representation matrices.
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Mina Perhonen (Hardcover)
Akira Minagawa, Issey Miyake
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A unique blend of Scandinavian sensibility and Japanese, Mina
Perhonen is characterized by a tenacious individuality that often
contradicts the prevailing trends in Japanese high fashion with its
emphasis on unmistakably feminine silhouettes and bright,
minimalistic prints that have as much in common with the work of
Alvar Aalto and Marimekko as they do with traditional Japanese
design. This thoughtfully designed volume gathers the most iconic
work outputted by the fashion house in the last twenty years,
highlighting the rich and witty world of Minaauml; Perhonen. A
combination of new and archival photography as well as a collection
of the illustrations showcase Minagawa s subtle approach to design
while critical essays by Issey Miyake and Susan Brown offer
insightful commentary about Minagawa s work.
Hydrogen is an almost ideal fuel and its wider use will result in
an improvement in the environment due to factors including
decreased air pollution. Hydrogen is the element of greatest
abundance in the universe; however, its production from renewable
resources remains a major challenge. The papers presented within
this volume enhance and expand upon presentations made at the
"Workshop on Biohydrogen 2002." The contents evaluate the current
status of Biohydrogen research worldwide and consider future
research directions.
* Important research on new fuel opportunities
* 15 contributions from the world's leading experts
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