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Daniele Barbaro and the University of Padova - Architecture, Art and Science on the Occasion of the 450th Anniversary of His... Daniele Barbaro and the University of Padova - Architecture, Art and Science on the Occasion of the 450th Anniversary of His Death (1st ed. 2023)
Cosimo Monteleone, Kim Williams
R4,798 Discovery Miles 47 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book, edited by Kim Williams and Cosimo Monteleone, follows the publication of two other books dedicated to Daniele Barbaro and published by Springer: Daniele Barbaro's Vitruvius of 1567 (Kim Williams, 2019) and Daniele Barbaro's Perspective of 1568 (Kim Williams and Cosimo Monteleone, 2021). Therefore, it can be considered another installment in a series that has deepened the scientific treatises published by Daniele Barbaro. Due to the numerous scientific interests that Barbaro matured in the years he spent at the University of Padua, we have invited experts in these topics to discuss Barbaro in relation to his training. In particular, the book opens with the essays of the two editors to frame its general theme in relation to mathematics. Cosimo Monteleone addressed the relationship between Barbaro's perspective theory with Euclid's optics, the Aristotelian process of knowledge and the ophthalmological discoveries of the University of Padova in the Renaissance. Kim Williams underlines how Barbaro's arithmetic and geometry established `the most certain sciences' and set the base of the `primary sciences'. A series of essays concerning Barbaro's training at the University of Padua complete the theoretical framework analyzed by the two editors. These studies embrace the following subjects: mathematical instruments (Filippo Camerota), astronomy and sundials (Cristiano Guarneri), mathematics, geometry and polyhedral (Vera Viana), perspective and anamorphosis (Agostino De Rosa), botany and the foundation of the botanical garden (Stefano Zaggia), Vitruvius' architecture (Ekaterina Igoshina, Ilya Anikyev, Anna Markova) and Aristotelianism (Branko Mitrović). A foreword by Xavier Salomon sets the stage for this book, outlining the innovations that Barbaro brought to scientific knowledge. Barbaro's scientific efforts are sometimes dismissed in recent studies as a compilation of known principles. The aim of this present book is to reveal the truly innovative nature of Barbaro's experiments and results and restore him to his rightful place as an original scholar of Renaissance.

Embracing Our Inheritance (Hardcover): Simon C. Kim, Francis Daeshin Kim Embracing Our Inheritance (Hardcover)
Simon C. Kim, Francis Daeshin Kim; Foreword by William T. Cavanaugh
R962 Discovery Miles 9 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Mathematical Works of Leon Battista Alberti (Hardcover, 2010 ed.): Kim Williams, Lionel March, Stephen R. Wassell The Mathematical Works of Leon Battista Alberti (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
Kim Williams, Lionel March, Stephen R. Wassell
R1,604 Discovery Miles 16 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Leon Battista Alberti was an outstanding polymath of the fifteenth century, alongside Piero della Francesca and before Leonardo da Vinci. While his contributions to architecture and the visual arts are well known and available in good English editions, and much of his literary and social writings are also available in English, his mathematical works are not well represented in readily available, accessible English editions have remained accessible only to specialists. The four treatises included here Ludi matematici, De Componendis Cifris, Elementi di pittura and De lunularum quadratura are extremely valuable in rounding out the portrait of this multitalented thinker. The treatises are presented in modern English translations, with commentary that is intended to make evident the depths of Alberti s knowledge as well as address the treatises mathematical, historical and cultural context, their classical Greek roots, and their relationship to later works by Renaissance thinkers."

Vito Volterra (Hardcover, 2013 ed.): Angelo Guerraggio, Giovanni Paoloni Vito Volterra (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Angelo Guerraggio, Giovanni Paoloni; Translated by Kim Williams
R1,131 Discovery Miles 11 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Vito Volterra (1860-1940) was one of the most famous representatives of Italian science in his day. Angelo Guerragio and Giovanni Paolini analyze Volterra s most important contributions to mathematics and their applications, as well as his outstanding organizational achievements in scientific policy. Volterra was one of the founding fathers of functional analysis and the author of fundamental contributions in the field of integral equations, elasticity theory and population dynamics (Lotka-Volterra model). He delivered keynote lectures on the occasion of the International Congresses of Mathematicians held in Paris (1900), Rome (1908), Strasbourg (1920) and Bologna (1928). He became involved in the scientific development in united Italy and was appointed senator of the kingdom in 1905. One of his numerous non-mathematical activities was founding the National Research Council (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR).During the First World War he was active in military research. After the war he took a clear stand against fascism, which was the starting point for his exclusion. In 1926 he resigned as president of the world famous Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and was later on excluded from the academy. In 1931 he was one of the few university lecturers who denied to swear an oath of allegiance to the fascistic regime. In 1938 he suffered from the impact of the racial laws. The authors draw a comprehensive picture of Vito Volterra, both as a great mathematician and an organizer of science.

Two Cultures - Essays in Honour of David Speiser (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): Kim Williams Two Cultures - Essays in Honour of David Speiser (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
Kim Williams
R2,282 R1,681 Discovery Miles 16 810 Save R601 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The extraordinary range of cultural interests of renowned physicist David Speiser including the sciences, art, architecture, music, and history of science has inspired generations of later scientists to look beyond the boundaries of their own disciplines. In this book, seventeen scholars from various fields pay tribute to his multifaceted career, addressing topics as varied as music theory and the nuclear arms race.

Analysis of Alkali Metal Diatomic Spectra - Using Molecular Beams and Ultracold Molecules (Hardcover): Jin-Tae Kim, Bongsoo... Analysis of Alkali Metal Diatomic Spectra - Using Molecular Beams and Ultracold Molecules (Hardcover)
Jin-Tae Kim, Bongsoo Kim, William C. Stwalley
R3,209 Discovery Miles 32 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Soon after she became involved in the didactics of physics, the author of this book realized that the transfer of new discoveries in physics into schools and to undergraduate programs is almost non-existent.

Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future - Volume II: The 1500s to the Future (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Kim... Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future - Volume II: The 1500s to the Future (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Kim Williams, Michael J. Ostwald
R4,608 Discovery Miles 46 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Every age and every culture has relied on the incorporation of mathematics in their works of architecture to imbue the built environment with meaning and order. Mathematics is also central to the production of architecture, to its methods of measurement, fabrication and analysis. This two-volume edited collection presents a detailed portrait of the ways in which two seemingly different disciplines are interconnected. Over almost 100 chapters it illustrates and examines the relationship between architecture and mathematics. Contributors of these chapters come from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds: architects, mathematicians, historians, theoreticians, scientists and educators. Through this work, architecture may be seen and understood in a new light, by professionals as well as non-professionals.

Volume II covers architecture from the Late Renaissance era, through Baroque, Ottoman, Enlightenment, Modern and contemporary styles and approaches. Key figures covered in this volume include Palladio, Michelangelo, Borromini, Sinan, Wren, Wright, Le Corbusier, Breuer, Niemeyer and Kahn. Mathematical themes which are considered include linear algebra, tiling and fractals and the geographic span of the volume s content includes works in the United States of America and Australia, in addition to those in Europe and Asia."

Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future - Volume I: Antiquity to the 1500s (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Kim... Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future - Volume I: Antiquity to the 1500s (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Kim Williams, Michael J. Ostwald
R4,613 Discovery Miles 46 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Every age and every culture has relied on the incorporation of mathematics in their works of architecture to imbue the built environment with meaning and order. Mathematics is also central to the production of architecture, to its methods of measurement, fabrication and analysis. This two-volume edited collection presents a detailed portrait of the ways in which two seemingly different disciplines are interconnected. Over almost 100 chapters it illustrates and examines the relationship between architecture and mathematics. Contributors of these chapters come from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds: architects, mathematicians, historians, theoreticians, scientists and educators. Through this work, architecture may be seen and understood in a new light, by professionals as well as non-professionals.Volume I covers architecture from antiquity through Egyptian, Mayan, Greek, Roman, Medieval, Inkan, Gothic and early Renaissance eras and styles. The themes that are covered range from symbolism and proportion to measurement and structural stability. From Europe to Africa, Asia and South America, the chapters span different countries, cultures and practices.

Crossroads: History of Science, History of Art - Essays by David Speiser, vol. II (Hardcover, Edition.): Kim Williams Crossroads: History of Science, History of Art - Essays by David Speiser, vol. II (Hardcover, Edition.)
Kim Williams
R1,574 Discovery Miles 15 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A follow-up to the volume "Discovering the Principles of Mechanics 1600-1800. Essays by David Speiser" (Birkhauser 2008), this volume contains the essays of David Speiser on relationships between science, history of science, history of art and philosophy.

Mathematical Lives - Protagonists of the Twentieth Century From Hilbert to Wiles (Hardcover, 2011 ed.): Claudio Bartocci,... Mathematical Lives - Protagonists of the Twentieth Century From Hilbert to Wiles (Hardcover, 2011 ed.)
Claudio Bartocci, Renato Betti, Angelo Guerraggio, Roberto Lucchetti; Translated by Kim Williams
R1,547 R1,260 Discovery Miles 12 600 Save R287 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Steps forward in mathematics often reverberate in other scientific disciplines, and give rise to innovative conceptual developments or find surprising technological applications. This volume brings to the forefront some of the proponents of the mathematics of the twentieth century, who have put at our disposal new and powerful instruments for investigating the reality around us. The portraits present people who have impressive charisma and wide-ranging cultural interests, who are passionate about defending the importance of their own research, are sensitive to beauty, and attentive to the social and political problems of their times. What we have sought to document is mathematics' central position in the culture of our day. Space has been made not only for the great mathematicians but also for literary texts, including contributions by two apparent interlopers, Robert Musil and Raymond Queneau, for whom mathematical concepts represented a valuable tool for resolving the struggle between 'soul and precision.'

Teaching and Learning from Within - A Core Reflection Approach to Quality and Inspiration in Education (Hardcover): Fred A. J.... Teaching and Learning from Within - A Core Reflection Approach to Quality and Inspiration in Education (Hardcover)
Fred A. J. Korthagen, Younghee M. Kim, William L. Greene
R4,066 Discovery Miles 40 660 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Teaching and Learning from Within brings together theory, research, and practice on core reflection, an approach that focuses on people's strengths as the springboard for personal growth and serves every human being involved in education-including students, teachers, school principals, and university faculty. This approach supports the essential role of authenticity in the development of the whole person. It has been used in contexts around the world and has shown great promise in helping to re-chart the course for education and to re-think its purpose in global and democratic societies. The book looks at the current educational context and the need for core reflection; introduces the theory and its linkages to previous studies in numerous disciplines; presents various applications in multinational research and practice-with teachers, with students and schools, and with teacher educators; and highlights ongoing work in around the world along with future plans, opportunities, and resources for professional development and research. .

Gastronomy, Tourism and the Media (Paperback): Warwick Frost, Jennifer Laing, Gary Best, Kim Williams, Paul Strickland, Clare... Gastronomy, Tourism and the Media (Paperback)
Warwick Frost, Jennifer Laing, Gary Best, Kim Williams, Paul Strickland, …
R911 R860 Discovery Miles 8 600 Save R51 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines and analyses the connections between gastronomy, tourism and the media. It argues that in the modern world, gastronomy is increasingly a major component and driver of tourism and that destinations are using their cuisines and food cultures in marketing to increase their competitive advantage. It proposes that these processes are interconnected with film, television, print and social media. The book emphasises the notion of gastronomy as a dynamic concept, in particular how it has recently become more widely used and understood throughout the world. The volume introduces core concepts and delves more deeply into current trends in gastronomy, the forces which shape them and their implications for tourism. The book is multidisciplinary and will appeal to researchers in the fields of gastronomy, hospitality, tourism and media studies.

Fashion, Design and Events (Paperback): Kim Williams, Jennifer Laing, Warwick Frost Fashion, Design and Events (Paperback)
Kim Williams, Jennifer Laing, Warwick Frost
R1,472 Discovery Miles 14 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The importance of fashion and design in an events context remains under-researched, despite their ubiquity and significance from a societal and economic perspective. Fashion-themed events, for example, appeal to broad audiences and may tour the globe. Staging these events might help to brand destinations, boost visitor numbers and trigger popular debates about the contributions that fashion and design can make to identity. They may also tell us something about our culture and wider society. This edited volume for the first time examines fashion and design events from a social perspective, including the meanings they bestow and their potential economic, cultural and personal impacts. It explores the reasons for their popularity and influence, and provides a critique of their growth in different markets. Events examined include fashion weeks, fashion or design themed exhibitions, historical re-enactments, extreme/alternative fashion and design events, and large-scale public events such as royal weddings and horse races. International examples and case studies are drawn from countries as diverse as the USA, UK, Germany, Bhutan, New Zealand and Australia. These are used to develop and critique various thematic concepts linked to fashion and design events, such as identity, gender, aspirations and self-image, commodification, authenticity, destination development and marketing, business strategy and protection/infringement of intellectual property. Fashion, Design and Events also provides a futurist view of these types of events and sets out a future research agenda. This book has a unique focus on events associated with fashion and design and features a swathe of disciplinary backgrounds. It will appeal to a broad academic audience, such as students of art and design, cultural studies, tourism, events studies, sociology and marketing.

Practical Lessons from Policy Theories (Hardcover): Karin Ingold, Krister Andersson, Tanya Heikkila, Samuel Workman, Chris... Practical Lessons from Policy Theories (Hardcover)
Karin Ingold, Krister Andersson, Tanya Heikkila, Samuel Workman, Chris Koski, …
R2,150 Discovery Miles 21 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published as a special issue of Policy & Politics, this critical and practical volume challenges policy theory scholars to change the way they produce and communicate research. Leading academics propose eight ways to synthesise and translate state of the art knowledge to equip scholars to communicate their insights with each other and a wider audience. Chapters consider topics such as narratives as tools for influencing policy change, essential habits of successful policy entrepreneurs, and applying cultural theory to navigate the policy process. Providing theoretical clarity and accumulated knowledge, this text highlights the vital importance of translating policy research in practical and understandable ways. The articles on which Chapters 2, 3 and 5 are based are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence.

Fashion, Design and Events (Hardcover): Kim Williams, Jennifer Laing, Warwick Frost Fashion, Design and Events (Hardcover)
Kim Williams, Jennifer Laing, Warwick Frost
R4,442 Discovery Miles 44 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The importance of fashion and design in an events context remains under-researched, despite their ubiquity and significance from a societal and economic perspective. Fashion-themed events, for example, appeal to broad audiences and may tour the globe. Staging these events might help to brand destinations, boost visitor numbers and trigger popular debates about the contributions that fashion and design can make to identity. They may also tell us something about our culture and wider society. This edited volume for the first time examines fashion and design events from a social perspective, including the meanings they bestow and their potential economic, cultural and personal impacts. It explores the reasons for their popularity and influence, and provides a critique of their growth in different markets. Events examined include fashion weeks, fashion or design themed exhibitions, historical re-enactments, extreme/alternative fashion and design events, and large-scale public events such as royal weddings and horse races. International examples and case studies are drawn from countries as diverse as the USA, UK, Germany, Bhutan, New Zealand and Australia. These are used to develop and critique various thematic concepts linked to fashion and design events, such as identity, gender, aspirations and self-image, commodification, authenticity, destination development and marketing, business strategy and protection/infringement of intellectual property. Fashion, Design and Events also provides a futurist view of these types of events and sets out a future research agenda. This book has a unique focus on events associated with fashion and design and features a swathe of disciplinary backgrounds. It will appeal to a broad academic audience, such as students of art and design, cultural studies, tourism, events studies, sociology and marketing.

Masonry Structures: Between Mechanics and Architecture (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015): Danila Aita, Orietta Pedemonte, Kim Williams Masonry Structures: Between Mechanics and Architecture (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Danila Aita, Orietta Pedemonte, Kim Williams
R3,140 R2,099 Discovery Miles 20 990 Save R1,041 (33%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book aims to provide an overview of the state of the art on the mechanics of arches and masonry structures. It is addressed to an international audience, arising from the international context in which the Associazione Edoardo Benvenuto has carried out its activities in recent years, under the honorary presidency of Jacques Heyman. The book belongs to the collection Between Mechanics and Architecture, born in 1995 from the collaboration of several renowned scholars, including Edoardo Benvenuto (P. Radelet-de Grave, E. Benvenuto (eds.), Entre Mecanique et Architecture / Between Mechanics and Architecture, Birkhauser, Basel 1995).

Masonry Structures: Between Mechanics and Architecture (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015): Danila... Masonry Structures: Between Mechanics and Architecture (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
Danila Aita, Orietta Pedemonte, Kim Williams
R2,577 Discovery Miles 25 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book aims to provide an overview of the state of the art on the mechanics of arches and masonry structures. It is addressed to an international audience, arising from the international context in which the Associazione Edoardo Benvenuto has carried out its activities in recent years, under the honorary presidency of Jacques Heyman. The book belongs to the collection Between Mechanics and Architecture, born in 1995 from the collaboration of several renowned scholars, including Edoardo Benvenuto (P. Radelet-de Grave, E. Benvenuto (eds.), Entre Mecanique et Architecture / Between Mechanics and Architecture, Birkhauser, Basel 1995).

Vito Volterra (Paperback, 2013 ed.): Angelo Guerraggio, Giovanni Paoloni Vito Volterra (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Angelo Guerraggio, Giovanni Paoloni; Translated by Kim Williams
R1,401 R1,252 Discovery Miles 12 520 Save R149 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Vito Volterra (1860-1940) was one of the most famous representatives of Italian science in his day. Angelo Guerragio and Giovanni Paolini analyze Volterra's most important contributions to mathematics and their applications, as well as his outstanding organizational achievements in scientific policy. Volterra was one of the founding fathers of functional analysis and the author of fundamental contributions in the field of integral equations, elasticity theory and population dynamics (Lotka-Volterra model). He delivered keynote lectures on the occasion of the International Congresses of Mathematicians held in Paris (1900), Rome (1908), Strasbourg (1920) and Bologna (1928). He became involved in the scientific development in united Italy and was appointed senator of the kingdom in 1905. One of his numerous non-mathematical activities was founding the National Research Council (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR). During the First World War he was active in military research. After the war he took a clear stand against fascism, which was the starting point for his exclusion. In 1926 he resigned as president of the world famous Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and was later on excluded from the academy. In 1931 he was one of the few university lecturers who denied to swear an oath of allegiance to the fascistic regime. In 1938 he suffered from the impact of the racial laws. The authors draw a comprehensive picture of Vito Volterra, both as a great mathematician and an organizer of science.

Crossroads: History of Science, History of Art - Essays by David Speiser, vol. II (Paperback, 2011 ed.): Kim Williams Crossroads: History of Science, History of Art - Essays by David Speiser, vol. II (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
Kim Williams
R1,540 Discovery Miles 15 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A follow-up to the volume "Discovering the Principles of Mechanics 1600-1800. Essays by David Speiser" (Birkhauser 2008), this volume contains the essays of David Speiser on relationships between science, history of science, history of art and philosophy.

The Mathematical Works of Leon Battista Alberti (Paperback, 2010 ed.): Kim Williams, Lionel March, Stephen R. Wassell The Mathematical Works of Leon Battista Alberti (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
Kim Williams, Lionel March, Stephen R. Wassell
R1,562 Discovery Miles 15 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Leon Battista Alberti was an outstanding polymath of the fifteenth century, alongside Piero della Francesca and before Leonardo da Vinci. While his contributions to architecture and the visual arts are well known and available in good English editions, and much of his literary and social writings are also available in English, his mathematical works are not well represented in readily available, accessible English editions have remained accessible only to specialists. The four treatises included here - Ludi matematici, De Componendis Cifris, Elementi di pittura and De lunularum quadratura - are extremely valuable in rounding out the portrait of this multitalented thinker. The treatises are presented in modern English translations, with commentary that is intended to make evident the depths of Alberti's knowledge as well as address the treatises' mathematical, historical and cultural context, their classical Greek roots, and their relationship to later works by Renaissance thinkers.

Nexus Network Journal 14,3 - Architecture and Mathematics (Paperback, 2013 ed.): Kim Williams Nexus Network Journal 14,3 - Architecture and Mathematics (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Kim Williams
R1,580 Discovery Miles 15 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Winter 2012 (vol. 14 no. 3) issue of the Nexus Network Journal features seven original papers dedicated to the theme "Digital Fabrication". Digital fabrication is changing architecture in fundamental ways in every phase, from concept to artifact. Projects growing out of research in digital fabrication are dependent on software that is entirely surface-oriented in its underlying mathematics. Decisions made during design, prototyping, fabrication and assembly rely on codes, scripts, parameters, operating systems and software, creating the need for teams with multidisciplinary expertise and different skills, from IT to architecture, design, material engineering, and mathematics, among others The papers grew out of a Lisbon symposium hosted by the ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa entitled "Digital Fabrication - A State of the Art". The issue is completed with four other research papers which address different mathematical instruments applied to architecture, including geometric tracing systems, proportional systems, descriptive geometry and correspondence analysis. The issue concludes with a book review.

Nexus Network Journal 14,2 (Paperback, 2012 ed.): Kim Williams Nexus Network Journal 14,2 (Paperback, 2012 ed.)
Kim Williams
R1,580 Discovery Miles 15 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volulme features eight original papers dedicated to the theme "Persian Architecture and Mathematics," guest edited by Reza Sarhangi. All papers were approved through a rigorous process of blind peer review and edited by an interdisciplinary scientific editorial committee. Topics range from symmetry in ancient Persian architecture to the elaborate geometric patterns and complex three-dimensional structures of standing monuments of historical periods, from the expression of mathematical ideas to architectonic structures, and from decorative ornament to the representation of modern group theory and quasi-crystalline patterns. The articles discuss unique monuments Persia, including domed structures and two-dimensional patterns, which have received significant scholarly attention in recent years. This book is a unique contribution to studies of Persian architecture in relation to mathematics.

Nexus Network Journal 14,1 - Architecture and Mathematics (Paperback, 2012 ed.): Kim Williams Nexus Network Journal 14,1 - Architecture and Mathematics (Paperback, 2012 ed.)
Kim Williams
R1,552 Discovery Miles 15 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Winter 2012 (vol. 14 no. 1) issue of the Nexus Network Journal is dedicated to the theme "Architecture, Systems Research and Computational Sciences". This is an outgrowth of the session by the same name which took place during the eighth international, interdisciplinary conference "Nexus 2010: Relationships between Architecture and Mathematics, held in Porto, Portugal, in June 2010. Today computer science is an integral part of even strictly historical investigations, such as those concerning the construction of vaults, where the computer is used to survey the existing building, analyse the data and draw the ideal solution. What the papers in this issue make especially evident is that information technology has had an impact at a much deeper level as well: architecture itself can now be considered as a manifestation of information and as a complex system. The issue is completed with other research papers, conference reports and book reviews.

Teaching and Learning from Within - A Core Reflection Approach to Quality and Inspiration in Education (Paperback, New): Fred... Teaching and Learning from Within - A Core Reflection Approach to Quality and Inspiration in Education (Paperback, New)
Fred A. J. Korthagen, Younghee M. Kim, William L. Greene
R1,551 Discovery Miles 15 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Teaching and Learning from Within brings together theory, research, and practice on core reflection, an approach that focuses on people's strengths as the springboard for personal growth and serves every human being involved in education-including students, teachers, school principals, and university faculty. This approach supports the essential role of authenticity in the development of the whole person. It has been used in contexts around the world and has shown great promise in helping to re-chart the course for education and to re-think its purpose in global and democratic societies. The book looks at the current educational context and the need for core reflection; introduces the theory and its linkages to previous studies in numerous disciplines; presents various applications in multinational research and practice-with teachers, with students and schools, and with teacher educators; and highlights ongoing work in around the world along with future plans, opportunities, and resources for professional development and research. .

Nexus Network Journal 13,1 - Architecture and Mathematics (Paperback, 2011 ed.): Kim Williams Nexus Network Journal 13,1 - Architecture and Mathematics (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
Kim Williams
R1,580 Discovery Miles 15 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Spring 2011 (vol. 13 no. 1) issue of the Nexus Network Journal features eight papers that resulted from the 2010 Nexus conference section on Shape and Shape Grammars. Guest editor Lionel March provides an introduction for the entire group. The papers were selected to spread themes as widely and representatively as possible. George Stiny provides a keynote paper with theoretical insights, while other papers range from pedagogical applications in the architectural studio to shape language and style in classical Chinese architecture; from shape grammars and descriptions used to 'decode Alberti', to their use as an aid to the rehabilitation of housing stock in Lisbon; from the creation of a design system involving a parametric shape grammar with descriptions to generate urban block layouts within a defined spatial region, to a novel example of a kinetic shape grammar simulating human body movements. Among the authors are George Stiny, Mine Ozkar, Andrew Li, Jose Duarte, Rudi Stouffs, Mario Kruger, Filipe Coutinho, Jose Beirao Alexandra Paio, Benamy Turkienicz, Sara Eloy, Maria da Piedade Ferriera, Duarte Cabral de Mello, and others."

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