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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Dr. Martin Luther's Church-postil
Martin Luther; Created by Ambrose 1786-1870 Henkel, Socrates 1823-1901 Henkel
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Architecture and Adaptation discusses architectural projects that
use computational technology to adapt to changing conditions and
human needs. Topics include kinetic and transformable structures,
digitally driven building parts, interactive installations,
intelligent environments, early precedents and their historical
context, socio-cultural aspects of adaptive architecture, the
history and theory of artificial life, the theory of human-computer
interaction, tangible computing, and the social studies of
technology. Author Socrates Yiannoudes proposes tools and
frameworks for researchers to evaluate examples and tendencies in
adaptive architecture. Illustrated with more than 50 black and
white images.
This book examines the manifestations of architecture, cities, and
design processes within digital culture. Adopting a comparative and
critical method, the author looks at past and present encounters of
the digital with architectural discourse and practice. Along three
central themes - machines, networks, and computation - the book
begins by discussing transformations of the analogy between
architecture and the machine since the early twentieth century,
foregrounding questions about the relations between architecture,
humans, machines, and the environment. It moves on to the city, to
observe how big data and smart city sustainable management systems
have transformed historical visions of global networked cities.
Lastly, it explores computational design thinking historically and
in the context of complex systems, as well as the latest technical,
social, and economic developments. Exposing possible drawbacks
while still focusing on what is radically innovative, this book
proposes a way toward more liberating, digital, and sustainable
futures for architecture. An important read for architecture
students, academics, and professionals, this book connects
instances of digital architecture practice and discourse throughout
the history of the digital culture paradigm and their ties with
sociopolitical developments. It shares the possibility that these
connecting lines may be the canvas for a novel architectural
history of the recent past.
This book examines the manifestations of architecture, cities, and
design processes within digital culture. Adopting a comparative and
critical method, the author looks at past and present encounters of
the digital with architectural discourse and practice. Along three
central themes - machines, networks, and computation - the book
begins by discussing transformations of the analogy between
architecture and the machine since the early twentieth century,
foregrounding questions about the relations between architecture,
humans, machines, and the environment. It moves on to the city, to
observe how big data and smart city sustainable management systems
have transformed historical visions of global networked cities.
Lastly, it explores computational design thinking historically and
in the context of complex systems, as well as the latest technical,
social, and economic developments. Exposing possible drawbacks
while still focusing on what is radically innovative, this book
proposes a way toward more liberating, digital, and sustainable
futures for architecture. An important read for architecture
students, academics, and professionals, this book connects
instances of digital architecture practice and discourse throughout
the history of the digital culture paradigm and their ties with
sociopolitical developments. It shares the possibility that these
connecting lines may be the canvas for a novel architectural
history of the recent past.
This book presents a theoretical and practical overview of
computational modeling in bioengineering, focusing on a range of
applications including electrical stimulation of neural and cardiac
tissue, implantable drug delivery, cancer therapy, biomechanics,
cardiovascular dynamics, as well as fluid-structure interaction for
modelling of organs, tissues, cells and devices. It covers the
basic principles of modeling and simulation with ordinary and
partial differential equations using MATLAB and COMSOL Multiphysics
numerical software. The target audience primarily comprises
postgraduate students and researchers, but the book may also be
beneficial for practitioners in the medical device industry.
Architecture and Adaptation discusses architectural projects that
use computational technology to adapt to changing conditions and
human needs. Topics include kinetic and transformable structures,
digitally driven building parts, interactive installations,
intelligent environments, early precedents and their historical
context, socio-cultural aspects of adaptive architecture, the
history and theory of artificial life, the theory of human-computer
interaction, tangible computing, and the social studies of
technology. Author Socrates Yiannoudes proposes tools and
frameworks for researchers to evaluate examples and tendencies in
adaptive architecture. Illustrated with more than 50 black and
white images.
Why does the 1974 war in Cyprus remain so dominant in Greek-Cypriot
cinema? How has this event shaped the imagination of contemporary
filmmakers, and how might one define the new national cinema that
has emerged as a result? This book explores such questions by
analysing a range of Greek-Cypriot films that have hitherto
received little or no critical discussion. The book adopts a
predominantly conceptual approach, situating contemporary
Greek-Cypriot cinema within a specific cultural and national
context. Drawing on the work of the French philosopher Gilles
Deleuze, and particularly his theories of time and space, the
author explores ways in which Greek-Cypriot directors invent new
forms of imagery as a way of dealing with the crisis of history,
the burden of memory and the dislocation of the island’s
abandoned spaces.
Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst and Oscar Isaac star in this
thriller adapted from Patricia Highsmith's novel by Hossein Amini,
who makes his directorial debut.
In 1962 wealthy married couple
Chester and Colette MacFarland (Mortensen and Dunst) are in the
Acropolis of Athens, Greece, when they meet shady tour guide Rydal
(Isaac). Rydal is immediately taken with the beautiful Colette and
doesn't hestitate when the couple invite him to dine with them.
Later in the evening, however, he begins to realise that Chester is
hiding a dark secret and soon finds himself embroiled in murder.
Rydal helps the MacFarlands evade the authorities but his feelings
for Colette cause tension between him and Chester, making the
already precarious situation even more dangerous.
The third edition of this highly successful manual is not only a
revised text but has been extended to meet the interpretive needs
of Raman users as well as those working in the IR region. The
result is a uniquely practical, comprehensive and detailed source
for spectral interpretation. Combining in one volume, the
correlation charts and tables for spectral interpretation for these
two complementary techniques, this book will be of great benefit to
those using or considering either technique.
In addition to the new Raman coverage the new edition offers:
* new section on macromolecules including synthetic polymers and
biomolecules;
* expansion of the section on NIR (near infrared region) to reflect
recent growth in this area;
* extended chapter on inorganic compounds including minerals and
glasses;
* redrawn and updated charts plus a number of new charts covering
data new to this edition.
This new edition will be invaluable in every industrial,
university, government and hospital laboratory where infrared
(FT-IR) and Raman spectral data need to be analysed.
This book presents a theoretical and practical overview of
computational modeling in bioengineering, focusing on a range of
applications including electrical stimulation of neural and cardiac
tissue, implantable drug delivery, cancer therapy, biomechanics,
cardiovascular dynamics, as well as fluid-structure interaction for
modelling of organs, tissues, cells and devices. It covers the
basic principles of modeling and simulation with ordinary and
partial differential equations using MATLAB and COMSOL Multiphysics
numerical software. The target audience primarily comprises
postgraduate students and researchers, but the book may also be
beneficial for practitioners in the medical device industry.
The great discovery that no one wanted to make
It's the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, and Euclidean
geometry has been profoundly influential for centuries. One mystery
remains, however: Euclid's fifth postulate has eluded for two
thousand years all attempts to prove it. What happens when three
nineteenth-century mathematicians realize that there is no way to
prove the fifth postulate and that it ought to be discarded--along
with everything they'd come to know about geometry? Jason Socrates
Bardi shares the dramatic story of the moment when the tangible and
easily understood world we live in gave way to the strange,
mind-blowing world of relativity, curved space-time, and more.
""Jason Socrates Bardi tells the story of the discovery of
non-Euclidian geometry--one of the greatest intellectual advances
of all time--with tremendous clarity and verve. I loved this
book.""
--John Horgan, author, "The End of Science and Rational
Mysticism"
""An accessible and engrossing blend of micro-biography, history
and mathematics, woven together to reveal a blockbuster
discovery.""
--David Wolman, author of "Righting the Mother Tongue" and "A
Left-Hand Turn around the World"
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