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Alvar Aalto remains Finland's greatest architect, retains his place
among the Modern Masters of twentieth-century architecture and is
now recognized internationally as one of the world's greatest
architects of all time. For Finland, Aalto, through his
architecture, furniture, glassware and sculpture, contributed
perhaps more than any other Finn to the creation of the cultural
identity of the new independent Finland and its promotion around
the world. His Finnish Pavilions in Paris and New York from the
Thirties placed Finland centre-stage, establishing its identity as
a modern, innovative country and generated huge interest in this
northern land of lakes and forests. He went on to work in 18
countries around the world, as well as designing many of Finland's
most important buildings of the 50s, 60s and 70s. This new
biography of Aalto is the first to comprehensively cover his life,
from the backwoods of Ostrabothnia to international fame and all of
his buildings, from the early alterations and extensions to shops
and houses in Jyvaskyla to Finlandia Hall.It draws on Aalto's
archive, recollections of former employees and contemporaneous
publications to fully explore Alvar Aalto the architect, rather
than simply Alvar Aalto's architecture. For the first time, his
life is set in the context of the events that surrounded and shaped
it - the Finnish Civil War, the Great Depression, The Winter and
Continuation Wars, the post-war boom in education, Finland's
industrialisation and eventually the social revolution of the 60s
which led to his characterization as a member of a Finnish elite
and temporary unpopularity. It covers his life from his childhood,
growing up in regional Jyvaskyla and Alajarvi, his architectural
studies in Helsinki, combat in the Civil War through to the
founding of his first office, his early neo-classical work and his
international breakthrough with the completion of Paimio Sanatorium
and Viipuri Library. It deals with his personal life, his marriage
to Aino, what working life in his first office was like, the
architectural competitions, his key friendships and continuous
financial difficulties.As his career progressed, it explores the
patrons who were so important to him - the Gullichsens and the
founding of Artek, his new American friends, professorship at MIT.
After the war, the death of Aino, marriage to Elissa and the period
of his greatest architectural achievements - Saynatsalo Town Hall,
Otaniemi University and Imatra Church. It considers the
organisation of his new office in Helsinki, his expanding team,
fame and eventually vanity. The book seeks to understand what drove
him, the combination of skills, talents and character traits, which
led to his extraordinary global success. As you will be aware,
there is no shortage of books on Alvar Aalto, or to be more
precise, there is no shortage of books on Alvar Aalto's
Architecture. (Only one previous biography exists, published first
in 1984 and now out of print). This book is about an architect and
his architecture, written by another architect, not an
architectural historian. It is the first, frank and
fully-comprehensive biography of Alvar Aalto.
Measuring research impact and engagement is a much debated topic in
the UK and internationally. This book is the first to provide a
critical review of the research impact agenda, situating it within
international efforts to improve research utilisation. Using
empirical data, it discusses research impact tools and processes
for key groups such as academics, research funders, 'knowledge
brokers' and research users, and considers the challenges and
consequences of incentivising and rewarding particular
articulations of research impact. It draws on wide ranging
qualitative data, combined with theories about the science-policy
interplay and audit regimes to suggest ways to improve research
impact.
Measuring research impact and engagement is a much debated topic in
the UK and internationally. This book is the first to provide a
critical review of the research impact agenda, situating it within
international efforts to improve research utilisation. Using
empirical data, it discusses research impact tools and processes
for key groups such as academics, research funders, 'knowledge
brokers' and research users, and considers the challenges and
consequences of incentivising and rewarding particular
articulations of research impact. It draws on wide ranging
qualitative data, combined with theories about the science-policy
interplay and audit regimes to suggest ways to improve research
impact.
MANY aspects of physiology are best understood in terms of bodily
reactions to environmental stress, and temperature is one of the
most often encountered stress factors in the environment. The
responses to temperature can involve practically all of the organ
systems of the body and it is for this reason that the study of the
regulation of body temperatures represents one of the finest
examples of complex reaction integrated by the nervous and
endocrine systems, and hence of the principles of biological
control. Thus, while thermoregulation offers an abundance of
opportunities for the individual who likes to specialize in depth,
it is an ideal type of physiology for those who prefer to think of
the functioning of the body as whole. This book is written
primarily for the undergraduate, but I hope also that some students
may find time to read it, before embarking on a university course,
as an introduction to some of the ideas that will be encountered in
the more detailed study of the biological sciences, including
medicine. I have tried to discuss the evidence for important ideas,
since this is fundamental to the scientific method, and have been
particularly concerned to avoid the use of the sort of technical
jargon that gives a spurious impression of authority while in
reality creating confusion out of what is in essence simple.
She was the most powerful woman in the world. Victoria had ruled
through more than six decades, watching her kingdom spread to
become the world's biggest empire and witnessing massive change in
society and leaps forward in technology. Many of her people had
known no other monarch. It is little surprise, then, that her death
resulted in chaos, shock and mass outpourings of grief across the
world. Here author and researcher Stewart Richards has delved
through the archives to put together the definitive view of
Victoria in her drawn-out final days of illness, through the
immediate reaction to and aftermath of her death, to the state
funeral on 2 February 1901. Based entirely on fascinating
first-hand accounts, Curtain Down at Her Majesty's offers a
remarkable insight into the events of those tumultuous few days,
and a truly unique perspective on the life and impact of one of
history's great monarchs.
*Shortlisted in the Management and Leadership Textbook Category at
CMI Management Book of the Year Awards 2017* Are you undertaking
(or thinking of doing) a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) or
other professional doctorate (PD) in business and management? Or
perhaps you're supervising and delivering one of these programmes?
This is your complete - and practical - guide to succeeding on this
course. A Guide to Professional Doctorates in Business and
Management has been written by a team of experts with experience of
the challenges faced in both studying for and supervising
professional doctorates in business and management. Inside they
address the key issues faced, in particular how these courses
differ from a traditional PhD, and the different skills and
approach needed for success. Chapters explore the nature and
importance of PDs as leading change in the professional world of
practice, and how they need to differ from traditional forms of
doctorate such as PhDs. The guide also offers practical guidance on
researching in this particular mode, and through writing and
publishing a thesis, making a valuable contribution to professional
knowledge.
Definitive account of the famous 1963 Great Train Robbery - and its
aftermath. In the early hours of Thursday 8th August 1963 at rural
Cheddington in Buckinghamshire, GBP2.6 million (GBP50 million
today) in unmarked GBP5, GBP1 and 10-shilling notes was stolen from
the Glasgow to London nightmail train in a daring and brilliantly
executed operation lasting just 46 minutes. Quickly dubbed the
crime of the century, it has captured the imagination of the public
and the world's media for 50 years, taking its place in British
folklore and giving birth to the myths of The Great Train Robbery.
Ronnie Biggs, Buster Edwards and Bruce Reynolds became household
names. But what really happened? This is the story of four talented
villains who took the criminal world by storm, of the 'perfect
crime'. It is also the story of ruthless policemen, determined to
hunt the robbers down and to make sure nobody slipped through the
net, not even the innocent. It is the story of an Establishment
under siege, and of one mistake which cost the robbers 307 years in
prison. Fifty years later, here is the story set out in full for
the first time, a true-life crime thriller, and also a vivid slice
of British social history.
*Shortlisted in the Management and Leadership Textbook Category at
CMI Management Book of the Year Awards 2017* Are you undertaking
(or thinking of doing) a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) or
other professional doctorate (PD) in business and management? Or
perhaps you're supervising and delivering one of these programmes?
This is your complete - and practical - guide to succeeding on this
course. A Guide to Professional Doctorates in Business and
Management has been written by a team of experts with experience of
the challenges faced in both studying for and supervising
professional doctorates in business and management. Inside they
address the key issues faced, in particular how these courses
differ from a traditional PhD, and the different skills and
approach needed for success. Chapters explore the nature and
importance of PDs as leading change in the professional world of
practice, and how they need to differ from traditional forms of
doctorate such as PhDs. The guide also offers practical guidance on
researching in this particular mode, and through writing and
publishing a thesis, making a valuable contribution to professional
knowledge.
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