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Theorizing Built Form and Culture: The Legacy of Amos Rapoport (Routledge Research in Architecture)
by Kapila D. Silva Nisha A. FernandoIn this collection of essays, Theorizing Built Form and Culture: The Legacy of Amos Rapoport – a felicitation volume to celebrate the significance of Professor Amos Rapoport's lifelong scholarship – scholars from around the world discuss the analytical relevance, expansion, and continuing application of these contributions in developing an advanced understanding of mutual relationships between people and built environments across cultures.Professor Amos Rapoport has espoused an intellectual and theoretical legacy on environmental design scholarship that explains how cultural factors play a significant role in the ways people create and use environments as well as the way environments, in turn, influence people’s behavior. This volume presents a hitherto-not-seen, unique, and singular work that simultaneously articulates a cohesive framework of Rapoport’s architectural theories and demonstrates how that theoretical approach be used in architectural inquiry, education, and practice across environmental scales, types, and cultural contexts. It also acknowledges, for the very first time, how this theoretical legacy has pioneered the decolonizing of the Eurocentric approaches to architectural inquiry and has thus privileged an inclusive, cross-cultural perspective that laid the groundwork to understand and analyze non-Western design traditions. The book thus reflects a wide range of cross-cultural and cross-contextual range to which Professor Rapoport’s theories apply, a general notion of theoretical validity he always advocated for in his own writings.The volume is a paramount source for scholars and students of architecture who are interested in understanding how culture mediates the creation, use, and preservation of the built environment.
Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture: An Anthology of Architectural Theory 1965-1995
by Kate NesbittTheorizing a New Agenda for Architecture: An Anthology of ArchitecturalTheory collects in a single volume the most significant essays on architectural theory of the last thirty years. A dynamic period of reexamination of the discipline, the postmodern eraproduced widely divergent and radical viewpoints on issues of making, meaning, history, and the city. Among the paradigms presented arearchitectural postmodernism, phenomenology, semiotics, poststructuralism, deconstruction, and feminism. By gathering these influential articles from a vast array of books and journals into a comprehensive anthology, Kate Nesbitt has created a resource of great value. Indispensable to professors and students of architecture and architectural theory, Theorizing a New Agenda also serves practitioners and the general public, as Nesbitt provides an overview, a thematic structure, and a critical introduction to each essay. The list of authors in Theorizing a New Agenda reads like a "Who's Who" of contemporary architectural thought: Tadao Ando, Giulio Carlo Argan, Alan Colquhoun, Jacques Derrida, Peter Eisenman, Marco Frascari, Kenneth Frampton, Diane Ghirardo, Vittorio Gregotti, Karsten Harries, Rem Koolhaas, Christian Norberg-Schulz, Aldo Rossi, Colin Rowe, Thomas Schumacher, Ignasi de Sol-Morales Rubi, Bernard Tschumi, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, and Anthony Vidler. A bibliography and notes on all the contributors are also included.
Theory Collectve Behav Ils 258 (International Library of Sociology)
by Neil J. SmelserFirst Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Theory and Application of Liapunov's Direct Method (Dover Books on Mathematics)
by Wolfgang HahnThe groundbreaking work of Russian mathematician A. M. Liapunov (1857–1918) on the stability of dynamical systems was overlooked for decades because of political turmoil. During the Cold War, when it was discovered that his method was applicable to the stability of aerospace guidance systems, interest in his research was rekindled. It has remained high ever since.This monograph on both the theory and applications of Liapunov's direct method reflects the work of a period when the theory had been studied seriously for some time and reached a degree of completeness and sophistication. It remains of interest to applied mathematicians in many areas. Topics include applications of the stability theorems to concrete problems, the converse of the main theorems, Liapunov functions with certain properties of rate of change, the sensitivity of the stability behavior to perturbations, the critical cases, and generalizations of the concept of stability.
Theory and Practice of Sociosensitive and Socioactive Systems
by Friederike Eyssel Bruno Gransche Jacqueline Bellon Sebastian Nähr-Wagener Ricarda WullenkordInteractive adaptive systems increasingly become part of our everyday life. Which factors could shape this development and under which conditions will interactions with technical systems be deemed socially appropriate? The "FActors of Social Appropriateness" (FASA) Model presented in this Open Access-book provides a structured approach to our understanding of social appropriateness in human-technology interaction. The FASA Model serves to inform design choices for sociosensitive and socioactive artificial assistants.
Theory in Anthropology: A Sourcebook
by David Kaplan Robert A. MannersThis is VII in a series of ten volumes on the Theory in Anthropology. Originally published in 1968, this is a sourcebook that was created by the authors’ need for making accessible in a single volume a sample of those important pieces which are presently scattered in numerous publications, some of which are difficult for the student to obtain. Our second reason had to do with certain convictions they hold about the aims and methods of anthropology.
Theory of 5: Simplifying Grooming Concepts for Everyday Pets
by Melissa VerplankThe methods outlined in Theory of 5 have been time-tested for more than 30 years by the author and her team. They have been putting this concept to work every day, making their work easier and less confusing for the pet parent. <p><p>The trims outlined in Theory of 5 are designed for dogs in typical family settings, both purebred and mixed breed. Following the steps simplifies the creation of neat, well-balanced trims from one family pet to the next—enhancing each dog's overall appeal and style. When done, every pet will also still look unique because of its physical shape, size, color and coat texture.
Theory of Colours: Translated From The German, With Notes (Dover Fine Art, History Of Art Series)
by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Charles L. EastlakeThe wavelength theory of light and color had been firmly established by the time the great German poet published his Theory of Colours in 1810. Nevertheless, Goethe believed that the theory derived from a fundamental error, in which an incidental result was mistaken for a elemental principle. Far from affecting a knowledge of physics, he maintained that such a background would inhibit understanding. The conclusions Goethe draws here rest entirely upon his personal observations.This volume does not have to be studied to be appreciated. The author's subjective theory of colors permits him to speak persuasively of color harmony and aesthetics. These notions may evoke a positive response on their merits, but even among those who regard them as pure fantasy, the grace and style of Goethe's exposition provide abundant rewards. Although his scientific reasoning on this subject has long since been dismissed, modern readers continue to appreciate the beauty and sweep of Goethe's conjectures regarding the connection between color and philosophical ideas. In addition, he offers insights into early 19th-century beliefs and modes of thought as well as a taste of European life during the Enlightenment.
Theory of Economic Dynamics
by M. KaleckiKalecki is widely regarded as one of the leading theorists in the Post-Keynesian tradition and Theory of Economic Dynamics is one of his most influential works.
Theory of Economic Growth
by W. Arthur Lewisa landmark in the contemporary approach to economics"The Observer "it is as good a book as its most obvious predecessors in the genre: Smith's Wealth of Nations and Marshall's Industry and the Trade"Times Educational Supplement Setting out the problems to be solved if mankind is to be freed from poverty, Theory of Economic Growth embraces the disciplines of economics, history, sociology, politics and anthropology in its coverage. Focussing on output and growth (rather than distribution and consumption) the book discusses economic institutions, knowledge, capital, population, resources and government, and their role in the growth of output per head of population.
Theory of Evolution - Simple Guides
by John ScotneyToday the theory of evolution by natural selection and the science of genetics are the twin keys to our understanding of how life on earth came about. Yet when an English naturalist called Charles Darwin first published his ideas in 1859 in a book called On the Origin of Species the world was horrified at the notion of a changing creation without the intervention a Creator. By contrast, when a few years later an obscure Moravian monk, Gregor Mendel, published the results of his experiments in genetics the world failed to noticeJohn Scotney's new book explains just what these two great men had discovered and follows the amazing development of this seminal idea from the decade when it turned the world on its head to the present time and the unravelling of the human genome. It describes how the first dinosaur fossils were believed to be the bones of giants and how little by little the ongoing story of living creatures has been assembled until we can see the thread of life running from single-cell microorganisms to primates like ourselves, and why most ancient creatures died out and some survive to this day. Indeed we still carry vestiges of former life forms in our bodies and it is said that ancient seas flow in our blood. Anatomy, taxonomy, chemistry, geology, archaeology, and embryology have all had a part in this remarkable detective story, and even the Cold War became involved when the followers of Mendel in the West were confronted by those of Lamarck in China and Russia. Modern evolutionary theory is shown to be a synthesis of many scientific fields and the product both of years of tireless work and of sudden imaginative leaps. The Theory of Evolution conveys the excitement of this fundamental discovery and gives an insight into the way scientific enquiry and debate continue to shape our world.SIMPLE GUIDES: SCIENCESimple Guides: Science are user-friendly introductions to the great scientific discoveries of the world. Written by experts in the field, they offer the general reader simple and engaging descriptions of key developments and breakthroughs in different fields of science and technology. * Simple Guides: Science are written in a clear, informal style, using plain, non-technical language to provide accessible introductions to complex scientific theories.* Organized both by theme and chronologically, the books link the major breakthroughs to the lives of their discoverers and inventors.* The clear structure and design enable the general reader to grasp essentials easily. * These guides will appeal to readers with no specific scientific knowledge, yet with a thirst to know more about the world we live in.* The scientific developments and theories are brought to life by descriptions of their social contexts; not only the breakthroughs are described, but also their impact on society and the human story behind the scientists.
Theory of Legal Evidence - Evidence in Legal Theory (Law and Philosophy Library #138)
by Verena Klappstein Maciej DybowskiThis book addresses theoretical problems concerning legal evidence. The concept of evidence is expected to fulfill a number of distinct roles in science and philosophy, but also in legal theory and law, some of which are complementary, while others are conflicting. In their profession, lawyers have to deal with evidence and proof. Yet the legal concept of evidence is constantly changing, and the debate concerning the distinction between a legal concept of evidence, the ordinary concept of evidence and the concept of evidence in science is far from being settled. What is more, the problem of evidence is central to both epistemology and the philosophy of science, and by extension to our academic thinking on law. In short, legal theorists’ interest in evidence may include such diverse objects as a bloody knife, sensory data, linguistic entities or psychologically recognized beliefs. The book surveys selected theoretical roles that the concept of evidence plays and explores their relations and interconnections. The content is divided into three parts, investigating: (1) evidence in epistemology and the philosophy of science, which focuses on evidence methodologies and the problem of proof in legal scholarship; (2) evidence in legal theory and legal philosophy, where particular attention is paid to the interplay between evidence, legal reasoning and the binding force of such reasoning; and (3) evidence in law, where theoretical problems pertaining to witnesses, expert opinions, explanations of the accused, statistical evidence and neuroscientific evidence are examined.
Thepurplebook Baby: The Definitive Guide to Exceptional Online Shopping
by Hillary Mendelsohn Lawrence Butler Ian AndersonFrom essential gear like baby strollers and car seats to the fun accessories, thebabypurplebook is the all-new companion guide to thepurplebook and the ultimate resource for finding the best baby and maternity products online.
Thepurplebook, 2007 Edition: The Definitive Guide to Exceptional Online Shopping
by Hillary Mendelsohn Lawrence Butler Ian AndersonGet out of the mall and on to your computer. With the click of your mouse and the completely updated 2007 edition of thepurplebook[Registered], you've got a 24-7 invitation to window-shop at over 1,600 of the Internet's best sites (including hundreds of newly discovered Web retailers). This user-friendly, thoroughly researched guide unlocks the true potential of online shopping by showing you first-rate places to find the products you seek and uncovering incredible sites you never dreamed existed, whether you want to express your personal style, find the perfect gift, or simply make life a little more convenient. From functional to fabulous, trendsetter to traditional, bargain basement to designer luxe, you'll find something to fit every taste, style, and budget. Shop till you drop with: Outstanding quality--more than 40,000 sites were screened for the book, and each one that made the cut promises a do-not-miss experience for the savvy shopper! Helpful consumer tips-advice for avoiding fraudulent charges, identity theft, spam, and other rip-offs, Customer service telephone numbers-the notoriously hard-to-find number that puts you in direct contact with a service representative. Thepurplebook makes it easy to find the right something for yourself and everyone on your shopping list, in each of these essential categories: Art & Collectibles, Crafts & Hobbies, Entertainment, Epicurean, Gadgets & Electronics, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden, Lifestyles & Megastores, Maternity, Men's Apparel, Minors, Pets, Seniors, Shoes & Accessories, Sports & Gifts, Travel, Women's Apparel, Charity.
There Is Never Anything but the Present: And Other Inspiring Words of Wisdom
by Alan WattsA giftable collection of inspiring, uplifting, and enlightening words of wisdom from one of the most important voices in spirituality and self-help "The perfect guide for a course correction in life." —Deepak ChopraHere is an indispensible treasury of uplifting and enlightening quotations for guidance, support, and spiritual sustenance. In his classic works of philosophy, Alan Watts shared timeless wisdom with readers worldwide. In this book are some of his most thought-provoking words to live by, to reflect upon, and to read for inspiration, knowledge, and growth.
There's Money Where Your Mouth Is: A Complete Insider's Guide to Earning Income and Building a Career in Voice-Overs
by Elaine A. ClarkVoices are increasingly in demand for commercials, cartoon characters, announcements, and other spots. This outstanding handbook explains how to launch a career and ?nd work. Along with sample commercials and script copy, the author gives advice on vocal exercises, self-promotion, and business matters. Chapters include: getting started, voice-over aerobics, copy basics, melody and tempo, layering techniques, believing what you say, commercial and stylized characters, corporate narration, animation, video games and toys, getting an agent, marketing your talent, and staying on top of the business. This expanded edition features new tips on making a demo CD, vocal modulation and breath techniques, advanced copy-reading strategies, and a section on how copywriters see the job of the voice artists for whom they write. If you've ever been interested in voice-over acting, you need this book!
There's More You Should Know: A Journal of My Life
by Jennifer Basye SanderWhether their children have asked them to recapture treasured moments, stories, and traditions, or simply to record valuable family information, many seniors are now sitting down to write about their lives. But how does one get started on such a daunting project?That's where writing coach Jennifer Basye Sander steps in. In Before I Go, There's More You Should Know, she has developed one hundred questions to prompt fledgling memoirists and family historians on their way. From simple questions such as "What was your favorite family vacation as a child?" to more thought-provoking ones such as "What do you think happens to us after we die?" this journal-style book will allow writers to roam far and wide inside their own memories for stories to share, life lessons that were learned, and beliefs that grew over time. Sander's questions and prompts will help writers tell generations to come all about their childhood and teen years; their education, relationships, and marriage; their careers, religious experience, and involvement in their communities; their beliefs, values, and opinions; and much more.Beautifully designed with full-color illustrations throughout, this book is a special place for parents to record the most significant reflections and remembrances of their lives, and it is sure be a treasured keepsake for their children and grandchildren for many years to come.
There's Work to Be Done.: Words to Live (and Die) By from the Dutton Ranch
by Adams MediaFor the millions of Yellowstone fans, the official quote book There&’s Work to Be Done. captures the advice they live by, the exchanges they remember, and the lines they love to recite.&“There&’s work to be done.&” —Rip Wheeler, Season 1, Episode 6, &“The Remembering&” The characters of Yellowstone don&’t mince words. And that&’s just the way fans like it. From John Dutton&’s sage advice to Beth&’s pointed barbs, the show&’s iconic lines and exchanges live on long after each episode ends. There&’s Work to Be Done. captures those famous—and infamous—quotes in a collection that&’ll brand any Yellowstone fan as a true diehard. With more than 75 quotes and stills from Seasons 1 through 5, they&’ll be able to relive and recite lines such as: -&“You are the trailer park. I am the tornado.&” —Beth Dutton, Season 3, Episode 5, &“Cowboys and Dreamers&” -&“You find out real fast who&’s willing to ride for the brand when they learn they gotta wear it.&” —John Dutton, Season 5, Episode 8, &“A Knife and No Coin&” -&“My tomorrows are all yours.&” —Rip Wheeler, Season 3, Episode 4, &“Going Back to Cali&” -&“Gonna go do some cowboy sh*t now.&” —Walker, Season 5, Episode 7, &“The Dream Is Not Me&” Time to get the work done and ride for the brand with this official Yellowstone quote book.
There's a Map on My Lap! All About Maps: All About Maps (The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library)
by Tish RabeLaugh and learn with fun facts about mapmakers, geography, compasses, and more—all told in Dr. Seuss&’s beloved rhyming style and starring the Cat in the Hat! &“You may travel the world, but no matter how far, with a map on your lap you will know where you are.&” The Cat in the Hat&’s Learning Library series combines beloved characters, engaging rhymes, and Seussian illustrations to introduce children to non-fiction topics from the real world! Go on a journey and learn: • how to read the latitude and longitude lines on a map• why a hiker uses a topographical map• why mapmakers use a scale and legends• and much more! Perfect for story time and for the youngest readers, There&’s a Map on My Lap! All About Maps also includes an index, glossary, and suggestions for further learning. Look for more books in the Cat in the Hat&’s Learning Library series!If I Ran the Horse Show: All About HorsesClam-I-Am! All About the BeachMiles and Miles of Reptiles: All About ReptilesA Whale of a Tale! All About Porpoises, Dolphins, and WhalesSafari, So Good! All About African WildlifeOh, the Lavas That Flow! All About VolcanoesOut of Sight Till Tonight! All About Nocturnal AnimalsWhat Cat Is That? All About CatsOnce upon a Mastodon: All About Prehistoric MammalsOh Say Can You Say What's the Weather Today? All About WeatherThe Cat on the Mat: All About Mindfulness
There's a Saying for That: Proverbs from Around the World
by Bob BlaisdellForbidden fruit is the sweetest, and he who wants to beat a dog is sure to find a stick! This compilation of the best proverbs from around the world -- ancient and modern -- offers concise, time-honored wisdom about love, money, politics, and human nature. A handsome gift-book format makes this volume an ideal present.
There's a Sucker Born Every Minute
by Jeffrey RobinsonOne in nine Americans will lose money as a victim of fraud • Every man and woman in the country (and every child with an email address) will be targeted by professional fraudsters-multiple times. • Seven out of every eight frauds go unreported. • Most fraudsters will get away with their crime. • Government agencies and crime watchdogs suggest that there could be up to $100 billion worth of fraud in this country in any given year. A jaw-dropping exposé of fraud in America today-who's doing it, how it's done, and how you can protect yourself-the world of fraud is laid bare: from personal finance and investment schemes to Internet scams and identity theft, to pyramid cons and the infamous Nigerian advance fee frauds. Jeffrey Robinson gets inside the heads of the most notorious scam artists to uncover the psychological weapons they use to entice victims. With uncanny clarity and insight, he shows how to spot a scam and how to limit your exposure to fraudsters. There's a Sucker Born Every Minute levels the playing field, arming consumers with the knowledge they need to combat even the most insidious conmen. Watch a Video .
Thereby Hangs A Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins
by Charles Earle FunkHave you ever wondered why there's a bed in bedlam or why politicians utter so much bunk before elections? This book answers such questions in a readable and informative way. charity Saint Jerome, who translated the New Testament into Latin in the fourth century, sought to avoid the use of the ordinary Latin word for "love," amor, because of the distinctly worldly associations attached to that word. It did not agree with his interpretation of agape, in the original Greek, which denotes more nearly brotherly love or the deep affection between close friends. So he substituted, wherever the Greek text would naturally have required amor, one or another rather colorless word, one of them being caritas. Its meaning is "dearness," but, being colorless, it was capable of taking the color of its biblical surroundings and thus came to mean, specifically, Christian love of one's neighbor, and especially of the poor. The English word charity, derived from it, perhaps owes its sense particularly to the great passage in I Corinthians, chapter 13, which begins: "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal." c
There’s a Word for It: The Explosion of the American Language Since 1900
by Sol SteinmetzFrom the turn of the twentieth century to today, our language has grown from around 90,000 new words to some 500,000—at least, that’s today’s best guesstimate (1936). What accounts for this quantum leap (1924)? In There’s a Word for It, language expert Sol Steinmetz takes us on a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (1949) joyride (1908) through our nation’s cultural history, as seen through the neato (1951) words and terms we’ve invented to describe it all. From the quaintly genteel days of the 1900s (when we first heard words such as nickelodeon, escalator, and, believe it or not, Ms.) through the Roaring Twenties (the time of flappers, jalopies, and bootleg booze) to the postwar ’50s (the years of rock ’n’ roll, beatniks, and blast-offs) and into the new millennium (with its blogs, Google, and Obamamania), this feast for word lovers is a boffo (1934) celebration of linguistic esoterica (1929). In chapters organized by decade, each with a lively and informative narrative of the life and language of the time, along with year-by-year lists of words that were making their first appearance, There’s a Word for It reveals how the American culture contributed to the evolution and expansion of the English language and vice versa. Clearly, it’s must-reading (1940). And not to disparage any of the umpteen (1918) other language books on the shelf—though they have their share of hokum (1917) and gobbledygook (1944)—but this one truly is the bee’s knees and the cat’s pajamas (1920s).
Thermal Remote Sensing of Active Volcanoes
by Andrew HarrisEncapsulating over one hundred years of research developments, this book is a comprehensive manual for measurements of Earth surface temperatures and heat fluxes, enabling better detection and measurement of volcanic activity. With a particular focus on volcanic hot spots, the book explores methodologies and principles used with satellite-, radiometer- and thermal-camera data. It presents traditional applications using satellite and ground based sensors as well as modern applications that have evolved for use with hand-held thermal cameras and is fully illustrated with case studies, databases and worked examples. Chapter topics include techniques for thermal mixture modelling and heat flux derivation, and methods for data collection, mapping and time-series generation. Appendices and online supplements present additional specific notes on areas of sensor application and data processing, supported by an extensive reference list. This book is an invaluable resource for academic researchers and graduate students in thermal remote sensing, volcanology, geophysics and planetary studies.
Thermodynamics For Dummies
by Michael PaukenThe thermodynamics knowledge you need to succeed in class—and in your career Thermodynamics For Dummies, 2nd Edition covers the topics found in a typical undergraduate introductory thermodynamic course (which is an essential course to nearly all engineering degree programs). It also brings the subject to life with exciting content on where (and how!) thermodynamics is being used today (spoiler alert: everywhere!). You'll grasp the basics of how heat and energy interact, thermodynamic properties of reactions and mixtures, and how thermodynamic cycles are used to make things go. This useful guide also covers renewable energy systems, new refrigerant technology, and a more diverse perspective on the history of the field. Within, you'll: Get clear explanations of the laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic cycles, and beyond Read about real-world examples to help you connect with the content Practice solving thermodynamic problems to internalize what you've learned For students looking for resources to demystify thermodynamics, Thermodynamics For Dummies, 2nd Edition is the perfect choice. Become thermodynamically savvy with this accessible guide!