The Sand Dollar And The Slide Rule
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The Sand Dollar And The Slide Rule
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Author : Delta Willis
language : en
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Release Date : 1995
The Sand Dollar And The Slide Rule written by Delta Willis and has been published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Architecture categories.
In exploring the relationship between natural forms and design, Willis brings to life a fascinating group of architects, physicists and biologists devoted to the new science of form called Construction Morphology.
An Engineer S Alphabet
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Author : Henry Petroski
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-10-10
An Engineer S Alphabet written by Henry Petroski and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-10 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Written by America's most famous engineering storyteller and educator, this abecedarium is one engineer's selection of thoughts, quotations, anecdotes, facts, trivia and arcana relating to the practice, history, culture and traditions of his profession. The entries reflect decades of reading, writing, talking and thinking about engineers and engineering, and range from brief essays to lists of great engineering achievements. This work is organized alphabetically and more like a dictionary than an encyclopedia. It is not intended to be read from first page to last, but rather to be dipped into, here and there, as the mood strikes the reader. In time, it is hoped, this book should become the source to which readers go first when they encounter a vague or obscure reference to the softer side of engineering.
Systemic Management
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Author : Charles W. Fowler
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2009-03-26
Systemic Management written by Charles W. Fowler and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-26 with Science categories.
'Systemic management' describes a holistic, objective and universally applicable form of management, providing a framework for addressing environmental challenges such as global warming, emergent diseases, deforestation, overpopulation, the extinction crisis, pollution, over-fishing, and habitat destruction. Its goals are the consistently sustainable relationships between humans and ecosystems, between humans and other species, and between humans and the biosphere. This book presents a convincing argument that these goals, and the means to achieve them, can be inferred from empirical information. It describes how comparisons between humans and other species reveal patterns that can serve to guide management toward true sustainability i.e. ways that are empirically observed to work in natural systems. This objective approach has rarely been possible in conventional management because sustainability is invariably undermined by conflicting human values. 'Systemic management' is presented as a specialized process of pattern-based decision-making that avoids the inconsistency, subjectivity and error in current management practice. It clearly demonstrates how mimicking nature's empirical examples of sustainability can circumvent anthropocentric tendencies to overuse/misuse human values in management, and illustrates the science best suited for achieving sustainability through examples of research that address specific management questions.
Design Paradigms
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Author : Warren K. Wake
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2000-03-13
Design Paradigms written by Warren K. Wake and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-03-13 with Architecture categories.
Designmuster sind die Bausteine für Design und können in natürlicher oder vom Menschen geschaffener Umgebung beobachtet werden. Diese Musterbeispiele stellen eine visuelle Datenbank verschiedener Lösungsmöglichkeiten für Designer aus verschiedenen Disziplinen dar. Die Beziehungen zwischen Form, Gestalt und Farbe und die Art und Weise, wie wir diese Beziehungen verstehen und wahrnehmen ist das Thema dieses Buches. Designer müssen in der Lage sein, diese Grundmuster zu verstehen, wenn sie eine effektive und kreative Designlösung finden wollen. Dieses Buch definiert diese allgemeinen "Regeln" der Wahrnehmung und unterstützt so den Designprozeß, indem es die Voraussetzungen für Kreativität, Visualisierung und Problemlösungen schafft. Dabei werden nicht nur Techniken zur Entwicklung von Kreativität im Designprozeß behandelt, sondern ebenso die Entwicklung des Designprozesses selbst, vom ersten Schritt bis zum fertigen Produkt, durch Analogieschlüsse zwischen Produkt und dem Musterbeispiel das dazu die Anregungen lieferte.
Falling In Love With Statues
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Author : George L. Hersey
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2009-07-30
Falling In Love With Statues written by George L. Hersey and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-30 with Art categories.
"From Greek statues to porcelain dolls to digital avatars, countless generations of artificial humans have fascinated, seduced, and earned the devotion of their flesh-and-blood creators. Falling in Love with Statues reveals that these relationships have played an instrumental role throughout human history in our efforts to understand, improve, and empower ourselves."--Inside jacket.
The Future Of Art In A Postdigital Age
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Author : Mel Alexenberg
language : en
Publisher: Intellect Books
Release Date : 2011-04-27
The Future Of Art In A Postdigital Age written by Mel Alexenberg and has been published by Intellect Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-27 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
In The Future of Art in a Postdigital Age, artist and educator Mel Alexenberg offers a vision of a postdigital future that reveals a paradigm shift from the Hellenistic to the Hebraic roots of Western culture. He ventures beyond the digital to explore postdigital perspectives rising from creative encounters among art, science, technology and human consciousness. The interrelationships between these perspectives demonstrate the confluence between postdigital art and the dynamic, Jewish structure of consciousness. Alexenberg’s pioneering artwork – a fusion of spiritual and technological realms – exemplifies the theoretical thesis of this investigation into interactive and collaborative forms that imaginatively envisages the vast potential of art in a postdigital future.
The Wise Earth Speaks To Your Spirit
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Author : Janell Moon
language : en
Publisher: Red Wheel
Release Date : 2002-04-01
The Wise Earth Speaks To Your Spirit written by Janell Moon and has been published by Red Wheel this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-01 with Self-Help categories.
“Offers a strong incentive for us to get back to the natural world, stay quiet, reflect, and write to connect with a spirit that is larger than ourselves.”—Sheila Bender, author of Keeping a Journal You Love A heartfelt combination of spiritual discovery, environmental observations, and journal writing, The Wise Earth Speaks to Your Spirit offers readers a 52-week cycle of themed essays and related questions about the natural world. Entries on night and sky and parakeets, wind and mud and rain, snakes and tea and thistle, among others. In addition to folklore, myths, stories, and symbols connected to each theme, Janell Moon includes inspirational quotes from well-known writers—among them E. B. White, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gertrude Stein, and Mother Theresa—and shares her original poetry and personal experiences with the natural world. As she writes in the introduction, “It is my wish that through the telling of these stories, and the deepening of your own connections through your writing, that you will better enjoy a rainbow or a tree with angel’s wings in a storm.”
Discovery Of Design
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Author : Donald B. DeYoung
language : en
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
Release Date : 2009
Discovery Of Design written by Donald B. DeYoung and has been published by New Leaf Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Science categories.
"Inventors and design engineers frequently look to nature for inspiration. .... This book describes many of the useful results from this ongoing search. .... The name biomimicry is often given to this endeavor of discovering and utilizing designs from nature"--Introduction, p. 9.
Integral Ecology
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Author : Sean Esbjörn-Hargens
language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 2009
Integral Ecology written by Sean Esbjörn-Hargens and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Nature categories.
Dozens of real-life applications and examples of this framework currently in use are examined, including three in-depth cases studies: work with marine fisheries in Hawai'i, strategies of eco-activists to protect Canada's Great Bear Rainforest, and a study of community development in El Salvador. In addition, eighteen personal practices of transformation are provided for you to increase your own integral ecological awareness."--Jacket.
Hope Is An Imperative
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Author : David W. Orr
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2011-03-01
Hope Is An Imperative written by David W. Orr and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-01 with Nature categories.
For more than three decades, David Orr has been one of the leading voices of the environmental movement, championing the cause of ecological literacy in higher education, helping to establish and shape the field of ecological design, and working tirelessly to raise awareness of the threats to future generations posed by humanity’s current unsustainable trajectory. Hope Is an Imperative brings together in a single volume Professor Orr’s most important works. These include classics such as “What Is Education For?,” one of the most widely reprinted essays in the environmental literature, “The Campus and the Biosphere,” which helped launch the green campus movement,and “Loving Children: A Design Problem,” which renowned theologian and philosopher Thomas Berry called “the most remarkable essay I’ve read in my whole life.” The book features thirty-three essays, along with an introductory section that considers the evolution of environmentalism, section introductions that place the essays into a larger context, and a foreword by physicist and author Fritjof Capra. Hope Is an Imperative is a comprehensive collection of works by one of the most important thinkers and writers of our time. It offers a complete introduction to the writings of David Orr for readers new to the field, and represents a welcome compendium of key essays for longtime fans. The book is a must-have volume for every environmentalist’s bookshelf.