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The Shortest Shadow
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Author : Alenka Zupančič
language : en
Publisher: Mit Press
Release Date : 2003-01
The Shortest Shadow written by Alenka Zupančič and has been published by Mit Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01 with Philosophy categories.
Restoring Nietzsche to a Nietzschean context--examining the definitive element that animates his work.
The Shortest Shadow
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Author : Alenka Zupancic
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2003-09-26
The Shortest Shadow written by Alenka Zupancic and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-26 with Philosophy categories.
Restoring Nietzsche to a Nietzschean context—examining the definitive element that animates his work. What is it that makes Nietzsche Nietzsche? In The Shortest Shadow, Alenka Zupančič counters the currently fashionable appropriation of Nietzsche as a philosopher who was "ahead of his time" but whose time has finally come—the rather patronizing reduction of his often extraordinary statements to mere opinions that we can "share." Zupančič argues that the definitive Nietzschean quality is his very unfashionableness, his being out of the mainstream of his or any time. To restore Nietzsche to a context in which the thought "lives on its own credit," Zupančič examines two aspects of his philosophy. First, in "Nietzsche as Metapsychologist," she revisits the principal Nietzschean themes—his declaration of the death of God (which had a twofold meaning, "God is dead" and "Christianity survived the death of God"), the ascetic ideal, and nihilism—as ideas that are very much present in our hedonist postmodern condition. Then, in the second part of the book, she considers Nietzsche's figure of the Noon and its consequences for his notion of the truth. Nietzsche describes the Noon not as the moment when all shadows disappear but as the moment of "the shortest shadow"—not the unity of all things embraced by the sun, but the moment of splitting, when "one turns into two." Zupančič argues that this notion of the Two as the minimal and irreducible difference within the same animates all of Nietzsche's work, generating its permanent and inherent tension.
Light
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Author : Jim Pipe
language : en
Publisher: Black Rabbit Books
Release Date : 2005-07-30
Light written by Jim Pipe and has been published by Black Rabbit Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-30 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
An introduction to what light is, how it is made and how it is used.
Feminist Subjectivities In Fiber Art And Craft
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Author : John Corso-Esquivel
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-07-09
Feminist Subjectivities In Fiber Art And Craft written by John Corso-Esquivel and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-09 with Art categories.
This book interprets the fiber art and craft-inspired sculpture by eight US and Latin American women artists whose works incite embodied affective experience. Grounded in the work of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, John Corso-Esquivel posits craft as a material act of intuition. The book provocatively asserts that fiber art—long disparaged in the wake of the high–low dichotomy of late Modernism—is, in fact, well-positioned to lead art at the vanguard of affect theory and twenty-first-century feminist subjectivities.
Sticks Stones And Shadows
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Author : Martin Isler
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2001
Sticks Stones And Shadows written by Martin Isler and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Social Science categories.
What do the pyramids of Egypt really represent? What could have driven so many to so great, and often so dangerous, an effort? Was the motivation religious or practical? Illustrated with more than 300 photographs and drawings, this book presents an original approach to the subject of pyramid building. It reveals the connection between devices that served both a practical need for survival and a spiritual belief in gods and goddesses. It examines Egyptian technologies and techniques from the origins of pyramid development to the step-by-step details of how the ground was leveled, how the site was oriented, and how the stone was raised and placed to meet at a distant point in the sky. Here the author also asks and answers questions virtually ignored for the last century. He discloses, for example, the ancient use of shadows, now denigrated to the ornamental back-yard sundial, but once an important tool for telling the height of an object, geographical directions, the seasons of the year, and the time of day. He also reinterprets the ancient "stretching of the cord" ceremony, which once was thought to have only religious significance but here is shown as the means of establishing the sides of a pyramid.
Understanding Primary Science
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Author : Martin Wenham
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2004-12-08
Understanding Primary Science written by Martin Wenham and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-08 with Education categories.
This new edition provides even more of the background knowledge that teachers need in order to plan effective programs and answer children’s questions with confidence.
A Kid S Book Of Experiments With Time
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Author : Robert Gardner
language : en
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Release Date : 2015-12-15
A Kid S Book Of Experiments With Time written by Robert Gardner and has been published by Enslow Publishing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Using easy-to-find supplies as well as simple language to explain scientific theories and experimental procedures, young readers with discover the intricacies of time, including how it is measured and how it affects everyday life.
The Natural Navigator Pocket Guide
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Author : Tristan Gooley
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-06-27
The Natural Navigator Pocket Guide written by Tristan Gooley and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-27 with History categories.
Starting with a simple question - 'Which way am I looking?' - Tristan Gooley blends natural science, myth, folklore and the history of travel to introduce you to the rare and ancient art of finding your way using nature's own sign-posts, from the feel of a rock to the look of the moon. With Tristan's help, you'll learn why some trees grow the way they do and how they can help you find your way in the countryside. You'll discover how it's possible to find North simply by looking at a puddle and how natural signs can be used to navigate on the open ocean and in the heart of the city. Wonderfully detailed and full of fascinating stories, this is a glorious exploration of the rediscovered art of natural navigation. The Natural Navigator Pocket Guide is a user-friendly, practical book and the beautiful illustrations are a useful tool to help travellers on their instrument-free journey.
The Lost Art Of Finding Our Way
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Author : John Edward Huth
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2013-05-15
The Lost Art Of Finding Our Way written by John Edward Huth and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-15 with Science categories.
Explains a process of navigation that relies on natural phenomenon and describes techniques followed by ancient people involving the Sun, Moon, tides, currents, wind, and the horizon that can be used to determine direction and ensure arrival at a safe destination.
The History And Practice Of Ancient Astronomy
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Author : James Evans
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1998-10-01
The History And Practice Of Ancient Astronomy written by James Evans and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-10-01 with Science categories.
The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy combines new scholarship with hands-on science to bring readers into direct contact with the work of ancient astronomers. While tracing ideas from ancient Babylon to sixteenth-century Europe, the book places its greatest emphasis on the Greek period, when astronomers developed the geometric and philosophical ideas that have determined the subsequent character of Western astronomy. The author approaches this history through the concrete details of ancient astronomical practice. Carefully organized and generously illustrated, the book can teach readers how to do real astronomy using the methods of ancient astronomers. For example, readers will learn to predict the next retrograde motion of Jupiter using either the arithmetical methods of the Babylonians or the geometric methods of Ptolemy. They will learn how to use an astrolabe and how to design sundials using Greek and Roman techniques. The book also contains supplementary exercises and patterns for making some working astronomical instruments, including an astrolabe and an equatorium. More than a presentation of astronomical methods, the book provides a critical look at the evidence used to reconstruct ancient astronomy. It includes extensive excerpts from ancient texts, meticulous documentation, and lively discussions of the role of astronomy in the various cultures. Accessible to a wide audience, this book will appeal to anyone interested in how our understanding of our place in the universe has changed and developed, from ancient times through the Renaissance.