Life Forms in the Thinking of the Long Eighteenth Century / / Keith Baker, Jenna Gibbs

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911009154203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2016
• ISBN: 9781442630260; 1442630264; 9781442630253; 1442630256
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 p.)
• Collana: UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series
• Disciplina: 909.7
• Soggetti: Vitalism; Science - History - 18th century; Enlightenment; Libros electronicos.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part One : History as a Life Form. 1. Johann Christoph Gatterer and history as science / Martin Gierl -- 2. An Epicurean democracy in language : the volte face in Johann David Michaelis's early career / Avi Lifschitz -- 3. Reill's Vitalizing nature in the Enlightenment and German Naturphilosophie / John Zammito -- Part Two : Vitalism in Political and Cultural Translation -- 4. "That infinite variety of human forms" : modern identity and portraiture in Enlightenment England / Frederic Ogee -- 5. Was Marat a vitalist? / Keith Michael Baker -- 6. The vital organism in the thought of Humboldt and Mill / Kris Pangburn -- Part Three : Esotericism and the Enlightenment. 7. Constructs of life forms in Lavater's Physiognomy / Annette Graczyk -- 8. The preaching philosopher : Andreas Weber (1718-81) between Wolffian philosophy and heterodox theology / Renko Geffarth -- 9. Between myth and archive, alchemy and science in eighteenth-century Naples : The cabinet of Raimondo di Sangro, Prince of San Severo / Clorinda Donato -- 10. The liberal mysticism of Madame de Staël / Helena Rosenblatt.
• Sommario/riassunto: "For many years, scholars have been moving away from the idea of a singular, secular, rationalistic, and mechanistic "Enlightenment project." Historian Peter Reill has been one of those at the forefront of this development, demonstrating the need for a broader and more varied understanding of eighteenth-century conceptions of nature. Life Forms in the Thinking of the Long Eighteenth Century is a unique reappraisal of Enlightenment thought on nature, biology, and the organic world that responds to Reill's work. The ten essays included in the collection analyse the place of historicism, vitalism, and esotericism in the eighteenth century--three strands of thought rarely connected, but all of which are central to Reill's innovative work. Working across national and regional boundaries, they engage not only French and English but also Italian, Swiss, and German writers."--

Managing complex systems : thinking outside the box / / Howard Eisner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911018956603321
• Autore: Eisner Howard <1935->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2005
• ISBN: 9786610238965; 9781118006696; 1118006690; 9781280238963; 1280238968; 9780470243855; 0470243856; 9780471745495; 0471745499; 9780471745488; 0471745480
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Collana: Wiley series in systems engineering and management
• Disciplina: 658.4/04/02462
• Soggetti: Systems engineering - Management; Project management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: MANAGING COMPLEX SYSTEMS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Contents; Preface; 1 Systems and Thinking; 2 Building and Managing Systems; 3 Problems to Ponder; 4 The Inventive Mind; 5 Perspective 1: Broaden and Generalize; 6 Perspective 2: Crossover; 7 Perspective 3: Question Conventional Wisdom; 8 Perspective 4: Back of the Envelope; 9 Perspective 5: Expanding the Dimensions; 10 Perspective 6: Obversity; 11 Perspective 7: Remove Constraints; 12 Perspective 8: Thinking with Pictures; 13 Perspective 9: The Systems Approach; 14 Thinking in Groups; 15 Widening the Circle; 16 Final Thoughts and a Test; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Nine innovative methods to think outside the box and solve complex system problemsManaging Complex Systems provides specific tools and guidance needed to be a more creative and innovative thinker. Following the author's methodology, the reader will be better able to devise and implement nontraditional solutions to seemingly intractable complex problems. By challenging the reader to think in new and creative ways, the book offers a road map to success, whether measured in terms of competitive advantage, greater market share, improved productivity, or higher profits, all based upon bette

Designing high-density cities for social and environmental sustainability / / edited by Edward Ng

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910972037503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Sterling, VA, : Earthscan, 2010
• ISBN: 1-136-54600-6; 1-136-54601-4; 1-282-50605-6; 9786612506055; 1-84977-444-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (366 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): NgEdward
• Disciplina: 307.1/216; 307.1216; 711.42
• Soggetti: City planning - Environmental aspects; Sustainable urban development; Urban ecology (Sociology)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Designing High-Density Cities; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Foreword by Sir David Akers Jones; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Part I: An Understanding of High Density; 1. Understanding Density and High Density: Vicky Cheng; Physical density; Building density and urban morphology; Perceived density; High density; Conclusions; 2. Is the High-Density City the Only Option?: Brenda Vale and Robert Vale; The post-oil scenario; The food equation; Wastes and fertility; Low density or high density?; Conclusions; 3. The Sustainability of High Density: Susan RoafPopulation and the people problem; Resource depletion; Pollution; Conclusions: Avoid the Ozymandias syndrome; 4. Density and Urban Sustainability: An Exploration of Critical Issues: Chye Kiang Heng and Lai Choo Malone-Lee; Sustainability and planning; Historical review; Density and sustainability; Conclusions; Part II: Climate and High-Density Design; 5. ; Climate Changes Brought About by Urban Living: Chiu-Ying Lam; Temperature; On climate changes brought about by urban living; Wind; State of the sky; Evaporation; Thinking about people; 6. Urbanization and City Climate: A Diurnal and Seasonal Perspective: Wing-Mo Leung and Tsz-Cheung LeeUrban heat island (UHI) intensity; Diurnal variation of UHI intensity; Seasonal variation of UHI intensity; Favourable conditions for high UHI intensity; Conclusions; 7. Urban Climate in Dense Cities: Lutz Katzschner; Introduction; Problems; Urban climatic maps; Urban climate and planning; Part III: Environmental Aspects of High-Density Design; 8. Thermal Comfort Issues and Implications in High-Density Cities: Baruch Givoni; Thermal comfort; Recent research on comfort; Conclusions: Implications for building design and urban planning9. Urban Environment Diversity and Human Comfort: Koen Steemers and Marylis Ramos; Introduction; Background; Monitoring outdoor comfort; Conclusions; 10. Designing for Urban Ventilation: Edward Ng; Introduction; Urban ventilation in high-density cities; Wind velocity ratio for urban ventilation; Building and city morphology for urban ventilation; Case study: Hong Kong; Design guidelines; Conclusions; 11. Natural Ventilation in High-Density Cities: Francis Allard, Christian Ghiaus and Agota Szucs; Introduction; Role of ventilation; Cooling potential by ventilation in a dense urban environmentNatural ventilation strategies in a dense urban environment; 12. Sound Environment: High- versus Low-Density Cities: Jian Kang; Sound distribution; Sound perception; Noise reduction; 13. Designing for Daylighting: Edward Ng; Introduction; Context; Graphical tools for design; The need for daylight; Towards high density; A tool for high density; The way forward; Conclusions; 14. Designing for Waste Minimization in High-Density Cities: Chi-Sun Poon and Lara Jaillon; Introduction: Waste management and waste minimization; Designing for waste minimization
• Sommario/riassunto: Compact living is sustainable living. High-density cities can support closer amenities, encourage reduced trip lengths and the use of public transport and therefore reduce transport energy costs and carbon emissions. High-density planning also helps to control the spread of urban suburbs into open lands, improves efficiency in urban infrastructure and services, and results in environmental improvements that support higher quality of life in cities. Encouraging, even requiring, higher density urban development is a major policy and a central principle of growth management programmes u

American fiction in transition : observer-hero narrative, the 1990s, and postmodernism / / Adam Kelly

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910969046503321
• Autore: Kelly Adam
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; ; London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Pub. Plc, , 2013
• ISBN: 9781441135933; 1441135936; 9781472543394; 1472543394; 9781441173744; 1441173749
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.540923
• Soggetti: American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism; Narration (Rhetoric) - History - 20th century; Point of view (Literature); Postmodernism (Literature) - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. The 1990s, the Postmodern Subject, and the Problem of Agency -- 2. Observer-Hero Narrative and American Literary History -- 3. Tragedy, Secrecy, Narration: Philip Roth's The Human Stain -- 4. Action and Testimony: Paul Auster's Leviathan -- 5. Narcissism and Explanation: Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides -- 6. Ethics and Justification: E. L. Doctorow's The Waterworks -- 7. Conclusion: Agency, the Reader, and the Post-Postmodern -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "American Fiction in Transition is a study of the observer-hero narrative, a highly significant but critically neglected genre of the American novel. Through the lens of this transitional genre, the book explores the 1990s in relation to debates about the end of postmodernism, and connects the decade to other transitional periods in US literature. Novels by four major contemporary writers are ; examined: Philip Roth, Paul Auster, E. L. Doctorow and Jeffrey Eugenides. Each novel has a similar structure: an observer-narrator tells the story of an important person in his life who has died. But each story is equally about the struggle to tell the story, to find adequate means to narrate the transitional quality of the hero's life. In playing out this narrative struggle, each novel thereby addresses the broader problem of historical transition, a problem that marks the legacy of the postmodern era in American literature and culture."--Bloomsbury Publishing.