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Marginalism and Discontinuity

Author : Martin H. Krieger
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610443403
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Marginalism and Discontinuity written by Martin H. Krieger and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1989-11-21 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marginalism and Discontinuity is an account of the culture of models employed in the natural and social sciences, showing how such models are instruments for getting hold of the world, tools for the crafts of knowing and deciding. Like other tools, these models are interpretable cultural objects, objects that embody traditional themes of smoothness and discontinuity, exchange and incommensurability, parts and wholes. Martin Krieger interprets the calculus and neoclassical economics, for example, as tools for adding up a smoothed world, a world of marginal changes identified by those tools. In contrast, other models suggest that economies might be sticky and ratchety or perverted and fetishistic. There are as well models that posit discontinuity or discreteness. In every city, for example, some location has been marked as distinctive and optimal; around this created differentiation, a city center and a city periphery eventually develop. Sometimes more than one model is applicable—the possibility of doom may be seen both as the consequence of a series of mundane events and as a transcendent moment. We might model big decisions or entrepreneurial endeavors as sums of several marginal decisions, or as sudden, marked transitions, changes of state like freezing or religious conversion. Once we take models and theory as tools, we find that analogy is destiny. Our experiences make sense because of the analogies or tools used to interpret them, and our intellectual disciplines are justified and made meaningful through the employment of characteristic toolkits—a physicist's toolkit, for example, is equipped with a certain set of mathematical and rhetorical models. Marginalism and Discontinuity offers a provocative and wide-ranging consideration of the technologies by which we attempt to apprehend the world. It will appeal to social and natural scientists, mathematicians and philosophers, and thoughtful educators, policymakers, and planners.

Doing Physics

Author : Martin H. Krieger
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253006082
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Doing Physics written by Martin H. Krieger and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-19 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Doing Mathematics explores the concepts of physics by demonstrating how physicists think and approach their work. Doing Physics makes concepts of physics easier to grasp by relating them to everyday knowledge. Addressing some of the models and metaphors that physicists use to explain the physical world, Martin H. Krieger describes the conceptual world of physics by means of analogies to economics, anthropology, theater, carpentry, mechanical systems, and machine tool design. Krieger explains the interaction of elementary particles by referring to the theory of kinship: who can marry whom is similar to what can interact with what. Likewise, the description of physical situations in terms of interdependent particles and fields is analogous to the design of a factory with its division of labor among specialists. For this new edition, Krieger has revised the text and added a chapter on the role of mathematics and formal models in physics. “Krieger . . . excellently tells those in our human society outside the physics world how physicists think, plan, and go about understanding nature.” —Choice

Eden by Design

Author : Greg Hise
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520224148
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book Eden by Design written by Greg Hise and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eden by Design is a compelling and fascinating description of a possible Los Angeles that never came to be. Greg Hise and William Deverell have resurrected the Olmsted Brothers' 1930 plan for Los Angeles County, and then, in a wonderful introduction, put the plan in context so that to read it now is to see not only what seemed dangerous and possible in 1930 but also how and why one route to the present was chosen over others. In their hands, the plan acts like a ghost of Los Angeles, reminding us about a vanished past, lost possibilities, and the secrets that our present masks."--Richard White, author of The Organic Machine "The Report is not only a vital document in the history of Los Angeles . . . but a lost classic of a neglected golden age of city planning and landscape architecture. . . . It embodies a truly regional perspective; an ecological perspective; a long-range vision; an integration of design with finance and administration; and a truly grand interpretation of public space. It deserves to be known to every serious student of the American planning tradition."--Robert Fishman, author of Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia "An essential document for understanding the history of the West's largest city. Los Angeles had the opportunity to become an extraordinarily beautiful environment, a Paris in the desert. The editors make clear why, sadly, it did not; but also they hold out hope that portions of this brilliant but neglected plan might still be recovered."--Donald Worster, author of Nature's Economy: A History of Ecological Ideas "A welcome addition to the literature of American urban planning history."--Roger Montgomery, Professor of Architecture Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

Taming a Brood of Vipers

Author : Michael A. Vargas
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900420315X
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Taming a Brood of Vipers written by Michael A. Vargas and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-03-10 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audacious transgressors, rebellious sowers of discord, a brood of vipers – so leaders of the Order of Preachers described their own men. This lively study of costly corporate successes and failed reforms restores to the late medieval friars their complex humanity.

Doing Mathematics: Convention, Subject, Calculation, Analogy (2nd Edition)

Author : Martin H Krieger
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814571865
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book Doing Mathematics: Convention, Subject, Calculation, Analogy (2nd Edition) written by Martin H Krieger and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2015-01-15 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doing Mathematics discusses some ways mathematicians and mathematical physicists do their work and the subject matters they uncover and fashion. The conventions they adopt, the subject areas they delimit, what they can prove and calculate about the physical world, and the analogies they discover and employ, all depend on the mathematics — what will work out and what won't. The cases studied include the central limit theorem of statistics, the sound of the shape of a drum, the connections between algebra and topology, and the series of rigorous proofs of the stability of matter. The many and varied solutions to the two-dimensional Ising model of ferromagnetism make sense as a whole when they are seen in an analogy developed by Richard Dedekind in the 1880s to algebraicize Riemann's function theory; by Robert Langlands' program in number theory and representation theory; and, by the analogy between one-dimensional quantum mechanics and two-dimensional classical statistical mechanics. In effect, we begin to see 'an identity in a manifold presentation of profiles,' as the phenomenologists would say.This second edition deepens the particular examples; it describe the practical role of mathematical rigor; it suggests what might be a mathematician's philosophy of mathematics; and, it shows how an 'ugly' first proof or derivation embodies essential features, only to be appreciated after many subsequent proofs. Natural scientists and mathematicians trade physical models and abstract objects, remaking them to suit their needs, discovering new roles for them as in the recent case of the Painlevé transcendents, the Tracy-Widom distribution, and Toeplitz determinants. And mathematics has provided the models and analogies, the ordinary language, for describing the everyday world, the structure of cities, or God's infinitude.

Primes and Particles

Author : Martin H. Krieger
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031497767
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Primes and Particles written by Martin H. Krieger and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Constitutions of Matter

Author : Martin H. Krieger
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226453057
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Constitutions of Matter written by Martin H. Krieger and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1998-04-28 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Krieger's lucid discussions will help students of physics and applied mathematics appreciate the larger physical issues behind the mathematical details of modern physics. Historians and philosophers of science will gain deeper insights into how theoretical physicists do science, while technically advanced general readers will get a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of modern physics.

The Humanities in City Planning

Author : Martin Krieger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040159788
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Humanities in City Planning written by Martin Krieger and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-28 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book by preeminent planning theorist Martin H. Krieger explores how cities are much more than their economies, demographies, or geographies. Planning today is dominated by social science, but Kreiger takes a different approach, thinking of city planning in terms of Culture, Uncertainty, and Visuality. The chapters explore planners and their role as protagonist in the humanities of literature and history; the inevitability of uncertainty in planning and how to face it; and how to attend to the physical, visual, and aural environment of the city. Through a series of essays, Krieger shows that cities are cultural and meaningful, that they are contingent and so filled with opportunity, and that they are concrete, particular, and encountered. The Humanities in City Planning will be of interest to students and scholars of the humanities and planning looking for alternative ways of viewing the city.

Similarities, Connections, and Systems

Author : Niraj Verma
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739100004
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Similarities, Connections, and Systems written by Niraj Verma and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking work, Niraj Verma goes beyond the criticism of rationality to present a bold alternative model of inquiry--a new rationality for the professions. Inspired by the work of pragmatist William Jones, Verma proposes a methodology that fuses the rational and the irrational to offer professionals an approach to inquiry that more completely examines the factors that impact the planning process in a practical, systematic way. The new rationlity is systemic and so values similarities more that differences, connectivity more that fungibility, and purposes and ends more that causes and mechanisms.

The Right Tools for the Job

Author : Adele E. Clarke
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400863139
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Right Tools for the Job written by Adele E. Clarke and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines scientific practice through studies of research tools in an array of twentieth-century life sciences. The contributors draw upon and extend the multidisciplinary perspectives in current science studies to understand the processes through which scientific researchers constructed the right--and, in some cases, the wrong--tools for the job. The articles portray the crafting or accessing of specific materials, techniques, instruments, models, funds, and work arrangements involved in doing scientific work. They demonstrate the historical and local contingencies of scientific problem construction and solving by highlighting the articulation between the tools and jobs. Indeed, the very "rightness" of the tools is contingently constructed, maintained, lost, and refashioned. The cases examined include evolutionary biology laboratory systems (James R. Griesemer), the plasmid prep procedure in molecular biology (Kathleen Jordan and Michael Lynch), models in the human ecology of African pastoralists (Peter Taylor), the micromanometer in metabolic studies (Frederic L. Holmes), genetics research and the role played by Planaria (Gregg Mitman and Anne Fausto-Sterling) and by corn (Barbara A. Kimmelman), quantitative data in field biology (Yrj Haila), taxidermy in natural history (Susan Leigh Star), technical standardization in bacteriology (Patricia Peck Gossell), and the discipline of immunology as the tool for stabilizing conceptual definitions in the field (Peter Keating, Alberto Cambrosio, and Michael Mackenzie). Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

From Chicago to L.A.

Author : Michael Dear
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452267642
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book From Chicago to L.A. written by Michael Dear and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2001-07-31 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most of the twentieth century, the principles of the "Chicago School" have guided urban analysts throughout the world. Los Angeles has been regarded as an exception to the rules governing the growth of American cities. But just as the Chicago School emerged at a time when that city was reaching new national prominence, Los Angeles is now making its impression on the minds of urbanists across the world. From Chicago to L.A. begins the task of defining an alternative agenda for urban studies and examines the case for shifting the focus of urban studies from Chicago to Los Angeles. The authors, experienced scholars from a variety of disciplines, examine: The concepts that have blocked our understanding of Southern California cities The imaginative structures that people have been using to understand and explain Los Angeles The utility of the "Los Angeles School" of urbanism

Essays on the Future

Author : Siegfried Hecker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461207770
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Essays on the Future written by Siegfried Hecker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection represents a unique undertaking in scientific publishing to honor Nick Metropolis, the last survivor of the World War II Manhattan Project in Los Alamos. In this volume, some of the leading scientists and humanists of our time have contributed essays related to their respective disciplines, exploring various aspects of future developments in science and society, philosophy, national security, nuclear power, pure and applied mathematics, physics and biology, particle physics, computing, and information science.

Public Opinion and the Communication of Consent

Author : Theodore Lewis Glasser
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 9780898624991
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (249 download)

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Download or read book Public Opinion and the Communication of Consent written by Theodore Lewis Glasser and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 1995-04-22 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Opinion and the Communication of Consent offers an unprecedented range of scholarly perspectives on the relationship between public opinion and communication. With contributions written from social-scientific, historical, critical and cultural traditions, the book illuminates the importance and richness of treating "public opinion" as a multifaceted concept.Written by leading thinkers in the field, some of the work's chapters offer state-of-the-art reviews of research findings, while others are scholarly treatises on some aspect of communication, public opinion, and society. Topics covered include: The nature and institutions of public opinion; the influence of media on public opinion; social and psychological contexts of public opinion; the role public opinion assessment plays in a democratic society.

Marx, Marginalism and Modern Sociology

Author : Simon Clarke
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349218081
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book Marx, Marginalism and Modern Sociology written by Simon Clarke and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marx, Marginalism and Modern Sociology offers an original interpretation of Marx's critique of political economy as the basis of a critique of modern economics and sociology. The core of the book is an account of Marx's theory of alienated labour as the basis of Marx's work as a whole. The critical implications of this theory are developed through an analysis of the historical development of liberal social theory from political economy to the modern disciplines of economics and sociology.

Journal of Planning Literature

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journal of Planning Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Choice

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Choice written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Marginalism

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book Marginalism written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Marginalism A theory of economics known as marginalism makes an effort to explain the disparity in the value of commodities and services by referring to their secondary utility, also known as marginal utility. It is stated that the reason why the price of diamonds is higher than that of water, for example, is due to the fact that gems provide a bigger added satisfaction than water does. It can be concluded that the diamond has a higher marginal utility, despite the fact that the water has a higher overall utility. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Marginalism Chapter 2: Austrian school of economics Chapter 3: Neoclassical economics Chapter 4: Perfect competition Chapter 5: Supply and demand Chapter 6: Utility Chapter 7: Indifference curve Chapter 8: Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk Chapter 9: Principles of Economics (Menger book) Chapter 10: Friedrich von Wieser Chapter 11: Consumer choice Chapter 12: Capital and Interest Chapter 13: Subjective theory of value Chapter 14: Marginal rate of substitution Chapter 15: St. Petersburg paradox Chapter 16: Theory of value (economics) Chapter 17: Cardinal utility Chapter 18: Margin (economics) Chapter 19: Marginal utility Chapter 20: Criticisms of the labour theory of value Chapter 21: Preference (economics) (II) Answering the public top questions about marginalism. (III) Real world examples for the usage of marginalism in many fields. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Marginalism.