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Portraits of the Earth

Author : Timothy G. Feeman
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 0821832557
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Portraits of the Earth written by Timothy G. Feeman and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ``Every map is a tool, a product of human effort and creativity, that represents some aspects of our world or universe ... [This] course was powered by the belief that by exploring the mathematical ideas involved in creating and analyzing maps, students would see how mathematics could help them to understand and explain their world.'' -from the Preface Portraits of the Earth exemplifies the AMS's mission to bring the power and vitality of mathematical thought to the nonexpert. It isdesigned to teach students to think logically and to analyze the technical information that they so readily encounter every day. Maps are exciting, visual tools that we encounter on a daily basis: from street maps to maps of the world accompanying news stories to geologic maps depicting theunderground structure of the earth. This book explores the mathematical ideas involved in creating and analyzing maps, a topic that is rarely discussed in undergraduate courses. It is the first modern book to present the famous problem of mapping the earth in a style that is highly readable and mathematically accessible to most students. Feeman's writing is inviting to the novice, yet also interesting to readers with more mathematical experience. Through the visual context of maps andmapmaking, students will see how contemporary mathematics can help them to understand and explain the world. Topics explored are the shape and size of the earth, basic spherical geometry, and why one can't make a perfect flat map of the planet. The author discusses different attributes that maps can have anddetermines mathematically how to design maps that have the desired features. The distortions that arise in making world maps are quantitatively analyzed. There is an in-depth discussion on the design of numerous map projections-both historical and contemporary-as well as conformal and equal-area maps. Feeman looks at how basic map designs can be modified to produce maps with any center, and he indicates how to generalize methods to produce maps of arbitrary surfaces of revolution. Also includedare end-of-chapter exercises and laboratory projects. Particularly interesting is a chapter that explains how to use MapleR add-on software to make maps from geographic data points. This book would make an excellent text for a basic undergraduate mathematics or geography course and would beespecially appealing to the teacher who is interested in exciting visual applications in the classroom. It would also serve nicely as supplementary reading for a course in calculus, linear algebra, or differential geometry. Prerequisites include a solid grasp of trigonometry and basic calculus. RWaterloo Maple, Inc., Ontario, Canada.

Portraits of Earth

Author : Freeman Patterson
Publisher : Buffalo, N.Y. : Firefly Books
ISBN 13 : 9781552091180
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Portraits of Earth written by Freeman Patterson and published by Buffalo, N.Y. : Firefly Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PORTRAITS OF THE EARTH, combines 114 remarkable photographs with a compelling text. It is a remarkable photographic portrait of this planet we call Earth.

Portraits of Earth

Author : Freeman Patterson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780620107792
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Portraits of Earth written by Freeman Patterson and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hungry Planet

Author : Faith d' Aluisio
Publisher : Material World
ISBN 13 : 9781580088695
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (886 download)

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Download or read book Hungry Planet written by Faith d' Aluisio and published by Material World. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of what families around the world eat by featuring portraits of thirty families from twenty-four countries with a week's supply of food.

Last Places on Earth

Author : Eric Meola
Publisher : Graphis Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Last Places on Earth written by Eric Meola and published by Graphis Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographer Eric Meola masterfully blends portraits and landscapes in this exploration of the disappearing beauty of various cultures, customs, ceremonies, and wildlife in remote areas of the world.

The Salt of the Earth

Author : Jozef Wittlin
Publisher : Pushkin Press
ISBN 13 : 1782274723
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book The Salt of the Earth written by Jozef Wittlin and published by Pushkin Press. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic pacifist novel by a major Polish writer, who was nominated for the Nobel Prize At the beginning of the twentieth century the villagers of the Carpathian mountains lead a simple life, much as they have always done. Among them is Piotr, a bandy-legged peasant, who wants nothing more from life than an official railway cap, a cottage, and a bride with a dowry. But then the First World War reaches the mountains and Piotr is drafted into the army. All the weight of imperial authority is used to mould him into an unthinking fighting machine, forced to fight a war he does not understand, for interests other than his own. The Salt of the Earth is a classic war novel and a powerfully pacifist tale about the consequences of war for ordinary men.

Earth and Space

Author : Nirmala Nataraj
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452146055
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Earth and Space written by Nirmala Nataraj and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] glorious, pictorial tour of the universe . . . beginning with photos depicting Earth from space and progressing through . . . the individual planets.” —School Library Journal Preface by Bill Nye Take a tour of the universe with this breathtaking collection of photographs from the archives of NASA. Astonishing images of Earth from above, the phenomena of our solar system, and the celestial bodies of deep space will captivate readers and photography lovers with an interest in science, astronomy, and the great beyond. Each extraordinary photograph from the legendary space agency is paired with explanatory text that contextualizes its place in the cosmic ballet of planets, stars, dust, and matter—from Earth’s limb to solar flares, the Jellyfish Nebula to Pandora’s Cluster. Featuring a preface by Bill Nye, this engaging ebook offers up-close views of our remarkable cosmos, and sparks wonder at the marvels of Earth and space. “Delve into the great beyond with these awe-inspiring photos from NASA’s archive.” —Entertainment Weekly “Puts some of our most magnificent space imagery in context, and it’s enough to make anyone feel like just the tiniest little speck of stardust.” —BuzzFeed

Portraits of the Earth

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989003629
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Portraits of the Earth written by and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of paintings of the earth and landscapes by D. Grindle.

Earth Room

Author : Rachel Mannheimer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781955125109
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book Earth Room written by Rachel Mannheimer and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by Nobel Laureate Louise Glück as Winner of the inaugural Bergman Prize, Rachel Mannheimer's debut, Earth Room, is a dazzling book-length narrative poem that explores with tenderness how art and love intersect to make one's life. Transporting the reader across decades and from the Moon to Mars by way of Alaska, Berlin, and the Hudson Valley, Earth Room considers a lineage of sculpture, performance, and land art--from Robert Smithson to Pina Bausch--with observations shaped by gender and environment, history and portents of apocalypse. With an urgent, direct, and unmistakably powerful voice, Mannheimer tests the line between nature and culture, ordinary life and performance. A work of sly wit and bracing sincerity, Earth Room is an original, unsparing book that Louise Glück calls "a lesson in how to make something of where we find ourselves."

Earth From Above

Author : Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 0810944499
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Earth From Above written by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of both low- and high-level aerial images, including nearly two hundred new photographs, provides captions that explain the background of each image as well as essays on such topics as biodiversity and global warming.

Muddle Earth

Author :
Publisher : Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 038573316X
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book Muddle Earth written by and published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When magic strikes and Joe Jefferson is transformed from an ordinary schoolboy into a powerful warrior, his simple life is greatly altered as dangerous tasks to slay ogres, wrestle dragons, and confront villains are bestowed upon him by the residents of Muddle Earth who are in desperate need of a hero such as he.

Americans Who Tell the Truth

Author : Robert Shetterly
Publisher : Paw Prints
ISBN 13 : 9781442028708
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Americans Who Tell the Truth written by Robert Shetterly and published by Paw Prints. This book was released on 2009-07-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features quotes, biographies, and portraits of powerful and influential Americans, including Rachel Carson, Rosa Parks, and Mark Twain, who used the power of truth combined with freedom of speech to challenge the system and inspire change. Reprint.

Measure of the Earth

Author : Larrie D. Ferreiro
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN 13 : 0465017231
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Measure of the Earth written by Larrie D. Ferreiro and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the early 18th-century expedition of scientists sent by France and Spain to colonial Peru to measure the degree of equatorial latitude, which could resolve the debate between whether the earth was spherical or flattened at the poles.

A Portrait of Walt Disney World

Author : Kevin Kern
Publisher : Disney Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781368052849
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (528 download)

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Download or read book A Portrait of Walt Disney World written by Kevin Kern and published by Disney Editions. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This expansive, must-have coffee table book paints a robust portrait of the Walt Disney World Resort, across half a century, through diverse and vibrant voices and mostly unseen Disney theme park concept art and photographs. Walt Disney's vision for the Florida Project begins with Disneyland and the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. After an imaginative and expansive design, a unique land acquisition process, and an innovative construction period, the Walt Disney World Resort celebrated its Grand Opening in October 1971. It featured a theme park dubbed the Magic Kingdom and three recreational resorts: Disney's Contemporary Resort, Disney's Polynesian Village, and Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground. As Walt Disney World consistently grew and further evolved through the five decades that followed, certain themes reverberated: an appreciation for nostalgia, a joy for fantasy, a hunger for discovery, and an unending hope for a better tomorrow. Inspirational and memorable theme parks, water parks, sports arenas, recreational water sports, world-class golf courses, vast shopping villages, and a transportation network unlike any other in the world resulted in fun, festive, and familiar characters, traditions, spectacles, merchandise, and so much more. The resort has come to represent the pulse of American leisure and has served as a backdrop for life's milestones both big and small, public and private. Walt Disney World: A Portrait of the First Half Century serves as a treasure trove for vacationers, students of hospitality, artists, and all Disney collectors. Searching for that perfect gift for the Disney theme park fan in your life? Explore more archival-quality books from Disney Editions: Holiday Magic at the Disney Parks The Disney Monorail: Imagineering a Highway in the Sky Walt Disney's Ultimate Inventor: The Genius of Ub Iwerks One Day at Disney: Meet the People Who Make the Magic Across the Globe Marc Davis in His Own Words: Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks Yesterday's Tomorrow: Disney's Magical Mid-Century Eat Like Walt: The Wonderful World of Disney Food Maps of the Disney Parks: Charting 60 Years from California to Shanghai The Haunted Mansion: Imagineering a Disney Classic Poster Art of the Disney Parks

Portraits of Earth Justice

Author : Robert Shetterly
Publisher : New Village Press
ISBN 13 : 9781613321874
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Portraits of Earth Justice written by Robert Shetterly and published by New Village Press. This book was released on 2022-09-22 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five compelling essays and fifty stunning portraits and profiles of American environmental activists This second volume in the Americans Who Tell the Truth series features Robert Shetterly's magnificent color portraits and profiles of fifty environmental and climate activists—people who diagnose the truth of the greatest crisis humanity has ever confronted and take action. The book also features original essays by revered environmentalists Bill McKibben, Leah Penniman, Diane Wilson, Bill Bigelow, and Robin Wall Kimmerer, whose words illuminate the plight and its causes, and point a way forward. Along with the genocide of Indigenous peoples and the institution of slavery, the third tragic and persistent mistake of the leaders of this country was to attempt to separate economic and political culture from the laws of nature—to operate on the basis that nature could be exploited endlessly for profit. The damage done to the Earth and to the future of life on the planet is incalculable. The people portrayed here have bought warnings, offered solutions, and organized movements to restore ecological sanity.

Earth Portraits in Modern World History

Author : Gerald A. Danzer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Earth Portraits in Modern World History written by Gerald A. Danzer and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

On This Earth

Author : Nick Brandt
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811848657
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book On This Earth written by Nick Brandt and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2005-09-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nick Brandt depicts the animals of East Africa with an intimacy and artistry unmatched by other photographers who choose wildlife as their subject. He creates these majestic sepia and blue-tone photoscontrasting moments of quintessential stillness with bursts of dramatic actionby engaging with these creatures on an exceptionally intimate level, without the customary use of a telephoto lens. Evocative of classical art, from dignified portraits to sweeping natural tableaux, Brandt's images artfully and simply capture animals in their natural states of being. With a foreword by Alice Sebold and an introduction by Jane Goodall, On This Earth is a gorgeous portfolio of some of the last wild animalsand a heartfelt elegy to a vanishing world.