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Spirals

Author : Nico Israel
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231526687
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Spirals written by Nico Israel and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this elegantly written and beautifully illustrated book, Nico Israel reveals how spirals are at the heart of the most significant literature and visual art of the twentieth century. Juxtaposing the work of writers and artists—including W. B. Yeats and Vladimir Tatlin, James Joyce and Marcel Duchamp, and Samuel Beckett and Robert Smithson—he argues that spirals provide a crucial frame for understanding the mutual involvement of modernity, history, and geopolitics, complicating the spatio-temporal logic of literary and artistic genres and of scholarly disciplines. The book takes the spiral not only as its topic but as its method. Drawing on the writings of Walter Benjamin and Alain Badiou, Israel theorizes a way of reading spirals, responding to their dual-directionality as well as their affective power. The sensations associated with spirals––flying, falling, drowning, being smothered—reflect the anxieties of limits tested or breached, and Israel charts these limits as they widen from the local to the global and recoil back. Chapters mix literary and art history to explore 'pataphysics, Futurism, Vorticism, Dada and Surrealism, "Concentrisme," minimalism, and entropic earth art; a coda considers the work of novelist W. G. Sebald and contemporary artist William Kentridge. In Spirals, Israel offers a refreshingly original approach to the history of modernism and its aftermaths, one that gives modernist studies, comparative literature, and art criticism an important new spin.

Swirl by Swirl

Author : Joyce Sidman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 054731583X
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Swirl by Swirl written by Joyce Sidman and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2011 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrates the shape of a spiral in nature, from rushing rivers to flower buds and even the shape of an ear. Additional factual information about spirals and the plants and animals pictured, follows the text.

Spirals in Time

Author : Helen Scales
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472911377
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book Spirals in Time written by Helen Scales and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beautifully written story of shells and their makers, and our relationships with them. Seashells are the sculpted homes of a remarkable group of animals: the molluscs. These are some of the most ancient and successful animals on the planet. But watch out. Some molluscs can kill you if you eat them. Some will kill you if you stand too close. That hasn't stopped people using shells in many ways over thousands of years. They became the first jewelry and oldest currencies; they've been used as potent symbols of sex and death, prestige and war, not to mention a nutritious (and tasty) source of food. Spirals in Time is an exuberant aquatic romp, revealing amazing tales of these undersea marvels. Helen Scales leads us on a journey into their realm, as she goes in search of everything from snails that 'fly' underwater on tiny wings to octopuses accused of stealing shells and giant mussels with golden beards that were supposedly the source of Jason's golden fleece, and learns how shells have been exchanged for human lives, tapped for mind-bending drugs and inspired advances in medical technology. Weaving through these stories are the remarkable animals that build them, creatures with fascinating tales to tell, a myriad of spiralling shells following just a few simple rules of mathematics and evolution. Shells are also bellwethers of our impact on the natural world. Some species have been overfished, others poisoned by polluted seas; perhaps most worryingly of all, molluscs are expected to fall victim to ocean acidification, a side-effect of climate change that may soon cause shells to simply melt away. But rather than dwelling on what we risk losing, Spirals in Time urges you to ponder how seashells can reconnect us with nature, and heal the rift between ourselves and the living world.

Spiral to the Stars

Author : Laura Harjo
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816538018
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Spiral to the Stars written by Laura Harjo and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All communities are teeming with energy, spirit, and knowledge, and Spiral to the Stars taps into and activates this dynamism to discuss Indigenous community planning from a Mvskoke perspective. This book poses questions about what community is, how to reclaim community, and how to embark on the process of envisioning what and where the community can be. Geographer Laura Harjo demonstrates that Mvskoke communities have what they need to dream, imagine, speculate, and activate the wishes of ancestors, contemporary kin, and future relatives—all in a present temporality—which is Indigenous futurity. Organized around four methodologies—radical sovereignty, community knowledge, collective power, and emergence geographies—Spiral to the Stars provides a path that departs from traditional community-making strategies, which are often extensions of the settler state. Readers are provided a set of methodologies to build genuine community relationships, knowledge, power, and spaces for themselves. Communities don’t have to wait on experts because this book helps them activate their own possibilities and expertise. A detailed final chapter provides participatory tools that can be used in workshop settings or one on one. This book offers a critical and concrete map for community making that leverages Indigenous way-finding tools. Mvskoke narratives thread throughout the text, vividly demonstrating that theories come from lived and felt experiences. This is a must-have book for community organizers, radical pedagogists, and anyone wishing to empower and advocate for their community.

Spirals

Author : Philip J. Davis
Publisher : A K Peters/CRC Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Spirals written by Philip J. Davis and published by A K Peters/CRC Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this introduction to Spirals: From Theodorus to Chaos, Phil Davis writes, To me, mathematics has always been more than its form, or its content, its logic, its strategies, or its applications. Mathematics is one of the greatest of human intellectual experiences, and as such merits and requires a rather liberal approach. He takes just such an approach in this book inspired by the Hedrick Lectures of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Mathematical Association of America. Although loosely organized around the study of a difference equation that Davis dubs Theodorus of Cyrene, the book takes us on an eclectic whirlwind tour of history, philosophy, anecdote and, of course, mathematics. Incorporating the old and the new, the proved and the conjectural, Davis examines Theodorus in light of the mathematical concerns that have grown and cha.

Spirals and Vortices

Author : Kinko Tsuji
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030057984
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Spirals and Vortices written by Kinko Tsuji and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated book explores the fascinating and ubiquitous occurrence of spirals and vortices in human culture and in nature. Spiral forms have been used as elements in the arts for thousands of years, whereas their role in nature and science – from DNA and sea shells to galaxies – is still a topic of investigation in numerous fields. Following an introduction to the cultural history of spiral forms, the book presents contributions from leading experts, who describe the origins, mechanisms and dynamics of spirals and vortices in their special fields. As a whole the book provides a valuable source of information, while also taking the reader on an aesthetic and scientific journey through the world of spiral forms.

The Nature of Intermediate-scale Cloud Spirals

Author : Linwood F. Whitney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Intermediate-scale Cloud Spirals written by Linwood F. Whitney and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Songspirals

Author : Gay'wu Group of Women
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760871931
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Songspirals written by Gay'wu Group of Women and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joint winner of the 2020 Prime Minister's Award for Non-Fiction. Shortlisted for the 2020 Victorian Premier's Award for Non-Fiction. 'We want you to come with us on our journey, our journey of songspirals. Songspirals are the essence of people in this land, the essence of every clan. We belong to the land and it belongs to us. We sing to the land, sing about the land. We are that land. It sings to us.' Aboriginal Australian cultures are the oldest living cultures on earth and at the heart of Aboriginal cultures is song. These ancient narratives of landscape have often been described as a means of navigating across vast distances without a map, but they are much, much more than this. Songspirals are sung by Aboriginal people to awaken Country, to make and remake the life-giving connections between people and place. Songspirals are radically different ways of understanding the relationship people can have with the landscape. For Yolngu people from North East Arnhem Land, women and men play different roles in bringing songlines to life, yet the vast majority of what has been published is about men's place in songlines. Songspirals is a rare opportunity for outsiders to experience Aboriginal women's role in crying the songlines in a very authentic and direct form. 'Songspirals are Life. These are cultural words from wise women. As an Aboriginal woman this is profound to learn. As a human being Songspirals is an absolute privilege to read.' - Ali Cobby Eckermann, Yankunytjatjara poet 'To read Songspirals is to change the way you see, think and feel this country.' - Clare Wright, award-winning historian and author 'A rare and intimate window into traditional women's cultural life and their visceral connection to Country. A generous invitation for the rest of us.' - Kerry O'Brien, Walkley Award-winning journalist

Spot, Spike, Spiral

Author : Sarah Grace Tuttle
Publisher : The Creative Company/Creative Editions
ISBN 13 : 1684522455
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book Spot, Spike, Spiral written by Sarah Grace Tuttle and published by The Creative Company/Creative Editions. This book was released on 2022-11-28 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This striking board book introduces patterns and shapes displayed in living things by featuring nine spotted, spiked, or spiraled creatures.

Meander, Spiral, Explode

Author : Jane Alison
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1948226138
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book Meander, Spiral, Explode written by Jane Alison and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How lovely to discover a book on the craft of writing that is also fun to read . . . Alison asserts that the best stories follow patterns in nature, and by defining these new styles she offers writers the freedom to explore but with enough guidance to thrive." ―Maris Kreizman, Vulture A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019 | A Poets & Writers Best Books for Writers As Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writing: “For centuries there’s been one path through fiction we’re most likely to travel― one we’re actually told to follow―and that’s the dramatic arc: a situation arises, grows tense, reaches a peak, subsides . . . But something that swells and tautens until climax, then collapses? Bit masculosexual, no? So many other patterns run through nature, tracing other deep motions in life. Why not draw on them, too?" W. G. Sebald’s Emigrants was the first novel to show Alison how forward momentum can be created by way of pattern, rather than the traditional arc--or, in nature, wave. Other writers of nonlinear prose considered in her “museum of specimens” include Nicholson Baker, Anne Carson, Marguerite Duras, Gabriel García Márquez, Jamaica Kincaid, Clarice Lispector, Susan Minot, David Mitchell, Caryl Phillips, and Mary Robison. Meander, Spiral, Explode is a singular and brilliant elucidation of literary strategies that also brings high spirits and wit to its original conclusions. It is a liberating manifesto that says, Let’s leave the outdated modes behind and, in thinking of new modes, bring feeling back to experimentation. It will appeal to serious readers and writers alike.

Spiral

Author : Tomoko Fuse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783941327061
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Spiral written by Tomoko Fuse and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Make it Happen!

Author : Linda Pynaker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780976093305
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Make it Happen! written by Linda Pynaker and published by . This book was released on 2014-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pynaker motivates readers to discover their purpose and realize greater potential than they ever imagined by developing intuition, creating positive spirals for abundance, and increasing receptivity to synchronicity.

Spiroglyphics: Music Icons

Author : Thomas Pavitte
Publisher : Thunder Bay Press
ISBN 13 : 9781684120932
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Spiroglyphics: Music Icons written by Thomas Pavitte and published by Thunder Bay Press. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lines, they are a-changin' . . . into incredible portraits of your favorite musicians. Thomas Pavitte, best-selling author of the 1000 Dot-to-Dot and Querkles series, has created a new type of mind-bending graphic puzzle in Spiroglypics: Music Icons. At first, all you see are simple spirals, but when you look a little closer and start to color between the lines, you'll see the face of a music icon begin to take shape--and when you're finished, you'll want to hang your masterpiece on the wall. This remarkable collection of 20 puzzles features music legends such as Elvis Presley, Madonna, David Bowie, and Tina Turner. Put on some of your favorite music, grab a felt-tip pen, and transform a set of simple lines into an amazing work of art!

The Basics of Turning Spirals

Author : Bill Bowers
Publisher : Schiffer Craft
ISBN 13 : 9780764325922
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (259 download)

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Download or read book The Basics of Turning Spirals written by Bill Bowers and published by Schiffer Craft. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The processes and techniques of turning spirals. Richly illustrated and explained in simple terms, for the novice as well as the expert, here is necessary information to fashion gallery-quality, spiral-turned pieces. Innovative applications of stains and shapes are demonstrated on plates, platters, and bowls. Multiple tips on turning delicate spirals and hand-threaded chasing are included.

The Spiral Structure of Our Galaxy

Author : W. Becker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401032750
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Spiral Structure of Our Galaxy written by W. Becker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of the organization of a Symposium on Spiral Structure came at a special meeting of Commission 33 on Spiral Structure during the 12th General Assembly of the IAU in Prague, 1967. So much interest was shown during this meeting that one of us proposed a special Symposium on the 'Spiral Structure of Our Galaxy' for 1969. The response was immediate and it was finally agreed upon holding the Symposium in Basel, a center of galactic research in the center of Europe. During the next months a special 'List of Problems', related to this Symposium, was sent to many prospective participants by the president of Commission 33. This stimulated an increase of interest in problems of galactic spiral structure and a con centrated effort on some problems. The organizing Committee of the Symposium was composed of Drs. L. Woltjer (president), W. Becker, A. Blaauw, B. J. Bok, G. Contopoulos, F. J. Kerr, C. C. Lin, S. W. McCuskey and S. B. Pikel'ner. Most of the work for the organization of the Symposium was carried by Dr. L. W oltjer. The Local Committee, composed of Drs. W. Becker, U. W. Steinlin, R. P. Fenkart, and G. A. Tammann, made every effort to secure the success of the Symposium. Most of the credit goes to Dr. Steinlin. The Symposium was supported financially by the IAU and by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The meetings took place at the University of Basel, which provided also secretarial help and many other facilities.

The Art and Science of Spirals

Author : Victor Dorff
Publisher : Sterling Innovation
ISBN 13 : 9781435115828
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book The Art and Science of Spirals written by Victor Dorff and published by Sterling Innovation. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create spectacular spirals by popping a pen into a gear and moving it around a template. The three gears and two templates that come with this fun and innovative kit allow you to generate hundreds of colorful, eye-catching designs. A 56-page book explains the fascinating but easy-to-grasp mathematics governing the appearance of spirals in art and nature. The Art and Science of Spirals contains: 2 pens 2 spiral templates 3 gears to make hundreds of different designs A book that reveals the mathematical principles behind spiral art

Viral Spiral

Author : David Bollier
Publisher : David Bollier
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Viral Spiral written by David Bollier and published by David Bollier. This book was released on 2008 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From free and open-source software, Creative Commons licenses, Wikipedia, remix music video mashups and open science, digital media has spawned a new sharing economy in competition with media giants. Media journalist Bollier provides a comprehensive history of the attempts of this new free culture' community to create a digital republic committed to freedom and innovation. Interweaving disparate and eclectic strands of activity with major technological developments, pivotal legal struggles and case studies, Bollier exposes the magical processes of this era.'