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Contested Symmetries

Author : Preston Scott Cohen
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 156898250X
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book Contested Symmetries written by Preston Scott Cohen and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2001-06 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architect Preston Scott Cohen combines the use of the most advanced digital modeling technologies with a fascination for 17th century descriptive geometry. He uses familiar forms distorted by oblique projections and similar devices to create complex designs that challenge our preconceptions about the nature of order in architecture. Contested Symmetries and Other Predicaments in Architecture features Cohen's intricate abstract geometries and lucidly describes both the mechanics and the theory behind their application. A wealth of projects, including the widely acclaimed Torus House, are represented through drawings, models, and computer-generated images.

Contested Symmetries

Author : Preston Scott Cohen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Contested Symmetries written by Preston Scott Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text features Preston Scott Cohen's intricate geometric symmetries and describes both the mechanics and the theory behind their application. A wealth of projects, including the widely acclaimed Torus House, are represented.

The Philosophy and Physics of Noether's Theorems

Author : James Read
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108786812
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy and Physics of Noether's Theorems written by James Read and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-31 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1918, Emmy Noether, in her paper Invariante Variationsprobleme, proved two theorems (and their converses) on variational problems that went on to revolutionise theoretical physics. 100 years later, the mathematics of Noether's theorems continues to be generalised, and the physical applications of her results continue to diversify. This centenary volume brings together world-leading historians, philosophers, physicists, and mathematicians in order to clarify the historical context of this work, its foundational and philosophical consequences, and its myriad physical applications. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and professional researchers, this is a go-to resource for those wishing to understand Noether's work on variational problems and the profound applications which it finds in contemporary physics.

Symmetries of Nature

Author : Klaus Mainzer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110886936
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Symmetries of Nature written by Klaus Mainzer and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shakespeare's Symmetries

Author : James E. Ryan
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147662416X
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare's Symmetries written by James E. Ryan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-04-27 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The organization of Shakespeare's plays has challenged, even baffled audiences and critics since the 17th century. Cymbeline has been dismissed as "incoherent." Hamlet "is of no clear shape." And Antony and Cleopatra "bewilders the mind." These judgments result from an incomplete understanding of Shakespeare's constructive practice. It is not the narrative arc alone that organizes the plays but a complex structure of interwoven narrative and thematic actions. While the narrative varies from play to play, thematic actions are invariably created in mirroring pairs around the central scene: A-B-C-B-A. This symmetrical pattern, which can be visualized as an arch with a focal keystone, is the foundation of all of Shakespeare's mature work, as shown through an analysis of the 26 plays in this book. This arch illuminates the structure of plays that have long been puzzling, demonstrating that they are thematically organized and rigorously crafted. It also reveals subtleties otherwise invisible.

Architectural and Urban Subsymmetries

Author : Jin-Ho Park
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031089464
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Architectural and Urban Subsymmetries written by Jin-Ho Park and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-09-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on symmetries in the analysis and synthesis of architectural designs. Crucial in the history of architecture, principles of symmetry provided the means to achieve balance and harmony of spatial composition in architecture. Less well known is the importance of symmetry principles in the analysis of the distinct constituents in a contemporary architectural design which may, at first glance, appear disorganized or even random. The revelation of different hierarchical levels wherein various types of symmetry or subsymmetry are superimposed provides a key for deciphering the underlying structure of spatial logic. The interaction between local and global subsymmetries is of particular interest. Operating with symmetry concepts in this manner offers architects, designers and students an explicit method for understanding the symmetrical logics of sophisticated designs and gaining insights into new designs. This book has two complementary objectives: to explore the fundamental principles of architectural composition founded on the algebraic structure of symmetry groups in mathematics and to apply the principles in the analysis and synthesis of architectural and urban designs. By viewing and decomposing architectural and urban designs in this manner, the hidden spatial logic and underlying order in a design become transparent.

Artbyte

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Artbyte written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The magazine of digital arts.

Harvard Design Magazine

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
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Download or read book Harvard Design Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Symmetries

Author : D.L. Johnson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447102436
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Symmetries written by D.L. Johnson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... many eminent scholars, endowed with great geometric talent, make a point of never disclosing the simple and direct ideas that guided them, subordinating their elegant results to abstract general theories which often have no application outside the particular case in question. Geometry was becoming a study of algebraic, differential or partial differential equations, thus losing all the charm that comes from its being an art." H. Lebesgue, Ler;ons sur les Constructions Geometriques, Gauthier Villars, Paris, 1949. This book is based on lecture courses given to final-year students at the Uni versity of Nottingham and to M.Sc. students at the University of the West Indies in an attempt to reverse the process of expurgation of the geometry component from the mathematics curricula of universities. This erosion is in sharp contrast to the situation in research mathematics, where the ideas and methods of geometry enjoy ever-increasing influence and importance. In the other direction, more modern ideas have made a forceful and beneficial impact on the geometry of the ancients in many areas. Thus trigonometry has vastly clarified our concept of angle, calculus has revolutionised the study of plane curves, and group theory has become the language of symmetry.

Technology and the Contested Meanings of Sustainability

Author : Aidan Davison
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791449790
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book Technology and the Contested Meanings of Sustainability written by Aidan Davison and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2001-05-16 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that sustainability requires more than economic and technological efficiency.

Symmetries in Physics

Author : Katherine Brading
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139442023
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Symmetries in Physics written by Katherine Brading and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-12-04 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together philosophical discussions of symmetry in physics, highlighting the main issues and controversies. It covers all the fundamental symmetries of modern physics, as well as discussing symmetry-breaking and general interpretational issues. For each topic, classic texts are followed by review articles and short commentaries.

Symmetry as a Developmental Principle in Nature and Art

Author : Werner Hahn
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9810223633
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Symmetry as a Developmental Principle in Nature and Art written by Werner Hahn and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1998 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking beyond the boundaries of various disciplines, the author demonstrates that symmetry is a fascinating phenomenon which provides endless stimulation and challenges. He explains that it is possible to readapt art to the sciences, and vice versa, by means of an evolutionary concept of symmetry. Many pictorial examples are included to enable the reader to fully understand the issues discussed. Based on the artistic evidence that the author has collected, he proposes that the new ars evolutoria can function as an example for the sciences.The book is divided into three distinct parts, each one focusing on a special issue. In Part I, the phenomenon of symmetry, including its discovery and meaning is reviewed. The author looks closely at how Vitruvius, Polyclitus, Democritus, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, Alberti, Leonardo da Vinci and Durer viewed symmetry. This is followed by an explanation on how the concept of symmetry developed. The author further discusses symmetry as it appears in art and science, as well as in the modern age. Later, he expounds the view of symmetry as an evolutionary concept which can lead to a new unity of science. In Part II, he covers the points of contact between the form-developing process in nature and art. He deals with biological questions, in particular evolution.The collection of new and precise data on perception and knowledge with regard to the postulated reality of symmetry leads to further development of the evolutionary theory of symmetry in Part III. The author traces the enormous treasure of observations made in nature and culture back to a few underlying structural principles. He demonstrates symmetry as a far-reaching, leading, structuring, causal element of evolution, as the idea lying behind nature and culture. Numerous controllable reproducible double-mirror experiments on a new stereoscopic vision verify a symmetrization theory of perception.

Symmetry and the Standard Model

Author : Matthew Robinson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441982671
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Symmetry and the Standard Model written by Matthew Robinson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-08-17 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While theoretical particle physics is an extraordinarily fascinating field, the incredibly fast pace at which it moves along, combined with the huge amount of background information necessary to perform cutting edge research, poses a formidable challenge for graduate students. This book represents the first in a series designed to assist students in the process of transitioning from coursework to research in particle physics. Rather than reading literally dozens of physics and mathematics texts, trying to assimilate the countless ideas, translate notations and perspectives, and see how it all fits together to get a holistic understanding, this series provides a detailed overview of the major mathematical and physical ideas in theoretical particle physics. Ultimately the ideas will be presented in a unified, consistent, holistic picture, where each topic is built firmly on what has come before, and all topics are related in a clear and intuitive way. This introductory text on quantum field theory and particle physics provides both a self-contained and complete introduction to not only the necessary physical ideas, but also a complete introduction to the necessary mathematical tools. Assuming minimal knowledge of undergraduate physics and mathematics, this book lays both the mathematical and physical groundwork with clear, intuitive explanations and plenty of examples. The book then continues with an exposition of the Standard Model of Particle Physics, the theory that currently seems to explain the universe apart from gravity. Furthermore, this book was written as a primer for the more advanced mathematical and physical ideas to come later in this series.

Morphological Analysis of Cultural DNA

Author : Ji-Hyun Lee
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811023298
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Morphological Analysis of Cultural DNA written by Ji-Hyun Lee and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume describes research in computational design which implements shape grammars or space syntax for morphological analysis, applying these scientific and rule-based methodologies to cultural aspects of the field. The term ‘cultural DNA’ describes the effort to explore computational design from the perspectives of a meme, a socio-cultural analogy to genes. Based on the 1st Cultural DNA Workshop, held at KAIST, Daejeon, Korea in 2015, the book considers whether there is such a thing as a ‘cultural DNA’ common throughout various domains, and if so how computer-assisted tools and methodologies play a role in its investigation. Following an introduction covering some fundamental theories of cultural DNA research, part two of the book describes morphological analysis in architecture, with examples from Malaysia and China. Part three then moves up to morphological analysis at the urban scale, including discussion of morphological evolution in France, development of a model Korean city, and introducing a rule-based generative analysis approach for urban planning. Part four considers methods for analysing the DNA of other cultural artefacts such as online games, novels, cars, and music, and part five introduces the tools under development that aid morphological cultural DNA research including topics about shape grammar, building information modeling (BIM), cultural persona, and prototyping. The book will be of significant interest to those involved in the cultural aspects of urban and architectural design, cultural informatics and design research.

Objectivity, Invariance, and Convention

Author : Talal A. Debs
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674034136
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Objectivity, Invariance, and Convention written by Talal A. Debs and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Publisher: "What does it mean to be lonely?" Thomas Dumm asks. His inquiry, documented in this book, takes us beyond social circumstances and into the deeper forces that shape our very existence as modern individuals. The modern individual, Dumm suggests, is fundamentally a lonely self. Through reflections on philosophy, political theory, literature, and tragic drama, he proceeds to illuminate a hidden dimension of the human condition. His book shows how loneliness shapes the contemporary division between public and private, our inability to live with each other honestly and in comity, the estranged forms that our intimate relationships assume, and the weakness of our common bonds. A reading of the relationship between Cordelia and her father in Shakespeare's King Lear points to the most basic dynamic of modern loneliness-how it is a response to the problem of the "missing mother." Dumm goes on to explore the most important dimensions of lonely experience-Being, Having, Loving, and Grieving. As the book unfolds, he juxtaposes new interpretations of iconic cultural texts-Moby-Dick, Death of a Salesman, the film Paris, Texas, Emerson's "Experience," to name a few-with his own experiences of loneliness, as a son, as a father, and as a grieving husband and widower. Written with deceptive simplicity, Loneliness as a Way of Life is something rare-an intellectual study that is passionately personal. It challenges us, not to overcome our loneliness, but to learn how to re-inhabit it in a better way. To fail to do so, this book reveals, will only intensify the power that it holds over us

Symmetries in Physics

Author : François Gieres
Publisher : Atlantica Séguier Frontières
ISBN 13 : 9782863322192
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book Symmetries in Physics written by François Gieres and published by Atlantica Séguier Frontières. This book was released on 1997 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Introduction to Architectural Theory

Author : Harry Francis Mallgrave
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 144439598X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Architectural Theory written by Harry Francis Mallgrave and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-16 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sharp and lively text that covers issues in depth but not to the point that they become inaccessible to beginning students, An Introduction to Architectural Theory is the first narrative history of this period, charting the veritable revolution in architectural thinking that has taken place, as well as the implications of this intellectual upheaval. The first comprehensive and critical history of architectural theory over the last fifty years surveys the intellectual history of architecture since 1968, including criticisms of high modernism, the rise of postmodern and poststructural theory, critical regionalism and tectonics Offers a comprehensive overview of the significant changes that architectural thinking has undergone in the past fifteen years Includes an analysis of where architecture stands and where it will likely move in the coming years