An anthology collecting 18 essays from Design Issues volumes 3-10 surveying unique conceptual and methodological topics in design history. The discussions focus on the categories of graphic design,
"In recent years Aharon Katchalsky became deeply interested in the theory of dynamic patterns, dissipative structures, and other nonequilibrium phenomena because of their significance for theoretical
Experiments in innovation, design, and democracy that search not for a killer app but for a collaboratively created sustainable future. Innovation and design need not be about the search for a kille
For centuries, both mathematical and military thinkers have used game-like scenariosto test their visions of mastering a complex world through symbolic operations. By the end of WorldWar I, mathematic
Despite its haphazard growth, the Web hides powerful underlying regularities -- fromthe organization of its links to the patterns found in its use by millions of users. Many of theseregularities have
A completely revised edition, offering new design recipes for interactive programs and support for images as plain values, testing, event-driven programming, and even distributed programming.This intr
This comprehensive textbook is unique in its design-focused approach toturbomachinery and gas turbines. It offers students and practicing engineers methods for configuringthese machines to perform wit
Maud Lavin approaches design from the broader field of visual culture criticism,asking challenging questions about about who really has a voice in the culture and what unseeninfluences affect the look
Essays on the design of financial systems for countries in transition to a market-based economy. This collection examines the design of financial systems for central and eastern European countries e
These case studies provide valuable insights into the difficulty of establishing answers to the fundamental question of why nations grow at different rates, with inequitable patterns of wealth and inc
In the many studies of games and young people's use of them, little has been written about an overall "ecology" of gaming, game design and play—mapping the ways that all the various e
For Siegfried Kracauer, the urban ornament was not just an aspect of design; it wasthe medium through which city dwellers interpreted the metropolis itself. In Ornaments of theMetropolis, Henrik Reeh
Karel Teige (1900-1951), one of the most important figures of avant-garde modernismof the 1920s and 1930s, influenced virtually every area of art, design, and urban thinking in hisnative Czechoslovaki
Includes tutorials, lectures, and refereed papers on all aspects of logic programming, including theoretical foundations, constraints, concurrency and parallelism, deductive databases, language design
Privacy is the capacity to negotiate social relationships by controlling access topersonal information. As laws, policies, and technological design increasingly structure people'srelationships with so
Finalist, Architecture/Interior Design Category in the 1999 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs) presented by Independent Publisher Magazine.This small book on small dwellings explores some of t
Continuing his exploration of the organization of complexity and the science of design, this new edition of Herbert Simon's classic work on artificial intelligence adds a chapter that sorts out the c
Algorithmic Number Theory provides a thorough introduction to the design and analysis of algorithms for problems from the theory of numbers. Although not an elementary textbook, it includes over 300 e
The products of engineering design are everywhere, but who or what determines their form and function? Their surfaces are usually cold, seemingly objective, as if they existed outside of history of th
Text, ConText, and HyperText presents recent developments in three related and important areas of technical communication: the design of effective documentation; the impact of new technology and resea
Drawing on recent computer and cognitive science, Mitchell (architecture, Harvard) explores the languages of architectural form and graphic composition to illuminate the underlying concepts of design.
These seventeen contributions chronicle recent activity in the analysis and design of robot manipulators that are the prototype of these general-purpose machines. They focus particularly on kinematics
This volume of case studies serves as a guide and reference manual for the application of engineering science fundamentals in the solution of chemical development and process design problems. The intr
How the basic concepts of economics -- including markets, institutions, and money -- can be used to create and analyze economies based on virtual goods.In the twenty-first-century digital world, virtu
Leading economists offer theoretical, quantitative, and policy perspectives on climate policy. Debates over post-Kyoto Protocol climate change policy often take note of two issues: the feasibility a
The internationally acclaimed architect Rafael Moneo is known to be a courageous architect. His major works include the Houston Museum of Fine Art, Davis Art Museum at Wellesley College, the Stockhol
John Templer has written the first theoretical, historical, and scientific analysis of one of the most basic and universal building elements: the stair. Together, these two volumes present a detailed
Volume 9 in the Babbage Reprint Series makes the Moore School Lectures (1946) available for the first time. Delivered by such notable engineers and scientists as J.P. Eckert, J. Mauchly, H. Goldstine,
How the far North offered a different kind of terra incognita for the Renaissance imagination.European narratives of the Atlantic New World tell stories of people and things: strange flora, wondrous a
