Imagine a world without things. There would be nothing to describe, nothing toexplain, remark, interpret, or complain about. Without things, we would stop speaking; we wouldbecome as mute as things ar
Artists increasingly refer to "post-object-based" work while theoristsengage with material artifacts in culture. A focus on "object-based" learning treatsobjects as vectors for dialogue across discipl
Introduction to Object-Oriented Databases provides the first unified and coherent presentation of the essential concepts and techniques of object-oriented databases. It consolidates the results of res
To date, books on object-oriented programming have focused either on the methodology of the object-oriented paradigm or on teaching the details of a particular programming language. This collection ta
How Minimalism redefined the art object, featuring work by key artists and a reexamination of Minimalism by prominent art historians, critics, and scholars.
This book describes an extended series of experiments into the role of geometry in the critical area of object recognition. With contributions from Tomas Lozano Perez and Daniel P. Huttenlocher. An in
The body may be the object we know the best. It is the only object from which we constantly receive a flow of information through sight and touch; and it is the only object we can experience from the
In Edge-Based Clausal Syntax, Paul Postal rejects the notion that an English phrase of the form [V + DP] invariably involves a grammatical relation properly characterized as a direct object. He argue
In Edge-Based Clausal Syntax, Paul Postal rejects the notion that an English phrase of the form [V + DP] invariably involves a grammatical relation properly characterized as a direct object. He argue
As the 1950s became the 1960s, a new generation of artists around the globe rejecteddirect painterly expression and returned decisively to the object. Moving away from abstractexpressionism and toward
This collection of original research provides a comprehensive survey of developments at the leading edge of concurrent object-oriented programming. It documents progress-from general concepts to speci
Brings together the most important contributions to the development of the theory of object-oriented programming to date, focusing in particular on how advances in type systems and semantic models can
This collection of research provides a survey of developments at the leading edge of concurrent object-oriented programming. It documents progress - from general concepts to specific descriptions - in
The book as object, as content, as idea, as interface.What is the book in a digital age? Is it a physical object containing pages encased in covers? Is it a portable device that gives us access to ent
Detailed case studies of debt defaults by Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Ecuador,Moldova, and Uruguay, framed by a comprehensive discussion of the history, economic theory, legalissues, and policy lessons
Lessons from the Great Depression provides an integrated view of the depression, covering the experience in Britain, France, Germany, and the United States.
Understanding how the shape of a three dimensional object may be recovered from shading in a two-dimensional image of the object is one of the most important-and still unresolved-problems in machine v
Understanding how the shape of a three dimensional object may be recovered from shading in a two-dimensional image of the object is one of the most important -- and still unresolved -- problems in mac
An investigation of different uses for the architectural model through history-as sign, souvenir, funerary object, didactic tool, medium for design, and architect's muse. For more than five hundred
An original methodological framework for approaching the archived web, both as a source and as an object of study in its own right.As life continues to move online, the web becomes increasingly import
How lessons from kindergarten can help everyone develop the creative thinking skills needed to thrive in today's society.In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with math worksheets and
Ignorance is trending. Politicians boast, "I'm not a scientist." Angry citizens object to a proposed state motto because it is in Latin, and "This is America, not Mexico or Latin America." Lack of exp
Over the past twenty years, the network has come to dominate the art world, affecting not just interaction among art professionals but the very makeup of the art object i
In 1944, Britain led the world in electronic computing. By 1974, the British computer industry was all but extinct. What happened in the intervening thirty years holds lessons for all postindustrial s
Hans Haacke's art articulates the interdependence of multiple elements. An artwork is not merely an object but is also its context -- the economic, social, and political
The ventral visual stream is believed to underlie object recognition in primates. Over the past fifty years, researchers have developed a series of quantitative models th
The human brain is often described as the most complex object in the universe. Tens of billions of nerve cells-tiny tree-like structures -- make up a massive network with enormous computational power.
The boundary of a contemporary art object or project is no longer something that exists only in physical space; it also exists in social, political, and ethical space. Art has opened up to transnation
When two categories merge and a new syntactic object is formed, what determines which of the two merged categories transmits its properties one level up -- or, in current terminology, which of the two
When two categories merge and a new syntactic object is formed, what determines which of the two merged categories transmits its properties one level up -- or, in current terminology, which of the two
Over the past twenty years, the network has come to dominate the art world, affectingnot just interaction among art professionals but the very makeup of the art object itself. Thehierarchical and rest
Schools do not define education, and they are not the only institutions in whichlearning takes place. After-school programs, music lessons, Scouts, summer camps, on-the-jobtraining, and home activitie
Nature, as both subject and object, has been repeatedly rejected and reclaimed byartists over the last half century. With the dislocation of disciplinary boundaries in visualculture, art that is engag
C# is an object-oriented programming language that is similar to Java in manyrespects but more comprehensive and different in most details. This book offers a quick andaccessible reference for anyone
Most theories of laughter do not begin with laughter but with the laughable object, Variously conceived of as the comic, the humorous, the grotesque, the ridiculous, or the ludicrous. In Laughter, Anc
"This is a book about science, technology, and love," writes Sherry Turkle. In it, we learn how a love for science can start with a love for an object - a microscope, a modem, a mud pie, a pair of dic
These 101 lessons in design, drawing, presentation - from the basics of "how to draw a line" to the complexities of color theory - provide a primer in architectural literacy, making concrete what is
The body as an object of critical study dominates disciplines across the humanities to such an extent that a new discipline has emerged: body criticism. In Getting Under the Skin, Bernadette Wegenstei
Seeks to rehabilitate dialectical materialism by discussing the "parallax gap," which separates two points because of the displacement of an object resulting from a change in observational position.
