The Swiss engineer Robert Maillart (1872-1940) built bridges and industrial buildings of startling originality. His innovative use of concrete, especially in the design of thin arch structures, and hi
In the early spring of 1845, Henry David Thoreau built and lived in a cabin near the shore of Walden Pond in rural Massachusetts. For the next two years, he enacted his own Transcendentalist experimen
Hood, launched in 1918 was the last battlecruiser built in Great Britain. She was named in honor of Admiral Samuel Hood and was to be the first of the Admiral- class battlecruisers, but further three
《多維實分析(第1卷)(英文版)》介紹了: This book, which is in two parts, provides an introduction to the theory of vector- valued functions on Euclidean space. We focus on four main objects of study and in addition co
The author describes the construction organization planning and construction plant facilities in this book systematically, summarizes the involved exploitation design achievements of several built pro
In America today we see rampant development, unsustainable resource exploitation, andcommodification ruin both natural and built landscapes, disconnecting us from our surroundings andthreatening our f
In America today we see rampant development, unsustainable resource exploitation, andcommodification ruin both natural and built landscapes, disconnecting us from our surroundings andthreatening our f
This book examines and explains the dialectic of war and peace between the outbreak of WWI and the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014. The theoretical inspiration is built upon Galtung’s concept of
Kambarov proposes eight uniform rules for the use of definite, indefinite and zero articles in English and German built from his views of the concept of definiteness and its relation to mental spaces
-Architecture built in impossible locations, drawing from work by the best architects in the world -A beautiful gift and coffee table book for architecture lovers "We wanted this house to embrace its
Presented in settings built specially for the project, more than 500 toys from the renowned collection at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs become actors in sketches that are alternately eerie and droll,
From Ancient Greece onwards, humans have been swept up in a race to replicate and rebuild themselves. We design automatons that mimic human functions or improve on them, born from a desire to take evo
Introducing the perfect bedtime novelty book! The built-in projector displays 20 extra images along with the story. Featuring stories about Sunny Day, Nella the Princess Knight, and Shimmer and Shine.
This work is a comprehensive, heavily illustrated history of the many flying boats and amphibious aircraft designed and built in the United States. It is divided into three chronological sections: th
Frank Lloyd Wright's innovative streamlined brick and glass Administration Building and Research Tower, built for the company of S. C. Johnson & Son, are landmarks in the history of both American
Color has multiple functions that differ from those of other design elements as shape, texture and form as it is able to awake multiple feelings and emotions to audiences in communication. Each of the international case studies included in the book demonstrates the importance of a thoughtful application of color.
One of the most important funerary monuments in Europe is the tomb of Napoleon, built in the Church of the Invalides in Paris between 1840 and 1861. As Befits a Legend is the first comprehensive exami
In this sweeping study, one of the world's leading thinkers about the urban environment traces the often anguished relation between how cities are built and how people live in them, from ancient Athen
The only book on Dred Scott built around primary documents, this brief text examines the 1857 Supreme Court case - one of the most controversial and notorious judicial decisions in U.S. history - in w
The only book on Dred Scott built around primary documents, this brief text examines the 1857 Supreme Court case - one of the most controversial and notorious judicial decisions in U.S. history - in w
Starting in 1916, Texans built seventeen four- and five-masted sailing ships out of East Texas pine, making a significant contribution in World War I. The ships' careers carried them to Europe, South
Since the industrial revolution, innovations in transportation technology have continued to re-shape the spatial organization and temporal occupation of the built environment. Today, autonomous vehicl
Principles for Evaluating Building Materials in Sustainable Construction: Healthy and Sustainable Materials for the Built Environment provides a comprehensive overview of the issues associated with th
A brief version of Gravetter and Wallnau's proven bestseller, ESSENTIALS OF STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 9th Edition delivers straightforward instruction, unrivaled accuracy, built-in learn
Among the many groups of workers whose labor built Singapore in the 20th century, there may be none as marginalized in memory as the women who travelled from China and Japan to work in Singapore as pr
More than one million houses were built in Britain during the Edwardian period and another four million in the years between the two World Wars; most of these are still in use as homes today. Thi
Strawberry Hill, a fantasy gothic revival castle, was conceived and built by the influential art historian and antiquarian Horace Walpole (1717-1797) with his art collection in mind. For a new exhibit
The inverse design approach is new to the built environment research and design community, though it has been used in other industries including automobile and airplane design. This book, from one of
Visitors to historic Wickland Mansion in Bardstown, Kentucky are impressed by the striking beauty and stately elegance of this family estate. Built between 1825-28 and home to three state governors, i
A vast government conspiracy hits home in Ronald A. Williams’s riveting new novel, The Butterflies’ Coat.An ultra-secret, high-tech plant is being built, and, and one man, Aurelius St. John, suspects
Operating under an outmoded system of urban development and faced by the vicissitudes of the Civil War and Reconstruction, southerners in the nineteenth century built a network of cities that met the
At once both controversial and classical, Rafal Olbinski has built a career around examining the mystery of women. His paintings depict a woman who is both distant and effortlessly available. In this
This book describes the design, construction, and conservation of one of the most famous and beautiful of Oxford's historic buildings: the quadrangle built in 1631-36 by William Laud, Archbishop of Ca
Coal made modern America. It built the factories and ships that won a terrible war and fueled the greatest peacetime economic expansion in history. The American Century came at a cost: the lives and h
Science, engineering, and technology are explored in Ed's trip to the Hoover Dam. His grandfather helped build the dam, and shares details about how and why the dam was built. This fiction title is pa
Based on the true story of the Rosenwald schools built in the rural African-American South in the 1920s, award winning writer and poet Carol Boston Weatherford tells the lyrical story of third grader
Dr. Gabriel Kupidian believes he lives in a world with the highest stakes imaginable. He's built a reputation as the world’s most talented and influential heart surgeon. He is a pioneer in his field,
A dynamic computational model linking up human cognitive-develop?mental properties (local mechanisms) and the transition patterns of sound changes (global phenomena) was built, in order to
The Global Architect explores the increasing significance of globalization processes on urban change, architectural practice and the built environment. In what is primarily a critical sociologica
Root (Center for Environmental Studies, Oxford U.) studies the concept of market citizenship and its built-in discrepancies, including differing perceptions of prosperity, increasing market choices fo
