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Book The Complex Image

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joseph Fichtelberg
  • Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Release : 2016-11-11
  • ISBN : 1512801836
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book The Complex Image written by Joseph Fichtelberg and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Complex Image, Joseph Fichtelberg takes a twofold approach to the role of revision in significant American autobiographies. He reexamines the problem of the autobiographical subject from a poststructuralist perspective, and he places that problem in the context of American culture. As a framework for his unique study, he offers a reading of Ecce Homo that argues that Nietzsche's autobiographical "I" is both buried in and created by the text itself. Only by revising his text, by retelling his life to himself, can Nietzsche arrive at self-knowledge. Ultimately, Nietzsche finds himself in all literature everywhere. He becomes a universal soul. Fichtelberg demonstrates that Nietzsche's complex ideas about where subject and language meet in a text can be used to understand the dominant millennial impulse evident in American autobiographies. Thomas Shepard cast the American portion of his autobiography as a compendium of colonial triumphs; John Woolman rearranged his Journal to make a vision of Christian unity its climax; and Walt Whitman fashioned Specimen Days to highlight his late tour of the west during which he realized an earlier poetic vision of national unity. In the nineteenth century, this easy faith in millennial union began to collapse, and Fichtelberg contends that it remained only in the autobiographies of such "marginal" groups as those represented by Frederick Douglass arid Gertrude Stein. He offers a close analysis of their autobiographies and, in a concluding chapter, examines the work of four recent writers: W. E. B. DuBois, Lillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy, and Maya Angelou. The Complex Image will interest scholars and students of American history and literature.

Book Images Of A Complex World  The Art And Poetry Of Chaos  With Cd rom

Download or read book Images Of A Complex World The Art And Poetry Of Chaos With Cd rom written by Robin S Chapman and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2005-08-25 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the poems written by winner of the Posner Poetry Award from the Council of Wisconsin Writers in 2005, this coffee-table book will delight and inform general readers curious about ideas of chaos, fractals, and nonlinear complex systems. Developed out of ten years of interdisciplinary seminars in chaos and complex systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, it features multiple ways of knowing: Robin Chapman's poems of everyday experience of change in a complex world, associated metaphorically with Julien Clinton Sprott's full-color computer art generated from billions of versions of only three simple equations for strange attractors, Julia sets, and iterated function systems; his definitions of 39 key terms; a mathematical appendix; and even a multiple-choice quiz to test understanding. Accompanied by a CD-ROM of the poet reading 13 poems and 1,000 images of chaos art from which slide shows can be generated and 100 high-resolution posters created, the book has a foreword by Cliff Pickover, author of A Passion for Mathematics.

Book The Image of the City

Download or read book The Image of the City written by Kevin Lynch and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1964-06-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic work on the evaluation of city form. What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion—imageability—and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.

Book Holography

Download or read book Holography written by Freddy Monroy and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2011-09-12 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book depicts some differences from the typical scientific and technological literature on the theoretical study of holography and its applications. It offers topics that are not very commercial nor known, which will allow a different view of the field of optics. This is evident in chapters such as "Electron Holography of Magnetic Materials", "Polarization Holographic Gratings in Polymer Dispersed Formed Liquid Crystals", and "Digital Holography: Computer-generated Holograms and Diffractive Optics in Scalar Diffraction Domain". The readers will gain a different view of the application areas of holography and the wide range of possible directions that can guide research in the fields of optics.

Book Barbaric Splendour  The Use of Image Before and After Rome

Download or read book Barbaric Splendour The Use of Image Before and After Rome written by Toby F. Martin and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises a collection of essays comparing late Iron Age and Early Medieval art. Fundamentally, the book asks what making images meant on the fringe of the expanding or contracting Roman empire, particularly as the art from both periods drew heavily from – but radically transformed – imperial imagery.

Book Artificial Intelligence for Maximizing Content Based Image Retrieval

Download or read book Artificial Intelligence for Maximizing Content Based Image Retrieval written by Ma, Zongmin and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2009-01-31 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses major aspects of content-based image retrieval (CBIR) using current technologies and applications within the artificial intelligence (AI) field.

Book Treatise on Geophysics  Volume 3

Download or read book Treatise on Geophysics Volume 3 written by Tom Herring and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geodesy, which is the science of measuring the size and shape of the Earth, explores the theory, instrumentation and results from modern geodetic systems. The beginning sections of the volume cover the theory of the Earth's gravity field, the instrumentation for measuring the field, and its temporal variations. The measurements and results obtained from variations in the rotation of the Earth are covered in the sections on short and long period rotation hanges. Space based geodetic methods, including the global positioning system (GPS) and Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (SAR), are also examined in detail. - Self-contained volume starts with an overview of the subject then explores each topic with in depth detail - Extensive reference lists and cross references with other volumes to facilitate further research - Full-color figures and tables support the text and aid in understanding - Content suited for both the expert and non-expert

Book Complex valued Neural Networks

Download or read book Complex valued Neural Networks written by Akira Hirose and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2003 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, complex-valued neural networks have widened the scope of application in optoelectronics, imaging, remote sensing, quantum neural devices and systems, spatiotemporal analysis of physiological neural systems, and artificial neural information processing. In this first-ever book on complex-valued neural networks, the most active scientists at the forefront of the field describe theories and applications from various points of view to provide academic and industrial researchers with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals, features and prospects of the powerful complex-valued networks.

Book International Conference on Computer Applications 2012    Volume 02

Download or read book International Conference on Computer Applications 2012 Volume 02 written by Kokula Krishna Hari K and published by TECHNO FORUM R&D CENTRE. This book was released on with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Machine Learning and Intelligent Communications

Download or read book Machine Learning and Intelligent Communications written by Xuemai Gu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-20 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two volume set constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International Conference on Machine Learning and Intelligent Communications, MLICOM 2017, held in Weihai, China, in August 2017. The 143 revised full papers were carefully selected from 225 submissions. The papers are organized thematically in machine learning, intelligent positioning and navigation, intelligent multimedia processing and security, intelligent wireless mobile network and security, cognitive radio and intelligent networking, intelligent internet of things, intelligent satellite communications and networking, intelligent remote sensing, visual computing and three-dimensional modeling, green communication and intelligent networking, intelligent ad-hoc and sensor networks, intelligent resource allocation in wireless and cloud networks, intelligent signal processing in wireless and optical communications, intelligent radar signal processing, intelligent cooperative communications and networking.

Book Beamforming  Sensor Signal Processing For Defence Applications

Download or read book Beamforming Sensor Signal Processing For Defence Applications written by Athanassios Manikas and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beamforming: Sensor Signal Processing for Defence Applications presents a range of important research contributions concerned with sensor array signal processing and, in particular, with the superresolution beamformers fundamental to many civilian and defence applications. Both space and space-time (STAP) beamforming algorithms and their application to radar systems are considered with emphasis given to 'look-down' airborne radars, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), arrayed MIMO radar and a number of common wake-wave detection algorithms for two-dimensional SAR imagery. Furthermore, ocean towed arrays, which find applications in a variety of areas such as defence, oil and gas exploration, and geological and marine life studies, are also considered paying particular attention to receiver positional uncertainties resulting from the array's flexible structure. Array geometrical and electrical uncertainties, design of auto-calibration algorithms, beamforming 'pointing' error uncertainties and robustification issues are also presented.This book is self-contained and unified in its presentation, and comprehensively covers some of the classic and fundamental models of beamforming for sensor signal processing. It is suitable as an advanced textbook for graduate students and researchers in the area of signal processing, as well as a reference book for engineers in the defence industry.

Book AFHRL TR

Download or read book AFHRL TR written by Air Force Human Resources Laboratory and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Handbook of Nanoscopy  2 Volume Set

Download or read book Handbook of Nanoscopy 2 Volume Set written by Gustaaf van Tendeloo and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-05-21 with total page 1484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This completely revised successor to the Handbook of Microscopy supplies in-depth coverage of all imaging technologies from the optical to the electron and scanning techniques. Adopting a twofold approach, the book firstly presents the various technologies as such, before going on to cover the materials class by class, analyzing how the different imaging methods can be successfully applied. It covers the latest developments in techniques, such as in-situ TEM, 3D imaging in TEM and SEM, as well as a broad range of material types, including metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers, semiconductors, minerals, quasicrystals, amorphous solids, among others. The volumes are divided between methods and applications, making this both a reliable reference and handbook for chemists, physicists, biologists, materials scientists and engineers, as well as graduate students and their lecturers.

Book The Sage Handbook of Online Higher Education

Download or read book The Sage Handbook of Online Higher Education written by Safary Wa-Mbaleka and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 933 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education presents a cutting-edge collection of 50 essays that explores the rapidly evolving landscape of online teaching and learning in higher education. Assembled and contributed by a team of leading experts, the Handbook adopts a uniquely holistic approach to examining the needs of online education. Chapters bring together voices from diverse and international backgrounds to provide insights applicable to a broad range of contexts, and present practical strategies for planning, delivering quality online higher education. The handbook covers a wide range of topics, including online pedagogy, instructional design, student engagement, technological innovation, assessment, leadership, and the developing role of online education in the context of broader societal and cultural shifts. The SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education is an essential resource for educators, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners who seek to understand and shape the future of higher education in the digital age. Section 1: Fundamentals of Online Education Section 2: Online Education Around the World Section 3: Online Instructional Design Section 4: Online Instructional Delivery Section 5: Instructional Technology for Online Education Section 6: Online Education Administration and Management Section 7: Student Support Services

Book Springer Handbook of Geographic Information

Download or read book Springer Handbook of Geographic Information written by Wolfgang Kresse and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computer science provides a powerful tool that was virtually unknown three generations ago. Some of the classical fields of knowledge are geodesy (surveying), cartography, and geography. Electronics have revolutionized geodetic methods. Cartography has faced the dominance of the computer that results in simplified cartographic products. All three fields make use of basic components such as the Internet and databases. The Springer Handbook of Geographic Information is organized in three parts, Basics, Geographic Information and Applications. Some parts of the basics belong to the larger field of computer science. However, the reader gets a comprehensive view on geographic information because the topics selected from computer science have a close relation to geographic information. The Springer Handbook of Geographic Information is written for scientists at universities and industry as well as advanced and PhD students.

Book A First Course in Complex Analysis with Applications

Download or read book A First Course in Complex Analysis with Applications written by Dennis Zill and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2009 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new Second Edition of A First Course in Complex Analysis with Applications is a truly accessible introduction to the fundamental principles and applications of complex analysis. Designed for the undergraduate student with a calculus background but no prior experience with complex variables, this text discusses theory of the most relevant mathematical topics in a student-friendly manor. With Zill's clear and straightforward writing style, concepts are introduced through numerous examples and clear illustrations. Students are guided and supported through numerous proofs providing them with a higher level of mathematical insight and maturity. Each chapter contains a separate section on the applications of complex variables, providing students with the opportunity to develop a practical and clear understanding of complex analysis.

Book Advances In Machine Vision  Strategies And Applications

Download or read book Advances In Machine Vision Strategies And Applications written by Colin Archibald and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1992-04-15 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes recent strategies and applications for extracting useful information from sensor data. For example, the methods presented by Roth and Levine are becoming widely accepted as the ‘best’ way to segment range images, and the neural network methods for Alpha-numeric character recognition, presented by K Yamada, are believed to be the best yet presented. An applied system to analyze the images of dental imprints presented by J Côté, et al. is one of several examples of image processing systems that have already been proven to be practical, and can serve as a model for the image processing system designer. Important aspects of the automation of processes are presented in a practical way which can provide immediate new capabilities in fields as diverse as biomedical image processing, document processing, industrial automation, understanding human perception, and the defence industries. The book is organized into sections describing Model Driven Feature Extraction, Data Driven Feature Extraction, Neural Networks, Model Building, and Applications.