Download or read book The Wonder Weeks written by Frans X. Plooij and published by Wonder Weeks. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is not a book about how to make your child into a genius, however. We firmly believe that every child is unique and intelligent in his own way. It is a book on how to understand and cope with your baby when he is difficult and how to enjoy him most as he grows. It is about the joys and sorrows of growing with your baby."--Publisher's website.
Download or read book World of Patterns written by Rens Bod and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of the methods of knowledge production throughout human history and across the globe. The idea that the world can be understood through patterns and the principles that govern them is one of the most important human insights—it may also be our greatest survival strategy. Our search for patterns and principles began 40,000 years ago, when striped patterns were engraved on mammoths' bones to keep track of the moon's phases. What routes did human knowledge take to grow from these humble beginnings through many detours and dead ends into modern understandings of nature and culture? In this work of unprecedented scope, Rens Bod removes the Western natural sciences from their often-central role to bring us the first global history of human knowledge. Having sketched the history of the humanities in his ground-breaking A New History of the Humanities, Bod now adopts a broader perspective, stepping beyond classical antiquity back to the Stone Age to answer the question: Where did our knowledge of the world today begin and how did it develop? Drawing on developments from all five continents of the inhabited world, World of Patterns offers startling connections. Focusing on a dozen fields—ranging from astronomy, philology, medicine, law, and mathematics to history, botany, and musicology—Bod examines to what degree their progressions can be considered interwoven and to what degree we can speak of global trends. In this pioneering work, Bod aims to fulfill what he sees as the historian's responsibility: to grant access to history's goldmine of ideas. Bod discusses how inoculation was invented in China rather than Europe; how many of the fundamental aspects of modern mathematics and astronomy were first discovered by the Indian Kerala school; and how the study of law provided fundamental models for astronomy and linguistics from Roman to Ottoman times. The book flies across continents and eras. The result is an enlightening symphony, a stirring chorus of human inquisitiveness extending through the ages.
Download or read book The World of Patterns written by Brian Wichmann and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2001 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of tiling patterns contains over 4,000 images combining art and mathematics.
Download or read book World of Patterns written by Rens Bod and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Though fields such as art history, the history of philosophy, and intellectual history have been around for a long time, the author's interest is in the history of what scholars in all of these fields are doing in common. This book looks beyond the humanities to the practice of disciplined inquiry more generally, bringing together the history of the humanities and the sciences under the guise of a unified search for patterns"--
Download or read book Around the World in 101 Patterns written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Color, doodle, and draw your way across the globe in this beautiful book featuring over 100 intricate designs. Create your own Italian mosaic, color in the Taj Mahal, and doodle your way through North America; Around the World in 101 patterns puts you in control and lets your imagination run free. It's the perfect way to de-stress your day.
Download or read book Patterns in Nature written by Philip Ball and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed science writer “curates a visually striking, riotously colorful photographic display…of physical patterns in the natural world” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Though at first glance the natural world may appear overwhelming in its diversity and complexity, there are regularities running through it, from the hexagons of a honeycomb to the spirals of a seashell and the branching veins of a leaf. Revealing the order at the foundation of the seemingly chaotic natural world, Patterns in Nature explores not only the math and science but also the beauty and artistry behind nature’s awe-inspiring designs. Unlike the patterns we create, natural patterns are formed spontaneously from the forces that act in the physical world. Very often the same types of pattern and form—such as spirals, stripes, branches, and fractals—recur in places that seem to have nothing in common, as when the markings of a zebra mimic the ripples in windblown sand. But many of these patterns can be described using the same mathematical and physical principles, giving a surprising unity to the kaleidoscope of the natural world. Richly illustrated with 250 color photographs and anchored by accessible and insightful chapters by esteemed science writer Philip Ball, Patterns in Nature reveals the organization at work in vast and ancient forests, powerful rivers, massing clouds, and coastlines carved out by the sea. By exploring similarities such as the branches of a tree and those of a river network, this spectacular visual tour conveys the wonder, beauty, and richness of natural pattern formation.
Download or read book A Pattern Language written by Christopher Alexander and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process of construction. After a ten-year silence, Christopher Alexander and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental Structure are now publishing a major statement in the form of three books which will, in their words, "lay the basis for an entirely new approach to architecture, building and planning, which will we hope replace existing ideas and practices entirely." The three books are The Timeless Way of Building, The Oregon Experiment, and this book, A Pattern Language. At the core of these books is the idea that people should design for themselves their own houses, streets, and communities. This idea may be radical (it implies a radical transformation of the architectural profession) but it comes simply from the observation that most of the wonderful places of the world were not made by architects but by the people. At the core of the books, too, is the point that in designing their environments people always rely on certain "languages," which, like the languages we speak, allow them to articulate and communicate an infinite variety of designs within a forma system which gives them coherence. This book provides a language of this kind. It will enable a person to make a design for almost any kind of building, or any part of the built environment. "Patterns," the units of this language, are answers to design problems (How high should a window sill be? How many stories should a building have? How much space in a neighborhood should be devoted to grass and trees?). More than 250 of the patterns in this pattern language are given: each consists of a problem statement, a discussion of the problem with an illustration, and a solution. As the authors say in their introduction, many of the patterns are archetypal, so deeply rooted in the nature of things that it seemly likely that they will be a part of human nature, and human action, as much in five hundred years as they are today.
Download or read book My First Book of Patterns written by Bobby George and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you learned your colors and shapes? Now it's time to learn patterns! Stripes, polka dots, plaid, chevron, and more are featured in this first-ever patterns concept book that provides readers with the vocabulary to name what they see in the world around them. The ten most prevalent patterns are presented first as a single element (This is a circle ...), then as a pattern (... a lot of circles make polka dots!). Conceived by educators and illustrated in vivid candy-colored hues, this pitch-perfect introduction to patterns will engage the artistic, mathematical, and linguistic parts of every young child's mind.
Download or read book The World of Patterns written by Brian Wichmann and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2001-06-18 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of tiling patterns contains over 4,000 images combining the wonders of art and mathematics. It is catalogued according to the source, and indexed by the properties of each pattern. Admire the work in the Alhambra, some striking patterns by M C Escher, or the mathematical genius Kepler … all on one CD-ROM. The accompanying 32-page booklet describes the components of the system and the means of using the material to design your own patterns. System requirements: Any computer with an Internet browser and a CD-ROM drive. Contents:InstallationFinding Your Way AroundWhat is in, and What is NotPre-Islamic ArtIslamic ArtPost-Islamic ArtDesign Your Own PatternPatterns with Special ShapesQuiltsMathematical TermsMathematical ConventionsProblem CornerFinding a PatternPatterns with Specific PropertiesRegular PolygonsRegular Star PolygonsPatterns with One TilePolyominoesSpiral PatternsSymmetry GroupsUse of ComputersComplete CatalogueThe ContributorsYour BrowserSourcesIndex Readership: Undergraduates in mathematics, graphic designers and general readers interested in mathematics, computing and the arts. Keywords:Tilings;Patterns;Symmetry;Polyominoes;Art;Islam;Embroidery;Esher;Alhambra;Geometry;Geometric;Fractals;Mathematics;Shapes;RegularReviews:“A wonderful collection.”Zentralblatt MATH Key Features:
Download or read book Patterns Around the World written by Hannah Davies and published by Buster Books. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vibrant, internationally-themed colouring book is part of the successful Pretty Patterns series. Finish the partially coloured patterns, from French Fleur de Lys wallpaper to Japanese fans and Indian Henna designs. Girls will be inspired by the vibrant colours and illustrations.
Download or read book Tatto Patterns From Around the World written by Jay Friedenberg and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-04-19 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tattoo patterns from multiple cultures around the world. Includes human, animal, and abstract geometric designs.
Download or read book Music Around the World Patterns written by Char Benjamin and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know there is a pattern to music and the instruments we use to make music? Tapping and clapping are movements that can make a pattern. Can you find a pattern with your favorite instrument? With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn patterns and build their STEM skills.
Download or read book Carom Billiards Around the World Patterns written by Allan P. Sand and published by Allan P. Sand. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During competitions, many of the shots you see use a cue ball path known as "Around the World". Basically, the path is from a corner, across to the opposite long rail. From there, the cue ball goes to the short rail and then the other long rail. From the second long rail, the cue ball travels to the other, side corner. This collection of around the world shots provides you with a extensive variety of scoring solutions. For each shot, there are two table layouts. The first is the ball positions on the table. The second is how the pro player made the point. There are two ways you can use these examples. First - as a mental exercise. Study the ball layout and the ball paths to determine how the shot was played. Second - as a table exercise. Set the balls up in the positions. Try to duplicate the shot. It may take only a few attempts, or a lot before you learn how to consistently score the point. You will do a lot of experimentation with different speeds and spins. The result will be a better understanding on how to play similar shots during your competitions. Enjoy the learning process and good luck!!
Download or read book Patterns of Incidence of Certain Diseases Throughout the World written by United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations Committee and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Patterns of Incidence of Certain Diseases Throughout the World written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book World Education Patterns in the Global North written by C. C. Wolhuter and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Education Patterns in the Global North surveys the educational responses and new educational landscapes being developed as a consequence of powerful global forces demanding change within the Global North’s educational contexts, including North America, Central and South-East Europe, and East Asia.
Download or read book Patterns Of Censorship Around The World written by Ilan Peleg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume addresses an important aspect in the political life of most societies today: limitations on freedom of expression and the existence of censorship. As a topic for research, study, and reflection-particularly in its comparative dimension-freedom of expression is a somewhat neglected area. The vast majority of studies in this field focus either on a specific aspect of freedom of expression or on a specific country. The current volume, however, assumes that there is much to be gained by studying freedom of expression and censorship practices broadly and comparatively. In a world grown small, global perspective is possible and beneficial, particularly when it is applied to an issue of great relevance for all societies."
