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 Amos Morris-Reich, Margaret Olin, "Photography and Imagination" English | 2019 | ISBN: 1138314374, 1032337885 | PDF | pages: 249 | 115.9 mb As the prototypical exemplar of modern visual technology, photography was once viewed as a way to enable vision to bypass imagination, producing more reliable representations of reality. But as an achievement of technological modernity, photography can also be seen as a way to realize a creation of the imagination more vividly than can painting or drawing. Photography and Imagination investigates, from diverse points of view focusing on both theory and practice, the relation between these two terms. The book explores their effect on photography's capacity, through various forms and modalities of imaginative investments and displacements, to affect even reality itself.  Photoalignment of Liquid Crystalline Materials: Physics and Applications by Professor Vladimir G. Chigrinov PhD, doctoral,, Vladimir M. Kozenkov, Professor Hoi-Sing Kwok PhD English | PDF | 2008 | 240 Pages | ISBN : 0470065397 | 8.4 MB Photoalignment possesses significant advantages in comparison with the usual 'rubbing' treatment of the substrates of liquid crystal display (LCD) cells as it is a non-contact method with a high resolution. A new technique recently pioneered by the authors of this book, namely the photo-induced diffusion reorientation of azodyes, does not involve any photochemical or structural transformations of the molecules. This results in photoaligning films which are robust and possess good aligning properties making them particularly suitable for the new generation of liquid crystal devices.  Phononic and Electronic Excitations in Complex Oxides Studied with Advanced Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy Techniques by Fryderyk Lyzwa English | PDF,EPUB | 2022 | 158 Pages | ISBN : 3031118650 | 25 MB This PhD thesis reports on investigations of several oxide-based materials using advanced infrared and Raman spectroscopy techniques and in combination with external stimuli such as high magnetic or electric field, sptial confinement in thin film heterostructures and the radiation with UV light. This leads to new results in the fields of superconductivity, electronic polarization states and nanoscale phenomena.  Philosophy of Emotion: A Contemporary Introduction English | 2023 | ISBN: 1138687456 | 273 Pages | PDF (True) | 3 MB In this book, Christine Tappolet offers readers a thorough, wide-ranging, and highly accessible introduction to the philosophy of emotions. It covers recent interdisciplinary debates on the nature of emotions as well as standard theories of emotions, such as feeling theories, motivational theories, and evaluative theories. The book includes discussions of the alleged irrationality of emotions, and looks into the question of whether emotions could not, in some cases, contribute positively to theoretical and practical rationality. In addition, the role of emotions in the theory of virtues and the theory of values receives a detailed treatment. Finally, the book turns to the question of how we can regulate and even educate our emotions by engaging with music and with narrative art.  Jeannine K. Brown, "Philippians: An Introduction and Commentary " English | ISBN: 1514005042 | 2022 | 272 pages | EPUB | 595 KB The letter to the Philippians illuminates a warm relationship between the apostle Paul and the Philippian believers. Despite difficult situations being experienced on both sides, Paul finds ample reason to celebrate what God in Christ has done and is doing in the believers' lives. Jeannine K. Brown's commentary on Philippians explores the themes of this epistle and how its message is still relevant to Christians in the twenty-first century. Brown shows how motifs of joy, contentment, and unity abound as Paul reminds the Philippians of the supreme value of knowing Jesus the Messiah, and she highlights their significance for shaping the contemporary church toward living more deeply in its identity in Christ. This Tyndale New Testament commentary examines the text section-by-section―exploring the context in which it was written, providing thoughtful commentary on the letter to the Philippians, and then unpacking its theology. It will leave you with a thorough understanding of the content and structure of Paul's writing, as well as its meaning and continued relevance. The Tyndale New Testament Commentaries are ideal resources for students and teachers of theology, as well as for preachers and individual Christians looking to delve deeper into the riches of Scripture. Insightful and comprehensive, Jeannine K. Brown's commentary on Philippians is a brilliant introduction that will give you a renewed appreciation for this rich Pauline epistle and a greater knowledge of why it is important to the Christian faith.  Philip Roth - The Biography By Blake Bailey 2021 | 912 Pages | ISBN: 1510769722 | EPUB | 31 MB Appointed by Philip Roth and granted independence and complete access, Blake Bailey spent years poring over Roth's personal archive, interviewing his friends, lovers, and colleagues, and engaging Roth himself in breathtakingly candid conversations. The result is an indelible portrait of an American master and of the postwar literary scene.Bailey shows how Roth emerged from a lower-middle-class Jewish milieu to achieve the heights of literary fame, how his career was nearly derailed by his catastrophic first marriage, and how he championed the work of dissident novelists behind the Iron Curtain.Bailey examines Roth's rivalrous friendships with Saul Bellow, John Updike, and William Styron, and reveals the truths of his florid love life, culminating in his almost-twenty-year relationship with actress Claire Bloom, who pilloried Roth in her 1996 memoir, Leaving a Doll's House.Tracing Roth's path from realism to farce to metafiction to the tragic masterpieces of the American Trilogy, Bailey explores Roth's engagement with nearly every aspect of postwar American culture.100 photographs  Phase Optimization Problems: Applications in Wave Field Theory by Dr. Olena O. Bulatsyk, Prof. Dr. Boris Z. Katsenelenbaum, Dr. Yury P. Topolyuk, Prof. Dr. Nikolai N. Voitovich English | PDF | 2010 | 315 Pages | ISBN : 3527407995 | 3.2 MB This is the only book available in English language to consider inverse and optimization problems in which phase field distributions are used as optimizing functions. The mathematical technique used relates to nonlinear integral equations, with numerical methods developed and applied to concrete problems.  Perspectives on Framing By Gideon Keren (editor) 2010 | 344 Pages | ISBN: 1848729030 | PDF | 4 MB Language comprises a major mark of humans compared with other primates and is the main vehicle for social interaction. A major characteristic of any natural language is that the same communication, idea, or intention can be articulated in different ways―in other words, the same message can be "framed" differently. The same medical treatment can be portrayed in terms chance of chance of success or chance of failure; energy reduction can be expressed in terms of savings per day or savings per year; and a task can be described as 80% completed or 20% uncompleted. In this book, contributors from a variety of disciplines―psychology, linguistics, marketing, political science, and medical decision making―come together to better understand the mechanisms underlying framing effects and assess their impact on the communication process.  Pediatric Retinal Diseases English | 2022 | ISBN: 9811913633 | 120 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 78 MB This volume on pediatric retina covers all aspects of pediatric retinal diseases as their understanding, diagnosis and management is still under evolution and a challenging task. Newer diagnostic and surgical techniques are being developed and are being adapted for better visual outcome in pediatric cases. It comprises of 10 chapters describing the medical and surgical aspects. The text and figures have been provided in a lucid manner to enhance the understanding of the reader.  Passage to Byzantium: The Romanov-Habsburg Feud that Led to World War I By Maggie Ledford Lawson 2019 | 499 Pages | ISBN: 0578572176 | EPUB | 1 MB For 100 years most historians accepted the conclusions of the Versailles conferees that the Germans were mainly culpable for the First World War. Since Kaiser Wilhelm II retained the sole right to go to war, it was he who was blamed for bringing on the tragedy. It is true that the emotionally incendiary Kaiser pursued the conflict with undue enthusiasm once it started. There is no evidence that he wanted or expected the war that broke out on July 28, 1914. Maggie Ledford Lawson's "Passage to Byzantium" is an account of how the Great War actually started. It is an epic tale about two ancient dynasties, the Romanovs and the Habsburgs, whose clash of interests in the Balkans led to the tragedy of 1914. |
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