Colliding Worlds

Author : Arthur I. Miller
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393244250

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Colliding Worlds: How Cutting-Edge Science Is Redefining Contemporary Art by Arthur I. Miller Pdf

A dazzling look at the artists working on the frontiers of science. In recent decades, an exciting new art movement has emerged in which artists utilize and illuminate the latest advances in science. Some of their provocative creations—a live rabbit implanted with the fluorescent gene of a jellyfish, a gigantic glass-and-chrome sculpture of the Big Bang (pictured on the cover)—can be seen in traditional art museums and magazines, while others are being made by leading designers at Pixar, Google’s Creative Lab, and the MIT Media Lab. In Colliding Worlds, Arthur I. Miller takes readers on a wild journey to explore this new frontier. Miller, the author of Einstein, Picasso and other celebrated books on science and creativity, traces the movement from its seeds a century ago—when Einstein’s theory of relativity helped shape the thinking of the Cubists—to its flowering today. Through interviews with innovative thinkers and artists across disciplines, Miller shows with verve and clarity how discoveries in biotechnology, cosmology, quantum physics, and beyond are animating the work of designers like Neri Oxman, musicians like David Toop, and the artists-in-residence at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. From NanoArt to Big Data, Miller reveals the extraordinary possibilities when art and science collide.

Author : Simone Marchi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192584113

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Colliding Worlds by Simone Marchi Pdf

Simone Marchi presents the emerging story of how cosmic collisions shaped both the solar system and our own planet, from the creation of the Moon to influencing the evolution of life on Earth. The Earth emerged out of the upheaval and chaos of massive collisions in the infancy of the Solar System, more than four billion years ago. The largest of these events sent into orbit a spray of molten rocks out of which the Moon coalesced. As in ancient mythological tales, this giant catastrophe marks the birth of our planet as we know it. Space exploration has shown that signs of ancient collisions are widespread in the Solar System, from the barren and once-habitable Mars to the rugged asteroids. On Earth these signs are more subtle, but still cataclysmic, such as the massive asteroid strike which likely sparked the demise of the dinosaurs and many other forms of life some 66 million years ago. Signatures of even more dramatic catastrophes are concealed in ancient rocks. These events wreaked havoc on our planet's surface, influencing global climate and topography, while also enriching the Earth with gold and other rare elements. And recently, modern science is finding that they could even have contributed to developing the conditions conducive to life. In Colliding Worlds, Simone Marchi explores the key role that collisions in space have played in the formation and evolution of our solar system, the development of planets, and possibly even the origin of life on Earth. Analysing our latest understanding of the surfaces of Mars and Venus, gleaned from recent space missions, Marchi presents the dramatic story of cosmic collisions and their legacies.

Author : Jonathan Malloy,Institute of Public Administration of Canada
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0802037178

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Between Colliding Worlds by Jonathan Malloy,Institute of Public Administration of Canada Pdf

Jonathan Malloy's Between Colliding Worlds examines the relationship between governments and external activists through a comparative study of policy units dedicated to aboriginal and women's issues in Australia and Canada. Malloy identifies these units - or 'special policy agencies' - as sitting on the boundary between the world of permanent public servants and that of collective social movements working for broad social and political change. These agencies at once represent the interests of social movements to government while simultaneously managing relations with social movements on behalf of government, and - thus - operate in a state of permanent ambiguity. Malloy contends that rather than criticizing these agencies for their inherently contradictory nature, we must reconsider them as effectively dealing with the delicate issue of bridging social movements with state politics. In other words, the very existence of these special policy agencies provides a forum for social movements and the state to work out their differences. Relying heavily on interviews with public servants and external activists, Malloy argues convincingly that special policy agencies, despite - or because of - their ambiguous relationship to different communities, make critical contributions to governance.

Author : Brittany Hughes
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781468577181

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Colliding Worlds by Brittany Hughes Pdf

A young collector found him, without a shred of memory, at an abandoned kingdom believed to be unfit to support life. Most of the Collectors thought of him as a waste of time, but the strongest of them vouched for his hidden potential. Kept for the leaders lust of power, he was put under the care of Kareu Sangfraid, the older brother of the Collector who had found him. As time went by, a great attachment formed between the brothers and child, and without realizing it, the child affected everyone in unpredictable ways, setting the seeds for an upcoming war that he himself was unaware. The pieces were coming together bit by bit as an old prophecy began to take its course, awaking uproar in Veronia and its unseen twin world, bringing together a group of misfits from different corners of the world that would have never met otherwise. They will have to work together to protect the balance between the twin worlds, but other forces aim to stop them before they can even begin

Author : Simone Marchi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198845409

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Colliding Worlds by Simone Marchi Pdf

Some 4.6 billion years ago, a planetary system was born form a disc of gas and dust surrounding a young star. Specks of dust, pushed into dense clumps, collided stuck together, and grew. While the gas disappeared, the growing bodies clashed in a final violent phase, leaving a series of planets, and much debris. The planets jostled and moved around as they sought a stable arrangement, knocking many small fragments out of the system altogether while others forms a distant icy fringe. The massive violent collisions of this time gouged out vast craters form the newborn planets, and sometimes created moons. Such was the birth of our Solar System. Only recently have scientists begun to find subtle clues of these ancient, violent times. Remarkably, they are still there, if we look carefully at the Earth's oldest rocks, at Mars and the Moon with their ancient surfaces, and at the asteroids, which are themselves startlingly varied small worlds. Clues are also to be found in the meteorites that have landed on Earth. From such splinters, from the precious collection of lunar rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts, and the information gleaned by spacecraft and the Mars rovers, we are slowly building up a picture of the early days of the planets.

Author : Berinn Rae
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 990 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781507205518

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Colliding Worlds by Berinn Rae Pdf

This fiery, action-packed collection features three passionate, star-crossed sci-fi romances for one low price. Collision: Sienna Wolfe’s world is turned upside down when a man with golden skin and strange tattoos crashes in her backyard and ends up tied to her bedposts. When the gorgeous new alien in her life wants Sienna’s help in an intergalactic war, she can’t say no … but she soon wishes she had. Now it’s up to Sienna to pull off the impossible: save the world without sabotaging her own happily ever after. Implosion: The cataclysmic war is brewing, and Sephian warrior Nalea lives to kill Draeken. That is, until Roden Zyll, a Draeken commander, captures her on the battlefield. As they slowly learn to drop their personal hostilities, tensions between their factions threaten to obliterate life on Earth. To save her friends—and her enemies—Nalea must become a traitor to her own people as well as her own heart. Explosion: Earth’s final war is here and time is running out for Draeken warrior-woman Talla Kolhm. Focused on the fight ahead, she refuses to allow love or compassion to distract her. Then she finds a kindred spirit in Jax Jerrick, a human soldier with his own share of scars, who awakens her darkest desires. Then he betrays his own kind to help her escape execution. Can Talla find the strength to return the favor, even if it means sacrificing their forever destiny to save everyone else? Sensuality Level: Sensual

Author : Ellen Oh
Publisher : Crown Books for Young Readers
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-23
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780593125946

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The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee by Ellen Oh Pdf

When a Korean American teenage artist gets sucked into the world of her own web comic, she must find a way out with the help of a cute boy all while facing off against a villainous corporation. Inspired by the A-ha's "Take on Me" music video, this entertaining YA novel is a grounded speculative fiction adventure from a founding member of We Need Diverse Books. "Sincere, smart, and meta…this stirring high-concept novel… stands out from the rest."-Soman Chainani, author of THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL series "A lighthearted story with touches of romance and fantasy, told with K-drama flair." —Kirkus Reviews Mina has become the hero of her own story. Literally. When Mina Lee woke up on Saturday morning for SAT prep, she did NOT expect to: 1. Nearly be fried by a superhero who turned out to be a supervillain. 2. Come face to face with Jin, the handsome boy of her dreams. 3. Discover a conspiracy involving the evil corporation Merco that she created. And it’s all happening in her fictional world. Mina is trapped in the story she created. Now it’s up to her to save everyone. Even if it means losing Jin forever. From the award-winning author of Finding Junie Kim and co-founder of We Need Diverse Books, Ellen Oh. In the speculative fiction adventure The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee, a teenage artist grapples with her first love, grief, and learning how to take charge of her own life.

Author : Immanuel Velikovsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Science
ISBN : 0899667856

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Worlds in Collision by Immanuel Velikovsky Pdf

Author : Gerald de Cruz
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789814634915

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Colliding Worlds by Gerald de Cruz Pdf

Spanning the years from the 30s to the 80s, Colliding Worlds is an illuminating portrait of a passionate idealist. Through a crazy paving of anecdotes and essays, Gerald takes the reader into the flow of his variegated world. Whether it is an evocation of his childhood days in Katong or a recounting of his escapes from the Japanese and the Communists, his is a fascinating, sometimes touching, story told with wit and eloquence. Colliding Worlds was first published as Rojak Rebel in 1991.

Author : Mike Searle
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191652493

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Colliding Continents by Mike Searle Pdf

The crash of the Indian plate into Asia is the biggest known collision in geological history, and it continues today. The result is the Himalaya and Karakoram - one of the largest mountain ranges on Earth. The Karakoram has half of the world's highest mountains and a reputation as being one of the most remote and savage ranges of all. In this beautifully illustrated book, Mike Searle, a geologist at the University of Oxford and one of the most experienced field geologists of our time, presents a rich account of the geological forces that were involved in creating these mountain ranges. Using his personal accounts of extreme mountaineering and research in the region, he pieces together the geological processes that formed such impressive peaks.

Author : Ken Booth,T. Dunne
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002-06-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0333998057

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Worlds in Collision by Ken Booth,T. Dunne Pdf

Bringing together an outstanding group of thinkers, Worlds in Collision is the essential book for understanding the debate about the future of global order in the wake of international terrorism and the war in Afghanistan. For years to come, if not decades, the 'war on terrorism' will be the defining paradigm in the struggle for global order. When the victim of such horrific terror attacks happens to be the world's only superpower, the agenda is set for the future global order. This book, offering a comprehensive and provocative collection of viewpoints from leading intellectuals from a number of countries, will help readers understand the ways in which our worlds collided on September 11, 2001. Not only does it comprehensively address the first phase of the war against international terrorism, the book also looks at the wider regional and global ramifications. Worlds in Collision is ultimately about more than the war on terrorism, it concerns itself with the possibilities for re-shaping global order on the basis of new kinds of politics.

Author : Edwin Balmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : End of the world (Astronomy)
ISBN : OCLC:1257321524

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When Worlds Collide by Edwin Balmer Pdf

Scientists are building rocket ships for a chosen few to escape planets hurtling toward each other on a direct collision course, leaks out touching off a savage struggle for survival.

Author : Stephen Webb
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781475761207

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Out of this World by Stephen Webb Pdf

Stephen Webb, author of WHERE IS EVERYBODY?, takes the interested amateur on a thrilling and enlightening tour of the amazing, even bizarre, new ideas of modern physics, including alternatives to the Big Bang, parallel universes, and an imaginary trip to the other side of the black hole.

Author : Dean Henry
Publisher : D.Henry
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0645009814

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Colliding Worlds by Dean Henry Pdf

Szantium is breaking apart. Jayden finds himself traveling the world in an attempt to find eight pieces known as Compass Points in order to save the city. The problem is that no one knows what these pieces look like or where they've been hiding. During this search, enormous chasms are splitting open throughout the human plane and misshapen Shadows are crawling out to wreak havoc and torment humanity. It's a race against time and Jayden faces the harsh reality that he - nor Szantium and all that he holds dear - may not survive in the end.

Author : Moonlight Muse
Publisher : Alpha
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1915720117

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Her Forbidden Alpha by Moonlight Muse Pdf

This is a werewolf shifter book for an adult audience. With a mix of erotica, adventure and angst. Her Forbidden Alpha, is the first of a five book series. A story that sets the Scene for the Alpha Series world. The book is a stepsibling romance, with just the right balance of forbidden trope, yet keeping it tasteful.