How Things Are

Author : Andrew Terranova
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : DESIGN
ISBN : 0316479942

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How Things are Made by Andrew Terranova Pdf

For anyone curious about the nuts and bolts of human ingenuity, How Things Are Made is a fascinating exploration of the process behind the manufacture of everyday items. What are bulletproof vests made of' How do manufacturers get lipstick into the tube' How many layers are there in an iPhone screen' The answers to these questions and so much more fascinating information can be found in How Things Are Made, a behind-the-scenes look at the production everyday objects of all kinds, from guitars, sunscreen, and seismographs to running shoes, jet engines, and chocolate. Thoroughly revised and redesigned from the best-selling 1995 edition, How Things Are Made also contains three new entries by author Andrew Terranova. However, each page still contains informative step-by-step text along with detailed but easy-to-follow illustrations, diagrams, and sidebars to tell the stories behind the things we sometimes take for granted. For example, did you know that Edison didn't really invent the light bulb' Or that the first bar code was on a pack of Wrigley's Spearmint gum' Or that a maple seed inspired the design for the helicopter' Discover these fascinating anecdotes and much more in How Things Are Made.

Author : Mark Siderits
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780197606933

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It is widely known that Buddhists deny the existence of the self. However, Buddhist philosophers defend interesting positions on a variety of other issues in fundamental ontology. In particular, they have important things to say about ontological reduction and the nature of the causal relation. Amidst the prolonged debate over global anti-realism, Buddhist philosophers devised an innovative approach to the radical nominalist denial of all universals and real resemblances. While some defend presentism, others propound eternalism. In How Things Are, Mark Siderits presents the arguments that Buddhist philosophers developed on these and other issues. Those with an interest in metaphysics may find new and interesting insights into what the Buddhists had to say about their ideas. This work is designed to introduce some of the more important fruits of Buddhist metaphysical inquiry to philosophers with little or no prior knowledge of that tradition. While there is plenty of scholarship on the Indian Buddhist philosophical tradition, it is primarily concerned with the historical details, often presupposes background knowledge of the major schools and figures, and makes ample use of untranslated Sanskrit technical terms. What has been missing from this area of philosophical inquiry, are studies that make the Buddhist tradition accessible to philosophers who are interested in solving metaphysical problems. This work fills that gap by focusing not on history and texts but on the metaphysical puzzles themselves, and on ways of trying to solve them.

Author : J. Bogen,J.E. McGuire
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400951990

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How Things Are by J. Bogen,J.E. McGuire Pdf

One of the earliest and most influential treatises on the subject of this volume is Aristotle's Categories. Aristotle's title is a form of the Greek verb for speaking against or submitting an accusation in a legal proceeding. By the time of Aristotle, it also meant: to signify or to predicate. Surprisingly, the "predicates" Aristotle talks about include not only bits of language, but also such nonlinguistic items as the color white in a body and the knowledge of grammar in a man's soul. (Categories I/ii) Equally surprising are such details as Aristotle's use of the terms 'homonymy' and 'synonymy' in connection with things talked about rather than words used to talk about them. Judging from the evidence in the Organon, the Metaphysics, and elsewhere, Aristotle was both aware of and able to mark the distinction between using and men tioning words; and so we must conclude that in the Categories, he was not greatly concerned with it. For our purposes, however, it is best to treat the term 'predication' as if it were ambiguous and introduce some jargon to disambiguate it. Code, Modrak, and other authors of the essays which follow use the terms 'linguistic predication' and 'metaphysical predication' for this.

Author : Andrew Terranova
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780316439268

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How Things Are Made by Andrew Terranova Pdf

For anyone curious about the nuts and bolts of human ingenuity, How Things Are Made is a fascinating exploration of the process behind the manufacture of everyday items. What are bulletproof vests made of? How do manufacturers get lipstick into the tube? How many layers are there in an iPhone screen? The answers to these questions and so much more fascinating information can be found in How Things Are Made, a behind-the-scenes look at the production everyday objects of all kinds, from guitars, sunscreen, and seismographs to running shoes, jet engines, and chocolate. Thoroughly revised and redesigned from the best-selling 1995 edition, How Things Are Made also contains three new entries by author Andrew Terranova. However, each page still contains informative step-by-step text along with detailed but easy-to-follow illustrations, diagrams, and sidebars to tell the stories behind the things we sometimes take for granted. For example, did you know that Edison didn't really invent the light bulb? Or that the first bar code was on a pack of Wrigley's Spearmint gum? Or that a maple seed inspired the design for the helicopter? Discover these fascinating anecdotes and much more in How Things Are Made.

Author : T. R. Melton
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781479717989

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How Things Were; How Things Are by T. R. Melton Pdf

HOW THINGS WERE; HOW THINGS ARE contains poems, notes and musings about personal histories, relationships, allegory, certain geographies and social commentaries. The words recount times from the nineteen-forties to the present.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0870443348

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Activities are organised around themes developed by the book of same title.

Author : Bob Frissell
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781556439773

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Nothing in This Book Is True, But It's Exactly How Things Are, 15th Anniversary Edition by Bob Frissell Pdf

Nothing in This Book Is True, But It’s Exactly How Things Are is an account of humankind’s function within the grand celestial battle between internal and external knowledge. Author Bob Frissell gives a compelling account of our planetary ascent into higher consciousness, presenting a big-screen view of the Earth through the experience of the Ascended Masters, Thoth, Babaji, and Drunvalo Melchizedek. Pulling in all manner of conspiracy theories from the Secret Government to the Philadelphia Experiment, Frissell proposes both a core transdimensional shift based on the Mayan calendar and a personal Rapture mediated through the connected, affirmed breaths of rebirthing that his teacher Melchizedek used to travel from the other side of the universe to here—breathing your own spacecraft (merkaba) out of and around your aura in order to travel through the astral realms. The 15th anniversary edition of this cult classic is revised and expanded with new illustrations and 50 pages of important new information on the Lucifer Rebellion, the solar storm, and the final three breaths of the merkaba meditation.

Author : Oldrich Ruzicka
Publisher : Union Square Kids
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1454920858

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How Things Are Made by Oldrich Ruzicka Pdf

How was this made? Children have always wanted to know the answer to this question--and this fun and eye-catching book provides answers. With six large gatefolds and 26 booklets, it's chock-full of fun facts that take kids through the life cycle of everyday objects like t-shirts, books, bread, chairs, and glassware. Young and inquiring minds will be fascinated, educated, and entertained for hours!

Author : John Brockman,Katinka Matson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8173712565

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How Things Are:Science Tool Kit For The Mind by John Brockman,Katinka Matson Pdf

Author : Theodore Gray
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 1197 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780316445450

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How Things Work by Theodore Gray Pdf

Million-copy bestselling author of The Elements, Molecules, and Reactions Theodore Gray applies his trademark mix of engaging stories, real-time experiments, and stunning photography to the inner workings of machines, big and small, revealing the extraordinary science, beauty, and rich history of everyday things. Theodore Gray has become a household name among fans, both young and old, of popular science and mechanics. He's an incorrigible tinkerer with a constant curiosity for how things work. Gray's readers love how he always brings the perfect combination of know-how, humor, and daring-do to every project or demonstration, be it scientific or mechanical.In How Things Work he explores the mechanical underpinnings of dozens of types of machines and mechanisms, from the cotton gin to the wristwatch to an industrial loom. Filled with stunning original photographs in Gray's inimitable style, How Things Work is a must-have exploration of stuff--large and small--for any builder, maker or lover of mechanical things.

Author : Oldrich Ruzicka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1454929715

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How Things Are Made, Volume 2 by Oldrich Ruzicka Pdf

How Things are Made explores how the internet works, money is produced, computer games are created, cars are built, electricity is generated and homes are constructed through fold-out maps and booklets.

Author : Martyn Bramwell,Usborne
Publisher : Edc Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Science
ISBN : 074600415X

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How Things Work by Martyn Bramwell,Usborne Pdf

This book takes a physics concept or phenomenon, explains it and gives simple experiments to illustrate it.

Author : Steve Parker
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008503935

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The Random House Book of how Things Work by Steve Parker Pdf

A comprehensive, illustrated guide showing how more than 300 machines, mechanisms, and processes that affect our everyday lives work.

Author : Conrad Mason
Publisher : See Inside
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1805317741

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See Inside How Things Work by Conrad Mason Pdf

An amazing flap book packed with inventions, machines, gadgets and devices, and facts and information about how they work. Over 90 flaps reveal the insides of car engines, lavatories, escalators, submarines and microwaves and many, many other machines. Includes internet links to websites with animations, games and experiments.

Author : Peter Lafferty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1998-10
Category : Machinery
ISBN : 0600568873

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The Big Book of how Things Work by Peter Lafferty Pdf