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Perpetual Motion

Author : D. A. Pitts
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781038306593

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In Perpetual Motion, Dana slows down long enough to detail his dash through a fast-paced life. This is the inspirational and moving saga of how—historical, cultural, and environmental events influenced a fertile mind, driving him forward on a quest for personal growth and self-expression, in the face of adversity. With remarkable candour and sparkling humour, he relays his coming of age in small-town Southwestern Ontario in the ’60s and ’70s; through his family hardships; struggles with anxiety, depression, and PTSD; and the surprising journey to the creative arts, that resurrected the indelible spirit in him today. Perpetual Motion is infused with love, empathy, and wisdom; culminating in twenty-three life lessons, including “Embrace the Music,” “Take Time to Grieve,” and “Learn How to Make Soup.” Stories told of grief and tragedy but promising a lighted path forward, this memoir will comfort, delight, and inspire readers of all stripes to consider their own life journeys.

Perpetual Motion

Author : Harmony Bench
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452962498

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A new exploration of how digital media assert the relevance of dance in a wired world How has the Internet changed dance? Dance performances can now be seen anywhere, can be looped endlessly at user whim, and can integrate crowds in unprecedented ways. Dance practices are evolving to explore these new possibilities. In Perpetual Motion, Harmony Bench argues that dance is a vital part of civil society and a means for building participation and community. She looks at how, after 9/11, it became a crucial way of recuperating the common character of public spaces. She explores how crowdsourcing dance contributes to the project of performing a common world, as well as the social relationships forged when we look at dance as a gift in the era of globalization. Throughout, she asks how dance brings people together in digital spaces and what dance’s digital travels might mean for how we experience and express community. From original research on dance today to political economies of digital media to the philosophy of dance, Perpetual Motion provides an ambitious, invigorating look at a commonly shared practice.

The Perpetual Motion Machine

Author : Paul Scheerbart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Perpetual motion
ISBN : 0984115544

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In the last days of 1907, the German novelist and exponent of glass architecture Paul Scheerbart embarked upon an attempt to invent a perpetual motion machine. For the next two and a half years he would document his ongoing efforts (and failures) from his laundry-room-cum-laboratory, hiring plumbers and mechanics to construct his models while spinning out a series of imagined futures that his invention-in-the-making was going to enable. The Perpetual Motion Machine: The Story of an Invention, originally published in German in 1910, is an indefinable blend of diary, diagrams and digression that falls somewhere between memoir and reverie: a document of what poet and translator Andrew Joron calls a "two-and-a-half-year-long tantrum of the imagination." Shifting ambiguously from irony to enthusiasm and back, Scheerbart's unique amalgamation of visionary humor and optimistic failure ultimately proves to be a more literary invention than scientific: a perpetual motion of a fevered imagination that reads as if Robert Walser had tried his hand at science fiction. With "toiling wheels" inextricably embedded in his head, Scheerbart's visions of rising globalization, ecological devastation, militaristic weapons of mass destruction and the possible end of literature soon lead him to dread success more than failure. The Perpetual Motion Machine is an ode to the fertility of misery and a battle cry of the imagination against praxis.

Perpetual Motion

Author : Graeme Gibson
Publisher : New Canadian Library
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771093999

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Set in southern Ontario in the late nineteenth century, at a time when the machine age was coming into its own, Perpetual Motion chronicles the fortunes of settler Robert Fraser, a man obsessed with power and control. Driven by the idea of inventing a perpetual motion machine which will utilize natural energy, he neglects and destroys not only the nature around him but his own family too, as his overbearing rationality becomes a kind of tragic lunacy. First published in 1982, Perpetual Motion is Graeme Gibson’s superb evocation of a time when faith in material progress is still challenged by superstition and a lingering belief in magic. It is an ironic yet compassionate examination of the painful consequences of human folly.

The Dream of Perpetual Motion

Author : Dexter Palmer
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429959179

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The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer Pdf

Imprisoned for life aboard a zeppelin that floats high above a fantastic metropolis, greeting-card writer Harold Winslow pens his memoirs. His only companions are the disembodied voice of Miranda Taligent, the only woman he has ever loved, and the cryogenically frozen body of her father, Prospero, the genius and industrial magnate who drove her insane. As Harold heads toward a last desperate confrontation with Prospero to save Miranda's life, he finds himself an unwitting participant in the creation of the greatest invention of them all: the perpetual motion machine. Beautifully written, stunningly imagined, and wickedly funny, Dexter Palmer's The Dream of Perpetual Motion is a heartfelt meditation on the place of love in a world dominated by technology.

The Perpetual Motion Machine

Author : Brittany Ackerman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ISBN : 1597096911

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The Perpetual Motion Machine by Brittany Ackerman Pdf

Inspired by a brother's high school science project--a perpetual motion machine that could save the world-- The Perpetual Motion Machine is a memoir in essays that attempts to save a sibling by depicting the visceral pain that accompanies longing for some past impossibility. The collection has been a science project in its study of memory, in the calculation and plotting of the moments that make up a childhood. The preparation has been "in the field" in that it is built upon the gathering of lived experience; the evidence is photo albums, family interviews, and anecdotes from friends. The project has been one giant experiment--to see if they can all make it out alive.

In Perpetual Motion

Author : Bernadette M. Baker
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015053533546

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In Perpetual Motion by Bernadette M. Baker Pdf

Annotation Baker (curriculum and instruction, U. of Wisconsin) explores the history of philosophical treatments of the idea of "the child" and relates it to the development of concepts of pedagogical theory. Primarily focusing on the works of John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Johann Herbart, and G. Stanley Hall, she describes how the notion of "the child" was related to theories about reason, interiority, and power. Her analysis owes much of its theoretical base to the work of postmodern philosophers such as Foucault and Derrida. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Perpetual Motion; An Ancient Mystery Solved?

Author : John Collins
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006-02-01
Category : Perpetual motion
ISBN : 9781411676367

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Perpetual Motion; An Ancient Mystery Solved? by John Collins Pdf

A study of the life and work of Johann Bessler (aka Orffyreus)who claimed that he had perfected a Perpetual Motion machine in 1712. The evidence for his claims is examined and proof of his sincerity is discussed. The previously unknown existence of a coded message is revealed and described and the possible way in which the machine was constructed is examined.

Suzuki Cello School - Volume 1 (Revised)

Author : Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1995-11-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781457402913

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Suzuki Cello School - Volume 1 (Revised) by Dr. Shinichi Suzuki Pdf

Piano accompaniment for Suzuki Cello School, Volume 1. Titles: * Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Variations (Shinichi Suzuki) * French Folk Song (Folk Song) * Lightly Row (Folk Song) * Song of the Wind (Folk Song) * Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song) * O Come, Little Children (Folk Song) * May Song (Folk Song) * Allegro (Shinichi Suzuki) * Perpetual Motion in D Major (Shinichi Suzuki) * Perpetual Motion in G Major (Shinichi Suzuki) * Long, Long Ago (T.H. Bayly) * Allegretto (Shinichi Suzuki) * Andantino (Shinichi Suzuki) * Rigadoon (H. Purcell) * Etude (Shinichi Suzuki) * The Happy Farmer from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 10 (R. Schumann) * Minuet in C, No. 11 in G Major from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, BWV 841 (J.S. Bach) * Minuet No. 2 from Minuet in G Major, BWV 116 (J.S. Bach)

Perpetual Movement

Author : Neil Badmington
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781438484174

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Perpetual Movement by Neil Badmington Pdf

The first book-length study in English of Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948), Perpetual Movement offers both a production history that draws extensively upon little-known archival materials, including set drawings and drafts of the screenplay, and a close examination of the film in which Neil Badmington analyzes each of Rope's eleven shots. Writing in an accessible and engaging style, Badmington explores the film's treatment of space, sound, editing, sexuality, source material, design, intertexuality, narrative, and music. He looks at Hitchcock's struggle with censorship while planning, shooting, and distributing the film. Perpetual Movement also addresses Rope's reception and legacy, explaining why the film's unusual qualities provide such lasting appeal for viewers.

The Mining Law

Author : John D. Leshy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317359609

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Originally published in 1987, John D. Leshy presents this scholarly study of the 1872 Mining Law as a legal treatise and history of mining in the West from the point of view of mineral exploration and production. This mining law governed the United States mining practice yet had never been changed. The Mining Law attempts to highlight the role of policy and government as well as the more obscure elements of the law which complicated mining practice in the eighties. This title will be of interest to students of Environmental Studies and policy makers.

Perpetual Motion

Author : Michel Jeanneret
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 0801864801

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The popular conception of the Renaissance as a culture devoted to order and perfection does not account for an important characteristic of Renaissance art: many of the period's major works, including those by da Vinci, Erasmus, Michelangelo, Ronsard, and Montaigne, appeared as works-in-progress, always liable to changes and additions. In Perpetual Motion, Michel Jeanneret argues for a sixteenth century swept up in change and fascinated by genesis and metamorphosis. Jeanneret begins by tracing the metamorphic sensibility in sixteenth-century science and culture. Theories of creation and cosmology, of biology and geology, profoundly affected the perspectives of leading thinkers and artists on the nature of matter and form. The conception of humanity (as understood by Pico de Mirandola, Erasmus, Rabelais, and others), reflections upon history, the theory and practice of language, all led to new ideas, new genres, and a new interest in the diversity of experience. Jeanneret goes on to show that the invention of the printing press did not necessarily produce more stable literary texts than those transmitted orally or as hand-printed manuscripts—authors incorporated ideas of transformation into the process of composing and revising and encouraged creative interpretations from their readers, translators, and imitators. Extending the argument to the visual arts, Jeanneret considers da Vinci's sketches and paintings, changing depictions of the world map, the mythological sculptures in the gardens of Prince Orsini in Bomarzo, and many other Renaissance works. More than fifty illustrations supplement his analysis.

Glass! Love!! Perpetual Motion!!!

Author : Paul Scheerbart
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780226203140

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Glass! Love!! Perpetual Motion!!! by Paul Scheerbart Pdf

German writer, critic, and theorist Paul Scheerbart (1863–1915) died nearly a century ago, but his influence is still being felt today. Considered by some a mad eccentric and by others a visionary political thinker in his own time, he is now experiencing a revival thanks to a new generation of scholars who are rightfully situating him in the modernist pantheon. Glass! Love!! Perpetual Motion!!! is the first collection of Scheerbart’s multifarious writings to be published in English. In addition to a selection of his fantastical short stories, it includes the influential architectural manifesto Glass Architecture and his literary tour-de-force Perpetual Motion: The Story of an Invention. The latter, written in the guise of a scientific work (complete with technical diagrams), was taken as such when first published but in reality is a fiction—albeit one with an important message. Glass! Love!! Perpetual Motion!!! is richly illustrated with period material, much of it never before reproduced, including a selection of artwork by Paul Scheerbart himself. Accompanying this original material is a selection of essays by scholars, novelists, and filmmakers commissioned for this publication to illuminate Scheerbart’s importance, then and now, in the worlds of art, architecture, and culture. Coedited by artist Josiah McElheny and Christine Burgin, with new artwork created for this publication by McElheny, Glass! Love!! Perpetual Motion!!! is a long-overdue monument to a modern master.

Perpetual Motion

Author : Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume
Publisher : Adventures Unlimited Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 1931882517

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Perpetual Motion by Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume Pdf

The deceptively simple task of making a mechanism which would turn forever has fascinated many famous men and physicists throughout the centuries. In fact, the basic tenets of engineering grew from the failures of these perpetual motion machine designers. This work offers an illustrated overview of perpetual motion machines and their inventors.

In Perpetual Motion

Author : Hani S. Mahmassani
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0080508553

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In Perpetual Motion by Hani S. Mahmassani Pdf

This book provides an authoritative assessment of the state-of-the-art in travel behavior research and applications, and identifies the principal emerging trends, challenges and opportunities in this important area of transportation research. It is an outgrowth of the "Austin Meeting" of the International Association for Travel Behavior Research, a milestone event in defining cutting-edge problems and developments in this area. It provides both an entry point and a foundation for future developments likely to take place over the next decade. -- State-of-the-art assessments of key areas of travel behavior research and policy applications, written by the leading international researchers in these areas; unique to this volume -- Features the last two publications of the late Eric Pas, a critical thinker and contributor to the field, including a milestone contribution to Time Use and Travel Behavior -- Charting of new territory for the travel behavior community in the areas of intelligent-transportation systems, telecommunications-travel interactions, land use-travel interactions and the application of microsimulation techniques for dynamic analysis of travel choices in networks