Seeing In The Dark

Author : Timothy Ferris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781476711751

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Seeing in the Dark by Timothy Ferris Pdf

In Seeing in the Dark, a poetic love letter to science and to the skies, Timothy Ferris invites us all to become stargazers. He recounts his own experiences as an enthralled lifelong amateur astronomer and reports from around the globe -- from England and Italy to the Florida Keys and the Chilean Andes -- on the revolution that's putting millions in touch with the night sky. In addition, Ferris offers an authoritative and engaging report on what's out there to be seen -- what Saturn, the Ring nebula, the Silver Coin galaxy, and the Virgo supercluster really are and how to find them. The appendix includes star charts, observing lists, and a guide on how to get involved in astronomy. Ferris takes us inside a major revolution sweeping astronomy, as lone amateur astronomers, in global networks linked by the Internet, make important discoveries that are the envy of the professionals. His ability to describe the wonders of the universe is simply magical, and his enthusiasm for his subject is irresistible.

Author : Beverly J. Shamana
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0687091063

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Seeing in the Dark by Beverly J. Shamana Pdf

It seems to be common knowledge that by the time persons reach adolescence, they have been "socialized" out of much of their innate creativity. By the time we reach adulthood, many of us feel that we have no creativity at all. This book begs to differ and encourages readers to get re-acquainted with the God-given creativity that IS within.

Author : Manuel Munoz
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781616201456

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What You See in the Dark by Manuel Munoz Pdf

The long-awaited first novel by the award-winning author of two impressive story collections explores the sinister side of desire in Bakersfield, California, circa 1959, when a famous director arrives to scout locations for a film about madness and murder at a roadside motel. Unfolding in much the same way that Hitchcock made Psycho—frame by frame, in pans, zooms, and close-ups—Mun~oz’s re-creation of a vanished era takes the reader into places no camera can go, venturing into the characters’ private thoughts, petty jealousies, and unrealized dreams. The result is a work of stunning originality.

Author : Roy A. Sorensen,Roy Sorensen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199797134

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Seeing Dark Things by Roy A. Sorensen,Roy Sorensen Pdf

Roy Sorensen here defends the causal theory of perception by treating absences as causes. He draws heavily on common sense and psychology to vindicate the assumption that we directly perceive absences.

Author : Nancy Ortberg
Publisher : NavPress
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781496406941

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Seeing in the Dark by Nancy Ortberg Pdf

Christians are supposed to be “the light of the world.” Yet we seem to spend most of our time stumbling in the dark. We want answers carved in stone, and instead we get uncertainty. We want a clearly marked path and a panoramic view of the future, and God gives us only fleeting glimpses of what lies ahead—and just enough light to take the next step. So what do we do? We take the next step. In her much anticipated follow-up to Looking for God, Nancy Ortberg takes readers on a journey that began thousands of years ago. From an ancient cave in Turkey to the California coast, Nancy highlights the often unexpected, sometimes imperceptible, yet always extraordinary means God uses to light our way through even the most painful and challenging moments in life.

Author : Helga Kolb,Eduardo Fernandez,Ralph Nelson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:503519994

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Webvision by Helga Kolb,Eduardo Fernandez,Ralph Nelson Pdf

Author : Karin Fossum
Publisher : Random House
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448104642

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I Can See in the Dark by Karin Fossum Pdf

Riktor doesn’t like the way the policeman comes straight into the house without knocking. He doesn’t like the arrogant way he observes his home.The policeman doesn’t tell him why he’s there, and Riktor doesn’t ask. Because he knows he’s guilty of a terrible crime. But it turns out that the policeman isn’t looking for a missing person. He is accusing Riktor of something totally unexpected. Riktor doesn’t have a clear conscience, but this is a crime he certainly didn’t commit.

Author : Gytha Lodge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781984818072

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Watching from the Dark by Gytha Lodge Pdf

Originally published: London: Michael Joseph, 2020.

Author : Lance Keimig
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781317964612

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Night Photography and Light Painting by Lance Keimig Pdf

Lance Keimig, one of the premier experts on night photography, has put together a comprehensive reference that will show you ways to capture images you never thought possible. This new edition of Night Photography presents the practical techniques of shooting at night alongside theory and history, illustrated with clear, concise examples, and charts and stunning images. From urban night photography to photographing the landscape by starlight or moonlight, from painting your subject with light to creating a subject with light, this book provides a complete guide to digital night photography and light painting.

Author : Oliver Sacks
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780307594556

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The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks Pdf

In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, the sense of sight. For all of these people, the challenge is to adapt to a radically new way of being in the world. There is Lilian, a concert pianist who becomes unable to read music and is eventually unable even to recognize everyday objects, and Sue, a neurobiologist who has never seen in three dimensions, until she suddenly acquires stereoscopic vision in her fifties. There is Pat, who reinvents herself as a loving grandmother and active member of her community, despite the fact that she has aphasia and cannot utter a sentence, and Howard, a prolific novelist who must find a way to continue his life as a writer even after a stroke destroys his ability to read. And there is Dr. Sacks himself, who tells the story of his own eye cancer and the bizarre and disconcerting effects of losing vision to one side. Sacks explores some very strange paradoxes—people who can see perfectly well but cannot recognize their own children, and blind people who become hyper-visual or who navigate by “tongue vision.” He also considers more fundamental questions: How do we see? How do we think? How important is internal imagery—or vision, for that matter? Why is it that, although writing is only five thousand years old, humans have a universal, seemingly innate, potential for reading? The Mind’s Eye is a testament to the complexity of vision and the brain and to the power of creativity and adaptation. And it provides a whole new perspective on the power of language and communication, as we try to imagine what it is to see with another person’s eyes, or another person’s mind.

Author : Rosemary Mahoney
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780316248709

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For the Benefit of Those Who See by Rosemary Mahoney Pdf

In the tradition of Oliver Sacks's The Island of the Colorblind, Rosemary Mahoney tells the story of Braille Without Borders, the first school for the blind in Tibet, and of Sabriye Tenberken, the remarkable blind woman who founded the school. Fascinated and impressed by what she learned from the blind children of Tibet, Mahoney was moved to investigate further the cultural history of blindness. As part of her research, she spent three months teaching at Tenberken's international training center for blind adults in Kerala, India, an experience that reveals both the shocking oppression endured by the world's blind, as well as their great resilience, integrity, ingenuity, and strength. By living among the blind, Rosemary Mahoney enables us to see them in fascinating close up, revealing their particular "quality of ease that seems to broadcast a fundamental connection to the world." Having read For the Benefit of Those Who See, you will never see the world in quite the same way again. "In this intelligent and humane book, Rosemary Mahoney writes of people who are blind . . . She reports on their courage and gives voice, time and again, to their miraculous dignity." -- Andrew Solomon, author of Far From the Tree

Author : Cathleen Francisco
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1364877457

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OH! the Things You Can See in the Dark! by Cathleen Francisco Pdf

'OH! The Things You Can See In The Dark!' is a picture book for children ages 3 and up. The premise of the book is to reveal that which can only be seen in the dark or those things made more glorious by the absence of light. While children may often perceive the dark to be ominous, the book shows a magical aspect of the night through the vibrant and lush imagery used. There may be a note of tension in a storm cloud or a rolling sea, but the components of the images are familiar to children and the scene is ultimately quieting, curious and inviting. Showing the dark as a place of discovery offers an opportunity for parents to engage a child about the wonder and beauty of the night.

Author : Ār Cūṭāmaṇi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0199459673

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Seeing in the Dark by Ār Cūṭāmaṇi Pdf

"Her smile a saga of womanhood." Abhirami... a courageous village girl seeks vengeance for being raped. Devaki... weakened and afraid, a mother of six cringes at her seventh pregnancy. Sankari... a free-spirited woman who finds liberation in death. The underlying theme in each of the stories collected here is the woman as she sees herself--not how others believe her to be. Painted with earthy colors and lyrical language, R. Chudamani's women speak gently yet firmly of the battles fought daily within the home and outside it. They face the currents of life, fighting, resisting, and, at times, succumbing.

Author : J. I. Packer
Publisher : Hendrickson Pub
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1619701375

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Seeing God in the Dark by J. I. Packer Pdf

Originally published under the title: Serving the people of God: Carlisle [Eng.]: Paternoster Press, 1998.

Author : Brenda Tharp
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-25
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781580934671

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Expressive Nature Photography by Brenda Tharp Pdf

Photographer and teacher Brenda Tharp marries photography craft with artistic vision to help intermediate photographers translate what they see into a personal impression of a subject in nature. Using single images, along with before-and-after and with-or-without examples, Expressive Nature Photography teaches how to make exposures that are creative, not necessarily correct. Inspiring photographers to get out early and stay out late, this book explains how to use light, an essential element of outdoor photography. Readers will learn how to “see in the dark,” use filters to create very long exposures, create a natural effect using light painting, photograph night skies and moonlit landscapes, and make the best use of available natural light. This book also covers how to use shutter speeds to express motion and capture the energy of fast-moving subjects, such rushing streams, ocean swells, and bounding wildlife. A chapter on the art of visual flow discusses how to create compositions that direct the viewer's eye through the frame for maximum impact. Photographers will develop a sense of when to break the "rules" of composition, how to use elements to frame subjects, what to include and exclude in the frame, how to create the feeling of depth and dimension in a scene, and how to push the boundaries of composition to make memorable nature images that capture and convey fresh viewpoints. High-tech cameras can help create a good exposure and focused image, but they can't replace the artist's eye for composition, visual depth, and design, nor their instinct for knowing when to click the shutter. There are many books on photography technique focused on technical quality, but Expressive Nature Photography goes beyond the technical. It guides the way to pulling emotion and meaning out of a dynamic landscape, a delicate macro study, or an outstanding nighttime image.