The Stylus And The Scalpel

Author : Tommaso Gazzarri
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110673715

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The Stylus and the Scalpel by Tommaso Gazzarri Pdf

Seneca’s developed metaphors draw on what is known to describe the unknown. They put hard ethical in highly accessible, and often quite entertaining, terms. The present book provides a functional description of Seneca’s dialectical relation between metaphorical language and philosophy. It shows how Stoic philosophy finds a new means of expression in Seneca’s highly elaborated rhetorical discourse, and how this relates to the social and cultural demands of Neronian culture. Metaphors are purposely utilized to work "collectively" rather than by category or type and that, therefore, the analysis of what metaphors do when Seneca chooses to combine them in clusters, demonstrates the existence of a "metanarrative of rhetoric". This approach is fundamentally innovative and has the advantage of gauging the functioning of Senecan style as a whole, rather than focusing on single features of its rhetorical functioning. The main target is to show how philosophical preaching materially contributes to the healing of human soul because it shapes the individual’s cognitive faculty in a way that is physical and not simply figurative. The stylus and the scalpel blend in their functions. This kind of therapy is not just the simulacrum of a more "real" one, it is in itself medical in nature.

Author : Tommaso Bellandi,Sara Albolino,Ennio Bilancini
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031283901

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Ergonomics and Nudging for Health, Safety and Happiness by Tommaso Bellandi,Sara Albolino,Ennio Bilancini Pdf

This book presents the best, peer-reviewed contributions from the XII Congress of the Italian Society of Ergonomics and Human Factors (SIE), held in Lucca, Italy, on May 2-4, 2022. By highlighting the latest theories and models, as well as cutting-edge technologies and applications, and by combining findings from a range of disciplines including engineering, design, robotics, management, computer science, human biology and behavioral sciences, it provides researchers and practitioners alike with a comprehensive, timely guide on human factors and ergonomics in a variety of industrial sectors, such as health care, transportation, automotive and constructions. It also offers an excellent source of innovative ideas to stimulate future discussions and developments aimed at applying knowledge and techniques to optimize system performance, while at the same time promoting health, safety, and well-being of individuals anc communities. The proceedings includes papers from researchers and practitioners, scientists and physicians, institutional leaders, managers, and policy makers that contribute to constructing the Human Factors and Ergonomics approach across a variety of methodologies, domains, and productive sectors.

Author : Domenico Prattichizzo,Hiroyuki Shinoda,Hong Z. Tan,Emanuele Ruffaldi,Antonio Frisoli
Publisher : Springer
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319933993

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Haptics: Science, Technology, and Applications by Domenico Prattichizzo,Hiroyuki Shinoda,Hong Z. Tan,Emanuele Ruffaldi,Antonio Frisoli Pdf

The two-volume set LNCS 10893 and 10894 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference EuroHaptics 2018, held in Pisa, Italy, in June 2018. The 95 papers (40 oral presentations and 554 poster presentations) presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 138 submissions. These proceedings reflect the multidisciplinary nature of EuroHaptics and cover all aspects of haptics, including neuroscience, psychophysics, perception, engineering, computing, interaction, virtual reality and arts. ​

Author : James D. Westwood
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781586034986

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Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 13 by James D. Westwood Pdf

Magical describes conditions that are outside our understanding of cause and effect. Even in modern societies, magic-based explanations are powerful because, given the complexity of the universe, there are so many opportunities to use them. The history of medicine is defined by progress in understanding the human body - from magical explanations to measurable results. To continue medical progress, physicians and scientists must openly question traditional models. For thirteen years, MMVR has been an incubator for technologies that create new medical understanding via the simulation, visualization, and extension of reality. Researchers create imaginary patients because they offer a more reliable and controllable experience to the novice surgeon. With imaging tools, reality is purposefully distorted to reveal to the clinician what the eye alone cannot see. Robotics and intelligence networks allow the healer's sight, hearing, touch, and judgment to be extended across distance, as if by magic. The moments when scientific truth is suddenly revealed after lengthy observation, experimentation, and measurement is the real magic. These moments are not miraculous, however. book.

Author : Christopher D. Watkins,Stephen R. Marenka
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781483268477

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Virtual Reality Excursions with Programs in C by Christopher D. Watkins,Stephen R. Marenka Pdf

Virtual Reality Excursions with Programs in C provides the history, theory, principles and an account of the milestones in the development of virtual reality technology. The book is organized into five chapters. The first chapter explores the applications in the vast field of virtual reality. The second chapter presents a brief history of the field and its founders. Chapter 3 discusses human perception and how it works. Some interesting notes and much of the hot debate in the field are covered in Chapter 4. The fifth chapter describes many of the complexities involved in implementing virtual environments on real equipment. Computer scientists and programmers will find the book interesting.

Author : Therese Fuhrer, Janja Soldo
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783111317144

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Fallibility and Fallibilism in Ancient Philosophy and Literature by Therese Fuhrer, Janja Soldo Pdf

Author : Roy Gibson,Christopher Whitton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1132 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108369183

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The Cambridge Critical Guide to Latin Literature by Roy Gibson,Christopher Whitton Pdf

The Cambridge Critical Guide to Latin Literature offers a critical overview of work on Latin literature. Where are we? How did we get here? Where to next? Fifteen commissioned chapters, along with an extensive introduction and Mary Beard's postscript, approach these questions from a range of angles. They aim not to codify the field, but to give snapshots of the discipline from different perspectives, and to offer provocations for future development. The Critical Guide aims to stimulate reflection on how we engage with Latin literature. Texts, tools and territories are the three areas of focus. The Guide situates the study of classical Latin literature within its global context from late antiquity to Neo-Latin, moving away from an exclusive focus on the pre-200 CE corpus. It recalibrates links with adjoining disciplines (history, philosophy, material culture, linguistics, political thought, Greek), and takes a fresh look at key tools (editing, reception, intertextuality, theory).

Author : Fabio Tutrone
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783111014890

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Healing Grief by Fabio Tutrone Pdf

Both our view of Seneca’s philosophical thought and our approach to the ancient consolatory genre have radically changed since the latest commentary on the Consolatio ad Marciam was written in 1981. The aim of this work is to offer a new book-length commentary on the earliest of Seneca’s extant writings, along with a revision of the Latin text and a reassessment of Seneca’s intellectual program, strategies, and context. A crucial document to penetrate Seneca’s discourse on the self in its embryonic stages, the Ad Marciam is here taken seriously as an engaging attempt to direct the persuasive power of literary models and rhetorical devices toward the fundamentally moral project of healing Marcia’s grief and correcting her cognitive distortions. Through close reading of the Latin text, this commentary shows that Seneca invariably adapts different traditions and voices – from Greek consolations to Plato’s dialogues, from the Roman discourse of gender and exemplarity to epic poetry – to a Stoic framework, so as to give his reader a lucid understanding of the limits of the self and the ineluctability of natural laws.

Author : Morgan McGuire,Odest Chadwicke Jenkins
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781568813059

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Creating Games by Morgan McGuire,Odest Chadwicke Jenkins Pdf

Creating Games offers a comprehensive overview of the technology, content, and mechanics of game design. It emphasizes the broad view of a games team and teaches you enough about your teammates' areas so that you can work effectively with them. The authors have included many worksheets and exercises to help get your small indie team off the ground. Special features: Exercises at the end of each chapter combine comprehension tests with problems that help the reader interact with the material Worksheet exercises provide creative activities to help project teams generate new ideas and then structure them in a modified version of the format of a game industry design document Pointers to the best resources for digging deeper into each specialized area of game development Website with worksheets, figures from the book, and teacher materials including study guides, lecture presentations, syllabi, supplemental exercises, and assessment materials

Author : Hiroyuki Kajimoto,Satoshi Saga,Masashi Konyo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9784431557722

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Pervasive Haptics by Hiroyuki Kajimoto,Satoshi Saga,Masashi Konyo Pdf

This book examines the state of the art in diverse areas of haptics (touch)-related research, including the psychophysics and neurophysiology of haptics, development of haptics displays and sensors, and applications to a wide variety of fields such as industry, education, therapy, medicine, and welfare for the visually impaired. It also discusses the potential of future haptics interaction, such as haptics for emotional control and remote haptics communication. The book offers a valuable resource not only for haptics and human interface researchers, but also for developers and designers at manufacturing corporations and in the entertainment industries.

Author : Ben Delaney
Publisher : CyberEdge Information Services
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781513617039

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Virtual Reality 1.0 – The 90's by Ben Delaney Pdf

Did you ever wonder who built the first head-mounted display? Who first detailed a coherent theory of Cyberspace? Who wrote about cybersex and the challenges it creates? Who worried about addiction to VR? Did anyone ever cure cyber-sickness? From 1991 to 1996, CyberEdge Journal covered these stories and hundreds more. CEJ was read in more than 40 countries by thousands of VR investors, researchers, entrepreneurs, vendors, and aficionados. Appreciated for its "No VR Hype" attitude, CyberEdge Journal was the publication of record for the VR industry in the 90's. Author Ben Delaney was the Publisher and Editor of CyberEdge Journal, and was one of the most respected commentators and presenters in the field, and went on to publish the industry-defining multi-year market study, The Market for Visual Simulation/Virtual Reality Systems until 2004. Now that VR is enjoying a renaissance, it's time to understand where it came from, and avoid making the same mistakes that were made in the first golden age of VR, the 1990's. It's also a good time to remember the excitement and sense of adventure, as well as the people, that characterized those time. Virtual Reality 1.0 describes not just some of the hot topics of VR, but also the origins, issues, and solutions that were chronicled in the pages of CyberEdge Journal. Complemented by over 100 photos and drawings, there is a surprisingly contemporary feel to these old articles. In addition, more than a dozen VR pioneers have contributed new reminiscences of their work in VR. Another treat, the book is introduced by one of the acknowledged leaders of VR research and industry, Dr. Thomas Furness, Founding Director of the world-famous Human Interface Technology Laboratory at the University of Washington. This book is a re-issue of Sex Drugs and Tessellation, with minor edits.

Author : Christopher Gill,Tim Whitmarsh,John Wilkins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139482844

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Galen and the World of Knowledge by Christopher Gill,Tim Whitmarsh,John Wilkins Pdf

Galen is the most important medical writer in Graeco-Roman antiquity, and also extremely valuable for understanding Graeco-Roman thought and society in the second century AD. This volume of essays locates him firmly in the intellectual life of his period, and thus aims to make better sense of the medical and philosophical 'world of knowledge' that he tries to create. How did Galen present himself as a reader and an author in comparison with other intellectuals of his day? Above all, how did he fashion himself as a medical practitioner, and how does that self-fashioning relate to the performance culture of second-century Rome? Did he see medicine as taking over some of the traditional roles of philosophy? These and other questions are freshly addressed by leading international experts on Galen and the intellectual life of the period, in a stimulating collection that combines learning with accessibility.

Author : Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn,Hilary Williams,J. Paul Getty Museum,British Museum
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Etching, Dutch
ISBN : 0892369736

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Rembrandt on Paper by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn,Hilary Williams,J. Paul Getty Museum,British Museum Pdf

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), one of the greatest artists in European history, was at the forefront of the Dutch Golden Age. His talent was multifaceted: not only a gifted portrait and landscape painter, he was also an inspired draftsman and printmaker. This gorgeously illustrated book pays tribute to Rembrandt's marvelous gifts as a graphic artist and offers a unique glimpse into his life and creative processes through fifty drawings from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the British Museum. Rembrandt's perceptive understanding of the human condition is evident in portraits of himself and his contemporaries. Beginning with the portraiture, the author examines the artist's other favorite themes--from mythological subjects to landscapes---and explores the artist's drawing and printmaking techniques. This book is a perfect introduction to the graphic work of this seventeenth-century master.

Author : Philip Kortum
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0080558348

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HCI Beyond the GUI by Philip Kortum Pdf

As technology expands and evolves, one-dimensional, graphical user interface (GUI) design becomes increasingly limiting and simplistic. Designers must meet the challenge of developing new and creative interfaces that adapt to meet human needs and technological trends. HCI Beyond the GUI provides designers with this know how by exploring new ways to reach users that involve all of the human senses. Dr. Kortum gathers contributions from leading human factors designers to present a single reference for professionals, researchers, and students. Explores the human factors involved in the design and implementation of the nontraditional interfaces, detailing design strategies, testing methodologies, and implementation techniques Provides an invaluable resource for practitioners who design interfaces for children, gamers and users with accessibility needs Offers extensive case studies, examples and design guidelines

Author : Showket Ahmad Dar,Tanweer Ul Hussain Malik,Syed Talib Hussain
Publisher : Educreation Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The ABCs of Agriculture Science by Showket Ahmad Dar,Tanweer Ul Hussain Malik,Syed Talib Hussain Pdf

Good book for the agricultural professionals.