Twinkind

Author : William Viney
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691254753

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Twinkind by William Viney Pdf

An arresting illustrated history of twins in mythology, science, and visual culture Twins have captivated the imagination for centuries, occupying a unique place in our cultural and scientific history. Twinkind looks at twins in myth and legend; anatomy, sociology, and genetics; and as sources of spectacle, entertainment, and community. Drawing on hundreds of striking and sometimes haunting illustrations, William Viney examines depictions of twins as protagonists in creation stories ranging from Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca in Aztec mythology to Artemis and Apollo in Greek legend. He describes how twins have featured prominently in scientific research across the centuries, but especially in the work of Francis Galton, whose study of twins on the behavioral question of heredity versus environment gave rise to the pseudoscience of eugenics in the late nineteenth century. Viney explores the representation of twins in art, photography, and film—from the works of Roger Ballen to the cinema of Stanley Kubrick—and delves into the darker meanings ascribed to twins across the millennia. A visual journey like no other, this book sheds critical light on the competing visions of twins around the world and throughout history, showing how the lived experience of twinkind has elicited profound attraction and respect, but also puzzlement, fear, and fascination.

Author : William Viney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0500026262

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Twinkind by William Viney Pdf

Author : Mark Frauenfelder
Publisher : Maker Media, Inc.
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781457183652

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Make: Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing 2014 by Mark Frauenfelder Pdf

It’s 3D Printing: The Next Generation! The technology’s improving, prices are dropping,new models are hitting the market, and 3D printers are appearing on desktops, workbenches, lab shelves, and kitchen tables all over the world. Not only are we seeing better, faster, and cheaper 3D printers, we’re also seeing new printing materials, easier-to-use design software, powerful scanning technology, and the rise of an entire ecosystem of 3D peripherals and services that support 3D printing technology. Make’s second annual 3D Printing Guide is once again your go-to resource for discovering the latest information in this fast-changing field of printers, software, projects, and accessories. Inside, you'll find up-to-date reviews on the latest in 3D printing technology, feature and model comparisons, tutorials and stories about 3d printing, and some of the coolest 3d printed objects out there.

Author : K. B. Stanford
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780557027941

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CALLINGS: the Twin Project by K. B. Stanford Pdf

Where can you find a modern day Dr. Frankenstein? Look no further than the Silver Dome Laboratory, where Dr. Christophe's experiments have gone horribly wrong... Join Jeremy, Dr. Christophe's young son, as he struggles to solve long held family secrets, copes with an unrequited romance, and becomes entangled in the struggle between himself, and his father's diabolical creations. Romance, murder, mystery, telepathy--all of which and more can be found in "CALLINGS: The Twin Project".

Author : William Viney
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789144093

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Twins by William Viney Pdf

Human twins have many meanings and different histories. They have been seen as gods and monsters, signs of danger, death, and sexual deviance. They are taken as objects of wonder and violent repression, the subjects of scientific experiment. Now millions are born through fertility technologies. Their history is often buried in philosophies and medical theories, religious and scientific practices, and countless stories of devotion and tragedy. In this history of superstitions and marvels, fantasies and experiments, William Viney—himself a twin—shows how the use and abuse of twins has helped to shape the world in which we live. This book has been written not just for twins, but for anyone interested in their historical, global, and political impact.

Author : Nancy L. Segal
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0525944656

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Entwined Lives by Nancy L. Segal Pdf

A groundbreaking study of twins brings together the latest scientific research and case studies to explore the complexities of human behavior and development as it examines such topics as twins separated at birth, pseudotwins, the loss of a twin, the implications of new fertility drugs, and more. 10,000 first printing. Tour.

Author : Edgar Gómez Cruz,Asko Lehmuskallio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317447788

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Digital Photography and Everyday Life by Edgar Gómez Cruz,Asko Lehmuskallio Pdf

Digital Photography and Everyday Life: Empirical studies on material visual practices explores the role that digital photography plays within everyday life. With contributors from ten different countries and backgrounds in a range of academic disciplines - including anthropology, media studies and visual culture - this collection takes a uniquely broad perspective on photography by situating the image-making process in wider discussions on the materiality and visuality of photographic practices and explores these through empirical case studies. By focusing on material visual practices, the book presents a comprehensive overview of some of the main challenges digital photography is bringing to everyday life. It explores how the digitization of photography has a wide-reaching impact on the use of the medium, as well as on the kinds of images that can be produced and the ways in which camera technology is developed. The exploration goes beyond mere images to think about cameras, mediations and technologies as key elements in the development of visual digital cultures. Digital Photography and Everyday Life will be of great interest to students and scholars of Photography, Contemporary Art, Visual Culture and Media Studies, as well as those studying Communication, Cultural Anthropology, and Science and Technology Studies.

Author : Tracy Abell
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781635171709

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All About 3D Printing by Tracy Abell Pdf

Explores the fascinating world of 3D printing. With colorful spreads featuring fun facts, sidebars, and a "How It Works" feature, the book provides an inspiring look at this exciting technology.

Author : James Raven
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780191007507

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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book by James Raven Pdf

In 14 original essays, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present. Leading international scholars offer an original and richly illustrated narrative that is global in scope. The history of the book is the history of millions of written, printed, and illustrated texts, their manufacture, distribution, and reception. Here are different types of production, from clay tablets to scrolls, from inscribed codices to printed books, pamphlets, magazines, and newspapers, from written parchment to digital texts. The history of the book is a history of different methods of circulation and dissemination, all dependent on innovations in transport, from coastal and transoceanic shipping to roads, trains, planes and the internet. It is a history of different modes of reading and reception, from learned debate and individual study to public instruction and entertainment. It is a history of manufacture, craftsmanship, dissemination, reading and debate. Yet the history of books is not simply a question of material form, nor indeed of the history of reading and reception. The larger question is of the effect of textual production, distribution and reception - of how books themselves made history. To this end, each chapter of this volume, succinctly bounded by period and geography, offers incisive and stimulating insights into the relationship between books and the story of their times.

Author : Marjorie Wallace
Publisher : Random House
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781448156085

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The Silent Twins by Marjorie Wallace Pdf

The astounding true story behind the major new motion picture starring Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance, with a new epilogue from the author 'A compelling and tragic story' Mail on Sunday When identical twins, June and Jennifer Gibbons were three they began to reject communication with anyone but each other, and so began a childhood bound together in a strange and secret world. As they grew up, love and hate united to push them to the extreme margins of society and, following a five week spree of vandalism and arson, the silent twins were sentenced to a gruelling twelve-year detention in Broadmoor. Award-winning investigative journalist Marjorie Wallace delves into the twins' silent world, revealing their genius, alienation and the mystic bond by which the extremes of good and evil ended in possession and death. 'Breathtaking' Independent 'Extraordinary' Oliver Sacks, New York Times Review of Books

Author : Bernd Brunner
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393881011

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Extreme North: A Cultural History by Bernd Brunner Pdf

An entertaining and informative voyage through cultural fantasies of the North, from sea monsters and a mountain-sized magnet to racist mythmaking. Scholars and laymen alike have long projected their fantasies onto the great expanse of the global North, whether it be as a frozen no-man’s-land, an icy realm of marauding Vikings, or an unspoiled cradle of prehistoric human life. Bernd Brunner reconstructs the encounters of adventurers, colonists, and indigenous communities that led to the creation of a northern “cabinet of wonders” and imbued Scandinavia, Iceland, and the Arctic with a perennial mystique. Like the mythological sagas that inspired everyone from Wagner to Tolkien, Extreme North explores both the dramatic vistas of the Scandinavian fjords and the murky depths of a Western psyche obsessed with Nordic whiteness. In concise but thoroughly researched chapters, Brunner highlights the cultural and political fictions at play from the first “discoveries” of northern landscapes and stories, to the eugenicist elevation of the “Nordic” phenotype (which in turn influenced America’s limits on immigration), to the idealization of Scandinavian social democracy as a post-racial utopia. Brunner traces how crackpot Nazi philosophies that tied the “Aryan race” to the upper latitudes have influenced modern pseudoscientific fantasies of racial and cultural superiority the world over. The North, Brunner argues, was as much invented as discovered. Full of glittering details embedded in vivid storytelling, Extreme North is a fascinating romp through both actual encounters and popular imaginings, and a disturbing reminder of the power of fantasy to shape the world we live in.

Author : M. Gerken
Publisher : Springer
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781137025524

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Epistemic Reasoning and the Mental by M. Gerken Pdf

Epistemic Reasoning and the Mental integrates the epistemology of reasoning and philosophy of mind. By examining the fundamental competencies involved in reasoning, Gerken argues that reasoning depends on the external environment in ways that are both surprising and epistemologically important.

Author : Patricia Ordonez de Pablos,Xi Zhang
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780443215995

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Artificial intelligence, Big data, blockchain and 5G for the digital transformation of the healthcare industry by Patricia Ordonez de Pablos,Xi Zhang Pdf

?Artificial intelligence, Big data, Blockchain and 5G for Digital Transformation of Healthcare Industry provides insights on the successes and failures in the field of IT and digital health during the pandemic and analyzes the lessons from these cases. The social and economic recovery after the pandemic requires urgent solutions for citizens, companies and economies around the world. From research centers, labs, hospitals and academia, researchers and academics are working collaboratively to explore new views and frameworks to develop solutions for emergent problems. Artificial intelligence, Big data, blockchain and 5G for digital transformation of healthcare industry includes cases highlighting the application of digital healthcare solutions from around the world. In 23 Chapters this book delivers a collection of relevant innovative research on digital healthcare, with a three mains goals: 1) study the successes and failures in the field of IT and digital health during the pandemic, and analyze the lessons from these cases; 2) discuss the latest advances in the field of digital healthcare, with a special focus on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Blockchain and 5G; and 3) discuss implications for main stakeholders (patients, doctors, IT experts, directors, policy managers. The global outbreak caused by covid-19 caused global disruption in societies, healthcare systems, and economies around the world. This book provides insight to Researchers, clinicians, CEOs and policy makers who need to learn from the failures and successes and exploit the potential of advanced information technologies to build stronger healthcare systems, better quality healthcare services, and more resilient societies. Delivers a collection of relevant innovative research on digital healthcare Discusses the latest advances in the field of digital healthcare, with a special focus on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Blockchain, and 5G Provides current lessons learned from the pandemic Includes case studies and experiences from around the world, including Asia, Europe, Gulf Region, Latin America, the United States, and more

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : PSU:000009835245

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NASA Technical Memorandum by Anonim Pdf

Author : Beverly Lewis
Publisher : Bethany House
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 158558682X

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The Revelation (Abram’s Daughters Book #5) by Beverly Lewis Pdf

Beverly Lewis Bestseller, Beautifully Repackaged In The Revelation, Jonas Mast has given Leah Ebersol reason to hope again. Yet events threaten that might force Leah and her sister Sadie to reveal their closely guarded secret--a secret with the power to split the Mast and Ebersol families even further apart, this time forever.