Parallax

Author : Alan W. Hirshfeld
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486490939
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parallax written by Alan W. Hirshfeld and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively and entertaining history of the long struggle to measure the distance to the stars will appeal to general readers as well as to amateur and professional astronomers. Readers will encounter fascinating historical characters, from ancient Greeks to 19th-century scientists. Well illustrated, with contemporary pictures plus extensive notes on further reading. 2002 edition.

Author : Steven Holl
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568982618
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parallax written by Steven Holl and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2000-11 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a look at the ideas behind the architecture of Steven Holl. It reveals how his sculptural form-making, his interest in the poetics of space, colour and materiality, and his fascination with scientific phenomena have made him one of the world's most esteemed architects.

Author : Slavoj Zizek
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262265184
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Parallax View written by Slavoj Zizek and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2009-02-13 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Žižek's long-awaited magnum opus, he theorizes the "parallax gap" in the ontological, the scientific, and the political—and rehabilitates dialectical materialism. The Parallax View is Slavoj Žižek's most substantial theoretical work to appear in many years; Žižek himself describes it as his magnum opus. Parallax can be defined as the apparent displacement of an object, caused by a change in observational position. Žižek is interested in the "parallax gap" separating two points between which no synthesis or mediation is possible, linked by an "impossible short circuit" of levels that can never meet. From this consideration of parallax, Žižek begins a rehabilitation of dialectical materialism. Modes of parallax can be seen in different domains of today's theory, from the wave-particle duality in quantum physics to the parallax of the unconscious in Freudian psychoanalysis between interpretations of the formation of the unconscious and theories of drives. In The Parallax View, Žižek, with his usual astonishing erudition, focuses on three main modes of parallax: the ontological difference, the ultimate parallax that conditions our very access to reality; the scientific parallax, the irreducible gap between the phenomenal experience of reality and its scientific explanation, which reaches its apogee in today's brain sciences (according to which "nobody is home" in the skull, just stacks of brain meat—a condition Žižek calls "the unbearable lightness of being no one"); and the political parallax, the social antagonism that allows for no common ground. Between his discussions of these three modes, Žižek offers interludes that deal with more specific topics—including an ethical act in a novel by Henry James and anti-anti-Semitism. The Parallax View not only expands Žižek's Lacanian-Hegelian approach to new domains (notably cognitive brain sciences) but also provides the systematic exposition of the conceptual framework that underlies his entire work. Philosophical and theological analysis, detailed readings of literature, cinema, and music coexist with lively anecdotes and obscene jokes.

Author : James Cairns McMahon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781528942065
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parallax written by James Cairns McMahon and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fatal accidents are rarely caused by a single mistake but are often the result of a series of errors. A chain of poor decisions leaves Ian White – golf professional and happily married father of two teenage daughters – with a hellish choice. Should he report the death of Katerina Wysklow, a hitchhiker whom he accidentally kills while having sex with her? If his shame becomes public, it will destroy his family. If he conceals the truth, he must find a way to deal with the horror and his guilt.In parallel to White’s unravelling, the police investigation of Katerina’s disappearance uncovers sex videos of Katerina with different men and unexplained cash deposits into her bank account. The mounting evidence points to her boyfriend’s father – a close friend of White’s – and Katerina’s last known contact on the day she vanished. Will the wrong man be charged? Will White be exposed? Will his conscience intervene? Or will the reckoning come from another direction entirely?

Author : Donald R. Rickert
Publisher : Abbott Press
ISBN 13 : 1458200574
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Parallax written by Donald R. Rickert and published by Abbott Press. This book was released on 2011-09-26 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weve all been theretimes when tumultuous events collide with our lives, sending us down an uncertain path of anger, fear, confusion, and despair. What exactly is the secret to effectively managing these difficult situations when they arise? In The Parallax, Donald Rickert, PhD, relies on his extensive teaching and research experience as he shares a compelling story of restitution and forgiveness with the goal of teaching others, through his characters examples, how to effectively manage change and improve personal effectiveness. As Atlanta police captain Francis Ryan Beck and his wife, Sarah, celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary in a cabin in the Colorado Rockies, catastrophic world events interrupt their plans and force a reexamination of their relationship. As Frank and Sarah learn to see things differently, they not only begin changing their self-limited paradigms, but also begin affecting those around them in profound ways. The Parallax provides hope and helps others discover their own personal stories, ultimately enabling the kind of positive change that encourages a new way of looking at life and those we love.

Author : Dominik Finkelde
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350172049
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parallax written by Dominik Finkelde and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parallax, or the change in the position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight and more precisely, the assumption that this adjustment is not only due to a change of focus, but a change in that object's ontological status has been a key philosophical concept throughout history. Building upon Slavoj Žižek's The Parallax View, this volume shows how parallax is used as a figure of thought that proves how the incompatibility between the physical and the theoretical touches not only upon the ontological, but also politics and aesthetics. With articles written by internationally renowned philosophers such as Frank Ruda, Graham Harman, Paul Livingston and Zizek himself, this book shows how modes of parallax remain in numerous modern theoretical disciplines, such as the Marxian parallax in the critique of political economy and politics; and the Hegelian parallax in the concept of the work of art, while also being important to debates surrounding speculative realism and dialectical materialism. Spanning philosophy, parallax is then a rich and fruitful concept that can illuminate the studies of those working in epistemology, ontology, German Idealism, political philosophy and critical theory.

Author : Bruce Cumings
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822329244
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parallax Visions written by Bruce Cumings and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of essays by Cumings on the complex problems of political economy and ideology, power and culture in East and Northeast Asia, providing an understanding of the United States's role in these regions and the consequences for subsequent policy mak

Author : James Melville Gilliss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Observations to Determine the Solar Parallax written by James Melville Gilliss and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Harkness
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Solar Parallax and Its Related Constants written by William Harkness and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steven L. Wert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.2D/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wedge Measures Parallax Separations written by Steven L. Wert and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: