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Athanasius Raczyński (1788–1874). Aristocrat, diplomat, and patron of the …
This book depicts the long rich life and wide ranging work of Count Athanasius Raczyński (1788–1874). By exploring his complex personality, his processes of thought and his accomplishments, it reveals a man at once a wealthy aristocrat, a Pole in the Prussian diplomatic service, an active participant in and perceptive observer and critical commentator on political life, a connoisseur and art…
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- 9789004508453
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- 571 p
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- 709.2 MEN a
The datacenter as a computer : an introduction to the design of warehouse-sca…
This book describes warehouse-scale computers (WSCs), the computing platforms that power cloud computing and all the great web services we use every day. It discusses how these new systems treat the datacenter itself as one massive computer designed at warehouse scale, with hardware and software working in concert to deliver good levels of internet service performance. The book details the arch…
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- 9783031017612
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- XVIII, 189 p
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- 004 LUI t
Periodization in the art historiographies of central and eastern europe
This volume critically investigates how art historians writing about Central and Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries engaged with periodization. At the heart of much of their writing lay the ideological project of nation-building. Hence discourses around periodization – such as the mythicizing of certain periods, the invention of historical continuity and the a…
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- 9781000602005
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- xvii; 290 pg; ill.
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- 700 PER p
Artificial intelligence in the design process
The book discusses how to include artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the early stages of the design process. Today designers need new tools capable of supporting them in dealing with the increasing project’s complexity and empowering their performances and capabilities. AI systems appear to be powerful means to enhance designers’ creativity. This assumption was tested in a workshop whe…
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- 9788835134640
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- 006.3 ART a
The covert life of hospital architecture
The Covert Life of Hospital Architecture addresses hospital architecture as a set of interlocked, overlapping spatial and social conditions. It identifies ways that planned-for and latent functions of hospital spaces work jointly to produce desired outcomes such as greater patient safety, increased scope for care provider communication and more intelligible corridors. By advancing space synt…
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- 9781800080881
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- xxi, 187 p. ill;
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- 725.51 COV J
The Legibility of Serif and Sans Serif Typefaces : Reading from Paper and Rea…
This open access book provides a detailed and up-to-date account of the relevant literature on the legibility of different kinds of typefaces, which goes back over 140 years in the case of reading from paper and more than 50 years in the case of reading from screens. It describes the origins of serif and sans serif styles in ancient inscriptions, their adoption in modern printing techniques, an…
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- 9783030909840
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- xiv, 161 p.
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- 686.2247 LEG J
Self-build homes : social discourse, experiences and directions
Self-Build Homes connects the burgeoning interdisciplinary research on self-build with commentary from leading international figures in the self-build and wider housing sector. Through their focus on community, dwelling, home and identity, the chapters explore the various meanings of self-build housing, encouraging new directions for discussions about self-building and calling for the recogniti…
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- 9781911576877
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- xiii, 332 p. ill;
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- 338.47690809411 SEL M
Disordering the establishment : participatory art and institutional critique …
In the decades following World War II, France experienced both a period of affluence and a wave of political, artistic, and philosophical discontent that culminated in the countrywide protests of 1968. In Disordering the Establishment Lily Woodruff examines the development of artistic strategies of political resistance in France in this era. Drawing on interviews with artists, curators, and cul…
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- 9781478012085
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- xi, 336p.; ill.
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- 709.05015 DIS w
Models in microeconomic theory
Models in Microeconomic Theory covers basic models in current microeconomic theory. Part I (Chapters 1-7) presents models of an economic agent, discussing abstract models of preferences, choice, and decision making under uncertainty, before turning to models of the consumer, the producer, and monopoly. Part II (Chapters 8-14) introduces the concept of equilibrium, beginning, unconventionally, w…
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- 9781783749225
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- xv, 341p. : ill.
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- 338.5 OSB m
Nanoparticle engineering for chemical-mechanical planarization : fabrication …
Increasing reliance on electronic devices demands products with high performance and efficiency. Such devices can be realized through the advent of nanoparticle technology. This book explains the physicochemical properties of nanoparticles according to each step in the chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) process, including dielectric CMP, shallow trend isolation CMP, metal CMP, poly isolati…
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- 1100491609
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- xi. :ill. : 222 p.
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- 621.38152. JEA
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