Offbeat Physics: Machines, Meditations and Misconceptions is a collection of articles on various topics in classical physics that have intrigued the author and their students throughout the years.The book is divided into three parts. Part I ... Machines comprises chapters that e…
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Minds and where to find them -- The space of possible minds -- All the things you are -- Waking up to the world -- Solomon's secret -- Aliens on the doorstep -- Machine minds -- Out of this world -- Free to choose -- How to know it all. "In this book, popular science writer Phi…
Onto-cartography: an ontology of machines and media
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What sort of interaction is there between, for example, slow-moving objects like climate and comparatively fast-moving objects like governments? Using real-world examples, the author shows how a networked concept of space and time is at the heart of our central political concern…
This is the first interdisciplinary exploration of machine culture in Italian futurism after the First World War. The machine was a primary concern for the futuristi. As well as being a material tool in the factory it was a social and political agent, an aesthetic emblem, a meto…
This is the first interdisciplinary exploration of machine culture in Italian futurism after the First World War. The machine was a primary concern for the futuristi. As well as being a material tool in the factory it was a social and political agent, an aesthetic emblem, a meto…
The Sienese machines -- Leonardo versus the "ancient philosophers" -- Immaterial machines. When we celebrate the achievements of the Renaissance, we instinctively refer, above all, to its artistic and literary masterpieces. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, however,…
Provides a general technical and mechanical background of the basic processing machinery for making bread, biscuits, cookies, crackers, cakes, snacks and confectionary, and introduces the machinery and technology needed to produce the more exotic snacks that are becoming increas…
Providing unlimited opportunities for the use of computer graphics.
