4e de couv.:From the softest caress to the harshest blow, touch lies at the heart of our experience of the world. Now, for the first time, this deepest of senses is the subject of an extensive historical exploration. The Deepest Sense: A Cultural History of Touch fleshes out our…
From the softest caress to the harshest blow, touch lies at the heart of our experience of the world. Now, for the first time, this deepest of senses is the subject of an extensive historical exploration. The Deepest Sense: A Cultural History of Touch fleshes out our understandi…
From the softest caress to the harshest blow, touch lies at the heart of our experience of the world. Now, for the first time, this deepest of senses is the subject of an extensive historical exploration. The Deepest Sense: A Cultural History of Touch fleshes out our understandi…
Q: What do feather boas, cookies, and paper shredders have in common? A: They are all ingredients that have the potential to help your undergraduate students understand a variety of mathematical concepts. In this book, 43 faculty from a wide range of institutional settings share…
"In this book, 43 faculty from a wide range of institutional settings share a total of 64 hands-on activities that allow students to physically engage with mathematical ideas ranging from the basics of precalculus to special topics appropriate for upper-level courses. Each learn…
This thesis explores moments of contact and touch within Paradise Lost in the context of Milton's much-discussed material monism. I argue that touch operates in the poem in accordance with Milton's monism as a process of unification and merging that occurs on both corporeal and …
The importance of affectionate touch has been empirically established. It is crucial for healthy child development, beneficial to well-being as an adult, and harmful if absent at any stage of life. Related to affectionate touch is attachment, or the way we learn to interact with…
This dissertation considers social and narrative value of the sense of touch in eighteenth-century British literature and culture. By paying close attention to moments of touching and being touched, this project reveals how haptic sensations subtended social relations in the per…
This book explains the mechanisms underpinning the tactile perception of electrovibration and lays the groundwork for delivering realistic haptic feedback on touchscreens via this method. Effective utilization of electrovibration can only be accomplished by simultaneously invest…
This thesis explores two novel ways of reducing the data complexity of tactile sensing. The thesis begins by examining the state-of-the art in tactile sensing, not only examining the sensor construction and interpretation of data but also the motivation for these designs. The th…
Begins by looking at the concepts of fabric hand, with chapters on the developments in hand measurement, the application of statistical methods, and the differences in fabric hand between different cultures. This book is useful for those in apparel and fashion design, textile se…
Touch may well be one of the least understood or talked about subjects in the helping professions. A discussion on the importance and ethics of positive, caring, and appropriate touch in professions such as teaching, nursing and counselling is long overdue. Touch in the Helping …
Touch may well be one of the least understood or talked about subjects in the helping professions. A discussion on the importance and ethics of positive, caring, and appropriate touch in professions such as teaching, nursing and counselling is long overdue. Touch in the Helping …