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Précis of the Lectures on Architecture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 363

Précis of the Lectures on Architecture

Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand (1760–1834) regarded the Précis of the Lectures on Architecture (1802–5) and its companion volume, the Graphic Portion (1821), as both a basic course for future civil engineers and a treatise. Focusing the practice of architecture on utilitarian and economic values, he assailed the rationale behind classical architectural training: beauty, proportionality, and symbolism. His formal systematization of plans, elevations, and sections transformed architectural design into a selective modular typology in which symmetry and simple geometrical forms prevailed. His emphasis on pragmatic values, to the exclusion of metaphysical concerns, represented architecture as a closed system that subjected its own formal language to logical processes. Now published in English for the first time, the Précis and the Graphic Portion are classics of architectural education.

Open Access
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 255

Open Access

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-07-20
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  • Publisher: MIT Press

A concise introduction to the basics of open access, describing what it is (and isn't) and showing that it is easy, fast, inexpensive, legal, and beneficial. The Internet lets us share perfect copies of our work with a worldwide audience at virtually no cost. We take advantage of this revolutionary opportunity when we make our work “open access”: digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. Open access is made possible by the Internet and copyright-holder consent, and many authors, musicians, filmmakers, and other creators who depend on royalties are understandably unwilling to give their consent. But for 350 years, scholars have written peer-re...

English as a Global Language
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 227

English as a Global Language

Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.

Annales de Cataluña
  • Language: es
  • Pages: 736

Annales de Cataluña

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1709
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Right to Dress
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 525

The Right to Dress

Presents a global history of dress regulation and debates around how human life and societies should be visualised and materialised.

Anales de cirugía
  • Language: es
  • Pages: 766

Anales de cirugía

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1847
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 710

Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1865
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Snakes
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 383

Snakes

Destruction of habitat due to urban sprawl, pollution, and deforestation has caused population declines or even extinction of many of the world's approximately 2,600 snake species. Furthermore, misconceptions about snakes have made them among the most persecuted of all animals, despite the fact that less than a quarter of all species are venomous and most species are beneficial because they control rodent pests. It has become increasingly urgent, therefore, to develop viable conservation strategies for snakes and to investigate their importance as monitors of ecosystem health and indicators of habitat sustainability. In the first book on snakes written with a focus on conservation, editors S...

High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 413

High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-08-03
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  • Publisher: Springer

This book provides case studies and general views of the main processes involved in the ecosystem shifts occurring in the high mountains and analyses the implications for nature conservation. Case studies from the Pyrenees are preponderant, with a comprehensive set of mountain ranges surrounded by highly populated lowland areas also being considered. The introductory and closing chapters will summarise the main challenges that nature conservation may face in mountain areas under the environmental shifting conditions. Further chapters put forward approaches from environmental geography, functional ecology, biogeography, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Organisms from microbes to large carnivores, and ecosystems from lakes to forest will be considered. This interdisciplinary book will appeal to researchers in mountain ecosystems, students and nature professionals. This book is open access under a CC BY license.

Concepts and Principles of Pharmacology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 466

Concepts and Principles of Pharmacology

Celebrating 100 years of HEP, this volume will discuss key pharmacological discoveries and concepts of the past 100 years. These discoveries have dramatically changed the medical treatment paradigms of many diseases and these concepts have and will continue to shape discovery of new medicinies. Newly evolving technologies will similarly be discussed as they will shape the future of the pharmacology and, accordingly, medical therapy.