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The startling originality of Amazing Adventures of a Heart Surgeon is intrinsically imbued in its focus on historical ethics and esthetic theories. Author and cardiovascular surgeon Domingo Liotta provides a penetrating interpretation from the first millennium BC, considered a major mystery to the world, to modern science. He also discusses the early conception of cardiovascular system, the oxygenation of tissues, the mysterious medical power of shamanism, Taoism, Ugarit, the mythic lost city. It is in this unique melding of Science and humanism that Liotta vehemently intends the definition of a good medical doctor-while recounting the story of his remarkable life. These lectures portray Lio...
This guide to modern Brazilian architecture takes us on a tour of over 125 projects designed between 1928-1960. There are works by 33 architects, and each entry gives a brief description, photographs, drawings, and information on visitor access.
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Período colonial: o Cruzeiro do Sul na Terra do Pau Brasil; 1808-1889: Ciência e técnica na Trilha da Liberdade; 1889-1930: Ciência e tecnologia nos Processos de Urbanização e Industrialização; 1930-1964: Período Desenvolvimentista; 1985-2000: A Nova República.
Architecture of Brazil: 1900-1990 examines the processes that underpin modern Brazilian architecture under various influences and characterizes different understandings of modernity, evident in the chapter topics of this book. Accordingly, the author does not give overall preference to particular architects nor works, with the exception of a few specific works and architects, including Warchavchik, Niemeyer, Lucio Costa, and Vilanova Artigas.
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O Butantã é um distrito da zona oeste do município de São Paulo, no estado de São Paulo, no Brasil. Possui 12,5 quilômetros quadrados, sendo delimitado a leste pela margem do rio Pinheiros.A região é marcada pela heterogeneidade socioeconômica. Junto ao rio, há um bairro-jardim dealto padrão, o City Butantã, semelhante aos jardins América e Europa, localizados na outra margem do rio Pinheiros.
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