Author : David R. Olson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,50 MB
Release : 1996-06-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521575584
New perspective on the relation between writing and the processes of thought.
Author : John C. Rule
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 45,71 MB
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0773592156
Historians and social scientists have long identified bureaucracy as the modern state's foundation and the reign of France's Louis XIV as a model for its development. A World of Paper offers a fresh interpretation of bureaucracy through a close examination of the department of the Sun King's last foreign secretary, Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Torcy. Torcy, who served as foreign secretary from 1696-1715, is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant foreign ministers of the ancien regime. Building on the work of his predecessors, he fashioned a skilled team of collaborators as he managed the complex issues of war and peace during the turbulent final decades of Louis XIV's reign. John Rule and Ben Trotter examine Torcy's department to depict administrative structures as they emerged through the circulating stream of paper that connected his office with provincial administrators and diplomats abroad. They explore the collection and centralization of information during Torcy's tenure through the creation of a modern state archive, discreet intelligence gathering, and the surveillance and management of the French mails. They also study the postal carriers, couriers, household officers of the royal court, genealogists hired for research, and an informal "brain trust" of experts, and advisors who carried vital information in and out of the department every day. A remarkable reconstruction of the department of Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Torcy, A World of Paper demystifies bureaucracy and explores the ways in which the modern information state developed from his labours.
Author : Jeff Lammers
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,11 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780761143833
Presents step-by-step instructions for folding twenty different kinds of paper airplanes and provides illustrated papers for 112 planes.
Author : Enrico Bellone
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 15,39 MB
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN :
This profound philosophical argument analyzes the mental processes and opinions of such physicists as Maxwell, Kelvin, Tait, etc... who, between 1750 and 1900, considered the relationship between mathematics and experience, causing a revolution which questioned the universal applicability of Newtonian "mechanism."
Author : Daniel Imhoff
Publisher : Watershed Media Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,12 MB
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780984630455
The deceptively simple supermarket choice echoed in the title symbolizes the dilemma of a society on a collision course with the planet's life-support systems. About one-third of America's municipal solid waste is packaging--at least 300 pounds per person each year--and the "upstream" costs in energy and resources used to make packaging are even more alarming. In this fascinating and timely book, author Daniel Imhoff unwraps the packaging problem and gives consumers, product designers, and policymakers the information they need to take steps toward a more sustainable future.
Author : John M. Collins
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 40,24 MB
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1607743884
A collection of easy-to-fold paper airplane designs and innovative theories of flight, including the author's Guinness World Record-breaking airplane. Features 16 tear-out model planes. Will YOU be the next to break the WORLD RECORD? Anything is possible with The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book, the newest collection of designs and theories of flight from John M. Collins, the man behind the Guinness World Record–breaking distance plane. Featuring twenty-two unique airplane designs with step-by-step instructional photos, plus tear-out models printed on regulation-weight paper stock, this entertaining and informative guide promises hours of flying fun. Take your paper airplane–making to the next level with features such as: · Instructions for folding “Suzanne,” the plane that shattered the previous world record by flying an unprecedented 226 feet, 10 inches, and garnered more than three million views on YouTube · Four “Follow Foil” aircraft that can stay aloft for minutes at a time · A pioneering cambered-wing plane · A primer on flight theory, and how it applies to paper airplanes · Tips for improving the accuracy and distance of your throws · The adjusting technique that helped break the record · And more!
Author : Giuseppe Marcocci
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 37,29 MB
Release : 2020-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0192589571
The age of exploration exposed the limits of available universal histories. Everyday interactions with cultures and societies across the globe brought to light a multiplicity of pasts which proved difficult to reconcile with an emerging sense of unity in the world. Among the first to address the questions posed by this challenge were a handful of Renaissance historians. On what basis could they narrate the history of hitherto unknown peoples? Why did the Bible and classical works say nothing about so many visible traces of ancient cultures? And how far was it possible to write histories of the world at a time of growing religious division in Europe and imperial rivalry around the world? A study of the cross-fertilization of historical writing in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, The Globe on Paper reconstructs a set of imaginative accounts worked out from Mexico to the Moluccas and Peru, and from the shops of Venetian printers to the rival courts of Spain and England. The pages of this book teem with humanists, librarians, missionaries, imperial officials, as well as forgers and indigenous chroniclers. Drawing on information gathered--or said to have been gathered--from eyewitness reports, interviews with local inhabitants, ancient codices, and material evidence, their global narratives testify to an unprecedented broadening of horizons which briefly flourished before succumbing to the forces of imperial and religious reaction.
Author : Maureen Cummins
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 42,45 MB
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781667812014
A perfect life in shambles. A memory buried in uncertainty. All because she opened that book. Harrowing and unpredictable, "Paper World" by Maureen Cummins is the story of a girl lost down a rabbit hole, trying to retrace her steps and find her way back to the surface. Will she climb and catch her breath again? Or will her paper world rip to shreds beneath her feet? What happened to Brett Cain? Brett had the perfect life. At least she thought she did. She was just celebrating her 25th birthday. She was about to marry her college sweetheart, Kurt. She was close with her parents, had a best friend she could rely on, and a fantastic career path all mapped out for her. So why is she finding herself on life support just two months later? Why can't she remember? Where is Kurt? And why is a book and its contents haunting her while she lays in a hospital bed? Get ready to dive into the compelling world of "Paper World" - a coming of age novel like no other.
Author : Owen Gildersleeve
Publisher :
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 35,66 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Kağıt sanatı, 21. yüzyıl
ISBN : 1592539025
"Paper Cut" is a unique perspective into one of the most exciting fields of contemporary illustration. With contributions from 30 of the top papercraft illustrators, showcasing their amazing works and delving into their craft, this book will awe and inspire you. Author Owen Gildersleeve explores why these artists love papercraft, how they use it and what makes their work unique. See their ideas, inspirations and process in 250 full color photos that includes a range of interesting textured colored paper stocks dotted throughout. See exclusive works from designers like Chrissie MacDonald, Hattie Newman, Peter Callesen, Kyle Bean Helen Friel, Rob Ryan, Jeff Nishinaka and more!
Author : Keith R. Laux
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 38,15 MB
Release : 1987-11-22
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780830628469
Contains complete instructions on the art of paper airplane folding.
