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Verlag: Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 1967., 1967
Zustand: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. With remainder mark. (biology, human body).
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, United States, Baltimore, MD, 2016
ISBN 10: 1421418681ISBN 13: 9781421418681
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Since 2000, the National Science Foundation has depended upon its pioneering FastLane e-government system to manage grant applications, peer reviews, and reporting. In this behind-the-scenes account Thomas J. Misa and Jeffrey R. Yost examine how powerful forces of science and computing came together to create this influential grant-management system, assessing its impact on cutting-edge scientific research. Why did the NSF create FastLane, and how did it anticipate the development of web-based e-commerce? What technical challenges did the glitch-prone early system present? Did the switch to electronic grant proposals disadvantage universities with fewer resources? And how did the scientific community help shape FastLane? Foregrounding the experience of computer users, the book draws on hundreds of interviews with scientific researchers, sponsored project administrators, NSF staff, and software designers, developers, and managers. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, United States, Baltimore, MD, 2014
ISBN 10: 1421415089ISBN 13: 9781421415086
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Scholars, Policymakers, and International Affairs shows how to build mutually beneficial connections between the worlds of ideas and action, analysis and policy. Drawing on contributions from top international scholars with policy experience in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada, and Latin America, as well as senior policymakers throughout the Americas, Abraham F. Lowenthal and Mariano E. Bertucci make the case that scholars can both strengthen their research and contribute to improved policies while protecting academia from the risks of active participation in the policy process. Many scholars believe that policymakers are more interested in processes and outcomes than in understanding causality. Many policymakers believe that scholars are absorbed in abstract and self-referential debates and that they are primarily interested in crafting theories (and impressing other scholars) rather than developing solutions to pressing policy issues. The contributors to this book confront this gap head-on. They do not deny the obstacles to fruitful interaction between scholars and policymakers, but, drawing on their own experience, discuss how these obstacles can be and have been overcome. They present case studies that illustrate how scholars have helped reduce income inequality, promote democratic governance, improve gender equity, target international financial sanctions, manage the Mexico-U.S. border, and enhance inter-American cooperation. These success stories are balanced by studies on why academic analysts have failed to achieve much positive impact on counternarcotics and citizen security policies. The editors' astute conclusion identifies best practices and provides concrete recommendations to government agencies, international institutions, nongovernmental organizations, and funding sources, as well as to senior university officials, academic departments and centers, think tanks, established scholars, junior faculty, and graduate students. Clearly written and thoughtfully organized, this innovative book provides analytic insights and practical wisdom for those who want to understand how to build more effective connections between the worlds of thought and action. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, United States, Baltimore, MD, 1987
ISBN 10: 0801834708ISBN 13: 9780801834707
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Originally published in 1987. Philosopher Maurice Mandelbaum offers a broad-ranging essay on the roles of chance, choice, purpose, and necessity in human events. He traces the many changes these concepts have undergone, from the analyses of Hobbes and Spinoza, through the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. Mandelbaum examines two contrary tendencies in the history of social theories. Some thinkers, he shows, have explained the character of institutions in terms of their individual purposes, whereas others have stressed relationships of necessity among society's institutions. Mandelbaum discusses chance, choice, and necessity at length and reaches some provocative conclusions about the ways in which they are interwoven in human affairs. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980, 1980
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
, Wyatt, David, 1948-. Prodigal sons : a study in authorship and authority. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980, xix, 172pp., 24 cm, dust-jacket with a few minor chips, good black cloth, but with pencil notes on rear endpaper, pencil underlining on about 8 pages, ink underlining on a couple of pages, slight coffee stain on foredge, previous owner's name. 9780801823251 ISBN 0801823250.
Verlag: The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2012
ISBN 10: 1421403285ISBN 13: 9781421403281
Anbieter: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, USA
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Hardcover. First Printing. Octavo; VG+/VG; peach and black spine, gold and black lettering; dust jacket has minor shelfwear, minor edgewear, rubbing on head fore corners and spine head, rubbing on read cover; boards strong, very minor rubbing on tail fore corners and spine tail edge, minor bumping on spine edges; text block clean; xiii, 308pp NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #8. 1296058. FP New Rockville Stock.
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, United States, Baltimore, MD, 2009
ISBN 10: 0801892465ISBN 13: 9780801892462
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. From horoscopes to telekinesis to the Shroud of Turin, much of what is popularly accepted as a mystical or paranormal phenomenon is, in fact, bunk. Henri Broch's charged deconstruction of these and other acts reveals the hucksterism of pseudoscience. Broch provides a scientific explanation for what many accept as supernatural or psychic. He explains how some tricks, such as bending silverware with the mind, actually work. He details plausible, scientifically grounded alternative explanations for others, such as dowsing, which is the practice of finding by nonscientific means hidden veins of water, gems, metals, and other materials under the earth. Broch's hands-on experiments demystify the mysterious and explain the inexplicable. Featuring a foreword by Nobel laureate Georges Charpak and translated from French by Bart K. Holland, this persuasively argued and firmly scientific book exposes some of history's most persistent bamboozling. Be forewarned, you may never be taken in again! The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, United States, Baltimore, MD, 2003
ISBN 10: 080187419XISBN 13: 9780801874192
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. One of the most recent and exciting branches of astronomy, helioseismology - like its terrestrial counterpart - studies why the surface of the sun vibrates like a bell. Over the past three decades astronomers have gained spectacular insights into the structure and composition of the sun's interior, transforming the way we understand stellar matter. In Sunquakes, Jack B. Zirker tells the story of this new science and explains the physics behind these illuminating vibrations. Zirker recounts the discovery of solar oscillations in the early 1960s and international efforts throughout the rest of the decade to explain this phenomenon. By the mid-1970s, scientists working independently in France, Germany, Japan, and the U.S. had developed a new theoretical model of the sun that postulated the existence of trapped sound and gravity waves as the cause for the roiling of the sun's surface. Using solar oscillation data, scientists derived for the first time the thermal and dynamic properties of the solar interior and revealed its complicated rotation patterns; even such astronomical mysteries as the deficit of solar neutrinos were solved. Describing the competition and cooperation between astronomers, particle physicists, and other theorists to the technological innovations that makes solar observation more and more precise, Sunquakes provides professionals and nonscientists alike with an absorbing and accessible guide to the field of helioseismology. The book concludes with an account of recent efforts to probe the interiors of stars far beyond our own solar system. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, United States, Baltimore, MD, 1998
ISBN 10: 080185959XISBN 13: 9780801859595
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Although many Americans consider the establishment of the colonies as the birth of this country, in fact Early America already existed long before the arrival of the Europeans. From coast to coast, Native Americans had created enduring cultures, and the subsequent European invasion remade much of the existing land and culture. In New Worlds for All, Colin Calloway explores the unique and vibrant new cultures that Indians and Europeans forged together in early America. The journey toward this hybrid society kept Europeans' and Indians' lives tightly entwined: living, working, worshiping, traveling, and trading together-as well as fearing, avoiding, despising, and killing one another. In the West, settlers lived in Indian towns, eating Indian food. In Mohawk Valley, New York, Europeans tattooed their faces; Indians drank tea. And, a unique American identity emerged. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, 1998
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
Calloway, Colin G., 1953-. New worlds for all: Indians, Europeans, and the remaking of early America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, xxi, 229pp., PAPERBACK, very good. 9780801859595 ISBN 080185959X.
Verlag: Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984, 1984
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
Weimann, Robert. Structure and society in literary history: studies in the history and theory of historical criticism. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984, Expanded edition, x, 330pp., PAPERBACK, very good. Cover design by John Cole. 9780801831225 ISBN 0801831229.
Verlag: Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995, 1995
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
Accampo, Elinor Ann, ed. Gender and the politics of social reform in France, 1870-1914. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995, viii, 241pp., PAPERBACK, very good. Elinor A. Accampo, Rachel G. Fuchs, and Mary Lynn Stewart ; with contributions by Linda L. Clark, Theresa McBride, and Judith F. Stone. - Traditional histories of the French Third Republic often overlook the extent to which concerns about the place of women and the health of the family influenced the course of government policy, particularly the direction of welfare reform. Combining the approaches of social and political history, Gender and the Politics of Social Reform in France, 1870-1914 offers a new perspective on women s lives in the Third Republic - and on the emergence of the welfare state in general - by looking at the attitudes, actions, and policies of the men who held political power. Addressing themes in the newly invigorated field of welfare-state history, contributors to this volume offer evidence that social reform in France began far earlier than is usually supposed and was a response by republican politicians and social activists to a declining population growth rate. As this demographic crisis inspired efforts to improve maternal and child health and increase the birth rate, motherhood was redefined as a public mission deserving of public support. Even though the eventual reforms resulted in greater recognition of women s role in the proper functioning of society and provided for programs beneficial to infants, the legislation enacted by the men in power was decidedly patriarchal in its scope. "This important and timely collection of essays is a valuable contribution to this reinvigorated scholarly field." - Robert Nye, Oregon State University. Elinor A. Accampo, associate professor of history at the University of Southern California, is the author of Industrialization, Family, and Class Relations: Saint Chamond, 1815-1914. Rachel G. Fuchs, professor of history at Arizona State University, is the author of Abandoned Children: Foundlings and Child Welfare in Nineteenth-Century France. Mary Lynn Stewart, professor of history and chair of the Department of Women's Studies at Simon Fraser University, is the author of Women, Work, and the French State: Labor Protection and Social Patriarchy, 1879-1919. 9780801850615 ISBN 0801850614.
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, United States, Baltimore, MD, 2008
ISBN 10: 0801888395ISBN 13: 9780801888397
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Poets on Prozac shatters the notion that madness fuels creativity by giving voice to contemporary poets who have battled myriad psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance abuse. The sixteen essays collected here address many provocative questions: Does emotional distress inspire great work? Is artistry enhanced or diminished by mental illness? What effect does substance abuse have on esthetic vision? Do psychoactive medications impinge on ingenuity? Can treatment enhance inherent talents, or does relieving emotional pain shut off the creative process? Featuring examples of each contributor's poetry before, during, and after treatment, this original and thoughtful collection finally puts to rest the idea that a tortured soul is one's finest muse. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, United States, Baltimore, MD, 2003
ISBN 10: 0801870518ISBN 13: 9780801870514
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The award-winning Seizures and Epilepsy in Childhood is the standard resource for parents in need of comprehensive medical information about their child with epilepsy. Now in its third edition, this highly praised book has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the latest approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in childhood, including the use of the ketogenic diet as a treatment for children who either do not respond to traditional drug therapy or who suffer intolerable side effects from medications. In addition to providing up-to-date information about new diagnostic techniques as well as new drugs, diet, and surgical treatments, the authors have included a chapter addressing routine health care for children with epilepsy and a new chapter on complementary and alternative therapies. Also new to this edition are discussions of the progress made in the evaluation for surgery, a chapter on insurance issues, and a section detailing additional resources. No child's life should be defined by seizures. If we understand how the brain works, what happens during seizures, and how to cope with epilepsy, we can overcome the mythology of epilepsy and fight society's prejudices, allowing every child with epilepsy to reach his or her full potential.-From Seizures and Epilepsy in Childhood. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Baltimore, (The Johns Hopkins University Press), 1975
Anbieter: Versandantiquariat Trüffelschwein, Witzenhausen, Deutschland
XII,97 S., kt. - Bibl.-Ex. - World Bank Staff Occasional Papers;20.
Verlag: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1974, 1974
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
Luck, Georg, ed. American journal of philology, volume 95, no. 1, whole no. 377. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1974, 1-94pp., PAPERBACK, very good. Leahy on Trojan war in Aeschylus - James Tyler on Sophocles Ajax - James Dee on Propertius - Chauncey Finch on New Vita Vergiliana - Bruce Marshall on Apuleius Apologia - reviews.
Verlag: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976, 1976
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
Luck, Georg, ed. American journal of philology, volume 97, no. 2, whole no. 386. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976, 97-198pp., PAPERBACK, very good. Contributors include: Stuart Lawrence, James N. O'Sullivan, Daniel J. Taylor, Lennart Hakansson, A. Hudson-Williams, William T. Magrath, Jon D. Mikalson, Jaan Puhvel, J. C. Maxwell. Topics include Agamemnon, Euripides, Plato's Apology, Xenophon, Varro, Seneca, Lucan, Pliny, Erechtheus, origins of the Greek Kosmos and the Latin Mundus.
Verlag: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973, 1973
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
Luck, Georg, ed. American journal of philology, volume 94, no. 2, whole no. 374. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973, 131-230pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good, a few minor pencil marks. Includes W. A. Camps, Critical and exegetical notes - Georg Luck, Virgil and the Mystery Religions - Eric P. Hamp, Morum.
Verlag: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1962, 1962
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
Rowell, Henry T., ed. American journal of philology, volume 83, no. 3, whole no. 331. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1962, 225-336pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good. Conner on Charinus' Megarean decree - Swift and Oliver on Constantius II - Alexander on Thucydides - Marcovich on Iliad and Agamemnon - Meritt on Marathon epigrams - reviews.
Verlag: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1964, 1964
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
Rowell, Henry T., ed. American journal of philology, volume 85, no. 2, whole no. 338. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1964, 113-224pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good, cover a bit soiled. Gellie on Oedipus Tyrannus - McKay on animals in war - Luce on date of the Cratylus - Perlman on attic orators - Avery on Aeschylus' Persians - Marshall on Cicero's Edict - Hubert Martin on Plutarch's Themistocles - Reviews.
Verlag: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1969, 1969
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
Rowell, Henry T., ed. American journal of philology, volume 90, no. 4, whole no. 360. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1969, 385-559pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good, chipped at top of spine.
Verlag: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press [1974, 1974
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
], Kurth-Voigt, Lieselotte E., 1923-. Perspectives and points of view: the early works of Wieland and their background. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press [1974], x, 189pp. 23 cm, very good dust-jacket, good blue cloth, BUT with neat but heavy pencil underlining in first 27 pages, previous owner's name. BOOK WITH UNDERLINING. 9780801816178 ISBN 0801816173.
Verlag: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999, 1999
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
, Boeschenstein, Warren. Historic American towns along the Atlantic coast. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999, xv, 331pp., worn but good dust-jacket, used copy with red pencil underlining on about 15 pages near start of text, some minor red pencil in margins on a few scattered pages in later chapters, still good solid reading copy. Series: Creating the North American landscape. - CONTENTS: Lessons from the Towns Left Behind -- North Atlantic Coastal Towns -- Castine, Maine -- Kennebunks' Port, Maine -- Edgartown, Massachusetts -- Stonington, Connecticut -- Mid-Atlantic Coastal Towns -- Ocean Grove, New Jersey -- New Castle, Delaware -- South Atlantic Coastal Towns -- Edenton, North Carolina -- Beaufort, South Carolina -- Saint Augustine, Florida -- Conclusion: Threats and Opportunities. 9780801861444 ISBN 0801861446.
Verlag: Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999, 1999
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
Yaffe, Martin D. Shylock and the Jewish question. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999, 210pp., PAPERBACK, very good, light wear. CONTENTS: 1. The Mistreatment of Shakespeare's Shylock -- 2. Shylock and Marlowe's Barabas -- 3. Shylock and Shakespeare's Antonio -- 4. Shylock and Bacon's Joabin -- 5. Shylock and Spinoza's Theologico-Political Treatise. - NOTE: Yaffe challenges the widespread assumption that Shakespeare is, in the final analysis, unfriendly to Jews. Emphasizing that The Merchant of Venice is a work of political philosophy as well as literature, Yaffe raises the intriguing possibility that Shakespeare presents Shylock not as a typical Jew, but as a bad one. 9780801862618 ISBN 0801862612.
Verlag: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973, 1973
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
, Gombrich, E. H., 1909-2001, (contributor). Art, perception and reality. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973, x, 136pp., PAPERBACK, cover quite scuffed and rubbed around edges, otherwise good copy. Cover design by Victoria Dudley. E.H. Gombrich, Julian Hochberg, Max Black. - CONTENTS: The mask and the face: the perception of physiognomic likeness in life and in art / E.H. Gombrich -- The representation of things and people / Julian Hochberg -- How do pictures represent? / Max Black -- Postscrpt / E.H. Gombrich. 9780801815522 ISBN 0801815525.
Verlag: Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977, 1977
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
Singer, Irving. Mozart & Beethoven: the concept of love in their operas. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977, xii, 155pp., very good dust-jacket but faded by light across top edge, neat but quite heavy pencil underlining done with a ruler in Mozart chapter, about 16 pages, otherwise good used copy, brown hardcover, previous owner's name / LAID IN: photocopy of review of the book by Richard Macksey. CONTENTS: Opera and expression -- Mozart : the conflict in Don Giovanni -- Mozart : Figaro, Così, and The magic flute -- Beethoven : the passion in Fidelio. 9780801819872 ISBN 0801819873.
Verlag: Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982, 1982
Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USA
Jantz, Harold, 1907-1987. Offprint: "America and the Younger Goethe". Reprinted from MLN volume 97. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982, 515-45pp., stapled offprint PAPERBACK, very good.
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, United States, Baltimore, MD, 2004
ISBN 10: 0801877830ISBN 13: 9780801877834
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. In the winter of 1664-65, a bitter cold descended on London in the days before Christmas. Above the city, an unusually bright comet traced an arc in the sky, exciting much comment and portending "horrible windes and tempests." And in the remote, squalid precinct of St. Giles-in-the-Fields outside the city wall, Goodwoman Phillips was pronounced dead of the plague. Her house was locked up and the phrase "Lord Have Mercy On Us" was painted on the door in red. By the following Christmas, the pathogen that had felled Goodwoman Phillips would go on to kill nearly 100,000 people living in and around London-almost a third of those who did not flee. This epidemic had a devastating effect on the city's economy and social fabric, as well as on those who lived through it. Yet somehow the city continued to function and the activities of daily life went on. In The Great Plague, historian A. Lloyd Moote and microbiologist Dorothy C. Moote provide an engrossing and deeply informed account of this cataclysmic plague year. At once sweeping and intimate, their narrative takes readers from the palaces of the city's wealthiest citizens to the slums that housed the vast majority of London's inhabitants to the surrounding countryside with those who fled. The Mootes reveal that, even at the height of the plague, the city did not descend into chaos. Doctors, apothecaries, surgeons, and clergy remained in the city to care for the sick; parish and city officials confronted the crisis with all the legal tools at their disposal; and commerce continued even as businesses shut down. To portray life and death in and around London, the authors focus on the experiences of nine individuals-among them an apothecary serving a poor suburb, the rector of the city's wealthiest parish, a successful silk merchant who was also a city alderman, a country gentleman, and famous diarist Samuel Pepys. Through letters and diaries, the Mootes offer fresh interpretations of key issues in the history of the Great Plague: how different communities understood and experienced the disease; how medical, religious, and government bodies reacted; how well the social order held together; the economic and moral dilemmas people faced when debating whether to flee the city; and the nature of the material, social, and spiritual resources sustaining those who remained. Underscoring the human dimensions of the epidemic, Lloyd and Dorothy Moote dramatically recast the history of the Great Plague and offer a masterful portrait of a city and its inhabitants besieged by-and defiantly resisting-unimaginable horror. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, United States, Baltimore, MD, 2003
ISBN 10: 0801877539ISBN 13: 9780801877537
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Is there a significant difference in attitude between immersion in a game and immersion in a movie or novel? What are the new possibilities for representation offered by the emerging technology of virtual reality? As Marie-Laure Ryan demonstrates in Narrative as Virtual Reality, the questions raised by new, interactive technologies have their precursors and echoes in pre-electronic literary and artistic traditions. Formerly a culture of immersive ideals-getting lost in a good book, for example-we are becoming, Ryan claims, a culture more concerned with interactivity. Approaching the idea of virtual reality as a metaphor for total art, Narrative as Virtual Reality applies the concepts of immersion and interactivity to develop a phenomenology of reading. Ryan's analysis encompasses both traditional literary narratives and the new textual genres made possible by the electronic revolution of the past few years, such as hypertext, interactive movies and drama, digital installation art, and computer role-playing games. Interspersed among the book's chapters are several "interludes" that focus exclusively on either key literary texts that foreshadow what we now call "virtual reality," including those of Baudelaire, Huysmans, Ignatius de Loyola, Calvino, and science-fiction author Neal Stephenson, or recent efforts to produce interactive art forms, like the hypertext "novel" Twelve Blue, by Michael Joyce, and I'm Your Man, an interactive movie. As Ryan considers the fate of traditional narrative patterns in digital culture, she revisits one of the central issues in modern literary theory-the opposition between a presumably passive reading that is taken over by the world a text represents and an active, deconstructive reading that imaginatively participates in the text's creation. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, United States, Baltimore, MD, 1998
ISBN 10: 0801857074ISBN 13: 9780801857072
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. With the emergence of "cultural studies" and the blurring of once-clear academic boundaries, scholars are turning to subjects far outside their traditional disciplines and areas of expertise. In Higher Superstition scientists Paul Gross and Norman Levitt raise serious questions about the growing criticism of science by humanists and social scientists on the "academic left." This paperback edition of Higher Superstition includes a new afterword by the authors. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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