Author: Ian Wilson
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459627474
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The recent announcement that Google would digitize the holdings of several major libraries sent shock waves through the book industry and academe. Google presented this digital repository as a first step towards a long - dreamed - of universal library, but skeptics were quick to raise a number of concerns about the potential for copyright infrin...
Google and the Myth of Universal Knowledge
Author: Ian Wilson
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459627474
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The recent announcement that Google would digitize the holdings of several major libraries sent shock waves through the book industry and academe. Google presented this digital repository as a first step towards a long - dreamed - of universal library, but skeptics were quick to raise a number of concerns about the potential for copyright infrin...
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459627474
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The recent announcement that Google would digitize the holdings of several major libraries sent shock waves through the book industry and academe. Google presented this digital repository as a first step towards a long - dreamed - of universal library, but skeptics were quick to raise a number of concerns about the potential for copyright infrin...
The Book of Universal Knowledge
Author: Deborah McMahon
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 141847276X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
We are all called by our internal wisdom to seek a higher state of being. Some of us ignore the voice completely. Others listen, only to deny the truth with the clamorings of reality as the everyday world dictates how it should be. A few, maybe a handful of us, dare to listen and hear the sweetness of the sound of the perfection of life. For those few, this book is written. For those few will change the world in this time of suffering and confusion by adding the element of peace needed to soothe the aching heart of our culture. We will listen and pass the truth on to others and save the world. The Book of Universal Knowledge is the internal wisdom the page so those of us who remember can remember again the sound of the gifts of the universe.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 141847276X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
We are all called by our internal wisdom to seek a higher state of being. Some of us ignore the voice completely. Others listen, only to deny the truth with the clamorings of reality as the everyday world dictates how it should be. A few, maybe a handful of us, dare to listen and hear the sweetness of the sound of the perfection of life. For those few, this book is written. For those few will change the world in this time of suffering and confusion by adding the element of peace needed to soothe the aching heart of our culture. We will listen and pass the truth on to others and save the world. The Book of Universal Knowledge is the internal wisdom the page so those of us who remember can remember again the sound of the gifts of the universe.
Aesthetics of Universal Knowledge
Author: Simon Schaffer
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319425951
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Born out of a major international dialogue held at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy, this collection of essays presents innovative and provocative arguments about the claims of universal knowledge schemes and the different aesthetic and material forms in which such claims have been made and executed. Contributors take a close look at everything from religious pilgrimages, museums, and maps of the world, to search engines and automated GPS. Current obsessions in information technology, communications theory, and digital culture often concern the value and possibility of a grand accumulation of universally accessible forms of knowledge: total libraries, open data bases, ubiquitous computing, and ‘smart’ technologies. These obsessions have important social and philosophical origins, and they raise profound questions about the very nature of knowledge and its organization. This volume’s contributors draw on the histories of maps and of encyclopedias, worldviews and visionary collections, to make sense of the crucial relation between the way the world is known and how it might be displayed and transformed.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319425951
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Born out of a major international dialogue held at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy, this collection of essays presents innovative and provocative arguments about the claims of universal knowledge schemes and the different aesthetic and material forms in which such claims have been made and executed. Contributors take a close look at everything from religious pilgrimages, museums, and maps of the world, to search engines and automated GPS. Current obsessions in information technology, communications theory, and digital culture often concern the value and possibility of a grand accumulation of universally accessible forms of knowledge: total libraries, open data bases, ubiquitous computing, and ‘smart’ technologies. These obsessions have important social and philosophical origins, and they raise profound questions about the very nature of knowledge and its organization. This volume’s contributors draw on the histories of maps and of encyclopedias, worldviews and visionary collections, to make sense of the crucial relation between the way the world is known and how it might be displayed and transformed.
Designing Universal Knowledge
Author: Gerlinde Schuller
Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This publication draws upon historical milestones to explore the meaning of 'universal knowledge' as well as the process of collecting, structuring, designing, and publishing it.
Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This publication draws upon historical milestones to explore the meaning of 'universal knowledge' as well as the process of collecting, structuring, designing, and publishing it.
Reality, Universal Ontology and Knowledge Systems: Toward the Intelligent World
Author: Abdoullaev, Azamat
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1599049678
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
"This book provides cutting-edge research on reality, its nature and fundamental structure, represented both by human minds and intelligent machines.--striving to describe a world model and ontology; organized human knowledge; powerful reasoning systems; and secure communication interoperability between human beings and computing reasoning systems promising the profound revolution in human values and ways of life"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1599049678
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
"This book provides cutting-edge research on reality, its nature and fundamental structure, represented both by human minds and intelligent machines.--striving to describe a world model and ontology; organized human knowledge; powerful reasoning systems; and secure communication interoperability between human beings and computing reasoning systems promising the profound revolution in human values and ways of life"--Provided by publisher.
An Alchemical Quest for Universal Knowledge
Author: Georgiana D. Hedesan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317182138
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
History of science credits the Flemish physician, alchemist and philosopher Jan Baptist Van Helmont (1579-1644) for his contributions to the development of chemistry and medicine. Yet, as this book makes clear, focussing on Van Helmont's impact on modern science does not do justice to the complexity of his thought or to his influence on successive generations of intellectuals like Robert Boyle or Gottfried Leibniz. Revealing Van Helmont as an original thinker who sought to produce a post-Scholastic synthesis of religion and natural philosophy, Georgiana Hedesan reconstructs his ambitious quest for universal knowledge as it emerges from the text of the Ortus medicinae (1648). Published after Van Helmont's death by his son, the work can best be understood as a compilation of finished and unfinished treatises, the historical product of a life unsettled by religious persecution and personal misfortune. The present book provides a coherent account of Van Helmont's philosophy by analysing its main tenets. Divided into two parts, the study opens with a background to Van Helmont's concept of an alchemical Christian philosophy, demonstrating that his outlook was deeply grounded in the tradition of medical alchemy as reformed by Theophrastus von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus (1493-1541). It then reconstitutes Van Helmont's biography, while giving a historical dimension to his intellectual output. The second part reconstructs Van Helmont's Christian philosophy, investigating his views on God, nature and man, as well as his applied philosophy. Hedesan also provides an account of the development of Van Helmont's thought throughout his life. The conclusion sums up Van Helmont's intellectual achievement and highlights avenues of future research.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317182138
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
History of science credits the Flemish physician, alchemist and philosopher Jan Baptist Van Helmont (1579-1644) for his contributions to the development of chemistry and medicine. Yet, as this book makes clear, focussing on Van Helmont's impact on modern science does not do justice to the complexity of his thought or to his influence on successive generations of intellectuals like Robert Boyle or Gottfried Leibniz. Revealing Van Helmont as an original thinker who sought to produce a post-Scholastic synthesis of religion and natural philosophy, Georgiana Hedesan reconstructs his ambitious quest for universal knowledge as it emerges from the text of the Ortus medicinae (1648). Published after Van Helmont's death by his son, the work can best be understood as a compilation of finished and unfinished treatises, the historical product of a life unsettled by religious persecution and personal misfortune. The present book provides a coherent account of Van Helmont's philosophy by analysing its main tenets. Divided into two parts, the study opens with a background to Van Helmont's concept of an alchemical Christian philosophy, demonstrating that his outlook was deeply grounded in the tradition of medical alchemy as reformed by Theophrastus von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus (1493-1541). It then reconstitutes Van Helmont's biography, while giving a historical dimension to his intellectual output. The second part reconstructs Van Helmont's Christian philosophy, investigating his views on God, nature and man, as well as his applied philosophy. Hedesan also provides an account of the development of Van Helmont's thought throughout his life. The conclusion sums up Van Helmont's intellectual achievement and highlights avenues of future research.
The Complete Compendium of Universal Knowledge: Containing All You Want to Know of Language, History, Government, Business and Social Forms, and a Tho
Author: William Ralston Balch
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015727984
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015727984
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The People's Condensed Library
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure ...
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Handbook of Research on Software Quality Innovation in Interactive Systems
Author: Cipolla-Ficarra, Francisco Vicente
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 179987012X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
The inclusion of experts in communicability in the software industry has allowed timeframes to speed up in the commercialization of new technological products worldwide. However, this constant evolution of software in the face of the hardware revolution opens up a host of new horizons to maintain and increase the quality of the interactive systems following a set of standardized norms and rules for the production of interactive software. Currently, we see some efforts towards this goal, but they are still partial solutions, incomplete, and flawed from the theoretical as well as practical points of view. If the quality of the interactive design is analyzed, it is left to professionals to generate systems that are efficient, reliable, user-friendly, and cutting-edge. The Handbook of Research on Software Quality Innovation in Interactive Systems analyzes the quality of the software applied to the interactive systems and considers the constant advances in the software industry. This book reviews the past and present of information and communication technologies with a projection towards the future, along with analyses of software, software design, phrases to use, and the purposes for software applications in interactive systems. This book is ideal for students, professors, researchers, programmers, analysists of systems, computer engineers, interactive designers, managers of software quality, and evaluators of interactive systems.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 179987012X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
The inclusion of experts in communicability in the software industry has allowed timeframes to speed up in the commercialization of new technological products worldwide. However, this constant evolution of software in the face of the hardware revolution opens up a host of new horizons to maintain and increase the quality of the interactive systems following a set of standardized norms and rules for the production of interactive software. Currently, we see some efforts towards this goal, but they are still partial solutions, incomplete, and flawed from the theoretical as well as practical points of view. If the quality of the interactive design is analyzed, it is left to professionals to generate systems that are efficient, reliable, user-friendly, and cutting-edge. The Handbook of Research on Software Quality Innovation in Interactive Systems analyzes the quality of the software applied to the interactive systems and considers the constant advances in the software industry. This book reviews the past and present of information and communication technologies with a projection towards the future, along with analyses of software, software design, phrases to use, and the purposes for software applications in interactive systems. This book is ideal for students, professors, researchers, programmers, analysists of systems, computer engineers, interactive designers, managers of software quality, and evaluators of interactive systems.