Author: Illuminating Engineering Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Transactions of the Illuminating Engineering Society
Author: Illuminating Engineering Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Dazzled and Deceived
Author: Peter Forbes
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300178964
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Nature has perfected the art of deception. Thousands of creatures all over the world - including butterflies, moths, fish, birds, insects and snakes - have honed and practised camouflage over hundreds of millions of years. Imitating other animals or their surroundings, nature's fakers use mimicry to protect themselves, to attract and repel, to bluff and warn, to forage and to hide. The advantages of mimicry are obvious - but how does 'blind' nature do it? And how has humanity learnt to profit from nature's ploys? "Dazzled and Deceived" tells the unique and fascinating story of mimicry and camouflage in science, art, warfare and the natural world. Discovered in the 1850s by the young English naturalists Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazonian rainforest, the phenomenon of mimicry was seized upon as the first independent validation of Darwin's theory of natural selection. But mimicry and camouflage also created a huge impact outside the laboratory walls. Peter Forbes' cultural history links mimicry and camouflage to art, literature, military tactics and medical cures across the twentieth century, and charts its intricate involvement with the dispute between evolution and creationism.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300178964
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Nature has perfected the art of deception. Thousands of creatures all over the world - including butterflies, moths, fish, birds, insects and snakes - have honed and practised camouflage over hundreds of millions of years. Imitating other animals or their surroundings, nature's fakers use mimicry to protect themselves, to attract and repel, to bluff and warn, to forage and to hide. The advantages of mimicry are obvious - but how does 'blind' nature do it? And how has humanity learnt to profit from nature's ploys? "Dazzled and Deceived" tells the unique and fascinating story of mimicry and camouflage in science, art, warfare and the natural world. Discovered in the 1850s by the young English naturalists Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazonian rainforest, the phenomenon of mimicry was seized upon as the first independent validation of Darwin's theory of natural selection. But mimicry and camouflage also created a huge impact outside the laboratory walls. Peter Forbes' cultural history links mimicry and camouflage to art, literature, military tactics and medical cures across the twentieth century, and charts its intricate involvement with the dispute between evolution and creationism.
Lighting Data
Author: General Electric Company. Edison Lamp Works
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Recommended Practice of Daylighting
Author: Illuminating Engineering Society. Daylighting Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Daylight
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Daylight
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Proceedings of the Association of Railway Electrical Engineers
Author: Association of Railway Electrical Engineers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Includes proceedings of the semi-annual and annual convention.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Includes proceedings of the semi-annual and annual convention.
NBS Monograph
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publications Received in the Library of the National Bureau of Standards, July 1962
Author: Natalie J. Hopper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russian periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russian periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Eye Sight Conservation Bulletin
Author: Eye Sight Conservation Council of America
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accidents
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accidents
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Energy and Climate in the Urban Built Environment
Author: M. Santamouris
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113425797X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 627
Book Description
Both the number and percentage of people living in urban areas is growing rapidly. Up to half of the world's population is expected to be living in a city by the end of the century and there are over 170 cities in the world with populations over a million. Cities have a huge impact on the local climate and require vast quantities of energy to keep them functioning. The urban environment in turn has a big impact on the performance and needs of buildings. The size, scale and mechanism of these interactions is poorly understood and strategies to mitigate them are rarely implemented. This is the first comprehensive book to address these questions. It arises out of a programme of work (POLISTUDIES) carried out for the Save programme of the European Commission. Chapters describe not only the main problems encountered such as the heat island and canyon effects, but also a range of design solutions that can be adopted both to improve the energy performance and indoor air quality of individual buildings and to look at aspects of urban design that can reduce these climatic effects. The book concludes with some examples of innovative urban bioclimatic buildings. The project was co-ordinated by Professor Mat Santamouris from the University of Athens who is also the editor of the book. Other contributions are from the University of Thessaloniki, Greece, ENTPE, Lyons, France and the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113425797X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 627
Book Description
Both the number and percentage of people living in urban areas is growing rapidly. Up to half of the world's population is expected to be living in a city by the end of the century and there are over 170 cities in the world with populations over a million. Cities have a huge impact on the local climate and require vast quantities of energy to keep them functioning. The urban environment in turn has a big impact on the performance and needs of buildings. The size, scale and mechanism of these interactions is poorly understood and strategies to mitigate them are rarely implemented. This is the first comprehensive book to address these questions. It arises out of a programme of work (POLISTUDIES) carried out for the Save programme of the European Commission. Chapters describe not only the main problems encountered such as the heat island and canyon effects, but also a range of design solutions that can be adopted both to improve the energy performance and indoor air quality of individual buildings and to look at aspects of urban design that can reduce these climatic effects. The book concludes with some examples of innovative urban bioclimatic buildings. The project was co-ordinated by Professor Mat Santamouris from the University of Athens who is also the editor of the book. Other contributions are from the University of Thessaloniki, Greece, ENTPE, Lyons, France and the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
NBS Building Science Series
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description