Paul Virilio : from modernism to hypermodernism and beyond

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- John Armitage; From Modernism to Hypermodernism and Beyond -- John Armitage; An Interview with Paul Virilio; 'Indirect Light' Extracted from Polar Inertia -- Paul Virilio; Virilio and Architecture -- Neil Leach; Paul Virilio's Bunker Theorizing -- Mike Gane; Virilio, War and Technology -- Douglas Kellner; Some Critical Reflections; Virilio and New Media -- Sean Cubitt; Blinded by the (Speed of) Light -- Scott McQuire; The Tendency, the Accident and the Untimely -- Patrick Crogan; Paul Virilio's Engagement with the Future; Virilio, Stelarc and 'Terminal' Technoculture -- Nicholas Zurbrugg; The Passenger -- Verena Andermatt Conley; Paul Virilio and Feminism; The Conceptual Cosmology of Paul Virilio -- James Der Derian; Paul Virilio -- John Armitage; A Select Bibliography.…”
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Contemporary Maya spirituality : the ancient ways are not lost by Molesky-Poz, Jean, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…The florescence of Maya spirituality -- 1. A new cycle of light : the public emergence of Maya spirituality -- 2. …”
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Sustainable Product Development Tools, Methods and Examples

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Review of regulations, directives and standards related to sustainable product design and manufacture -- Review of lifecycle analysis (LCA) software packages -- Review of LCIA methods and inventory databases -- Part II: Integrated approach for sustainable product design -- Eco-design methods -- ICT infrastructure for Eco-accounting -- Genetic algorithm for sustainable product design optimisation -- Ontology for product life cycle modelling -- Life cycle inventory management -- Part III: Gearbox life cycle assessment -- Farm food life cycle assessment -- Life cycle assessment of shampoo -- Comparative LCA of LED lighting product design -- Part IV: Integrated approach for Eco-lighting product development -- Integrated approach for sustainable flooring product development. .…”
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Antimicrobial Coatings and Modifications on Medical Devices

Table of Contents: “…Anti-Microbial Technologies on Critical Care Implants -- Chapter 2 Antimicrobial and Anti-biofilm Medical Devices - Public Health and Regulatory Science Challenges -- Chapter 3 Characterization of bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation -- Chapter 4 Molecular approaches for studying biofilms: techniques, challenges and future prospects -- Chapter 5 Implantable medical devices modified with antimicrobial substances -- Chapter 6 Anti-antimicrobial approaches to device-based infections -- Chapter 7 Releasing antimicrobial agents from porous materials -- Chapter 8 Anti-fouling medical coatings -- Chapter 9 Exploring the potential of light to prevent and treat microbial biofilms in medical and food applications -- Chapter 10 Light-triggered anti-infective surface.…”
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Einstein's relativity and the quantum revolution modern physics for non-scientists by Wolfson, Richard

Table of Contents: “…Time travel, tunneling, tennis and tea ; Heaven and earth, place and motion ; The clockwork universe ; Let there be light! ; Speed "c" relative to what? ; Earth and the ether: a crisis in physics -- disc 2. …”


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Treatment and Prevention of Malaria Antimalarial Drug Chemistry, Action and Use by Staines, Henry M.

Table of Contents: “…Antimalarial drugs and the control and elimination of malaria -- 4-Aminoquinolines: chloroquine, amodiaquine and next generation analogues -- Cinchona alkaloids: quinine and quinidine -- 8-Aminoquinolines: primaquine and tafenoquine -- Other 4-methanolquinolines, amyl alcohols and phentathrenes: mefloquine, lumefantrine, halofantrine, piperaquine and pyronaridine -- Antifolates: pyrimethamine, proguanil, sulphadoxine and dapsone -- Naphthoquinones: atovaquone, and other antimalarials targeting mitochondrial functions -- Non-antifolate antibiotics: clindamycin, doxycycline, azithromycin and fosmidomycin -- Artemisinins: artemisinin, dihydroartemisinin, artemether, arteether and artesunate -- Second generation peroxides: the OZs and artemisone -- Combination therapy in light of emerging artemisinin resistance -- New medicines to combat malaria: an overview of the global pipeline of therapeutics -- Molecular markers of Plasmodium resistance to antimalarials -- Prevention of malaria -- Malaria diagnostics: lighting the path.…”
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Optical coherence tomography : principles and applications by Brezinski, Mark E.

Table of Contents: “…The basics (math, waves, etc.) for the nonphysical scientist -- Light and electromagnetic waves -- Light in matter -- Interference, coherence, diffraction, and transfer functions -- Optical coherence tomography theory -- Optoelectronics and optical components -- Noise and system performance with TD-OCT and SD-OCT -- Polarization and polarization sensitive OCT -- Adjuvant techniques: absorption spectroscopy, contrast probes, phase contrast, elastography, and entangled photons -- Doppler optical coherence tomography.…”
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The magician's book : a skeptic's adventures in Narnia by Miller, Laura, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- A note on the order of the Chronicles of Narnia -- Part One: Songs of innocence -- The light in the forest -- Animal-land -- The secret garden -- Boxcar children -- Something wicked this way comes -- Little house in the big woods -- Through the looking-glass -- Part Two: Trouble in paradise -- Forest and trees -- The awful truth -- Required reading -- Garlic and onions -- Girl trouble -- Blood will out -- Arrows of desire -- The other way in -- Part Three: Songs of experience -- Castlereagh Hills -- The far country -- Northern Lights -- The builder and the dreamer -- The second love -- Marvelous journeys -- A too-impressionable man -- The old religion -- Riches all about you -- The third road -- A formula of power over living men -- Further up and further in.…”

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Essential RenderMan ® by Stephenson, Ian, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…- How to use this book -- Part 2: Geometry -- A Simple Scene -- Moving Things Around -- Simple Surfaces -- Color and other Attributes of Objects -- Camera Set-up – Lighting -- The Standard Surface Types -- More Complex Surfaces – Shadows -- Motion Blur and Depth of Field -- The C API -- Particles and Hair -- Part 3: Shading -- My first Shader -- Lighting Models -- Colour Ramps -- Simple Patterns -- Tiling and Repeating Patterns -- Projections and Coordinate Spaces -- Painted Textures -- Displacement -- Noise -- Aliasing -- Shading Models -- Other Kinds of Shader -- Global Illumination -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Progress in the Science of Functional Dyes

Table of Contents: “…Photoenergy conversion (OPV) -- 17. Organic light-emitting diode. .…”
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Art direction for film and video by Olson, Robert L., 1925-

Table of Contents: “…-- The production environment -- Scenic builiding blocks -- Production designers use special effects -- Lighting equipment -- Techniques for effective lighting -- Pt. 2. …”


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Models of Time and Space from Astrophysics and World Cultures The Foundations of Astrophysical Reality from Across the Centuries by Penprase, Bryan E.

Table of Contents: “…The Discovery of the Big Bang -- Chapter 7. The Nature of Light -- chapter 8. Spacetime and Curved Space -- Chapter 9. …”
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Structured surfaces as optical metamaterials

Table of Contents: “…Cloaking of surface electromagnetic waves; 11. Coherent control of light localization in nanostructured surfaces; Index.…”
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Progress in Botany Vol. 79

Table of Contents: “…Plant Water Relations: A Whirlwind of Change -- Molecular markers for genetic diversity -- Advances in asparagine metabolism -- Redox control of autophagy in photosynthetic organisms -- Senescence-associated genes in response to abiotic/biotic stresses -- Interactions between copper homeostasis and metabolism in plants -- Interplay of Circadian Rhythms and Light in the Regulation of Photosynthesis-derived Metabolism -- Possible functions of vascular tissues in plants representing different photosynhetic types -- Drought stress and the recovery from xylem embolism in woody plants -- A resource centric view of climate and mast seeding in trees -- Terrestrial microalgae – novel concepts for biotechnology and applications -- Background insect herbivory: impacts, patterns and methodology -- Erratum to: Interplay of Circadian Rhythms and Light in the Regulation of Photosynthesis-Derived Metabolism.…”
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The brilliant history of color in art by Finlay, Victoria

Table of Contents: “…Tyrian purple ; Cinnabar, vermilion, and minium ; Black ink ; Gold ; Green earth ; The age of canvas ; Ultramarine ; Cochineal ; Logwood black ; Cobalt ; Lead white ; Indigo ; Gainsborough blue ; Rose ; Light ; Titian blue ; Indian yellow ; Madder red ; Graphite ; Mummy brown -- 3. …”


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Residential energy : cost savings and comfort for existing buildings by Krigger, John

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Principles of energy -- Energy and the building shell -- Air leakage -- Insulation -- Windows and doors -- Heating -- Lighting and appliances -- Cooling -- Water heating -- Health and safety. -- Appendices : Glossary -- Energy related formulas --Geometry -- Conversion factors -- Conversion charts -- Analyzing annual energy costs -- Materials/building assembly R-values -- Water vapor permeability -- Climatic data for U.S. cities -- Solar radiative properties for materials -- Minimum ventilation requirements (62-1989) -- Air-sealing economic limits -- Air leakage at various house pressures -- Characteristics of lighting systems -- Insulation characteristics -- Household appliance electrical usage -- Household moisture sources -- Psychrometrics -- Indoor air pollutants -- Commissioning air conditioners and heat pumps -- Energy-efficiency organizations.…”


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The politics of deconstruction : Jacques Derrida and the other of philosophy

Table of Contents: “…/ Derek Attridge -- Impossible speech acts / Andrew Parker -- The crisis of critique and the awakening of politicisation in Levinas and Derrida / Robert Bernasconi -- The popularity of language: Rousseau and the mother-tongue / Anne Berger -- In light of light: on Jan Patocka's nation of Europe / Rodolphe Gasche -- Phenomenology to come: Derrida's ellipses / Joanna Hodge -- From (within) without: the ends of politics / Marc Froment-Meurice -- Thinking (through) the desert (le pensee du desert) with(in) Jacques Derrida / Laurent Milesi -- Graphematics, politics and irony / Claire Colebrook -- The irony of deconstruction and the example of Marx / Richard Beardsworth -- Karl Marx and the philosopher's or, on theory and practice / Martin McQuillan.…”
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Bing bong bang and fiddle dee dee by Mantinband, Gerda

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The return of the dragon by Zaring, Jane

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Riot by Casanova, Mary

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