oxford etc oxford university press 1995 (4 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. xvi, 300 pp. Original laminated boards. Remains of paper label removed from spine, else Very Good. First Edition. ISBN 0192622021.

blue hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. remainder copy in fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. red ink mark on top, other edges clean. contents free of markings. partially price clipped dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining. first edition. first printing (NAP). x+274p. 21 glossy full color plates. b&w photos & illustrations throughout. bibliography. index. astronomy. mathematics. biology. philosophy. psychology. mythology. religion. ~ Our likes and dislikes ~ our senses and sensibilities ~ did not fall ready~made from the sky, argues internationally acclaimed author John D. Barrow. We know we enjoy a beautiful painting or a passionate symphony, but what we don't necessarily understand is that these experiences conjure up latent instincts laid down and perpetuated over millions of years. Now, in The Artful Universe, Barrow explores the close ties between our aesthetic appreciation and the basic nature of the Universe, challenging the commonly held view that our sense of beauty is entirely free and unfettered. Barrow argues that the laws of the Universe, its environments and its astronomical appearance, have imprinted themselves upon our thoughts and actions in subtle and unexpected ways. Why do we like certain types of art or music? What games and puzzles do we find challenging? Why do so many myths and legends have common elements? Who created the cornucopia of constellations in the night sky? And why? In this eclectic and entertaining survey, Barrow answers these questions and more as he explains how the landscape of the Universe has influenced the development of philosophy and mythology, and how millions of years of evolutionary history have fashioned our attraction to certain patterns of sound and color. Barrow casts the story of human creativity and thought in a fascinating light, considering such diverse topics as our instinct for language, the origins and uses of color in Nature, why we divide time into intervals as we do, the sources of our appreciation of landscape painting, and whether computer~generated fractal art is really art. Barrow reconsiders the question of whether intelligent extraterrestrial life exists, showlnq that the benefits (and even the likelihood) that might follow from the discovery of life on other worlds could be very different from what we might have been led to expect. Remarkably, we find that some of the properties of the Universe that are essential for the existence of any form of life play a key role in determining psychological and religious responses to the Cosmos. Drawing on a wide variety of examples, from the theological questions raised by St. Augustine and C. S. Lewis to the relationship between the pure math of Pythagoras and the music of the Beatles, The Artful Universe covers new ground and enters a wide~ranging debate about the links between art and nature. It will change our view of the creation of art and the way we see the world in which we live.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Frontispiece, xiv, 1 leaf, 147 pp. Contains a Facsimile Reprint of Haldane's Daedalus (1923) and essays by Max Perutz, Freeman Dyson, Yaron Ezrahi, Ernst Mayr, Elof Axel Carlson, David Weatherall and Avrion Mitchison. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. xviii, 403 pp; figs.; tables. Original cloth. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket. Papers by Engle, et al. Advanced Texts in Economics. ARCH = Auto-Regressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity. Robert F. Engle: Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 2003, 'for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility (ARCH)'. 'In the early 1980s, R. F. Engle pioneered the econometric technique of Auto-Regressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (ARCH), which has subsequently generated a very considerable literature. This collection brings together readings on ARCH models, both applied and theoretical, half by Engle himself and half by other econometricians working in the field. It begins with an introduction by the editor which traces the development of the field' (Oxford University Press Web site).