The Language Of Shape

The Language of Shape

• Author : S. Hyde
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 1996-11-19
• Genre: Science
• Pages : 383
• ISBN 10 : 0080542549

This book develops the thesis that structure and function in a variety of condensed systems - from the atomic assemblies in inorganic frameworks and organic molecules, through molecular self-assemblies to proteins - can be unified when curvature and surface geometry are taken together with molecular shape and forces. An astonishing variety of synthetic and biological assemblies can be accurately modelled and understood in terms of hyperbolic surfaces, whose richness and beauty are only now being revealed by applied mathematicians, physicists, chemists and crystallographers. These surfaces, often close to periodic minimal surfaces, weave and twist through space, carving out interconnected labyrinths whose range of topologies and symmetries challenge the imaginative powers. The book offers an overview of these structures and structural transformations, convincingly demonstrating their ubiquity in covalent frameworks from zeolites used for cracking oil and pollution control to enzymes and structural proteins, thermotropic and lyotropic bicontinuous mesophases formed by surfactants, detergents and lipids, synthetic block copolymer and protein networks, as well as biological cell assemblies, from muscles to membranes in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. The relation between structure and function is analysed in terms of the previously neglected hidden variables of curvature and topology. Thus, the catalytic activity of zeolites and enzymes, the superior material properties of interpenetrating networks in microstructured polymer composites, the transport requirements in cells, the transmission of nerve signals and the folding of DNA can be more easily understood in the light of this. The text is liberally sprinkled with figures and colour plates, making it accessible to both the beginning graduate student and researchers in condensed matter physics and chemistry, mineralogists, crystallographers and biologists.

The Sound Shape of Language

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
• Release Date : 2020-05-18
• Genre: Technology & Engineering
• Pages : 344
• ISBN 10 : 9783112322215

The Language Animal

• Author : Charles Taylor
• Publisher : Harvard University Press
• Release Date : 2016-03-14
• Genre: Philosophy
• Pages : 364
• ISBN 10 : 9780674970274

From Sources of the Self to A Secular Age, Charles Taylor has shown how we create ways of being, as individuals and as a society. Here, he demonstrates that language is at the center of this generative process. Language does not merely describe; it constitutes meaning, and the shared practice of speech shapes human experience.

Shape Detective Sign Language for Shapes

• Author : Dawn Babb Prochovnic
• Publisher : ABDO
• Release Date : 2012-01-01
• Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
• Pages : 32
• ISBN 10 : 9781614787563

Story Time with Signs & Rhymes presents playful stories for read-aloud fun! This rhythmic tale invites readers to chant along and learn American Sign Language signs for shapes including circle, square, rhombus, and rectangle. Bring a new, dynamic finger-play experience to your story time! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

Show Me a Shape

• Author : Pam Holden
• Publisher : Flying Start Books
• Release Date : 2021-04-30
• Genre: Juvenile Fiction
• Pages : 16
• ISBN 10 : 9781776546206

Here are two tricky letters – s and h. S and h together make a new sound. It is different from s for snake and h for hat. S and h together make Sh. Can you say the sound? Sh, Sh, Sh.

Shape

• Author : Jordan Ellenberg
• Publisher : Penguin
• Release Date : 2021-05-25
• Genre: Mathematics
• Pages : 480
• ISBN 10 : 9781984879066

An instant New York Times Bestseller! “Unreasonably entertaining . . . reveals how geometric thinking can allow for everything from fairer American elections to better pandemic planning.” —The New York Times From the New York Times-bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong—himself a world-class geometer—a far-ranging exploration of the power of geometry, which turns out to help us think better about practically everything. How should a democracy choose its representatives? How can you stop a pandemic from sweeping the world? How do computers learn to play Go, and why is learning Go so much easier for them than learning to read a sentence? Can ancient Greek proportions predict the stock market? (Sorry, no.) What should your kids learn in school if they really want to learn to think? All these are questions about geometry. For real. If you're like most people, geometry is a sterile and dimly remembered exercise you gladly left behind in the dust of ninth grade, along with your braces and active romantic interest in pop singers. If you recall any of it, it's plodding through a series of miniscule steps only to prove some fact about triangles that was obvious to you in the first place. That's not geometry. Okay, it is geometry, but only a tiny part, which has as much to do with geometry in all its flush modern richness as conjugating a verb has to do with a great novel. Shape reveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face. Geometry asks: Where are things? Which things are near each other? How can you get from one thing to another thing? Those are important questions. The word "geometry"comes from the Greek for "measuring the world." If anything, that's an undersell. Geometry doesn't just measure the world—it explains it. Shape shows us how.

The Cambridge Handbook of Psycholinguistics

• Author : Michael Spivey
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release Date : 2012-08-20
• Genre: Psychology
• Pages : null
• ISBN 10 : 9781139536141

Our ability to speak, write, understand speech and read is critical to our ability to function in today's society. As such, psycholinguistics, or the study of how humans learn and use language, is a central topic in cognitive science. This comprehensive handbook is a collection of chapters written not by practitioners in the field, who can summarize the work going on around them, but by trailblazers from a wide array of subfields, who have been shaping the field of psycholinguistics over the last decade. Some topics discussed include how children learn language, how average adults understand and produce language, how language is represented in the brain, how brain-damaged individuals perform in terms of their language abilities and computer-based models of language and meaning. This is required reading for advanced researchers, graduate students and upper-level undergraduates who are interested in the recent developments and the future of psycholinguistics.

Languages In The World

• Author : Julie Tetel Andresen
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release Date : 2016-01-19
• Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
• Pages : 400
• ISBN 10 : 9781118531259

This innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world’s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200,000 years. Balances linguistic analysis with socio-historical and political context, offering a cohesive picture of the relationship between language and society Provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of language by drawing not only on the diverse fields of linguistics (structural, linguist anthropology, historical, sociolinguistics), but also on history, biology, genetics, sociology, and more Includes nine detailed language profiles on Kurdish, Arabic, Tibetan, Hawaiian, Vietnamese, Tamil, !Xóõ (Taa), Mongolian, and Quiché A companion website offers a host of supplementary materials including, sound files, further exercises, and detailed introductory information for students new to linguistics

The Shape of Things to Come

• Author : H. G. Wells
• Publisher : Read Books Ltd
• Release Date : 2016-09-14
• Genre: Fiction
• Pages : 492
• ISBN 10 : 9781473345522

First published in 1933, "The Shape of Things to Come" is science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells. Within it, world events between 1933 and 2106 are speculated with a single superstate representing the solution to all humanity's problems. A classic example of Wellsian prophesy, this volume is highly recommended for fans of his work and of the science fiction genre. Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as "The Time Machine" (1895), "The Invisible Man" (1897), and "The War of the Worlds" (1898). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Mindset Mathematics Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas Grade 1

• Author : Jo Boaler
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release Date : 2021-01-27
• Genre: Education
• Pages : 352
• ISBN 10 : 9781119358626

Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniques The most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the first-grade level through visualization, play, and investigation. During their work with tens of thousands of teachers, authors Jo Boaler, Jen Munson, and Cathy Williams heard the same message—that they want to incorporate more brain science into their math instruction, but they need guidance in the techniques that work best to get across the concepts they needed to teach. So the authors designed Mindset Mathematics around the principle of active student engagement, with tasks that reflect the latest brain science on learning. Open, creative, and visual math tasks have been shown to improve student test scores, and more importantly change their relationship with mathematics and start believing in their own potential. The tasks in Mindset Mathematics reflect the lessons from brain science that: There is no such thing as a math person - anyone can learn mathematics to high levels. Mistakes, struggle and challenge are the most important times for brain growth. Speed is unimportant in mathematics. Mathematics is a visual and beautiful subject, and our brains want to think visually about mathematics. With engaging questions, open-ended tasks, and four-color visuals that will help kids get excited about mathematics, Mindset Mathematics is organized around nine big ideas which emphasize the connections within the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and can be used with any current curriculum.

The Complete Book of Drawing

• Author : Barrington Barber
• Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
• Release Date : 2018-01-16
• Genre: Art
• Pages : 352
• ISBN 10 : 9781788881364

What does every budding artist need to know about drawing? And what quick skills can you pick up to help you on the way? In this instructive book, Barrington Barber shows you just this, offering tips and tricks as he guides you through the fundamental aspects of drawing. Get to grips with still-life composition, draw dynamic bodies in motion, and capture the spectacular natural world. The Complete Book of Drawing is a distillation of the many skills that the aspiring artist needs to develop. As Barrington Barber knows from his many years of teaching and practising art, it is crucial for you to develop your own artistic style. And, uniquely among practical art books, this is what The Complete Book of Drawing provides. By revealing the nuances of texture, composition and perspective, this book will enable you to look at the world around you with fresh eyes.

MY SHAPE

• Author : Shivi Dua
• Publisher : Bigfoot Publications
• Release Date : 2021-03-23
• Genre: Self-Help
• Pages : 264
• ISBN 10 : 978186723xxxx

Fire, Air, Water, Earth and Space – are they just five physical elements, or something more than that? What exactly is their role in the evolution of mankind? Is there a way of looking at these elements that can help us uncomplicate our lives? Understand the role of these elements in our lives through this enchanting tale of nine cousins and friends. Brought up in the same household, the kids grow up learning about the five elements and a unique philosophy of life from the eldest and intuitive, Saira! The story explores their complicated adult lives as each one of them tries to find meaning in their life and overcome challenges, using Saira’s teachings. Using a blend of fact and fiction, this book explains how the five elements not only constitute the physical realm, but are also our mirrors!

Toddler Shape Learning

• Author : Ralp Woods
• Publisher : Independently Published
• Release Date : 2018-07-03
• Genre: Uncategoriezed
• Pages : 34
• ISBN 10 : 1983343188

Preschool Activity Book for learning Shape. There are 3 basic shapes for young kids to learn: Square, Triangle, and Circle. Let do it simple but having fun and let your kids to add their imagination in it by drawing and learning shapes in the same time. Every Kids Should Have One. Perfect gift for your son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter and grandchildren.

What Is Shape

• Author : Tea Benduhn
• Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
• Release Date : 2009-08
• Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
• Pages : 28
• ISBN 10 : 0778751252

This title introduces young artists to the element of shape. Readers will learn how shapes of all kinds, including geometric shapes and the organic shapes found in nature, can be used in art. They will learn how artists use shapes to create patterns or make objects look nearby or far away.

Away We Go

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Cartwheel Books
• Release Date : 2013
• Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
• Pages : 20
• ISBN 10 : 0545461790

A colorful book filled with planes, trains, and automobiles teaches such basic shapes as rectangles, triangles, and circles.