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Is killing wrong? : a study in pure sociology / by Cooney, Mark,1955-(CARDINAL)646977;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- 1: Morality of homicide -- 2: Pure sociology -- 3: Vertical dimension -- 4: Organizational dimension -- 5: Radial dimension -- 6: Normative dimension -- 7: Cultural dimension -- 8: Relational dimension -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.From the Publisher: "Thou shalt not kill" is arguably the most basic moral and legal principle in any society. Yet while some killers are pilloried and punished, others are absolved and acquitted, and still others are lauded and lionized. Why? The traditional answer is that how killers are treated depends on the nature of their killing, whether it was aggressive or defensive, intentional or accidental. But those factors cannot explain the enormous variation in legal officials' and citizens' responses to real-life homicides. Cooney argues that a radically new style of thought-pure sociology-can. Conceived by the sociologist Donald Black, pure sociology makes no reference to psychology, to any single person's intent, or even to individuals as such. Instead, pure sociology explains behavior in terms of its social geometry-its location and direction in a multidimensional social space. Is Killing Wrong? provides the most comprehensive assessment of pure sociology yet attempted. Drawing on data from well over one hundred societies, including the modern day United States, it represents the most thorough account yet of case-level social control, or the response to conduct defined as wrong. In doing so, it demonstrates that the law and morality of homicide are neither universal nor relative but geometrical, as predicted by Black's theory.

Subjects: Murder.; Homicide.; Criminal psychology.; Criminal justice, Administration of.;

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Mathematics, philosophy, and the "real world" [videorecording] / by Grabiner, Judith V.,author,teacher.; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;

Includes bibliographical references.Lectures by Judith V. Grabiner, Professor of mathematics at Pitzer College.These lectures reveal how mathematics has changed the way people look at the world. We study how the model of certainty in Euclid's revolutionary Elements influenced philosophers for centuries, and how the invention of non-Euclidean geometry further influenced philosophy and changed modern views of the world. As well. we consider how the newer disciplines of probability and statistics gave scientists ways of dealing--with precision--with events that did not seem to follow laws but were due to chance. We look at some elementary probability theory and its applications to the study of society, and we examine such issues as free will, determinism, and chance in the context of the philosophical views of thinkers from Pascal to Gould.DVD.

Subjects: Educational films.; Lectures.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings.; Mathematics; Philosophy.;

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Your place in the universe : understanding our big, messy existence / by Sutter, Paul M.,1982-author.(CARDINAL)783592;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-260) and index.Prologue: perhaps this was all a big misunderstanding -- Sacred geometry -- A broken universe -- Tales from a bewildering sky -- The death of antimatter -- Beyond the horizon -- Bathed in radiance -- Reaping the quantum whirlwind -- A guide to living in an expanding universe -- Behold the cosmic dawn -- Of matters dark and cold -- The cosmic web -- The rise of dark energy -- The Stelliferous Era -- The fall of light -- The long winter -- A game of chance."How is a galaxy billions of light-years away connected to us? Is our home nothing more than a tiny speck of blue in an ocean of night? In this exciting tour of a universe far larger than we can imagine, cosmologist Paul M. Sutter emphasizes how amazing it is that we are part of such a huge, complex, and mysterious place--and he explores how our experience here on earth fits into that grand context. Through metaphors and uncomplicated language, Sutter breathes life into the science of astrophysics, unveiling how particles, forces, and fields interplay to create the greatest of cosmic dramas. Touched with the author's characteristic breezy, conversational style--which has made him a breakout hit on venues such as The Weather Channel, the Science Channel, and his own popular Ask a Spaceman! podcast--the author conveys the fun and wonder of delving deeply into the physical processes of the natural universe. He weaves together the past and future histories of our universe with grounded descriptions of essential modern-day physics as well as speculations based on the latest research in cosmology. Topics include our place in the Milky Way galaxy; the cosmic web, a vast web-like pattern in which galaxies are arranged; the origins of our universe in the big bang; the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy; how science has dramatically changed our relationship to the cosmos; conjectures about the future of reality as we know it; and more. For anyone who has ever stared at the starry night sky and wondered how we humans on Earth fit into the big picture, this book is an essential road map."

Subjects: Astronomy; Cosmology;

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Sidle Creek : stories / by McIlwain, Jolene,author.;

"In Sidle Creek, McIlwain skillfully interrogates the myths and stereotypes of the mining, mill, and farming towns where she grew up. With stories that take place in diners and dive bars, town halls and bait shops, McIlwain's writing explores themes of class, work, health, and trauma, and the unexpected human connections of small, close-knit communities. All the while, the wild beauty of the natural world weaves its way in, a source of the town's livelihood--and vulnerable to natural resource exploitation"--

Subjects: Short stories.; Small cities;

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The genesis and geometry of the labyrinth ; architecture, hidden language, myths, and rituals / by Conty, Patrick.(CARDINAL)672366;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-288) and index.The Gotland labyrinth -- The enigma -- The labyrinth is not a maze -- The trace of the ritual -- The equation and its solution -- The bound universe and the eternal return -- The woven myth -- The Malekula ritual and the story of Aeneas -- The living and the dead -- A puzzle of myths -- The Malekula Nahals -- The temple as a knot -- About knots -- The origin of language in Dogon myth -- The hidden language of nature -- The ball of thread and Ariadne's technique -- The geometric crossing -- Time -- Axis and center -- The Hopi labyrinths -- The concept of the maze -- Why a four-dimensional knot? -- The equivalence of samsara and nirvana -- Different aspects of reality -- The cord -- Labyrinths within labyrinths -- The image, the whole, and the changing aspect -- Gestalt -- The tennis ball and the path of the grandmother -- The book of Durrow : the reversal -- The labyrinth in painting -- A labyrinth practice -- Structuralism and contemplation -- Now what? -- Meaning and the mythic path -- The crossing of codes evokes space -- Physics, anthropology, and the continuous whole -- Circumambulation and revelation -- Cretan seals and the unique kind of whole.

Subjects: Labyrinths;

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Wild ducks flying backward : the short writings of Tom Robbins. by Robbins, Tom.(CARDINAL)158149;

Subjects: Short stories.; Country music.; Art criticism.; American wit and humor; American essays; American poetry.;

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The 50 greatest scientists : the pioneers who have changed our world / by Balchin, Jon,author.(CARDINAL)673859; Fitzgerald, Ian,contributor.(CARDINAL)659821;

"Examines the achievements of 50 of history's greatest scientists: the men and women who gave us geometry (Euclid), the telescope (Galileo), the periodic table (Mendeleev) and radium (Marie Curie) as well as those whose work has helped us understand our world and the cosmos in far greater detail than ever before, such as Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble, Rosalind Franklin and Stephen Hawking. Together, they show how scientists' work has influenced our way of life as well as our ability to combat disease and comprehend the deceptive complexities of nature and human beings"--

Subjects: Scientists; Discoveries in science; Inventions; Science;

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Renaissance mysteries / by Price, Michael.(CARDINAL)779374;

Includes bibliographical references (volume 1: pages 230-233; volume 2. pages 253-258) and index.v. 1. Natural colour -- v. 2. Proportion and composition.The two volumes are an in-depth examination of a lost painting tradition. The books examine how the physical properties of natural and mineral pigments such as azurite, lapis lazuli, malachite, or chinnabar used by artists of the Europiean Renaissance shaped a painting process in which each painting required a thorough plan or composition which began with the geometry of the format (i.e. the proportion of height to width of a rectangle) -- book cover.Volume I : presents the artist as a painter-craftman with the preparation of natural colour from rocks and crystals and their application in appropriate binding mediums. The difference in colour quality between natural mineral pigment and modern synthetic paint is examined. Chapters include comprehensive step-by-step instruction for the contemporary artist and conservation scientist on how to prepare and paint with the incomparably luminous colours of the Renaissance palette, as well as the preparation of historical painting supports and grounds.Volume II : the artist as a creative intellectual, links the painter's craft with the creative process and elucidates the degree of compositional planning starting with the painting's rectangular format. The demonstrated evidence for the application of Euclidean geometry is based upon exact measurements of painted surfaces on panels, X-radiographs, and infrared images from paintings. The final chapter concludes with the reasons for the demise of this painting tradition and how industrialization and the standardization of art meterials led to a new painting tradition from the nineteenth century.

Subjects: Painting, Renaissance; Painting, Renaissance; Color in art.; Form perception.; Color analysis.; Painting; Composition (Art); Art, Renaissance.; Symmetry (Art);

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Farewell, Titanic : her final legacy / by Pellegrino, Charles R.(CARDINAL)526304;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Convergence -- Far from okay -- A slight trepidation -- Night of the lightning dolphins -- Trinity -- Of nature, not above it -- The cascade point -- Everything was against us -- Stalking the nightmare -- Points of departure -- The geometry of shadows -- How much does darkness weigh? -- The 46th psalm -- The truth about William Murdoch -- To dream on the ship of sorrows -- Falling stars -- Movements of fire and ice -- Frailty -- A crevice in time -- Dark circle -- Explorers, graves, and lovers -- Terminal velocity -- Laying the music to rest -- A fury scorned -- Sleeping in light -- Coming home to shock cocoons -- The long night of Ellen Betty Phillips -- The thieving magpies -- Monsters down there -- Ghosts of the abyss -- Persevering -- Destination unknown."This remarkable new book covers all the fascinating Titanic research, which the author has been involved in, since 2000. Interspersed with the scientific material are gripping recreations of the last hours of the Titanic and the panic and heroism among the doomed passengers"--

Subjects: Titanic (Steamship); Shipwrecks;

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Tree houses : escape to the canopy / by Eising, Peter,writer of introduction.;

Introduction -- Suspended disbelief : The 7th Room (Snøhetta), Harads, Sweden -- Embedded in nature : Aces Treehouse (Charles Cunniffe Architects), Aspen, CO, United States -- Arctic experience : Arctic Treehouse Hotel (Studio Puisto Architects Ltd.), Rovaniemi, Finland -- Common dream : Baumhaus Halden (Baumraum), Halden, Switzerland -- Lofty escape : Bergaliv Loft House (Hanna Michelson), Orbaden, Sweden -- Tuscan delight : Black Cabin (La Cabane Perchée), Tuscany, Italy -- Chapel on the river : Chappelle (Treehouse Utopia), Utopia, TX, United States -- Treetop castles : Châteaux dans les Arbres (Nid Perché), Domaine de Puybeton, France -- Inspired geometry : Constantia Treehouse (Malan Vorster Architecture Interior Design), South Africa -- Jungle living : Costa Rica Treehouse (Olson Kundig), Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica -- Designer hideout : Crump Treehouse (Crump Architects), Hobart, Tas, Australia -- Across the canopy : Dômes de Charlevoix (Bourgeois / Lechasseur Architectes), Quebec, Canada -- Woodland wonder : Evans Tree House (Modus Studio), Hot Springs, AR, United States -- Connected to nature : Floating House (Talleresque), Mexico City, Mexico -- Patchwork of glass : Glasshouse Treehouse (Eleventwoeleven Design), Catskills Mountains, NY, United States -- Lakeside living : Inhabit (Antony Gibbon Designs), Woodstock, NY, United States -- Lavender fields : La Suite Bleue (La Cabane Perchée), Tuscany, Italy -- Simple pleasures : Lesom (Sozonych), Kostroma, Russia -- Uplifting experiment : Lift Bali (Alexis Dornier), Ubud, Bali, Indonesia -- Cozy tranquility : Lovtag (Sigurd Larsen), Als Odde, Denmark -- Reflective ambitions : Mirrorcube (Tham & Vidgård Arkitekter), Harads, Sweden -- Pinecone peek-a-boo : Pigna (Architetto Beltrame Claudio), Malborghetto, Italy -- Summer garden retreat : Pool View Treehouse (Blue Forest), Surrey, United Kingdom -- Building on traditions : Tree Houses@Acre (Fabrik°G), San Jose del Cabo, Mexico -- Thermal motivation : Tree Snake House (Luis Rebelo de Andrade), Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Portugal -- Playing with the aspect : Treehouse (Atelier Victoria Migliore), Fréhel, France -- Pine design : Tree House (Madeiguincho), Melides, Portugal -- Backyard beauty : Treehouse for Grandchildren (Madeiguincho), Cascais, Portugal -- Counting on the view : Treehouse Hotel Luetetsburg (Baumraum), Luetetsburg, Germany -- Out of this world : Treehouse in Qiyun Mountain (Atelier Design Continuum), Xiuning, China -- Over the water : Treehouse Solling (Baumraum), Uslar, Germany -- Urban double act : Urban Treehouse (Baumraum), Berlin, Germany -- Magic in the woods : Woodsman's Treehouse (Guy Mallinson and Keith Brownlie), Dorset, United Kingdom -- Diner's delight : Yellow Treehouse Restaurant (Peter Eising), Auckland, New Zealand -- Rain and shine : Yoki Treehouse (Artistree), Austin, TX, United States -- Project credits.Treehouses have come a long way since our collective childhoods. The very definition of a treehouse has broadened to now include anything from a hotel room where star gazing is a must to exceptional viewing platforms and, of course, not forgetting a treehouse for kids such as exists only in their dreams. This carefully compiled list provides an overview of striking treehouse design across the globe, with designs that are truly beautiful. An inspiring collection, the reader will wonder in amazement at the exquisite and whimsical constructions dreamed up by modern architects. This beautiful edition is lavishly illustrated with evocative full-colour images of arboreal architecture, with a focus on the verdant treetop canopies. This book will not only appeal to your inner child, but provide a welcome respite from the stress of modern living on a pleasurable visit to the green world of treehouses.

Subjects: Illustrated works.; Architecture; Tree houses; Tree houses;

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