Günther Anders’s prolific philosophy of technology is undergoing a major revival but has never been translated into English. Prometheanism mobilises Anders’s pragmatic thought and current trends in critical theory to rethink the constellations of power that are configuring themselves around our increasingly “smart” machines. The book offers a comprehensive introduction to Anders’s philosophy of technology with an annotated translation of his visionary essay ‘On Promethean Shame’, part of The Obsolescence of Human Beings 1 published in 1956.The essay analyses feelings of curtailment, obsolescence and solitude that become manifest whilst we interact with machines. When technological solutions begin to make humans look embarrassingly limited and flawed, new emotional vulnerabilities are exposed. These need to be thought, because our wavering confidence leaves us unprotected in an ever more (un)transparent, connected yet fractured world.
Reflecting recent major advances in the field, Müller's Imaging of the Chest, 2nd Edition, by Drs. Christopher M. Walker and Jonathan H. Chung, remains your go-to reference for all aspects of chest radiology, including the latest diagnostic modalities and interventional techniques. This exhaustive resource begins with a review of normal anatomy, progressing to expert coverage based first on how patients present in clinical practice, then on diagnosis or diagnostic category. This practical, easy-to-use format helps you effectively select and interpret the best imaging studies for the everyday challenges you face in thoracic imaging. Provides extensive new information on lung cancer screening, detailing the technique required to perform a lung cancer screening CT as well as how to interpret these examinations using ACR Lung-RADS. Contains four all-new chapters: Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis, Interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features, Non-infectious complications of lung and stem cell transplantation, and Leukemia. Updates you on recent advances regarding interstitial lung disease diagnosis, diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia (DIPNECH), interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF), pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis, and much more. Explains the recent CT classification in usual interstitial pneumonia/idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (UIP/IPF) diagnosis and what features are required to correctly categorize a CT into one of four specific patterns. Covers current topics such as bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections, and new staging and histologic classifications for various lung neoplasms including lung cancer and mesothelioma. Features more than 3,100 superior, large digital-quality images (many in full color) depicting all of the chest imaging findings you're likely to see, and helping you distinguish between conditions with similar manifestations. Provides boxes highlighting key points to assist you with report writing, as well as suggestions for treatment and future imaging studies. Features a full-color design throughout, color-coded tables, classic signs boxes, and bulleted lists that highlight key concepts and get you to the information you need quickly. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Women with fish tails are among the oldest and still most popular of mythological creatures, possessing a powerful allure and compelling ambiguity. They dwell right in the uncanniest valley of the sea: so similar to humans, yet profoundly other. Mermaids: Art, Symbolism and Mythology presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and beautifully illustrated study of mermaids and their influence on Western culture. The roots of mermaid mythology and its metamorphosis through the centuries are discussed with examples from visual art, literature, music and architecture—from 600 BCE right up to the present day. Our story starts in Mesopotamia, source of the earliest preserved illustrations of half-human, half-fish creatures. The myths and legends of the Mesopotamians were incorporated and adopted by ancient Greek, Etruscan and Roman cultures. Then, during the early medieval period, ancient mythological creatures such as mermaids were confused, transformed and reinterpreted by Christian tradition to begin a new strand in mermaid lore. Along the way, all manner of stunning—and sometimes bizarre or unsettling—depictions of mermaids emerged. Written in an accessible and entertaining style, this book challenges conventional views of mermaid mythology, discusses mermaids in the light of evolutionary theory and aims to inspire future studies of these most curious of imaginary creatures.
Die tragische Historie vom Doktor Faustus ist ein Drama des englischen Renaissance-Schriftstellers Christopher Marlowe. Das St ck entstand in Anlehnung an die ins Englische bersetzte Historia von D. Johann Fausten, die sp ter unter anderen auch Goethe inspirierte. Die Figur des Dr. Faustus stellt den macht- und wissensgierigen Menschen dar, der keine Grenzen kennt und sich sogar mit dem Teufel verb ndet, um seine hoch fliegenden W nsche zu befriedigen, der die menschlichen Grenzen zu berschreiten und die tief sitzenden Begierden und Sehns chte zu verwirklichen sucht. Das St ck kennzeichnet die Sprengung des engen gesellschaftlichen und geistigen Korsetts der Zeit und die Suche nach dem Absoluten, das bei Goethe sp ter weiter differenziert wird. Marlowes Geschichte vom besessenen Faustus ist gleicherma en ein Volksst ck mit reichlich plastischer Moral als auch ein Drama mit erheblichem philosophischen Tiefgang. Die Trag die Edward II reflektiert ein Drama, in dem nicht mehr das Panorama der historischen Hintergr nde vorrangig ist, sondern der Charakter des Herrschers selbst. Ihn herauszuarbeiten sind alle Szenen arrangiert. Zugleich wird ein Frauencharakter, K nigin Isabella, die Ehefrau Edwards, in seiner Wandlung zum B sen begr ndet. Marlowe zeigt einen Staat, der auf seinen Untergang zutreibt, in dem Macht und Recht nur leere Floskeln sind und der in seiner Willk r grausam und absurd erscheint. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), Spitzname "Kit," war ein englischer Spion, Dichter, Dramatiker und bersetzer des elisabethanischen Zeitalters. Manche Literaturwisssenschaftler nennen Marlowe ein "Shakespeare ebenb rtiges Genie" und "den Vater der "englischen Trag die"
Published in 1981, this book describes and critically examines the standardised tests and modes of assessment available and most commonly used by speech therapists, psychologists and educationalists. Tests and other assessment procedures are discussed and therapeutic strategies suggested. Thus, psycholinguistic approaches such as ITPA, the Reynell Developmental Language Scales and the Aston Index; linguistic techniques such as LARSP and phonological assessments are described, and adult disorders as well as childhood problems, are reviewed. There is also a brief consideration of the problem of assessing the language of those not speaking English as a first language.The book serves as a core text for student speech therapists and also as a reference for those practicing or researching in speech therapy, special education and linguistic pathology.
Published in 1981, this book describes and critically examines the standardised tests and modes of assessment available and most commonly used by speech therapists, psychologists and educationalists. Tests and other assessment procedures are discussed and therapeutic strategies suggested. Thus, psycholinguistic approaches such as ITPA, the Reynell Developmental Language Scales and the Aston Index; linguistic techniques such as LARSP and phonological assessments are described, and adult disorders as well as childhood problems, are reviewed. There is also a brief consideration of the problem of assessing the language of those not speaking English as a first language.The book serves as a core text for student speech therapists and also as a reference for those practicing or researching in speech therapy, special education and linguistic pathology.
Aufgrund der Weiterentwicklung der AO-Instrumente und -Implantate sowie der Einführung neuer Techniken in der Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie wurde die englische Ausgabe in der zweiten Auflage völlig überarbeitet. Mit Ausnahme der speziellen Instrumente, die in der Wirbelsäulenchirurgie und maxillofazialen Chirurgie eingesetzt werden, wird nun auch in der deutschen Ausgabe das gesamte AO-Instrumentarium dargestellt. Zahlreiche Abbildungen ergänzen den Text und zeigen sowohl die einzelnen Instrumente und Implantate als auch ihre Handhabung und Anwendung. Das Buch ist somit eine wertvolle Ergänzung des Manuals der Osteosynthese. Es kann von allen Mitgliedern eines Chirurgenteams als Nachschlagewerk genutzt werden, sobald die Entscheidung für eine Osteosynthese getroffen wurde.
The original AO/ASIF Instrumentation manual presented a concise and complete description of the AO instruments. Thoughtfully developed by Fridolin Sequin and Rigmor Tex hammar, the manual discussed in a clear fashion the purpose and care of the various AO instruments that are handled by the operating room staff. One important feature of the first edition was a detailed checklist of the instruments required for the more common operative procedures for treating fractures. Fridolin Sequin was well-suited to author the first edition: his 15 years of experience as a technical engineer for the AO gave him in-depth knowledge of AO instruments, and he drew on the clinical knowledge of Rigmor Texhammar, a consultant and di rector of the AO courses for nurses. Its original feature of com bining a column of text with a column of illustrations meant the manual quickly became accepted as a standard. By 1981, trans lations could be found in English, French, Spanish, and Italian. Not surprisingly, the manual was very popular.
From his humble beginnings as a scribbler of generic science fictions to the night of his horrifying death, Phoebus Kinsman Dank was probably the only real genius of our time, and certainly the most prolific...So writes William 'Bill' Boswell, the nation's leading 'Dankian' scholar and coauthor of "The Cardboard Universe", the seminal biographical guide to the science fiction writer's life and work. After years of tracking the obese, obsessive, and logorrheic pulp novelist, Boswell joins his coauthor, critic, and disaffected fellow acolyte Owen Hirt, to create the ultimate guide to Dank's life and work: a biographical encyclopedia, in which the two memorialize - and fight over - Dank's treasured yet hackneyed body of work. As the reader is pulled along by the unbelievable antics of Dank, the raucous Boswell vs. Hirt backstory gradually comes into focus, and eventually subsumes the story altogether.
American Cornball is Christopher Miller's irresistibly funny illustrated survey of popular humor--the topics that used to make us laugh, from hiccups and henpecked-husbands to outhouses and old maids--and what it tells us about our country yesterday and today.Why has our sense of humor changed over the years? Why did our grandparents think things like safes falling out of high windows or angry housewives waiting with rolling pins for their drunken husbands to come home were so funny? While we snicker at pop culture references, Americans in time past gravitated towards slapstick and jokes that...don't seem so funny in retrospect. Miller revisits nearly 200 comic staples that have been passed down through our culture for generations, many originating from the vaudeville age. He explores the (often unseemly) contexts from which they arose, why they were funny in their time, and why they eventually lost their appeal. The result is a kind of taxonomy of humor during America's golden age that provides a deeper, more profound look at the prejudices, preoccupations, and peculiarities of a nation polarized between urban and rural, black and white, highborn and lowbrow.As he touches on issues of racism and sexism, cultural stereotypes and violence, Miller reveals how dramatically our moral sensibilities have shifted, most notably in the last few decades. Complete with more than 100 period illustrations, American Cornball is a richly entertaining survey of our shifting comic universe.
American Cornball is Christopher Miller's irresistibly funny illustrated survey of popular humor--the topics that used to make us laugh, from hiccups and henpecked-husbands to outhouses and old maids--and what it tells us about our country yesterday and today.Miller revisits nearly 200 comic staples that have been passed down through our culture for generations, many originating from the vaudeville age. He explores the (often unseemly) contexts from which they arose, why they were funny in their time, and why they eventually lost their appeal. The result is a kind of taxonomy of humor during America's golden age that provides a deeper, more profound look at the prejudices, preoccupations, and peculiarities of a nation polarized between urban and rural, black and white, highborn and lowbrow.As he touches on issues of racism and sexism, cultural stereotypes and violence, Miller reveals how dramatically our moral sensibilities have shifted, most notably in the last few decades. Complete with more than 100 period illustrations, American Cornball is a richly entertaining survey of our shifting comic universe.
Writing a new page in the surprisingly long history of literary deceit, Impostors examines a series of literary hoaxes, deceptions that involved flagrant acts of cultural appropriation. This book looks at authors who posed as people they were not, in order to claim a different ethnic, class, or other identity. These writers were, in other words, literary usurpers and appropriators who trafficked in what Christopher L. Miller terms the “intercultural hoax.” In the United States, such hoaxes are familiar. Forrest Carter’s The Education of Little Tree and JT LeRoy’s Sarah are two infamous examples. Miller’s contribution is to study hoaxes beyond our borders, employing a comparative framework and bringing French and African identity hoaxes into dialogue with some of their better-known American counterparts. In France, multiculturalism is generally eschewed in favor of universalism, and there should thus be no identities (in the American sense) to steal. However, as Miller demonstrates, this too is a ruse: French universalism can only go so far and do so much. There is plenty of otherness to appropriate. This French and Francophone tradition of imposture has never received the study it deserves. Taking a novel approach to this understudied tradition, Impostors examines hoaxes in both countries, finding similar practices of deception and questions of harm.
Written as liner notes to fictional music, Christopher Miller's uproarious debut novel skewers conventions in a work of high entertainment and imagination. In Sudden Noises from Inanimate Objects, the complete works of the prodigiously cranky composer Simon Silber get their diablolical due from Silber's official biographer -- a man who grows to hate his subject. Not content with simply discussing Silber's odd musical oeuvre -- whose highlights include an hourlong performance of the "Minute Waltz," an etude composed on a telephone keypad, and a transcription of crow caws -- the commentator veers into a delightfully venomous expos of a musician whose grandiose ambitions far exceed his actual talent.
Designing Lessons in the AI-Infused Classroom shows middle and high school teachers how to redesign their lessons and units with intentional use of artificial intelligence. In a world where students can use tools like ChatGPT to complete traditional assignments without actually learning anything, our new challenge is to design learning experiences that AI can’t do for them. This book offers unit structures that tap into student curiosity, creativity, and collaborative potential through AI-supported learning across content areas. These ready-to-use strategies can be applied right away—without a steep learning curve—to help educators enhance proven classroom practices with AI’s potential. Educators will find frameworks and unit models that are practical and flexible, designed to work with the tools and pedagogy that teachers already know by enhancing traditional methods without replacing them. The author’s original five-stage lesson framework aligns meaningfully with academic goals and incorporates project-based learning, differentiated instruction, and authentic assessment. Teachers, teacher-leaders, and school technology coordinators will be better prepared to rethink traditional instruction and use AI to complement rather than replace human interaction and self-expression.
Designing Lessons in the AI-Infused Classroom shows middle and high school teachers how to redesign their lessons and units with intentional use of artificial intelligence. In a world where students can use tools like ChatGPT to complete traditional assignments without actually learning anything, our new challenge is to design learning experiences that AI can’t do for them. This book offers unit structures that tap into student curiosity, creativity, and collaborative potential through AI-supported learning across content areas. These ready-to-use strategies can be applied right away—without a steep learning curve—to help educators enhance proven classroom practices with AI’s potential. Educators will find frameworks and unit models that are practical and flexible, designed to work with the tools and pedagogy that teachers already know by enhancing traditional methods without replacing them. The author’s original five-stage lesson framework aligns meaningfully with academic goals and incorporates project-based learning, differentiated instruction, and authentic assessment. Teachers, teacher-leaders, and school technology coordinators will be better prepared to rethink traditional instruction and use AI to complement rather than replace human interaction and self-expression.
Within the pages of this book is a unique setting expansion for the tabletop roleplaying game ANKUR(TM). ANKUR - Land of the first people(TM) is the second book of the ANKUR(TM) game world, and is to be used as a Game-Master's sourcebook for running adventures within the fictional land of Mundwazi. This setting is based on various ancient African mythologies and offers players a detailed non-European setting to explore and experience new adventures within.With this book, any Game-Master can easily spice up their existing ANKUR(TM) campaign. Inside you'll find: 6 new playable character species, 2 new character castes, and 10 new regions. Each chapter is full of cities, forgotten ruins, and natural dangers to entertain players. Every city is exquisitely detailed and provides new plot hooks and places of interest for players to explore. This book also features a complete bestiary, with 19 new creatures from African legend.Learn of the origins of the Human race and struggle to survive 25,000 years in Earth's past, amid an untamed wilderness, during a time when ancient "gods" walked the land. With ANKUR- Land of the first people(TM), you can start your journey towards a grand adventure
Princess Lavender is seen as the ugliest girl in the kingdom. She has given up on ever finding true love, so when her father offers her as a bride to an arrogant prince she bitterly accepts her fate. While she sits brooding about her future during a parade, it is interrupted by two soldiers and the stranger they hold prisoner. A stranger whose arrival will change everything... For mature readers only. This is an adult fairy tale, containing sexual and violent scenes.
Bloomsbury presents The War Came To Us: Life and Death in Ukraine, written and read by Christopher MillerWINNER OF THE WITOLD PILECKI INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD SPECIAL PRIZEA WATERSTONES AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA breathtaking exploration of Ukraine’s past, present, and future, and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia, written by a leading journalist who has lived and worked in Ukraine for over a decade.'A beautiful blend of memoir, reportage and history...superb.' -- Irish TimesWhen Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, it marked his latest and most overt attempt to brutally conquer the country. Christopher Miller, the Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times was on the ground when the first Russian missiles struck and troops stormed over the border. But the seeds of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the West were sown more than a decade earlier.This is the definitive, inside story of Ukraine’s long fight for freedom. Told through Miller’s personal experiences, vivid front-line dispatches and illuminating interviews with unforgettable characters, he takes readers on a riveting journey through the key locales and pivotal events of Ukraine’s modern history.With candor, wit and sensitivity, Miller captures Ukraine in all its glory: vast, defiant, and resilient. This is the story of an American who fell in love with a foreign place and its people — and witnessed them do extraordinary things to escape the long shadow of their former imperial ruler and preserve their independence.
WINNER OF THE WITOLD PILECKI INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD SPECIAL PRIZEA WATERSTONES AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA breathtaking exploration of Ukraine’s past, present, and future, and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia, written by a leading journalist who has lived and worked in Ukraine for over a decade.'Vivid… Shocking… [Miller] brings a seasoned, personal perspective to his account of both the 16-month conflict and its wider roots.'Daily Telegraph'A beautiful blend of memoir, reportage and history...superb.'Irish Times'...powerful and insightful...Miller provides a human dimension to a bloody conflict.' Kirkus ReviewsWhen Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine just before dawn on 24 February 2022, it marked his latest and most overt attempt to brutally conquer the country, and reshaped the world order. Christopher Miller, the Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times and a foremost journalist covering the country, was there on the ground when the first Russian missiles struck and troops stormed over the border. But the seeds of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the West were sown more than a decade earlier.This is the definitive, inside story of its long fight for freedom. Told through Miller’s personal experiences, vivid front-line dispatches and illuminating interviews with unforgettable characters, The War Came To Us takes readers on a riveting journey through the key locales and pivotal events of Ukraine’s modern history. From the coal-dusted, sunflower-covered steppe of the Donbas in the far east to the heart of the Euromaidan revolution camp in Kyiv; from the Black Sea shores of Crimea, where Russian troops stealthily annexed Ukraine’s peninsula, to the bloody battlefields where Cossacks roamed before the Kremlin’s warlords ruled with iron fists; and through the horror and destruction wrought by Russian forces in Bucha, Bakhmut, Mariupol, and beyond.With candor, wit and sensitivity, Miller captures Ukraine in all its glory: vast, defiant, resilient, and full of wonder. A breathtaking narrative that is at times both poignant and inspiring, The War Came To Us is the story of an American who fell in love with a foreign place and its people — and witnessed them do extraordinary things to escape the long shadow of their former imperial ruler and preserve their independence.
Although cinematic storytelling shares many of the same elements as other art forms, film tells a story in a unique way. Concentrating on careful analysis of the formal aspects of specific films for each chapter, Persistence of Vision is an ideal text for both face-to-face and online introduction to film studies courses. By examining the practice of filmmaking and the evolution of the significant developments in the cinematic narrative and the unique elements by which films communicate, this textbook serves as a guide through the journey of movies. Students will understand that, as audiences, they watch illusions on the screen in the form of a rapid series of images and sounds, which they must translate through their imaginations to decipher is ultimate meaning.
