2019, ISBN: 9780393061321

Athens: Melissa, 2019. In English. Hard cover, 23x23 cm, 96 pp., rich illustration. ISBN: 978-960-204-406-3.Alvar Aalto left few traces of his more or less hasty passage to Greece, first … Plus…

Athens: Melissa, 2019. In English. Hard cover, 23x23 cm, 96 pp., rich illustration. ISBN: 978-960-204-406-3.Alvar Aalto left few traces of his more or less hasty passage to Greece, first in 1933 (late July-August), and twenty years later, in 1953 (end of April-May). Facts were provided from casual notes, letters and telegrams unearthed from the Aalto Archives; the 4rth CIAM minutes recorded by the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE), including facts supplied by Greek and foreign scholars; testimonies "in his own words", or, from either Göran Schildt'swords (his main biographer), or even those of Sigfried Giedion (his Swiss mentor), and collaborators from his close entourage (i.e. Nils-Gustav Hahl, Jean-Jacques Baruël).But, like in the enigmas of an ancient myth hovering between facts and fiction, limited as these traces were, they could nevertheless substantiate a starting point for the unfolding of plausible hypotheses, metaphors, and analogies, thus complementing a "story" of Aalto's experiences and affinities with Greece's cultural wealth.The present essay aims at exposing this "story", which up till now has received nominal attention and publicity compared to the rest of the architect's international voyages, and notably, to neighboring Italy. In a way, there was a significant difference in what Italy and Greece could reveal to their cultivated travellers. In the Italian trips the "reality" was closer to imagining the "metaphor". In the Greek trips, the "metaphor" was a rather enigmatic riddle in connection to "reality". Thus, the "story" of Aalto and Greece, or of Greece and Aalto, seemed to brighten through a sort of reverse trail in the way out of a maze [labyrinth] of impasses convoluted facts and assumptions, to be untangled and illuminated.The following broad themes are elaborated in the essay relating Aalto to Greece and vice-versa:The essay is substantially coupled with two introductory texts. The first by Juhani Pallasmaa covers the issue of Alvar Aalto's cultural synthesis and his art of fusing the opposites. The second by Dimitris Fatouros outlines Alvar Aalto's skills involving the ceaseless transition and ambiguity in the definition of his oeuvre...==================================================================IMPORTANT: The shipping cost is an important parameter of this order; it is NOT included in the price and depends on the actual weight and destination; you will have to approve it after the confirmation of the order. You may ask for an estimate before placing the order at: dem.siatras@gmail.com, Melissa, 2019, 6, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover with a commemorative CD. Very good/Very good. x, [2]m 511, [5] pages. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Richard Phillips Feynman (May 11, 1918 - February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as his work in particle physics for which he proposed the parton model. For contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 jointly with Julian Schwinger and Shin'ichir Tomonaga. Feynman developed a widely used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions describing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams. During his lifetime, Feynman became one of the best-known scientists in the world. In a 1999 poll of 130 leading physicists worldwide by the British journal Physics World, he was ranked the seventh-greatest physicist of all time. He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and became known to a wide public in the 1980s as a member of the Rogers Commission, the panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Along with his work in theoretical physics, Feynman has been credited with pioneering the field of quantum computing and for the concept of nanotechnology. He held the Richard C. Tolman professorship in theoretical physics at the Cal Tech. He became known through his books Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! and What Do You Care What Other People Think? An omnibus edition celebrating a great scientific mind and a legendary American original including a live recording. Foreword by Freeman Dyson. Richard Feynman (1918-1988) thrived on outrageous adventures. In the phenomenal national bestsellers "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" and "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" the Nobel Prize-winning physicist recounted in an inimitable voice his adventures trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek, painting a naked female toreador, accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums, solving the mystery of the Challenger disaster, and much else of an eyebrow-raising, hugely entertaining, and astounding nature. One of the most influential and creative minds of recent history, Feynman also possessed an unparalleled ability as a storyteller, a delightful coincidence celebrated in this special omnibus edition of his classic stories. Now packaged with an hour-long audio CD of the 1978 "Los Alamos from Below" lecture, Classic Feynman offers readers a chance to finally hear a great tale in the orator's own voice., W. W. Norton & Company, 2006, 3<

2005, ISBN: 9780393061321

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