“…Andreasen explains here how the brain produces creative break-throughs in art, literature, and science, revealing that creativity is not the same thing as intelligence. …”

“…From the walls of Troy to the sands of Iraq, humans have devoted staggering resources to the art and science of war. Yet while military history has long studied the economics of conflict, until now there have been few attempts to apply the principles of economics to military history. …”

“…En partant du trinôme « personne, droit, justice », le droit canonique entend proposer une réponse à l'art du juste pour aujourd'hui, entre principes universels, qu'ils soient théologiques, philosophiques, juridiques, ou sociologiques et normes particulières dans leur historicité ou positivité, et ce dans un dialogue constant avec les différents corpus de droits. …”

“…Desde Hewlett-Packard y Ampex en los años cincuenta, a Google o Facebook hoy, el diseño ha construido un verdadero puente entre la investigación y el desarrollo, entre el arte y la ingeniería, y entre el rendimiento técnico y el comportamiento humano. …”

“…Se trata para él de la necesidad de encontrar, en lo que llama los "procedimientos de verdad" (arte, política, amor y ciencia), nuevos modos de comunicación entre los individuos que superen la desigualdad, la injusticia y, sobre todo, la tendencia a la representatividad propia de la política occidental. …”

“…Challenging conventional thinking about logic, natural reason, dreams, art and science, pseudoscience, the Enlightenment, the internet, jokes and lies, and death, the book shows how history reveals that any triumph of reason is temporary and reversible, and that rational schemes, notably including many from Silicon Valley, often result in their polar opposite. …”

“…Touching on literature, music, art, and theology, John Cottingham illustrates how, far from being redundant in contemporary times, the soul attunes us to the importance of meaning and value, and experience and growth. …”

“…Et, pour dresser leurs bilans - positif ou négatif -, ils scrutent et traquent identiquement les effets du processus dans les mêmes champs multiples et hétérogènes de l'écologie et du droit, de la psychologie et de la sexologie, de la linguistique et de la morale, de la politique et des arts figuratifs... Mais, dans cet inventaire borgésien, un domaine demeure, de part et d'autre, absent : celui de la spatialité, autrement dit, des modalités selon lesquelles les sociétés humaines construisent et vivent leur environnement spatial. …”

“…Al hilo de un álbum de fotografías, Escenas de cine mudo relata la infancia del narrador en una remota aldea minera leonesa. El arte de Julio LLamazares se ha afinado aquí hasta la más nítida y depurada perfección: su capacidad de conmover no debe nada a ningún género de énfasis, y sí a la rigurosa y concisa emoción en sordina que late bajo las palabras, justas y precisas -"unas pocas palabras verdaderas"-, que dan noticia de la vida cotidiana en esta localidad que el narrador denomina "este montón de colmenas llenas de hombres anónimos, como mis padres, que sigue inmóvil en mi memoria". …”

“…En el siglo XX, pocos pensadores han influido tanto como Gadamer y en campos tan variados como la filosofía, la ética, el arte, la lingüística, la historia o la cultura en general. …”

“…Drawing upon previously unpublished material and new research, this equally well-designed book contains hundreds of illustrations, making it an invaluable resource for art historians, dealers, and collectors…”

“…Drawing on the evidence of material culture, art, language, literature, place-names and landscapes, the studies presented here reveal a world where the boundaries between humans, animals, monsters and objects were blurred and often permeable, and where to represent the bestial could be to hold a mirror to the self. …”

“…Only a few plays by Sophocles--one of the great tragic playwrights from Classical Athens--have survived, and each of them dramatizes events from the rich store of myths that framed literature and art. Sophocles' treatment evokes issues that were vividly contemporary for Athenian audiences of the Periclean age: How could the Athenians incorporate older, aristocratic ideas about human excellence into their new democratic society? …”

“…After science, technology, religion, art, it is now law that is being studied by using the same comparative ethnographic methods. …”
Sumario

“…Top among the many new features are: Correlations to Common Core State Standards in Literacy and English/Language Arts A new chapter on how to teach for comprehension Much more on helping older struggling readers master subject-area content Ways to tailor strategies to the unique needs of students with dyslexia and other reading difficulties, including those receiving interventions in an RTI or MTSS model Key links between how the brain learns spoken and written language No school can afford to teach reading skills from an outdated knowledge base. …”

“…El exitoso Pedro, CEO de una compañía industrial, dueño de un chalé en una de las zonas más exclusivas de la ciudad, casado con la elegante aunque inestable Belén, y aficionado al coleccionismo de arte. Allí acuden Lorite, abogado, y su mujer Aurora; el Rubio, artista del menudeo, y su novia, la joven y atractiva Noelia; Marcelo, profesor de instituto, y Luci, siempre combativa y deslenguada; y Sebas, el soltero gay del grupo, que atraviesa una etapa complicada. …”

“…Hommage assumé aux perdants magnifiques, le récit entreprend de restituer de façon vivante et précise l’histoire mouvementée d’une droite engagée dans la spirale de l’échec qui mettra un terme à vingt-trois années de règne sans partage sur la vie politique française. Ou de l’art exigeant de perdre la Ve République"--Contracubierta…”

“…Ils y ont peint et gravé des centaines de signes et de figures animales (chevaux, bisons, bouquetins..) dont des animaux marins uniques dans tout l'art pariétal (phoques et pingouins). Partiellement engloutie il y a 9 000 ans après la dernière glaciation, la grotte a été redécouverte à la fin du siècle dernier et déclarée officiellement en 1991, avant d'être étudiée par les scientifiques. …”

“…Beginning with a description of the organizational context within which internal evaluation is practiced, the book covers such topics as: - Pre conditions for high impact evaluation - The value and nature of acquisition of information in organizations and how it is affected by culture, individuals and the decision-making process - The phenomenon of change in organizations from how it affects behavior as well as ways to overcome resistance to change - The staffing and structure of internal evaluation offices - The consulting role that evaluators play in organizations - The keys to successful internal evaluation practice - How to have high impact evaluations that are utilized - The art of reporting results in a manner that will influence and improve the organization…”
Sumario

“…«Rubin ha logrado dominar el arte de escuchar y hacerse las preguntas correctas» Eckhart Tolle."…”