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Cosmological Fine-Tuning Arguments What (if Anything) Should We Infer from the Fine-Tuning of Our Universe for Life?

Cosmological Fine-Tuning Arguments What (if Anything) Should We Infer from the Fine-Tuning of Our Universe for Life?

If the physical constants initial conditions or laws of nature in our universe had been even slightly different then the evolution of life would have been impossible. This observation has led many philosophers and scientists to ask the natural next question: why is our universe so fine-tuned for life? The debates around this question are wide-ranging multi-disciplinary complicated technical and (at times) heated. This study is a comprehensive investigation of these debates and the many metaphysical and epistemological questions raised by cosmological fine-tuning. Waller’s study reaches two significant and controversial conclusions. First he concludes that the criticisms directed at the multiverse hypothesis by theists and at the theistic hypothesis by naturalists are largely unsuccessful. Neither of these options can plausibly be excluded. Choosing between them seems to turn on primitive (and so hard to justify) metaphysical intuitions. Second in order to break the philosophical deadlock Waller moves the debate from the level of universes to the level of possible worlds. Arguing that possible worlds are also fine-tuned in an important and interesting sense Waller concludes that the only plausible explanation for the fine-tuning of the actual world is to posit the existence of some kind of God-like-thing. | Cosmological Fine-Tuning Arguments What (if Anything) Should We Infer from the Fine-Tuning of Our Universe for Life?

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Visual Alchemy: The Fine Art of Digital Montage

Visual Alchemy: The Fine Art of Digital Montage

Catherine McIntyre like many fine artists created traditional art for decades before encountering the versatility of digital imaging technology. Free of her Rotring pens and scalpel she now uses Photoshop to create her montages. Visual Alchemy explores McIntyre‘s sources of inspiration as well as her methods offering an aesthetic guide to composition color texture and all of the other means of communication that artists have at their disposal. While these concepts and techniques make use of Photoshop they will apply to any digital imaging program and indeed to any medium whether traditional or digital. Featuring McIntyre‘s own art as well as that of artists around the globe Visual Alchemy is an invitation to discover the artistic possibilities of picture making through digital montage. | Visual Alchemy: The Fine Art of Digital Montage

GBP 175.00
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Jazz on the Line Improvisation in Practice

Jazz on the Line Improvisation in Practice

Jazz on the Line: Improvisation in Practice presents an ethnographic reflection on improvisation as performance examining how musicians think and act when negotiating improvisational frameworks. This multidisciplinary discussion—guided by a focus on recordings composition authenticity and venues—explores the musical choices made by performers emphasizing how these choices can be logically understood within the context of controlled musical outputs. Throughout the text the author engages directly with musicians and their varied practices—from canonized dogmas to innovative experimentalism—offering interviews both planned and spontaneous. Musical agency is posited as a tightrope balancing act signifying the skill and excitement of improvisational performativity and exemplifying the life of a jazzaerialist. With a travel journal approach as a backdrop Jazz on the Line provides concepts and theories that demystify the creative processes of improvisation. | Jazz on the Line Improvisation in Practice

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The Art-Journal and Fine Art Publishing in Victorian England 1850–1880

The Art-Journal and Fine Art Publishing in Victorian England 1850–1880

Focusing on an era that both inherited and irretrievably altered the form and the content of earlier art production The Art-Journal and Fine Art Publishing in Victorian England 1850-1880 argues that fine art practices and the audiences and markets for them were influenced by the media culture of art publishing and journalism in substantial and formative ways perhaps more than at any other time in the history of English art. The study centers on forms of Victorian picture-making and the art knowledge systems defining them and draws on the histories of art literature journalism and publishing. The historical example employed in the book is that of the more than 800 steel-plate prints after paintings published in the London-based Art-Journal between 1850 and 1880. The cultural phenomenon of the Art Journal print is shown to be a key connector in mid-Victorian art appreciation by drawing out specific tropes of likeness. This study also examines the important links between paint and print; the aesthetic values and domestic aspirations of the Victorian middle class; and the inextricable intertwining of fine art and 'trade' publishing. | The Art-Journal and Fine Art Publishing in Victorian England 1850–1880

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The Business of Fine Art Photography Art Markets Galleries Museums Grant Writing Conceiving and Marketing Your Work Globally

The Business of Fine Art Photography Art Markets Galleries Museums Grant Writing Conceiving and Marketing Your Work Globally

This guide for aspiring and exhibiting photographers alike combines practice and concept to provide a roadmap to navigating and succeeding in the fine art photography marketplace locally domestically and internationally. Join former New York gallery owner international curator and fine art photographer Thomas Werner as he shares his experiences and insights from leading curators gallerists collectors auctioneers exhibiting photographic artists and more. Learn how to identify realistic goals maximize results work with galleries and museums write grants develop strong nuanced imagery and build a professional practice in a continually evolving field. Featuring dozens of photographs from international practitioners and a robust set of resources this book will ensure you have the tools to give you the opportunity for success in any marketplace. Whether you are a student aspiring photographic or video artist or a photographer changing careers The Business of Fine Art Photography is your guide to starting and growing your own practice. | The Business of Fine Art Photography Art Markets Galleries Museums Grant Writing Conceiving and Marketing Your Work Globally

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The Color Line A Short Introduction

The Color Line A Short Introduction

The Color Line provides a concise history of the role of race and ethnicity in the US from the early colonial period to the present to reveal the public policies and private actions that have enabled racial subordination and the actors who have fought against it. Focusing on Native Americans African Americans Asian Americans and Latino Americans it explores how racial subordination developed in the region how it has been resisted and opposed and how it has been sustained through independence the abolition of slavery the civil rights movement and subsequent reforms. The text also considers the position of European immigrants to the US interrogates relevant moral issues and identifies persistent problems of public policy arguing that all four centuries of racial subordination are relevant to understanding contemporary America and some of its most urgent issues. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of American history the history of race and ethnicity and other related courses in the humanities and social sciences. | The Color Line A Short Introduction

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Managing State Social Work Front-Line Management and the Labour Process Perspective

Managing State Social Work Front-Line Management and the Labour Process Perspective

Published in 1998. The industrial model of the labour process developed by Braverman was applied to social work in the radical social work literature. The book engages in a more critical examination of the application of the labour process perspective to social work with particular reference to front-line management in a local authority context. It begins with a review of the labour process literature which demonstrates the extent to which the independence of Braverman’s model on scientific management was undermined in the post-Braverman debate. The radical texts' orthodox Bravermanian approach to the social work labour process is considered. In those texts the social work labour process is represented as having moved towards an industrial model which steadily encroached on the autonomy of front-line field social workers through managers’ wresting of control over their work. The book advances an alternative model of the social work labour process which takes account of the distinctive features of social work as a state-mediated bureau-professional labour process. Findings from a small-scale case study of a social services department are presented. Data from the study are used to test the bureau-professional model of the social work labour process against the orthodox Bravermanian model. Developments in the social services department’s organizational structure are set out and the position of front-line managers is considered through an exploration of their identifications and commitments in relation to management and trade unionism. The data from their accounts support the bureau-professional model of the labour process and the position of front-line managers emerges as more ambiguous than the radical social work literature indicated. Front-line managers did not share global goals with senior management nor were their interests merged straightforwardly with those of social workers. | Managing State Social Work Front-Line Management and the Labour Process Perspective

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Contesting ‘Race’ and Sport Shaming the Colour Line

Contesting ‘Race’ and Sport Shaming the Colour Line

In the decade since Kevin Hylton’s seminal book ‘Race’ and Sport: Critical Race Theory was published racialised issues have remained at the forefront of sport and leisure studies. In this important new book Hylton draws on original research in contemporary contexts from sport coaching to cyberspace to show once again that Critical Race Theory is an insightful and productive tool for interrogating problematic social phenomena. Inspired by W. E. B. Du Bois’ statement that the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the colour line this book sheds a critical light on the way sport perpetuates racism while identifying opportunities to challenge its insidious presence. Exploring and explaining the ways in which notions of ‘race’ are expressed and contested at individual institutional and societal levels it addresses key topics such as whiteness diversity colourblindness unconscious bias identity leadership humour and discourse to investigate how language can be used as a device for resistance against racism in sport. Contesting ‘Race’ and Sport: Shaming the Colour Line is vital reading for all sport studies students academics and those with an interest in race ethnicity and society. Chapter 7 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | Contesting ‘Race’ and Sport Shaming the Colour Line

GBP 36.99
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William Hunter and his Eighteenth-Century Cultural Worlds The Anatomist and the Fine Arts

William Hunter and his Eighteenth-Century Cultural Worlds The Anatomist and the Fine Arts

The eminent physician and anatomist Dr William Hunter (1718-1783) made an important and significant contribution to the history of collecting and the promotion of the fine arts in Britain in the eighteenth century. Born at the family home in East Calderwood he matriculated at the University of Glasgow in 1731 and was greatly influenced by some of the most important philosophers of the Scottish Enlightenment including Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746). He quickly abandoned his studies in theology for Medicine and in 1740 left Scotland for London where he steadily acquired a reputation as an energetic and astute practitioner; he combined his working life as an anatomist successfully with a wide range of interests in natural history including mineralogy conchology botany and ornithology; and in antiquities books medals and artefacts; in the fine arts he worked with artists and dealers and came to own a number of beautiful oil paintings and volumes of extremely fine prints. He built an impressive school of anatomy and a museum which housed these substantial and important collections. William Hunter’s life and work is the subject of this book a cultural-anthropological account of his influence and legacy as an anatomist physician collector teacher and demonstrator. Combining Hunter’s lectures to students of anatomy with his teaching at the St Martin’s Lane Academy his patronage of artists such as Robert Edge Pine George Stubbs and Johan Zoffany and his associations with artists at the Royal Academy of Arts the book positions Hunter at the very centre of artistic scientific and cultural life in London during the period presenting a sustained and critical account of the relationship between anatomy and artists over the course of the long eighteenth century. | William Hunter and his Eighteenth-Century Cultural Worlds The Anatomist and the Fine Arts

GBP 38.99
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Effective Workforce Development A Concise Guide for HR and Line Managers

Effective Workforce Development A Concise Guide for HR and Line Managers

Developed for busy HR practitioners and trainers this book provides a concise guide to the theory and practice of employee training in contemporary organisations. Reflecting the importance of employee development to learning-based organisations in the knowledge economy it clearly links employee training needs to business development and offers an accessible guide to current theories combined with research-based practical guidance in how to design effective training programmes. Covering all the current theories about training and development and the latest thinking about workplace learning interventions this concise practical guide will be an essential source for HR practitioners and line managers seeking to improve organisational learning and performance. | Effective Workforce Development A Concise Guide for HR and Line Managers

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Drawing the Line Nature Hybridity and Politics in Transboundary Spaces

Drawing the Line Nature Hybridity and Politics in Transboundary Spaces

This book provides the first comprehensive and critical examination of the spatial assumptions underpinning transboundary protected areas in Europe at a time of surging global enthusiasm in creating and managing such areas. It explores how the reliance on the natural science approach to space within environmental planning has led to a return of exclusionary discourses in paradoxical contrast to the stated claims of designing 'peace parks'. The book builds a much-needed link between the critical geopolitical literature on boundaries and social approaches to nature and hybridity. Drawing the Line is theoretically informed yet grounded in substantial fieldwork from sites in France Germany Italy Poland Romania Slovakia and the Ukraine. It uses material from the field to build and question theoretical debates moving beyond site-specific issues to wider patterns and trends. | Drawing the Line Nature Hybridity and Politics in Transboundary Spaces

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Fine Resolution Remote Sensing of Species in Terrestrial and Coastal Ecosystems

Fine Resolution Remote Sensing of Species in Terrestrial and Coastal Ecosystems

Detailed and accurate information on the spatial distribution of individual species over large spatial extents and over multiple time periods is critical for rapid response and effective management of environmental change. The twenty first century has witnessed a rapid development in both fine resolution sensors and statistical theories and techniques. These innovations hold great potential for improved accuracy of species mapping using remote sensing. Fine Resolution Remote Sensing of Species in Terrestrial and Coastal Ecosystems is a collection of eight cutting-edge studies of fine spatial resolution remote sensing including species mapping of biogenic and coral reefs seagrasses salt and freshwater marshes and grasslands. The studies illustrate the power of fine resolution imagery for species identification as well as the value of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery as an ideal source of high-quality reference data at the species level. The studies also highlight the benefit of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) data for species identification and how this varies depending on the species of interest as well as the nature of the context in which the species is found. The broad range of applications explored in the book demonstrates the major contribution of remote sensing to species-level terrestrial and coastal ecosystem studies as well as the potential for future advances. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Remote Sensing.

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Diversity in Black Greek Letter Organizations Breaking the Line

Diversity in Black Greek Letter Organizations Breaking the Line

Starting in the early twentieth century and still thriving in the contemporary era Black Greek-letter organizations (BGLOs) provide social support networking opportunities and service for the Black community. Although BGLOs have always been majority-Black organizations there are small numbers of non-Black individuals who choose to pledge their membership. Diversity in Black Greek-Letter Organizations: Breaking the Line explores the experiences of these non-Black members who have immersed themselves in organizations rich with Black history and culture. Through in-depth interviews with thirty-four such members Wendy Marie Laybourn and Devon R. Goss reveal how and why these individuals come to identify with organizations designed for the uplift of races other than their own. For non-Black BGLO members the association with a Black organization provides them the opportunity to consider the meaning of racial inequality and their own racial identities. Although many non-Black BGLO members recount challenges to their membership the participants in Diversity in Black Greek-Letter Organizations ultimately find a sense of belonging with their Black brothers and sisters which Laybourn and Goss argue can provide an example of the challenges and promises of cross-racial interactions as a whole. | Diversity in Black Greek Letter Organizations Breaking the Line

GBP 36.99
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3D Technology in Fine Art and Craft Exploring 3D Printing Scanning Sculpting and Milling

3D Technology in Fine Art and Craft Exploring 3D Printing Scanning Sculpting and Milling

The possibilities for creation are endless with 3D printing sculpting scanning and milling and new opportunities are popping up faster than artists can keep up with them. 3D Technology in Fine Art and Craft takes the mystery out of these exciting new processes by demonstrating how to navigate their digital components and showing their real world applications. Artists will learn to incorporate these new technologies into their studio work and see their creations come to life in a physical form never before possible. Featuring a primer on 3D basics for beginners interviews tutorials and artwork from over 80 artists intellectual property rights information and a comprehensive companion website this book is your field guide to exploring the exhilarating new world of 3D. Follow step-by-step photos and tutorials outlining the techniques methodologies and finished products of master artists who have employed 3D technology in new and inventive ways Learn how to enlarge reduce and repurpose existing artwork and create virtual pieces in physical forms through a variety of mediums Research your options with an accessible list of pros and cons of the various software 3D printers scanners milling machines and vendors that provide services in 3D technology Listen to podcasts with the artists and learn more tips and tricks through the book's website at www. digitalsculpting. net | 3D Technology in Fine Art and Craft Exploring 3D Printing Scanning Sculpting and Milling

GBP 180.00
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First-Line Clinical Approaches with Active Duty Service Members and Veterans

First-Line Clinical Approaches with Active Duty Service Members and Veterans

This book offers a culturally responsive and empirically based approach to working with active-duty service members veterans and their families. It examines the assessment and evidenced-based treatment of sexual trauma alcohol and substance abuse depression insomnia intimacy issues and OCD in service members and veterans and the major ethical and clinical challenges for licensed independent providers. The chapters are written by distinguished scholars and experienced healthcare providers who deliver health-focused interventions and integrate relevant cross-cultural factors for working with diverse patients. Loaded with clinical examples and up-to-date research this book is essential for all mental health professionals working or in training to serve military personnel or veterans in the United States. | First-Line Clinical Approaches with Active Duty Service Members and Veterans

GBP 31.99
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Drawing the Line: Technical Hand Drafting for Film and Television

Drawing the Line: Technical Hand Drafting for Film and Television

Drawing the Line: Technical Hand Drafting for Film and Television is the essential resource for students and aspiring professionals studying and working in film and television design. The book covers all aspects of scenic drafting by hand – a technique still used in film and television because of its unparalleled emotive and aesthetic qualities. Discover how to draw the iconic scroll of a classical column or learn the difference between Flemish bond and English bond brickwork – it is all here! Other key features include the following: Beautifully illustrated approachable step-by-step instructions for every aspect of scenic drafting – specific to film and television; Illustrated explanations of camera lenses including calculating aspect ratios and projections; Coverage of the four types of drafting projection: isometric oblique orthographic and axonometric; A comprehensive glossary of terms including an illustration of each entry. This beautiful book is clear accessible and a must-have for any student aspiring to work in film and television design.

GBP 42.99
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Drawing the Line Technical Hand Drafting for Film and Television

Drawing the Line Technical Hand Drafting for Film and Television

This is the definitive guide for all aspects of scenic hand drafting for film and television now comprehensively updated and revised for its second edition. Author David McHenry utilizes 45 years of experience as a Designer Art Director Storyboard Artist and Draftsman to provide readers with an accessible step-by-step guide of professional techniques tools and workflows. Readers will discover how to draw the iconic scroll of a classical column or learn the difference between Flemish and English bond brickwork as well as all four types of drafting projection in detail: isometric oblique orthographic and axonometric. Also included is hard-to-find information on lens angles and their calculation for different screen aspect ratios how to create a lens projection image of a set with a given lens height and aspect ratio and how to create forced perspective. Beautifully illustrated with carefully crafted hand-drawn illustrations on every page this thoroughly revised text has been updated to include new examples and exercises and a revised glossary making it the ideal step-by-step guide to hand drafting for film and television. This is an essential resource for students of drafting for film and television scenic design and art direction courses. It will also hugely benefit professionals studying or working in film and television design. | Drawing the Line Technical Hand Drafting for Film and Television

GBP 39.99
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A Short Guide to People Management For HR and line managers

A Short Guide to People Management For HR and line managers

There is a plethora of information available for busy HR practitioners but what they really need is a clear concise and comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of people management within contemporary organizations. Indeed much has been written about Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior which rigorously explores each scientific field yet there is a lack of an integrated examination of both fields. The author begins by describing the new world of business and management which is characterized by continuous change and precarious employment. He examines the individual at work group behavior people resourcing performance and development and the employment relationship and he concludes with a look at organizational change; i. e. the nature of the sorts of changes that take place in companies of all sizes and how the process of organizational development can be managed effectively through people management. This guide provides a thorough examination of the key areas of organizational psychology and people management and offers an easy to digest theory on each topic coupled with the latest empirical evidence. All the core theories of HRM and OB are presented in a methodical and critical manner appealing to time-starved professionals who wish to acquire a detailed overview of people management rapidly. Throughout the book several suggestions will be made to managers for ways of applying various HR theories to the workplace. The reader will uncover how to manage people but won’t be offered prescriptions because the best way of managing people depends on the context. | A Short Guide to People Management For HR and line managers

GBP 18.99
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Firefighting and Fire Safety Systems on Ships

Firefighting and Fire Safety Systems on Ships

This accessible reference introduces firefighting and fire safety systems on ships and is written in line with the IACS Classification Rules for Firefighting Systems. It covers the design construction use and maintenance of firefighting and fire safety systems with cross references to the American Bureau of Shipping rules and various Classification Society regulations which pertain to specific Classification Society rules. As such this book: Focuses on basic principles in line with current practice Is aimed at non-specialists The book suits professional seafarers students and cadets as well as leisure sailors and professionals involved in the logistics industry. It is also particularly useful for naval architects ship designers and engineers who need to interpret the Class rules when developing shipboard firefighting systems.

GBP 42.99
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Human Resources for the Non-HR Manager

Human Resources for the Non-HR Manager

Human Resources for the Non-HR Manager gives every manager regardless of their functional role access to cutting-edge research and evidence-based recommendations so they can approach their people management responsibilities with confidence. Day-to-day people management is increasingly the responsibility of front-line managers not HR professionals. But managers are often poorly prepared for these responsibilities; they receive little training (and sometimes have little interest!) in HR. People management is never easy and it is particularly challenging in COVID-19’s next normal workplace where managers must engage diverse employees across a wide range of working arrangements. This book focuses on the special relationship that line managers have with their employees and describes managers’ responsibilities across the entire employee lifecycle – from front-end recruiting and hiring through to long-term retention. The content is grounded in rigorous academic research but the book’s conversational tone conveys basic principles without technical jargon. Each chapter includes Manager’s Checkpoints to help readers apply the material to their own workplace and Manager’s Knots that address gray areas inherent in people management. The book is designed for any reader currently working as a line manager or aspiring to a managerial role who wants to improve their people management skills.

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