Science for the Curious Photographer: An Introduction to the Science of Photography (2nd edition) By Charles S. Johnson Jr.
2017 | 286 Pages | ISBN: 041579322X | PDF | 16 MB
While there are many books that teach the "how-to" of photography,Science for the Curious Photographeris a book for those who also want to understand how photography works. Beginning with an introduction to the history and science of photography, Charles S. Johnson, Jr. addresses questions about the principles of photography, such as why a camera needs a lens, how lenses work, and why modern lenses are so complicated.Addressing the complex aspects of digital photography, the book discusses color management, resolution, "noise" in images, and the limits of human perception. The creation and appreciation of art in photography is discussed from the standpoint of modern cognitive science.A crucial read for those seeking the scientific context to photographic practice, this second edition has been comprehensively updated, including discussion of DSLRs, mirror-less cameras, and a new chapter on the limits of human vision and perception.
English | 2021 | ASIN : B09C66Q9M8 | 87 pages | PDF, AZW3, EPUB, MOBI | 38.74 MB
If you're looking for fun and new ways to get your kids excited about science then these trivia questions could be the perfect solution.
Framing teaching in terms of trivia or fun facts is a great way to engage your children with learning. You may use this sci quiz to add to your home-schooling or have it as a fun extra activity to do together over dinner.
Lynda Mugglestone, "Samuel Johnson and the Journey into Words"
English | ISBN: 0199679908 | 2015 | 288 pages | PDF | 25 MB
Popular readings of Johnson as a dictionary-maker often see him as a writer who both laments and attempts to control the state of the language. Lynda Mugglestone looks at the range of Johnson's writings on, and the complexity of his thinking about, language and lexicography. She shows how
Salt Open: Automating Your Enterprise and Your Network
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1484272366 | 234 Pages | PDF EPUB | 3 MB
There is a rapid growth of automation in server rooms and data centers. The days of having many administrators running around busily configuring and maintaining servers are gone and have been replaced with droves of Salt-Minions; agents beavering away on the target nodes ensuring the configuration is as specified. This book covers Salt Open (also known as SaltStack Open) from the ground up and shows you how to work with two Linux distributions.
Jonathan Haslam, "Russia's Cold War: From the October Revolution to the Fall of the Wall"
English | ISBN: 0300188196 | 2012 | 544 pages | PDF | 4 MB
The first history of the Cold War focusing on the Soviet dimension, based on previously inaccessible archives
Riots, Pogroms, Jihad: Religious Violence in Indonesia By John T. Sidel
2006 | 279 Pages | ISBN: 0801473276 | PDF | 6 MB
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Riot Days By Maria Alyokhina
2017 | 208 Pages | ISBN: 0241316421 | EPUB | 5 MB
From activist, Pussy Riot member and freedom fighter Maria Alyokhina, a raw, hallucinatory, passionate account of her arrest, trial and imprisonment in a penal colony in the Urals for standing up for what she believed in.'One of the most brilliant and inspiring things I've read in years. Couldn't put it down. This book is freedom' Chris Kraus, author ofI Love DickPeople who believe in freedom and democracy think it will exist forever.That is a mistake. What happened in Russia - what happened to me - could happen anywhere.When I was jailed for political protest, I learned that prison doesn't just teach you to follow the rules. It teaches you to think that you can never break them.It's inevitable that the prison gates will open at some point. But this doesn't mean that you leave the 'prisoner' category and go straight into the category of 'the free'.Freedom does not exist unless you fight for it every day.This is the story about how I made a choice.We are all Pussy Riot.And actions break fear.'To Back Down an Inch is to Give Up a Mile'.
Remains of the Soviet Past in Estonia: An Anthropology of Forgetting, Repair and Urban Traces By Francisco Martinez
2018 | 282 Pages | ISBN: 1787353559 | PDF | 11 MB
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Religion in Modern Taiwan: tradition and innovation in a changing society By Philip Clart; Charles B. Jones
2003 | 333 Pages | ISBN: 0824825640 | PDF | 4 MB
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Reintroducing Robert K. Merton by Charles Crothers
2021 | ISBN: 0367409674, 0367409666 | English | 186 pages | PDF | 13 MB
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