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Thinking with Diagrams(Reprint)
by Alan F. Blackwell
Hardcover, 150 Pages, Published 2001 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-0-7923-6944-8, ISBN: 0-7923-6944-0

"This book provides an introductory overview of the rapid growth in interdisciplinary research into Thinking with Diagrams. Diagrammatic representations are becoming more common in everyday human experience, yet they offer unique challenges to cognitive science research. Neither linguistic nor perceptual theories are sufficient to completely explain their advantages and applications. These research challenges may be part of the rea ..."






Live Coding
A User's Manual (Software Studies)
by Alan F. Blackwell, Emma Cocker, Geoff Cox, Alex Mclean, Thor Magnusson
Paperback, 353 Pages, Published 2022 by The Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-54481-8, ISBN: 0-262-54481-4

"... Brigid McLeer , David Ogborn , Jochen Arne Otto , Roly Perera , Hester Reeve , Julian Rohrhuber , Juan Gabriel Alzate Romero , Uwe Seifert , Kate Sicchio , Andrew Sorensen , Andre Stitt , Giuseppe Torre , Renate Wieser , Matthew Yee ..."






Coded Chimera
Exploring Relationships Between Sculptural Form Making and Biological Morphogenesis Through Computer Modelling
by Bruce Gernand, Norman Macleod, Alan F. Blackwell
Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 2011 by Crucible Network
ISBN-13: 978-0-9568022-0-0, ISBN: 0-9568022-0-6






Artistic Bedfellows
Histories, Theories and Conversations in Collaborative Art Practices: Histories, Theories and Conversations in Collaborative Art Practices
by Holly Crawford, Horace Brockington, Vladimir Belogolovsky, Nicolas Collins, Cristyn Davies, Shawna Ferris, Ken Friedman, Grant Kester, Pia Lindman, Holly Longstaff, Beret Norman, Martin Simon, Tracey Snelling, Charles Green, Eva Merz, Fernando Galán, Nadín Ospina, Pierre-Olivier Douphis, Zoe Trodd, Catharyne Ward, Steve Wozniak, Eric Wright, Andrea Thal, Alan F. Blackwell, Critical Art Ensemble, Chris Fite-Wassilak, David A. Good, Lisa Paul Streitfeld, Guy Van Belle, Nina Zimmer, Gelatin, Lull, Orlan, Todt
Paperback, 330 Pages, Published 2008 by Upa
ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-4064-0, ISBN: 0-7618-4064-8

"Artistic Bedfellows is an international interdisciplinary collection of historical essays, critical papers, case studies, interviews, and comments from scholars and practitioners that shed new light on the growing field of collaborative art. This collection examines the field of collaborative art broadly, while asking specific questions with regard to the issues of interdisciplinary and cultural difference, as well as the psychological ..."






Speculative Everything(1st Edition)
Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming (The MIT Press)
by Shaowen Bardzell, Jeffrey Bardzell, Mark Blythe, Roland Barthes, Jofish Kaye, Umberto Eco, Wolfgang Iser, Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse, Erik Stolterman, Louis Althusser, Paul Dourish, Judith Butler, Ann Light, Bruno Latour, Carl Disalvo, Mikhail Bakhtin, Peter, Gilbert Cockton, Stuart Hall, Alan F. Blackwell, Arthur C. Danto, John Mccarthy, Allan Kaprow, Kirsten Boehner, Michel Foucault, Associate Professor Melanie Feinberg, Elizabeth F. Churchill, John Bowers, Edward W. Said, Seyla Benhabib, Olav W. Bertelsen, Terry Eagleton, Søren Kierkegaard, Slavoj Žižek, Søren Bro Pold, James C. Scott, Hrönn B. Holmer, Phoebe Sengers, Kaiton Williams, Beki Grinter, Slavoj Zizek, Sren Kierkegaard, Sren Bro Pold, Mark A. Blythe, Melanie Feinberg, Aristotle
Hardcover, 840 Pages, Published 2018 by The Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-03798-3, ISBN: 0-262-03798-X

"Classic texts by thinkers from Althusser to Žižek alongside essays by leaders in interaction design and HCI show the relevance of critical theory to interaction design. Why should interaction designers read critical theory? Critical theory is proving unexpectedly relevant to media and technology studies. The editors of this volume argue that reading critical theory -- understood in the broadest sense, including but not limited to the Fr ..."






Power(1st Edition)
by Alan F. Blackwell, David Mackay, David Etc Mackay
Paperback, 152 Pages, Published 2014 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-62826-7, ISBN: 1-107-62826-1

"In this book, first published in 2006, seven internationally renowned writers address the theme of Power from the perspective of their own disciplines. Energy expert Mary Archer begins with an exploration of the power sources of our future. Astronomer Neil Tyson leads a tour of the orders of magnitude in the cosmos. Mathematician and inventor of the Game of Life John Conway demonstrates the power of simple ideas in mathematics. Screenwr ..."






Work Meets Life(1st Edition)
Exploring the Integrative Study of Work in Living Systems (The MIT Press)
by Robert Levin, Simon Laughlin, Alan F. Blackwell, Gillian Brown, Joseph Rosse, Stacy Saturay, Steven Maier, Michael Lightner, Kevin N. Laland, The Mit Press
Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2011 by The Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-01412-0, ISBN: 0-262-01412-2

"The work performed by living systems ranges from photosynthesis to prodigious feats of computation and organization. This multidisciplinary volume explores the relationships between work and the study of work across many different levels of organization. By addressing how work gets done, and why, from the perspectives of a range of disciplines, including cell and evolutiona ..."






Power(1st Edition)
(Darwin College Lectures)
by Alan F. Blackwell, David Mackay, David Mackay Etc, Mary Archer, Tony Benn, Elisabeth Bronfen
Hardcover, 146 Pages, Published 2006 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-82377-7, ISBN: 0-521-82377-3

"In this book, first published in 2006, seven internationally renowned writers address the theme of Power from the perspective of their own disciplines. Energy expert Mary Archer begins with an exploration of the power sources of our future. Astronomer Neil Tyson leads a tour of the orders of magnitude in the cosmos. Mathematician and inventor of the Game of Life John Conway demonstrates the power of simple ideas in mathematics. Screenwr ..."






Moral Codes
Designing Alternatives to AI
by Alan F. Blackwell
Published 2024 by Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-37921-2, ISBN: 0-262-37921-X

"In Moral Codes, Alan Blackwell argues that there is a fundamental flaw in the research agenda of AI. What humanity needs, Blackwell argues, is better ways to tell computers what we want them to do, with new and better programming languages: ..."






Live Coding
A User's Manual
by Alan F. Blackwell, Emma Cocker, Geoff Cox, Alex McLean, Thor Magnusson
353 Pages, Published 2022 by Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-37262-6, ISBN: 0-262-37262-2

"A User's Manual Alan F. Blackwell, Emma Cocker, Geoff Cox, Alex McLean, Thor Magnusson. Bennett , Jane . Vibrant Matter : A Political Ecology of Things . Durham , NC : Duke University Press , 2010 . Bense , Max . " The Projects of ..."






Thinking with Diagrams(Reprint)
by Alan F. Blackwell
Paperback, 150 Pages, Published 2013 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-90-481-5695-5, ISBN: 90-481-5695-5

"This book provides an introductory overview of the rapid growth in interdisciplinary research into Thinking with Diagrams. Diagrammatic representations are becoming more common in everyday human experience, yet they offer unique challenges to cognitive science research. Neither linguistic nor perceptual theories are sufficient to completely explain their advantages and applications. These research chall ..."






The Summer of '79
A Pool Odyssey (Paperback)
by Alan Blackwell
Paperback, 238 Pages, Published 2011 by Outskirts Press, United States
ISBN-13: 978-1-4327-7273-4, ISBN: 1-4327-7273-2

"Al Blackwell has been an avid pool player since childhood. He began playing in local tournaments and leagues in the mid 70's and is still actively playing in them today."






Work Meets Life
Exploring the Integrative Study of Work in Living Systems
by Alan Blackwell
Published 2011
ISBN-13: 978-1-280-49901-2, ISBN: 1-280-49901-X






Work Meets Life
Exploring the Integrative Study of Work in Living Systems
by Robert Levin, Alan Blackwell, Simon Laughlin
Published 2011
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-26584-3, ISBN: 0-262-26584-2






Work Meets Life
Exploring the Integrative Study of Work in Living Systems
by Robert Levin, Simon Laughlin, Alan Blackwell
272 Pages, Published 2011 by Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-26555-3, ISBN: 0-262-26555-9

"... Data Work meets life : exploring the integrative study of work in living systems / edited by Robert Levin ... [et al.]. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-262-01412-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Biological systems. 2."






Power
by Alan Blackwell, David Mackay
164 Pages, Published 2006 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-139-44559-7, ISBN: 1-139-44559-6

"Alan Blackwell, David MacKay. chorus of Bach's 'St ... However, he also noted perceptively that, though music affects every emotion, it 'does not by itself excite in us the more terrible emotions of horror, rage, etc.'. These words on music and the ..."






Music
by Alan Blackwell
Hardcover, 48 Pages, Published 1988 by Hodder Wayland
ISBN-13: 978-1-85210-343-9, ISBN: 1-85210-343-4






Thinking with Diagrams
by Alan F. Blackwell
150 Pages, Published 2013 by Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN-13: 978-94-017-3524-7, ISBN: 94-017-3524-7

"... interact with diagrams will encourage new styles of literacy in a similar fashion. Despite this observation, there is substantial scepticism regarding the value of diagrams. The Speaker of the British House of Commons, Betty Boothroyd, rebuked an M.P. in 1994: “I Introduction Thinking with Diagrams Acknowledgements References The GraphicLinguistic Distinction Introduction Introduction Applying Complex Information Processing The ..."






Diagrammatic Representation and Inference
by Kim Marriott, Atsushi Shimojima, Alan F. Blackwell
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2004 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-3-540-21268-3, ISBN: 3-540-21268-X

"Although diagrammatic representations have been a feature of human com- nication from early history, recent advances in printing and electronic media technologyhaveintroducedincreasinglysophisticatedvisualrepresentationsinto everydaylife. We need to improve our understanding of the role of diagramsand sketches in communication, cognition, creative thought, and problem-solving. Thes ..."






70 Years Next to Paradise
by Alan Blackwell
Hardcover, Published 1998 by Self Published
ISBN-13: 978-1-55056-590-4, ISBN: 1-55056-590-7



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