Subject(s): Mathematics -- History | Social history -- Mathematics Summary: Presenting mathematical ideas of peoples from a variety of small-scale and traditional cultures, this book humanizes our view of mathematics and expands our conception of what is mathematical. Through engaging examples of how particular societies structure time, reach d

Subject(s): Older people -- Dwellings | Architecture, Domestic Summary: "This timely book proposes innovative and elegant solutions for the housing needs of our aging society. It is estimated that only 5 percent of the western hemisphere's current housing stock is suitable for elderly residents. Fortunately, today's generation of ar

Subject(s): Cities and towns -- Middle East | City planning -- Middle East Review: "This collection written by Arab architects/urbanists is a sequel to Planning Middle Eastern Cities. Studies of Arab/Islamic cities used to be the province of 'outsiders' who not only prematurely generalized to a genre, but to one encapsulated in time

Subject(s): Business networks | Business -- Computer network resources | Online social networks Summary: The author shows how to combine proven offline business networking techniques with the newest social media to build networks more efficiently and effectively. Contents:Do your homework -- It starts with a coffee -- Your home on the web n

Subject(s): High schools -- Designs and plans | Elementary schools -- Designs and plans | Architecture, Modern Summary: This is a book about primary and mid-school architecture. It presents a collection of projects from many well known architects from Europe, America and Asia, such as ATKINS, Arquitectonica, NAC/Architecture, Henning Larsen Arc

Subject(s): Interior architecture | Interior decoration | Interior architecture -- Pictorial works | Interior decoration -- Pictorial works Summary: 'Interior Architecture' provides an in-depth study of the creative and construction processes behind 30 contemporary interior designs. Covering a broad range of international projects, it i

Subject(s): Probabilities -- Textbooks | Mathematical statistics -- Textbooks | Probabilities -- Textbooks -- Computer simulation | Mathematical statistics -- Textbooks -- Computer simulation Summary: "Student-Friendly Coverage of Probability, Statistical Methods, Simulation, and Modeling ToolsIncorporating feedback from instructors and res

Subject(s): Space (Architecture) | School buildings -- Design and construction | School facilities -- Design and construction | Professional learning communities Summary: The whole landscape of space use is undergoing a radical transformation. In the workplace a period of unprecedented change has created a mix of responses with one overriding o

Subject(s): Corporate image -- Design | Stores, Retail -- Design | Branding (Marketing) | Interior architecture -- Pictorial works | Store decoration -- Pictorial works | Stores, Retail -- Design and construction Summary: Brands are always hungry for new communication ideas. With unique spatial experiences quirky events, experimental showrooms,

Subject(s): Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction | Space warfare -- Fiction Summary: "It is the year 23349 AD. The human race has no living memory of Earth, or its origins beyond a mysterious collapsed wormhole called the EVE Gate. Mankind has prospered in an age of posthumanism, but a powerful class of immortals are slowly taking control