The point, line, plane and solid objects represent the first three dimensions, but a kind of reversal of space is involved in the ascent to a fourth dimension. Steiner leads us to the brink of this new perspective—as nearly as it can be done with words, diagrams, analogies, and examples of many kinds. In doing so, he continues his lifelong project of demonstrating that our objective, everyday…
Escaping Kakania is about fascinating characters—soldiers, doctors, scientists, writers, painters—who traveled from their eastern European homelands to colonial Southeast Asia. Their stories are told by experts on different countries in the two regions, who bring diverse approaches into a conversation that crosses disciplinary and national borders. The 14 chapters deal with the diverse enco…
The automobile industry is one of the biggest industrial sectors in the world. If one includes the economic activities up- and downstream of actual manufacturing the sector’s global value added stands at around 5–10 per cent. Worldwide there are around 500 million registered passenger cars. Their number continues to grow and by 2030 this will triple (Bartel et al. 2015: 6). Automobile manuf…
Rudolf Mrazek berhasil mengungkapkan kejernihan analisis tentang kebebasan kolonialisme, nasionalisme, kesusastraan, revolusi, dan kemanusiaan. Berbagai gambaran perkembangan transportasi (dari sepatu, pembangunan jalan, hingga adanya sepeda motor), arsitektur (dari bangunan penjara hingga hunian ber-AC, teknologi optik (dari fotografi hingga deteksi sidik jari), gaya hidup modern (baju dan pak…