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1 La Porta, Caterina AM Understanding Innovation Through Exaptation I08919 2020 eBook  
2 Schreuder, Duco Outdoor Lighting: Physics, Vision and Perception I05901 2008 eBook  
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TitleUnderstanding Innovation Through Exaptation
Author(s)La Porta, Caterina AM;Zapperi, Stefano;Pilotti, Luciano
PublicationCham, Springer International Publishing, 2020.
DescriptionX, 194 p. 50 illus., 40 illus. in color : online resource
Abstract NoteThis book explores the role of exaptation in diverse areas of life, with examples ranging from biology to economics, social sciences and architecture. The concept of exaptation, introduced in evolutionary biology by Gould and Vrba in 1982, describes the possibility that already existing traits can be exploited for new purposes throughout the evolutionary process. Edited by three active scholars in the fields of biology, physics and economics, the book presents an interdisciplinary collection of expert viewpoints illustrating the importance of exaptation for interpreting current reality in various fields of investigation. Using the lenses of exaptation, the contributing authors show how to view the overall macroscopic landscape as comprising many disciplines, all working in unity within a single complex system. This book is the first to discuss exaptation in both hard and soft disciplines and highlights the role of this concept in understanding the birth of innovation by identifying key elements and ideas. It also offers a comprehensive guide to the emerging interdisciplinary field of exaptation, provides didactic explanations of the basic concepts, and avoids excessive jargon and heavy formalism. Its target audience includes graduate students in physics, biology, mathematics, economics, psychology and architecture; it will also appeal to established researchers in the humanities who wish to explore or enter this new science-driven interdisciplinary field
ISBN,Price9783030457846
Keyword(s)1. Biological systems 2. Cancer Research 3. CITY PLANNING 4. COMPLEX SYSTEMS 5. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 6. EBOOK 7. EBOOK - SPRINGER 8. Evolutionary Biology 9. STATISTICAL PHYSICS 10. Systems biology 11. Urban planning 12. Urbanism
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TitleOutdoor Lighting: Physics, Vision and Perception
Author(s)Schreuder, Duco
PublicationDordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2008.
DescriptionXVIII, 448 p : online resource
Abstract NoteThis book covers theoretical aspects that are at the basis of lighting installations. It focuses on insight, backgrounds and coherence. There are many fundamental aspects that are essential for understanding why different ways to install and use lighting give different results. A purely pragmatic approach to solving practical lighting problems will lead to pitfalls. But as this book shows, on the basis of fundamental considerations on optics, light sources and vision, causes and effects that tend to be overlooked by lighting engineers and designers can be identified. The selection of subjects in this book is based on more than 50 years of experience in studying the fundamental and practical applications of lighting and vision. The author has given classes on these topics, in master courses at post-graduate and post-doctoral levels. Audience: graduate students, researchers, designers, engineers and consultants engaged in lighting, public lighting, lighting equipment and installations
ISBN,Price9781402086021
Keyword(s)1. CITY PLANNING 2. CIVIL ENGINEERING 3. EBOOK 4. EBOOK - SPRINGER 5. ENGINEERING 6. Engineering, general 7. LASERS 8. Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices 9. PHOTONICS 10. Urban planning 11. Urbanism
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