In order to understand architecture in all its cultural complexity it is necessary to grasp certain basic concepts such as representation, form and space. The aim of this book is to provide teachers, students, practising architects and curious general readers with a set of ideas that will enrich their conversation, their writing, and above all their thinking about architecture....(展开全部)

本书以简洁明了的方式介绍了当下的建筑思想，涵盖了众多关键的建筑理论概念。书中分为再现、语言、形式、空间、真实、自然、历史、城市等八章的内容，采用循序渐进的叙述方式，将关注点放在思想层面，而非仅聚焦于理论背后的理论家和哲学家们。从帕特农神庙到高技派建筑，从柏拉图到勒·柯布西耶、索绪尔，对于学生、建筑从业者及任何对建筑理论怀有兴趣的普通读者来说，阅读本书，都可以较快理解建筑文化的复杂性，丰富相关知识，促进对建筑的思考，步入建筑理论之门。

A sharp and lively text that covers issues in depth but not to the point that they become inaccessible to beginning students, An Introduction to Architectural Theory is the first narrative history of this period, charting the veritable revolution in architectural thinking that has taken place, as well as the implications of this intellectual upheaval. The first comprehensive ...(展开全部)

A sharp and lively text that covers issues in depth but not to the point that they become inaccessible to beginning students, An Introduction to Architectural Theory is the first narrative history of this period, charting the veritable revolution in architectural thinking that has taken place, as well as the implications of this intellectual upheaval. The first comprehensive ...(展开全部)

Many students encounter difficulty going from high school math to college-level mathematics. Even if they do well at math in school, most students are knocked off course for a while by the shift in emphasis from the K-12 focus on mastering procedures to the “mathematical thinking” characteristic of much university mathematics. Though the majority survive the transition, many do...(展开全部)

Logic deals with the inevitable - those consequences which follow inescapably from a given set of premisses. This fact has caused it to be seen as different from other more self-questioning branches of philosophy. In this book, Stephen Read sets out to rescue logic from its undeserved reputation as an inflexible, dogmatic discipline by demonstrating that its technicalities and ...(展开全部)

Logic deals with the inevitable - those consequences which follow inescapably from a given set of premisses. This fact has caused it to be seen as different from other more self-questioning branches of philosophy. In this book, Stephen Read sets out to rescue logic from its undeserved reputation as an inflexible, dogmatic discipline by demonstrating that its technicalities and ...(展开全部)

A stimulating excursion into pure mathematics aimed at "the mathematically traumatized," but great fun for mathematical hobbyists and serious mathematicians as well. This book leads the reader from simple graphs through planar graphs, Euler's formula, Platonic graphs, coloring, the genus of a graph, Euler walks, Hamilton walks, more. Includes exercises. 1976 edition.

Very roughly speaking, representation theory studies symmetry in linear spaces. It is a beautiful mathematical subject which has many applications, ranging from number theory and combinatorics to geometry, probability theory, quantum mechanics, and quantum field theory. The goal of this book is to give a “holistic” introduction to representation theory, presenting it as a unifi...(展开全部)