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Nurturing Dreams

Collected Essays on Architecture and the City

By: Fumihiko Maki

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Nurturing Dreams

Collected Essays on Architecture and the City

By: Fumihiko Maki

Unavailable as a collection until now, these essays document both the intellectual journey of one of the world's leading architects and a critical period in the evolution of architectural thought. Born in Tokyo, educated in Japan and the United States, and principal of an internationally acclaimed architectural practice, celebrated architect Fumihiko Maki brings to his writings on architecture a perspective that is both global and uniquely Japanese. Influenced by post-Bauhaus internationalism, sympathetic to the radical urban architectural vision of Team X, and a participant in the avant-garde movement Metabolism, Maki has been at the forefront of his profession for decades. This collection of essays documents the evolution of architectural modernism and Maki's own fifty-year intellectual journey during a critical period of architectural and urban history. Maki's treatment of his two overarching themes—the contemporary city and modernist architecture—demonstrates strong (and sometimes unexpected) linkages between urban theory and architectural practice. Images and commentary on three of Maki's own works demonstrate the connection between his writing and his designs. Moving through the successive waves of modernism, postmodernism, neomodernism, and other isms, these essays reflect how several generations of architectural thought and expression have been resolved within one career.

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MIT Press

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0262311682

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Peter Pran of NBBJ

Realizations

By: Fumihiko Maki,Peter C. Pran

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Peter Pran of NBBJ

Realizations

By: Fumihiko Maki,Peter C. Pran

Peter Pran is often acclaimed as one of the world's most innovative and creative architects. This Norwegian-American has won fifteen national and international design competitions, two AIA design honour awards, including the 2004 design honour award for

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Nurturing Dreams

Collected Essays on Architecture and the City

By: Fumihiko Maki

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Collected Essays on Architecture and the City

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Neutrino Oscillations

A Practical Guide to Basics and Applications

By: Fumihiko Suekane

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Neutrino Oscillations

A Practical Guide to Basics and Applications

By: Fumihiko Suekane

Neutrino oscillation (N.O.) is the only firm evidence of the physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics and is one of the hottest topics in elementary particle physics today. This book focuses on the N.O., from its history to the future prospects, from the basic theories to the experiments. Various phenomena of N.O. are described intuitively with thorough explanations of the fundamental physics behind well-known formulations. For example, while many textbooks start with a discussion of the mixing matrix, this book stresses that N.O. is caused by the transition amplitudes between different neutrino flavors, and that the purpose of N.O. experiments is to measure transition amplitudes and think of its origin. The current understanding of neutrino oscillation is also summarized using the most up-to-date measurements, including the recently measured neutrino mixing angle θ13, and the future prospects of N.O. studies are described as well. The level of this book makes it a bridge between introductory textbooks and scientific papers.

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193

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Springer

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4431554629

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9784431554622

Quantum Oscillations

A simple principle underlying important aspects of physics

By: Fumihiko Suekane

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Quantum Oscillations

A simple principle underlying important aspects of physics

By: Fumihiko Suekane

This book addresses various aspects of physics, using Quantum oscillation (QO) as a common denominator. QO plays an important role in many aspects of physics, such as the Weinberg angle, Caribbo angle, neutrino oscillation, K0 oscillation and CP violation, mass generation by the Higgs field, hadron mass pattern, lepton anomalous magnetic moment, spin precession, hydrogen HI line, etc. Usually, these subjects are taught separately. As such, this book allows readers to learn about a wide range of physics subjects in a unified manner and to gain farther-reaching perspectives. The readers may be surprised at the fact that different looking physics are actually closely related with each other. They will also find essential information on quantum mechanics at the heart from many concrete examples. Though the book is mainly intended for graduate students of particle, nuclear and astrophysics, undergraduate students and researchers will also benefit from the content.

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177

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Springer Nature

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3030705277

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9783030705275

Tsunami: To Survive From Tsunami (Second Edition)

By: Susumu Murata,Fumihiko Imamura,Kazumasa Katoh,Yoshiaki Kawata,Shigeo Takahashi,Tomotsuka Takayama

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Tsunami: To Survive From Tsunami (Second Edition)

By: Susumu Murata,Fumihiko Imamura,Kazumasa Katoh,Yoshiaki Kawata,Shigeo Takahashi,Tomotsuka Takayama

The book is organized into two parts: the first part covers (i) the precious lessons obtained from recent actual tsunami disasters including the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster, (ii) fundamental knowledge of tsunami for our survival, and (iii) concludes the lessons learnt and listing measures for tsunami disaster mitigation for saving human lives. The second part presents tsunami from academic perspective in two chapters: one describes tsunami occurrence mechanism and near-shore behavior; the other mentions numerical simulation and forecasting of tsunami.

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World Scientific

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9813239409

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9789813239401

The Efficiency and Creativity of Product Development

Lessons from the Game Software Industry in Japan

By: Fumihiko Ikuine

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The Efficiency and Creativity of Product Development

Lessons from the Game Software Industry in Japan

By: Fumihiko Ikuine

This is the first book that comprehensively describes the history of the game software industry in Japan. A major objective here is to identify the key determinants of the emergence of the business, the maturing of the market, and the changes brought about by innovations, based on the history of the Japanese industry. To date, similar books have focused only on particular topics of the game software industry, such as the success of Nintendo and Sony and the uniqueness of the Japanese industry. There are no books that interpret the development process of this industry from the point of view of innovation. To fully understand the business and derive insightful lessons from it, however, requires a careful and thorough examination of its development process. Currently, many companies aim to improve efficiency by using information and communications technology (ICT), but it is difficult to maintain a balance between the pursuit of efficiency and the encouragement of creativity. In the case of Japan’s game software industry, firms have pursued higher efficiency in product development to build competitive advantage, resulting in a low rate of radical innovation and causing the slow growth of the industry. In certain situations, the development activities that target the creation of new products may, in themselves, hinder the creation of truly new products. This book conceptualizes this phenomenon as a “development productivity dilemma” and clarifies the mechanisms behind it. The dilemma, like the productivity dilemma in the manufacturing industry, evokes a certain innovation pattern and prevents potential growth. Understanding the lessons from the game software business presented in this book, managers, researchers, and policymakers can gain insight into the mechanisms leading to industrial maturity and clues to avoid the development productivity dilemma.

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185

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Springer Nature

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9811677433

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9789811677434

Tsunami: To Survive From Tsunami

By: Tomotsuka Takayama,Susumu Murata,Fumihiko Imamura,Kazumasa Katoh,Yoshiaki Kawata,Shigeo Tahashi

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Tsunami: To Survive From Tsunami

By: Tomotsuka Takayama,Susumu Murata,Fumihiko Imamura,Kazumasa Katoh,Yoshiaki Kawata,Shigeo Tahashi

This book provides comprehensive scientific information and knowledge survival tips on how to survive a tsunami. It is especially useful to those living (or about to live) in tsunami-prone areas, and to travelers who may visit such areas. The book is composed of two parts: the first consisting of three chapters on how to survive a tsunami by (i) describing precious lessons obtained from actual tsunami disasters, (ii) imparting fundamental knowledge of tsunami science for survival, and (iii) listing measures for tsunami disaster mitigation. The second part provides more detailed scientific knowledge on tsunamis and consists two chapters: one describes tsunami occurrence mechanism and near-shore behavior; the other mentions numerical simulation and tsunami forecasting. This book has been awarded the 2009 Book of the Year Award by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

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World Scientific

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9814338532

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9789814338530

Proceedings of the International Workshop on Frontiers of Theoretical Physics

A General View of Theoretical Physics at the Crossing of Centuries : Beijing, China, 2-5 November 1999

By: Fumihiko Sakata,Ke Wu,En-Guang Zhao

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Proceedings of the International Workshop on Frontiers of Theoretical Physics

A General View of Theoretical Physics at the Crossing of Centuries : Beijing, China, 2-5 November 1999

By: Fumihiko Sakata,Ke Wu,En-Guang Zhao

At the crossing of centuries, it is very important to review the main problems and research in theoretical physics. This was the purpose of the International Workshop on Frontiers of Theoretical Physics, allowing the interchange of ideas among people with different expertise.The proceedings can be divided into two parts: (1) general view talks about string, particle physics, nuclear physics, etc. given by Profs. T Yoneya, M Kobayazhi, A Sanda, Z Li and F Sakata; (2) research related to many important fields, such as quantum field theory, string theory, particle physics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics and mathematical physics.

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9810244835

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9789810244835

Manufacturing Systems and Technologies for the New Frontier

The 41st CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, May 26-28, 2008, Tokyo, Japan

By: Fumihiko Kimura

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Manufacturing Systems and Technologies for the New Frontier

The 41st CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, May 26-28, 2008, Tokyo, Japan

By: Fumihiko Kimura

Collected here are 112 papers concerned with new directions in manufacturing systems, given at the 41st CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems. The high-quality material includes reports of work from both scientific and engineering standpoints.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1848002661

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Peter Pran of NBBJ

Realizations

By: Fumihiko Maki,Peter C. Pran

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Realizations

By: Fumihiko Maki,Peter C. Pran

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Book's by Fumihiko Maki

Nurturing Dreams

Nurturing Dreams

Peter Pran of NBBJ

Peter Pran of NBBJ

Nurturing Dreams

Nurturing Dreams

Neutrino Oscillations

Neutrino Oscillations

Quantum Oscillations

Quantum Oscillations

Tsunami: To Survive From Tsunami (Second Edition)

Tsunami: To Survive From Tsunami (Second Edition)

The Efficiency and Creativity of Product Development

The Efficiency and Creativity of Product Development

Tsunami: To Survive From Tsunami

Tsunami: To Survive From Tsunami

Proceedings of the International Workshop on Frontiers of Theoretical Physics

Proceedings of the International Workshop on Frontiers of Theoretical Physics

Manufacturing Systems and Technologies for the New Frontier

Manufacturing Systems and Technologies for the New Frontier

Peter Pran of NBBJ

Peter Pran of NBBJ

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