From Rousseau to Richter, from Brancusi to Bourgeois, from Monet to Miró -this volume presents twenty-five inspiring highlights that have transformed art in innovative ways. These works were selected from the more than 400 works held in the collection of the Fondation Beyeler. Whether it is found in the radical light reflected in Monet's water lily pond or in Warhol's Flowers, whether it is found in Mondrian's abstract grids or Rothko'sexpressively luminous color fields, these twenty-five works attest to a visionary power reaching far beyond their present times. Such works are emblematic of the collection of modern art that has been carefully assembled by gallery owners Ernst and Hildy Beyeler and of the museum, which has become one of the most popular and successful venues in Europe since it was founded in 1997.

In den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten ist Drag im Mainstream angekommen, was nicht zuletzt daran liegt, dass Drag fotogen ist. Aber was macht ein gutes Porträt einer Drag-Queen aus? Es ist leicht, sich in all dem Glanz und Glamour zu verlieren, ohne das Wesen und die Vielfalt dieser Künstler:innen zu erfassen. Ein gutes Porträt, wie Martin Schoellers Drag Queens zeigt, fängt viel mehr ein als den bestimmten Look einer Person, sondern bietet einen Einblick in die Innenwelt, die Emotionen, die Motivationen und die Fantasie der Porträtierten. Drag ist viel mehr als theatralisches Cross-Dressing, es geht um eine lebendige Inszenierung, die eine Version des Selbst offenbart, die sonst vielleicht unbemerkt bliebe. In Schoellers Bildern wird Drag zu einer Form des dynamischen Porträts, das alle möglichen Ideen davon ausdrückt, wer wir uns vorstellen zu sein, und uns erlaubt, diese Geschichten zu leben und zu teilen - und sei es nur für eine Nacht.

Explains how, against the odds, pioneering start-ups have taken on established firms and revolutionised global commerce--with huge implications for the future of business.

From the author of the critically acclaimed debut, A Little Hope comes an enormously powerful and life-affirming novel about three individuals whose lives intersect in unforeseen ways. Set in a close-knit Pennsylvania suburb in the grip of winter, A Quiet Life follows three people grappling with loss and finding a tender wisdom in their grief.

Biggles flies to Brazil to hunt for the treasure of an ancient civilisation...The Great War is over, and Biggles is bored. The adrenaline-pounding thrill of flying over the trenches seems a lifetime ago. When he receives word that his uncle is back in the country from his own adventures, Biggles takes Algy along to visit him.But Biggles' uncle is in a spot of hot water. While he was exploring in Brazil, he found himself on the trail of a long-lost treasure. But, before he could locate it, his treacherous porters turned against him, tracked him back to England, and now have him under siege in his own house.Biggles is not going to let this stand. Together, he and Algy help him break out. There is only one thing to do: fly back to Brazil, and be the first ones to find the treasure.A perilous quest to the heart of the Amazon awaits our heroes, where danger lurks around every corner...

Interesting Beetles showcases portraits of curious and colourful beetles from the collections of London’s Natural History Museum, one of the oldest and most important collections of coleoptera in the world. They include some historic specimens collected by famous naturalists such as Joseph Banks, Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Russel Wallace, and for each one there is a detailed caption explaining its most interesting aspects, whether biological, geographical or sociological.

Martin Salander, one of the Gottfried Keller's most famous novels, is here accompanied by A Village Romeo and Juliet. Both novellas are considered finest examples of nineteenth-century poetic realism.

Children love to ask questions about their bodies that adults struggle to answer, about life, death and everything in between. This is the book to give those curious children!Not just a tour of the body, its organs, and how they work, this book takes the time to answer questions kids didn't know they were allowed to ask. That means fun questions, such as 'What's itching for?' or 'What will humans look like a million year from now?', and also serious questions, such as 'Can we slow down ageing?' or 'Can we cure allergies?'Clear diagrams and fun cartoons guide readers through complex answers about how genes work, how brains learn, how bodies build themselves, and all sorts of fascinating topics. Carefully selected photos show what cells and tissue and other body parts really look like - for kids brave enough to look.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a complicated science that combines philosophy, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, mathematics and logic (logicism), economics, computer science, computability, and software. Meanwhile, robotics is an engineering field that compliments AI. There can be situations where AI can function without a robot (e.g. Turing Test) and robotics without AI (e.g. teleoperation), but in many cases, each technology requires each other to exhibit a complete system: having "smart" robots and AI being able to control its interactions (i.e., effectors) with its environment. This book provides a complete history of computing, AI and robotics from its early development to state-of-the-art technology, providing a roadmap of these complicated and constantly evolving subjects. Divided into two volumes covering the progress of symbolic logic and the explosion in learning/deep learning in natural language and perception, the first volume investigates the coming together of AI (the mind) and robotics (the body), as well as discussing the state of AI today.The second volume goes more in-depth into the history of artificial intelligence, starting with key people and important events that bring us to the present day.Key Features: - Provides a complete overview of the topic of artificial intelligence, starting with philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and logicism, and extending to the action of the robots and artificial intelligence needed for a futuristic society- Provides a holistic view of AI without bias, and touches on all the misconceptions and tangents to the technologies through taking a systematic approach.- Provides a glossary of terms, list of notable people and extensive references- Provides the interconnections and history of the progress of technology for over 100 years as both the hardware (Moore's Law, GPUs) and software, i.e. generative ai, has advancedIntended as a complete reference, this book is useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students of computing, as well as the general reader. It also can be used as a textbook by course convenors. If you only had one book on AI and robotics, this set would be the first reference to acquire and learn about the theory and practice.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a complicated science that combines philosophy, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, mathematics and logic (logicism), economics, computer science, computability, and software. Meanwhile, robotics is an engineering field that compliments AI. There can be situations where AI can function without a robot (e.g. Turing Test) and robotics without AI (e.g. teleoperation), but in many cases, each technology requires each other to exhibit a complete system: having "smart" robots and AI being able to control its interactions (i.e., effectors) with its environment. This book provides a complete history of computing, AI and robotics from its early development to state-of-the-art technology, providing a roadmap of these complicated and constantly evolving subjects.Divided into two volumes covering the progress of symbolic logic and the explosion in learning/deep learning in natural language and perception, this second volume goes more in-depth into the history of artificial intelligence, starting with key people and important events that bring us to the present day.Key Features: - Builds on the insights provided in volume 1 to look into the future of AI and robotics- Provides a holistic view of AI without bias, and touches on all the misconceptions and tangents to the technologies through taking a systematic approach.- Provides a glossary of terms, list of notable people and extensive references- Provides the interconnections and history of the progress of technology for over 100 years as both the hardware (Moore's Law, GPUs) and software, i.e. generative ai, has advancedIntended as a complete reference, this book is useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students of computing, as well as the general reader. It also can be used as a textbook by course convenors. If you only had one book on AI and robotics, this set would be the first reference to acquire and learn about the theory and practice.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a complicated science that combines philosophy, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, mathematics and logic (logicism), economics, computer science, computability, and software. Meanwhile, robotics is an engineering field that compliments AI. There can be situations where AI can function without a robot (e.g. Turing Test) and robotics without AI (e.g. teleoperation), but in many cases, each technology requires each other to exhibit a complete system: having "smart" robots and AI being able to control its interactions (i.e., effectors) with its environment. This book provides a complete history of computing, AI and robotics from its early development to state-of-the-art technology, providing a roadmap of these complicated and constantly evolving subjects. Divided into two volumes covering the progress of symbolic logic and the explosion in learning/deep learning in natural language and perception, this first volume investigates the coming together of AI (the mind) and robotics (the body), as well as discussing the state of AI today.Key Features: - Provides a complete overview of the topic of artificial intelligence, starting with philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and logicism, and extending to the action of the robots and artificial intelligence needed for a futuristic society- Provides a holistic view of AI without bias, and touches on all the misconceptions and tangents to the technologies through taking a systematic approach.- Provides a glossary of terms, list of notable people and extensive references- Provides the interconnections and history of the progress of technology for over 100 years as both the hardware (Moore's Law, GPUs) and software, i.e. generative ai, has advancedIntended as a complete reference, this book is useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students of computing, as well as the general reader. It also can be used as a textbook by course convenors. If you only had one book on AI and robotics, this set would be the first reference to acquire and learn about the theory and practice.