cam a22 4 4500 528975498 CHVBK 20201204114204.0 180926s2017 xxka b||| 001 0 eng|d 1-78023-729-4 978-1-78023-729-9 (IDSBB)006772398 (SBT)000905478 (OCoLC)951753711 YDXCP ger YDXCP BDX BTCTA OCLCQ YDX OCLCO KUK OCLCF UAB VP@ OCL U3G ERASA SzZuIDS BS/BE A100 rda B105.S85 H54 2017 114 23 510 15 000 15 NK 4930 rvk Higman B. W. 1943- (DE-588)137302495 Verfasser aut Flatness B.W. Higman London Reaktion Books 2017 264 Seiten Illustrationen Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-253) and index The modern world is dominated by flat surfaces. We write, print and project on flat paper or flat screens, which we stare at all day. We inhabit spaces constructed from flat materials. We play sport on level fields. Engineered planar surfaces have become so pervasive and fundamental to behaviour and thought that we barely notice their existence. But flat landscapes are also often disparaged, viewed as featureless, empty and monotonous. Metaphorically, to 'feel flat' is to be bored, dull, lacking energy or inspiration. So what is it about flatness that makes it so desirable and practical in everyday life, yet so unattractive in landscape and as an idea? How has the construction of flat surfaces contributed to a degradation of visual diversity? 'Flatness' attacks these questions by looking first at the ways humans have perceived the natural world around them, from Flat Earth theories to abstract geometric concepts and the Flatness Problem in modern cosmology. It also traces the long historical trajectory of flatness as an engineering ideal, and the representation of the concept in art, music and literature Fläche (DE-588)4129864-0 gnd Oberfläche (DE-588)4042907-6 gnd Ebene (DE-588)4150968-7 gnd Surfaces (Philosophy) Flatness measurement Flatness measurement fast Surfaces (Philosophy) fast Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 gnd Planheit (DE-588)4219329-1 gnd u 720.010 Higm sbt TM BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 Stoppsignal FRED 02.05.2018 nebis DS ph SzBzSBTc IDSBB A100 A100 100FM UBH Kt 23264 NELA1001803 SBT MEAA MEAA 801 AAM 720.010 Higm IDSBB 100 1- Higman B. W. 1943- (DE-588)137302495 Verfasser aut SBT 100 1- Higman Barry William IDSBB DSV51 DSV01 A100 http://www.ub.unibas.ch/tox/IDSBB/006772398/PDF pdf VIEW Inhaltsverzeichnis SWISSBIB 483157686