Название: Rotten Tomatoes: The Ultimate Binge Guide: 296 Must-See Shows That Changed the Way We Watch TV
Автор: Rotten Tomatoes
Издательство: Running Press
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 101 Мб
Язык: английский / English

In Rotten Tomatoes' first TV-focused book, discover the best shows ever made. For the completist, The Ultimate Binge Guide is a challenge: a bingeable bucket list of all the shows you need to see before you die (or just to be super-informed at your next dinner party). For all readers, it's a fascinating look at the evolution of TV. In this punchy full-color guide, the editors of Rotten Tomatoes complement series write-ups with engaging infographics; fun sidebars (like a battle between the US and UK editions of The Office); and deep-dive essays on the streaming wars, superproducers to know, and the evolution of our collective viewing habits.

Название: Draping for Fashion Design
Автор: Theresa Parker
Издательство: The Crowood Press
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 14 Мб
Язык: английский / English

This practical book explains how to achieve great designs and creative cuts by seeing ideas come to life three dimensionally. By manipulating and pinning fabric on the dress form or house model, fashion designers can visualise their ideas and become more confident with their own creative visions. This new book includes advice on how to measure the body, as well as prepare the mannequin and fabric; it explains the draping process in detail with step-by-step instructions and practical tips throughout. It gives advice on working at half scale and provides calico preparation diagrams. Finally, there are chapters which introduce new design elements and/or garment type, and covers dresses, skirts, shirts and blouses. Written by a leading designer, Draping for Fashion Design is an essential guide to this skill (also known as ‘moulage’), and explains how the fashion designer can understand their designs more fully, as well as the fabric and the garment’s fit, in order to achieve impressive and sometimes unexpected results.

Название: Renewable Energy and AI for Sustainable Development
Автор: Sailesh Iyer, Anand Nayyar, Mohd Naved, Fadi Al-Turjman
Издательство: CRC Press
ISBN: 1003369554
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 287
Размер: 17,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

Electronic device usage has increased considerably in the past two decades. System configurations are continuously requiring upgrades; existing systems often become obsolete in a matter of 2–3 years. Green computing is the complete effective management of design, manufacture, use, and disposal, involving as little environmental impact as possible.

Название: Watercolor & Hand Lettering: Step-by-step techniques for modern illustrated calligraphy
Автор: Tanja Poltl
Издательство: David & Charles
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 81 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Learn how to combine watercolor illustrations with hand lettering to create beautiful art and gifts. Self-taught artist Tanje Pöltl shares the tips, tricks and know-how she's learned on her creative journey so that you can fast-track your skills. Discover the materials you'll need in terms of paints, brushes, paper and pens, then get started with Tanja's exercises to learn the basic techniques of watercolour painting and hand lettering. 20 amazing step-by-step projects include ideas for gift boxes, journals, greetings cards, jar labels, posters, hoop art, table runners, height charts, box frames and more – all beautifully illustrated in a modern yet timeless style. Kickstart your own creative journey with this accessible and indispensable guide to easy watercolour and hand lettering techniques and make art that makes you happy!

Название: The Creative Instigator's Handbook: A DIY Guide to Making Social Change through Art
Автор: Leanne Prain
Издательство: Arsenal Pulp Press
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 166 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Flash mobs come and go, but purposeful creativity can change communities. Are you a creative (aspiring or otherwise) who is curious about how you can apply your skills to activist, socially engaged art projects? Whether you paint, sew, sing, build, weld, or rhyme, Make It Meaningful explores how to take that big project you've been dreaming about and actually make it a happen. In response to the challenging times that we live in, Make It Meaningful will inspire readers to use their creativity to spur change in the world around them. Guiding readers through the various aspects of a project from ideation to final documentation, the book examines the relationship between creative leadership, community art projects, and social justice, and includes the perspectives of 23 creative instigators who have stretched the boundaries of what "art" should or shouldn't do. Bold and imaginative, Make It Meaningful will appeal to creatives willing to expand their comfort zone by jumping into the fray and doing some outrageous, inspired rabble-rousing of their very own.

Название: Style Your Modern Vintage Home: A Guide to Buying, Restoring and Styling from the 1920s to 1990s
Автор: Kate Beavis
Издательство: David & Charles
Год: 2020
Формат: PDF
Размер: 35 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Style Your Modern Vintage Home is an inspirational book for all vintage enthusiasts. It encompasses everything vintage lovers want in one place: every vintage decade, every practical tip for buying, styling and restoring your vintage homewares and achieving your perfectly styled vintage home. With 'real' homes, 'real' people and 'real' affordable items, this book shows you how you can achieve a stylish vintage/modern home too. Vintage enthusiasts can see how these must-have items or styles work in their own home and how to integrate vintage with modern.

Название: Computational Mathematics: An introduction to Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing with Python
Автор: Dimitrios Mitsotakis
Издательство: CRC Press
Год: 2023
Страниц: 529
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 125.8 MB

This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to computational mathematics and scientific computing suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It presents both practical and theoretical aspects of the subject, as well as advantages and pitfalls of classical numerical methods alongside with computer code and experiments in Python. Each chapter closes with modern applications in physics, engineering, and Computer Science. In this book, we present all the material in Python. Python is a free programming language with a wide variety of extensions. These include extensions to Data Science and Machine Learning, as well as more traditional areas, such as the numerical solution of differential equations. Python comes with functions for almost every method we present in this book, which makes Python a great pedagogical tool. The computer code you will find in this book is written in such a simple way that experts in Python will find my coding style very naive. However, I believe that this style helps students to learn programming.

Название: The notion of mathematical proof: Key rules and considerations
Автор: Olga Moreira
Издательство: Arcler Press
Год: 2023
Страниц: 424
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 12.5 MB

“The Notion Of Mathematical Proof: Key Rules And Considerations” is an edited book consisting of 16 contemporaneous open-access articles that aim to cover the different aspects of learning and teaching mathematical proof. The first part of this book aims at summing up factors that influence the cognitive development required to successfully understand and solve mathematical proofs. The second part of the book aims to overview implementations of learning methods for constructing and evaluating the validity of mathematical proof, as well as to provide strategies for overcoming possible difficulties in mathematical proof processing. It also includes other studies related to mathematical proof and a motion-based program for improving mathematical reasoning through action. This book is intended to reach out to an academic audience ranging from undergraduate students to junior researchers.

Название: Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP: Learn to Retouch and Restore Your Photos like a Pro, 2nd edition
Автор: Phillip Whitt
Издательство: Apress
Год: 2023
Страниц: 351
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf
Размер: 31.9 MB

Digitally repair damaged prints, correct color shifts, and even colorize black and white images. This thoroughly revised book will show you how to retouch and restore photos using the most up-to-date version of GIMP and it's latest tools and features. Basic knowledge of GIMP is helpful, but the first chapter provides an overview of the free, open source image editing program. You'll then see how GIMP is a worthy alternative to Adobe Photoshop. You'll also work with step-by-step tutorials to duplicate the results using the same practice images used in the lessons. Because it is cross-platform friendly you can turn “unfixable” photos into digital art on Windows, macOS, and Linux enhancing your learning experience. Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP provides insight into the powerful program's wide set of features for just about any type of retouching or restoration work.

Название: Intelligent Control and Automation
Автор: Jovan Pehcevski
Издательство: Arcler Press
Год: 2023
Страниц: 425
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 29.1 MB

This book covers different topics from intelligent control and automation, including intelligent control methods, fuzzy control techniques, neural networks-based control, and intelligent control applications. Section 1 focuses on intelligent control methods, describing automatic intelligent control system based on intelligent control algorithm, intelligent multi-agent based information management methods to direct complex industrial systems, a design method of intelligent ropeway type line changing robot based on lifting force control and synovial film controller, and a summary of PID control algorithms based on AI-enabled embedded systems. Section 2 focuses on fuzzy control techniques, describing an adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control scheme for robotic systems, an adaptive backstepping fuzzy control based on type-2 fuzzy system, a fuzzy PID control for respiratory systems, a parameter varying PD control for fuzzy servo mechanism, and a robust fuzzy tracking control scheme for robotic manipulators with experimental verification. Section 3 focuses on neural networks-based control, describing neural network supervision control strategy for inverted pendulum tracking control, a neural PID control strategy for networked process control, a control loop sensor calibration using neural networks for robotic control, a feedforward nonlinear control using neural gas network, and a stable adaptive neural control of a robot arm.