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TopoGrafix - GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps for your Garmin, Magellan, or Lowrance GPS GPSBabel: convert, upload, download data from GPS and Map programs Picasso and Einstein Got the Picture - Issue 13: Symmetry Most of the big steps forward in science are made possible by visualization. Albert Einstein said he visualized the theory of relativity before he worked out the formula. Previous explanations of the universe made no aesthetic sense to him. Humans have an underlying desire to have things be aesthetically pleasing. In that way scientists are like artists. To consider how art and science interact, we should be aware of what happens in the brain when we perceive an image. Extensive processing of visual information encompasses an estimated 260 million photoreceptors and 2 million ganglion cells, the output neurons from the retina. Why are images so important to us? We have a built-in sense for proportion, for symmetry, for what feels right. Research shows approximately 80 percent of our perception is influenced by visual sense. This technique still works extremely well today, as Boris Nikolai Konrad has confirmed. Images in our minds help us learn by heart.

Mapa Localizador Libros a nivel Geografico mapFAST Find library materials about world wide locations Find FAST Geographic Subject Headings Near: Terms of Use Map Satellite Share this Location: mapFAST is a project of OCLC Research. This prototype interface was developed to show the access opportunities created by using the fully enumerative faceted FAST subject headings. Learn more about the FAST project. The FAST authority file was developed jointly by OCLC and the Library of Congress and is available online to support FAST applications and allow potential users and other interested parties to view the FAST authority records. The most recent update for FAST was 11/05/2013. For comments on the FAST authorities or this interface, please contact the FAST Team FAST Projects searchFAST A full feature search interface to the FAST database. mapFAST mapFAST is a Google Maps mashup prototype designed to provide map based access to bibliographic records using FAST geographic and event authorities. FAST Converter FAST Linked Data mapFAST Web Service

“As crianças são todas originalmente hackers”, constata Pekka Himanen O intelectual finlandês Pekka Himanen (foto), autor do já clássico livro “A ética do hacker”, esteve em Buenos Aires para oferecer conferências sobre o espírito do trabalho na idade da informação. Em entrevista, falou sobre a maneira como o conteúdo de seu manifesto sobreviveu nestes últimos dez anos. Pekka Himanen parece muito jovem para ter escrito “A ética do hacker”. Nesse manifesto, publicado em 2001, o intelectual finlandês (que aos vinte anos tornou-se doutor em filosofia) tenta definir o espírito de trabalho que caracterizava o mundo dos programadores, como Linus Torvalds, o criador do sistema operativo de código aberto Linux – ou Steve Wozniak, o cofundador, junto de Steve Jobs, da Apple Computer. Em seu livro, o que fez Himanen foi contrapor o espírito hacker com a ética protestante, definida por Max Weber na obra “A ética protestante e o 'espírito' do capitalismo”. O prólogo de “A ética do hacker” foi escrito por Linus Torvalds, também finlandês. Eis a entrevista.

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