El misterio de las nubes ha cautivado tanto a científicos como a artistas. Este libro te muestra cómo utilizar las técnicas meteorológicas de la nefología para identificar estas formas esquivas y mutables a traves de la representacion artistica de la pintura. Clasifica y mide todas sus clases teniendo en cuenta la altura, el tamaño, la textura, la disposicion, las modificaciones y el movimiento de sus multiples formas cambiantes. Nubes combina una narracion vivaz y atractiva de uno de los meteorologos mas destacados de la actualidad con un ensayo sobre el arte historico de las nubes, e incluye una gran cantidad de estudios sobre las nubes, realizados por algunos de los mejores artistas que jamas hayan mirado al cielo.
Weve all been there worrying about success, about whether or not we can become the person weve always wanted to be, whether we can live the life weve always wanted to live. Is it really possible? Can we actualize our potential? Or is it all just a pipe dream? Enough Is Enough says its not! Drawing on a wide variety of influences, from literature to Zen Buddhism, biology to neuroscience, Enough Is Enough lays out the habits anyone can develop to turn them into just the kind of hard-working, deep-thinking ideal theyve always wanted to be. Written with passion, wit, and knowledge gained as much from life as from literature, Enough Is Enough promises to be just the book youre looking for if you want to run headlong into the future and never look back.
Have you ever looked at movies depicting the future, both utopias and dystopias alike, and wondered, "Could that truly be our future?"In this book, we will be looking at how technology has progressed through the years to get a glimpse of the future. Here, you will learn how humans lived their lives in the past and how technology has influenced that way of life and transformed it into what it is today. We will also discuss certain turning points in human society that lead us to where we are now.Once we understand our past, we can begin to look at the present and see how technology is currently influencing our lives. As we discover the changes that are happening all around us, we will be able to construct an image of the future and, hopefully, catch a glimpse of what life in the future may be like.This book will explore the social implications of technology. Together, we will be answering the following questions: Do we bring about the changes in our society through the technology we develop? Or does technology bring about change through us?