Bøger af Maggie Ross

Robotics is a branch of engineering involve in the conception, design, manufacture and operation of robots. The plan or convention which is used for constructing a robot or a robotic system is known as robot design. Robot kinematics refers to the application of geometry in order to study the movement of multi-degree of freedom kinematic chains that make up the framework of robotic systems. It investigates the relationship between the connectivity and dimensions of kinematic chains. Furthermore, it studies the relation between acceleration, location and velocity of each link in the robotic system for planning and controlling movement, and for computing torques and actuator forces. Robot kinematics also includes singularity avoidance, collision avoidance, motion planning, redundancy and kinematic synthesis of robots. Motion planning refers to the process of breaking down a desired movement of the robot into discrete motions that are subject to certain movement constraints, and optimize the required movement. This book unfolds the innovative aspects of robot design, kinematics and motion planning, which will be crucial for the progress of robotics in the future. It will serve as a valuable source of reference for graduate and postgraduate students.

Is the priesthood a power to be exercised, or a call to share in the broken Christ? This book sets questions about ordained ministry in the Church within a wider context, encouraging us to reflect anew on the relationship between administrative power and spiritual authority within the Church, and to redefine the priesthood.

Written by an author who is a life-professed solitary and mystic under vows to the Archbishop of Canterbury, this book presents seasonal meditations.

Endorsements:""Tears are a little-known subject spiritually to most people, and Maggie Ross is very helpful in giving us both a historical grounding and a contemporary personal relevance for it.""--Tilden Edwards, Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation""Maggie Ross has written a lovely, intelligent, and costly book: costly in that it is evident that it cost her a great deal to write it, and costly in that the conscientious reader cannot but be challenged by it.""--Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco""This is the only major work on tears today. A fountain in the desert, this book fills a genuine need--which is more than most books can claim.""--David Steindl-Rast, OSB""Maggie Ross skillfully examines the gift and way of tears in relation to the evolution of Christian thought and spiritual theology. Her thesis that ''tears release us from the prison of power and control into the vast love and infinite possibility of God'' is truly ecumenical.""--William H. Frey II, author of Crying: The Mystery of Tears

Silence is essential for the health and well-being of humans and the environment in which they live. Yet silence has almost vanished from our lives and our world. Of all the books that claim to be about silence, this is the only one that addresses silence directly. Silence: A User's Guide is just what the title says: it is a guide to silence, which is both a vast interior spaciousness, and the condition of our being in the natural world. This book exposes the processes by which silence can transfigure our lives--what Maggie Ross calls "the work of silence"; it describes how lives steeped in silence can transfigure other lives unawares. It shows how the work of silence was once understood to be the foundation of the teaching of Jesus, and how this teaching was once an intrinsic part of Western Christianity; it describes some of the methods by which the institution suppressed the work of silence, and why religious institutions are afraid of silence. Above all, this book shows that the work of silence gives us a way of being in the world that is more than we can ask for or imagine.

Secrets, lies, lust and adultery by the Thames estuary in the shadow of World War II.