Bøger af Stephen Adams

Murray Schafer is one of Canada's few composers to have achieved an international reputation. His innovative and often controversial work extends beyond music into the areas of education, literary scholarship, journalism, theatre, and graphics, as well as a new field of his own making-environmental sound research. This comprehensive critical survey of his life and works reveals the unifying pattern within an amazingly productive and varied career.Adams examines Schafer's extensive writings, which form the intellectual context of his music. Though Schafer is both avant-gardist and self-confessed romantic, his writings solve this apparent paradox and show, as well, the central position of the 'soundscape' in his thought. Adam traces the development of Schafer's music from his early works in a mild neo-classical vein to his experimentation with various modernist procedures-serialism, electronic sound, stereophony, graphic notations, and elements of chance-all of which he fused together in his first stage of work or 'audio-visual poem,' Loving, in 1965.This volume includes a full bibliography, discography, and catalogue of his works.

Since the publication of the 2nd edition additional countries especially in Asia have become more prominent in industry. This completely revised edition takes account of the changing information scene e.g. in new chapters like BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), Asia and regional patent systems or Sources for legal status searching. This is an essential reference tool for academic librarians and information specialists as well as anyone needing to know where and how patent information can be found.

The energy collected from renewable resources such as sunlight, tides, waves and wind is called renewable energy. These energy sources are carbon neutral in nature and are replenished naturally on a human timescale. Some areas of major importance under this discipline are heating and cooling systems, electricity generation, and transportation. A few of commonly used technologies for utilizing renewable energy sources are hydropower systems, wind turbines, bioenergy systems, solar panels and geothermal energy solutions. Renewable energy systems are expected to reduce air pollution and lower the dependency on conventional sources of fuel. This book is compiled in such a manner, that it will provide in-depth knowledge about the theory and practice of renewable energy. It picks up individual branches and explains their need and contribution in the context of a growing economy. As this field is emerging at a rapid pace, the contents of this book will help the readers understand the modern concepts and applications of the subject.

An ecocritical exploration of the varied preconceptions that have shaped and coloured the human relationship with the early Virginia landscape. Drawing on familiar history and lesser-known material, it focuses on the changes to the land over time and changes in the way people viewed Virginia.

Adams provides a full treatment of tradition topics, from the iambic pentameter line through other accentual-syllabic rhythms and covering also other types of rhythm, stanza structure, the sonnet and other standard forms. He also includes a variety of other topics, including form in free verse, an extensive treatment of rhyme and literary figures.