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In this incisive study of the biological and cultural origins of the human self, the author challenges readers to rethink ideas about the self and consciousness as being exclusive to humans.

This work is a collection of the author's writings on the technological, cultural and theoretical developments reshaping modern architecture. The author approaches the subject from a range of knowledge including cybernetics, new human science and philosophy.

This new selection of essays follows Chris Abel's previous best selling collection, Architecture and Identity. Drawing upon a wide range of knowledge and disciplines, the author argues that, underlying technological changes in the process of architectural production are fundamental changes in the way we think about machines and the world we live in.Key topics include: new patterns of urbanism in the fast growing cities of asia pacific, metapho...

This work is a collection of the author's writings on the technological, cultural and theoretical developments reshaping modern architecture. The author approaches the subject from a range of knowledge including cybernetics, new human science and philosophy.

In this wide-ranging study of architecture and cultural evolution, the author argues that underlying the global environmental crisis is a general resistance to changing personal and social identities shaped by a technology-based culture and its energy-hungry products. The book traces the roots of that culture to the coevolution of Homo sapiens and

This book accompanies Norman Foster's selection of exciting current and future skyscraper projects, scheduled to appear within the 2003 Summer Exhibition at London's Royal Academy of Arts. It includes graphic wizardry showing how London will look in 2050, as well as drawings, models and plans.

What exactly is the solar system? We've all learned the basics at school but do we really understand what we are seeing in the night sky? Expert astronomers Chris North and Paul Abel, provide a fascinating guided tour of our Solar System and explain its many wonders. They look at all the major players, including our more familiar cosmic neighbors-the Sun, the planets and their moons-as well as the occasional visitors to our planet-asteroids, m...

What exactly is the solar system? We've all learned the basics at school but do we really understand what we are seeing in the night sky? Expert astronomers Chris North and Paul Abel, provide a fascinating guided tour of our Solar System and explain its many wonders.They look at all the major players, including our more familiar cosmic neighbors—the Sun, the planets and their moons—as well as the occasional visitors to our planet—asteroids, me...

In his wide-ranging study of architecture and cultural evolution, Chris Abel argues that, despite progress in sustainable development and design, resistance to changing personal and social identities shaped by a technology-based and energy-hungry culture is impeding efforts to avert drastic climate change. The book traces the roots of that culture to the coevolution of Homo sapiens and technology, from the first use of tools as artificial exte...