Beauty's Rigor

by Thomas Leslie

Author	: Thomas Leslie
Publisher	: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages	: 804
Release	: 2017-11-13
Genre	: Architecture
ISBN	: 0252099680

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Born in Sondrio, Italy, in 1891, Pier Luigi Nervi was a pioneer in the engineering and architecture of reinforced concrete. His buildings showed how the use of reinforced concrete expanded the possibilities of form and structure. His methods, meanwhile, ingrained his structures with patterns that came directly out of his economical, manual construction processes. The results were buildings that matched awe-inspiring spans with surprisingly human scale. Beauty's Rigor offers a comprehensive overview of Nervi's long career. Drawing on the Nervi archives and a wealth of photographs and architectural drawings, Thomas Leslie explores celebrated buildings like Palazetto dello Sport built for the 1960 Rome Olympics, St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, and the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. He also sheds new light on unbuilt projects such as the Pavilion of Italian Civilization for the Universal Exposition of Rome E42. What emerges is the first complete account of Nervi's contributions to modern architecture and his essential role in a revolution that realized concrete's potential to match grace with strength.

Rigor of Beauty

by Ian D. Copestake

Author	: Ian D. Copestake
Publisher	: Peter Lang
Total Pages	: 424
Release	: 2004
Genre	: History
ISBN	: 9783039101863

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William Carlos Williams is widely acknowledged to be among the most important American poets of the twentieth century. This collection includes sixteen new essays from many of the world's leading authorities on Williams, and is published to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of his death in 1963. The volume contains fresh assessments of the nature and extent of Williams's profound and enduring impact on contemporary American poetic traditions, while providing a platform for appraising the neglected achievement of Williams as a writer of fiction and short stories. In doing so these and other essays highlight the nature and importance of Williams's relationship to working class life in twentieth-century America. Additionally, the volume groups together studies focusing on the enduring legacy of Williams's long poem, Paterson, and essays which revise Williams's perceived neglect of African-American and Native-American culture and history.

Rigor Is NOT a Four-Letter Word

by Barbara R. Blackburn

Author	: Barbara R. Blackburn
Publisher	: Routledge
Total Pages	: 162
Release	: 2018-02-21
Genre	: Education
ISBN	: 1351337440

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Learn how to increase instructional rigor so that all students can reach higher levels of learning! In this new edition of a best seller, author Barbara R. Blackburn offers practical ideas for raising expectations, increasing complexity, integrating scaffolding into instruction, creating open-ended choices and projects, and much more. This timely new edition provides connections to rigorous standards, plus it features new sections on topics such as questioning models, student ownership, Genius Hour, summative assessments, becoming a teacher-leader, and increasing rigor in instructional technology. Appropriate for teachers of all grade levels and subject areas, the book is filled with helpful strategies and tools that you can implement immediately. In addition, full-sized templates are available as eResources on our website (www.routledge.com/9781138569560) so you can download and print them for classroom use. With its practical advice and helpful tools, Rigor Is NOT a Four-Letter Word will set you and your students on the fast track to higher learning and sustained success.

On Rigor

by Richard Burdett

Author	: Richard Burdett
Publisher	: Mit Press
Total Pages	: 188
Release	: 1989
Genre	: Philosophy
ISBN	: 9780262521383

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In this book selected contemporary architects and critics focus on the theme of rigor in architecture. They investigate the difficulties in sustaining the clarity of a design idea from its inception to the final details and the corresponding difficulty the critic has in tracing this process. A project section includes the work of emerging practitioners from Europe and the United States. The book concludes with a section on the work of Eileen Gray and Heinrich Tessenow. Translations of writings by the two architects are included, notably Tessenow's book Of House Building and Such Things along with appraisals of their projects by commissioned authors. Distributed for the 9H Gallery.

Reason & Rigor

by Sharon M. Ravitch

Author	: Sharon M. Ravitch
Publisher	: SAGE Publications
Total Pages	: 257
Release	: 2016-01-04
Genre	: Social Science
ISBN	: 1483346978

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Designed for novice as well as more experienced researchers, Reason & Rigor by Sharon M. Ravitch and Matthew Riggan presents conceptual frameworks as a mechanism for aligning literature review, research design, and methodology. The book explores the conceptual framework—defined as both a process and a product—that helps to direct and ground researchers as they work through common research challenges. Focusing on published studies on a range of topics and employing both quantitative and qualitative methods, the updated Second Edition features two new chapters and clearly communicates the processes of developing and defining conceptual frameworks.

Rigor for Students with Special Needs

by Barbara R. Blackburn

Author	: Barbara R. Blackburn
Publisher	: Routledge
Total Pages	: 128
Release	: 2013-10-08
Genre	: Education
ISBN	: 1317801326

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This practical, easy-to-read guide explains how to raise the rigor for students with special needs so they can achieve higher levels of learning. Learn how to set clear goals and expectations establish a climate of success scaffold and model lessons use graphic organizers and "think-alouds" apply modifications and accommodations use rigorous questioning strategies differentiate instruction increase family involvement Get even more out of this book by discussing it with others! It’s ideal for study groups and the appendix features a detailed guide on how to make it work for your group! Bonus! You get a great variety of handy black line masters for use in your own classroom.

Leadership Rigor!

by Erica Peitler

Author	: Erica Peitler
Publisher	: Circle Takes the Square
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2014-07-15
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 9780981512426

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Transform the Way You Lead! Leadership Rigor offers innovation in leadership through its breakthrough approaches for transforming the way you lead. The simple truth is that "how" you lead is the precursor to "what" you can achieve as a leader, yet it is often underestimated, dismissed, or not given a conscious consideration. In March 2014, Bersin by Deloitte published their latest Global Human Capital Trend Survey stating: Building leadership capability is by far the most urgent need for companies today... and companies see the need for leadership at all levels, in all geographies, and across all functional areas. In addition, this continuous need for new and better leaders has accelerated. Leadership Rigor views your development as a journey with a road map rather than a black-box mystery! It is both a practice and a philosophy designed to accelerate your leadership performance and productivity across the life cycle of your career. Already becoming a movement, Leadership Rigor prepares you to lead yourself, teams, and organizations. The essence of Leadership Rigor is creating "change-ready" leaders who can embrace challenges because they have the tools, models, and language to assess, structure, and facilitate aligned actions. They also have the mindset and emotional skills to lean into the change process despite its uncomfortable nature. By innovating on their preparedness first, these "change-ready" leaders are equipped to realize the growth in themselves and in their teams or organizations. Are you ready to take on your personal journey of Leadership Rigor?

Perfect Rigour

by Masha Gessen

Author	: Masha Gessen
Publisher	: Icon Books Ltd
Total Pages	: 119
Release	: 2011-03-03
Genre	: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN	: 1848313098

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In 2006, an eccentric Russian mathematician named Grigori Perelman solved one of the world's greatest intellectual puzzles. The Poincare conjecture is an extremely complex topological problem that had eluded the best minds for over a century. In 2000, the Clay Institute in Boston named it one of seven great unsolved mathematical problems, and promised a million dollars to anyone who could find a solution. Perelman was awarded the prize this year - and declined the money. Journalist Masha Gessen was determined to find out why. Drawing on interviews with Perelman's teachers, classmates, coaches, teammates, and colleagues in Russia and the US - and informed by her own background as a math whiz raised in Russia - she set out to uncover the nature of Perelman's astonishing abilities. In telling his story, Masha Gessen has constructed a gripping and tragic tale that sheds rare light on the unique burden of genius.

Frithjof Schuon

by Jean-Baptiste Aymard

Author	: Jean-Baptiste Aymard
Publisher	: State University of New York Press
Total Pages	: 211
Release	: 2012-02-01
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 0791484483

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The first book in English devoted to the religious philosopher Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) to appear since his death, this biography also provides an analysis of his work and spiritual teachings. Relying on Schuon's published works as well as unpublished correspondence and other documents, the authors highlight the originality of Schuon's life and teachings in terms of his consistent focus on esoterism, defined as the inner penetration of sacred forms and spiritual practices vis-à-vis the religio perennis, the eternal wisdom that lies at the core of all sacred paths. Schuon's life, they argue, is a quest for the inner meaning of religious experience, as is indicated by his connections to Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Native American Shamanism. Spiritual seekers from all backgrounds will appreciate this comprehensive study of this towering figure of comparative religion.