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Thanks to the growth of computational power and the development of new productiontechnologies, NURBS modeling has become the standard in many fields:Industrial Design, Architecture and, more recently, Engineering.Simplified Complexity is a method for learning NURBS modeling with Rhinoceros®.Born as the synthesis of twenty years of professional experience and teaching,Simplified Complexity consists of a structured knowledge system allowing deepunderstanding of the software. With this method the user can take advantage of Rhinoceros® full modeling potential.The idea behind Simplified Complexity is that even if the software has a clear andintuitive interface, NURBS geometry remains quite complex. In order to become aprofessional user, it is necessary to start from basic geometry knowledge: this willallow to foresee and avoid complexity or, if this is not possible, at least reduce it andoptimize it.

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The meaning of the term micromegalic is excavated within the realm of Rococo ornamentation. Rococo ornamentation is examined geometrically, mathematically, and historically. Inthis study, engraved prints constitute the main sources of research and analysis. The historicalinvestigation is followed by an exposé of the influence of Rococo principles on a numberof contemporary digital creations.The book reports on, and discusses, the author’s contemporary artworks inspired by Rococoprints and their particular techniques of fabrication and representation. These experimentssit within the realm of Generative Art. As such, their purpose is to develop MicromegalicInscriptions, which are dynamic simulations of both abstract details and fifictional landscapes

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Algorithmic design is not simply the use of computer to design architecture and objects. Algorithms allow designers to overcome the limitations of traditional CAD software and 3D modelers, reaching a level of complexity and control which is beyond the human manual ability. Algorithms-Aided Design presents design methods based on the use of Grasshopper®, a visual algorithm editor tightly integrated with Rhinoceros®, the 3D modeling software by McNeel & Associates allowing users to explore accurate freeform shapes. The book provides computational techniques to develop and control complex geometries, covering parametric modeling, digital fabrication techniques, form-finding strategies, environmental analysis and structural optimization. It also features case studies and contributions by researchers and designers from world's most influential universities and leading architecture firms. 

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Depuis l’ouvrage de John Pocock, The Machiavellian Moment. Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Tradition (1975), on connaît l’importance de James Harrington dans la pensée politique anglo-américaine à la période moderne. Parce qu’au-delà de l’acte de résistance à la tyrannie, il promeut la démocratie et propose les moyens constitutionnels de mettre en œuvre la souveraineté populaire dans un pays de vaste étendue, Harrington a incarné une forme distinctive de républicanisme. En retraçant l’histoire de sa réception dans la France des Lumières, cet ouvrage a pour but de combler un hiatus entre le grand récit pocockien du républicanisme machiavélien et l’historiographie de la Révolution française. En cela, il s’inscrit dans le panorama brossé en 2010 par l’historienne Rachel Hammersley, et va au-delà. D’une part, il accorde à Hume, Jaucourt ou Rousseau, aux côtés de ses nombreux traducteurs et commentateurs, un rôle central dans l’actualisation de la pensée de Harrington. D’autre part, il montre que son héritage intellectuel fut pluriel. Celui-ci n’est en effet pas seulement l’inspirateur de dispositions constitutionnelles spécifiques : à l’heure où se développe l’économie politique, Harrington apparaît comme le penseur d’une égalité relative des fortunes, perçue comme la seule base possible d’un ordre politique stable.--John Pocock’s book The Machiavellian Moment. Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Tradition (1975) has shown the importance of James Harrington in Anglo-American modern political thought. Beyond the act of resistance to tyranny, he vindicates democracy and provides the constitutional means for implementing popular sovereignty in a vast country. In doing so, Harrington has incarnated a distinctive form of republicanism.By reconstructing the history of his reception in eighteenth century France, this book aims to bridge the gap between the great Pocockian narrative of Machiavellian republicanism and the historiography of the French Revolution. It is set against the panorama offered by Rachel Hammersley in 2010 and aims to go further. On the one hand, it shows how central Hume, Jaucourt or Rousseau have been in reviving Harrington’s thought, along with his numerous translators and commentators. On the other hand, it shows that his intellectual legacy was diverse. He did not only stand as the inspirer of specific constitutional measures: as political economy developed, Harrington also appeared as the theoretician of a relative equality of wealth among the people, perceived by many as the true basis of a stable political order.

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