Playgrounds of the Mind
Author | : Larry Niven |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 714 |
Release | : 1992-07-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780812516951 |
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Author | : Larry Niven |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 714 |
Release | : 1992-07-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780812516951 |
Science fiction.
Author | : Larry Niven |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 2007-08-21 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780765318244 |
This retrospective collection of stories from all phases of Niven's writing career is rich with gossip, storytelling vigor, and sheer science-fictional play.
Author | : Bernard De Koven |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2022-06-21 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 0262543869 |
In his final work, a visionary game designer reveals how a surprising range of play-based experiences can unlock our imagination and help us capture the power of fun and delight. Bernard De Koven (1941–2018) was a pioneering designer of games and theorist of fun. He studied games long before the field of game studies existed. For De Koven, games could not be reduced to artifacts and rules; they were about a sense of transcendent fun. This book, his last, is about the imagination: the imagination as a playground, a possibility space, and a gateway to wonder. The Infinite Playground extends a play-centered invitation to experience the power and delight unlocked by imagination. It offers a curriculum for playful learning. De Koven guides the readers through a series of observations and techniques, interspersed with games. He begins with the fundamentals of play, and proceeds through the private imagination, the shared imagination, and imagining the world—observing, “the things we imagine can become the world.” Along the way, he reminisces about playing ping-pong with basketball great Bill Russell; begins the instructions for a game called Reception Line with “Mill around”; and introduces blathering games—Blather, Group Blather, Singing Blather, and The Blather Chorale—that allow the player's consciousness to meander freely. Delivered during the last months of his life, The Infinite Playground has been painstakingly cowritten with Holly Gramazio, who worked together with coeditors Celia Pearce and Eric Zimmerman to complete the project as Bernie De Koven's illness made it impossible for him to continue writing. Other prominent game scholars and designers influenced by De Koven, including Katie Salen Tekinbaş, Jesper Juul, Frank Lantz, and members of Bernie's own family, contribute short interstitial essays.
Author | : Stuart Brown |
Publisher | : Scribe Publications |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2010-06-28 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9781921753237 |
A groundbreaking book on the science of play, and its essential role in fuelling our intelligence and happiness throughout our lives. We’ve all seen the happiness in the face of a child who’s playing in the school yard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing with glee across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless and all-consuming. And, most important, it’s fun. As we become adults, taking time to play feels like a guilty pleasure — a distraction from ‘real’ work and life. But as Dr Stuart Brown illustrates, play is anything but trivial. It is a biological drive as integral to our health as sleep or nutrition, and the mechanism by which we become resilient, smart, and adaptable people. In fact, our ability to play throughout life is the single most important factor in determining our success and happiness. Dr Brown has spent his career studying animal behaviour and conducting more than 6000 ‘play histories’ of humans from all walks of life — from serial murderers to Nobel Prize winners. In Play, he provides a sweeping look at the latest breakthroughs in our understanding of play and its implications for our lives, including its role in child development and the way we parent; education and social policy; business innovation; productivity; and even the future of our society. A fascinating blend of cutting-edge neuroscience, biology, psychology, social science, and inspiring human stories of the transformative power of play, this book proves why play just might be the most important work we can ever do.
Author | : Tim Gill |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2021-03-03 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1000222160 |
What type of cities do we want our children to grow up in? Car-dominated, noisy, polluted and devoid of nature? Or walkable, welcoming, and green? As the climate crisis and urbanisation escalate, cities urgently need to become more inclusive and sustainable. This book reveals how seeing cities through the eyes of children strengthens the case for planning and transportation policies that work for people of all ages, and for the planet. It shows how urban designers and city planners can incorporate child friendly insights and ideas into their masterplans, public spaces and streetscapes. Healthier children mean happier families, stronger communities, greener neighbourhoods, and an economy focused on the long-term. Make cities better for everyone.
Author | : Rafael Acosta Melendez |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019-06-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781732141445 |
Our Family, Friends, Our home, Our lives are where I have developed and gained the insight to these notes I will share with you throughout this reading. ¿Don't allow work to become your dictator.¿Take control and put your skills on display. People will notice.¿Others won't have a clue.¿Stay confident and on path toward your place where you choose to be, it will become obtainable.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 20?? |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Joseph Lee |
Publisher | : New York, The Macmillan Company |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Child development |
ISBN | : |
Bouve collection.
Author | : Dr. Nicole Julia |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2020-09-30 |
Genre | : Birthmarks |
ISBN | : 9781733272711 |
Meet the second book of The Able Fables®, a heartwarming story of a young lion who adores gymnastics. When Lia struggles to master a new skill on the balance beam, she doubts her abilities and ponders quitting the sport altogether. Encouraged by her teammates, Lia harnesses the power of a kind mind and learns to embrace the balance beam as she does her birthmark.
Author | : John Barell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 1980-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780783774473 |