Hydrodynamics of Ship Propellers (Cambridge Ocean Technology Series, Series Number 3)

This book deals with flows over propellers operating behind ships, and the hydrodynamic forces and movements that the propeller generates on the shaft and on the ship hull. The first part of the book is devoted to fundamentals of the flow about hydrofoil sections and wings, and to propellers in uniform flow, with guidance for design and pragmatic analysis of performance. The second part covers the development of unsteady forces arising from operation in nonuniform hull wakes. A final chapter discusses the optimization of efficiency of compound propulsors. Researchers in ocean technology and naval architecture will find this book appealing.

Engineering & Transportation

Andersen, Poul

Breslin, John P.

Engineering

Cambridge University Press

Transportation

The question of truth has never been more urgent than today, when the distortion of facts and the imposition of pseudo-realities in the service of the powerful have become the order of the day. In The Paradox of Being Poul Andersen addresses the concept of truth in Chinese Daoist philosophy and ritual. His approach is unapologetically universalist, and the book may be read as a call for a new way of studying Chinese culture, one that does not shy away from approaching “the other” in terms of an engagement with “our own” philosophical heritage.
The basic Chinese word for truth is zhen, which means both true and real, and it bypasses the separation of the two ideas insisted on in much of the Western philosophical tradition. Through wide-ranging research into Daoist ritual, both in history and as it survives in the present day, Andersen shows that the concept of true reality that informs this tradition posits being as a paradox anchored in the inexistent Way (Dao). The preferred way of life suggested by this insight consists in seeking to be an exception to ordinary norms and rules of behavior which nonetheless engages what is common to us all.

The Paradox of Being: Truth, Identity, and Images in Daoism (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Harvard University Asia Center

About This Book: Based on historical sources from the 4th-5th study A.D. (the beginnings of the Mao-shan sect), this book reveals the meditational tradition associated with the supreme trinity of gods. This tradition has a macroscopic and a microscopic focus for The Three Ones exist simultaneously in the universe and in the microcosm of the human body -- indeed, their presence in the human body is essential to the survival of the individual. Through visualization and concentration, this presence is reinforced and, thus, immortality is achieved. This book includes an integral translation of the basic scripture of this tradition, accompanied by copious notes. In English and Chinese.

The Method of Holding the Three Ones: A Taoist Manual of Meditation of the Fourth Century A.D.

Religion & Spirituality

Curzon

Table of contents I. Daoist Scripture and Practice in Comparative Perspective: A. Feldtkeller, Scriptures, Forms of Practice, and Comparative Religion P. Andersen, Scriptural Traditions West and East: Foundation of Belief vs. Frameworks for the Transmission of Methods S.R. Bokenkamp, Sackcloth and Ashes: Self and Family in the Tutan zhai J. Lagerwey, Scriptures are the Dregs of the Men of Old: Scripture and Practice in Comparative Perspective E.L. Davis, Daoist Scripture in Comparative Perspective: A Commentary on J. Lagerwey and P. Andersen II. Daoist Scripture and Practice Past and Present F.C. Reiter, The Name of the Nameless and Thunder Magic P. Nickerson, Attacking the Fortress: Prolegomenon to the Study of Ritual Efficacy in Vernacular Daoism L. Yi, Research into the Catalogue of the Daozang of the Early Tang Dynasty: Based on Nanzhu guan ji and the Daoist Scriptures of Dunhuang W. Zongyu, Historical Materials for the Quanzhen Daoism in the Wuxing Area V. Olles, Stars and Legends: Some Observations about Sacred Space in Daoism.

Scriptures, Schools and Forms of Practice in Daoism: A Berlin Symposium (Asien-und Afrika-Studien Der Humboldt-Universitat Zu Berlin, 20)

Harrassowitz Verlag

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