书目名称 | The Necessity of Friction | 副标题 | Nineteen Essays on a | 编辑 | Nordal Åkerman | 视频video | | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | Friction is what keeps us from realizing our goals. It iswhat compromisesall our plans, sometimes making themunrecognizable. It defies our wish for perfection andconstantly surprises us with new elements of resistance. Itconstitutes the divide between dream and reality.But friction isalso that which gets us moving, a necessaryincentive to achieve progress.Nothing can start if itcannot push off something else. By blocking ordelaying theeasy solution friction makes for a richer, morevariedworld. If it stops schemes from being completely fulfilled,it also stops them from going totally awry.To the modernist project with itsone-sided rationalistpretensions, friction is unambiguously bad. And so it isbeing disposed of at an increasing speed. This means lessand less time to pause and rethink, while the vulnerabilityof societies isaggravated.In "The Necessity of Friction" twenty scholars tackle thistopical and important concept. A number of scientific fieldsare engaged: physics, philosophy, economics, architecture,organizational theory, artificial intelligence, and others.Together these contributions form the first modern-dayattempt at analyzing the intriguing yet elusive subject offrictio | 出版日期 | Book 1993Latest edition | 关键词 | Friction; Import; Reibung; fields; philosophy; physics | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95905-9 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-642-95907-3 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-642-95905-9 | copyright | Physica-Verlag Heidelberg 1993 |
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