FYSM-164-02 Create, Invent, Innovate (Parr)

In this book by James Adams, the focus is on conceptualizing ideas and creative processes.

The second edition of this exhaustive work (ECIIE) comprehensively covers the broad spectrum of topics relating to the process of creativity and innovation, from a wide variety of perspectives (e.g., economics, management, psychology, anthropology, policy, technology, education, the arts) and modes (individual, organization, industry, nation, region). This edition includes some 400 topical entries, definitions of key terms and concepts and review essays, from a global array of more than 250 researchers, business executives, policymakers, and artists, illuminating the many facets of creativity and innovation and highlighting their relationships to such universal concepts as knowledge management, economic opportunity, and sustainability. Entries feature description of key concepts and definition of terms, full-color illustrations, case examples, future directions for research and application, synonyms and cross-references and bibliographic references.

This volume provides readers with tools to bridge the gap between research and practice in design thinking, together with a range of real-world examples. Several different approaches to design thinking are presented, while acquired frameworks are employed to understand team dynamics in design thinking. The contributing authors introduce readers to new approaches and fields of application and show how design thinking can tap the potential of digital technologies in a human-centered way.

Author and researcher Patti Drapeau explores and explains research related to creativity and its relevance in today's standards-based, critical thinking-focused classroom.

Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979) was a woman of many talents - an innovative artist and a trend-setting textile and fashion designer. This volume, which was written with full access to her journals, sketchbooks, and other personal records, and includes some 200 illustrations, many never before published, traces Delaunay's life.

In 1856 the era of synthetic dyes was ushered in by a spirited young chemist, William Henry Perkin, when he was trying to synthesize quinine, but obtained a colored substance instead. It was a much desired color and therefore became an instant hit. This article is an account of Perkin’s life as a chemist and an industrialist par excellence.

This article from Encyclopedia Trinitiana highlights the life of Vernon K. Krieble, a professor of chemistry at Trinity College and the inventor of Loctite.

Loctite is an adhesive and sealant developed by Trinity College Chemistry professor Vernon K. Krieble in Trinity laboratories.

In this book the authors go back to basics to describe the structural differences between dyes and pigments, their mechanisms of action, properties and applications.

This book details two elements of textile chemistry namely- sustainable/eco-friendly dyes and green chemistry. It presents latest topics in sustainable dyeing techniques, low impact dyeing methods, wool dyeing techniques and green chemistry. Certain case studies are also highlighted.

Covers techniques, materials, and equipment. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. Background information important to glass work, such as explanations of electrical and chemical terms.

Definitions of terms related to the techniques, processes, and materials used in the making of ceramics in Europe from the Middle Ages through the beginning of the twentieth century. Illustrated.

Intended for painting and art conservation, this is a guide to the visual and optical properties of historic pigments.