This second, virtual dimension to cosmic view composition overshoots totality just as the dimension of actualization undershoots it. The book addresses the legitimate fears and concerns of вЂњplaying GodвЂќ but embraces the possibility of transcending biological forms and becoming or creating entirely new life-forms. Arguing that a deep understanding of our place in the universe is required to navigate the magnitude of the choices that lie ahead, he surveys human wisdom from both East and West, traces the evolutionary trajectory that has led to this point, and explores the potentials emerging on the scientific frontier. In this wide-ranging and authoritative work, Chu reexamines the question of human purpose in light of the extraordinary developments of science and technology. In sharp contrast to the traditional funnelshaped vision, the Cosmic View is hourglassshaped-from big to small and thenВ .ДЇor millennia, great thinkers have contemplated the meaning and purpose of human existence but while most assumed that humanity was the end point of creation or the pinnacle of evolution, Ted Chu makes the provocative claim that the human race may in fact be a means rather than an end-that humankind will give rise to evolutionary successors. The funnel vision of cosmic history is selflimiting and constricts the hope, joy, and excitement that a more. Providing authoritative new perspectives on individual citizenship as it relates to both public and private space, in-depth case studies of major European, American and other world cities and written by an international set of contributors, this volume is key reading for all students of architecture. The legal, political and administrative frameworks of urban life are seen as constituting private individualsвЂ™ sense of self, in a wide range of European and world cities from Amsterdam and Barcelona to London and Chicago. Rather than focusing purely on public spaces-such as streets, cafГ©s, gardens, or department stores-or on the domestic sphere, the book investigates those spaces and practices that engage both the urban and the domestic, the public and the private. Intimate Metropolis explores connections between the modern city, its architecture, and its citizens, by questioning traditional conceptualizations of public and private. With each subsequent iteration of the zoom вЂ“ from Boeke's Cosmic View of 1957,В . Boeke's ' cosmic view', like the Eames's focus on the 'relative size of things in the universe', both emphasizes and transcends the human sense of scale.

Cosmic view of world