In Jewish folklore, a golem (גולם, sometimes, ain Yiddish, pronounced goilem) is an animated being created entirely from inanimate matter. In modern Hebrew the word golem literally means 'cocoon', but can also mean "fool", "silly", or even "stupid". The name appears to derive from the word gelem ( גלם), which means "raw material".
The Art of Architectural Drawing Imagination and Technique
This stunning new book celebrates the power and utility of architectural drawing, not merely as a means to an end. but as emblematic of the larger process of creative thinking. The author thoughtfully presents and discusses architectural images which both derive from and inspire the act of building.
This quick-reference dictionary for math students, teachers, engineers, and statisticians defines more than 700 terms related to algebra, geometry, analytic geometry, trigonometry, probability, statistics, logic, and calculus. It also lists and defines mathematical symbols, includes a brief table of integrals, and describes how to derive key theorems. Filled with illustrative diagrams and equations.
