La thA(c)orie de la RelativitA(c) a introduit le concept d'espace-temps, qui oblige A adopter une nouvelle vision du monde. Les concepts d'espace et de temps, mAame s'ils entrent dans la composition de l'espace-temps, ne peuvent le dA(c)crire complA]tement. L'espace-temps prA(c)sente deux caractA(c)ristiques principales. Il remplit d'abord une fonction indexicale, qui permet de considA(c)rer tout objet ou A(c)vA(c)nement comme le centre d'un repA]re spatio-temporel, ouvrant sur une perspective singuliA]re sur l'univers. Mais l'espace-temps doit aussi Aatre conAu comme un milieu physique: sa...

Best friends Marvin and Andy have just discovered the Museum of Natural History's unnatural secret: The Orb, a mysterious relic that plunges these two modern teens into a medieval world of monsters, myth, and magic. To return home, they must embark on a global treasure hunt to unite five elemental crystals, all while eluding the eye of a tyrannical warlock bent on conquering the Realms. This isn't the field trip they expected...

How do objects that are worth little to nothing become valuable? Who is behind the creation of value, and which types of people find value and comfort in transient, durable, and rubbish objects?

When his highly influential Rubbish Theory, first published in 1979, Michael Thompson launched the discipline of waste studies. It remains the most comprehensive analysis on the culture of waste to date. Thompson argues that there are two mutually exclusive cultural categories that are socially imposed on the world of objects: a transient category and a durable category. However, he...

How do objects that are worth little to nothing become valuable? Who is behind the creation of value, and which types of people find value and comfort in transient, durable, and rubbish objects?

When his highly influential Rubbish Theory, first published in 1979, Michael Thompson launched the discipline of waste studies. It remains the most comprehensive analysis on the culture of waste to date. Thompson argues that there are two mutually exclusive cultural categories that are socially imposed on the world of objects: a transient category and a durable category. However, he...