Author: William P. Jencks
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: enzymology, chemistry, catalysis
Number of Pages: 864
Published: 1987-09-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0486654605
ISBN-13: 9780486654607

Exceptionally clear, carefully written treatment of the nature of catalysis of reactions in aqueous solution. Coverage of mechanisms for catalysis, forces in aqueous solution, carbonyl- and acyl-group reactions, practical kinetics, and much more. Extensive bibliography. "... a masterpiece."—Nature.

Author: Christopher Jencks
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Keywords: homeless
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1995-03-15
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 067440596X
ISBN-13: 9780674405967

Late in the 1970s, Americans began to notice more people sleeping in public places and wandering the streets. By the late 1980s, the homeless were everywhere--a grim reminder of America’s social and economic troubles. Renowned social analyst Jencks discusses the causes and extent of this problem and what can be done about it. Line illustrations and tables.

Author: Charles Jencks
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Keywords: enigma, power, building, iconic
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2005-04-24
List price: $41.35
ISBN-10: 0711224269
ISBN-13: 9780711224261

A new type of architecture has emerged in the last ten years: the iconic landmark building. Driven by social and commercial forces and the demand for instant fame, it has to be both an amazing piece of surreal sculpture and an understated insertion into the urban fabric. Following in the wake of Frank Gehry’s New Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, architects such as Norman Foster, Peter Eisenman, Enric Miralles, Zaha Hadid, Coop Himmelblau, Daniel Libeskind, Renzo Piano, Will Alsop and Rem Koolhaas have created a series of lively architectural icons that have courted publicity and controversy

Author: Charles Jencks
Publisher: Mardaga
Keywords: architecture, modernes, mouvements
Number of Pages: 551
Published: 1995-04-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 2870090730
ISBN-13: 9782870090732

Authors:Christopher Jencks, Paul E. Peterso,
Publisher: Brookings Institution Pre
Keywords: underclass, urban
Number of Pages: 490
Published: 1991-04-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0815746059
ISBN-13: 9780815746058

The essays in this book try to separate the truth about poverty, social dislocation, and changes in America family life from the myths that have become part of contemporary folklore. These essays also show the reasons for poverty among children, demonstrate that the main issue is not so much a growth in the size of the underclass as the persistence of poverty decades after the country thought it had addressed the problem, and they point out the paradox of poverty in a wealthy nation will continue until society makes greater efforts to provide all citizens with improved educational and economic

Authors:Charles Jencks, Edwin Heathcote,
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Keywords: caring, centres, cancer, maggie, hope, architecture
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2010-03-23
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0711225974
ISBN-13: 9780711225978

Since the mid-1990s, an exciting building project has been underway: new cancer care centers that offer a new approach to architecture and health. Named after Maggie Keswick and cofounded with her husband, the writer and landscape designer Charles Jencks, these centers aim to be at all the major British hospitals that treat cancer. The Architecture of Hope showcases these structures where, under one roof, patients can access help with information, benefits, psychological support, and stress-reducing strategies. The book offers a history of the centers, as well as profiles of individual centers

Authors:Maggie Keswick, Alison Hardie, Charles Jencks,
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Keywords: architecture, third, art, history, garden, chinese
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2003-05-15
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0674010868
ISBN-13: 9780674010864

Dense with winding paths, dominated by huge rock piles and buildings squeezed into small spaces, the characteristic Chinese garden is, for many foreigners, so unlike anything else as to be incomprehensible. Only on closer acquaintance does it offer up its mysteries; and such is the achievement of Maggie Keswick’s celebrated classic that it affords us--adventurers, armchair travelers, and garden buffs alike--the intimate pleasures of the Chinese garden. In these richly illustrated pages, Chinese gardens unfold as cosmic diagrams, revealing a profound and ancient view of the world and