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Detailing Worlds: A Conceptual History of Architectural Detail

Bloomsbury Visual Arts, February 2025

Eric Bellin, PhD, MArch

“Detail” has not always been used to describe architecture, but it has since evolved to become a critical part of architects’ disciplinary vocabulary. While other books focus on the history behind building details, Detailing Worlds explores the history of detail as a concept specific to building practices, examining how the term’s collection of meanings has originated and evolved in dialogue with changing conditions of technology, society and culture. Richly illustrated with more than 200 images, including figures from rare texts, archival student drawings and practitioners’ construction documents from the 18th through 20th centuries, Detailing Worlds offers insights on how we think and speak about the practice of building.

WAIL: The Visual Language of Prestige Records

RIT Press, October 2025

Chris Entwisle, Mark Havens, MID

Prestige Records, an independent jazz recording company from the 1950s, had a diverse group of artists committed to visualizing music, including abstract expression painters, photographers and designers. In their new book, Jefferson associate professor of industrial design Havens and co-author Entwisle reassess the role of visual art in presenting jazz. Although album covers are typically seen as ancillary to music, WAIL demonstrates that graphic design was integral to the listener’s experience. The book houses all of the album covers Prestige produced in one place. WAIL tracks the evolution of Prestige’s graphic designs through sharing some of the personal stories of the graphic designers who shaped it.

Clinical Empathy: The Heart of Patient Care, 3rd Edition

Springer Nature, February 2026

Mohammadreza Hojat, MD

Empathy is at the heart of patient care. In the newest edition of his book, Dr. Hojat highlights the impact of clinical empathy on patient outcomes. Using the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) developed by Dr. Hojat, national and international researchers acquired empirical data to support the importance of clinical empathy of physicians in diabetes management. The book is highly data-driven, with over 1,700 references, acting as a powerful resource to understand and increase clinical empathy. The book and the publications referenced give measurable action items to teach medical and other health professionals in training and in practice how to effectively use the JSE to improve empathy in patient care.

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