Mathematics & Science Books

The reality of animal experimentation and its regulation in Britain have been hidden behind a curtain of secrecy since its emergence as a political controversy in the 1870s. Public debate and political science alike have been severely hampered by a...

Locating literature at the intersection of distinct areas of thinking on the nature, scope and methods of knowledge philosophy, theology, science, and the law this book engages with literary texts across periods and genres to address questions of...

Geography and Memory creates a new space of study by assembling international scholars and emerging talent for the first coherent and co-ordinated approach to explorations of identity, place and becoming. In focusing upon these three dynamics the editors...

Fifteen thought-provoking essays engage in an innovative dialogue between cultural studies of affect, feelings and emotions, and digital cultures, new media and technology. The volume provides a fascinating dialogue that cuts across disciplines, media...

Braiding together strands of literary, phenomenological and art historical reflection, Modernism and Phenomenology explores the ways in which modernist writers and artists return us to wonder before the world. Taking such wonder as the motive for...

Describes the lives, theories, and legacies of six great minds in finance who changed the way we look at financial markets and equilibrium. Bachelier, Samuelson, Fama, Ross, Tobin, and Shiller; proponents and critics of the market efficiency theories who...

This volume expands and develops the analyses and concepts put forward in Unit Root Tests in Time Series: Volume One, providing a comprehensive and clear way into the techniques of unit root testing. Patterson provides an awareness of the pitfalls and...

Should scientists believe everything they say? Or would a more cautious attitude be preferable? On the one hand, the undisputed success of our contemporary scientific theories gives us good reasons to suppose that they are largely true; yet on the other...

A fascinating collection of essays looking at the concept of 'intermediality' - the relationship between various forms of art and new media - including case studies ranging from music, film and architecture to medieval ballads, biopoetry and Lettrism.

Throughout history, humans have raised and confined animals for food, clothing and research, trained animals for entertainment, fought animals for sport, bought and sold animals for profit, and lived with animals for companionship. The law under the...

New Waves in Philosophy of Science captures the diverse array of issues in the rapidly developing area of philosophy of science by bringing together a pool of talented young philosophers from across the globe to debate the field and show where it's...

Never since the Black Death has such a plague swept over the face of the world, commented the Times, [and] never, perhaps, has a plague been more stoically accepted. When the Great Influenza pandemic finally ended, in April 1919, 228,000 people in...

Acknowledgements Introduction First Person Reflection: Origins of the Marginal Disposition Of Home and Hearth: Maps, Histories and Territorial Claims The Subject Missing: Erasure and the Reflective Margin Conflation, Contradiction and the Colonised Mind...

Notes on Contributors Preface Introduction; S.Sörlin & P.Warde PART I: THE RISE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL Imperialism and Environmental Change: Unearthing the Origins and Evolution of Global Environmental History; R.Grove & V.Damodaran Habitat, Possession and...

Martin Flanagan uses Bakhtins notions of dialogism, chronotope and polyphony to address fundamental questions about film form and reception, focusing particularly on the way cinematic narrative utilizes time and space in its very construction.

Britain Colonized analyzes how and why filmmakers use clichéd Hollywood formulas and American cultural standards when adapting British literature. The films discussed in this book are evidence of the way one nation remakes another, often in the image of...

This is the first transnational study of British, Norwegian, and Swedish engagement with the Antarctic, from the years before the Great War to the early years of the Cold War. Rather than charting how Europeans unveiled the Antarctic, it uses the history...

How does science treat evidence from the edges? This fresh and entertaining look at the search for Sasquatch concerns more than just the startling and controversial nature of monsters and monster hunting in the late twentieth century, but the more...

British physicist John Tyndall dedicated much of his career to establishing the scientist as a cultural authority. His campaign to free science from the restraints of theology caused a national uproar, and in his popular books and lectures he promoted...

Gillette shows that the sciences of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology were undergoing rapid development in the early twentieth century. However, many of the early researchers in these sciences were also eugenicists. With the rise of behaviorism...

Diasporic Avant-Gardes draws into dialogue two differing traditions of poetic practice: the diasporic and the avant-garde. This interdisciplinary collection examines the unacknowledged affinities (and crucial differences) between avant-garde and...

The study of race has been an important feature in British universities for over a hundred years. During this time, academic understanding of what race describes and means has changed and developed as has the purpose of racial study. Once considered the...

In this book leading cultural commentators including Slavoj Zizek, J. Hillis Miller, Gayatri Spivak and Alain Badiou pay homage to the legacy of Jacques Derrida, revealing his influence and inspiration to their own work.

Preface Introduction PART I: SCIENTIFIC REALISM The Present State of the Scientific Realism Debate Scientific Realism and Metaphysics Thinking About the Ultimate Argument for Realism Against Neo-Instrumentalism Tracking the Real: Through Thick and Thin...

It is a well-known claim today that pressure on companies to become more responsible in increasing. However, is this based on fact or is merely wishful-thinking? The evidence obtained across nine stakeholder groups in Europe is sobering indeed in the...

Preface Notes on Contributors The 'Unknown' Practice of Genetic Testing; G.de Vries Constructing Results in Prenatal Diagnosis; Beyond Technological Testing and Moral Decision Making; M.van Zwieten Genetic Diagnostics for Hereditary Breast Cancer -...

A completely revised and updated edition of the popular Nutrition Guide for BC Sheep Producers that the author created when he was Provincial Sheep Specialist and later Provincial Livestock Nutritionist for British Columbia, based on first-hand...

Charles Darwin theorized that humans evolved from apes. He has scientific facts and years of research to back him up. This book will give you a general overview of Darwin's study. Your child may not yet touch genetics in school but it's always an...

Che cosa sarà un adulto, come te, portare via dai giochi di matematica? Lotti, ma il più importante dei quali è la pace della mente. Quando si gioca, si diventa avvolto in una bolla di calma. Vi perdete nella vostra pensiero e di conseguenza, si...

Per asilo, hanno solo bisogno di imparare le forme di base, e questo è ciò che questo libro di attività è tutto. Esso comprende pagine di oggetti di uso quotidiano per indurre un senso di familiarità, che facilita l'apprendimento. Al bambino verrà...

¿Qué va a hacer un adulto, como tú, de los juegos de matemáticas? Muchos, pero el más importante de los cuales es la paz de la mente. Cuando juegas, te vuelves envuelto en una burbuja de calma. Se pierden en su pensamiento y como resultado, olvidas...

Para los niños de preprimaria, sólo necesitan aprender las formas básicas, y de eso se trata este libro de actividades. Incluye páginas de objetos cotidianos para inducir un sentido de familiaridad, lo que facilita el aprendizaje. A su hijo se le pedirá...

Number Kreuzworträtsel und Mandala Färbung in einem Aktivitäts-Buch? Das wird Stunden Spaß und Herausforderung sein! Ja, Erwachsene müssen noch gelegentlich herausgefordert werden. Der Zweck ist nicht mehr, ihre Fähigkeiten zu schärfen, sondern um Ihren...

Für Kindergartenkinder müssen Sie nur die grundlegenden Formen erlernen, und das ist, was diese Tätigkeit Buch geht. Es enthält Seiten der alltäglichen Gegenstände, um ein Gefühl der Vertrautheit zu veranlassen, die das Lernen erleichtert. Ihr Kind wird...

Qu'est-ce qu'un adulte, comme vous, enlève des jeux de maths? Beaucoup, mais le plus important de ce qui est la tranquillité d'esprit. Quand vous jouez, vous devenez enveloppé dans une bulle de calme. Vous êtes perdus dans votre pensée et en conséquence,...

Pour maternelle, ils ont seulement besoin d'apprendre les formes de base, et c'est ce que ce livre d'activité est tout au sujet. Il comprend des pages d'objets quotidiens pour induire un sentiment de familiarité, ce qui facilite l'apprentissage. Votre...

Ayuda a tus 5 años de edad maestro formas básicas con la ayuda de este libro de actividades. Aquí, hay ejemplos de objetos cotidianos que su hijo le pedirá identificar para las formas. Exponer a los más pequeños a los libros de actividades de ritmo...

Helfen Sie Ihren 5 Jahre alten Master Basic-Shapes mit Hilfe dieses Aktivitäts-Buchs. Hier gibt es Beispiele für alltägliche Objekte, die Ihr Kind gebeten hat, sich für Shapes zu identifizieren. Verfügbarmachen von kleinen, die Self-up-Aktivität Pfund in...

Se il vostro selezionatore di quarto preferisce l'istruzione su misura, quindi le cartelle di lavoro sono ideali. Le cartelle di lavoro permettono ai vostri figli di lavorare nel modo in cui imparano meglio. Questo significa che si arriva a scegliere il...

Matematica cartelle di lavoro sono qui per incoraggiare un bambino a come la matematica. Non ci dovrebbe essere alcuna avversione per il soggetto, perché può essere divertente. Fin da ora, il bambino dovrebbe già abituarsi a lavorare con i numeri e...

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