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Classical World: All That Matters

Author : Alastair Blanshard
Publisher : John Murray
ISBN 13 : 1444177982
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book Classical World: All That Matters written by Alastair Blanshard and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Western European culture would have been impossible without the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. The disciplines of philosophy, drama, history, art, and mathematics all owe an immense debt to these two Mediterranean cultures. At the same time, there are aspects of this legacy that are less worthy of celebration. Slavery went hand in hand with democracy. The pursuit of beauty coexisted with breathtaking acts of brutality. Ancient writers have been used to support everything from colonial expansion and the trade in human flesh to the rejection of female franchise. Women suffered for centuries at the hands of doctors who were guided by bizarre notions found in ancient gynecological treatises. This book attempts to address two questions. Firstly, what are the distinctive features of the cultures of Greek and Roman that separate them out from other ancient civilizations? Secondly, why have these cultures been so influential on subsequent societies? It is this dual focus that makes this book distinctive. This book is not just about Greece and Rome. It is equally about why Greece and Rome mattered to people in the past, and why they should matter to us today. Each chapter in the book begins with a story or an incident that is designed to illustrate these themes. The first three chapters of the books (Homer, Athens, and Rome) are intended to give a chronological overview of the period. They will orientate the reader to the key places, actors, and historical trends. The remaining chapters focus on some of the most important and influential aspects of Greco-Roman culture.

All That Matters

Author : Ross Fraser
Publisher : John Murray
ISBN 13 : 1473617308
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book All That Matters written by Ross Fraser and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2015-02-23 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get to the heart of the most talked about topics of our time. All That Matters runs the gamut of the most exciting, interesting and topical subjects of today. To provide a flavour of the All That Matters series, this exclsuive sampler provides the opening chapters from nine notable books including the following: God by Mark Vernon Love by Mark Vernon Water by Paul L. Younger Space Exploration by David Ashford Modern China by Jonanthan Clements Shakespeare's Comedies by Michael Scott Cyber Crime and Warfare by Peter Warren and Michel Streeter Philosophy by Julian Baggini Future Cities by Camilla Ween All That Matters books are written by the world's leading experts, introducing to the quick-minded and curious reader the most important topics and hottest areas of debate on the subjects that really matter.

History of Medicine: All That Matters

Author : Tim Hall
Publisher : John Murray
ISBN 13 : 1444181882
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book History of Medicine: All That Matters written by Tim Hall and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Medicine is an amiable amble through medicine's past, designed as a primer for those taking history of medicine modules as part of their studies and for the wider public seeking a relaxed yet informative read. The approach is to follow medicine's history through the author's neatly designed 'Ages' that offer a meaningful way of grasping and memorising key eras and events. Twenty one 'Ages' take us from 'pre-history' to a glimpse of the future. The chapters' themes will clearly straddle timelines rather than be perfectly chronological, although there is a general progression through time. This book is not a description of all that ever happened in medicine's history. It is a collection of true stories of the more pivotal and fascinating bits. Through stories of inspiring and often odd people and inspired and often distinctly unexpected objects we take a journey through the archipelago of medicine's somewhat quirky history and stop on the shores of some of its more alluring islands. Then, armed with the map, the more keenly disposed may dip into the surrounding waters as far and as deeply as they choose.

The Renaissance: All That Matters

Author : Michael Halvorson
Publisher : John Murray
ISBN 13 : 1444192965
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book The Renaissance: All That Matters written by Michael Halvorson and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2014-08-29 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was the Renaissance just a period of extraordinary art and architecture? The Renaissance: All That Matters examines the major developments of the Renaissance era from its beginnings in Italian city/states to later cultural, political, and scientific achievements in France, Spain, England, and Germany. By examining original sources and introducing readers to new research and important debates, this accessible book provides an exciting introduction to the Renaissance age. This book attempts to answer two questions. Firstly, what are the essential features of the Renaissance movement that gradually transformed Europe in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries? Secondly, how many of these cultural, artistic, and intellectual transformations continue to influence modern societies today? The Renaissance began as a renewal of classical Greek and Roman culture that originated in fourteenth-century Italy, gradually spread throughout Europe, and continues to influence Western societies up to the present. The Renaissance: All That Matters introduces the brilliant writers and cultural innovators of the Renaissance, who transformed the West through their scholarly, artistic, and scientific activities, including Francesco Petrarch, Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas More, and Galileo Galilee. Throughout the Renaissance, intriguing visionaries revived the study of literature, reformed medieval universities, invigorated the arts, enhanced the economy, explored new geographic worlds, and invented machines and devices such as the printing press, the telescope, firearms, and clocks.

The Romans: All That Matters

Author : John Manley
Publisher : John Murray
ISBN 13 : 1444183885
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book The Romans: All That Matters written by John Manley and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2013-08-30 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Romans: All That Matters, John Manley focuses on some of the fundamental aspects of the Roman Empire, especially those topics that have relevance beyond the study of Antiquity itself - how its material remains and philosophical concepts have survived and still influence us today. How did a rather obscure settlement spread over a few hills on the banks of the Tiber come to dominate the lives of 65 million people? What drove this relentless desire to conquer? How did Rome manage to maintain direct rule over such a vast area - from present-day Scotland to Syria - approximately 6 million square kilometres? The answer, in part, is that there were many different kinds of Roman culture, as each separate provincial elite, each region and each group of indigenous community leaders, chose slightly different elements of the Roman colonial 'package' to establish their particular identity. This accessible and readable book will appeal both to students and general readers, giving a fascinating introduction to the Romans - and what mattered most about them.

Science 1001: Absolutely Everything that Matters in Science

Author : Paul Parsons
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 1623655862
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Science 1001: Absolutely Everything that Matters in Science written by Paul Parsons and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science 1001 provides clear and concise explanations of the most fundamental and fascinating scientific concepts. Distilled into 1001 bite-sized mini-essays arranged thematically, this unique reference book moves steadily from the basics through to the most advanced of ideas, making it the ideal guide for novices and science enthusiasts. Whether used as a handy reference, an informal self-study course or simply as a gratifying dip-in, this book offers--in one volume--a world of cutting-edge scientific knowledge for the general reader. Science 1001 is an incredibly comprehensive guide, spanning all of the key scientific disciplines including Physics, Chemistry, Biology, The Earth, Space, Health and Medicine, Social Science, Information Science, the Applied Sciences and Futurology. From Newton's elemental laws of motion and the physics of black holes, through the fundamental particles of matter, to the extraordinary Human Genome Project and the controversial possibilities of cloning and gene therapy, Dr. Paul Parsons demystifies the key concepts of science in the simplest language and answers its big questions: Will scientists find a cure for AIDS? How did the universe begin? And will we conquer space? Concluding with an exciting glimpse of what's to come for science--from the possibility of time travel to the specter of trans-humanism--this really is the only science book you'll ever need.

The Music's All that Matters

Author : Paul Stump
Publisher : Harbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781905128105
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book The Music's All that Matters written by Paul Stump and published by Harbour Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Stump reassesses Progressive Rock in terms of transcendentalism, 1960s pop culture and the rise of the rock musician as Romantic Artist. He takes a wide ranging view of the social and cultural background and has carried out extensive interviews.

Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World

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Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1624660894
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World written by and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By offering fluent, accurate translations of extracts and fragments from a wide assortment of ancient texts, this volume allows a comprehensive overview of ancient Greek and Roman concepts of otherness, as well as Greek and Roman views of non-Greeks and non-Romans. A general introduction, thorough annotation, maps, a select bibliography, and an index are also included.

Queer Euripides

Author : Sarah Olsen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350249637
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Queer Euripides written by Sarah Olsen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first attempt to reconsider the entire corpus of an ancient canonical author through the lens of queerness broadly conceived, taking as its subject Euripides, the latest of the three great Athenian tragedians. Although Euripides' plays have long been seen as a valuable source for understanding the construction of gender and sexuality in ancient Greece, scholars of Greek tragedy have only recently begun to engage with queer theory and its ongoing developments. Queer Euripides represents a vital step in exploring the productive perspectives on classical literature afforded by the critical study of orientations, identities, affects and experiences that unsettle not only prescriptive understandings of gender and sexuality, but also normative social structures and relations more broadly. Bringing together twenty-one chapters by experts in classical studies, English literature, performance and critical theory, this carefully curated collection of incisive and provocative readings of each surviving play draws upon queer models of temporality, subjectivity, feeling, relationality and poetic form to consider "queerness" both as and beyond sexuality. Rather than adhering to a single school of thought, these close readings showcase the multiple ways in which queer theory opens up new vantage points on the politics, aesthetics and performative force of Euripidean drama. They further demonstrate how the analytical frameworks developed by queer theorists in the last thirty years deeply resonate with the ways in which Euripides' plays twist poetic form in order to challenge well-established modes of the social. By establishing how Greek tragedy can itself be a resource for theorizing queerness, the book sets the stage for a new model of engaging with ancient literature, which challenges current interpretive methods, explores experimental paradigms, and reconceptualizes the practice of reading to place it firmly at the center of the interpretive act.

The Athenian Funeral Oration

Author : David M. Pritchard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009413082
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Athenian Funeral Oration written by David M. Pritchard and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-02 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most important study of the funeral oration for dead combatants in democratic Athens since Nicole Loraux's classic work.

History

Author : Albert Frederick Pollard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book History written by Albert Frederick Pollard and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Historical and Physical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

Author : Robert Golub
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192555367
Total Pages : 769 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book The Historical and Physical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics written by Robert Golub and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the path by which humanity learned quantum mechanics can lead to an improved teaching and understanding of the fundamental theory and the origins of its perceived limitations. The purpose of this textbook is to retrace the development of quantum mechanics by investigating primary sources (including original published papers and letters) with attention to their timing and influence. Placing the development of quantum mechanics in its historical context, from the nascent philosophical notions of matter, atoms, and void in Ancient Greece, to their scientific realization in the 19th and 20th centuries, the book culminates with an examination of the current state of the field and an introduction to quantum information and computing.

Classical versus Neoclassical Monetary Theories

Author : Will E. Mason
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461562619
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book Classical versus Neoclassical Monetary Theories written by Will E. Mason and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classical Versus Neoclassical Monetary Theories, completed just before Professor Will E. Mason's untimely death, places recent and mid-20th century monetary theory in a larger historical context, while examining the relevance of contemporary questions in monetary policy. The first half of the volume analyzes the development of the methodological and conceptual foundations of monetary theory, up to and including contemporary mainstream views; the second half addresses more policy-oriented monetary questions. Emphasis is placed on the dichotomy of monetary and value theory, the Walrasian general equilibrium paradigm, the resolution of the `Patinkin controversy', the Federal Reserve System's failed experiment with `pure monetarism', and the misplacement of the free market in the `Chicago paradox'. Classical Versus Neoclassical Monetary Theories will be of interest both to historians of economic thought and monetary and macro economists, as well as to many well-informed followers and fashioners of monetary policy.

The Internal Structure of Predicates and Names

Author : Richard L Epstein
Publisher : Advanced Reasoning Forum
ISBN 13 : 1938421345
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Internal Structure of Predicates and Names written by Richard L Epstein and published by Advanced Reasoning Forum. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of volumes is meant to extend the scope of what we can formalize in classical predicate logic, and in doing so see the limitations of what can be done. The first section of this volume presents classical predicate logic with equality. In the second section, that logic is extended to formalize reasoning that involves adverbs and relative adjectives by viewing those as modifiers of simpler predicates. What is normally taken to be an atomic predicate, such as "barking loudly", can then have internal structure. Reasoning that involves conjunctions of terms, as in "Tom and Dick lifted the table", conjunctions of modifiers, conjunctions of predicates, and disjunctions of predicates can also be formalized by viewing them as part of the internal structure of atomic predicates. Many questions about the nature of formalizing arise in doing this. The internal structure of names is the topic of the third and last section. Names for functions are used in classical predicate logic to form complex names. In our ordinary reasoning we also use descriptions to form functions, such as "the wife of", and descriptions to form names, such as "the cat that scratched Zoe". To reason with those we can take account of their internal structure by dropping the assumption that every name must refer to a specific thing. The formal systems that are developed here are meant to help us understand how to reason well. Many worked examples show how to use them. Those examples also uncover limitations of the formal work. Throughout this series of volumes, the work proceeds by abstracting and creating formal models to formalize reasoning. By paying attention to the process of abstracting we gain insight into why we consider some reasoning to be good and some reasoning bad, and insight also into the deeper assumptions we make about the world on which our judgments rely.

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Quantum Interpretations

Author : Guido Bacciagaluppi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198844492
Total Pages : 1311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the History of Quantum Interpretations written by Guido Bacciagaluppi and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 1311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crucial to most research in physics, as well as leading to the development of inventions such as the transistor and the laser, quantum mechanics approaches its centenary with an impressive record. However, the field has also long been the subject of ongoing debates about the foundations and interpretation of the theory, referred to as the quantum controversy. This Oxford Handbook offers a historical overview of the contrasts which have been at the heart of quantum physics for the last 100 years. Drawing on the wide-ranging expertise of several contributors working across physics, history, and philosophy, the handbook outlines the main theories and interpretations of quantum physics. It goes on to tackle the key controversies surrounding the field, touching on issues such as determinism, realism, locality, classicality, information, measurements, mathematical foundations, and the links between quantum theory and gravity. This engaging introduction is an essential guide for all those interested in the history of scientific controversies and history of quantum physics. It also provides a fascinating examination of the potential of quantum physics to influence new discoveries and advances in fields such quantum information and computing.

The Classical World

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Theology that Matters

Author : Darby Kathleen Ray
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451405835
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Theology that Matters written by Darby Kathleen Ray and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What difference does theological thinking make? Does Christianity have any relevance for our secular, globalized, environmentally threatened world? Specifically formulated for undergraduate and seminary courses in theology, this volume answers a resounding yes. Gathering many respected and original Christian thinkers who have been inspired by the example and work of theologian Sallie McFague, this book engages such topics as God, Christ, revelation, eschatology, and church in three intertwined and pressing areas: (1) our religious life and language in a secularized, pluralistic society, (2) our newly globalized economic life, and (3) our threatened environmental life.