Author: Charles William WallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alphabet
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An Examination of the Ancient Orthography of the Jews and of the Original State of the Text of the Hebrew Bible: v. 2-3. (1840-1841) On the propagation of alphabets and other phonetic systems throughout eastern Asia, and on the vast inferiority of ideagraphic writing, as displayed in its effects upon human learning
Author: Charles William WallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alphabet
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament for the Use of Biblical Students
Author: Frederick Henry Ambrose ScrivenerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
The Alphabetic Labyrinth
Author: Johanna DruckerPublisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500280683
Category : Alphabet
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The letters of the alphabet have been the object of speculation since their invention. This book examines the many ways in which the letters of the alphabet have been assigned value in political, spiritual, or religious systems over two millennia.
The Jewish Encyclopedia
Author: The History of Science and Technology
Author: Bryan H. BunchPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618221233
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
In this age of genetic engineering and global warming, it is more important than ever to understand the history and current trends of science and technology. With so much information out there, though, it's hard to know where to start. That's where The History of Science and Technology -- the most comprehensive and up-to-date chronology of its kind -- comes in. From the first stone tools to the first robot surgery, this easy-to-read, handy reference book offers more than seven thousand concise entries organized within ten major historical periods and categorized by subject, such as archaeology, biology, computers, food and agriculture, medicine and health, materials, and transportation. You can follow the world's scientific and technological feats forward or backward, year by year, and subject by subject. Under 8400 BCE Construction, you will discover that the oldest known wall was built in Jericho. Jump to 1454 Communication and you will learn about Johann Gutenberg's invention of movable type. Take an even larger leap to 2002 Computers and find out about the invention of the Earth Simulator, a Japanese supercomputer. The History of Science and Technology answers all the what, when, why, and how questions about our world's greatest discoveries and inventions: How are bridges built? When were bifocal eyeglasses invented and by whom? What medical discovery led to the introduction of sterilization, vaccines, and antibiotics? What is the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) process, and why is it one of the pillars of the biotechnology revolution? Not only can you discover how our world came to be and how it works, but with cross-referenced entries you can also trace many intricate and exciting connections across time. Highly browsable yet richly detailed, expertly researched and indexed, The History of Science and Technology is the perfect desktop reference for both the science novice and the technologically advanced reader alike.
A Dictionary of Borges
Author: Evelyn FishburnPublisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Opslagsværk, der omfatter den argentinske forfatter Jorge Luis Borges' (1899-1986) værker
The Revision Revised
Author: John William BurgonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
The Aleph and Other Stories, 1933-1969
Author: Jorge Luis BorgesPublisher: Plume Books
ISBN:
Category : Argentina
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"Dazzling and unmistakable in style, resonant in meaning, Jorge Luis Borges' 'The Aleph and Other Stories' contains the best of Borges' fiction. Included also is a lengthy autobiographical essay written especially for this volume. The twenty stories in this book cover the whole span and all the various facets of Borges' forty-year career as a short story writer. The collection is the most definitive and comprehensive available in English."--Jacket.
The History of Beginning Reading
Author: Geraldine E. RodgersPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 9781588209726
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
The puzzling adoption in 1930 of a deaf-mute method for teaching beginning reading to hearing children in America can only be understood when the long history of teaching beginning reading is known. The deaf-mute method adopted almost immediately after 1930 from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans and from Canada to Mexico was the "meaning" approach to teach the reading of alphabetic print instead of the "sound" approach. "Dick and Jane" primers and their clones, which teach beginning reading by meaning instead of by sound are, indeed, the disgraceful source for America's functional illiteracy problem. The history is an attempt to bring together most historical sources on those primers and on the long teaching of beginning reading itself so that functional illiteracy can be properly understood and successfully corrected.
Instigations
Author: Ezra PoundPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781505374469
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972) was an American poet and harsh critic following World War I. Pound was also a key contributor to the Modernist movement. One of Pound's most famous works is Instigations which is a series of essays critiquing a variety of writers and books.