Author: Arild Stubhaug
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540668343
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Everyone with an interest in the history of mathematics and science will enjoy reading this book on one of the most famous mathematicians of the 19th century. The author, who is both a historian and a mathematician, has written the definitive biography of Niels Henrik Abel.
NIELS HENRIK ABEL and his Times
Author: Arild Stubhaug
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540668343
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Everyone with an interest in the history of mathematics and science will enjoy reading this book on one of the most famous mathematicians of the 19th century. The author, who is both a historian and a mathematician, has written the definitive biography of Niels Henrik Abel.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540668343
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Everyone with an interest in the history of mathematics and science will enjoy reading this book on one of the most famous mathematicians of the 19th century. The author, who is both a historian and a mathematician, has written the definitive biography of Niels Henrik Abel.
Household Politics
Author: Don Herzog
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300180780
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Contends that, though early modern English canonical sources and sermons often urge the subordination of women, this was not indicative of public life, and that husbands, wives and servants often struggled over authority in the household.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300180780
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Contends that, though early modern English canonical sources and sermons often urge the subordination of women, this was not indicative of public life, and that husbands, wives and servants often struggled over authority in the household.
Diabetes Its Medical and Cultural History
Author: Dietrich v. Engelhardt
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 364248364X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Diabetes. Its Medical and Cultural History covers the history of scientific inquiry into this affliction from antiquity to the discovery of insulin (1921) with concurrent consideration of the history of the patient and the cultural historical background. The reprints of medical historical studies discuss general relationships as well as specific details and exceptional research achievements of the past. Included in the bibliography of primary sources are the most important historical contributions in diabetic research and diabetic therapy with the author's name and information on the place of publication. The bibliography of secondary literature consolidates international studies from the past century to the present on the history of the theory of diabetes and therapeutic approaches. Illustrations and literary texts document cultural historical relationships. In index of persons and items facilitates use of this work which is intended to provide a stimulus for the physician, medical historian, medical student, general historian as well as diabetics themselves.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 364248364X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Diabetes. Its Medical and Cultural History covers the history of scientific inquiry into this affliction from antiquity to the discovery of insulin (1921) with concurrent consideration of the history of the patient and the cultural historical background. The reprints of medical historical studies discuss general relationships as well as specific details and exceptional research achievements of the past. Included in the bibliography of primary sources are the most important historical contributions in diabetic research and diabetic therapy with the author's name and information on the place of publication. The bibliography of secondary literature consolidates international studies from the past century to the present on the history of the theory of diabetes and therapeutic approaches. Illustrations and literary texts document cultural historical relationships. In index of persons and items facilitates use of this work which is intended to provide a stimulus for the physician, medical historian, medical student, general historian as well as diabetics themselves.
Caring Hands
Author: Viktor Reinhardt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780938414889
Category : Animal welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This book is a collection of electronic discussions that took place on the Animal Welfare Institute's Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum between June 2007 and March 2010. Comments are based upon first-hand experiences about ways to improve the conditions under which animals are housed and handled in research facilities. Animals discussed include mice and other rodents, rabbits, rhesus macaques and other nonhuman primates, dogs, cats, pigs, goats, and poultry. Topics include housing, refinement and enrichment specifically for primates and for other animals, animal training, and the role of animal care personnel.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780938414889
Category : Animal welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This book is a collection of electronic discussions that took place on the Animal Welfare Institute's Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum between June 2007 and March 2010. Comments are based upon first-hand experiences about ways to improve the conditions under which animals are housed and handled in research facilities. Animals discussed include mice and other rodents, rabbits, rhesus macaques and other nonhuman primates, dogs, cats, pigs, goats, and poultry. Topics include housing, refinement and enrichment specifically for primates and for other animals, animal training, and the role of animal care personnel.
Geographical Etymology
Author: Christina Blackie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The Vernacular Spirit
Author: R. Blumenfeld-Kosinski
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230107192
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The late-medieval movement into 'vernacular theology,' as it has come to be called, inspired many forms of literary expression, in all the languages of Europe. Spanning a wide field, the contributors to this volume consider hagiography, translations of and commentaries on scripture, accounts of visionary experiences, and devotional literature. Their essays illuminate encounters with the divine mediated through language, bringing into play a diversity of national cultures and disciplinary points of view. They also engage vital social and political issues connected with religious experience, including challenges to authority, reinterpretations of texts, and renegotiations of gender roles.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230107192
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The late-medieval movement into 'vernacular theology,' as it has come to be called, inspired many forms of literary expression, in all the languages of Europe. Spanning a wide field, the contributors to this volume consider hagiography, translations of and commentaries on scripture, accounts of visionary experiences, and devotional literature. Their essays illuminate encounters with the divine mediated through language, bringing into play a diversity of national cultures and disciplinary points of view. They also engage vital social and political issues connected with religious experience, including challenges to authority, reinterpretations of texts, and renegotiations of gender roles.
Conjuring Spirits: Texts and Traditions of Medieval Ritual Magic
Author:
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271042419
Category : Magic
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271042419
Category : Magic
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Emotions and War
Author: S. Downes
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137374071
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
This volume addresses the place of the emotions in literary representations of war across six centuries of European history. It challenges modern assumptions about the passions and feelings attending violent conflict in order to reveal the multifarious historical emotions and emotional histories of war.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137374071
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
This volume addresses the place of the emotions in literary representations of war across six centuries of European history. It challenges modern assumptions about the passions and feelings attending violent conflict in order to reveal the multifarious historical emotions and emotional histories of war.
Coldingham
Author: Adam Thomson
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016075114
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016075114
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.