Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738174612
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738174612
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Comp Ency Anthropology
Author: Tim IngoldPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000443132
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1162
Book Description
This comprehensive survey of contemporary thought in biological, social and cultural anthropology sets the foundation for their future development and integration. The principal rationale behind the Encyclopedia is to overcome the division and fragmentation within the approaches of the humanities and natural sciences to anthropology. It emphasizes interconnections between perspectives and sub-disciplines, producing a complete perspective on what it means to be human. The work consists of three parts--Humanity, Culture, and Social Life--and 40 major contributions. Part One emphasizes human beings as members of a species, how that species differs from others, how it has evolved, and how human populations have adapted to and in turn transformed their environments. Part Two deals with the origin and structure of human culture, and on the role of culture in action, perception, and cognition. Part Three examines the various aspects of the relationships and processes that are carried on by persons and groups in the course of social life. Useful features such as cross-references within the text, full biographical references, suggestions for further reading and carefully illustrated line drawings make this an indispensable resource for all students of anthropology or sociology.
Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology
Author: Tim IngoldPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415286046
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1172
Book Description
New in paperback, this Companion provides a unique survey of contemporary thinking in biological, social and cultural anthropology. A prestigious editor leads an international team of acknowledged experts in each field.
Electrodynamics from Ampère to Einstein
Author: Olivier DarrigolPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198505938
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
This book recounts the developments of fundamental electrodynamics from Ampère's investigation of the forces between electric currents to Einstein's introduction of a new doctrine of space and time. The emphasis is on the diverse, evolving practices of electrodynamics and the interactions between the corresponding scientific traditions. A richly documented, clearly written, and abundantly illustrated history of the subject.
Systèmes sans fil : problèmes résolus
Author: TERRE MichelPublisher: Lavoisier
ISBN: 2746289067
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Universellement accessibles et permettant la mobilité, les systèmes sans fil connaissent un usage croissant. Cependant, le débit et la qualité de service ne sont pas encore au niveau des systèmes filaires. Par une approche macroscopique des systèmes sans fil, cet ouvrage répond aux questions de puissance, de débit, d'accès multiple, d'organisation cellulaire et d'organisation des réseaux d'accès. Ce livre met en application les principes fondamentaux des systèmes de télécommunications sans fil. Les grands concepts technologiques des systèmes radio (F/TDMA, GSM, CDMA, UMTS, OFDM, LTE, MIMO et UWB) et leurs principaux résultats théoriques sont présentés. Une série de problèmes résolus ayant pour objet d'établir des éléments du bilan de liaison global de différents systèmes de radiocommunications est proposée.
Heinrich Hertz: Classical Physicist, Modern Philosopher
Author: D. BairdPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401588554
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The sub-title of this symposium is accurate and, in a curious way, promises more than it states: Classical Physicist, Modem Philosopher. Heinrich Hertz, as the con summate experimentalist of 19th century technique and as brilliant clarifying critic of physical theory of his time, achieved one of the fulfilments but at the same time opened one of the transition points of classical physics. Thus, in his 'popular' lecture 'On the Relations Between Light and Electricity' at Heidelberg in the Fall of 1889, Hertz identified the ether as henceforth the most fundamental problem of physics, as the conceptual mystery but also the key to understanding mass, electric ity, and gravity. Of Hertz's demonstration of electric waves, Helmholtz told the Physical Society of Berlin: "Gentlemen! I have to communicate to you today the most important physical discovery of the century. " Hertz, philosophizing in his direct, lucid, pithy style, once wrote "We have to imagine". Perhaps this is metaphysics on the horizon? In the early pages of his Principles of Mechanics, we read A doubt which makes an impression on our mind cannot be removed by calling it metaphysical: every thoughtful mind as such has needs which scientific men are accustomed to denote as metaphysical. (PM23) And at another place, concerning the terms 'force' and 'electricity' and the alleged mystery of their natures, Hertz wrote: We have an obscure feeling of this and want to have things cleared up.
The ecumenical world of Orthodox civilization
Author: Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3111396746
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
No detailed description available for "The ecumenical world of Orthodox civilization".
Advances in Aeronautical Sciences
Author: Th. Von KármánPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483223361
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 591
Book Description
Advances in Aeronautical Sciences, Volume 2 contains the proceedings of the First International Congress in the Aeronautical Sciences, held in Madrid, Spain in September 1958. The book is comprised of survey papers and original contributions that discuss common problems in aeronautics and in space technology. The text presents interesting articles that deals with topics on the fundamental design problems of aircraft with boundary layer control for maintaining laminar flow; developments in hypersonic flow research; structures and materials for finite lifetime; and propulsion methods in astronautics. Aeronautics engineers and scientists in allied fields will find the book invaluable.
Rhetoric and Argumentation in the Beginning of the XX Century
Author: Henrique Jales RibeiroPublisher: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra / Coimbra University Press
ISBN: 9898074779
Category : Logic
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This book is the edition of the Proceedings of the International Colloquium “Rhetoric and Argumentation in the Beginning of the XXIst Century” which was held at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Coimbra, in October 2-4, 2008, and was organized by Henrique Jales Ribeiro, Joaquim Neves Vicente and Rui Alexandre Grácio. The main purpose of the Colloquium was to commemorate the publication in 1958 of the books La nouvelle rhétorique: Traité de l’argumentation, and The Uses of Arguments, by, respectively, C. Perelman/L. Olbrechts-Tyteca, and S. Toulmin. But another important goal was to take stock of the state of rhetoric and argumentation theory at the beginning of a new century. It was a unique event, without parallel in Portugal and worldwide - considering its theme and its aims -, which gathered some of the World’s most renowned rhetoric and argumentation theorists: Alan Gross, Douglas Walton, Erik Krabbe, Frans V. Eemeren, F. Snoeck Henkemans, Guy Haarscher, John Anthony Blair, Marianne Doury, Oswald Ducrot, Ruth Amossy. The book includes a variety of very important contributions to rhetoric and argumentation theory, ranging from those that naturally fall within the subject matter, to the areas of philosophy, linguistics, communication theory, education theory and law theory. The “art”, as it was called in the Medieval curricula, is no longer a discipline amongst others and has became, according to the view of some specialists and largely owing to Perelman and Toulmin influences, a “new paradigm” of rationality for our age, which auspiciously encompasses all fields of knowledge and culture. The book is divided into five parts: I- Historical and philosophical studies on the influences of Perelman and Toulmin; II- Studies in argumentation theory; III- Linguistic approaches to argumentation theory; IV- Rhetoric; and communication theory / education theory approaches to argumentation; and V- Law theory approaches to argumentation.
Dialogues between Media
Author: Paul FerstlPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110641887
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Comparative Literature is changing fast with methodologies, topics, and research interests emerging and remerging. The fifth volume of ICLA 2016 proceedings, Dialogues between Media, focuses on the current interest in inter-arts studies, as well as papers on comics studies, further testimony to the fact that comics have truly arrived in mainstream academic discourse. "Adaptation" is a key term for the studies presented in this volume; various articles discuss the adaptation of literary source texts in different target media - cinematic versions, comics adaptations, TV series, theatre, and opera. Essays on the interplay of media beyond adaptation further show many of the strands that are woven into dialogues between media, and thus the expanding range of comparative literature.