Author: Francis William BLAGDONPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Modern Discoveries; or, a Collection of facts and observations ... of celebrated modern travellers ... Carefully translated, prepared, and reprinted ... by F. Blagdon
Author: Francis William BLAGDONPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Modern Discoveries; or, a Collection of facts and observations ... of celebrated modern travellers ... Carefully translated, prepared, and reprinted ... by F. Blagdon
Author: Francis William BLAGDONPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Bibliotheca Cisorientalia
Author: Richard W. BevisPublisher: Boston : G. K. Hall
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Modern Discoveries; or, a Collection of facts and observations ... of celebrated modern travellers ... Carefully translated, prepared, and reprinted ... by F. Blagdon
Author: Francis William BLAGDONPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Monteverde
Author: Nalini M. NadkarniPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195133102
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve has captured the worldwide attention of biologists, conservationists, and ecologists and has been the setting for extensive investigation over the past 30 years. Roughly 40,000 ecotourists visit the Cloud Forest each year, and it is often considered the archetypal high-altitude rain forest.This volume brings together some of the most prominent researchers of the region to provide a broad introduction to the biology of the Monteverde, and cloud forests in general. Collecting and synthesizing vital information about the ecosystem and its biota, the book also examines the positive and negative effects of human activity on both the forest and the surrounding communities. Ecologists, tropical biologists, and natural historians will find this volume an indispensable resource, as will all those who are fascinated by the magnificent wonders of the tropical forests.
The Earth Moves: Galileo and the Roman Inquisition (Great Discoveries)
Author: Dan HofstadterPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393071316
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A cogent portrayal of a turning point in the evolution of the freedom of thought and the beginnings of modern science. Celebrated, controversial, condemned, Galileo Galilei is a seminal figure in the history of science. Both Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein credit him as the first modern scientist. His 1633 trial before the Holy Office of the Inquisition is the prime drama in the history of the conflict between science and religion. Galileo was then sixty-nine years old and the most venerated scientist in Italy. Although subscribing to an anti-literalist view of the Bible, as per Saint Augustine, Galileo considered himself a believing Catholic. Playing to his own strengths—a deep knowledge of Italy, a longstanding interest in Renaissance and Baroque lore—Dan Hofstadter explains this apparent paradox and limns this historic moment in the widest cultural context, portraying Galileo as both humanist and scientist, deeply versed in philosophy and poetry, on easy terms with musicians, writers, and painters.
Remarks Concerning Stones Said to Have Fallen from the Clouds
Author: Edward KingPublisher:
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Category : Meteorites
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The Civilising Mission and the English Middle Class, 1792-1850
Author: A. TwellsPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230234720
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This volume concerns the missionary philanthropic movement which burst onto the social scene in early nineteenth century in England, becoming a popular provincial movement which sought no less than national and global reformation.
Ross Seaton
Author: Ted SnellThe Karen People of Burma
Author: Harry Ignatius MarshallPublisher:
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Category : Burma
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description