Author: Ralph Nicholson WornumPublisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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The Epochs of Painting
Author: Ralph Nicholson WornumPublisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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The Epochs of Nature
Author: Georges-Louis LeclercPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022639557X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, le comte de Buffon's The Epochs of Nature, originally published as Les Époques de la Nature in 1778, is one of the first great popular science books, a work of style and insight that was devoured by Catherine the Great of Russia and influenced Humboldt, Darwin, Lyell, Vernadsky, and many other renowned scientists. It is the first geological history of the world, stretching from the Earth’s origins to its foreseen end, and though Buffon was limited by the scientific knowledge of his era—the substance of the Earth was not, as he asserts, dragged out of the sun by a giant comet, nor is the sun’s heat generated by tidal forces—many of his deductions appear today as startling insights. And yet, The Epochs of Nature has never before been available in its entirety in English—until now. In seven epochs, Buffon reveals the main features of an evolving Earth, from its hard rock substrate to the sedimentary layers on top, from the minerals and fossils found within these layers to volcanoes, earthquakes, and rises and falls in sea level—and he even touches on age-old mysteries like why the sun shines. In one of many moments of striking scientific prescience, Buffon details evidence for species extinction a generation before Cuvier’s more famous assertion of the phenomenon. His seventh and final epoch does nothing less than offer the first geological glimpse of the idea that humans are altering the very foundations of the Earth—an idea of remarkable resonance as we debate the designation of another epoch: the Anthropocene. Also featuring Buffon’s extensive “Notes Justificatives,” in which he offers further evidence to support his assertions (and discusses vanished monstrous North American beasts—what we know as mastodons—as well as the potential existence of human giants), plus an enlightening introduction by editor and translator Jan Zalasiewicz and historians of science Sverker Sörlin, Libby Robin, and Jacques Grinevald, this extraordinary new translation revives Buffon’s quite literally groundbreaking work for a new age.
The Epochs of International Law
Author: Wilhelm G. GrewePublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110902907
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 804
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Wilhelm G. Grewe's "Epochen der Völkerrechtsgeschichte", published in 1984, is widely regarded as one of the classic twentieth century works of international law. This revised translation by Michael Byers of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, makes this important book available to non-German readers for the first time. "The Epocs of International Law" provides a theoretical overview and detailed analysis of the history of international law from the Middle Ages, to the Age of Discovery and the Thirty Years War, from Napoleon Bonaparte to the Treaty of Versailles, the Cold War and the Age of the Single Superpower, and does so in a way that reflects Grewe's own experience as one of Germany's leading diplomats and professors of international law. A new chapter, written by Wilhelm G. Grewe and Michael Byers, updates the book to October 1998, making the revised translation of interest to German international layers, international relations scholars and historians as well. Wilhelm G. Grewe was one of Germany's leading diplomats, serving as West German ambassador to Washington, Tokyo and NATO, and was a member of the International Court of Arbitration in The Hague. Subsequently professor of International Law at the University of Freiburg, he remains one of Germany's most famous academic lawyers. Wilhelm G. Grewe died in January 2000. Professor Dr. Michael Byers, Duke University, School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, formerly a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, and a visiting Fellow of the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg.
The Epochs of German History
Author: J. HallerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000697533
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Originally published in 1930. This book is not intended to be a discussion on German history, but to talk about its epochs, a period in which some fresh beginning is made, some fresh determining element enters, some event occurs to give a new direction to the course of history. The book is concerned with the critical moments of German history, the turning points in its course. Those are what we want to consider, wnd also to select as points of vantage from which we may survey the development of the German nation, viewing the panorama section by section.
Catalogue of Fundamental Stars for the Epochs 1875 and 1900 Reduced to an Absolute System
Author: Simon NewcombThe Epochs. A Poem ... Second Edition
Author: Robert W. THOMThe Epochs of Painting Characterized
Author: Ralph Nicholson WornumPublisher: London : C. Cox
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Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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The epochs of painting characterized, a sketch of the history of painting, ancient and modern
Author: Ralph Nickolson WornumPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Catalogue of Zodiacal Stars for the Epochs 1900 and 1920 Reduced to an Absolute System
Author: Henry Benjamin HedrickPublisher:
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Category : Stars
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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The Epochs of Painting Characterized; a Sketch of the History of Painting, Ancient and Modern, Etc
Author: Ralph Nicholson WORNUMPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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