Richard Swineshead’s short treatises (opuscula) on motion provide us with a direct insight into the successive stages in the fourteenth-century Oxford speculative, mathematical science of loc...
The book is representative of studies of the concept of political integration, present in the theory of political integration and international relations. It is considered a valuable source of know...
Eyewitness to history is written in short chapters that covers historic events ranging from Socrate's death right through to 9/11. Many of the event I knew about however there were a few in there t...
Seeing Science offers an insightful and reader-friendly collection of essays and pictures about photography's role in visualizing science and building human knowledge--from micro to macro levels an...
In the dying months of World War I, Spanish flu suddenly overwhelmed the world, killing between 50 and 100 million people.German soldiers termed it Blitzkatarrh, British soldiers called...
Witchcraft has recently been undergoing a huge popular revival, but does modern pagan witchcraft really bear any resemblance to its historical antecedents? This book explores the historical backgro...
An absorbing history, bringing explorers'tales vividly to life Apsley Cherry-Garrard, one of the men who went to Antarctica with Captain Scott, said"Polar exploration is at once the cleanest a...
Sad Topographies is an illustrated guide for the melancholic among us. Dispirited travellers rejoice as Damien Rudd journeys across continents in search of the world's most joyless place names and ...
To say this series is "empowering" doesn't do it justice. Buy a copy for your daughters, sisters, mums, aunts and nieces - just make sure you buy a copy for your sons, brothers, dads, unc...
To say this series is "empowering" doesn't do it justice. Buy a copy for your daughters, sisters, mums, aunts and nieces - just make sure you buy a copy for your sons, brothers, dads, unc...
Art-writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity and passions of the objects of its enquiry, argues Marina Warner. In this new anthology of some of her most compelling work, she c...
The study, "The Language of the Gods in the World of Royal Ladies of Kerala. Toward a History of Women's Writing in Sanskrit in the 18th- to 20th-century Kerala", addresses the subject of...
Monografia wpisuje się w najnowszy światowy, europejski i polski dyskurs o charakterze politycznym, ekonomicznym, naukowym i prawnym związany z ideą zrównoważonego, zeroemisyjnego transportu...
Published in association with the Imperial War Museums, this book will provide the ultimate challenge to even the most knowledgeable military historian. You might think you know a great deal about ...
'Shines an incisive and entertaining light into the secretive world of the South Korean technology giant shaping our digital lives in ways we probably can't imagine' -- Brad StoneCan th...
The book offers the comprehensive picture of the academic entrepreneurship phenomenon in the Visegrad countries perspective and it is an insightful read for university managers responsible for the ...
Publikacja jest nowym wydaniem - gruntownie przejrzanym, poprawionym i uzupełnionym.Zawiera około 117 000 terminów i skrótów, wystepujących w fachowej literaturze p...
Nadrzędnym celem proponowanej monografii jest przedstawienie twórczości współczesnej pisarki Brytyjskiej Evy Figes (1932-2012) na przykładzie wybranych powieści. Głównym aspekt...
The present study provides a detailed account of first instar morphology for the subfamily Mitlogramminae. The larvae of 72 European species are described and illustrated. Documentation of larval m...
In the monograph, the author raises important issues in the field of free movement of persons in the EU, starting with law basics, the scope of freedom, EU legal acts and judicature of the Court of...