The Machines of Leonardo Da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux
This book is about the evolution of these machines and the inv- tors and engineers who created them from the early Renaissance ...
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The Moon that Wasn’t : The Saga of Venus’ Spurious Satellite
This book details the history of one of astronomy’s many spurious objects, the satellite of Venus. First spotted in 1645, ...
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The Multinational History of Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory
Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory is quite an interesting place for historians: several changes of nationality between ...
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The Neolithic Demographic Transition and its Consequences
The methodological innovation which has made possible the identification of the NDT is the use of a relative chronology, ...
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The New Astronomy: Opening the Electromagnetic Window and Expanding our View of Planet Earth
This unique work celebrates the 60th birthday of Professor Woodruff Sullivan III (University of Washington, Seattle). The ...
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The Pathologisation of Homosexuality in Fascist Italy
The book highlights how the dictatorship operated in a low-key, shadowy and undetectable manner, bending pre-existing legislation. ...
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The Place of Many Moods : The Place of Many Moods / Dipti Khera
A look at the painting traditions of northwestern India in the eighteenth century, and what they reveal about the political ...
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The Poetics of Arabian Suqs : A Hermeneutic Reading of the Development of Arabian Sūqs from the Pre-Islamic Era to Present / Jasmine Shahin
Investigates the history of Arabian sūqs from their pre-Islamic beginnings to the present. Collecting evidence from archaeological ...
WeiterlesenThe Production of Meaning in Islamic Architecture and Ornament / Yasser Tabbaa
Discusses monuments in Syria and Iraq, many of which have vanished without being properly studied Explores innovations in ...
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The Psychology of Silicon Valley Ethical Threats and Emotional Unintelligence in the Tech Industry
This book explores the conscious and unconscious norms, values, and characteristics that drive behaviors within the high-tech ...
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The Quest for Food
The quest begins in prehistoric times with religion and the exploration of the connection between food and sex. This leads ...
WeiterlesenThe Restless Compendium : Interdisciplinary Investigations of Rest and Its Opposites
This interdisciplinary book contains 22 essays and interventions on rest and restlessness, silence and noise, relaxation ...
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The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Architectural History / Duanfang Lu
Offers a comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge report on recent developments in architectural production and research. Divided ...
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The Science of Nature in the Seventeenth Century
The papers in this collection focus on patterns of change in natural philosophy in the seventeenth century, aiming to encourage ...
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The Self-Marginalization of Wilhelm Stekel
As both an early disciple of and influence on Freud, Wilhelm Stekel enjoyed a unique position within the analytic movement. ...
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The Shaping of Arithmetic after C.F. Gausss Disquisitiones Arithmeticae
A book that traces the profound effect Gauss’s masterpiece has had on mathematics over the past two centuries. … The ...
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The Short Story of Art: A Pocket Guide to Key Movements, Works, Themes and Techniques / Susie Hodge
Explores 50 key works, from the wall paintings of Lascaux to contemporary installations, and then links these to sections ...
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The Social Metabolism of Spanish Agriculture, 1900–2008 The Mediterranean Way Towards Industrialization
This book provides a panoramic view of the evolution of Spanish agriculture from 1900 to the present, offering a more diverse ...
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The Soul of the German Historical School
This volume is a collection of my essays on Gustav von Schmoller (1838– 1917), Max Weber (1864–1920), and Joseph Alois ...
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The Space Within: Interior Experience as the Origin of Architecture / Robert McCarter
In this book Robert McCarter presents a persuasive defence of why and how interior spatial experience is the necessary starting ...
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