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Universities and Science in the Early Modern Period

The authors of this volume offer a fresh assessment of how this course of study affected generations of natural philosophers, ...

University Dynamics and European Integration

This book explores the visions underlying the attempts to reform the European University as well as two European integration ...

Upon What Does the Turtle Stand?

This book brings together the reflections of independent researchers from around the world. Sixteen authors from fourteen ...

Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto and How to Observe Them

This book tells the story of two giants and a dwarf. The giants, Uranus and Neptune, are mostly huge balls of gas, and they ...

Values Education and Lifelong Learning

The aim of this book is to provide an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information about the international ...

Venezuela: A Petro-State Using Renewable Energies : A Contribution to the Global Debate about New Renewable Energies for Electricity Generation

In spite of the economic role of oil, Venezuela has started developing hydroelectricity since the 1950s. At present, the ...

Venus and Mercury, and How to Observe Them

Mercury and Venus - known as the "inferior planets" because they are closer to the Sun than the Earth is - have always ...

Verifying Treaty Compliance

International treaties requiring binding commitments on the part of the member states and appropriate compliance verification ...

Victim-Offender Mediation with Youth Offenders in Europe

This book documents the state of the art on Victim-Offender Mediation with youth offenders in 15 European nations.It provides ...

Vienna - A Doctor´s Guide : 15 walking tours through Vienna’s medical history

This book describes a total of 15 walking tours through old medical Vienna. Naturally, these tours are concentrated on the ...

Violence Against Women : An International Perspective

The International Violence against Women Survey (IVAWS) has interviewed over 23,000 women in eleven countries (including ...

Violence in Europe

Taking the sociocultural long view, Violence in Europe analyzes the prevalence and role of violence—from street crime to ...

Virtue, Liberty, and Toleration : Political Ideas of European Women, 1400–1800

This volume challenges the view that women have not contributed to the historical development of political ideas, and highlights ...

Virtues and Passions in Literature / Excellence, Courage, Engagements, Wisdom, Fulfilment

The Human Condition prompts our creative strivings beyond the natural round of life toward outstanding achievements. It shows ...

Visa Policy within the European Union Structure

The book focuses on the common visa policy as a case study on the constitutional structure of the European Union. After introducing ...

Visual Astronomy Under Dark Skies

Modern astronomical telescopes, along with other advances in technology, have brought the deep sky – star clusters, nebulae ...

Visualization in Science Education

This book addresses key issues concerning visualization in the teaching and learning of science at any level in educational ...

Visualization: Theory and Practice in Science Education

External representations (pictures, diagrams, graphs, concrete models) have always been valuable tools for the science teacher. ...

Vite matematiche : Protagonisti del’ 900 da Hilbert a Wiles = Mathematical Lives: Twentieth-century protagonists from Hilbert to Wiles

Presenting famous mathematicians alongside others less known to the general public - from Hilbert to Gödel, from Turing ...

Vocationalisation of Secondary Education Revisited

The book is a cutting-edge contribution to the debate which has occurred for some time on the pros and cons of secondary ...

Total Books: 941 - 960 /989