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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Continue readingThis unique work celebrates the 60th birthday of Professor Woodruff Sullivan III (University of Washington, Seattle). The ...
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Continue readingDiscusses monuments in Syria and Iraq, many of which have vanished without being properly studied Explores innovations in ...
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Continue readingThe quest begins in prehistoric times with religion and the exploration of the connection between food and sex. This leads ...
Continue readingThis interdisciplinary book contains 22 essays and interventions on rest and restlessness, silence and noise, relaxation ...
Continue readingOffers a comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge report on recent developments in architectural production and research. Divided ...
Continue readingThe papers in this collection focus on patterns of change in natural philosophy in the seventeenth century, aiming to encourage ...
Continue readingAs both an early disciple of and influence on Freud, Wilhelm Stekel enjoyed a unique position within the analytic movement. ...
Continue readingA book that traces the profound effect Gauss’s masterpiece has had on mathematics over the past two centuries. … The ...
Continue readingExplores 50 key works, from the wall paintings of Lascaux to contemporary installations, and then links these to sections ...
Continue readingThis book provides a panoramic view of the evolution of Spanish agriculture from 1900 to the present, offering a more diverse ...
Continue readingThis volume is a collection of my essays on Gustav von Schmoller (1838– 1917), Max Weber (1864–1920), and Joseph Alois ...
Continue readingIn this book Robert McCarter presents a persuasive defence of why and how interior spatial experience is the necessary starting ...
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