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Total Books: 1501 - 1520 /1629
978-1-4020-8866-7
Thinking about Life :The History and Philosophy of Biology and Other Sciences

Our previous book, About Life, concerned modern biology. We used our present-day understanding of cells to ‘define’ the ...

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978-3-540-72228-1
Thinking in Complexity

The theory of nonlinear, complex systems has become by now a proven problem-solving approach in the natural sciences. In ...

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978-3-540-28562-5
Third-Party Liability of Classification Societies

Classification societies are charged with the technical supervision of maritime shipping to enhance the safety of life and ...

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978-1-4020-5085-5
Thought-Contents : On the Ontology of Belief and the Semantics of Belief Attribution

This book provides a formal ontology of senses and the belief-relation that grounds the distinction between de dicto, de ...

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978-1-56898-644-9
Thrown Rope

Hutchinson's works are ephemeral and evanescent, produced out in the open, where they are subject to the whims of nature. ...

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978-88-470-0642-3
Tigri e Teoremi : Scrivere teatro e scienza = Tigers and Theorems: Writing theater and science

From science according to Popper and Toulmin to theater according to Morteo and Brecht, a path is built between the two disciplines ...

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978-1-4020-8354-9
Time and Modality

Time and Modality is a unique work of reference; not only does it unite studies which explore the syntax and semantics of ...

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978-1-4020-6160-8
Timing and Temporality in Islamic Philosophy and Phenomenology of Life

From time immemorial, concern with timing of life has been crucial for the regulation of human praxis as well as for the ...

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978-3-319-72368-6
Tobacco Control Policy in the Netherlands

Governments have known since the 1960s that smoking results in irreversible health damage. This open access book examines ...

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978-1-4020-4796-1
Topic and Focus : Cross-Linguistic Perspectives on Meaning and Intonation

This book contains a collection of papers exploring the cross-linguistic expression of topic and focus. A diverse set of ...

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978-3-211-30631-4
Tort Law and Liability Insurance

Among scholars as well as practitioners it is taken for granted that liability insurance and liability in tort interrelate ...

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978-3-211-77586-8
Tort Law of the European Community

This publication deals with the European dimension of tort law. It provides a critical analysis of the acquis communautaire, ...

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978-3-211-31134-9
Tort and Regulatory Law

This book systematically analyses the interaction of administrative law and tort law. The focus is mainly on safety regulations ...

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978-0-387-69828-1
Total Solar Eclipses and How to Observe Them

This book explains how to avoid equipment and set-up errors thousands of miles from home, advises on the right equipment ...

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978-1-4020-4129-7
Tough on Criminal Wealth

The conclusion of the book is that the ‘tough on criminal wealth’ philosophy is largely alien to the everyday practice ...

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978-0-387-74644-9
Tourists in Space : A Practical Guide

Recent surveys have provided new and updated information into public insights of the nascent space tourism industry. Erik ...

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978-3-030-48442-2
Towards a Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities between Europe and Latin America

This book identifies the common and specific aspects of social mechanisms that generate inequalities, through comparative ...

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978-1-4020-4338-3
Towards a Global Community

This book is the outcome of a global study undertaken on behalf of the World Education Fellowship (WEF) in collaboration ...

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978-3-030-67130-3
Towards a Natural Social Contract Transformative Social-Ecological Innovation for a Sustainable, Healthy and Just Society

This book states that the endemic societal faultlines of our times are deeply intertwined and that they confront us with ...

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978-3-030-40903-6
Towards a Systemic Theory of Irregular Migration Explaining Ecuadorian Irregular Migration in Amsterdam and Madrid

This book provides an alternative theoretical framework of irregular migration that allows to overcome many of the contradictions ...

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Total Books: 1501 - 1520 /1629