The second instalment in an epic and authoritative seven-volume Hilma af Klint catalogue raisonné: the pioneering abstractionist's beloved The Paintings for the Temple series
For more than a decade, Clear and Simple as the Truth has guided readers to consider style not as an elegant accessory of effective prose but as its very heart. Francis-Nol Thomas and Mark Turner present writing as an intellectual activity, not a passive application of verbal skills. In classic style, the motive is truth, the purpose is presentation, the reader and writer are intellectual equals, and the occasion is informal. This general style of presentation is at home everywhere, from business memos to personal letters and from magazine articles to student essays. Everyone talks about style, but no one explains it. The authors of this book do; and in doing so, they provoke the reader to consider style, not as an elegant accessory of effective prose, but as its very heart.At a time when writing skills have virtually disappeared, what can be done? If only people learned the principles of verbal correctness, the essential rules, wouldn't good prose simply fall into place? Thomas and Turner say no. Attending to rules of grammar, sense, and sentence structure will no more lead to effective prose than knowing the mechanics of a golf swing will lead to a hole-in-one. Furthermore, ten-step programs to better writing exacerbate the problem by failing to recognize, as Thomas and Turner point out, that there are many styles with different standards.The book is divided into four parts. The first, "Principles of Classic Style," defines the style and contrasts it with a number of others. "The Museum" is a guided tour through examples of writing, both exquisite and execrable. "The Studio," new to this edition, presents a series of structured exercises. Finally, "Further Readings in Classic Prose" offers a list of additional examples drawn from a range of times, places, and subjects. A companion website, classicprose.com, offers supplementary examples, exhibits, and commentary, and features a selection of pieces written by students in courses that used Clear and Simple as the Truth as a textbook. Autorid: Francis-Noël Thomas, Mark Turner
Politics of Piety is a groundbreaking analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women's piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt. Unlike those organized Islamist activities that seek to seize or transform the state, this is a moral reform movement whose orthodox practices are commonly viewed as inconsequential to Egypt's political landscape. Saba Mahmood's compelling exposition of these practices challenges this assumption by showing how the ethical and the political are indelibly linked within the context of such movements.Not only is this book a sensitive ethnography of a critical but largely ignored dimension of the Islamic revival, it is also an unflinching critique of the secular-liberal principles by which some people hold such movements to account. The book addresses three central questions: How do movements of moral reform help us rethink the normative liberal account of politics? How does the adherence of women to the patriarchal norms at the core of such movements parochialize key assumptions within feminist theory about freedom, agency, authority, and the human subject? How does a consideration of debates about embodied religious rituals among Islamists and their secular critics help us understand the conceptual relationship between bodily form and political imaginaries? Politics of Piety is essential reading for anyone interested in issues at the nexus of ethics and politics, embodiment and gender, and liberalism and postcolonialism.In a substantial new preface, Mahmood addresses the controversy sparked by the original publication of her book and the scholarly discussions that have ensued. Autorid: Saba Mahmood
"This concise book introduces readers in the physical sciences (and beyond) to the exciting frontier topic of dark matter - a mysterious, non-luminous form of matter in the universe that is thought to account for about 27% of the mass-energy balance in the universe. Though dark matter has not yet been directly detected, its presence is implied by the fact that gravitational effects observed in galaxies cannot be explained unless they actually contain more matter than can be seen. If dark matter was not present, galaxies would not evolve or behave as they do, and many other lines of evidence from cosmology and astronomy give credence to its existence. Yet, what is dark matter? To answer this question, particle physicists (like the author) are joining in the quest to identify dark matter's true nature via experimental efforts aimed at directly detecting it. Although the book does not end with a grand revelation about the properties of dark matter in response to the title question, the book offers readers adeeper understanding of the current state of the dark matter problem and what a triumph it will be when we do learn something new about what dark matter really is. While cutting-edge research efforts are underway to answer the book's title question, thisbook brings readers up to speed with how observational astronomers came to know about dark matter; how theoreticians revealed how dark matter shapes the largest structures in our universe through gravity; and how physical scientists across disciplines are navigating the complex and frustrating hunt to reveal the nature of dark matter through the experimental detection of an as-yet-undiscovered dark matter particle"-- What we know about dark matter and what we have yet to discoverAstronomical observations have confirmed dark matters existence, but what exactly is dark matter? In What Is Dark Matter?, particle physicist Peter Fisher introduces readers to one of the most intriguing frontiers of physics. We cannot actually see dark matter, a mysterious, nonluminous form of matter that is believed to count for about 27 percent of the mass-energy balance in the universe. But we know dark matter is present by observing its ghostly gravitational effects on the behavior and evolution of galaxies. Fisher brings readers quickly up to speed regarding the current state of the dark matter problem, offering relevant historical context as well as a close look at the cutting-edge research focused on revealing dark matters true nature.Could dark matter be a new type of particlean axion or a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP)or something else? What have physicists ruled out so farand why? What experimental searches are now underway and planned for the near future, in hopes of detecting dark matter on Earth or in space? Fisher explores these questions and more, illuminating what is known and unknown, and what a triumph it will be when scientists discover dark matters identity at last. Autorid: Peter Fisher
In the 1930s C. G. Jung embarked upon a bold investigation into childhood dreams as remembered by adults to better understand their significance to the lives of the dreamers. Jung presented his findings in a four-year seminar series at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Children's Dreams marks their first publication in English, and fills a critical gap in Jung's collected works. Here we witness Jung the clinician more vividly than ever before--and he is witty, impatient, sometimes authoritarian, always wise and intellectually daring, but also a teacher who, though brilliant, could be vulnerable, uncertain, and humbled by life's great mysteries. These seminars represent the most penetrating account of Jung's insights into children's dreams and the psychology of childhood. At the same time they offer the best example of group supervision by Jung, presenting his most detailed and thorough exposition of Jungian dream analysis and providing a picture of how he taught others to interpret dreams. Presented here in an inspired English translation commissioned by the Philemon Foundation, these seminars reveal Jung as an impassioned educator in dialogue with his students and developing the practice of analytical psychology. An invaluable document of perhaps the most important psychologist of the twentieth century at work, this splendid volume is the fullest representation of Jung's views on the interpretation of children's dreams, and signals a new wave in the publication of Jung's collected works as well as a renaissance in contemporary Jung studies. Autorid: C. G. Jung, Lorenz Jung, Maria Meyer-Grass, Ernst Falzeder, Tony Woolfson
Maalähedane taburet õhkab vanaaegset sarmi ja on teie kodule suurepäraseks lisaks. Mahagonipuidust valmistatud tumba on väga vastupidav ja tugev. Mahagon on troopiline lehtpuu, mis paistab silma oma ilu, vastupidavuse ja värvuse poolest. Hoolikas valmistusviis lisab esemele vanaaegset, sooja ja autentset ilmet. Iga mööbliese on ainulaadne ja teisest veidi erinev. Käsitsi valmistatud: kulumisjäljed ja valmistusviis annavad igale pingile ainulaadse ilme ja täiendavad selle silmapaistvat vanaaegset stiili. Igat valmistamise etappi on tehtud suure hoolega. Oluline märkus: värvus varieerub, muutes iga tabureti ainulaadseks. Tarnitava eseme värvus on juhuslik, tagades toote eksklusiivsuse ja iseärasuse.p>• Turvalised maksemeetodid: Paypal, pangaülekanne, deebet- ja krediitkaardid, Trustly • Uhiuus toode. 2-aastane garantii sularahas kohaletoimetamise.Tasuta tarne
Foolhapet sisaldav toidulisand, mis soodustab kudede moodustumist raseduse ajal. Sisaldab oomega-3-rasvhapet DHA-d ja piimhappebakterite kultuure, mis mõjuvad kasulikult ema ja lapse immuunsusele ning vähendavad lapsel allergiaohu teket. Sisaldab raseduse planeerimise, raseduse ja rinnaga toitmise ajal hädavajalikke toitaineid: Tsink soodustab normaalset viljakust ja paljunemist. Ema dokosaheksaeenhappe (DHA) tarbimine soodustab loote ja imiku aju ja nägemise normaalset arengut. Märkus rasedatele ja imetavatele naistele: kasulik mõju saavutatakse päevase annusega 200 mg DHA-d lisaks soovituslikule oomega-3-rasvhapete päevasele annuse täiskasvanutele ehk 250 mg DHA-d ja EPA-d. Foolhape soodustab ema kudede moodustumist raseduse ajal. Foolhappe kasutamine raseduse ajal suurendab folaatide taset raseda naise kehas. Madal folaatide tase raseduse ajal on loote närvitoru defekti riskitegur. Kasulik toime saavutatakse raseduse esimese 3 kuu jooksul 400 μg foolhappega päevas vähemalt 1 kuu aega. Raud soodustab punaste vereliblede ja hemoglobiini normaalset moodustumist. Kaltsium, magneesium, tsink, raud, D-vitamiin, B12 ja foolhape osalevad rakkude jagunemise protsessis. C-vitamiin, B2, B6, B12, D-vitamiin, foolhape, raud, tsink, seleen ja vask aitavad kaasa immuunsüsteemi normaalsele toimimisele. Kaltsiumi on hädavajalik luude tervise jaoks. D-vitamiin aitab säilitada normaalset kaltsiumisisaldust veres. Jood ja seleen soodustavad kilpnäärme normaalset toimet. Kaltsium ja magneesium soodustavad lihaste normaalset tööd. C-vitamiin, B2, B6, B12, foolhape, niatsiin, pantoteenhape ja magneesium aitavad vähendada väsimust ja jõuetust. Tootja: Orthomol GmbH, Herzogstraβe 30, 40764, Langenfelde, Saksamaa.
Illustrates and describes 1,250 bird species of South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. This book also illustrates the birds of Angola (including Cabinda), whose river basins and rocky hillsides are home to the striking White-headed Robin Chat and the Angolan Cave Chat.
Walter Bagehot's Lombard Street, published in 1873 in the wake of a devastating London bank collapse, explained in clear and straightforward terms why central banks must serve as the lender of last resort to ensure liquidity in a faltering credit system. Bagehot's book set down the principles that helped define the role of modern central banks, particularly in times of crisis--but the recent global financial meltdown has posed unforeseen challenges. The New Lombard Street lays out the innovative principles needed to address the instability of today's markets and to rebuild our financial system. Revealing how we arrived at the current crisis, Perry Mehrling traces the evolution of ideas and institutions in the American banking system since the establishment of the Federal Reserve in 1913. He explains how the Fed took classic central banking wisdom from Britain and Europe and adapted it to America's unique and considerably more volatile financial conditions. Mehrling demonstrates how the Fed increasingly found itself serving as the dealer of last resort to ensure the liquidity of securities markets--most dramatically amid the recent financial crisis.Now, as fallout from the crisis forces the Fed to adapt in unprecedented ways, new principles are needed to guide it. In The New Lombard Street, Mehrling persuasively argues for a return to the classic central bankers' "money view," which looks to the money market to assess risk and restore faith in our financial system.
The ultimate illustrated field guide to the birds of ArgentinaArgentina is one of South America's premier birding destinations, encompassing a wide range of habitats from lush rainforests and vast pampas grasslands to the extensive wetland
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 424, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Amy Zegart, ISBN-13: 9780691147130, Date of issue: 2022
This unique textbook provides an accessible introduction to Einstein's general theory of relativity, a subject of breathtaking beauty and supreme importance in physics. With his trademark blend of wit and incisiveness, A. Zee guides readers from the fundamentals of Newtonian mechanics to the most exciting frontiers of research today, including de Sitter and anti-de Sitter spacetimes, Kaluza-Klein theory, and brane worlds. Unlike other books on Einstein gravity, this book emphasizes the action principle and group theory as guides in constructing physical theories. Zee treats various topics in a spiral style that is easy on beginners, and includes anecdotes from the history of physics that will appeal to students and experts alike. He takes a friendly approach to the required mathematics, yet does not shy away from more advanced mathematical topics such as differential forms. The extensive discussion of black holes includes rotating and extremal black holes and Hawking radiation.The ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate students, Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell also provides an essential resource for professional physicists and is accessible to anyone familiar with classical mechanics and electromagnetism. It features numerous exercises as well as detailed appendices covering a multitude of topics not readily found elsewhere. Provides an accessible introduction to Einstein's general theory of relativity Guides readers from Newtonian mechanics to the frontiers of modern research Emphasizes symmetry and the Einstein-Hilbert action Covers topics not found in standard textbooks on Einstein gravity Includes interesting historical asides Features numerous exercises and detailed appendices Ideal for students, physicists, and scientifically minded lay readers Solutions manual (available only to teachers)
In this classic work of intellectual history, Ernst Cassirer provides both a cogent synthesis and a penetrating analysis of one of history's greatest intellectual epochs: the Enlightenment. Arguing that there was a common foundation beneath the diverse strands of thought of this period, he shows how Enlightenment philosophers drew upon the ideas of the preceding centuries even while radically transforming them to fit the modern world. In Cassirer's view, the Enlightenment liberated philosophy from the realm of pure thought and restored it to its true place as an active and creative force through which knowledge of the world is achieved. In a new foreword, Peter Gay considers "The Philosophy of the Enlightenment" in the context in which it was written - Germany in 1932, on the precipice of the Nazi seizure of power and one of the greatest assaults on the ideals of the Enlightenment. He also argues that Cassirer's work remains a trenchant defense against enemies of the Enlightenment in the twenty-first century.
This is the best-selling field guide that 'sets new standards' ("New Scientist") and 'makes all other field guides for mammals of the United States...and Canada obsolete' ("Journal of Mammalogy") is now even better. Covering 20 species recognized since 2002 and including 13 new color plates, this fully revised edition of "Mammals of North America" illustrates all 462 known mammal species in the United States and Canada - each in beautiful color and accurate detail. With a more up-to-date species list than any other guide, improved facing-page descriptions, easier-to-read distribution maps, updated common and scientific names, and track and scat illustrations, this slim, light, and easy-to-use volume is the must-have source for identifying North American mammals. Roland Kays and Don Wilson have scoured the technical literature to pull out the key differences between similar species, and illustrated these whenever possible, making the guide useful to amateur naturalists and professional zoologists alike.Casual animal watchers will appreciate the overview of mammal diversity and the tips on identifying animals they can spy in their binoculars, while scientists will appreciate the exacting detail needed to distinguish similar species, including illustrations of shrew teeth, bat toes, and whale dorsal fins. This is the best-illustrated and easiest-to-use field guide to North American mammals. It features beautiful and accurate color illustrations of all 462 mammals found in the United States and Canada - including 20 species recognized since 2002. There are 112 color plates - including 13 new ones. It includes key identification information - fully revised - on facing pages. It presents the most current taxonomy/species list. It has fully revised, easy-to-read range maps, and features illustrations of tracks, scat, and whale and dolphin dive sequences.
