1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000130910403321

Autore

Ximenes, Leonardo <1716-1786>

Titolo

Dissertazione intorno alle osservazioni solstiziali del 1775 allo gnomone della metropolitana fiorentina dell'abate Leonardo Ximenes ... del mese di agosto 1775

Pubbl/distr/stampa

In Livorno : nella stamperia di Gio. Vincenzo Falorni, 1776

Descrizione fisica

126 ,[2] p., [1] c. di tav. rip. ; 4°

Disciplina

529.78

Locazione

FINBC

Collocazione

13 AR 8 A 15

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910466371703321

Autore

Westcott Rich

Titolo

Biz Mackey, a giant behind the plate : the story of the Negro league star and Hall of Fame catcher / / Rich Westcott ; forewords by Monte Irvin and Ray C. Mackey III

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; ; Rome ; ; Tokyo : , : Temple University Press, , [2018]

ISBN

1-4399-1553-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Classificazione

SPO003030HIS036080BIO022000

Disciplina

796.357092

Soggetti

Catchers (Baseball) - United States

Baseball - United States - History - 20th century

African American baseball players

African American baseball managers

Negro leagues - History

Baseball players - United States

SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History

HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women

Electronic books.



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

""The best all-around catcher in black baseball history"--Cumberland Posey, Owner of the Homestead Grays National Baseball Hall of Fame catcher James Raleigh "Biz" Mackey's professional career spanned nearly three decades in the Negro Leagues and elsewhere. He distinguished himself as a defensive catcher who also had an impressive batting average and later worked as a manager of the Newark Eagles and the Baltimore Elite Giants. Using archival materials and interviews with former Negro League players, baseball historian Rich Westcott chronicles the catcher's life and remarkable career in Biz Mackey, a Giant behind the Plateas well as providing an in-depth look at Philadelphia Negro League history. Westcott traces Mackey's childhood in Texas as the son of sharecroppers to his success on the baseball diamond where he displayed extraordinary defensive skills and an exceptional ability to hit and to handle pitchers. Mackey spent one third of his career playing in Philadelphia, winning championships with the Hilldale Daisies and the Philadelphia Stars. Mackey also mentored famed catcher Roy Campanella and had an unlikely role in the story of baseball's development in Japan. A celebrated ballplayer before African Americans were permitted to join Major League Baseball, Biz Mackey ranks as one of the top catchers ever to play the game. With Biz Mackey, he finally gets the biography he deserves"--



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465687403321

Autore

LeVay Simon

Titolo

Gay, straight, and the reason why : the science of sexual orientation / / Simon LeVay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2012

©2017

ISBN

0-19-029738-7

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

155.3/4

Soggetti

Sexual orientation

Sex (Psychology)

Sex (Biology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

What causes a child to grow up gay, straight, or bisexual? In this book, neuroscientist Simon LeVay summarizes a wealth of scientific evidence that points to one inescapable conclusion: Sexual orientation results primarily from an interaction between genes, sex hormones, and the cells of the developing body and brain.