1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910822019503321

Autore

Herman Bernard L. <1951->

Titolo

Town house : architecture and material life in the early American city, 1780-1830 / / Bernard L. Herman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

979-88-908715-5-8

1-4696-0116-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia

Disciplina

307.3/3616/097309033

Soggetti

Row houses - United States

Dwellings - Social aspects - United States

Architecture - United States - History - 18th century

Architecture - United States - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Urban settings: houses and housing in the early American city -- The merchant family's house -- The burgher's dilemma -- The servants' quarter -- The widow's dower -- The shipwright's lodgings -- A traveler's portmanteau -- A poetical city.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910367749403321

Autore

Fiore Michele

Titolo

The origin and Early Evolution of Life : : Prebiotic Chemistry of Biomolecules / / Michele Fiore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019

Basel, Switzerland : , : MDPI, , 2019

ISBN

9783039216079

3039216074

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (288 p.)

Soggetti

Chemistry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Studying the origin of life is one of man's greatest achievements over the last sixty years. The fields of interest encompassed by this quest are multiple and interdisciplinary: chemistry, physics, biology, biochemistry, mathematics, geology but also statistics, atmospheric science, meteorology, oceanography, and astrophysics. Recent scientific discoveries, such as water on Mars and the existence of super-Earths with atmospheres similar to primordial Earth, have pushed researchers to simulate prebiotic conditions in explaining the abiotic formation of molecules essential to life. This collection of articles offers an overview of recent discoveries in the field of prebiotic chemistry of biomolecules, their formation and selection, and the evolution of complex chemical systems.