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UNINA9910455080403321 |
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Howe Michael J. A. <1940-> |
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Genius explained [[electronic resource] /] / Michael J.A. Howe |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 1999 |
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0-511-05134-4 |
0-511-14916-6 |
0-511-00307-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-215) and index. |
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""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Dedication""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The young Charles Darwin""; ""3 The long ascent of George Stephenson""; ""4 Michael Faraday""; ""5 Manufacturing genius""; ""6 Einstein and the prodigies""; ""7 The expertise of great writers""; ""8 Inventing and discovering""; ""On giants� shoulders""; ""Collaborating with others""; ""Building on recent progress""; ""Struggling against difficulties""; ""9 Born to be a genius?""; ""Appendix: Personalia""; ""References""; ""Index"" |
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Genius Explained addresses the belief that genius is born not made. Controversially, it suggests genius is not a mysterious gift but the product of environment, personality and hard work and looks at the lives of, amongst others, Charles Darwin, George Eliot, the Bronte sisters, Michael Faraday and Albert Einstein. |
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UNINA9910452682503321 |
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Siddall Luis |
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The reign of Adad-nīrārī III [[electronic resource] ] : an historical and ideological analysis of an Assyrian king and his times / / by Luis Robert Siddall |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 |
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1 online resource (260 p.) |
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Cuneiform monographs, , 0929-0052 ; ; v. 45 |
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Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian |
Akkadian language |
Electronic books. |
Assyria Kings and rulers |
Assyria History |
Assyria History Sources |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Chapter One Chronological Issues -- Chapter Two The Extent of the Empire -- Chapter Three Royal Authority and the Dynamics of Power -- Chapter Four Early Neo-Assyrian Royal Ideology (934–810) -- Chapter Five The Royal Ideology of Adad-nīrārī III -- Conclusion -- Appendix A Edition of the Tell Sheikh Hamad Stele -- Appendix B Score of the Calah Slabs -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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In The Reign of Adad-nīrārī III , Luis Siddall examines the evidence and edits new inscriptions from the king’s reign to investigate the chronology, campaigns, imperial administration and royal ideology of the period. While historians have typically viewed this period as one of turmoil, imperial recession, political weakness and decentralisation, Siddall shows that Adad-nīrārī’s reign marked a period of imperial stability, chiefly through changes to the administration. However, while politically successful, the imperial policy affected the king’s ideological expression, particularly in terms of the description of the campaigns in |
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Adad-nīrārī's inscriptions and his limited use of royal titles. \'Scholars working on the Neo-Assyrian period cannot afford to miss Siddall's fresh assessment of the evidence for Adad-nirari's reign. He offers a re-evaluation of several texts but perhaps more importantly, he proposes a few methodological innovations that shed new light on the history of Assyria in the 9th century.\' Bill T. Arnold (Asbury Theological Seminary) |
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