1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455471303321

Autore

Barnes Hazel Estella

Titolo

The story I tell myself [[electronic resource] ] : a venture in existentialist autobiography / / Hazel E. Barnes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1997

ISBN

1-299-10456-8

0-226-03734-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 p.)

Disciplina

305.42/092

B

Soggetti

College teachers - United States

Feminists - United States

Existentialism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Recognitions and Acknowledgments -- Living with the Century. Apologia for an Autobiography -- One. Being a Child -- Two. Being Educated -- Three. Conversions and Epiphanies -- Four. Interlude -- Five. Engagement with Existentialism -- Six. Existential Feminism -- Seven. Teaching for a Living -- Eight. Living in the Rockies -- Nine. Making an Ending -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Best known as the writer who introduced French existentialism to English-speaking readers through her translation of Sartre's Being and Nothingness, Hazel E. Barnes has written an autobiography that is both the success story of a professional woman as well as a profoundly moving reflection on growing older. Transcending the personal details of her life, Barnes' memoir stands as an important contribution to the intellectual history of our century. "An intimate record of our times and of the ongoing issues that challenge us to define ourselves over and over again."-Kirkus Reviews "An engaging autobiography that spans not only [Barnes'] self-identified period of 'flourishing' but virtually all the twentieth century."-Library Journal "Thoughtful, gracefully written reflections. . . . Readers will be glad they pursued an unusual woman's



intellectual and personal journey."-Booklist "An accessible, wonderfully written book packed with wisdom and insight."-Denver Post "Absorbing and satisfying."-Gertrude Reif Hughes, Women's Review of Books

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143094703321

Autore

Bona Carles

Titolo

Elements of numerical relativity and relativistic hydrodynamics : from Einstein's equations to astrophysical simulations / / C. Bona, C. Palenzuela-Luque, C. Bona-Casas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Heidelberg, : Springer-Verlag, c2009

ISBN

9786613562807

9781280384882

1280384883

9783642011641

3642011640

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 214 p. 108 illus.)

Collana

Lecture notes in physics ; ; [783]

Classificazione

UD 8220

Altri autori (Persone)

Bona-CasasC (Carles)

Palenzuela-LuqueCarlos

Disciplina

530.11

Soggetti

Einstein field equations - Numerical solutions

Evolution equations - Numerical solutions

Relativity (Physics)

Space and time - Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The 4D Spacetime -- The Evolution Formalism -- Free Evolution -- First-Order Hyperbolic Systems -- Numerical Methods -- Black Hole Simulations -- Matter Spacetimes.

Sommario/riassunto

Many large-scale projects for detecting gravitational radiation are currently being developed, all with the aim of opening a new window onto the observable Universe. As a result, numerical relativity has recently become a major field of research, and Elements of Numerical Relativity and Relativistic Hydrodynamics is a valuable primer for both graduate students and non-specialist researchers wishing to enter the



field. A revised and significantly enlarged edition of LNP 673 Elements of Numerical Relativity, this book starts with the most basic insights and aspects of numerical relativity before it develops coherent guidelines for the reliable and convenient selection of each of the following key aspects: evolution formalism; gauge, initial, and boundary conditions; and various numerical algorithms. And in addition to many revisions, it includes new, convenient damping terms for numerical implementations, a presentation of the recently-developed harmonic formalism, and an extensive, new chapter on matter space-times, containing a thorough introduction to relativistic hydrodynamics. While proper reference is given to advanced applications requiring large computational resources, most tests and applications in this book can be performed on a standard PC. From the Reviews of the 1st edition I am glad to recommend this book to anyone interested in an introduction into this field." Bela Szilagyi, (Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2007 b).

3.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00497662

Autore

ROBERT : de Boron

Titolo

Merlin : roman du 13. siecle / Robert de Boron ; edition critique par Alexandre Micha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneve, : Librairie Droz, 1979

Descrizione fisica

LXXIV, 340 p. ; 18 cm.

Disciplina

841.109

Soggetti

Letteratura francese - Medioevo

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese (ca. 842-1400)

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia