1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455866003321

Autore

Ben-Naim Arieh <1934->

Titolo

Molecular theory of water and aqueous solutions [[electronic resource] /] / Arieh Ben-Naim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009-

ISBN

1-282-75748-2

9786612757488

981-283-761-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (660 p.)

Disciplina

546/.22

Soggetti

Solution (Chemistry)

Water

Molecular theory

Electronic books.

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

pt. 1. Understanding water.

Sommario/riassunto

The aim of this book is to explain the unusual properties of both pure liquid water and simple aqueous solutions, in terms of the properties of single molecules and interactions among small numbers of water molecules. It is mostly the result of the author's own research spanning over 40 years in the field of aqueous solutions. An understanding of the properties of liquid water is a prelude to the understanding of the role of water in biological systems and for the evolvement of life. The book is targeted at anyone who is interested in the outstanding properties of water and its role in biological systems. It is addressed to both students and researchers in chemistry, physics and biology.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783362203321

Autore

Taruskin Richard

Titolo

Text and act [[electronic resource] ] : essays on music and performance / / Richard Taruskin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995

ISBN

0-19-772928-2

1-280-45099-1

0-19-535743-4

1-60256-031-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (391 p.)

Disciplina

781.4/3

781.43

Soggetti

Performance practice (Music)

Style, Musical

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Author's Note; INTRODUCTION; Last Thoughts First; IN THEORY; 1. On Letting the Music Speak for Itself; 2. The Limits of Authenticity: A Contribution; 3. Down with the Fence; 4. The Pastness of the Present and the Presence of the Past; 5. What-or Where-Is the Original?; 6. The Modern Sound of Early Music; 7. Tradition and Authority; IN PRACTICE; Beethoven; 8. The New Antiquity; 9. Resisting the Ninth; Mozart; 10. An Icon for Our Time; 11. A Mozart Wholly Ours; 12. Old (New) Instruments, New (Old) Tempos; Bach; 13. Backslide or Harbinger?; 14. Facing up, Finally, to Bach's Dark Vision

15. The Crooked Straight and the Rough Places PlainAntiquarian Innocence; 16. Report from Lincoln Center: The International Josquin Festival-Conference, 21-25 June 1971; 17. The Price of Literacy, or, Why We Need Musicology; 18. High, Sweet, and Loud; 19. Text and Act; Full Circle; 20. Stravinsky Lite (Even ""The Rite""); Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Over the last dozen years, the writings of Richard Taruskin have transformed the debate about ""early music"" and ""authenticity."" Text and Act collects for the first time the most important of Taruskin's



essays and reviews from this period, many of which now classics in the field. Taking a wide-ranging cultural view of the phenomenon, he shows that the movement, far from reviving ancient traditions, in fact represents the only truly modern style of performance being offered today. He goes on to contend that the movement is therefore far more valuable and even authentic than the historical ve