1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910710043003321

Autore

Masters Larry W

Titolo

A methodology for establishing conditioning requirements for building materials and composites / / Larry W. Masters; Max Tryon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gaithersburg, MD : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, , 1975

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

NBSIR ; ; 75-767

Altri autori (Persone)

MastersLarry W

TryonMax

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

1975.

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Title from PDF title page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910163931703321

Autore

Wertz Spencer K.

Titolo

Food and Philosophy : Selected Essays / / by Spencer K. Wertz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fort Worth, Texas : , : TCU Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-87565-644-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 pages)

Disciplina

641.3001

Soggetti

Cooking - Philosophy

Food consumption - Philosophy

Taste - Philosophy

Food - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Philosophy of food history -- The five flavors and Taoism: Lao Tzu's verse twelve -- The elements of taste: how many are there? -- Leibniz and culinary cognitions: a speculative journey -- Taste and food in Rousseau's Julie, or the new Heloise -- Hume's culinary interests and the historiography of food -- Revel's conception of cuisine: Platonic or Hegelian? -- The analogy between food and art: Tolstoy and Eaton -- Maize: the Native North American's legacy of cultural diversity and biodiversity -- Are genetically modified foods good for you? A pragmatic answer -- Is there a pornography of food? -- Chocolate and its world -- Eating and dining: Collingwood's anthropology.

Sommario/riassunto

These essays on food and philosophy were written over several decades.Not only philosophers and historians but individuals who have an ongoing interest in food should relish them.