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UNINA9910792325603321 |
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A century of nature [[electronic resource] ] : twenty-one discoveries that changed science and the world / / edited by Laura Garwin & Tim Lincoln ; with a foreword by Steven Weinberg |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 |
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1-282-53802-0 |
9786612538025 |
0-226-28416-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (381 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Science - History |
Science - Social aspects - History |
Discoveries in science |
Science and civilization |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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A Century of Nature -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chronology of twentieth-century science -- 1925 -- ONE. Raymond Dart and our African origins -- 1925. Australopithecus africanus: the man-ape of South Africa -- 1927 -- TWO. Electrons make waves -- 1927. The scattering of electrons by a single crystal of nickel -- 1932 -- THREE. The atom completed -- 1932. Possible existence of a neutron -- 1938 -- FOUR. Superfluidity: a new state of matter -- 1938. Viscosity of liquid helium below the λ-point -- 1939 -- FIVE. From nuclear physics to nuclear weapons -- 1939. Disintegration of uranium by neutrons: a new type of nuclear reaction -- 1953 -- SIX. The double helix -- 1953. A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid -- 1958 -- SEVEN. Dawn of structural biology -- 1958. A three-dimensional model of the myoglobin molecule obtained by X-ray analysis -- 1960 -- EIGHT. The first laser -- 1960. Stimulated optical radiation in ruby -- 1963 -- NINE. The quasar enigma -- 1963. 3C 273: a star-like object with large red-shift -- 1963 -- TEN. Seafloor magnetism and drifting |
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continents -- 1963. Magnetic anomalies over oceanic ridges -- 1968 -- ELEVEN. Stellar timekeepers -- 1968. Observation of a rapidly pulsating radio source -- 1970 -- TWELVE. Viruses reverse the genetic flow -- 1970. RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in virions of RNA tumour viruses -- 1973 -- THIRTEEN. Images of body and brain -- 1973. Image formation by induced local interactions: examples employing nuclear magnetic resonance -- 1974 -- FOURTEEN. Journey to the T cell -- 1974. Restriction of in vitro T cell-mediated cytotoxicity in lymphocytic choriomeningitis within a syngeneic or semiallogeneic system -- 1976 -- FIFTEEN. Molecular switches for "animal electricity" -- 1976. Single-channel currents recorded from membrane of denervated frog muscle fibres -- 1977 -- SIXTEEN DNA. sequencing: the silent revolution -- 1977. Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage ΦX174 DNA -- 1980 -- SEVENTEEN. The blueprint of animals revealed -- 1980. Mutations affecting segment number and polarity in Drosophila -- 1985 -- EIGHTEEN. A hole in Earth's shield -- 1985. Large losses of total ozone in Antarctica reveal seasonal ClOx/NOx interaction -- 1985 -- NINETEEN. Carbon cages and carbon tubes -- 1985. C60: buckminsterfullerene -- 1995 -- TWENTY. Seeking other solar systems -- 1995. A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star -- 1997 -- TWENTY-ONE. Dolly! -- 1997. Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells -- Contributors -- Index |
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Many of the scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century were first reported in the journal Nature. A Century of Nature brings together in one volume Nature's greatest hits-reproductions of seminal contributions that changed science and the world, accompanied by essays written by leading scientists (including four Nobel laureates) that provide historical context for each article, explain its insights in graceful, accessible prose, and celebrate the serendipity of discovery and the rewards of searching for needles in haystacks. |
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UNINA9910781496403321 |
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Autore |
Hung Ho-fung |
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Protest with Chinese characteristics [[electronic resource] ] : demonstrations, riots, and petitions in the Mid-Qing Dynasty / / Ho-fung Hung |
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New York, : Columbia University Press, c2011 |
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1-283-13604-X |
9786613136046 |
0-231-52545-1 |
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1 online resource (283 p.) |
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Protest movements - China - History - 18th century |
Riots - China - History - 18th century |
Demonstrations - China - History - 18th century |
Petitions - China - History - 18th century |
China Social conditions 18th century |
China History Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Market expansion, state centralization, and Neo-Confucianism in Qing China -- Documenting the three waves of Mid-Qing protest -- Filial-loyal demonstrations, 1740-1759 -- Riots into rebellion, 1776-1795 -- Resistance and petitions, 1820-1839 -- Mid-Qing protests in comparative perspective -- Epilogue: The past in the present. |
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The origin of political modernity has long been tied to the Western history of protest and revolution, the currents of which many believe sparked popular dissent worldwide. Reviewing nearly one thousand instances of protest in China from the eighteenth to the early-nineteenth centuries, Ho-fung Hung charts an evolution of Chinese dissent that stands apart from Western trends. Hung samples from mid-Qing petitions and humble plaints to the emperor. He revisits rallies, riots, market strikes, and other forms of contention rarely considered in previous studies. Drawing on new world history, which accommodates parallels and divergences between political-economic |
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and cultural developments East and West, Hung shows how the centralization of political power and an expanding market, coupled with a persistent Confucianist orthodoxy, shaped protesters' strategies and appeals in Qing China. This unique form of mid-Qing protest combined a quest for justice and autonomy with a filial-loyal respect for the imperial center, and Hung's careful research ties this distinct characteristic to popular protest in China today. As Hung makes clear, the nature of these protests prove late imperial China was anything but a stagnant and tranquil empire before the West cracked it open. In fact, the origins of modern popular politics in China predate the 1911 Revolution. Hung's work ultimately establishes a framework others can use to compare popular protest among different cultural fabrics. His book fundamentally recasts the evolution of such acts worldwide. |
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UNINA9910821570403321 |
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Autore |
Gabelman Josephine |
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A theology of nonsense / / Josephine Gabelman ; foreword by John Milbank |
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Eugene, Oregon : , : Pickwick Publications, , [2016] |
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1 online resource (238 pages) |
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Faith and reason - Christianity |
Paradox - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Nonsense literature |
Religion and literature |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Part I. Christian Unreason -- 1. The Paradoxical -- 2. The Anarchic -- 3. The Childlike -- Part II. Celestial Nonsense -- 4. Nonsense Theology. |
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There is within all theological utterances something of the ridiculous, perhaps more so in Christianity, given its proclivity for the paradoxical |
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and the childlike. Yet, few theologians are willing to discuss that consent to the Christian doctrine often requires a faith that goes beyond reason or does not exclusively identify with it. There seems to be a fear that the association of theology with the absurd will give fuel to the skeptic's refrain: "you can't seriously believe in all that nonsense" This book considers the legitimacy of the skeptic's objection and rather than trying to explain away points of logical contradiction, the author explores the possibility that an idea can be contrary to rationality and also true and meaningful. The study involves the systematic analysis of central stylistic features of literary nonsense using Lewis Carroll's famous Alice stories as exemplar. The project culminates in the setting up of a nonsense theology by considering the practical and evangelical ramifications of associating Christian faith with nonsense literature; and conversely, the value of relating theological principles to the study of literary nonsense. Ultimately, the research suggests that faith is always a risk and that a strictly rational apologetic misrepresents the nature of Christian truth-- |
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