1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782743803321

Autore

Ryrie Alec

Titolo

The sorcerer's tale [[electronic resource] ] : faith and fraud in Tudor England / / Alec Ryrie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-383-03640-3

1-281-97570-2

9786611975708

0-19-155204-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

364.163092

942.05092

Soggetti

Swindlers and swindling - England - History - 16th century

Magic - England - History - 16th century

Conspiracies - England - History - 16th century

Crime - England - London - History - 16th century

England Social conditions 16th century

Great Britain History Tudors, 1485-1603

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 (p. [191]-201) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; CHRONOLOGY; FOREWORD; 1. The Nobleman; 2. The Physician; 3. The Underworld; 4. The Magician; 5. The Preacher; Conclusion: Barbarians at the Gates; Appendix: Gregory Wisdom's Will; NOTES; PHOTOGRAPHIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX;

Sommario/riassunto

A lively history set in sixteenth-century England, detailing the hitherto unknown case of an extraordinary physician, magician, and con-man named Gregory Wisdom - and the London underworld to which he belonged. - ;An earl's son, plotting murder by witchcraft; conjuring spirits to find buried treasure; a stolen coat embroidered with pure silver; crooked gaming-houses and brothels; a terrifying new disease, and the self-trained surgeon who claims he can treat it. This is the world of Gregory Wisdom, a physician, magician, and consummate con-man at work in sixteenth-century London. In this book,



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910437811003321

Autore

Zeinolebadi Ahmad

Titolo

In-situ Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Investigation of Transient Nanostructure of Multi-phase Polymer Materials Under Mechanical Deformation / / by Ahmad Zeinolebadi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

9781299337428

1299337422

9783642354137

3642354130

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 106 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5061

Disciplina

610.28

610/.28

Soggetti

Polymers

Materials - Analysis

Condensed matter

Ceramic materials

Characterization and Analytical Technique

Condensed Matter Physics

Ceramics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Hamburg, Germany."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Experimental Part -- Data Evaluation -- Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers Under Uniaxial Deformation -- Polypropylene/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites: Continuous Stretching and Load-Cycling -- HDPE/PA Microfibrillar Composites Under Load-Cycling -- Summary and Future Works.

Sommario/riassunto

The results in this dissertation set the ground to answer a fundamental question in data-driven polymer material science: "Why don't prepared composites show less fatigue than the pure plastics?" A simultaneous analysis of mechanical testing and small angle X-Ray scattering from the DESY source in Hamburg has been applied to approach this



question, which is also central to the European research project "Nanotough", and the results are clearly presented in this book. The evolution of the materials structure is visualized and quantitatively analyzed from exhaustive sequences of scattering images. Three different classes of polymer composites are presented as typical and illustrative examples. The obtained results illustrate that the interactions of their components can cause unpredictable structural effects, ultimaltely leading to a weakening of the material, where a reinforcement was expected.