1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004226880403321

Autore

Stevenson, Robert Louis <1850-1894>

Titolo

St. Ives / Robert Louis Stevenson ; introduction by Ernest Rhys

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Dent

New York : Dutton, 1939

Edizione

[Repr.]

Descrizione fisica

328 p. ; 18 cm

Collana

Everyman's library

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

P.3 BR.C.848

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910701040103321

Titolo

Report on the state of development, availability, evaluation, and future use of test kits for the measurement of lead in paint [[electronic resource] /] / prepared by W. F. Gutknecht ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Research Triangle Park, NC : , : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, , [2006]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 56 pages) : illustrations

Soggetti

Lead - Environmental aspects

Lead based paint - Testing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF title screen (viewed Mar. 6, 2012).

"RTI International."



"October 2006."

"EPA 600/R-10/068."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784085903321

Autore

Crump Thomas

Titolo

The Japanese numbers game [[electronic resource] ] : the use and understanding of numbers in modern Japan / / Thomas Crump

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1992

ISBN

1-134-93558-7

0-203-31810-2

1-280-33160-7

0-203-03897-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series

Disciplina

398/.356/0952

Soggetti

Symbolism in folklore - Japan

Numerals

Symbolism of numbers - Japan

Japan Civilization 1945-

Japan Social life and customs

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. [196]-201) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Japanese numbers game: The use and understanding of numbers in modern Japan; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; General editor's preface; Preface; 1 The numerical paradox; 2 Numbers in the written and spoken language; 3 Alternative number systems; 4 The culture of numbers; 5 What's in a Japanese name?; 6 Fortune-telling; 7 Time; 8 The spatial world of numbers; 9 The Japanese abacus; 10 Games-ancient and modern; 11 The ecology of numbers-past and present; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An almost obsessional use of numbers characterizes Japanese popular culture. A wide variety of numerical formulae and strategies provide the means for explaining events and solving problems occurring in



everyday life. These include such matters as the choice of the name for a child, ranking in almost any game or sport, the diagnosis and cure of illness or the decision to accept a new job. This text provides a general study of the field of Japanese popular numeracy. It introduces the reader to a world of numbers in which fortune-telling, the abacus and games involving numbers, as well as cur