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UNINA9910476784403321 |
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Redlich Shimon <1935-> |
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Life in transit : Jews in postwar Lodz, 1945-1950 / / Shimon Redlich |
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Boston, Massachusetts : , : Academic Studies Press, , [2011] |
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©2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 264 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history |
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Jews - Poland - Łódź - History - 20th century |
Holocaust survivors - Poland - Łódź - History - 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-252) and index. |
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My Lodz memories -- Postwar Lodz -- Jews in postwar Lodz -- Friends, acquaintances, strangers -- Surviving : war: the first days. The Eastward Trek. Inside Russia. In the Soviet South. Returning to Poland. In the Ghettos. In the camps. On the Aryan Side -- The Zionists -- The others. |
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Life in Transit is the long-awaited sequel to Shimon Redlich's widely acclaimed Together and Apart in Brzezany, in which he discussed his childhood during the War and the Holocaust. Life in Transit tells the story of his adolescence in the city of Lodz in postwar Poland. Redlich's personal memories are placed within the wider historical context of Jewish life in Poland and in Lodz during the immediate postwar years. Lodz in the years 1945-1950 was the second-largest city in the country and the major urban center of the Jewish population. Redlich's research based on conventional sources and numerous interviews indicates that although the survivors still lived in the shadow of the Holocaust, postwar Jewish Lodz was permeated with a sense of vitality and hope. |
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UNINA9910798538603321 |
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Willis Jon (College teacher) |
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All these worlds are yours : the scientific search for alien life / / Jon Willis |
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New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Exobiology |
Life on other planets |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographic references (page [189]-205) and index. |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- One. Alien Extravaganza -- Two. A Universe Fit for Life? -- Three. What on Earth Is Life? -- Four. A Biological Tour of Our Solar System -- Five. Mars: The Riddle in the Sands -- Six. Europa and Enceladus: Life Aquatic? -- Seven. Titan: Nature's Petrochemical Plant -- Eight. Exoplanets: Worlds without End -- Nine. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence -- Ten. The Meaning of (Alien) Life? -- Notes -- References: Billions and Billions of Books -- Index |
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Where would you look for alien life? An astronomer and science popularizer explains the basics of astrobiology to outline five plausible scenarios for finding extraterrestrials Long before space travel was possible, the idea of life beyond Earth transfixed humans. In this fascinating book, astronomer Jon Willis explores the science of astrobiology and the possibility of locating other life in our own galaxy. Describing the most recent discoveries by space exploration missions, including the Kepler space telescope, the Mars Curiosity rover, and the New Horizons probe, Willis asks readers to imagine-and choose among-five scenarios for finding life. He encourages us to wonder whether life might exist within Mars's subsoil ice. He reveals the vital possibilities on the water-ice moons Europa and Enceladus. He views Saturn's moon Titan through the lens of our own planet's ancient past. |
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And, he even looks beyond our solar system, investigating the top candidates for a "second Earth" in a myriad of exoplanets and imagining the case of a radio signal arriving from deep space. Covering the most up-to-date research, this accessibly written book provides readers with the basic knowledge necessary to decide where they would look for alien life. |
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