A spiritual journey of a young man, towards the land of peace, to live therein essentially in God [[electronic resource] ] : who met in his journey with three sorts of disputes, with some proverbs or sentences, which the old-age spake to the young man. Also a spiritual dialogue, whereunto is annexed a round or chorus-dance, whereunto the vain heathenish lusts, with their wicked confused loose minds and thoughts (as well in confusion as in a shew of holiness) assemble from all corners of the earth, and dancing hand in hand, skip and jump to hell. Translated out of Dutch

• Record Nr.: UNISA996384321903316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : printed by J. Macock, 1659
• Descrizione fisica: 208, [2] p
• Soggetti: Old age; Proverbs, English; Conduct of life; Christian life
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Errata: p. [2] at end.; Imperfect: stained, print show-through.; Reproduction of original in: Bodleian Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0018

The exoplanet handbook / / Michael Perryman [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813285203321
• Autore: Perryman M. A. C.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-139-93083-4; 1-107-21743-1; 1-283-12726-1; 9786613127266; 1-139-07571-3; 1-139-06995-0; 1-139-07797-X; 1-139-08026-1; 0-511-99485-0; 1-139-08254-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 410 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 523.24
• Soggetti: Extrasolar planets
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Radial velocities; 3 Astrometry; 4 Timing; 5 Microlensing; 6 Transits; 7 Imaging; 8 Host stars; 9 Brown dwarfs and free-floating planets; 10 Formation and evolution; 11 Interiors and atmospheres; 12 The solar system; Appendix A. Numerical quantities; Appendix B. Notation; Appendix C. Radial velocity planets; Appendix D. Transiting planets; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Exoplanet research is one of the most explosive subjects in astronomy today. More than 500 exoplanets are now known, and groups world-wide are actively involved in a broad range of observational and theoretical efforts. This book ties together these many avenues of investigation - from the perspectives of observation, technology and theory - to give a comprehensive, up-to-date review of the entire field. All areas of exoplanet investigation are covered, making it a unique and ; valuable guide for researchers in astronomy and planetary science, including those new to the field. It treats the many different techniques now available for exoplanet detection and characterisation, the broad range of underlying physics, the overlap with related topics in solar system and Earth sciences, and the concepts underpinning future developments. It emphasises the interconnection between the various fields and provides extensive references to more in-depth treatments and reviews.

Smiling through the cultural catastrophe : toward the revival of higher education / / Jeffrey Hart

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958457003321
• Autore: Hart Jeffrey Peter <1930->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2001
• ISBN: 9786611730666; 9781281730664; 1281730661; 9780300130522; 030013052X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource (xii, 271 p.))
• Disciplina: 370.11/2
• Soggetti: Education, Humanistic; Civilization - Study and teaching
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE: THE GREAT NARRATIVE -- CHAPTER ONE Athens andJerusalem 3 -- CHAPTER TWO Athens: The Heroic Phase 14 -- CHAPTER THREE Moses as Epic Hero 35 -- CHAPTERFOUR Socrates andJesus: Internalizing the Heroic 73 -- CHAPTER FIVE Paul: Universal Synthesis 105 -- PART TWO: EXPLORATIONS -- CHAPTER SIX Augustine ChoosesJerusalem 127 -- CHAPTER SEVEN Dante, Rome (Athens),Jerusalem, andAmor 138 -- CHAPTER EIGHT Hamlet's Great Song 169 -- CHAPTER NINE The ; Indispensable Enlightenment: Moliere and -- Voltaire 187 -- CHAPTER TEN Hamlet in St. Petersburg, Faust in Great Neck: -- Dostoyevsky and Scott Fitzgerald 207 -- AFTERWORD Today and Tomorrow 241 -- Notes 251 -- Index 263.
• Sommario/riassunto: Although the essential books of Western civilization are no longer central in our courses or in our thoughts, they retain their ability to energize us intellectually, says Jeffrey Hart in this powerful book. He now presents a guide to some of these literary works, tracing the main currents of Western culture for all who wish to understand the roots of their civilization and the basis for its achievements.Hart focuses on the productive tension between the classical and biblical strains in our civilization--between a life based on cognition and one based on faith and piety. He begins with the Iliad and Exodus, linking Achilles and Moses as Bronze Age heroic figures. Closely analyzing texts and illuminating them in unexpected ways, he moves on to Socrates and Jesus, who "internalized the heroic," continues with Paul and Augustine and their Christian synthesis, addresses Dante, Shakespeare (Hamlet), Molière, and Voltaire, and concludes with the novel as represented by Crime and Punishment and The Great Gatsby. Hart maintains that the dialectical tensions suggested by this survey account for the restlessness and singular achievements of the West and that the essential books can provide the substance and energy currently missed by both students and educated readers.