02489oam 22005773 450 991109733710332120251116141315.01-280-47063-10-19-802422-3(CKB)111000211155140(EBL)271012(OCoLC)476006268(SSID)ssj0000105468(PQKBManifestationID)11116766(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105468(PQKBWorkID)10101669(PQKB)11073750(SSID)ssj0000356726(PQKBManifestationID)12087691(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356726(PQKBWorkID)10349938(PQKB)11752168(MiAaPQ)EBC271012(EXLCZ)9911100021115514020130418d1998|||| uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierArguing the Apocalypsea theory of millennial rhetoric /Stephen D. O'LearyNew York :Oxford University Press,1998.1 online resource (325 pages)0-19-508045-9 Contents; A Note on Sources and Translations; ONE: Toward a Rhetorical Theory of Apocalypse; TWO: Time, Evil, Authority; THREE: From Eschatology to Apocalypse: Dramatic and Argumentative Form in the Discourse of Prophetic Interpretation; FOUR: Millerism as a Rhetorical Movement; FIVE: Millerite Argumentation; SIX: Hal Lindsey and the Apocalypse of the Twentieth Century; SEVEN: Apocalyptic Politics in the New Christian Right; EIGHT: The Apocalypse of Apocalypses; EPILOGUE: Waco and Beyond; Notes; Bibliography; IndexApocalyptic predictions of Armageddon and a New Age have been part of the American cultural landscape for centuries. With the approach of the year 2000, millennial visions seem again to be increasing in popularity. The author of this text explores the phenomenon, proposing a rhetorical explanation.Apocalyptic literatureHistory and criticismRhetoricDiscourse analysisApocalyptic literatureHistory and criticism.Rhetoric.Discourse analysis.291.23O'Leary Stephen D1988402AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9911097337103321Arguing the Apocalypse4764158UNINA02253nam 2200565Ia 450 991113602000332120250728172118.00-88385-928-9(CKB)2560000000081420(SSID)ssj0000577603(PQKBManifestationID)11362427(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000577603(PQKBWorkID)10577320(PQKB)10266856(UkCbUP)CR9780883859285(MiAaPQ)EBC3330412(Au-PeEL)EBL3330412(CaPaEBR)ebr10729383(OCoLC)929120257(RPAM)3113234(EXLCZ)99256000000008142020111006d1998 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEpisodes from the early history of mathematics /by Asger Aaboe1st ed.Washington, D.C. Mathematical Association of America19981 online resource (x, 133 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library ;13Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).0-88385-613-1 Includes bibliographical references.Babylonian mathematics -- Early Greek mathematics and Euclid's construction of the regular pentagon -- Three samples of Archimedean mathematics -- Ptolemy's construction of a trigonometric table.Among other things, Aaboe shows us how the Babylonians did calculations, how Euclid proved that there are infinitely many primes, how Ptolemy constructed a trigonometric table in his Almagest, and how Archimedes trisected the angle. Some of the topics may be familiar to the reader, while others will seem surprising or be new.MathematicsHistoryMathematics, AncientMathematicsHistory.Mathematics, Ancient.510.901Aaboe Asger535300MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911136020003321Episodes from the early history of mathematics922441UNINA