'Africa Forms the Key' : Alex Du Toit and the History of Continental Drift / / by Suryakanthie Chetty
| 'Africa Forms the Key' : Alex Du Toit and the History of Continental Drift / / by Suryakanthie Chetty |
| Autore | Chetty Suryakanthie |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XI, 271 p. 6 illus.) |
| Disciplina |
016.55113
968.03 |
| Collana | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Africa, Sub-Saharan - History Imperialism Intellectual life - History History of Science History of Sub-Saharan Africa Imperialism and Colonialism Intellectual History |
| ISBN |
9783030527112
3030527115 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 Introduction -- 2 In the Beginning...: Geology in South Africa and the Early Years of Alex Du Toit.-3 A World in a Grain of Sand: A Brief History of Geology and the Origins of Continental Drift Theory -- 4 Bedrock: Geology and the Shaping of a Nation -- 5 On the Shoulders of Giants: Early Drift Theorists -- 6 Looking Through ... the Keyhole of Nature: Du Toit and Early Continental Drift -- 7 And Yet It Moves...: Du Toit's South American Journey -- 8 The Cradle of Humankind: A Pivotal Decade for Science in South Africa -- 9 Our Wandering Continents: Du Toit's Definitive Work, Controversy and Consensus -- 10 A Frozen History of the Past: Antarctica, Gondwana and an Unfulfilled Dream -- 11 The Final Years -- 12 Pale Blue Dot: Conclusions. |
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'The Bell Curve' in Perspective : Race, Meritocracy, Inequality and Politics / / by William H. Tucker
| 'The Bell Curve' in Perspective : Race, Meritocracy, Inequality and Politics / / by William H. Tucker |
| Autore | Tucker William H |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (0 pages) |
| Disciplina | 323.1196073 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology |
| Soggetto topico |
Psychology
Social sciences - History Science - History Race Science - Philosophy Knowledge, Sociology of History of Psychology History of Science Race and Ethnicity Studies Philosophy of Science Sociology of Knowledge and Discourse |
| ISBN |
9783031416149
3031416147 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1.Foreword -- 2.The Bell Curve, Then and Now -- 3.Meritocracy: Places, Everyone! -- 4.Politics and Intelligence: Running Against the Cognitive Elite -- 5.Conclusion: addressing inequality. |
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Tucker William H
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100 Jahre Politikwissenschaft in Hamburg : Bruchstücke zu einer Institutsgeschichte / Peter Niesen, David Weiß
| 100 Jahre Politikwissenschaft in Hamburg : Bruchstücke zu einer Institutsgeschichte / Peter Niesen, David Weiß |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (382 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320 |
| Collana | Edition Politik |
| Soggetto topico |
Politikwissenschaft
Political Science Hamburg Institutsgeschichte History of the Institute University of Hamburg Universität Hamburg Siegfried Landshut Political Thought Politisches Denken University Anniversary Universitätsjubiläum History of Science Wissenschaftsgeschichte Science Wissenschaft Politics Politik Memory Culture Erinnerungskultur University Universität |
| ISBN |
9783839453346
3839453348 |
| Classificazione | MB 2100 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Von den politischen Wissenschaften zur Politikwissenschaft. Ein kooperatives Portrait -- Teil I - Die Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Hamburg -- Vom Lehrstuhl für die »Wissenschaft von der Politik« zum Institut für Politikwissenschaft -- Institutionelle Professionalisierung und Ausdifferenzierung -- Teil II - Intellektuelle Vorgeschichte und Kontext -- Intellektuelle Vorgeschichte -- Politisches Denken in Hamburg -- Danksagung -- Namensregister |
| Altri titoli varianti | Niesen/Weiß (Hg.), 100 Jahre Politikwissenschaft in Hamburg Bruchstücke zu einer Institutsgeschichte |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910476910203321 |
| Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2021 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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100 Years of Radar / / by Gaspare Galati
| 100 Years of Radar / / by Gaspare Galati |
| Autore | Galati Gaspare |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (407 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530 |
| Soggetto topico |
Electronic circuits
Aerospace engineering Astronautics Physics History Electronic Circuits and Devices Aerospace Technology and Astronautics History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics History of Science |
| ISBN | 3-319-00584-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The unfortunate inventor and the lucky one - the Ur-radar, primordial apparatus -- The owls and the Owl - birth of the Italian radar -- A simultaneous invention - the first developments -- The air defense and the alleged father of radar -- The Second World War and its legacies -- The radar flies: birth and development of airborne radar systems -- The Italian situation in post-war period: SMA, Microlambda, Sindel, Selenia, Contraves, GEM, IDS -- From terrestrial to space-based radar: the adventure of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) -- Scops owls and bats - some considerations on the development of radar -- System Integration: final solution for the radar?. |
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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50 Years of Brown Dwarfs : From Prediction to Discovery to Forefront of Research / / edited by Viki Joergens
| 50 Years of Brown Dwarfs : From Prediction to Discovery to Forefront of Research / / edited by Viki Joergens |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.88 |
| Collana | Astrophysics and Space Science Library |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Astrophysics History Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology History of Science |
| ISBN | 3-319-01162-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Theoretical Prediction of the Existence of Brown Dwarfs by Shiv S. Kumar -- Pre-Main Sequence Evolution and the Hydrogen Burning Minimum Mass -- Brown is Not a Color: Introduction of the Term ’Brown Dwarf’ -- Teide 1 and the Discovery of Brown Dwarfs -- The Discovery of the First Lithium Brown Dwarf: PPl 15 -- Companions of Stars: From Other Stars to Brown Dwarfs to Planets -- Ultracool Objects: L, T, and Y Dwarfs -- Latest News on the Physics of Brown Dwarfs. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300371803321 |
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50+ Years of AIMETA : A Journey Through Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in Italy / / edited by Giuseppe Rega
| 50+ Years of AIMETA : A Journey Through Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in Italy / / edited by Giuseppe Rega |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (505 pages) |
| Disciplina | 531.0720945 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mechanics, Applied
Mechanical engineering Science - History Building materials Engineering Mechanics Mechanical Engineering History of Science Structural Materials |
| ISBN |
9783030941956
9783030941949 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A Proper Perspective to Retrace the Evolution of Italian Mechanics, with a Focus on Solids and Structures -- Recognized Italian Scholars of Mechanics -- Mathematics and Engineering: A Fruitful Interaction -- Memoirs of a Few Senior AIMETA Officers -- Tribology within AIMETA -- New Challenges for Meccanica After 55 Years -- Italian Mechanics: Overviews, Viewpoints, Perspectives -- Kinematics of Machines: Contributions from Meccanica -- The AIMETA Contribution to the Development of Masonry Mechanics -- Dynamics and Stability: From an Ancillary to a Leading Role in the History of AIMETA -- Strain-difference Based Nonlocal Elasticity Theories: Formulations and Obtained Results -- On the Theory of Inhomogeneities in Continuum Mechanics 1950s – 1970s: Elastic Invariants and an Overlooked Paper by C. Eckart -- Configurational Forces on Elastic Structures -- Materials with Memory: Viscoelasticity and Hysteresis -- Fractional Calculus in Visco-elasticity -- Contributions and Challenges on the Computational Modelling of Damage and Fracture. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910574072103321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Addiction Literature's Past and Present / / by Mark Ronan
| Addiction Literature's Past and Present / / by Mark Ronan |
| Autore | Ronan Mark |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 pages) |
| Disciplina | 809 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature - History and criticism
Medicine and the humanities Science - History Literature, Medieval Classical literature Literature, Ancient Literary History Medical Humanities History of Science Medieval Literature Classical and Antique Literature |
| ISBN |
9783031654268
9783031654251 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Premodern Addiction and Addiction Literature -- Chapter One, Modern Conceptions of Addiction -- Chapter Two, Modern Addiction Literature -- Chapter Three, Premodern Addiction Discourse, Antiquity to Medieval -- Chapter Four, Addicted to Love -- Chapter Five, Anthropomorphised Beasts and Bestial Men -- Conclusion. |
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Advancing Medical Posthumanism Through Twenty-First Century American Poetry / / by Tana Jean Welch
| Advancing Medical Posthumanism Through Twenty-First Century American Poetry / / by Tana Jean Welch |
| Autore | Welch Tana Jean |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (210 pages) |
| Disciplina | 808.1 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine |
| Soggetto topico |
Poetry
Literature, Modern - 20th century Literature, Modern - 21st century Medicine and the humanities Medical ethics Science - History Poetry and Poetics Contemporary Literature Medical Humanities Medical Ethics History of Science |
| ISBN |
9783031498886
3031498887 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. “Poems are Bodies that Remind Us We Have Bodies”—Poetry, Medical Posthumanism, and Ethical Practice -- 2. Entangled Species / Entangled Health: The Inclusive Poetics of Juliana Spahr -- 3. Health Inequity, Structural Racism, and The Trans-Corporeal Ethics of Claudia Rankine’s Investigative Poetics -- 4. Shared Suffering and Chronic Vulnerability in the Poetry of Brian Teare -- 5. Global Health Equity, Community Building, and the Innovative Poetics of Hong and Perez -- 6. Conclusion: Affirmative Medicine: Queer Figurations and Porous Boundaries. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910835057803321 |
Welch Tana Jean
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Against All Odds : Women’s Ways to Mathematical Research Since 1800 / / edited by Eva Kaufholz-Soldat, Nicola M.R. Oswald
| Against All Odds : Women’s Ways to Mathematical Research Since 1800 / / edited by Eva Kaufholz-Soldat, Nicola M.R. Oswald |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (331 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 510.9 |
| Collana | Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy and social sciences
Women Mathematics History Historiography Philosophy of Education Women's Studies History of Mathematical Sciences History of Science Historiography and Method |
| ISBN | 3-030-47610-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Institutions -- Chapter 3. Couples in Sciences -- Chapter 4. Overcoming obstacles -- Chapter 5 -- Bridge from past to present -- Chapter 6. Name/ Subject Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910420928703321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 | ||
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Aggressive Medien : Zur Geschichte des Wissens über Mediengewalt / Isabell Otto
| Aggressive Medien : Zur Geschichte des Wissens über Mediengewalt / Isabell Otto |
| Autore | Otto Isabell <p>Isabell Otto, Universität Konstanz, Deutschland </p> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (340) |
| Disciplina | 070 |
| Collana | Formationen der Mediennutzung |
| Soggetto topico |
Mediengewalt
History of Science Wissenschaftsgeschichte Media Diskursgeschichte Violence Medien Media History Gewalt Media Studies Mediengeschichte Medienwissenschaft |
| ISBN |
9783839408834
3839408830 |
| Classificazione | AP 17000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter 1 Inhalt 5 Vorbemerkung 9 Die Formel ›Mediengewalt‹ 11 Einführung 39 1. Wirkung: Epistemologie des Messens 45 2. Propaganda: Politik der Beeinflussung 77 3. Werbung: Ökonomie der Suggestion 101 4. Erziehung: Pädagogik der Gefährdung 131 5. Heilung: Therapie der Mediengewalt 159 Das Wissen über Mediengewalt: Zwischenbilanz 189 Einführung 203 1. Kontexte der Wissensproduktion 207 2. Formatierung der Wissensordnung 235 3. Diffusion des Wissens 271 Die Offenheit der Mediengewalt-Frage 301 Literaturverzeichnis 313 Backmatter 340 |
| Altri titoli varianti | Otto, Aggressive Medien Zur Geschichte des Wissens über Mediengewalt |
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Otto Isabell <p>Isabell Otto, Universität Konstanz, Deutschland </p>
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