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'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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483591203321 |
Chetty Suryakanthie
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 Psicologia Raça Desigualtat social Política |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910753399003321 |
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Tucker William H
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| Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024 | ||
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| 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?. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254629503321 |
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Galati Gaspare
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
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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 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 | ||
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| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910874663503321 |
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Ronan Mark
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| Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
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Welch Tana Jean
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| Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Airports, Cities, and the Jet Age : US Airports Since 1945 / / by Janet R. Bednarek
| Airports, Cities, and the Jet Age : US Airports Since 1945 / / by Janet R. Bednarek |
| Autore | Bednarek Janet R |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
| Disciplina | 900 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology |
| Soggetto topico |
United States - History
Science - History Cities and towns - History Sociology, Urban US History History of Science Urban History Urban Sociology |
| ISBN |
9783319311951
3319311956 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Cities, Airports and the Jet Age -- Part One -- Chapter One From 30,000 Feet: Airports and Aviation History Since 1945 -- Chapter Two Closer to the Ground: Airport Ownership and Finance -- Part Two -- Chapter Three Response to the Jet Age: Federal-Local Interaction and the Shaping of the Aviation Landscape -- Chapter Four Airports for the "Jet Age": Expansion, Iconic Architecture and Airport Malls -- Part Three -- Chapter Five The Broad Problem of Airport Noise: Airports, the Courts, the Federal Government, and the Environment -- Chapter Six Cities and Jet Noise: On the Ground and in the Air, How to Tame the Planes that Roared -- Part Four -- Chapter Seven Airport Security: Hijackers, Terrorists, Religious Groups and the Constitution -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254775303321 |
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Bednarek Janet R
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Albert the Great (c. 1193-1280) and the Configuration of the Embryo : Virtus Formativa / / by Amalia Cerrito
| Albert the Great (c. 1193-1280) and the Configuration of the Embryo : Virtus Formativa / / by Amalia Cerrito |
| Autore | Cerrito Amalia |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (179 pages) |
| Disciplina | 940.902 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Medicine |
| Soggetto topico |
Europe - History - 476-1492
Medicine - History Science - History Philosophy - History Philosophy, Medieval Religion - History History of Medieval Europe History of Medicine History of Science History of Philosophy Medieval Philosophy History of Religion |
| ISBN |
9783031240232
3031240235 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Albert the Great's Embryology: An Interdisciplinary Approach -- Chapter 2. The Christian-Neoplatonic Background of Albert the Great's Doctrine of Virtus Formativa -- Chapter 3. Virtus Formativa and Human Embryology -- Chapter 4. The Transmission of Genetic Inheritance -- Chapter 5. Final Remarks. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910746955103321 |
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Cerrito Amalia
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| Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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