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Ethics, Politics and Justice in Dante
Ethics, Politics and Justice in Dante presents new research by international scholars on the themes of ethics, politics and justice in the works of Dante Alighieri, including chapters on Dante’s modern ‘afterlife’. Together the chapters explore how Dante’s writings engage with the contemporary culture of medieval Florence and Italy, and how and why his political and moral thought still …
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- 9781787352278
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- 320 GAI e
An Appalachian Curriculum for Fourth Grade–Looking for Native Ground : Envi…
An Appalachian Curriculum is the product of a week-long teacher workshop held on the campus of Appalachian State University in June, 1995. The purpose of the workshop was to create materials that allowed children from the Southern Appalachian region to gain a better understanding of the environment and the natural and cultural resources available on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Western North Carol…
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- 9781469642451
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- 375 ISA a
Design and Modeling of Mechanical Systems - II Proceedings of the Sixth Confe…
Covers a broad spectrum of topics, including computational mechanics, fluid dynamics, engineering design and material science Reports on innovative applications in the fields of manufacturing, robotics and production engineering Addresses the needs of academics and professionals alike
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- 629.892
Design for Experience Where Technology Meets Design and Strategy
Presents a strategic perspective and design methodology that guide the process of developing digital products and services that provide?real experience? to users. Only when the material experienced runs its course to fulfilment is it then regarded as?real experience? that is distinctively senseful, evaluated as valuable, and harmoniously related to others. Based on the theoretical background of…
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- 9783319143040
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- 338.71
The Relevance of Academic Work in Comparative Perspective
This book is the first of two volumes that look at the changed landscape of higher education and the academic profession. This volume focuses on academic work, examining the significant changes that have taken place in the backgrounds, specialisations, expectations and work roles of academic staff. The academic profession is ageing, and becoming increasingly insecure, more accountable, more int…
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- 978-3-319-11767-6
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- X, 252
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- The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective
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The Reformation in Economics
This book carves the beginnings of a new path in the arguably weary discipline of economics. It combines a variety of perspectives – from the history of ideas to epistemology – in order to try to understand what has gone so wrong with economics and articulate a coherent way forward. This is undertaken through a dual path of deconstruction and reconstruction. Mainstream economics is broken d…
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- 978-3-319-40757-9
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- XV, 368
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The Rediscovery of Synchronous Reluctance and Ferrite Permanent Magnet Motors
This book offers an essential compendium on the analysis and design of synchronous motors for variable-speed applications. Focusing on synchronous reluctance and ferrite permanent-magnet (PM) synchronous reluctance machines, it provides a broad perspective on three-phase machines for variable speed applications, a field currently dominated by asynchronous machines and rare-earth PM synchronous …
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- 978-3-319-32202-5
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- VIII, 136
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- SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering
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The Red Sea: The Formation, Morphology, Oceanography and Environment of a You…
This book presents a broad overview of the current state of knowledge regarding the Red Sea, from its geological formation and oceanographic development to the environmental influences on its ecology and the changes it is experiencing due to the rapid development of its coastlines and role as one of the world’s major transport routes. The book gathers invited contributions from researchers wi…
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- 978-3-662-45201-1
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- IX, 638
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- Springer Earth System Sciences
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The Real and the Complex: A History of Analysis in the 19th Century
This book is unique owing to the treatment of real and complex analysis as overlapping, inter-related subjects, in keeping with how they were seen at the time. It is suitable as a course in the history of mathematics for students who have studied an introductory course in analysis, and will enrich any course in undergraduate real or complex analysis.
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- 978-3-319-23715-2
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- XVI, 350
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- Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series
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The Rasputin Effect: When Commensals and Symbionts Become Parasitic
This volume focuses on those instances when benign and even beneficial relationships between microbes and their hosts opportunistically change and become detrimental toward the host. It examines the triggering events which can factor into these changes, such as reduction in the host’s capacity for mounting an effective defensive response due to nutritional deprivation, coinfections and seemi…
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- 978-3-319-28170-4
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- XII, 357
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- Advances in Environmental Microbiology
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