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Heidegger and Development in the Global South
Taking the Heideggerian critical ontology of technology as its base, this volume looks at postcolonial modernization and development in the global south as the worldwide expansion of the western metaphysical understanding of reality. We live today in an increasingly globalizing technological society that Martin Heidegger described in the middle of the last century as ‘the planetary imperialis…
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- 978-81-322-2303-0
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- XIX, 309
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- 300 GEO h
A Handbook of Phonetics Including a Popular Exposition of the Principles of …
As a phonetician and comparative philologist, Henry Sweet (1845–1912) produced work that was regarded as seminal, particularly in Germany, where he received greater academic recognition than in England. His textbooks on Old English have long been considered standard works. As well as theoretical and historical studies, he also became involved in more practical aspects of linguistics, devising…
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- 9781139854665
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- Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
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Conceptual change in biology : scientific and philosophical perspectives on e…
This volume explores questions about conceptual change from both scientific and philosophical viewpoints by analyzing the recent history of evolutionary developmental biology. It features revised papers that originated from the workshop "Conceptual Change in Biological Science: Evolutionary Developmental Biology, 1981-2011" held at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin i…
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- 9789401794121
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- xvii, 490 pages
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- 155.7
A Handbook of Double Stars For the Use of Amateurs
Used to describe both binary systems and optical doubles, the term 'double star' has been familiar to astronomers since the seventeenth century. This book, first published in 1879, outlines the history of their study, and describes the methods and equipment needed in order to observe the fascinating phenomenon. Written for non-specialists by Fellows of the Royal Society Edward Crossley (1841–…
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- 9781139108980
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- Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy
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A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy
This handbook by George Frederick Chambers (1841–1915), a young and enthusiastic amateur astronomer, became a best-seller soon after its publication in 1861 and made Chambers' reputation as a popular astronomy writer. The work is divided into ten parts covering the following topics: the planets of our solar system; eclipses; gravity and tides; phenomena including aberration and refraction; co…
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- 9780511709937
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- Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy
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Arterial Stiffness: Implications and Interventions
Arterial stiffness is an emerging risk factor with important implications for cardiovascular disease risk. Herein, we concisely summarize the physiological and pathophysiological aspects of arterial stiffening, and highlight the importance of increased arterial stiffness for future cardiovascular events. Factors contributing to increased arterial stiffness such as advancing age, obesity, race, …
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-24844-8
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- VIII, 61
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- SpringerBriefs in Physiology
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- 616.12 FLE a
Arterial Chemoreceptors in Physiology and Pathophysiology
Every three years, the International Society for Arterial Chemoreception (ISAC) arranges a Meeting to bring together all of the major International research groups investigating the general topic of oxygen sensing in health and disease, with a prime focus upon systemic level hypoxia and carotid body function. This volume summarises the proceedings of the XIXth meeting of the Society, held in Le…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-18440-1
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- XI, 404
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- Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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- 615 ART a
Art's Teachings, Teaching's Art: Philosophical, Critical and Educational Musings
This volume examines the interface between the teachings of art and the art of teaching, and asserts the centrality of aesthetics for rethinking education. Many of the essays in this collection claim a direct connection between critical thinking, democratic dissensus, and anti-racist pedagogy with aesthetic experiences. They argue that aesthetics should be reconceptualized less as mere art appr…
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- 978-94-017-7191-7
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- XI, 249
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- Contemporary Philosophies and Theories in Education
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- 370 ART a
Wandering the Wards : An Ethnography of Hospital Care and its Consequences fo…
Wandering the Wards provides a detailed and unflinching ethnographic examination of life within the contemporary hospital. It reveals the institutional and ward cultures that inform the organisation and delivery of everyday care for one of the largest populations within them: people living with dementia who require urgent unscheduled hospital care. Drawing on five years of research embedded in …
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- 9780367644482
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- 301
Steal This Classroom : Teaching and Learning Unbound
Jody Cohen and Anne Dalke construe “classrooms” as testing grounds, paradoxically boxed-in spaces that cannot keep their promise to enclose, categorize, or name. Exploring what is usually left out can create conditions ripe for breaking through, where real and abstract reverse and melt, the distinction between them disappearing. These are ecotones, transitional spaces that are testing groun…
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- 9781950192380
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- 101
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