Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934) memberikan kontribusi yang produktif dan abadi untuk memahami "kehidupan yang sangat kecil." Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934) memberikan kontribusi yang produktif dan abadi untuk memahami "kehidupan yang sangat kecil." Secara luas dianggap sebagai pendiri ilmu saraf, Cajal melakukan eksplorasi yang luar biasa ke dalam organisasi dan fungsi sistem saraf. Kary…
Keempat belas kontributor Sites of Vision mengeksplorasi hipotesis bahwa hakikat persepsi visual yang dibicarakan para filsuf harus secara eksplisit diakui sebagai konstruksi diskursif, bahkan konstruksi historis, dalam wacana filosofis. Dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, para sarjana dari berbagai disiplin ilmu telah tertarik pada "konstruksi" indra manusia—dalam cara lingkungan manusia membentu…
This book explores the historical and archaeological evidence of the relationships between a coastal community and the shipwrecks that have occurred along the southern Australian shoreline over the last 160 years. It moves beyond a focus on shipwrecks as events and shows the short and long term economic, social and symbolic significance of wrecks and strandings to the people on the shoreline. T…
This book deals with the formation of the post-Second World War reconstruction and planning machinery in Great Britain, the re-planning efforts undertaken in post-war London, and in particular the redevelopment programme regarding its central area in the form of the comprehensive development projects. Originating from a PhD Thesis, the book recreates the atmosphere following step by step argume…
This volume examines the discursive relations between indigenous, colonial and post-colonial legacies of place-naming in Africa in terms of the production of urban space and place. It is conducted by tracing and analysing place-naming processes, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa during colonial times (British, French, Belgian, Portuguese), with a considerable attention to both the pre-colonial…
Living for the City is a social history of the Central African Copperbelt, considered as a single region encompassing the neighbouring mining regions of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Haut-Katanga and Zambian Copperbelt mine towns have been understood as the vanguard of urban ‘modernity’ in Africa.
The Matsu archipelago between China and Taiwan, for long an isolated outpost off southeast China, was suddenly transformed into a military frontline in 1949 by the Cold War and the Communist–Nationalist conflict. The army occupied the islands, commencing more than 40 long years of military rule.
This book provides a comprehensive treatment of Russett’s scientific contributions, with key examples of his major studies. It will greatly benefit today’s International Relations students, deepening their understanding of the field’s theory and methods. Bruce M. Russett was a founder of, and continues to be a pioneer in, the empirical analytical study of international relations and fo…
Keajaiban dan keajaiban merupakan tema sentral dalam budaya Yunani kuno. Dalam buku ini, Jessica Lightfoot memberikan pemeriksaan lengkap pertama tentang signifikansinya dari Homer hingga periode Helenistik. Dia menunjukkan bahwa keajaiban adalah istilah penting dari respons estetika dan menempati posisi sentral dalam konsep tentang apa itu filsafat dan sastra. Dia juga berpendapat bahwa itu me…
Beragam objek koleksi Whipple Museum of the History of Science yang terkenal secara internasional dibuat lega oleh sejumlah sejarawan sains yang sangat dihormati dalam empat belas esai. Setiap bab berfokus pada instrumen atau kelompok objek tertentu, mulai dari astrolabe abad pertengahan Inggris hingga 'indikator sumber benih' pertanian modern hingga koleksi kepala ayam plester yang aneh. Para …