Author: Kyra Giorgi
Publisher: Apollo Books
ISBN: 9781742589237
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In the dying days of the Russian Empire, a Scottish sound recordist disappears into the Caucasus mountains; a former hero of the Algerian resistance experiments with traditional Chinese medicine; a French anatomical artist models disfigured soldiers returned from the Crimea. In 1960s Poland, a grandmother hatches a plan when a Hollywood star comes to town; while during the war in Vietnam, fate and superstition guide a Filipino cook toward a new vocation; and in Weimar Berlin, a young man's efforts to rehabilitate himself are derailed by a charismatic artist. Confronting, moving, and brilliantly original, Kyra Giorgi's fascinating stories loop through time and place to delve into the lives of those caught at the articulation points of history. Deftly balancing the personal and the political with the historical and the medical, they explore the impact of conflict, the ethics of treatment and care, and the lengths to which we will go to preserve who we are. [Subject: Fiction, Short Stories]
The Circle and the Equator
Author: Kyra Giorgi
Publisher: Apollo Books
ISBN: 9781742589237
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In the dying days of the Russian Empire, a Scottish sound recordist disappears into the Caucasus mountains; a former hero of the Algerian resistance experiments with traditional Chinese medicine; a French anatomical artist models disfigured soldiers returned from the Crimea. In 1960s Poland, a grandmother hatches a plan when a Hollywood star comes to town; while during the war in Vietnam, fate and superstition guide a Filipino cook toward a new vocation; and in Weimar Berlin, a young man's efforts to rehabilitate himself are derailed by a charismatic artist. Confronting, moving, and brilliantly original, Kyra Giorgi's fascinating stories loop through time and place to delve into the lives of those caught at the articulation points of history. Deftly balancing the personal and the political with the historical and the medical, they explore the impact of conflict, the ethics of treatment and care, and the lengths to which we will go to preserve who we are. [Subject: Fiction, Short Stories]
Publisher: Apollo Books
ISBN: 9781742589237
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In the dying days of the Russian Empire, a Scottish sound recordist disappears into the Caucasus mountains; a former hero of the Algerian resistance experiments with traditional Chinese medicine; a French anatomical artist models disfigured soldiers returned from the Crimea. In 1960s Poland, a grandmother hatches a plan when a Hollywood star comes to town; while during the war in Vietnam, fate and superstition guide a Filipino cook toward a new vocation; and in Weimar Berlin, a young man's efforts to rehabilitate himself are derailed by a charismatic artist. Confronting, moving, and brilliantly original, Kyra Giorgi's fascinating stories loop through time and place to delve into the lives of those caught at the articulation points of history. Deftly balancing the personal and the political with the historical and the medical, they explore the impact of conflict, the ethics of treatment and care, and the lengths to which we will go to preserve who we are. [Subject: Fiction, Short Stories]
Ibn al-Haytham, New Astronomy and Spherical Geometry
Author: Roshdi Rashed
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317680863
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
This volume provides a unique primary source on the history and philosophy of mathematics and science from the mediaeval Arab world. The fourth volume of A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics is complemented by three preceding volumes which focused on infinitesimal determinations and other chapters of classical mathematics. This book includes five main works of the polymath Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) on astronomy, spherical geometry and trigonometry, plane trigonometry and studies of astronomical instruments on hour lines, horizontal sundials and compasses for great circles. In particular, volume four examines: the increasing tendency to mathematize the inherited astronomy from Greek sources, namely Ptolemy's Almagest; the development of celestial kinematics; new research in spherical geometry and trigonometry required by the new kinematical theory; the study on astronomical instruments and its impact on mathematical research. These new historical materials and their mathematical and historical commentaries contribute to rewriting the history of mathematical astronomy and mathematics from the 11th century on. Including extensive commentary from one of the world’s foremost authorities on the subject, this fundamental text is essential reading for historians and mathematicians at the most advanced levels of research.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317680863
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
This volume provides a unique primary source on the history and philosophy of mathematics and science from the mediaeval Arab world. The fourth volume of A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics is complemented by three preceding volumes which focused on infinitesimal determinations and other chapters of classical mathematics. This book includes five main works of the polymath Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) on astronomy, spherical geometry and trigonometry, plane trigonometry and studies of astronomical instruments on hour lines, horizontal sundials and compasses for great circles. In particular, volume four examines: the increasing tendency to mathematize the inherited astronomy from Greek sources, namely Ptolemy's Almagest; the development of celestial kinematics; new research in spherical geometry and trigonometry required by the new kinematical theory; the study on astronomical instruments and its impact on mathematical research. These new historical materials and their mathematical and historical commentaries contribute to rewriting the history of mathematical astronomy and mathematics from the 11th century on. Including extensive commentary from one of the world’s foremost authorities on the subject, this fundamental text is essential reading for historians and mathematicians at the most advanced levels of research.
The Circle of Knowledge
Author: Henry Woldmar Ruoff
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description
geometry i
Author:
Publisher: Popular Prakashan
ISBN: 9788171549573
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher: Popular Prakashan
ISBN: 9788171549573
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Appletons' American Standard Geographies, Based on the Principles of the Science of Education, and Giving Special Prominence to the Industrial, Commercial, and Practical Features
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
A SYSTEM OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
Author: D.M. WARREN
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
A History of the Circle
Author: Ernest Zebrowski
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813528984
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Ranging from ancient times to twentieth-century theories of time and space, looks at how exploring the circle has lead to increased knowledge about the physical universe.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813528984
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Ranging from ancient times to twentieth-century theories of time and space, looks at how exploring the circle has lead to increased knowledge about the physical universe.
The advanced class-book of modern geography, by W. Hughes and J.F. Williams. By W. Hughes
Author: William Hughes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 942
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 942
Book Description
A Commercial Geography for Academics, High Schools and Business Colleges
Author: John Newell Tilden
Publisher:
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Category : Commercial geography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commercial geography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The Teacher's Handbook to the Circle of Knowledge
Author: Charles Baker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description