Feminist Challenges in the Social Sciences

Feminist Challenges in the Social Sciences
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Publisher : Center for Basque Studies
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 9781935709015
ISBN-13 : 1935709011
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Feminist Challenges in the Social Sciences by : Mari Luz Esteban

"Collection of articles on academic feminism, gender relations and history in the Basque Country"--Provided by publisher.

Information Technologies for Epigraphy and Cultural Heritage

Information Technologies for Epigraphy and Cultural Heritage
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Publisher : Sapienza Università Editrice
Total Pages : 538
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ISBN-10 : 9788898533428
ISBN-13 : 889853342X
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Information Technologies for Epigraphy and Cultural Heritage by : Silvia Orlandi

This peer-reviewed volume contains selected papers from the First EAGLE International Conference on Information Technologies for Epigraphy and Cultural Heritage, held in Paris between September 29 and October 1, 2014. Here are assembled for the first time in a unique volume contributions regarding all aspects of Digital Epigraphy: Models, Vocabularies, Translations, User Engagements, Image Analysis, 3D methodologies, and ongoing projects at the cutting edge of digital humanities. The scope of this book is not limited to Greek and Latin epigraphy; it provides an overview of projects related to all epigraphic inquiry and its related communities. This approach intends to furnish the reader with the broadest possible perspective of the discipline, while at the same time giving due attention to the specifics of unique issues.

The Structure of Spanish History

The Structure of Spanish History
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Total Pages : 718
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ISBN-10 : UCSD:31822013656467
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Synopsis The Structure of Spanish History by : Américo Castro

The Construction of Value in the Ancient World

The Construction of Value in the Ancient World
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Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1931745900
ISBN-13 : 9781931745901
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Synopsis The Construction of Value in the Ancient World by : John K. Papadopoulos

Recipient of the Jo Anne Stolaroff Cotsen Prize Scholars from Aristotle to Marx and beyond have been fascinated by the question of what constitutes value. The Construction of Value in the Ancient World makes a significant contribution to this ongoing inquiry, bringing together in one comprehensive volume the perspectives of leading anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, linguists, philologists, and sociologists on how value was created, defined, and expressed in a number of ancient societies around the world. Based on the basic premise that value is a social construct defined by the cultural context in which it is situated, the volume explores four overarching but closely interrelated themes: place value, body value, object value, and number value. The questions raised and addressed are of central importance to archaeologists studying ancient civilizations: How can we understand the value that might have been accorded to materials, objects, people, places, and patterns of action by those who produced or used the things that compose the human material record? Taken as a whole, the contributions to this volume demonstrate how the concept of value lies at the intersection of individual and collective tastes, desires, sentiments, and attitudes that inform the ways people select, or give priority to, one thing over another.

The Genius of Archimedes -- 23 Centuries of Influence on Mathematics, Science and Engineering

The Genius of Archimedes -- 23 Centuries of Influence on Mathematics, Science and Engineering
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 528
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ISBN-10 : 9048190924
ISBN-13 : 9789048190928
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis The Genius of Archimedes -- 23 Centuries of Influence on Mathematics, Science and Engineering by : S A Paipetis

Archimedes is held in high esteem by mathematicians, physicists and engineers as one of the most brilliant scientists of all time. These proceedings contain original, unpublished papers with the primary emphasis on the scientific work of Archimedes and his influence on the fields of mathematics, science, and engineering. There are also papers dealing with archaeological aspects and the myths and legends about Archimedes and about the Archimedes Palimpsest. Papers on the following subjects form part of the book: Hydrostatics (buoyancy, fluid pressure and density, stability of floating bodies); Mechanics (levers, pulleys, centers of gravity, laws of equilibrium); Pycnometry (measurement of volume and density); Integral Calculus (Archimedes as the father of the integral calculus, method of exhaustion, approximation of pi, determination of areas and volumes); Mathematical Physics (Archimedes as the father of mathematical physics, Law of the Lever, Law of Buoyancy, Axiomatization of Physics); History of Mathematics and Mechanics (Archimedes' influence in antiquity, the middle ages, the Renaissance, and modern times; his influence on Leonado da Vinci, Galileo, Newton, and other giants of science and mathematics); Ancient Machines and Mechanisms (catapults, water screws, iron hands, compound pulleys, planetaria, water clocks, celestial globes, the Antikythera Mechanism); Archimedean Solids (their rediscovery in the Rennaisance and their applications in materials science and chemistry); Archimedean Legends (how stories of golden crowns, eureka moments, naked runs, burning mirrors, steam cannons, etc., have influenced us through the ages, whether true or not); The Cattle Problem (how its 18th century rediscovery inspired the study of equations with integer solutions); Teaching the Ideas of Archimedes (how his life and works have influenced the teaching of science, mathematics, and engineering).

Hellenica Oxyrhynchia

Hellenica Oxyrhynchia
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Total Pages : 187
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ISBN-10 : 0856683582
ISBN-13 : 9780856683589
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Hellenica Oxyrhynchia by : Paul McKechnie

The Hellenica Oxyrhynchia, substantial fragments of history by an anonymous 4th century writer, cover the years 410 BC and 396 BC a period which is at the heart of most students' study of Greek history.

Brill's Companion to Callimachus

Brill's Companion to Callimachus
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 726
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ISBN-10 : 9789004216976
ISBN-13 : 9004216979
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Brill's Companion to Callimachus by : Benjamin Acosta-Hughes

Few figures from Greco-Roman antiquity have undergone as much reassessment in recent decades as Callimachus of Cyrene, who was active at the Alexandrian court of the Ptolemies during the early third century BC. Once perceived as a supreme example of ivory tower detachment and abstruse learning, Callimachus has now come to be understood as an artificer of the images of a powerful and vibrant court and as a poet second only to Homer in his later reception. For the modern audience, the fragmentation of his texts and the diffusion of source materials has often impeded understanding his poetic achievement. Brill’s Companion to Callimachus has been designed to aid in negotiating this scholarly terrain, especially the process of editing and collecting his fragments, to illuminate his intellectual and social contexts, and to indicate the current directions that his scholarship is taking.

Livy

Livy
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Total Pages : 444
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044004997961
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Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Livy by : Livy

The Homeric Hymn to Hermes

The Homeric Hymn to Hermes
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Publisher : Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Incorporated
Total Pages : 72
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ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106005582272
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Synopsis The Homeric Hymn to Hermes by : Julia Haig Gaisser

Bryn Mawr Commentaries provide clear, concise, accurate, and consistent support for students making the transition from introductory and intermediate texts to the direct experience of ancient Greek and Latin literature. They assume that the student will know the basics of grammar and vocabulary and then provide the specific grammatical and lexical notes that a student requires to begin the task of interpretation. Hackett Publishing Company is the exclusive distributor of the Bryn Mawr Commentaries in North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe.