Clio and Antiquity

Clio and Antiquity
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Publisher : Uitgeverij Verloren
Total Pages : 134
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ISBN-10 : 9065503102
ISBN-13 : 9789065503107
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Clio and Antiquity by : A. B. Breebaart

Clio's Bastards

Clio's Bastards
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Publisher : FriesenPress
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781460288689
ISBN-13 : 1460288688
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Clio's Bastards by : Curtis R. McManus

Clio’s Bastards uses an examination of the discipline of history in Canadian universities as the point of entry for a much larger exploration of the intellectual, spiritual, and moral crisis confronting Western civilization today. Over the past four decades, academic history was slowly perverted as historians adopted new sociological approaches to the study of the past. Historians altered the content, purpose, and goals of the discipline as they sought not Truth but Justice as part of a larger ideological program of radical social change. And today, the pervasive sociological way of seeing, understanding, and explaining our world has become the “new common sense” right across the Western world, both inside and outside the academy. Sociological thought, however, is neither “new” nor “advanced” nor is it “progressive” as its adherents claim: it is simply recrudescent Sophistry and Cynicism, destructive philosophies which ruined and fouled ancient Athens, the source and inspiration for Western civilization.

Ancient Astronomy

Ancient Astronomy
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9798400612749
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Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Ancient Astronomy by : Clive L. N. Ruggles

Clio's Other Sons

Clio's Other Sons
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Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Total Pages : 537
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ISBN-10 : 9780472052271
ISBN-13 : 0472052276
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Clio's Other Sons by : John Dillery

A discussion of the first written histories of Babylon and Egypt

Clio in the Balkans

Clio in the Balkans
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 578
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015059167182
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Clio in the Balkans by : Christina Koulouri

The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology

The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 748
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ISBN-10 : 9780199237821
ISBN-13 : 0199237824
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology by : Robin Skeates

Divided into four distinct sections and drawing across various disciplines, this volume seeks to reappraise the place of archaeology in the contemporary world by providing a series of essays that critically engage with both old and current debates in the field of public archaeology.

From the Rearview Mirror

From the Rearview Mirror
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Publisher : Archway Publishing
Total Pages : 170
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ISBN-10 : 9781665717281
ISBN-13 : 1665717289
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis From the Rearview Mirror by : Joseph M. Horvath

It was September 1983 when Joseph Horvath began questioning whether he belonged at Culver Academies, a boarding-prep-military private school in Indiana. A veteran public school teacher but new to private boarding school life, Horvath struggled to find his niche and embrace the notion that the staff and students were family. Yet it was not long before private lessons with a student led him to realize he did indeed belong. In a candid memoir, Horvath chronicles his thirty-four years teaching at the Culver Academies while offering insights into his experiences both in and out of the classroom. As he details his encounters with students as he guided them through lessons, Horvath shines a light on how educators coach their pupils to greatness and belief in their abilities through patience, time, and gentle encouragement. Throughout his story, Horvath reveals the challenges, and poignant and humorous moments that teachers often face on a daily basis while contemplating those who most influenced him in his own journey. From the Rearview Mirror shares reflections from a seasoned educator as he looks back on his tenure at Culver Academies in Indiana.

Science in the Ancient World

Science in the Ancient World
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 508
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ISBN-10 : 9798216142416
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Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Science in the Ancient World by : Russell M. Lawson

Science in the Ancient World presents a worldwide history of science, from prehistoric times through the medieval period. It covers Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas and includes topics ranging from alchemy and astrology to psychology and physics. This work spans prehistory to 1500 CE, examining thousands of years of history in four world regions: Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Highlights of this period include the onset of civilization and science in Mesopotamia and Egypt, the accomplishments of the ancient Greeks between 700 BCE and 100 CE, the adaptation of Greek science by the Romans, the spread of Greek science during the Hellenistic Age, the expansion of Islamic power and commensurate scientific knowledge, and the development of science and philosophy in ancient China and India. Focusing on the history of the science that blossomed in the above regions, scientific disciplines covered include alchemy, astronomy, astrology, agriculture, architecture, biology, botany, chemistry, engineering, exploration, geography, hydraulics, institutions of science, marine science, mathematics, medicine, meteorology, military science, myth and religion, philosophy, philosophy of science, psychology, physics, and social sciences. In all of these fields, theory and application are explored, as are leading individuals and schools of thought, centers of intellectual activity, and notable accomplishments and inventions.

Latin as the Language of Science and Learning

Latin as the Language of Science and Learning
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 659
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ISBN-10 : 9783110745832
ISBN-13 : 3110745836
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Latin as the Language of Science and Learning by : Philipp Roelli

This book investigates the role of the Latin language as a vehicle for science and learning from several angles. First, the question what was understood as ‘science’ through time and how it is named in different languages, especially the Classical ones, is approached. Criteria for what did pass as scientific are found that point to ‘science’ as a kind of Greek Denkstil based on pattern-finding and their unbiased checking. In a second part, a brief diachronic panorama introduces schools of thought and authors who wrote in Latin from antiquity to the present. Latin’s heydays in this function are clearly the time between the twelfth and eighteenth centuries. Some niches where it was used longer are examined and reasons sought why Latin finally lost this lead-role. A third part seeks to define the peculiar characteristics of scientific Latin using corpus linguistic approaches. As a result, several types of scientific writing can be identified. The question of how to transfer science from one linguistic medium to another is never far: Latin inherited this role from Greek and is in turn the ancestor of science done in the modern vernaculars. At the end of the study, the importance of Latin science for modern science in English becomes evident.

A Global History of History

A Global History of History
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 597
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ISBN-10 : 9780521875752
ISBN-13 : 0521875757
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis A Global History of History by : Daniel Woolf

An illustrated survey of global historical scholarship from the ancient world to the present, for courses in theory and historiography.