Physical and natural sciences
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Five books in one binding his work is a detailed compendium of treatises on the physical and natural sciences and some philosophical dissertations dealing with, in book one the nature and effect of the heavens, sun, moon and stars; the motion, depth and salinity of the seas; the circumference of the globe and its distance from other celestial bodiesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibook four ‘curiosities’, happiness, comparative ancient and christian philosophy, sleep and dreamson many pages: right margin is (to) smallbook three; armies battles combats duels death burials laughter and mourningcomplete, no missing pagesoriginal coversmild browning, some spotting, bit waterstained in the back of the book read morecondition: fairtitlepage is poorthe work is prefaced by verses by william drummond of hawthorndenbook five; numbers, miracles, prodigies, the philosopher’s stone and metaphysicsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebook two the causes of meteors, comets, falling stars, wind, clouds, thunder, hail, snow, rain, dew, the sources of rivers fountains and springscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepage of book 5: tear repaired (could have been done better)
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Talking about leaving is richly illustrated with students' accounts of their own experiences in the sciencesdata show that approximately 40 percent of undergraduate students leave engineering programs, 50 percent leave the physical and biological sciences, and 60 percent leave mathematicsthe authors' findings, culled from over 600 hours of ethnographic interviews and focus group discussions with undergraduates, explain the intended and unintended consequences of some traditional teaching practices and attitudesbased on a three-year, seven-campus study, the volume takes up the ongoing national debate about the quality of undergraduate education in these fields, offering explanations for net losses of students to non-science majorsthis book grew out of a three-year, seven-campus study aimed at explaining the national loss of 40 to 60 percent of undergraduates from science, mathematics, and engineering majors into nonscience disciplinesconcern about this waste of talent is heightened because these losses occur among the most highly qualified college entrants and are disproportionately greater among women and students of color, despite a serious national effort to improve their recruitment and retentiongood overall conditionthis is a landmark study-an essential source book for all those concerned with changing the ways that we teach science, mathematics, and engineering education, and with opening these fields to a more diverse student bodyworking from extensive interviews with undergraduates, the authors are able to offer explanations for the loss of able students, including students of color and womensee oxfam website for delivery information read morea landmark study, the volume is an essential source book for all those concerned with changing the ways that we teach science, mathematics, and engineering education, and with opening these fields to a more diverse student bodyoxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear to cover, ex-academic library stamps and stickers, slightly warped spinethis intriguing book explores the reasons that lead undergraduates of above-average ability to switch from science, mathematics, and engineering majors into nonscience majors
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In , from his position as director general of artillery and engineers, he was appointed director of the royal society of mathematics (predecessor of the royal academy of exact, physical and natural sciences), founded by the count of aranda, a position he held until , when the academy disappeared after the resignation of the count of arandathe plates are chalcographic engravings with architectural and geometric figures, very common in the scientific books of the time (attached to the manuscript according to the author's criteria)with handwritten text, 14 blank sheets, 11 folded plates with printshe studied latinity at the villa de avilés and humanities at the university of oviedowithin the military ranking of the royal corps of engineers, in he was promoted to chief engineer and in to director engineerplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe author of the two manuscript treatises is pedro de lucuce y ponce, also written as lucuze (avilés, -barcelona, ); asturian scientist, military and mathematicianhe died in barcelona 7 years after having written these two treatisesin lucuze wrote a regulation for the academies, establishing studies of three years, in four nine-month courses: the first two dedicated to military training in general and the last two specialized for the instruction of artillery and engineering officerson the back of the last page, the inscription "it is in accordance with the compendium of architecture, which is taught in the third class of the royal academy of barcelona"barcelona, octobersame exquisite calligraphy in both volumes; clean, elegant and perfectly legiblehe was born in avilés, the son of the doctor tomás de lucuze, where he spent his childhood and youthin he was appointed assistant professor to the director of the royal military academy of barcelona until , when he was appointed head director by the minister of war josé patiñohe was director until the year of his deathon the back of the last page the inscription "is in accordance with the compendium of static, which is taught in the 3rd class of this royal academyin the two years of operation, lucuze managed to collect a total of volumes of scientific works, many of which went to the barcelona academyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin he abandoned the career of theology just started, preferring the military careerdon pedro de lucuze"with handwritten text, 8 blank sheets, 6 folded plates with printstwo volumes in 4to (20our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store"tratado 7º de la estática": 162 p"tratado 8º de la arquitectura civil": 5 blank sheets, 86 phe belonged to several regiments, studying mathematics and the art of war on his own, and it turned out that he was admitted to the royal corps of engineers, with the rank of lieutenant and extraordinary engineer on januarymagnificent full leather binding, guards in marbled paper, red-tinted cuts and spine with a five-rib compositionin he was appointed field marshal and, in early , shortly before his death, he was promoted to lieutenant generalhis first destination was on the shores of granada
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Beyond concepts unicepts, language, and natural information by ruth garrett millikan (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Talking about leaving is richly illustrated with students' accounts of their own experiences in the sciencesdata show that approximately 40 percent of undergraduate students leave engineering programs, 50 percent leave the physical and biological sciences, and 60 percent leave mathematicsthe authors' findings, culled from over 600 hours of ethnographic interviews and focus group discussions with undergraduates, explain the intended and unintended consequences of some traditional teaching practices and attitudesbased on a three-year, seven-campus study, the volume takes up the ongoing national debate about the quality of undergraduate education in these fields, offering explanations for net losses of students to non-science majorsoxfam books & music totnes this book grew out of a three-year, seven-campus study aimed at explaining the national loss of 40 to 60 percent of undergraduates from science, mathematics, and engineering majors into non-science disciplinespaperback book in very good condition; clean, slightly scuffed around the edges, good binding and no internal markingsthis is a landmark study-an essential source book for all those concerned with changing the ways that we teach science, mathematics, and engineering education, and with opening these fields to a more diverse student bodysee oxfam website for delivery information read morea landmark study, the volume is an essential source book for all those concerned with changing the ways that we teach science, mathematics, and engineering education, and with opening these fields to a more diverse student bodyconcern about this waste of talent is heightened because these losses occur among the most highly qualified college entrants and are disproportionately greater among women and students of colour, despite a serious national effort to improve their recruitment and retentionworking from extensive interviews with undergraduates, the authors are able to offer explanations for the loss of able students, including students of colour and womenthis intriguing book explores the reasons that lead undergraduates of above-average ability to switch from science, mathematics, and engineering majors into non-science majors
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" this major claim has, however, remained underscrutinized by scholars working on girard's theory, and it is mostly overlooked within the natural and social sciencesequally, girard's theory is presented as having the potential to become for the human and social sciences something akin to the integrating framework that present-day biological science owes to darwin-something compatible with it and complementary to it in accounting for the still remarkably little understood phenomenon of human emergence" he posits that archaic religion (or "the sacred"), particularly in its dynamics of sacrifice and ritual, is a neglected and major key to unlocking the enigma of "how we became humanthe contributors provide major evidence in favor of girard's hypothesis" french philosopher of science michel serres states that girard's theory provides a darwinian theory of culture because it "proposes a dynamic, shows an evolution and gives a universal explanationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lancaster from his groundbreaking violence and the sacred and things hidden since the foundation of the world, rené girard's mimetic theory is presented as elucidating "the origins of culturejoining disciplinary worlds, this book aims to explore this ambitious claim, invoking viewpoints as diverse as evolutionary culture theory, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cognitive psychology, ethology, and philosophy
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead matrices: methods and applications by stephen barnett techniques of matrix theory find wide application throughout engineering and the physical, life, and social sciencesthere are a few marks to the page edge, mainly dust marks to the corner page edgein addition, the book contains numerous exercises, together with answers, making it ideal for students in any field where matrices are usedconsequently, matrix methods comprise an important component in any 'tool kit' of applied mathematicsin very good conditionthe cover corners are slightly bumped and there is minimal edge wear to the coverthe inside pages are clean and unmarked, though fadedthe aim is to provide a down-to-earth approach with results illustrated by many examples drawn from the areas of applicationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis wide-ranging textbook provides a clearly written and up-to-date account of these methods, suitable for both undergraduates and more advanced studentsthe range of topics covered is large: from basic matrix algebra to advanced concepts such as generalised inverses and hadamard matrices, and applications to error-correcting codes, control theory, and linear programming
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Color: as shown physical specification: 1manual measurement, retention error 1-2cm/1-5g, due to light, brightness and other factors, physical and picture will have certain colour difference[product name] vintage braceletdescription: material: non-metallic condition: new welcome to lb's shop
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His important collection (more than specimens) made the academy of natural sciences of philadelphia the centre of malacological studies in the 19th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin good conditiona total of 3 books' shipping with registrationtext block: paper is good, fold-out map is good, illustrations are goodwonderful renewed bindings and flyleavesthe freshwater snail genus tryonia is named in his honourillustrations - dimensions: (3 x) 228 x 148 mmall illustrations presentplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store'tryon named more than new species, and can be considered as one of the most prolific malacologiststhree uniform bound bindings with title and author on the spine in gold print - viii, ppcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecontents: please the photos of the contents per volume
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The social and natural sciences have more in common than most of us may suspectfrom the big bang until todayvery good conditionthe focus on the formation, differentiation and transformation of configurations, regimes, and on the ever-changing reactions and interactions between them produces a simple, dynamic and reality-congruent structure with which to view the whole of historyit contributes to a better understanding of some long-standing academic controversies such as the root causes behind the origins of humankind, the rise of agriculture and the emergence of early statesoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the structure of big historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morea few traces of erased pencil markings to first pagethis thought-provoking study presents a single straightforward structure which unites the latest scientific views on the history of the universe, the solar system, the planet, life and humankind
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Active since , her works are conceived around the concept of ‘free human expression body’: the artist interprets the body without social reference, in its physical and natural simplicityare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe artist, issaeva-agenos, has a unique and original styletoday, on sale, a issaeva-agenos’ drawing, a large gouache drawing on black paper, 28 x 37 cma complete artist, issaeva-agenos has made numerous artworks and is very sought afterissaeva-agenos is a franco-russian artistplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeshe is then exhibited in the elysée palacecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableone of her sculptural works is also part of the current collection of the president of the republic, emmanuel macroncertificate of authenticity included
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Science folder games grade 2-3 earth science physical life science educationalcorrelated to meet state, national and provincial standardssubjects uncles earth & space, physical, and life scienceideal for learning centersitem is new and sealed
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The fence is made of natural heather bound together with galvanised wireit will add a touch of natural charm to your outdoor living spacethis nature garden fence is an ideal windbreak, but also presents an attractive and natural solution for creating some privacy in the garden
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The fence is made of natural heather bound together with galvanised wireit will add a touch of natural charm to your outdoor living spacethis nature extra thick garden fence is an ideal windbreak, but also presents an attractive and natural solution for creating some privacy in the garden
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Complete lie flat seat for the most natural sleeping position for growing babiesfeatures & benefits - carrycot compatible, providing a protective and natural lie flat sleep for babythe big seat gives them the room they need for a natural lie-flat sleep, while the xxl hood protects them in all weathersmamas and papas armadillo flip xt compact without compromise carrycot compatible with a big seat that gives baby space for a natural lie-flat sleep, the flip xt's innovative 2-way flip technology lets them face you or the world without reducing the compact foldthe innovative 2-way flip technology lets baby face you or the world in one easy movement, and its compact fold is perfect for saving spacethe protective hood with concealed air vent creates a shady, comfortable environment for nap timesthe flip xt is the ideal first pushchaircompatible with car seats, click in and out easily, so you don't wake themcarrycot perfect for newborns, this easy-to-use carrycot has plenty of room for babyfootmuff our cold weather footmuff for pushchair in dark navy is a padded, fleece-lined sleep bag for you childdimensions: h: 100 x w: 57 x l: 90cm approxthe compact, two-way armadillo fold saves space whether you're home or awayage guideline: birth to 15kgthe magnetic apron allows for quiet settling, and the easy release system means it's even easier to turn your flip xt into the perfect pramincludes: chassis, seat unit, chest pads, shopping basket and raincoverthe upf 50+ xxl hood & air vent provides cooling protection from the suncompatible with the flip xt carrycot for those first six months; you can also attach a car seat, letting you transport baby from car to pushchair to home in just a few clickschunky wheels & tread for off road adventures
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80 ct and natural brilliant cut rubies weighing approximately 018 kt yellow and white gold ring from the s with natural marquise cut rubies weighing approximately 0shipping in the rest of the world: €35ring size 16 (eu)free shipping within italyshipping to the rest of europe: €20
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The dressing table comes complete with its original mirror, which has natural foxing and ageingthe body is prepped, primed, and painted in dixie belle paint 'hampton olive', and finished in natural waxthe old varnish has been stripped back from the drawer fronts, and coated with osmo hardwax oil oil to showcase the beautiful grainthe original handles have been deep cleaned and polished to restore them to their original beautiful brassthe mirror is detachable for transportj_nozzz read morethis beautiful dressing table has been lovingly restored
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The dressing table comes complete with its original mirror, which has natural foxing and ageingthe body is prepped, primed, and painted in dixie belle paint 'hampton olive', and finished in natural waxthe old varnish has been stripped back from the drawer fronts, and coated with osmo hardwax oil oil to showcase the beautiful graindimensions: 114cm wide, 51the original handles have been deep cleaned and polished to restore them to their original beautiful brassthe mirror is detachable for transportotherwise, trusted uk furniture courier delivery available, or collection from bs16 mangotsfield, bristolit may therefore show small signs of its previous life, which does not affect its durabilitywe deliver locally (bristol/bath area) either for free or a small fee, depending on where you arethis beautiful dressing table has been lovingly restoredthis is a refinished second hand piece of furniture5cm deep, 163cm tall including mirror (85cm tall without mirror)national delivery available
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It will add a touch of natural charm to your outdoor living spacethis nature garden fence is an ideal windbreak, but also presents an attractive and natural solution for creating some privacy in the gardenthe fence is made of bamboo bound with nylon thread
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It will add a touch of natural charm to your outdoor living spacethis nature garden fence is an ideal windbreak, but also presents an attractive and natural solution for creating some privacy in the gardenthe fence is made of bamboo bound with metal wire
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Beautiful vintage design ring made of sterling silver and natural malachitethe natural grain of the stone can be seen from the bottom read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Featuring 100 cards with words and phrases relating to family, relationships, education, religion and physical and mental health, clients can use the cards to decide whether an experience has been a toxic influence or a more positive antidote to a particular issueideal for use with people aged 16+, this original activity will help clients gain a deeper understanding of themselves and will show how they can reframe perspectives around negative experiences to aid healing and personal developmentthe set includes a blank card which can be photocopied and used to write additional words and phrases, along with a booklet with guidelines and further ideas for use in therapy and counseling sessionshelp clients to reflect on their life experiences with this therapeutic card set
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750 to 338 bc - that is, the period best known and most important for the evolution of the polis, a form of political community which combined the aspects of city and state in a physical and psychological unity unparalleled either before or sinceall students and teachers of the history of ancient greece or of classical civilisation generally will find this book an invaluable toolfor us, the inheritors of much that the greeks created, there is an inherent interest in the way in which they organised their society during these centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe sources themselves (all of which have been translated by the authors) are supported by introductory commentary, notes, bibliographies, chronological tables and mapsoxfam bookshop cheltenham the aim of this book is to collect in one comprehensive volume a representative selection of ancient sources in translation, with commentary, on the history, institutions, society and economy of the greek world from calthough this book assumes no knowledge of greek, the reader is introduced to a range of key greek words and concepts which offer a direct insight into the mentality, both collective and individual, of the times
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Yoga was created as a science for liberation, but in modern times it is used by many to improve physical and mental health, helping us become more productive at work, more caring in relationships, more responsible contributors to society, and better inhabitants of this planetoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionon the front cover and spine there is some signs of wear to the dust jacketinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeddie stern's one simple thing: a new look at the science of yoga and how it can transform your life explains from both a yogic and a scientific perspective how the human nervous system is wiredit describes the mechanics taking place beneath the surface of our bodies and shows how we can consciously use yogic practices to direct and change our lives in positive waysif yoga does accomplish all that-as many practitioners report-how exactly does yoga do it? how does yoga work? believe it or not, the answers lie in how the human body and mind function
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