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Introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesoxfam shop bishop's stortford this book introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriespresents work by scholars who have been at the forefront of reinterpreting the scientific revolution great condition copy of a excellent book for students and historians of the periodcovers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemy see oxfam website for delivery information read morerepresents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovative
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It is said without them the scientific revolution would have been impossiblepublished by rba coleccionablessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book from the 'everything is mathematical' series invites the reader to explore the importance of calculus and of concepts such as 'derivatives' and 'integrals'oxfam shop cottingham pushing the limits - infinitesimal calculus by antonio jvery good condition
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Oxfam shop dumfries the permanent revolution is a work of theological re-imagination and re-construction that draws from biblical studies, theology, organizational theory, leadership studies, and key social sciencessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshows how to view the world through a biblical perspective and continue the "permanent revolution" that jesus startedthis groundbreaking book integrates theology, sociology, and leadership to further define the apostolic movementalan hirsch is a leading voice in the missional movement of the christian westoutlines the essential characteristics of apostolic movement and how to restructure the church and ministry to be more consistent with themit explores how the apostolic ministry facilitates ongoing renewal in the life of the church and focuses on leadership in relation to missional innovation and entrepreneurshipthe book elaborates on the apostolic role rooted in the five-fold ministry from ephesians 4 (apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds, and teacher), and its significance for the missional movementthe authors examine the nature of organization as reframed through the lens of apostolic ministry
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Overview: award-winning writer china miéville has long been inspired by the ideals of the russian revolution and here, on the centenary of the revolution, he provides his own distinctive take on its historycondition: as newhow did this unimaginable transformation take place?dust jacket condition: as new
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The title is the scientific outlookthe item format is a book paperbackbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for sale the sleeve condition is newfor example: idz
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln this book looks at the growth of industry in cornwall during the industrial revolutionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more while primarily looking at the growth of the mining industry, covering copper mining, the growth of tin mining and the introduction of steam power, this book also looks at the changes in the local agriculture and fishing industries present in this edition but absent in the first (published ) is a look at the religious and social changes also brought about by this period of technological development the book is in good condition with most signs of damage limited to the dust jacket (fraying on the edges, chipping and fading of the spine), internally the binding is strong and the pages clean
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Collectives in the spanish revolution softcover, isbn publisher: freedom press, london: freedom pressisbn: text is cleanshipped from spain delivery costs extra'this book can only deal with a few of the collectives that were set up in spain during the struggle against franco, for as the author points out, there were 400 agricultural collectives in aragon, 900 in the levante and 300 in castile
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Seeing through the eyes of the polish revolution: solidarity and the struggle against communism in polandlanguage: this book should contain text in eng
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The world of the haitian revolution by david patrick geggus (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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The book is in a very good conditionthis 456 page paperback is titled 'the foreign revolution' and written by nick harristhe book tells the story and history of how overseas footballers have influenced and changed the english gamecollection from rotherhithe (se16) or can post if costs are covered
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The first edition () was acclaimed and it firmly established the shropshire coalfield as the cradle of the industrial revolutionafter several reprints a new edition appeared in , but since then there has been much further research, and re-examination of interpretations, prompting a completely re-written book with an entirely new structure, and with many more illustrations, all integrated with the relevant textthis is the book that made ironbridge a place of international pilgrimage, and, in its new edition, provides a 21st-century explanation why! see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop folkestone this is the second edition -- excellent condition but missing a dust jacket
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Oxfam bookshop cardiff his historical view of the french revolution (), made the revolution-personified or represented as the activity of the virtuous people-the focal moment of all french historyhe had offered a separate study called the people, published in , in praise of his herohis history had a hero, the people itselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Used soft back book in good conditionaccess to history is the most popular, trusted and wide-ranging series for a-level history studentssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis title:- supports the content and assessment requirements of the a-level history specifications- contains authoritative and engaging content- includes thought-provoking key debates that examine the opposing views and approaches of historians- provides exam-style questions and guidance for each relevant specification to help students understand how to apply what they have learnoxfam shop oldham exam board: aqa, edexcel, ocr & wjeclevel: a-levelsubject: historyfirst teaching: september first exam: june give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibilitythis title is suitable for a variety of courses including:- aqa: the english revolution, - ocr: the early stuarts and the origins of the civil warsigns of wear on covercorners and edges bumped, but contents clean and free from notes
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Oxfam books & music beaconsfield this third volume outlines the history and role of the anarcho-syndicalist labour union in the spanish revolution and civil warsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreminimal shelf wear to the soft cover; otherwise in 'as new' conditionfirst english language edition published
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The early stuarts and the english revolution a-level history 2nd edition by katherine bricemichael lynch exam board: aqa, edexcel, ocr & wjec 244pgnew costs: £ buy it for: £10condition: used
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Leaflets of the russian revolution socialist organizing in by barbara c allen (hardback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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The french revolution by thomas carlyle, published in three volumes by the folio society - , presented in slip case, the set is in near mint conditionmany other titles available read more
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Oxfam bookshop cotham hill the managerial revolution or what is happening in the world now original jacket and beige cloth bindingsee oxfam website for delivery information read more rubbing to jacket edges and foxing to jacket corners with light tears at the cornersdarkened cover and spinepages tight and straight
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Oxfam books & music olney a folder containing a collection of facsimiles relating to the russian revolutionfolder shows signs of wear but documents all in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Great britain bicentenary of the american revolution mnh ** sg am happy tos hip with carrier of your choice xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx read more
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But does dark matter exist? could another scientific revolution be on the way to challenge current scientific orthodoxy? these are among the questions ian stewart raises in his quest through the realms of astronomy and cosmologymathematics, professor stewart shows, has been the driving force in astronomy and cosmology since the ancient babyloniansin crystal-clear terms he explains the fundamentals of gravity, spacetime, relativity and quantum theory, and shows how they all relate to each otheroxfam shop macclesfield as new copy of ian stewart's up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos which moves from the formation of the earth and its moon to the planets and asteroids of the solar system and from there out into the galaxy and the universesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeighty years ago the discovery that the universe is expanding led to the big bang theory of its originshe describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it will endhe describes how kepler's work on planetary orbits led newton to formulate his theory of gravity, and how two centuries later irregularities in the motion of mars inspired einstein's theory of general relativitythis in turn led cosmologists to posit features such as dark matter and dark energyhe considers parallel universes, what forms extra-terrestrial life might take, and the likelihood of earth being hit by an asteroid
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Throughout the 17th century these courses received the influence of the scientific revolution and progressively introduced new knowledge into these subjectsthe work is elaborated taking as an example the encyclopedic courses that were published in europe in the second half of the 17th century, mainly those for teaching purposes18th century book by the great author thomas vicente toscathe work consists of nine volumes, published between and : volume i: geometría elemental, arithmetica inferior, geometría prácticaalgebra o arte analytica: de la lógica de los caracteres, de las reglas generales de la algebra o arte analítica, de la analysi de las igualaciones simples, de la analysi compuesta en que por partición se resuelves las igualaciones compuestas cuando en ellas concurre solamente una magnitud incógnita, método de resolver por substitución las igualaciones compuestas, cuando en ellas solamente concurre una magnitud incógnita, de la analysi compuesta, cuando concurren en las igualaciones diferentes magnitudes incógnitas, de las magnitudes irracionales e inconmensurables, de la aplicación de la algebra a la geometríaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecompendio mathematico, en que se contienen todas las materias más principales de las ciencias, que tratan de la cantidadworn spine interesting book for the content of music in one of its chapters, and consisting of 154 pages with a treatise totally for professionalin this type of work, mathematics was understood, apart from geometry, arithmetic, algebra or trigonometry—designated at the time as pure mathematics—, as a series of subjects classified as mixed, physical-mathematical or applied mathematics, such as astronomy, geography, optics and perspective, music, mechanics, statics, hydrostatics and hydraulics, surveying and topography, artillery, navigation, chronology, and civil and military architecturevery valuable workhere we present volume ii, which includes: - arithmetica superior: composición y naturaleza de las potestades numéricas, de la analysi o resolución de las potestades numéricas y del uso de las raíces y potestades numéricaswritten by dr vicente tosca, priest of the congregation of the oratory of san felipe neri in valencia2nd edition, corrected and emended of many printing and plate errors, as will be seen by a curious readercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableamong these courses, one of the most widespread is the cursus seu mundus mathematicus, by claude francois milliet dechalesbeautifully illustrated with 7 fold-out platestosca used some of these courses, especially mundus mathematicus of milliet dechales, without becoming a mere castilian copy or version of itvolume iv: estática, hidroestática, hidrotecnia, hidrometríavolume ii: arithmetica superior, álgebra, músicaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevolume viii: astronomía práctica, geografía, náuticavolume v: arquitectura civil, montea y cantería, arquitectura militar, pirotecnia o artilleríamúsica: de la música especulativa y práctica, de los intervalos músicos tanto consonos como disonos, del systema músico según los géneros diatónico, cromático, enharmónico, diatónico-cromático y diatónico-enharmónico; de la música orgánica o instrumental; de la música prácticaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikióptica, pespectiva, catóptrica, dióptrica, meteorosvolume ix: gnomónica, ordenación del tiempo, astrologíathe study of the compendium shows that tosca used abundant literature, mentioned throughout the work, so it was not an original work but it wasn’t its aspirationdedicated to his excellency count of arandavolume iii: trigonometría, secciones cónicas, maquinaria
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In this magisterial book, manjit kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its corein , albert einstein suggested that light was a particle, not a wave, defying a century of experimentsand yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselvestake it nice and easy and savour the experience of your mind being blown without recourse to hallucinogens' nicholas lezard, guardian for most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable sciencein this tour de force of science history, manjit kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas niels bohr said, if you weren't shocked by quantum theory, you didn't really understand itquantum theory looks at the very building blocks of our world, the particles and processes without which it could not existquantum theory is weird'bohr brainwashed a whole generation of physicists into believing that the problem had been solved', lamented the nobel prize-winning physicist murray gell-mann"quantum" is the essential read for anyone fascinated by this complex and thrilling story and by the band of brilliant men at its heartyet for 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itselfwerner heisenberg's uncertainty principle and erwin schrodinger's famous dead-and-alive cat are similarly strangewhile "quantum" sets the science in the context of the great upheavals of the modern age, kumar's centrepiece is the conflict between einstein and bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of sciencebut in "quantum", kumar brings einstein back to the centre of the quantum debateoxfam shop worcester 'this is about gob-smacking science at the far end of reason
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Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesthe scientific establishment throughout europe - from galileo to sir isaac newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answeroxfam bookshop newport the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude, and the unlikely triumph of an english geniustext block cleanthe quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (gbp) to anyone whose method or device proved successfullacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of landexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of usein stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solutionfull of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking see oxfam website for delivery information read morethousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolutionno highlighting or other notesdust jacket unmarked
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" empire's twin broadens our conception of anti-imperialist actors, ideas, and actions; it charts this story across the range of american history, from the revolution to our own era; and it opens up the transnational and global dimensions of american anti-imperialismby tracking the diverse manifestations of american anti-imperialism, this book highlights the different ways in which historians can approach it in their research and teachingwith the revolution, and again in , the nation stood against the most powerful empire in the world and declared itself independentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford across the course of american history, imperialism and anti-imperialism have been awkwardly paired as influences on the politics, culture, and diplomacy of the united statesencounters in the middle east, and the transnational nature of anti-imperialist public sentiment during the cold war and beyondduring the mexican revolution, the anti-imperial dimensions of early uas noted by ian tyrrell and jay sexton, however, american "anti-imperialism was clearly selective, geographically, racially, and constitutionallythe contributors cover a wide range of subjects, including the discourse of anti-imperialism in the early republic and civil war, anti-imperialist actions in the uthe declaration of independence, after all, is an anti-imperial document, cataloguing the sins of the metropolitan government against the colonies
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the french revolution marks the foundation of the modern political worldit was in the crucible of the revolution that the political forces of conservatism, liberalism and socialism began to find their modern form, and it was the revolution that first asserted the claims of universal individual rights, on which our current understandings of citizenship are basedthe guillotine in paris claimed some official victims, but executions of captured counter-revolutionary rebels ran into the tens of thousands, and deaths in the areas of greatest conflict probably ran into six figures, with indiscriminate massacres being perpetrated by both sidessee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut the terror was, as much as anything else, a civil war, and such wars are always both brutal and complexthe story of the terror is a story of grand political pronouncements, uprisings and insurrections, but also a story of survival against hunger, persecution and bewildering ideological demands, a story of how a state, even with the noblest of intentions, can turn on its people and almost crush them
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Some rare and inedited photos can be seen in this historical album, like those of fidel and raul castro, and a young ernesto che guevara among many other important figures of the cuban revolutioncuban photo album of granma expedition fidel castro che guevara beside we including a cuban revolution id belonged to emilio cabrera signed by fidel castro ruz (signed is printed) extremely rare photographic album issued in havana city in , at the beginning of the cuban revolutionary period, with 42 pages and the portraits of the 82 expeditionaries on board of the granma yacht that arrived to cuba from mexico inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeitem dimensions:approximately:62 inches read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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8mm revolution max rubberthe dunlop revolution table tennis bat incorporates the aeroskin edges which increase the speed and the hexagonal damper that improves playability0mm d50 high end sponge and the 1it is designed to provide advanced players with outstanding speed and spin ensured by the 2
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Oxfam shop ulverston documentary of hillsong united's world tour, part of the iheart revolution projectfrom sleeve: filmed over a period of two years, the iheart revolution: we're all in this together follows the worship band, hillsong united, as they travel across 6 continents, 42 nations and 93 cities in a cross-cultural journey of music, animation, interviews and live action documentary as they realise every story of hope, love, loss and sacrifice ultimately points to the one storypublished in australia, this disc is classified m, for mature audiences it can however be seen worldwide, as it has the region codes abc see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Prothero recounts the scientific detective work that shaped our understanding of geology, from the unearthing of exemplary specimens to tectonic shifts in how we view the inner workings of our planeteach of these breakthroughs filled in a piece of the greater puzzle that is the earth, with scientific discoveries dovetailing with each other to offer an increasingly coherent image of the geologic pastprothero follows in the footsteps of the scientists who asked-and answered-geology's biggest questions: how do we know how old the earth is? what happened to the supercontinent pangea? how did ocean rocks end up at the top of mount everest? what can we learn about our planet from meteorites and moon rocks? he answers these questions through expertly chosen case studies, such as pliny the younger's firsthand account of the eruption of vesuvius; the granite outcrops that led a scottish scientist to theorize that the landscapes he witnessed were far older than noah's flood; the salt and gypsum deposits under the mediterranean sea that indicate that it was once a desert; and how trying to date the age of meteorites revealed the dangers of lead poisoningsummarizing a wealth of information in an entertaining, approachable style, the story of the earth in 25 rocks is essential reading for the armchair geologist, the rock hound, and all who are curious about the earth beneath their feetsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brigg every rock is a tangible trace of the earth's pastin twenty-five chapters-each about a particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenon-donald rthe story of the earth in 25 rocks tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geology
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