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Jane hawking's edition of the theory of everything book in a really good conditionfree uk delivery only
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The theory of everything (blu-ray disc only no case very good condition *
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We are delighted to present a copy of this important work on the theory of computers by francis jmurray was a faculty member at colombia, and then at duke where he also served as mathematical consultant to us army agenciesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesections paginated separatelythe first edition, published a year before, came out just as electro-mechanical and mechanical designs were being out-competed by electronics28x22cm, titles, prelims, ppbookplate and ink inscription of richard f reiss from linacre college, oxfordcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableblue-green card covers with white lettering, in good conditionmarks on front cover from removed labelsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemurray (), best known for his series of papers with john von neumannn on functional analysis, and what subsequently became known as von neumann algebrasthere are numerous schematics and diagrams throughoutoverall this book is a fascinating artefact in the history of computing, of interest to specialists in the field and those who want to become acquainted with the subjectplastic comb bindingbookplates and library markings, otherwise pages cleanthis is the first printing of the second edition (3rd printing overall), revised from the first with an extra chapter on electronic digital computersare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit looks at a diverse range of computing instruments from slide rules to the eniachis proof of the complex version of the hahn-banach theorem of functional analysis is also noted
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Oxfam shop macclesfield mr carbon atom and the theory of carbon entromorphologyfor to be human, is to know unequivocally that one day you will die and it is this truth which has precipitated a passion for knowledge and the pursuit of immortality initially through divine methods but more recently through scientific endeavoursee oxfam website for delivery information read moresince the dawn of human history life has battled for survival, with human beings evolving to dominate this process on planet earthhuman knowledge is a fractured system of investigation born out of mathematics, literacy and imagery
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The title is the theory of evolutionbirth of a disco dancer 3:46the item format is a cdfor this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casing
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Project management in the fast lane applying the theory of constraints by robert cinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailsnewbold (hardback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working days
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The title is the heart of everythingfor this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casingthe item format is a cd enhanced cd longplay
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This book will present this theory in a systematic accountthe major successes achieved since the late s in the development of the theory of separated flows at high reynolds numbers are in many ways associated with the use of asymptotic methodsthere have been many papers devoted to different problems in the asymptotic theory of separated flows and we can confidently speak of the appearance of a very productive direction in the development of theoretical hydrodynamicssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book will serve as a useful introduction to the theory, and will draw attention to the possibilities that application of the asymptotic approach providesthe most fruitful of these has proved to be the method of matched asymptotic expansions, which has been widely used in mechanics and mathematical physicsoxfam bookshop preston boundary-layer separation from a rigid body surface is one of the fundamental problems of classical and modern fluid dynamics
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Episodes comprise: 'dead doll', 'a la cart', 'go to hell', 'the case of the cross-dressing carp', 'the chick chop flick shop', 'who and what', 'goodbye and good luck', 'you kill me', 'cockroaches', 'lying down with dogs', 'bull', 'grissom's divine comedy', 'a thousand days on earth', 'drop's out', 'the theory of everything', 'two and a half deaths' and 'for gedda'team investigate the forensic details that can make all the difference between an unsolved crime and a successful arrestwith the following extras: • without a trace: where and why • commentary for ‘you kill me’ • so long sara sidle • william friedkin: a different take • while the cat’s away, the rats will play • commentary for ‘cockroaches’ • ‘catherine investigates’ deleted scenes • shot in the dark • tod: a bug’s life • what happened in vegas see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston the complete eighth season of the popular us crime serieson the night shift at the las vegas criminalistics bureau, the c
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In search of susy - supersymmetry, string and the theory of everything price includes signed/tracked postage read more
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Oxfam bookshop holmfirth based on the syllabus of the theory of examination of the royal schools of musicsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresmall bumps to corners and spine a;little fadedotherwise text clean and readable throughoutfrom grade i to grade viiiowners name on first page
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein excellent condition, crisp paperbased on the paper, the writing and binding date back to the early scatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableearly 18th century manuscriptour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesheets = pagesthe book does not feature the author’s name nor the date, but the texts end inthe topic deals with the complex story of the interdict from lecce with the behind-the-scenes action of city life in a period of struggles, skirmishes, insults, political, family and personal struggles, which involved guilty and innocent peoplein italian with notes partially in latinare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe deep contrast between ecclesiastical authority and the population was the cause of everything, and it led to the capture and deportation of bishop pignatelli out of the kingdom, and then the expulsion from the city of the vicar general scipione martirani, in addition to a prison sentence for the relatives of both! it will include the reduction of deductibles in favour of priests, the demolition of the mills held by the religious, the misery of a large part of the population, which demanded a better standard of living, information which are the factors that emerge from the analysis of the historical sources, kept so far only in the vatican archive
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Take your time, be patient with yourself and always be ready to go back to basics, to lesson one, the true identity of the self, which is the foundation of everythingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe lessons cover: an introduction to the practice of meditation; rediscovering the true identity and the nature of self; making meditation practical; the shaping of personality; understanding and exploring different the levels of consciousness; restoring our relationship with god; understanding the natural law that governs the universe; a spiritual understanding of how the dance of life on earth has evolved; understanding the history and geography of time; and how to support meditation and spiritual development with the right lifestylerecorded by the author, the commentaries provide the reader with a powerful aid to their meditational practicethe cd accompanying the book has an audio introduction to meditation and many of the meditations within the book are presented as guided commentariesreaders can also access assistance and have their questions answered by emailthe guide shows how meditation is more an experience than something you do, more a process than an achievement, more an ongoing inner journey than a destinationoxfam bookshop cheltenham an introduction to the art and practice of meditation, this guide lays down the foundation for ongoing spiritual developmenta series of ten lessons provide specific insight into raja yoga, with practical exercises to complement and to help your understanding of the method and underlying teachings
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The conclusion is that physics cannot be the theory of everythingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreif materialism cannot accommodate consciousness and other mind-related aspects of reality, then we must abandon a purely materialist understanding of nature in general, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmologyno such explanation is available, and the physical sciences, including molecular biology, cannot be expected to provide oneand the cosmological history that led to the origin of life and the coming into existence of the conditions for evolution cannot be a merely materialist historythe mind-body problem cannot be confined to the relation between animal minds and animal bodiesoxfam bookshop preston in mind and cosmos thomas nagel argues that the widely accepted world view of materialist naturalism is untenablean adequate conception of nature would have to explain the appearance in the universe of materially irreducible conscious minds, as suchthe book explores these problems through a general treatment of the obstacles to reductionism, with more specific application to the phenomena of consciousness, cognition, and valuesince minds are features of biological systems that have developed through evolution, the standard materialist version of evolutionary biology is fundamentally incomplete
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" 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 explanationoxfam 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 cultureequally, 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 emergencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe contributors provide major evidence in favor of girard's hypothesisjoining 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" 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 human" this major claim has, however, remained underscrutinized by scholars working on girard's theory, and it is mostly overlooked within the natural and social sciences
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Engaging the religious as a resource for theoretical innovation, the theory advances itself as a unique form of critical theory concerned to set the religious against the normative orders of thoughtthis critical strategy not only bears upon the development of religious thought today but involves the extension of critical thought and theorycutting a novel path through the disciplines of critical theology, religious studies, and critical theory, this volume culminates with the groundbreaking essay a critical theory of religious insightsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelalonde carves out a provocative direction for contemporary religious thoughtoxfam shop colne road in this challenging collection of essays, marc p
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Contents include: the three lines of criticism - rise and conditions of the philosophical theory of the state - sociological compared with philosophical theory - the paradox of political obligation; self government - the problem of political obligation more radically treated - the conception of a "real" will - the conception of liberty as illustrated by the foregoing suggestions - psychological illustration of the idea of a real or general will - nature of the end of the state and consequent limit of state action - rousseau's theory as applied to the modern state: kant, fichte, hegel - the analysis of a modern state, hegel's "philosophy of right" - institutions considered as ethical ideas formerly owned by the university of dundee library it has the wrong cover on the booksee oxfam website for delivery information read more this is the fourth edition, reprinted inoxfam shop ulverston originally published in
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Oxfam bookshop preston rudiments and theory of music: based on the syllabus of the theory examinations of the royal schools of music paperback – 1 jana pocket-sized book covering the theory elements of all eight musical grades, and glossaries of general terms and musical formssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is in very good condition although the spine is faded
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Each of gerould's introductory essays shows fascinating insight into both the life and the theory of the authorfrom horace to soyinka corneille to brecht this is an indispensable compendium of the greatest dramatic theory ever writtendaniel gerould's landmark work êtheatre/theory/theatreê collects history's most influential eastern and western dramatic theorists ä poets playwrights directors and philosophers ä whose ideas about theatre continue to shape its futuresee oxfam website for delivery information read morein complete texts and choice excerpts spanning centuries we see an ongoing dialogue and exchange of ideas between actors and directors like craig and meyerhold and writers such as nietzsche and yeatsoxfam bookshop hove minor cover wear, appears unreadavailable for the first time in paperback!þfrom aristotle's êpoeticsê to vaclav havel the debate about the nature and function of theatre has been marked by controversy
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In the end of time, the british theoretical physicist julian barbour describes the coming revolution in our understanding of the world: a quantum theory of the universe that brings together einstein's general theory of relativity, which denies the existence of a unique time, and quantum mechanics, which demands oneunifying thinking that has never been brought together before in a book for the general reader, barbour reveals the true architecture of the universe and demonstrates how physics is coming up sharp against the extraordinary possibility that the sense of time passing emerges from a universe that is timelesssee oxfam website for delivery information read morealthough the laws of physics create a powerful impression that time is flowing, in fact there are only timeless 'nows'barbour believes that only the most radical of ideas can resolve the conflict between these two theories: that there is, quite literally, no time at allfinally, in a lucid and eloquent epilogue, the author speculates on the philosophical implications of his theory: does free will exist? is time travel possible? how did the universe begin? where is heaven? does the denial of time make life meaningless? written with exceptional clarity and elegance, this profound and original work presents a dazzlingly powerful argument that all will be able to follow, but no-one with an interest in the workings of the universe will be able to ignoreoxfam bookshop cheltenham time is an illusionthe heart of the book is the author's lucid description of how a world of stillness can appear to be teeming with motion: in this timeless world where all possible instants coexist, complex mathematical rules of quantum mechanics bind together a special selection of these instants in a coherent order that consciousness perceives as the flow of timethis is the first full-length account of the crisis in our understanding that has enveloped quantum cosmology
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In the aftermath of the civil rights movement and the vietnam war, rawls's a theory of justice made a particular kind of liberalism essential to political philosophy"-michael eric dyson, new york times a history of how political philosophy was recast by the rise of postwar liberalism and irrevocably changed by john rawls's a theory of justicein the shadow of justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the influence of john rawlsin this first-ever history of contemporary liberal theory, katrina forrester shows how liberal egalitarianism-a set of ideas about justice, equality, obligation, and the state-became dominant, and traces its emergence from the political and ideological context of the postwar united states and britainin these years, political philosophers extended, developed, and reshaped this liberalism as they responded to challenges and alternatives on the left and right-from the new international economic order to the rise of the new right "a forceful, encyclopedic studyoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokensee oxfam website for delivery information read moreusing archival sources, forrester explores the ascent and legacy of this form of liberalism by examining its origins in midcentury debates among american antistatists and british egalitariansshe traces the roots of contemporary theories of justice and inequality, civil disobedience, just war, global and intergenerational justice, and population ethics in the s and '70s and beyondthese thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their criticspages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nicksrecasting the history of late twentieth-century political thought and providing novel interpretations and fresh perspectives on major political philosophers, in the shadow of justice offers a rigorous look at liberalism's ambitions and limitsfine unclipped dust-wrapper
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From the prize-winning screenwriter of the theory of everything, this is a cinematic, behind-the-scenes account of a crucial moment which takes us inside the mind of one of the world's greatest leaders - and provides a revisionist, more rounded portrait of his leadershipjust days after his unlikely succession to prime minister, winston churchill, faces this horror - and a sceptical king and a party plotting against himin doing so he revises the familiar view of churchill - he made himself into the iconic figure we remember and changed the course of history, but through those turbulent and dangerous weeks he was plagued by doubt, and even explored a peace treaty with nazi germanysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is this fascinating period that anthony mccarten captures in this deeply researched, gripping day-by-day (and often hour-by-hour) narrativebritain is at war, european democracies are falling rapidly and the public are unaware of this dangerous new worldoxfam shop evesham the sunday times number one bestseller and official tie-in to the award-winning motion picture starring gary oldman, who took home best actor at the oscars for his sublime turn as winston churchillit's a scarier, and more human story, than has ever been toldhe wonders how he can capture the public mood and does so, magnificently, before leading the country to victory
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Properties are modes -particular ways particular substances are -and arrangements of propertied substances serve as truthmakers for all the truths that have truthmakerssubstances are simple, lacking parts that are themselves substancessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreheil argues that the deep story about the nature of these truthmakers can only be told by fundamental physicsoxfam bookshop preston what does reality encompass? is reality exclusively physical? or does reality include nonphysical -mental, and perhaps 'abstract' -aspects? what is it to be physical or mental, or to be an abstract entity? what are the elements of being, reality's raw materials? how is the manifest image we inherit from our culture and refine in the special sciences related to the scientific image as we have it in fundamental physics? can physics be understood as providing a 'theory of everything', or do the various sciences make up a hierarchy corresponding to autonomous levels of reality? is our conscious human perspective on the universe in the universe or at its limits? what, if anything, makes ordinary truths, truths of the special sciences, and truths of mathematics true? and what is it for an assertion or judgment to be 'made true'? in the universe as we find it, john heil offers answers to these questions framed in terms of a comprehensive ontology of substances and properties inspired by descartes, locke, their successors, and their latter day exemplars
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Oxfam bookshop preston in this groundbreaking book, michael tomasello presents a comprehensive usage-based theory of language acquisitionbut these extra processes, tomasello argues, are completely unnecessary-important to save a theory but not to explain the phenomenontheir linguistic ability is interwoven with other cognitive abilitiesconstructing a language offers a compellingly argued, psychologically sound new vision for the study of language acquisitionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretomasello argues that the essence of language is its symbolic dimension, which rests on the uniquely human ability to comprehend intentionall theories of language acquisition assume these fundamental skills of intention-reading and pattern-findingdrawing together a vast body of empirical research in cognitive science, linguistics, and developmental psychology, tomasello demonstrates that we don't need a self-contained "language instinct" to explain how children learn languagegrammar emerges as the speakers of a language create linguistic constructions out of recurring sequences of symbols; children pick up these patterns in the buzz of words they hear around themfor all its empirical weaknesses, chomskian generative grammar has ruled the linguistic world for forty yearssome formal linguistic theories posit a second set of acquisition processes to connect somehow with an innate universal grammar
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Presented here is the first english-language compendium of the spirit of laws, together with the first english translation of the posthumously published treatise containing the physiological theory underlying montesquieu's theory of climatemontesquieu's the spirit of laws is an enduring classic of social and political theory deserving a fresh reading every generationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelight wear to edges of coveroxfam books & music nottingham front cover bowed outprevious owner has written across fore-edgecolour a little faded on spine
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Episodes comprise: 'a thousand days on earth', 'drop's out', 'the theory of everything', 'two and a half deaths' and 'for gedda'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreteam investigates the forensic details that can make all the difference between an unsolved crime and a successful arreston the night shift at the las vegas criminalistics bureau, the coxfam shop launceston the final five episodes from the eighth season of the popular us crime series
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It shows that the theory follows naturally from the use of probability amplitudes to derive probabilitiesthe text stresses the continuity between the quantum world and the classical world, which is merely an approximation to the quantum worldevery opportunity is taken to illustrate the emergence of the familiar classical, dynamical world through the quantum interference of stationary statesa chapter is devoted to entanglement, quantum computation, density operators and their role in thermodynamics, and the measurement problemname written on inside facing page see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe mathematical prerequisites are no more than simple vector algebra, taylor series expansion and the use of integrating factors to solve linear first order differential equationsit stresses that stationary states are unphysical mathematical abstractions that enable us to solve the theory's governing equation, the time-dependent schroedinger equationhydrogen and helium are discussed in some detail and it is shown that quantum mechanics enables us to understand the structure of the periodic table without engaging with the complexities of many-electron atomsdirac notation is used from the outset and students are trained to move easily from one representation to another, choosing whichever representation is best suited to a particular problemthe connections between observables, operators and transformations are clearly explained and the standard commutation rules derived from the properties of spacetimescattering phenomena, including the origin of radioactivity, are handled early on in the accessible context of one dimension, and at the end of the book with some rigour in three dimensionsoxfam bookshop knutsford the physics of quantum mechanics aims to give students a good understanding of how quantum mechanics describes the material worldrigorous algebraic methods are preferred to the solution of partial differential equations
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The authors reconcile a theory of the individual's construction of reality as a network of schemas 'in the head' with an account of the social construction of language, science, ideology and religion to provide an integrated schema-theoretic view of human knowledgethe ffep has been torn outthe book integrates an accessible exposition of background information with a cumulative marshalling of evidence to address fundamental questions concerning human action in the world and the nature of ultimate realitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes in this book, michael arbib, a researcher in artificial intelligence and brain theory, joins forces with mary hesse, a philosopher of science, to present an integrated account of how humans 'construct' reality through interaction with the social and physical world around themthe book is a major expansion of the gifford lectures delivered by the authors at the university of edinburgh in the autumn ofthe boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titlinghardback book with dustjacketon the lower end of the spine there is also has an orange sticker with the letters 'arb' written on it and sellotaped onthe authors still find scope for lively debate, particularly in their discussion of free will and of the reality of godthe dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edges
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The ideas presented here form a major addition to the widespread current interest in evolutionary theory as applied to human behaviouroxfam bookshop leeds 259ppthese papers bring an interdisciplinary approach to bear on what is arguably the central question in the study of human social evolution: how did the simple hunting and foraging bands of the upper palaeolithic evolve into the institutionally complex societies of the so-called neolithic revolution? the contributors to this volume are leading experts from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and game theory, all of whom share a common evolutionary perspectivesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The final chapter includes a comparison of his non-communist manifesto with marxist theoryoxfam bookshop lower petergate professor rostow gives an account of economic growth based on a dynamic theory of production and interpreted in terms of actual societiesthere is some foxing to the pages and the cover has some stainingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefive basic stages of economic growth are distinguished with detailed discussions of each stage including illustrative examples
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