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Get hands-on, swing into action, and discover the theory of the world around you with the chaos machine kitstart by learning all about what chaos is, how it works, and what the whole
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'a great problem of our age is the use of the leisure which the welfare state has presented to usno dust jacket, no inscriptions or markings' it is a mix of travel advice and practical instructions on a wide range of sports, hobbies and pastimes from 'skiing without snow' to putting on a play, parachuting, building rocket cars, directing a film or putting on a pantomimeoxfam shop smithdown road a fair copy of this quirky practical guide to adventure see oxfam website for delivery information read moreforeword by roger bannister
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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 bookoxfam shop ulverston originally published in this is the fourth edition, reprinted insee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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He 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 relativityeighty years ago the discovery that the universe is expanding led to the big bang theory of its originsthis 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 asteroidoxfam 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 universein crystal-clear terms he explains the fundamentals of gravity, spacetime, relativity and quantum theory, and shows how they all relate to each othersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe 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 endbut 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 babylonians
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We are delighted to present a copy of this important work on the theory of computers by francis jthere are numerous schematics and diagrams throughoutthe first edition, published a year before, came out just as electro-mechanical and mechanical designs were being out-competed by electronicsit 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 notedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisections paginated separatelybookplates 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 computersbookplate and ink inscription of richard f reiss from linacre college, oxfordoverall 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 subjectour 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 availablemurray was a faculty member at colombia, and then at duke where he also served as mathematical consultant to us army agenciesblue-green card covers with white lettering, in good conditionmarks on front cover from removed labels28x22cm, titles, prelims, ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemurray (), best known for his series of papers with john von neumannn on functional analysis, and what subsequently became known as von neumann algebrasplastic comb binding
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Choose a player to go first; play continues clockwiseon your turn roll the die to decide a category colourif you answer correctly, the card goes to the back of the deck but you roll the die again to go for a wedge questionthis trivial pursuit bitesize edition contains 600 questions based on the seasons of the big bang theory, some of which would challenge even sheldon! test your trivia on seasons 1-7 of the hit us comedy, featuring questions about the coolest scientists around! the handy game requires no board and can be carried around in its bite-size wedge casenew and unopened collect from cambridge city-centre or i can post to youif a player collects six cards on his or her very first turn, the remaining players may try to equal this feat and force the game to end in a drawfor a quicker game, players win a card for every time they answer a question correctlyto win another card, you must correctly answer a question on a new card, and then correctly answer the wedge question on the next cardthis time if you answer the question correctly, you keep the cardplace the cards in the holder with the question side facing forwardsanother player takes the front card and reads you the question from that categoryyou can also add cards to a standard boxed version of trivial pursuit or mix with trivial pursuit for other movies and tv showshow to play to win, be the first player to collect six cards by correctly answering 12 questionskeep going until you get an answer wrongthis ends your turn
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Oxfam shop macclesfield mr carbon atom and the theory of carbon entromorphologysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehuman knowledge is a fractured system of investigation born out of mathematics, literacy and imageryfor 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 endeavoursince the dawn of human history life has battled for survival, with human beings evolving to dominate this process on planet earth
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His unified theory of the interpretation of thought, meaning, and action holds that rationality is a necessary condition for both mind and interpretationdavidson here develops this theory to illuminate value judgements and how we understand them; to investigate what the conditions are for attributing mental states to an object or creature; and to grapple with the problems presented by thoughts and actions which seem to be irrationalfrom the s until his death in august , davidson was perhaps the most influential figure in english-language philosophy, and his work has had a profound effect upon the disciplineoxfam bookshop preston "problems of rationality" is the eagerly awaited fourth volume of donald davidson's philosophical writingssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreanyone working on knowledge, mind, and language will find these essays essential reading
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An essay on the theory and practice of art in china and japan, based on original storiesoxfam bookshop newark a small hardback reprinted see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe pages have foxingthe boards are a little worn around the edges
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The title is the theory of evolutionfor 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 casingbirth of a disco dancer 3:46the item format is a cd
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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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Project management in the fast lane applying the theory of constraints by robert cnewbold (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 theory of everything (blu-ray disc only no case very good condition *
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This book translates the intricacies of the theory into a cogent clinical synthesissee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brighton drawing on attachment, developmental trauma, implicit processes and neurobiology, major theorists from allan schore to daniel stern have argued how and why regulated affect, or emotion, is key to our optimal functioning
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In developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theoryoxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismhe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critiquesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimsbourne develops this account and shows how it is consonant with aspects of the work of a range of contemporary theologians including stanley hauerwas, john milbank, karl barth, and dietrich bonhoefferthe book concludes by developing an account of the impact such a theological realism and practice of critique might have on contemporary political theory--with explorations of the doxological nature of social change, the changing shape of the state, governmentality and political sovereignty, and the status and role of religious communities in civil societythis realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godrichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoder
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From this lively examination of key clinical issues, the author comes to see psychoanalytic therapy as a process of re-discovering theory - and developing a technique that is more specifically related to the individual patienthe thus shows how, with the aid of this internal supervision, many initial failures to respond appropriately can be remedied and even used to the benefit of the therapeutic worksee oxfam website for delivery information read morepatrick casement explores afresh the dynamics of the helping relationship - learning to recognize how patients offer cues to the therapeutic experience that they are unconsciously in search ofoxfam shop st giles street on learning from the patient is concerned with the potential for psychoanalytic thinking to become self-perpetuating by learning to distinguish better what helps the therapeutic process from what hinders it, ways are discovered whereby the circularity of pre-conception can more effectively be avoided by those who aim to understand the unconscious of othersthe dynamics illustrated here, particularly the processes of interactive communication and containment, occur in any helping relationship and are applicable throughout the caring professionsthis book, together with its sequel further learning from the patient, will be invaluable to trainee and practising analysts or therapists, and those teaching in related professionsusing many telling clinical examples, he illustrates how, through trial identification, he has learned to monitor the implications of his own contributions to a session from the viewpoint of the patient patrick casement's unusually frank presentation of his own work, aided by his lucid and non-technical language, allows wide scope for readers to form their own ideas about the approach to technique he describes
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Callender and published by william heinemann, londonswinburne, vita sackville-west, somerset maugham, laurence sterne, henry james, joseph conrad and rusual age-toning to paper, foxing throughout (mostly light; heaviest at front and back of book, and to pages adjoining plates; glossy plates not affected), hinge between frontispiece and tissue guard with split, untrimmed lower edges with usual bumping, creasing, nicks and wearendpapers with usual foxing/offsetting; rear pastedown with a little ‘bubbling’(see photos for full list of contents) condition: contents very cleanplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebinding almost tight, with slight leanlovat fraser; while cecil aldin provides a halftone spread with studies of dogs‘the windmill: stories, essays, poems & pictures by authors & artists whose works are published at the sign of the windmill’, edited by lare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiamong the highlights of the title is a beautiful, little-known illustration by arthur rackham, entitled ‘somebody’s book’, in which a satyr is depicted reading to an enraptured nymph, while a pair of animated trees look over their shouldersedges of page block with foxing and soiling, a few small marksother colour plates include a hugh thomson illustration from ‘the merry wives of windsor’, plus an art deco landscape by cstevenson, among othersboards and spine with soiling, scratching, discoloration and marks as shown, bumping, rubbing and wear to extremities; paper worn through slightly to corners, and with a few small chips to edges; lower board with a little rippling, foot of spine with a few nicksauthors include max beerbohm (writing on einstein’s theory), john galsworthy, siegfried sassoon, lafcadio hearn, john masefield, jack london, ano owner inscriptionsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis interesting anthology – a celebration of heinemann’s publishing list – is a collection of (in the main) previously unpublished works by heinemann artists and authors, including some of the most famous names of the daypublisher’s cloth-backed orange boards, gilt lettering and windmill motif to upper board, gilt lettering to spine, lower page edges untrimmed, 4 colour plates with descriptive tissue guards, 1 double- and 3 single-page b/w plates, 7 facsimile reproductions of manuscripts and letters, title and contents pages in red and black, text pages on laid paper, ix + 226 pages, 25catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefirst edition
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This expansive collection ranges over, amongst others, bookchin's account of his teenage years as a young communist during the great depression, his experiences of the s and reflections on that decade's lessons, his vision of a libertarian communist society, libertarian politics, the future of anarchism, and the unity of theory and practiceoxfam shop mutley plain  "murray bookchin has been a dynamic revolutionary propagandist since the s when, as a teenager, he orated before socialist crowds in new york city and engaged in support work for those fighting franco in the spanish civil war" book in good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundfinally, he states what is to be valued in both anarchism and marxism in building such a left and offers guidelines for forming a new revolutionary social movementsome dirt marks to the page edges, otherwise very goodhe goes on to assess the crisis of radicalism today and defends the need for a revolutionary leftsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprinted in , first editionnow, for the first time in book form, this volume presents a series of exciting and engaged interviews with, and essays from, the founder of social ecology
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The 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 movementshows how to view the world through a biblical perspective and continue the "permanent revolution" that jesus startedalan hirsch is a leading voice in the missional movement of the christian westthe authors examine the nature of organization as reframed through the lens of apostolic ministrysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 sciencesthis groundbreaking book integrates theology, sociology, and leadership to further define the apostolic movementit explores how the apostolic ministry facilitates ongoing renewal in the life of the church and focuses on leadership in relation to missional innovation and entrepreneurshipoutlines the essential characteristics of apostolic movement and how to restructure the church and ministry to be more consistent with them
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The fourth volume of the eam series, european avant-garde and modernism studies, casts light on the history, theory and actuality of the utopian and dystopian strands which run through european modernism and the avant-garde from the late 19th to the 21st centuryoxfam books & music beeston this hardback book is in very good conditionthe book's varied and carefully selected contributions, written by experts from around 20 countries, seek to answer such questions as: - how have modernism and the avant-garde responded to historical circumstance in mapping the form of possible futures for humanity?- how have avant-garde and modernist works presented ideals of living as alternatives to the present?- how have avant-gardists acted with or against the state to remodel human life or to resist the instrumental reduction of life by administration and industrialisation? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreutopian hope and dystopian despair are characteristic features of modernism and the avant-garde there is slight wear at the top of the spine, but otherwise this copy is nearly as new inside and outreadings of the avant-garde have frequently sought to identify utopian moments coded in its works and activities as optimistic signs of a possible future social life, or as the attempt to preserve hope against the closure of an emergent dystopian present
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The shift around was thus mostly institutional, not theoreticalwas it a sudden revolution caused by a momentary but powerful change in the zeitgeist or the turning point of a much longer process? in this volume, the editors have selected a series of essays that look at the origins of the humanities and find that long before the concept of the humanities was already at the foresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newark paperbackwhile it is clear that around the humanities as a discipline rose to prominence, it is less clear what the exact nature of this shift in academia wasthe making of the humanities traces this new finding through a broad range of disciplines including literary theory, linguistics, art history, and musicology
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A popular theory suggests the searches themselves were at fault, but here the humorous and fascinating diaries, maps, and log books of walter smith, a key figure on board both search missions, proves their thoroughness and describes the wide ground they covered, the dangers they faced and bizarre things they stumbled across, and the day-to-day experiences of the crewa second longer search was commissioned but still no trace was foundfilled up with families anticipating a new life on the other side of the world, what started out as a journey full of hope ended abruptly when the ship vanished between durban and cape townbelieving her to be drifting, the horrified authorities ordered a search vessel to comb the seas but in three months they found nothingthe mystery has spawned many conspiracy theories and even a million-dollar search mission by author clive cusslersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreironically, the ship was due to be fitted with pioneering radio equipment when she reached england, but to this day nothing has been heard of the ship or her human cargoin , the ss waratah embarked on her second voyage, from sydney to england via south africaoxfam bookshop lymington signed by the author on the fly-title page
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The main theme of this book is the theory of heights as they appear in various guisesoxfam books & music beeston this hardback book is in very good conditionthis includes a large body of results on mahlers measure of the height of a polynomialthe chapters include examples and particular computations, with all special calculation included so as to be self-contained the cover has a somewhat faded spine which is bumped a little at the bottom, but is otherwise in very good condition apart from a touch of corner wearthe authors'approach is very down to earth as they cover the rationals, assuming no prior knowledge of elliptic curvesthere are one or two small marks on the page edges, but internally the pages are in very good condition - clean, tight and unmarked  see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe authors devote space to discussing mahlers measure and to giving some convincing and original examples to explain this phenomenon
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The music producer's survival guide is the first music-production book to consider the influence of complexity studies and chaos theory on music-making and career developmentcarving out your niche in music today is an invigorating challenge that will test all your skills and capacitiesoxfam bookshop kingsbridge a music-career book like no other, the music producer's survival guide offers a wide-ranging, exploratory, yet refreshing down-to-earth take on living the life of the independent electronic music producerif you are an intellectually curious musician/producer eager to make your mark in today's technologically advanced music business, you're in for a treatin this friendly, philosophical take on the art and science of music production, veteran producer, engineer, and teacher brian jackson shares clear, practical advice about shaping your own career in today's computer-centric "home-studio" music worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelearn to survive-and thrive-as a creative-technical professional in today's music business, with the help of brian jackson and the music producer's survival guide! excellent clean copyyou'll cover music technology, philosophy of music production, career planning, networking, craft and creativity, the diy ethos, lifestyle considerations, and much morebrian's thoughtful approach will teach you to integrate your creative passion, your lifestyle, and your technical know-howthis new edition includes industry and technological updates, additional interviews, and tips about personal finances, income, and budgetsit focuses on practicality while traversing a wide spectrum of topics, including essential creative process techniques, the tr-808, the proliferation of presets, the butterfly effect, granular synthesis, harmonic ratios, altered states, fractal patterns, the dynamics of genre evolution, and much more
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Oxfam books & music beaconsfield an attempt to explain history by economic theorythere is some yellowing of the pages with occasional spottingthe cover and some early pages are creased at bottom frontthis copy is a left book club edition published insee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cloth-covered softback is worn but soundthe binding is in good condition
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Oxfam books & music beeston this hardback book is in very good condition internally there si a gift inscription at the top of the free front endpaper ("to tori! with best wishes graham + thomas ward"), but otherwise the pages are clean, tight and unmarked the cover has slight shelf wear and a little fading on and near the spine, but is otherwise in very good condition with little general wearincludes up-to-date material on recent developments and topics of significant interest, such as elliptic functions and the new primality test selects material from both the algebraic and analytic disciplines, presenting several different proofs of a single result to illustrate the differing viewpoints and give good insight see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This book takes second place in the formulation of the evolution theory after ‘origin of species’ by charles darwincomplete with maps and a few engravingsthe sixth editionare 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 storesomewhat loose in the binding, though intactcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablean ex-libris in the frontmany have the opinion that wallace picked-up the idea in indonesia and did that before darwinplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegently used though clean
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This book goes beyond theory to show how to bring these teachings into practice in daily lifethe lotus sutra has been regarded for centuries as one of the most important teachings in mahayana buddhismminimal shelf wearoxfam shop kendal very good condition paperbacksee oxfam website for delivery information read morebased on the teachings of nichiren, a 13th-century buddhist teacher and reformer, the scriptures of the lotus sutra show how every person can attain buddhahoodcontaining profound truths for all people from every culture, it reveals the secret for attaining happiness for both oneself and others through the process of self-reformation
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Oxfam books & music hythe used but in extremely good condition, only sign of misuse is a small tear on the flap of the boxsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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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