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Book Interpreting Bodies

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elena Castellani
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2020-12-08
  • ISBN : 0691222045
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Interpreting Bodies written by Elena Castellani and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bewildering features of modern physics, such as relativistic space-time structure and the peculiarities of so-called quantum statistics, challenge traditional ways of conceiving of objects in space and time. Interpreting Bodies brings together essays by leading philosophers and scientists to provide a unique overview of the implications of such physical theories for questions about the nature of objects. The collection combines classic articles by Max Born, Werner Heisenberg, Hans Reichenbach, and Erwin Schrodinger with recent contributions, including several papers that have never before been published. The book focuses on the microphysical objects that are at the heart of quantum physics and addresses issues central to both the "foundational" and the philosophical debates about objects. Contributors explore three subjects in particular: how to identify a physical object as an individual, the notion of invariance with respect to determining what objects are or could be, and how to relate objective and measurable properties to a physical entity. The papers cover traditional philosophical topics, common-sense questions, and technical matters in a consistently clear and rigorous fashion, illuminating some of the most perplexing problems in modern physics and the philosophy of science. The contributors are Diederik Aerts, Max Born, Elena Castellani, Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara, Bas C. van Fraassen, Steven French, Gian Carlo Ghirardi, Roberto Giuntini, Werner Heisenberg, Decio Krause, David Lewis, Tim Maudlin, Peter Mittelstaedt, Giulio Peruzzi, Hans Reichenbach, Erwin Schrodinger, Paul Teller, and Giuliano Toraldo di Francia.

Book Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores

Download or read book Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores written by Great Britain. Public Record Office and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A New History of Medieval French Literature

Download or read book A New History of Medieval French Literature written by Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it legitimate to conceive of and write a history of medieval French literature when the term “literature” as we know it today did not appear until the very end of the Middle Ages? In this novel introduction to French literature of the period, Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet says yes, arguing that a profound literary consciousness did exist at the time. Cerquiglini-Toulet challenges the standard ways of reading and evaluating literature, considering medieval literature not as separate from that in other eras but as part of the broader tradition of world literature. Her vast and learned readings of both canonical and lesser-known works pose crucial questions about, among other things, the notion of otherness, the meaning of change and stability, and the relationship of medieval literature with theology. Part history of literature, part theoretical criticism, this book reshapes the language and content of medieval works. By weaving together topics such as the origin of epic and lyric poetry, Latin-French bilingualism, women’s writing, grammar, authorship, and more, Cerquiglini-Toulet does nothing less than redefine both philosophical and literary approaches to medieval French literature. Her book is a history of the literary act, a history of words, a history of ideas and works—monuments rather than documents—that calls into question modern concepts of literature.

Book Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the Third

Download or read book Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the Third written by Alfred J. Horwood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 773 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These fifteen volumes offer a detailed account of case-law in the reign of Edward III.

Book A Roll of the Proceedings of the King s Council in Ireland

Download or read book A Roll of the Proceedings of the King s Council in Ireland written by James Graves and published by London : Longman ; Dublin : A. Thom. This book was released on 1877 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1836
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book 1 written by and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the Third

Download or read book Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the Third written by Alfred John Horwood and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book English Constitutional Documents  1307   1485

Download or read book English Constitutional Documents 1307 1485 written by Eleanor C. Lodge and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1935, this book presents English constitutional documents from the period 1307 to 1485 organised into three main sections: central government, the church and local government. These sections are subdivided into smaller categories, such as 'The Crown' and 'Parliament', with each category containing a brief editorial introduction. A complete list of documents used is included at the beginning of the text, and extensive notes are incorporated throughout. Glossaries of French and Latin words are also provided. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in medieval history and the development of the English constitution.

Book Oxf  Hist  Soc

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  • Author : Oxford Historical Society (Oxford, England)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1885
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 466 pages

Download or read book Oxf Hist Soc written by Oxford Historical Society (Oxford, England) and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Legacy of Chr  tien de Troyes  Chr  tien et ses contemporains

Download or read book The Legacy of Chr tien de Troyes Chr tien et ses contemporains written by Norris J. Lacy and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 1987 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office  1339 1341

Download or read book Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office 1339 1341 written by Great Britain. Public Record Office and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Essays Upon I  The Balance of Power

Download or read book Essays Upon I The Balance of Power written by and published by . This book was released on 1701 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Obscure Portrait

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  • Author : Mati Meyer
  • Publisher : Pindar Press
  • Release : 2007-12-31
  • ISBN : 1915837227
  • Pages : 571 pages

Download or read book An Obscure Portrait written by Mati Meyer and published by Pindar Press. This book was released on 2007-12-31 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent discussions on Byzantine art have been dominated by the question of representing realia. Among these, however, the way works of art reflect the daily life of women have not received much space or attention. The present book studies various images representing women's status and her performative tasks, and their significance from the fourth century to the fall of the Empire, through analysis of archaeological evidence and works of art. It addresses a wide range of questions, some pertaining both to pictorial traditions and to their late antique antecedents, others peculiar to changing and evolving Byzantine culture and mentality. The first chapter deals with the imagery of childbearing, starting with conception and concluding with the care given to the new born and the mother. The second chapter investigates motherhood imagery (breastfeeding, child care, and child-mother intimacy) and the portrayal of women as caretakers and managers of the household (preparing food, bringing water, carding and weaving, or working side by side with their husbands). The third chapter is dedicated to representations of women holding positions outside the house: midwives, maidservants, wet nurses, and mourners. Images of women engaged in disreputable occupations-dancers, musicians, prostitutes and courtesans - complete this chapter. The fourth chapter discusses images of women portrayed in the metaphorical margins - looking out from the gynaikon (the women's apartments), or at their private toilette; it also deals with representations of women who stray from the societal mainstream - concubines; adulteresses, women consenting to sexual acts or being coerced into them - considered symbolically as belonging to the margins of society. The book concludes with a discussion of the degree to which the visual material reliably reflects reality and changing attitudes toward women between Late Antiquity and late Byzantium; and further, to what extent it reveals embedded perceptions and conceptions of women, constructed by canonic regulations and imperial law, popular beliefs and accepted customs. The book aims to lift a veil from known and less known works of art and to present the rarely described picture of the daily life of women in Byzantine art over a very wide chronological span of time, in an effort to expand our knowledge of women in Byzantium and their realia.

Book Handbook of Literary Rhetoric

Download or read book Handbook of Literary Rhetoric written by Heinrich Lausberg and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 953 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lausberg's Handbook of Literary Rhetoric, here made available for the first time in English, received high critical acclaim on its first publication in 1963. It is a monumental work of extraordinary erudition, organisation and comprehensiveness, and enjoys unrivalled authority in its formal description of rhetorical techniques. The present edition is a translation of the second edition of 1973, which was reprinted in 1990. The Handbook has for many years been a standard reference work for all engaged in the study of literature and rhetoric. This translation will ensure its accessibility to a new generation of students of rhetoric.

Book A Nahuatl English Dictionary and Concordance to the    Cantares Mexicanos

Download or read book A Nahuatl English Dictionary and Concordance to the Cantares Mexicanos written by John Bierhorst and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Stanford University Press classic.

Book Pure Gold from the Words of Sayyid     Abd al   Az  z al Dabb  gh

Download or read book Pure Gold from the Words of Sayyid Abd al Az z al Dabb gh written by John O'Kane and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-11-30 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around 1720 in Fez A?mad b. al-Mub?rak al-Lama??, a religious scholar, wrote down the words and teachings of the Sufi master ?Abd al-?Az?z al-Dabb?gh. Al-Dabb?gh shunned religious studies but, having reached illumination and met with the Prophet Mu?ammad, he was able to explain any obscurities in the Qur??n, ?ad?ths and sayings of earlier Sufis. The resulting book, known as the Ibr?z, describes how al-Dabb?gh attained illumination and access to the Prophet, as well as his teachings about the Council of the godly that regulates the world, relations between master and disciple, the darkness in men’s bodies, Adam’s creation, Barzakh, Paradise and Hell, and much more besides. This ‘encyclopaedia’ of Sufism with its many teaching stories and illustrations provides a window onto social life and religious ideas in Fez a generation or so before powerful outside forces began to play a role in the radical transformation of Morocco.