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Quels sont les rôles des services spéciaux, tels la CIA, le KGB, le MI6, le SDECE? Or, l'auteure étant astronome, s'était penchée momentanément sur le domaine du renseignement. Et dans cet essai, elle s'efforce de plonger le lecteur dans un revers, tout en essayant avec simplicité, d'élargir quelques points sombres, demeurant apparemment méconnus en "ufologie".
The only cure for a deadly plague sweeping the country is the crystal fang of a dragon that has terrorised the surrounding countryside for many years. Until now, the location of its den on Dragon Ridge Mountain has remained a mystery. In a race against time, Jack battles through a storm to reach the top of Dragon Ridge Mountain. With Merlin to guide him, Jack enters the dragon’s den and comes face to face with the monstrous beast. This is a story of courage, magic and one boy’s brave quest to fulfil a destiny foretold by the legends of long ago. Join Jack on his journey as he writes the story with the assistance of the magician Merlin and Punctua, the Fairy Godmother of Writing, to punct...
In "The History of Magic," Éliphas Lévi masterfully weaves an intricate tapestry of the arcane, tracing the evolution of magical practices from ancient civilizations to the modern era. His literary style is both erudite and evocative, embodying the Romantic spirit while firmly grounding his discussions in historical context. Lévi delves into the philosophical underpinnings of magic, examining its intersections with religion, science, and the esoteric traditions of the West, thus inviting readers to explore the relationship between knowledge and mystical experience. Éliphas Lévi, a pivotal figure in the 19th-century occult revival, was shaped by a profound interest in the ...
An ethnological and sociological reflection is lead by Professor Döpp on this fascinating matter that brings to the most incongruous revelations. Beyond our cultural and religious upbringings, women and men pursue their fantasies, which the author tries to unravel with the rigour of a scientist for the pleasure of our eyes and of our mind.
Pages 270. Illustrated. The incredible discoveries of quantum physics are completely upsetting the assumptions of classical science. Today the technique allows amazing achievements. For example, the first quantum computers with almost unlimited computing capabilities are being realized. Some support the real possibility of time travel. In addition to these innovations known to the general public, there are others less known but no less important. They are the novelties deriving from quantum studies, among which we can mention the "superposition of states" and the "quantum collapse". The "superposition of states" confirms that the same particle can be found simultaneously in two or more place...
L’Atlantide (1919), arguably Pierre Benoit’s most famous novel, tells the story of two French military officers in the Sahara who discover the lost city of Atlantis. This novel was a popular success and was translated into several languages. It also generated controversy due to its similarities to the novel She, by H. Rider Haggard. Benoit was even brought to court over these similarities, but was ultimately cleared of plagiarism charges.
The Bauhaus movement (meaning the “house of building”) developed in three German cities - it began in Weimar between 1919 and 1925, then continued in Dessau, from 1925 to 1932, and finally ended in 1932-1933 in Berlin. Three leaders presided over the growth of the movement: Walter Gropius, from 1919 to 1928, Hannes Meyer, from 1928 to 1930, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, from 1930 to 1933. Founded by Gropius in the rather conservative city of Weimar, the new capital of Germany, which had just been defeated by the other European nations in the First World War, the movement became a flamboyant response to this humiliation. Combining new styles in architecture, design, and painting, the Bauh...
The dense packing of microscopic spheres (i.e. atoms) is the basic geometric arrangement in crystals of mono-atomic elements with weak covalent bonds, which achieves the optimal known density of p/OeU18. In 1611, Johannes Kepler had already conjectured that p/OeU18 should be the optimal density of sphere packings. Thus, the central problems in the study of sphere packings are the proof of Kepler''s conjecture that p/OeU18 is the optimal density, and the establishing of the least action principle that the hexagonal dense packings in crystals are the geometric consequence of optimization of density. This important book provides a self-contained proof of both, using vector algebra and spherical geometry as the main techniques and in the tradition of classical geometry."
The aim of the work is give an overview of the activity in the field of Photonic Crystal developed in the frame of COST P11 action . The main objective of the COST P11 action was to unify and coordinate national efforts aimed at studying linear and nonlinear optical interactions with Photonic Crystals (PCs), without neglecting an important aspect related to the material research as idea and methods of realizations of 3D PC, together with the development and implementation of measurement techniques for the experimental evaluation of their potential applications in different area, as for example telecommunication with novel optical fibers, lasers, nonlinear multi-functionality, display devices, opto-electronics, sensors. The book contains contributions from authors who gave their lecture at the Cost P11 Training School.