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An engrossing novel of murder, organized crime, and politics in contemporary Italy-the first in a series of Italian crime novels by a promising new writer.
Volume XV of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles, book reviews, conference reports, and bibliographical information, which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education. Its contributions range widely geographically, chronologically, and in subject-matter. The volume is, as always, a lively combination of original research and invaluable reference material.
NSA is a comprehensive collection of international nuclear science and technology literature for the period 1948 through 1976, pre-dating the prestigious INIS database, which began in 1970. NSA existed as a printed product (Volumes 1-33) initially, created by DOE's predecessor, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). NSA includes citations to scientific and technical reports from the AEC, the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration and its contractors, plus other agencies and international organizations, universities, and industrial and research organizations. References to books, conference proceedings, papers, patents, dissertations, engineering drawings, and journal articles from worldwide sources are also included. Abstracts and full text are provided if available.
La canicola dell’agosto romano pesta duro. Dagli alberi le cicale berciano il loro canto ipnotico. Nel vicinato i televisori stanno vomitando programmi per casalinghe assopite e Arturo Clemente viene assassinato in casa sua da un uomo che neanche conosce. Quando il commissario Alec Blume arriva sulla scena già fin troppo affollata del delitto, scopre che la vittima, impegnata in prima persona contro le violenze sugli animali, non è uno qualsiasi: si dà il caso che la vedova sia una parlamentare dell’opposizione. Blume, americano di origine, romano d’adozione e sbirro per vocazione, benché abbia passato oramai più di metà della sua vita nella capitale, non ha ancora imparato a pie...
Un libro per cominciare ad apprendere i fondamenti di quel ramo della matematica che va sotto il nome di Analisi, mantenendosi a un livello elementare, ma mettendo in evidenza i concetti base necessari a uno sviluppo rigoroso della materia. Intrattenendo un costante dialogo con il lettore – per non perdersi nel turbinio del formalismo, orizzonte ineludibile della matematica – l’autore ci conduce in un’esplorazione della matematica come linguaggio creato per riuscire a parlare quantitativamente, e non solo qualitativamente, dei fatti e dei risultati della conoscenza umana.
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This book is a comprehensive filmography of biographical films featuring the lives of 65 great classical composers. Performances analyzed include Richard Burton as Richard Wagner, Cornel Wilde as Frederic Chopin, Gary Oldman as Ludwig van Beethoven, Tom Hulce as Mozart, and Katharine Hepburn as Clara Schumann, among others. Arranged alphabetically by composer's name and illustrated1with stills and posters, the text provides a brief biography of each composer and analyzes the feature films portraying him or her. Emphasis is given to the factual accuracy of the screenplay, the validity of the portrayal, and the film's presentation of the composer's music.