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Principles of Environmental Chemistry
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 715

Principles of Environmental Chemistry

Planet Earth : rocks, life, and history -- The Earth's atmosphere -- Global warming and climate change -- Chemistry of the troposphere -- Chemistry of the stratosphere -- Analysis of air and air pollutants -- Water resources -- Water pollution and water treatment -- Analysis of water and wastewater -- Fossil fuels : our major source of energy -- Nuclear power -- Energy sources for the future -- Inorganic metals in the environment -- Organic chemicals in the environment -- Insecticides, herbicides, and insect control -- Toxicology -- Asbestos -- The disposal of dangerous wastes.

Criminalistics: Forensic Science, Crime, and Terrorism
  • Language: en

Criminalistics: Forensic Science, Crime, and Terrorism

Criminal Investigations & Forensic Science

Criminalistics: Forensic Science, Crime and Terrorism
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 543

Criminalistics: Forensic Science, Crime and Terrorism

  • Categories: Law

Criminalistics: Forensic Science, Crime and Terrorism, Second Edition introduces readers with no background in biology or chemistry, to the study of forensic science, crime analysis and application. Principle topics such as fingerprint identification, DNA, paint and glass analysis, drug toxicology, and forensic soil characterization are thoroughly explained in a reader-friendly manner. Unlike other texts available on this topic, this Second Edition is updated to include comprehensive coverage on important homeland security issues including explosives, weapons of mass destruction, and cybercrime. Key Features: * New case studies and updated sections on analysis of fingerprints and questioned ...

Principles of Environmental Chemistry
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 736

Principles of Environmental Chemistry

Introduces environmental chemistry, covering such topics as global warming, air pollution, and wastewater analysis.

I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 225

I See Satan Fall Like Lightning

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001-01-01
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  • Publisher: Orbis Books

Rene Girard holds up the gospels as mirrors that reveal our broken humanity, and shows that they also reflect a new reality that can make us whole. Like Simone Weil, Girard looks at the Bible as a map of human behavior, and sees Jesus Christ as the turning point leading to new life. The title echoes Jesus' words: "I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven". Girard persuades us that even as our world grows increasingly violent the power of the Christ-event is so great that the evils of scapegoating and sacrifice are being defeated even now. A new community, God's nonviolent kingdom, is being realized -- even now.

For René Girard
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 359

For René Girard

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-01-01
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  • Publisher: MSU Press

In his explorations of the relations between the sacred and violence, René Girard has hit upon the origin of culture—the way culture began, the way it continues to organize itself. The way communities of human beings structure themselves in a manner that is different from that of other species on the planet. Like Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Émile Durkheim, Martin Buber, or others who have changed the way we think in the humanities or in the human sciences, Girard has put forth a set of ideas that have altered our perceptions of the world in which we function. We will never be able to think the same way again about mimetic desire, about the scapegoat mechanism, and about the role of J...

Violence and the Sacred
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 581

Violence and the Sacred

Violence and the Sacred is René Girard's landmark study of human evil. Here Girard explores violence as it is represented and occurs throughout history, literature and myth. Girard's forceful and thought-provoking analyses of Biblical narrative, Greek tragedy and the lynchings and pogroms propagated by contemporary states illustrate his central argument that violence belongs to everyone and is at the heart of the sacred.

The Girard Reader
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 336

The Girard Reader

Rene Girard, the author of groundbreaking scholarly books such as Violence and the Sacred and Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, has long been an intellectual cause celebre in Europe. Although he has studied and taught in the United States since the 1940s, he is now -- in his 70's -- finding his lifework praised and taught in academic and religious circles throughout the country.The Girard Reader brings that work to a broader audience. It includes major excerpts from Girard's books and articles which cover all aspects of his theories on violence, religion, and culture. These views cut across theology, biblical studies, anthropology, psychology, and literature. The book concludes with a conversation between Rene Girard and editor James G. Williams that brings new focus to his Christian vision and breathtaking ouevre.

A History of the Senses
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 408

A History of the Senses

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005
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  • Publisher: Polity

Jutte charts the development of our attitudes and relationships to our senses from antiquity through to the 20th century, creating a tapestry of different traditions, images, metaphors, and ideas that have survived through time.

Resurrection from the Underground
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 201

Resurrection from the Underground

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-01-01
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  • Publisher: MSU Press

In a fascinating analysis of critical themes in Feodor Dostoevsky’s work, René Girard explores the implications of the Russian author’s “underground,” a site of isolation, alienation, and resentment. Brilliantly translated, this book is a testament to Girard’s remarkable engagement with Dostoevsky’s work, through which he discusses numerous aspects of the human condition, including desire, which Girard argues is “triangular” or “mimetic”—copied from models or mediators whose objects of desire become our own. Girard’s interdisciplinary approach allows him to shed new light on religion, spirituality, and redemption in Dostoevsky’s writing, culminating in a revelatory discussion of the author’s spiritual understanding and personal integration. Resurrection is an essential and thought-provoking companion to Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground.