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Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures
This second volume of Gyllenbok's encyclopaedia of historical metrology comprises the first part of the compendium of measurement systems and currencies of all sovereign states of the modern World (A-I). Units of measurement are of vital importance in every civilization through history. Since the early ages, man has through necessity devised various measures to assist him in everyday life. They have enabled and continue to enable us to trade in commonly and equitably understood amounts, and to investigate, understand, and control the chemical, physical, and biological processes of the natural world. The encyclopeadia will be of use not only to historians of science and technology, but also to economic and social historians and should be in every major academic and national library as standard reference work on the topic.
Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures
This third volume of Gyllenbok's encyclopaedia of historical metrology comprises the second part of the compendium of measurement systems and currencies of all sovereign states of the modern World (J-Z). Units of measurement are of vital importance in every civilization through history. Since the early ages, man has through necessity devised various measures to assist him in everyday life. They have enabled and continue to enable us to trade in commonly and equitably understood amounts, and to investigate, understand, and control the chemical, physical, and biological processes of the natural world. The encyclopeadia will be of use not only to historians of science and technology, but also to economic and social historians and should be in every major academic and national library as standard reference work on the topic.
Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures
This first of three volumes starts with a short introduction to historical metrology as a scientific discipline and goes on with an anthology of acient and modern measurement systems of all kind, scientific measures, units of time, weights, currencies etc. It concludes with an exhaustive list of references. Units of measurement are of vital importance in every civilization through history. Since the early ages, man has through necessity devised various measures to assist him in everyday life. They have enabled and continue to enable us to trade in commonly and equitably understood amounts, and to investigate, understand, and control the chemical, physical, and biological processes of the nat...
The Slow Rush of Colonization
The commonplace history of Quebec and the Maritime Peninsula tells us that Canada and the US were decisively shaped by the defeat of Montcalm at the Plains of Abraham in 1759. This brilliant new history takes us back almost a hundred years earlier, examining French and English warfare, trade, diplomacy, and settlement on Mi’kmaw, Wabanaki, Peskotomuhkati, and Wolastoqiyik Lands. In doing so, Thomas Peace demonstrates how these Peoples maintained their Homelands, while, at the same time, after 1759, the broader historical context established in the early chapters of this book set the stage for a rapid influx of colonists on their Lands.
The Thief Who Stole My Heart
The first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India’s Chola dynasty in social context From the ninth through the thirteenth century, the Chola dynasty of southern India produced thousands of statues of Hindu deities, whose physical perfection was meant to reflect spiritual beauty and divine transcendence. During festivals, these bronze sculptures—including Shiva, referred to in a saintly vision as “the thief who stole my heart”—were adorned with jewels and flowers and paraded through towns as active participants in Chola worship. In this richly illustrated book, leading art historian Vidya Dehejia introduces the bronzes within the full context of Chola history, ...
Beyond Measure
THE TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY A revelatory and vibrant story of measurement which will make you look at the world around you anew. 'A wildly ambitious book by a formidably talented young writer.' ROBERT MACFARLANE 'Vivid, epic, and full of curiosities. This is a book to delight and fascinate.' TIM HARFORD, bestselling author of How to Make the World Add Up 'Beyond Measure offers, with much intellectual flair and style, a bracing new history: how the once innocent urge to quantification took over our lives, our sense of ourselves and the world.' PANKAJ MISHRA 'The exact value of this...
Le temps
La notion de temps, omniprésente dans nos sociétés, a suscité l’intérêt des savants et de la population dès les premières civilisations égyptiennes et mésopotamiennes. L’évolution des modes de vie a nécessité un accroissement de la précision et de la stabilité des instruments de mesure. Les journées sont cadencées par l’écoulement des secondes et les activités quotidiennes sont souvent chronométrées avec une précision proche de la minute. De la datation au carbone 14 jusqu’à la localisation par GPS, la mesure du temps exige des précisions sans cesse accrues. Cet ouvrage traite des origines de la mesure du temps et de son impact sur les civilisations. Du calendrier Maya au calendrier révolutionnaire français, des appareils les plus primitifs aux mécanismes d’horlogerie les plus complexes, il retrace l’histoire de la mesure et de la perception du temps, tant sur l’aspect historique que scientifique.
Oltre misura
Righelli, bilance e orologi sono oggetti tanto integrati nella nostra vita quotidiana che li diamo quasi per scontati. Ma la misurazione non è una caratteristica intrinseca del mondo, quanto piuttosto una pratica inventata e diffusa da noi esseri umani, al pari della scrittura e del linguaggio, che ci ha permesso di dare un senso ai fenomeni naturali, di ridurre la complessità dell'universo a grandezze per noi quantificabili e intellegibili. È attorno a questa intuizione che James Vincent costruisce un racconto affascinante e umano, mostrando come le unità di misura abbiano plasmato invisibilmente il mondo in cui viviamo, e anche la nostra storia. Misurare qualcosa, dopotutto, significa ...
Folkbildning & Forskning 2020
I årsboken för 2020 läggs stor tonvikt vid folkbildning i Norden genom texter om aftonskolor och folkhögskolor i Danmark, medborgarinstitut i Finland och studieförbunden i Norge. Exempel på nordisk folkbildningsforskning från Finland och en översikt över forskning om nordiska folkhögskolor ingår. En tillbakablick ges på Nordens folkhögskola Biskop Arnö och författarmöten och skrivarkurser på temat "eftertankens följetong" i en nordisk kulturell gemenskap. Folkhögskolans globala profil och utmaningar tas upp med exempel från Östafrika och ett bidrag handlar om Erica Simons omfattande studie av den nordiska folkhögskoletraditionen. Vidare ingår en essä om hur nordisk folkbildning uppfattas med japanska ögon. Det glokala perspektivet lyfts fram i texter om klimatkrisen, migration och värderingsskillnader mellan länder samt tjejers inflytande och rum i multietniska förorter. Årsboken avslutas med ett samtal med Gösta Vestlund, nestor inom svensk folkbildning.
Lépor o Lem 1
Das Leben, die Erde ist von unglaublicher Schönheit geprägt, diese Schönheit hängt mit der Mythologie, den Gottheiten zusammen. Die Geleiśe, der keltische Kulturkreis kennt dieses Erschaffungsnetz, dass über Flüsse, Berge, Quellen usw. zugänglich ist. Sie kennt daher Steinkreise, bestimmte Gebäude, Haine und mehr, die Zugang zu diesem göttlichen Netz geben.
