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Selected Problems In Theoretical Physics (With Solutions)

By: Adriano Di Giacomo,G Paffuti,P Rossi

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Selected Problems In Theoretical Physics (With Solutions)

By: Adriano Di Giacomo,G Paffuti,P Rossi

This book is a collection of more than 100 problems selected from the examination questions for a graduate course in theoretical physics. Every problem is discussed and solved in detail. A wide range of subjects is covered, from potential scattering to atomic, nuclear and high energy physics. Special emphasis is devoted to relativistic quantum mechanics and its application to elementary processes: S-matrix theory, the role of discrete symmetries, the use of Feynman diagrams and elementary perturbative quantum field theory.The course attaches great importance to recitation sessions, where thorough problem solving becomes a true test of mastery of theoretical background.The authors are experts in their fields. A Di Giacomo taught “theoretical physics” for about 20 years. G Paffuti and P Rossi held recitations for several years. More recently, Haris Panagopoulos followed suit. He assisted the authors in preparing this English version translated from the Italian.For physicists and especially for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in theoretical physics, this book is a positive guide in the intricacies of problem-solving. A further feature that adds practical value to this book is that most problems correspond to realistic physical processes and their numerical results are compared to experimental values whenever possible.

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World Scientific Publishing Company

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9813103272

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9789813103276

The Development of Catalysis

A History of Key Processes and Personas in Catalytic Science and Technology

By: Adriano Zecchina,Salvatore Califano

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The Development of Catalysis

A History of Key Processes and Personas in Catalytic Science and Technology

By: Adriano Zecchina,Salvatore Califano

This book gradually brings the reader, through illustrations of the most crucial discoveries, into the modern world of chemical catalysis. Readers and experts will better understand the enormous influence that catalysis has given to the development of modern societies. • Highlights the field's onset up to its modern days, covering the life and achievements of luminaries of the catalytic era • Appeals to general audience in interpretation and analysis, but preserves the precision and clarity of a scientific approach • Fills the gap in publications that cover the history of specific catalytic processes

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352

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119181305

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9781119181309

Crime and Forgiveness

Christianizing Execution in Medieval Europe

By: Adriano Prosperi

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Crime and Forgiveness

Christianizing Execution in Medieval Europe

By: Adriano Prosperi

A provocative analysis of how Christianity helped legitimize the death penalty in early modern Europe, then throughout the Christian world, by turning execution into a great cathartic public ritual and the condemned into a Christ-like figure who accepts death to save humanity. The public execution of criminals has been a common practice ever since ancient times. In this wide-ranging investigation of the death penalty in Europe from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century, noted Italian historian Adriano Prosperi identifies a crucial period when legal concepts of vengeance and justice merged with Christian beliefs in repentance and forgiveness. Crime and Forgiveness begins with late antiquity but comes into sharp focus in fourteenth-century Italy, with the work of the Confraternities of Mercy, which offered Christian comfort to the condemned and were for centuries responsible for burying the dead. Under the brotherhoods’ influence, the ritual of public execution became Christianized, and the doomed person became a symbol of the fallen human condition. Because the time of death was known, this “ideal” sinner could be comforted and prepared for the next life through confession and repentance. In return, the community bearing witness to the execution offered forgiveness and a Christian burial. No longer facing eternal condemnation, the criminal in turn publicly forgave the executioner, and the death provided a moral lesson to the community. Over time, as the practice of Christian comfort spread across Europe, it offered political authorities an opportunity to legitimize the death penalty and encode into law the right to kill and exact vengeance. But the contradictions created by Christianity’s central role in executions did not dissipate, and squaring the emotions and values surrounding state-sanctioned executions was not simple, then or now.

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657

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Belknap Press

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0674659848

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9780674659841

Nationalism and Terror

Ante Pavelić and Ustasha Terrorism from Fascism to the Cold War

By: Pino Adriano,Giorgio Cingolani

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Nationalism and Terror

Ante Pavelić and Ustasha Terrorism from Fascism to the Cold War

By: Pino Adriano,Giorgio Cingolani

This book covers the full story of the Ustasha, a fascist movement in Croatia, from its historic roots to its downfall. The authors address key questions: In what international context did Ustasha terrorism grow and develop? How did this movement rise to power, and then exterminate hundreds of thousands of innocents? Who was Ante Pavelić, its leader? Was he a shrewd politician, able to exploit for his independent project Mussolini's imperial ambitions, Hitler's pan-German aims, and the anti-Bolshevism of the Holy See and the Western bloc? Or was he, consciously or not, a pawn in other hands, in a complex international scenario where Croatia was only arena among many? And after the movement's collapse, how were several of the most prominent Ustasha leaders able to evade capture by Tito’s victorious army? The book places the appearance of the Ustasha movement not only in the context of the interwar Kingdom of Yugoslavia but also in the wider perspective of the emergence of European fascism.

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474

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Central European University Press

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9633862078

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9789633862070

Opusculum de Sectis apud Sinenses et Tunkinenses

A Small Treatise on the Sects among the Chinese and Tonkinese

By: Father Adriano di St. Thecla

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Opusculum de Sectis apud Sinenses et Tunkinenses

A Small Treatise on the Sects among the Chinese and Tonkinese

By: Father Adriano di St. Thecla

This 1750 text, written by a Catholic missionary in Tonkin, is the earliest known systematic first-hand account of Vietnamese religious practice, including chapters on Confucianism, Buddhism, the worship of spirits, magicians, fortune tellers and diviners, and Christianity in the region. It was recently discovered in a Paris archive and will be of interest to a broad array of scholars. Includes a facsimile of the original manuscript.

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361

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Cornell University Press

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1501719076

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9781501719073

Justice Blindfolded

The Historical Course of an Image

By: Adriano Prosperi

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Justice Blindfolded

The Historical Course of an Image

By: Adriano Prosperi

Justice Blindfolded gives an overview of the history of “justice” and its iconography through the centuries. Justice has been portrayed as a woman with scales, or holding a sword, or, since the fifteenth century, with her eyes bandaged. This last symbol contains the idea that justice is both impartial and blind, reminding indirectly of the bandaged Christ on the cross, a central figure in the Christian idea of fairness and forgiveness. In this rich and imaginative journey through history and philosophy, Prosperi manages to convey a full account of the ways justice has been described, portrayed and imagined. Translation of Giustizia bendata. Percorsi storici di un'immagine (Einaudi, 2008).

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BRILL

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9004368671

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9789004368675

The Red Swing

‘Keyline’ and the Amazing Life of a Female Factory Worker

By: Adriano Moraglio,Mariacristina Gribaudi

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The Red Swing

‘Keyline’ and the Amazing Life of a Female Factory Worker

By: Adriano Moraglio,Mariacristina Gribaudi

Summer 1965. “Mariacristina! How long have you been on that swing?” “Mum, you know I love it...”. It’s a summer Sunday afternoon. My mother is busy in the kitchen preparing dinner. Every now and then she casts a glance at me swinging in the garden of our house in the mountains in Usseglio. My swing is beautiful. It’s red. When I swing, I see the whole world rise and fall around me. Thirty-seven years later. Massimo, my husband, has resigned from his company. One day, last spring, he came home and said with excitement in his voice: “I’ve found a small company that makes keys... it seems they are selling it. Should I try to buy it?”. “Massimo, let’s not miss this opportunity”. A few days later we found ourselves in front of a notary: “Mr. Bianchi, please, sign here: from this moment on Keyline is yours”. After making a toast with our glasses filled with Prosecco, Massimo asked me: “What do you think about being Keyline’s Chief Executive?”

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Rubbettino Editore

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8849862709

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9788849862706

La biodiversità: percorsi naturalistici e didattici

By: Adriano Sofo,Rosa Maria Gaudiano

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La biodiversità: percorsi naturalistici e didattici

By: Adriano Sofo,Rosa Maria Gaudiano

Per secoli l'umanità è stata afflitta da una visione antropocentrica di se stessa che l'ha condotta a considerarsi signora e padrona assoluta del mondo e della natura. In virtù di questa opinione tutto il creato, la terra, i fiumi, i monti, lo sterminato universo della flora e della fauna, nonché quello dei paesaggi e degli ambienti, quella che con termine scientifico all'interno di questo studio viene definita biodiversità, sono stati considerati al servizio esclusivo dell'uomo, del suo benessere e del suo progresso, quasi fossero dei servitori nati con l'unico scopo di obbedire ai desideri umani.

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106

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Lulu.com

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1291655646

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9781291655643

Selected Problems In Theoretical Physics (With Solutions)

By: Adriano Di Giacomo,G Paffuti,P Rossi

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Selected Problems In Theoretical Physics (With Solutions)

By: Adriano Di Giacomo,G Paffuti,P Rossi

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Book's by Adriano Di Giacomo

Selected Problems In Theoretical Physics (With Solutions)

Selected Problems In Theoretical Physics (With Solutions)

The Development of Catalysis

The Development of Catalysis

Crime and Forgiveness

Crime and Forgiveness

Nationalism and Terror

Nationalism and Terror

Opusculum de Sectis apud Sinenses et Tunkinenses

Opusculum de Sectis apud Sinenses et Tunkinenses

Justice Blindfolded

Justice Blindfolded

The Red Swing

The Red Swing

La biodiversità: percorsi naturalistici e didattici

La biodiversità: percorsi naturalistici e didattici

Selected Problems In Theoretical Physics (With Solutions)

Selected Problems In Theoretical Physics (With Solutions)

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