In order to understand the basic aspects of an electrochemical investigation on inorganic molecules (in its widest meaning, of any molecule which contains at least one metal centre) it must be taken into account that in these molecules the metal-ligand bonds are of the prevailingly covalent type. Since electrochemical techniques allow you to add or remove electrons in a controlled manner, it is conceivable that the addition or removal of electrons inside these molecules can lead to the formation of new bonds or to the breakage of existing bonds. The main aim of this book is to study the effects of such electron addition and removal processes on the molecular frames. The second edition of this classic book has been fully revised and updated and is a straightforward, logical introduction to electrochemical investigations for inorganic chemists. All chapters have been rewritten with new material including: - the addition of reactivity with nitric oxide to the chapter on the reactivity of metal complexes with small molecules - thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters has been added to the chapter on metal-sulfur and metal-carbonyl clusters - a new chapter on the digital simulation of electrochemical responses - a new chapter on the theoretical calculations to explain the nature of the electrochemical activity of metal complexes - new chapters on spectroelectrochemistry and electrochemiluminescence. The book covers every aspect of inorganic electrochemistry - the introduction is followed by chapters on the basic aspects of electrochemistry followed by practical and applicative aspects and ends with full appendices. It is probably the only publication with a simple approach to electrochemical aspects of the topics in inorganic chemistry. Bridging the gap between undergraduate and research-level electrochemistry books, this publication will be a welcome addition to the literature of inorganic chemists. It will also be particularly useful to final year students in chemistry and as background reading for graduates and researchers without adequate electrochemical knowledge to become active in the discipline or who want to collaborate with electrochemists.
In order to understand the basic aspects of an electrochemical investigation on inorganic molecules (in its widest meaning, of any molecule which contains at least one metal centre) it must be taken into account that in these molecules the metal-ligand bonds are of the prevailingly covalent type. Since electrochemical techniques allow you to add or remove electrons in a controlled manner, it is conceivable that the addition or removal of electrons inside these molecules can lead to the formation of new bonds or to the breakage of existing bonds. The main aim of this book is to study the effects of such electron addition and removal processes on the molecular frames. The second edition of this classic book has been fully revised and updated and is a straightforward, logical introduction to electrochemical investigations for inorganic chemists. All chapters have been rewritten with new material including: - the addition of reactivity with nitric oxide to the chapter on the reactivity of metal complexes with small molecules - thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters has been added to the chapter on metal-sulfur and metal-carbonyl clusters - a new chapter on the digital simulation of electrochemical responses - a new chapter on the theoretical calculations to explain the nature of the electrochemical activity of metal complexes - new chapters on spectroelectrochemistry and electrochemiluminescence. The book covers every aspect of inorganic electrochemistry - the introduction is followed by chapters on the basic aspects of electrochemistry followed by practical and applicative aspects and ends with full appendices. It is probably the only publication with a simple approach to electrochemical aspects of the topics in inorganic chemistry. Bridging the gap between undergraduate and research-level electrochemistry books, this publication will be a welcome addition to the literature of inorganic chemists. It will also be particularly useful to final year students in chemistry and as background reading for graduates and researchers without adequate electrochemical knowledge to become active in the discipline or who want to collaborate with electrochemists.
This is a collection of two volumes covering the History of Art and its relationship with human development, religion and cultures. Volume One starts from the early civilisations and the origins of art in early artifacts, the kingdoms of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, Eastern Mediterranean and the empire in China. It continues onto the sixteenth century, taking in Classical Greece and Rome; Byzantine Art, the Carolingian Empire, explain to the rise of Islamic African Art and the development of India Art around the religions of Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism, as well as Chinese Art of Taoism and Confucianism. Much of art in the medieval age was influenced by the conquests, religion and faith as well as gothic and Italian City State art. The early renaissance of the fifteenth century is heavily steeped in the history of Florence and the Papacy as well as the princes and merchants of northern Europe; compassing Venetian art at the end of the sixteenth century. Volume Two continues until the twentieth century, looking at the themes of power and image in the European courts as well as the Muslim Courts. The strength of the Catholic church influences the Roman and Baroque art developments of the seventeenth century, as well as expeditions to the Americas, Spain and the Netherlands. The frivolity and extravagance dominates eighteenth century art with the arrival of Rococo and a return to neoclassicism, which moved to romanticism in the nineteenth century and the freedom of realism, impressionism, and the new materials of the industrial revolution in the twentieth century. Both volumes contain an index of names and places.
This first complete English translation, including over 250 full-color images, is a longitudinal cultural history of how art came to be institutionalized in the history of western representational practices.
The regeneration of critical urban areas through the redesign of public space with the intense involvement of local communities seems to be the central focus of place-making according to some widespread practices in academic and professional circles. Recently, new expertise maintains that place-making could be an innovative and potentially autonomous field, competing with more traditional disciplines like urban planning, urban design, architecture and others. This book affirms that the question of 'making better places for people' should be understood in a broader sense, as a symptom of the non-contingent limitations of the urban and spatial disciplines. It maintains that research should not be oriented only towards new technical or merely formal solutions but rather towards the profound rethinking of disciplinary paradigms. In the fields of urban planning, urban design and policy-making, the challenge of place-making provides scholars and practitioners a great opportunity for a much-needed critical review. Only the substantial reappraisal of long-standing (technical, cultural, institutional and social) premises and perspectives can truly improve place-making practices. The pressing need for place-making implies trespassing undue disciplinary boundaries and experimenting a place-based approach that can innovate and integrate planning regulations, strategic spatial visioning and urban development projects. Moreover, the place-making challenge compels urban experts and policy-makers to critically reflect upon the physical and social contexts of their interventions. In this sense, facing place-making today is a way to renew the civic and social role of urban planning and urban design.
Only a renaissance man could have described this glorious city in its heyday. And only Carlo Levi, writer, painter, politician and one of the last century's most celebrated talents, could depict Rome at the height of its optimism and vitality after World War II. In Fleeting Rome, the era of post war 'La Dolce Vita' is brought magnificently to life in the daily bustle of Rome's street traders, housewives and students at work and play, the colourful festivities of Ferragosto and San Giovanni, the little theatre of Pulcinella al Pincio; all vibrant sights and sounds of this ancient, yet vital city.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1962.
Carlo Ferdinando Russo's book has been a seminal work on Aristophanes since its publication in Italy in 1962. In his detailed analysis, Russo considers the plays as libretti for actors and singers rather than as mere texts, and never loses sight of the stage. This is the classic book about Aristophanes. Now finally available in English and much-updated, it is essential reading for any student of Athenian comedy.
Una bambina persa nella metropolitana. Una misteriosa accompagnatrice. Un'irresistibile attrazione. Strani sogni sempre più simili a incubi. Un potere incontrollabile e letale: mutare i sogni in incubi. UCCIDERE CON UN SOGNO. Realtà, sogno e letteratura si mescolano in un crescendo di drammaticità e allucinazione. ____________________________________ "La Bambina dei Sogni" è un romanzo che parla dei problemi dell'adozione, del potere del sogno, degli incubi, della follia, dell'incerto confine tra sogno, invenzione letteraria e fantasia. È una storia ambientata in Italia ai giorni nostri, ma i riferimenti letterari affondano nella storia. Il ritmo è veloce e le prospettive cambiano spesso, stupendo e stimolando il lettore a indagarne i nuovi sviluppi. ____ Nuova versione del 20 agosto 2013
In un sogno rivelatore sconcertante Walter Moresi, medico trentenne in profonda crisi esistenziale, vive le anticipazioni di un possibile scenario spirituale. Un evento medianico inatteso spalanca le porte ad una nuova percezione dell'uomo e della vita, e ad una inedita ricerca personale. Incamminatosi sulle orme di una differente medicina, il protagonista si ritrova calato intanto in una forte esperienza trasformante. Ma il sopraggiungere di nuove intuizioni dal sapore rivoluzionario, lo indurrà ora a ribaltare la antica concezione della fede in qualcosa di nuovo e di scientifico, fino a consegnare al mondo un nuovo modello della guarigione, fondato sulla mente. Una folta schiera di seguaci si calamiterà poi ittorno alla sua persona, ma giusto il tradimento da parte dei più intimi lascerà incompiuto il sogno di una comunità. Walter sarà gratificato alla fine dalla nascita di un nuovo amore, mentre le porte del cosmo gli si apriranno davanti all'improvviso, in un avvincente ed inatteso incontro con le stelle.
Raccolta di articoli giornalistici che commentano eventi della cronaca più attuale con un taglio liberista e libertario. Commenti politici ed economici di un anticonformista.Some of the articles collected are in english and concerned with USA internal politics.A collection of media contributes upon issues concerned with the ongoing search of a credible, acceptable new governance of the globalized industrial system. Contributes of a maverick to subjects of economy and politics.A collection of media contributes to the ongoing process of building a new, credible and globally acceptable governance of the globalized and highly successful industrial system after the "fall of the wall" in Berlin 1989.
Questo libro che esprime passione, curiosità, emozione, tra fantasia e ricerca storica, ricostruisce l'origine e la fortuna, presso le corti rinascimentali, di una salsa che viene menzionata come isquisitissima nella Secchia rapita di Alessandro Tassoni: la "mostarda fina di Carpi", della quale si riporta la ricetta originale, segreto degli speziali per mezzo millennio, rivisitandola per il gusto d'oggi. Individuando in varie occasioni conviviali dell'epoca la comparsa della "mostarda fina" sulle mense dei grandi, l'autore ha voluto sperimentare direttamente le ricette della cucina rinascimentale descritti nelle opere dei più famosi cuochi e scalchi al servizio delle corti, riproponendo qui le numerose preparazioni che costituiscono il brillante risultato di tale ricerca.
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