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Sojourners in a Strange Land

Jesuits & Their Scientific Missions in Late Imperial China

By: Florence C. Hsia

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Sojourners in a Strange Land

Jesuits & Their Scientific Missions in Late Imperial China

By: Florence C. Hsia

Though Jesuits assumed a variety of roles as missionaries in late imperial China, their most memorable guise was that of scientific expert, whose maps, clocks, astrolabes, and armillaries reportedly astonished the Chinese. But the icon of the missionary-scientist is itself a complex myth. Masterfully correcting the standard story of China Jesuits as simple conduits for Western science, Florence C. Hsia shows how these missionary-scientists remade themselves as they negotiated the place of the profane sciences in a religious enterprise. Sojourners in a Strange Land develops a genealogy of Jesuit conceptions of scientific life within the Chinese mission field from the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. Analyzing the printed record of their endeavors in natural philosophy and mathematics, Hsia identifies three models of the missionary man of science by their genres of writing: mission history, travelogue, and academic collection. Drawing on the history of early modern Europe’s scientific, religious, and print culture, she uses the elaboration and reception of these scientific personae to construct the first collective biography of the Jesuit missionary-scientist’s many incarnations in late imperial China.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226355616

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9780226355610

Risk Management in Health Care Institutions

A Strategic Approach

By: Florence Kavaler,Allen D. Spiegel

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Risk Management in Health Care Institutions

A Strategic Approach

By: Florence Kavaler,Allen D. Spiegel

Risk management for health care institutions involves the protection of the assets of the organizations, agencies, and individual providers from liability. A strategic approach can result in significant cost savings. Risk Management in Health Care Institutions: A Strategic Approach offers governing boards, chief executive officers, administrators, and health profession students the opportunity to organize and devise a successful risk management program. Experts in risk management have contributed comprehensive, up-to-date syntheses of relevant topics to assist with practical risk management strategies.

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484

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763723142

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9780763723149

The Perfect Machine

Building the Palomar Telescope

By: Ronald Florence

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The Perfect Machine

Building the Palomar Telescope

By: Ronald Florence

Almost a half-century after is completion, the 200-inch Palomar telescope remains an unparalleled combination of vast scale and microscope detail. As huge as the Pantheon of Rome and as heavy as the Statue of Liberty, this magnificent instrument is so precisely built that its seventeen-foot mirror was hand-polished to a tolerance of 2/1,000,000 of an inch. The telescope's construction drove some to the brink of madness, made others fearful that mortals might glimpse heaven, and transfixed an entire nation. Ronald Florence weaves into his account of the creation of "the perfect machine" a stirring chronicle of the birth of Big Science and a poignant rendering of an America mired in the depression yet reaching for the stars.

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581

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Harper Collins

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0062105787

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9780062105783

The Rocking Book of Rocks

An Illustrated Guide to Everything Rocks, Gems, and Minerals

By: Florence Bullough,Amy Ball

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The Rocking Book of Rocks

An Illustrated Guide to Everything Rocks, Gems, and Minerals

By: Florence Bullough,Amy Ball

From “What is a rock?” to dinosaur fossils and meteorites, this stunning book explores everything you ever wanted to know about rocks and minerals. With its sparkling cover, out-of-this-world artwork from Anna Alanko, and expert content written by two geologists, this is the book all rock-crazy kids need. Rocks are all around us, from explosive volcanoes, magnificent mountains, and sandy deserts, to muddy sea floors, winding river valleys, and even asteroids in outer space! They are also in our computers, smartphones, medicines, buildings, airplanes, and space shuttles. Understanding how rocks form helps us to understand how the Earth and the solar system work, and how the Earth has changed over millions of years and how it might look in the future. This dazzlingly illustrated guide covers every aspect of this important topic: Igneous rocks Sedimentary rocks Fossils Metamorphic rocks Space rocks Gemstones Did you know that there is a bus-sized potassium crystal feldspar in Russia? Or that most of the gold, silver and platinum found at the Earth’s surface is thought to have arrived on meteorites from outer space? Complete with fascinating side notes, an illustrated explanation of the rock cycle, a geological timeline, beautiful images of a vast array of rocks and gems, and a helpful glossary at the back, The Rocking Book of Rocks will captivate and astound rock-lovers of all ages.

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Wide Eyed Editions

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1786038730

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9781786038739

Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law

By: Academy of European Law (Florence, Italy),Academy of European Law Staff

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Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law

By: Academy of European Law (Florence, Italy),Academy of European Law Staff

The Academy of European Law was established by the European University Institute in 1990 and extends the Institute's current programmes into a larger field of interest. It has as its main activity the holding of annual Summer Courses in the law of the European Community and the protection of human rights in Europe. In addition to General Courses, shorter courses are held on subjects of special academic and practical interest in both fields. Finally, special guest lectures on topical issues are given by policy makers, judges and persons who have held or currently hold the highest position in these fields. The courses are published in the language in which they were delivered (English and French).

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416

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Kluwer Law International B.V.

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9041104445

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9789041104441

Essential Science Fiction Novels - Volume 7

By: Edwin Abbott Abbott,Florence Dixie,Francis Henry Atkins,Jules Verne,Karel Capek,August Nemo

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Essential Science Fiction Novels - Volume 7

By: Edwin Abbott Abbott,Florence Dixie,Francis Henry Atkins,Jules Verne,Karel Capek,August Nemo

Welcome to the Essential Science Fiction Novels book series, where you will find a selection of endless tales about the incredible technologies of the future, time travel and its consequences, adventures in interstellar spaceships, strange post-apocalyptic worlds, dangerous alien invasions and everything else the authors dreamed of or feared for the future of humanity.For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the 5 novels by authors who created memorable stories that shaped the foundations of Science Fiction. Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott.Gloriana by Florence Dixie.A Trip to Mars by Francis Henry AtkinsA Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne.The War with the Newts by Karel Capek.If you appreciate good books, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

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Tacet Books

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3969870801

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Book's by Florence Mars

Sojourners in a Strange Land

Sojourners in a Strange Land

Risk Management in Health Care Institutions

Risk Management in Health Care Institutions

The Perfect Machine

The Perfect Machine

The Rocking Book of Rocks

The Rocking Book of Rocks

Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law

Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law

Essential Science Fiction Novels - Volume 7

Essential Science Fiction Novels - Volume 7

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