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Finding Our Place in the Universe

How We Discovered Laniakea - the Milky Way's Home

By: Helene Courtois

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Finding Our Place in the Universe

How We Discovered Laniakea - the Milky Way's Home

By: Helene Courtois

How a team of researchers, led by the author, discovered our home galaxy's location in the universe. You are here: on Earth, which is part of the solar system, which is in the Milky Way galaxy, which itself is within the extragalactic supercluster Laniakea. And how can we pinpoint our location so precisely? For twenty years, astrophysicist Hélène Courtois surfed the cosmos with international teams of researchers, working to map our local universe. In this book, Courtois describes this quest and the discovery of our home supercluster. Courtois explains that Laniakea (which means “immense heaven” in Hawaiian) is the largest galaxy structure known to which we belong; it is huge, almost too large to comprehend—about five hundred million light-years in diameter. It contains about 100,000 large galaxies like our own, and a million smaller ones. Writing accessibly for nonspecialists, Courtois describes the visualization and analysis that allowed her team to map such large structures of the universe. She highlights the work of individual researchers, including portraits of several exceptional women astrophysicists—presenting another side of astronomy. Key ideas are highlighted in text insets; illustrations accompany the main text. The French edition of this book was named the Best Astronomy Book of 2017 by the astronomy magazine Ciel et espace. For this MIT Press English-language edition, Courtois has added descriptions of discoveries made after Laniakea: the cosmic velocity web and the Dipole and Cold Spot repellers. An engaging account of one of the most important discoveries in astrophysics in recent years, her story is a tribute to teamwork and international collaboration.

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0262039958

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Finding Our Place in the Universe

How We Discovered Laniakea#the Milky Way's Home

By: Helene Courtois

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Finding Our Place in the Universe

How We Discovered Laniakea#the Milky Way's Home

By: Helene Courtois

An astrophysicist recounts how her team of researchers surfed the cosmos to map our local universe—and discovered the Laniakea supercluster, home of the Milky Way. You are here: on Earth, which is part of the solar system, which is in the Milky Way galaxy, which itself is within the extragalactic supercluster Laniakea. And how can we pinpoint our location so precisely? For 20 years, astrophysicist Hélène Courtois surfed the cosmos with international teams of researchers, working to map our local universe. In this book, Courtois describes this quest and the discovery of our home supercluster. Courtois explains that Laniakea (which means “immense heaven” in Hawaiian) is the largest galaxy structure known to which we belong; it is huge, almost too large to comprehend—about 500 million light-years in diameter. It contains about 100,000 large galaxies like our own, and a million smaller ones. Writing accessibly for nonspecialists, Courtois describes the visualization and analysis that allowed her team to map such large structures of the universe. She highlights the work of individual researchers, including portraits of several exceptional women astrophysicists—presenting another side of astronomy. Key ideas are highlighted in text insets; illustrations accompany the main text. The French edition of this book was named the Best Astronomy Book of 2017 by the astronomy magazine Ciel et espace. For this MIT Press English-language edition, Courtois has added descriptions of discoveries made after Laniakea: the cosmic velocity web and the Dipole and Cold Spot repellers. An engaging account of one of the most important discoveries in astrophysics in recent years, her story is a tribute to teamwork and international collaboration.

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0262353393

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9780262353397

American Impressionism and Realism

The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915

By: Helene Barbara Weinberg,Doreen Bolger,David Park Curry

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The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915

By: Helene Barbara Weinberg,Doreen Bolger,David Park Curry

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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0870997009

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9780870997006

Passing Judgement

The Politics and Poetics of Sovereignty in French Tragedy from Hardy to Racine

By: Helene E. Bilis

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Passing Judgement

The Politics and Poetics of Sovereignty in French Tragedy from Hardy to Racine

By: Helene E. Bilis

The royal judge was an archetypal character in French tragedy during the 17th century. This figure impersonated the king by asserting his judicial authority and bringing order to an otherwise chaotic world. In Passing Judgement, Hélène Bilis examines how an overlooked character-type—the royal judge—remained a constant of the tragic genre throughout the 17th century, although the specifics of his role and position fluctuated as playwrights experimented with changing models of sovereignty onstage. Her readings analyze how this royal decision-maker stood at the intersection of political and theatrical debates, and evolved through a process of trial and error in which certain portrayals of kingship were deemed obsolete and were discarded, while others were promoted as culturally allowable and resonant. In tracing the royal judge’s persistent presence and transformation, Bilis argues that we can better grasp the weighty political stakes of theatrical representations under the ancien régime.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487510578

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9781487510572

Functional Somatic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents

A Stress-System Approach to Assessment and Treatment

By: Kasia Kozlowska,Stephen Scher,Helene Helgeland

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Functional Somatic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents

A Stress-System Approach to Assessment and Treatment

By: Kasia Kozlowska,Stephen Scher,Helene Helgeland

This open access book sets out the stress-system model for functional somatic symptoms in children and adolescents. The book begins by exploring the initial encounter between the paediatrician, child, and family, moves through the assessment process, including the formulation and the treatment contract, and then describes the various forms of treatment that are designed to settle the child’s dysregulated stress system. This approach both provides a new understanding of how such symptoms emerge – typically, through a history of recurrent or chronic stress, either physical or psychological – and points the way to effective assessment, management, and treatment that put the child (and family) back on the road to health and well-being.

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397

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Springer Nature

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303046184X

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9783030461843

American Impressionism & Realism

A Landmark Exhibition from the MET, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

By: Helene Barbara Weinberg,Queensland Art Gallery

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American Impressionism & Realism

A Landmark Exhibition from the MET, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

By: Helene Barbara Weinberg,Queensland Art Gallery

An exhibition publication featuring curatorial essays and works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1876509996

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Finding Our Place in the Universe

Finding Our Place in the Universe

Finding Our Place in the Universe

Finding Our Place in the Universe

American Impressionism and Realism

American Impressionism and Realism

Passing Judgement

Passing Judgement

Functional Somatic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents

Functional Somatic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents

American Impressionism & Realism

American Impressionism & Realism

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