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Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 18th Century

By: Jonathan Shectman

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Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 18th Century

By: Jonathan Shectman

The 18th century saw the emergence of the industrial and chemical revolutions and witnessed the near-universal acceptance of applied science. It was a time of revolutionary, lasting transformation for the practice of science and mathematics. Most procedures and precepts of modern science took hold during the 18th century, when scientists first paired scientific research with practical application to astonishing results. In over 60 alphabetical entries, Shectman examines at the tremendous scientific discoveries, inventions, and inquiries of the period. Familiar topics such as the steam engine and hot air balloon are covered, along with lesser-known topics such as the Watt copy press and Newton's experimentum crucis. A thorough discussion of each entry's scientific impact provides readers with an understanding of the lasting social and political importance of these advancements. Narratives enrich the entries by adding context and perspective to the century's fascinating scientific history. Students and researchers will find this reference book easy to use. Included are an appendix of entries listed by scientific field, a glossary of terms, indexes by name and subject.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313072434

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9780313072437

Bound for the Future

Child Heroes of the Underground Railroad

By: Jonathan Shectman

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Child Heroes of the Underground Railroad

By: Jonathan Shectman

Through careful, detailed consideration of a host of primary documents about the young activists who formed the Underground Railroad's underappreciated operational workforce, this book offers fresh insight to the complex question, "Who ended slavery?" Bound for the Future: Child Heroes of the Underground Railroad illuminates the vital contributions of specific, underappreciated child activists within the extremely local circumstances of their daily work. It also provides meaningful context to the actions of these young activists within the much broader social practice of resisting slavery, and offers fresh insight into the complicated question of who was responsible for ending slavery. Through a thorough examination of these subjects, author Jonathan Shectman proves his central thesis: in many specific cases, children were the essential lifeblood of the Underground Railroad's operational workforce. This text will appeal to wide range of readers, including young students, educators, scholars, and anyone seeking a fresh perspective on civil rights, anti-slavery activism, and U.S. history.

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232

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313397287

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9780313397288

Balaam in Text and Tradition

By: Jonathan Miles Robker

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Balaam in Text and Tradition

By: Jonathan Miles Robker

The figure Balaam has interested exegetes and scribes for millennia. Jonathan Miles Robker examines the different versions of the literary character Balaam as attested in biblical and epigraphic literature. By contrasting the distinct information about Balaam presented in the various sources (the plaster inscription from Della, Numbers 22-24; 31; Deuteronomy 23; Joshua 13; 24; Judges 11; Micah 6; and Nehemiah 13), the author seeks to trace the development of characterizations of Balaam from the oldest available material to the youngest in the Hebrew Bible. In this way, Jonathan Miles Robker advances discourse about the literary and tradition-historical development of the texts that became the Hebrew Bible. Beyond the text of the Hebrew Bible, he also traces the continued development of Balaam's characterization through the texts of Qumran and the New Testament. To this end, the author contributes discussions of the history of religion in Antiquity.

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416

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Mohr Siebeck

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3161563557

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9783161563553

The Harlow-Shapley Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies

Proceedings of the 126th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., August 25–29, 1986

By: Jonathan E. Grindlay,A.G. Davis Philip

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The Harlow-Shapley Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies

Proceedings of the 126th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., August 25–29, 1986

By: Jonathan E. Grindlay,A.G. Davis Philip

In the centennial year, 1985-86, of Harlow Shapley's birth, the study of globular clusters was no less important to the development of astronomy than in 1915, when Shapley first noted their concentration on the sky. By 1917 Shapley had used the properties of the system of globular clusters to complete the Copernican revolution and locate the solar system, and its Earth-bound observers, far from the center of the Galaxy and the globular cluster distribution. Seven decades later, in the year of these proceedings, globular cluster research and the study of the system of globular clusters in our own and distant galaxies is undergoing a renaissance of activity. The introduction of new observational tools, particularly CCD imagers and digital spectrographs, as well as powerful theoretical methods have transformed the study of globular clusters into one of the main line areas of modern astrophysics. Thus it seemed particularly appropriate to one of us, when considering how the Harvard College Observatory might mark the Shapley centennial, to propose and plan for an IAU Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies. Planning for the Shapley Symposium, as it came to be called, was even more drawn out than the preparation of this volume. The Symposium was originally proposed to the IAU Secretariat in time for it to be held in August, 1985, so that it might occur in the centennial (calendar) year.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401511047

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Dinner at Dan

Biblical and Archaeological Evidence for Sacred Feasts at Iron Age II Tel Dan and Their Significance

By: Jonathan S. Greer

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Biblical and Archaeological Evidence for Sacred Feasts at Iron Age II Tel Dan and Their Significance

By: Jonathan S. Greer

In Dinner at Dan, Jonathan S. Greer provides biblical and archaeological evidence for sacred feasting at the Levantine site of Tel Dan from the late 10th century - mid-8th century BCE. Biblical texts are argued to reflect a Yahwistic and traditional religious context for these feasts and a fresh analysis of previously unpublished animal bone, ceramic, and material remains from the temple complex at Tel Dan sheds light on sacrificial prescriptions, cultic realia, and movements within this sacred space. Greer concludes that feasts at Dan were utilized by the kings of Northern Israel initially to unify tribal factions and later to reinforce distinct social structures as a society strove to incorporate its tribal past within a monarchic framework.

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BRILL

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9004260625

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9789004260627

Handbook of Chronic Depression

Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management

By: Jonathan Edward Alpert

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Handbook of Chronic Depression

Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management

By: Jonathan Edward Alpert

An in-depth and authoritative framework for clear understanding of the origins, development, and management of chronic depression, this timely reference examines biological, psychosocial, and combined approaches to the treatment of chronic depression-providing strategies to achieve remission, reduce relapse and recurrence, and manage treatment-emergent side-effects in long-term patient care.

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400

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CRC Press

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0824756606

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Bound for the Future

Child Heroes of the Underground Railroad

By: Jonathan Shectman

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Child Heroes of the Underground Railroad

By: Jonathan Shectman

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 18th Century

By: Jonathan Shectman

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Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 18th Century

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Bound for the Future

Balaam in Text and Tradition

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The Harlow-Shapley Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies

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Dinner at Dan

Dinner at Dan

Handbook of Chronic Depression

Handbook of Chronic Depression

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Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 18th Century

Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 18th Century

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