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Iron Oxide Rock Artefacts in Mesopotamia c. 2600-1200 BC

An interdisciplinary study of hematite, goethite and magnetite objects

By: Martine Marieke Melein

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Iron Oxide Rock Artefacts in Mesopotamia c. 2600-1200 BC

An interdisciplinary study of hematite, goethite and magnetite objects

By: Martine Marieke Melein

The flourishing civilisations of Mesopotamia imported all kinds of materials from the surrounding regions. Iron oxide rock was very popular for weight stones and cylinder seals around 2000 BC. This research aims to determine the region of origin for the raw material, what made people start using iron oxide rock, and what led them to stop using it.

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Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

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1784919659

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9781784919658

Substitution Dynamical Systems - Spectral Analysis

By: Martine Queffélec

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Substitution Dynamical Systems - Spectral Analysis

By: Martine Queffélec

This volume mainly deals with the dynamics of finitely valued sequences, and more specifically, of sequences generated by substitutions and automata. Those sequences demonstrate fairly simple combinatorical and arithmetical properties and naturally appear in various domains. As the title suggests, the aim of the initial version of this book was the spectral study of the associated dynamical systems: the first chapters consisted in a detailed introduction to the mathematical notions involved, and the description of the spectral invariants followed in the closing chapters. This approach, combined with new material added to the new edition, results in a nearly self-contained book on the subject. New tools - which have also proven helpful in other contexts - had to be developed for this study. Moreover, its findings can be concretely applied, the method providing an algorithm to exhibit the spectral measures and the spectral multiplicity, as is demonstrated in several examples. Beyond this advanced analysis, many readers will benefit from the introductory chapters on the spectral theory of dynamical systems; others will find complements on the spectral study of bounded sequences; finally, a very basic presentation of substitutions, together with some recent findings and questions, rounds out the book.

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367

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Springer

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3642112129

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9783642112126

The Strangled Traveler

Colonial Imaginings and the Thugs of India

By: Martine van Wœrkens

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The Strangled Traveler

Colonial Imaginings and the Thugs of India

By: Martine van Wœrkens

British colonists in 1830s India lived in terror of the Thugs. Reputed to be brutal criminals, the Thugs supposedly strangled, beheaded, and robbed thousands of travelers in the goddess Kali's name. The British responded with equally brutal repression of the Thugs and developed a compulsive fascination with tales of their monstrous deeds. Did the Thugs really exist, or did the British invent them as an excuse to seize tighter control of India? Drawing on historical and anthropological accounts, Indian tales and sacred texts, and detailed analyses of the secret Thug language, Martine van Woerkens reveals for the first time the real story of the Thugs. Many different groups of Thugs actually did exist over the centuries, but the monsters the British made of them had much more to do with colonial imaginings of India than with the real Thugs. Tracing these imaginings down to the present, van Woerkens reveals the ongoing roles of the Thugs in fiction and film from Frankenstein to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

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392

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University of Chicago Press

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0226850854

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9780226850856

Caring for a Child with Autism

A Practical Guide for Parents

By: Martine Ives,Nell Munro,Richard Wynn

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Caring for a Child with Autism

A Practical Guide for Parents

By: Martine Ives,Nell Munro,Richard Wynn

This comprehensive and readable guide answers the questions commonly asked by parents and carers following a diagnosis of autism, and discusses the challenges that can arise in home life, education and socializing. The authors cover a wide variety of therapies and approaches to autism, providing clear, unbiased information so that families will be able to evaluate different options for themselves. Throughout, the emphasis is on home and family life, and the everyday difficulties encountered by families of autistic children. Caring for a Child with Autism is an informative handbook in association with the National Autistic Society, written for parents with a recently diagnosed autistic child. This is a thorough introduction to autistic spectrum disorders, to be consulted time and time again as new questions arise.

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306

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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184642304X

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9781846423048

Measuring What Counts

A New Dashboard for Well-Being

By: Joseph E. Stiglitz,Jean-Paul Fitoussi,Martine Durand

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Measuring What Counts

A New Dashboard for Well-Being

By: Joseph E. Stiglitz,Jean-Paul Fitoussi,Martine Durand

In 2009, a group of economists issued a report challenging gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of progress and well-being. Now, in Measuring What Counts they - propose a new, 'beyond GDP' agenda. This book provides an accessible overview of the last decade's global movement, sparked by the original critique of GDP, and proposes a new 'dashboard' of metrics to assess a society's health, including measures of inequality and economic vulnerability, whether growth is environmentally sustainable, and how people feel about their lives.

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1620975696

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9781620975695

For Good Measure

Advancing Research on Well-being Metrics Beyond GDP

By: Joseph E. Stiglitz,Jean-Paul Fitoussi,Martine Durand

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For Good Measure

Advancing Research on Well-being Metrics Beyond GDP

By: Joseph E. Stiglitz,Jean-Paul Fitoussi,Martine Durand

The 2009 Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (“Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi” Commission) concluded that we should move away from over-reliance on GDP when assessing a country’s health, towards a broader dashboard of indicators that would reflect concerns such as the distribution of well-being and sustainability in all of its dimensions. This book includes contributions from members of the OECD-hosted High Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, the successor of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission, and their co-authors on the latest research in this field. These contributions look at key issues raised by the 2009 Commission that deserved more attention, such as how to better include the environment and sustainability in our measurement system, and how to improve the measurement of different types of inequalities, of economic insecurity, of subjective well-being and of trust. A companion volume Beyond GDP: Measuring What Counts for Economic and Social Performance presents an overview by the co-chairs of the High Level Expert Group, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Jean-Paul Fitoussi and Martine Durand of the progress accomplished since the 2009 report, of the work conducted by the Group over the past five years, and of what still needs to be done.

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338

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OECD

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9264309411

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9789264309418

Book's by Martine Durand

Iron Oxide Rock Artefacts in Mesopotamia c. 2600-1200 BC

Iron Oxide Rock Artefacts in Mesopotamia c. 2600-1200 BC

Substitution Dynamical Systems - Spectral Analysis

Substitution Dynamical Systems - Spectral Analysis

The Strangled Traveler

The Strangled Traveler

Caring for a Child with Autism

Caring for a Child with Autism

Measuring What Counts

Measuring What Counts

For Good Measure

For Good Measure

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