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The Light of the World

Astronomy in Al-Andalus

By: Joseph ibn Nahmias,Robert G. Morrison

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The Light of the World

Astronomy in Al-Andalus

By: Joseph ibn Nahmias,Robert G. Morrison

This book contains an editionÑwith an extensive introduction, translation and commentaryÑof The Light of the World, a text on theoretical astronomy by Joseph Ibn Nahmias, composed in Judeo-Arabic around 1400 C.E. in the Iberian Peninsula. As the only text on theoretical astronomy written by a Jew in any variety of Arabic, this work is evidence for a continuing relationship between Jewish and Islamic thought in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. The textÕs most lasting effect may have been exerted via its passage to Renaissance Italy, where it influenced scholars at the University of Padua in the early sixteenth century. With its crucial role in the development of European astronomy, as well as the physical sciences under Islam and in Jewish culture, The Light of the World is an important episode in Islamic intellectual history, Jewish civilization, and the history of astronomy.

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Univ of California Press

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ISBN 10

0520287991

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9780520287990

Black Africa

A Comparative Handbook

By: Robert C. Mitchell,Donald G. Morrison,John N. Paden

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Black Africa

A Comparative Handbook

By: Robert C. Mitchell,Donald G. Morrison,John N. Paden

Black Africa presents political, economic and social data for 41 black African nations. The first edition was published in 1972 and included only data on 32 countries - which was the total number of independent African nations at that time. Enlarging on the first edition, this second edition covers in detail important aspects of the countries included, from demography to political development and social mobilization to a modern comparative analysis of African states. Black Africa is a complete and comprehensive handbook. The first edition of Black Africa won a Book of the Year Award from the American Library Association.

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Springer

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134911023X

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9781349110230

Centennial Year Number

By: James K. Feibleman,Paul G. Morrison,Andrew J. Reck,Harold N. Lee,Edward G. Ballard,Richard L. Barber,Carl H. Hamburg,Robert C. Whittemore

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By: James K. Feibleman,Paul G. Morrison,Andrew J. Reck,Harold N. Lee,Edward G. Ballard,Richard L. Barber,Carl H. Hamburg,Robert C. Whittemore

The year 1959 has been called The Centennial Year in view of the anniversary of the publication of The Origin of SPecies and the centenary of the births of many who later contributed much to the philosophy of the recent past, such as Samuel Alexander, Henri Bergson, John Dewey and Edmund Husser!' The essays in the present volume which are on subjects germane to any of the anniversaries celebrated this year have been placed first in the present volume. CENTENNIAL YEAR NUMBER DARWIN AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD JAMES K. FEIBLEMAN The knowledge of methodology, which is acquired by means of formal education in the various disciplines, is usually com municated in abstract form. Harmony and counterpoint in musical composition, the axiomatic method of mathematics, the established laws in physics or in chemistry, the principles of mathematics - all these are taught abstractly. It is only when we come to the method of discovery in experimental science that we find abstract communication failing. The most recent as well as the greatest successes of the experimental sciences have been those scored in modern times, but we know as yet of no abstract way to teach the scientific method. The astonishing pedagogical fact is that this method has never been abstracted and set forth in a fashion which would permit of its easy acquisition. Here is an astonishing oversight indeed, for which the very difficulty of the topic may itself be responsible.

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132

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401036950

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9789401036955

Neuroanat and Physiology of Abdominal Vagal Afferents

By: Sue Ritter,Robert C. Ritter,Charles D. Barnes

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Neuroanat and Physiology of Abdominal Vagal Afferents

By: Sue Ritter,Robert C. Ritter,Charles D. Barnes

Neuroanatomy and Physiology of Abdominal Vagal Afferents provides a concise, up-to-date selection of focused reviews of vagal sensory participation in control of gastrointestinal function and behavior. The articles, written by internationally recognized leaders in the field, examine the types of information carried by vagal sensory neurons from the gastrointestinal tract, how the vagal sensory and motor components are arranged and interact with the brain, and the nature of vagal sensory participation in selected aspects of physiology and behavior. Future avenues of research in the area of vagal neuroanatomy and physiology are suggested. Neuroanatomy and Physiology of Abdominal Vagal Afferents is a detailed, informative volume that will benefit neurobiologists, GI physiologists, behavioral scientists, and research gastroenterologists.

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338

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CRC Press

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1000159752

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9781000159752

The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy

The Death of Stonewall Jackson and Other Chapters on the Army of Northern Virginia

By: Robert K. Krick

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The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy

The Death of Stonewall Jackson and Other Chapters on the Army of Northern Virginia

By: Robert K. Krick

No military unit in all the annals of American history exceeds in reputation Robert E. Lee’s illustrious Army of Northern Virginia. In ten chapters based on exhaustive research, esteemed Civil War scholar Robert K. Krick gives eloquent examination to aspects of this army ranging from biographical sketches and the best and worst books on the subject to Confederate troop strengths and locating soldier records. The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy gleams with Krick’s usual superior research, skilled writing, and sound analysis and sheds new light on one of the most popular Civil War subjects.

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LSU Press

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0807129712

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9780807129715

Islam and Science

The Intellectual Career of Nizam Al-Din Al-Nisaburi

By: Robert Morrison

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Islam and Science

The Intellectual Career of Nizam Al-Din Al-Nisaburi

By: Robert Morrison

This book is the first rigorous attempt to explain the cross-fertilization of scientific and religious thought in Islamic civilization. Winner of the Iranian World Prize for Book of the Year in Islamics Studies 2009

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Routledge

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1135981140

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9781135981143

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The Light of the World

The Light of the World

Black Africa

Black Africa

Centennial Year Number

Centennial Year Number

Neuroanat and Physiology of Abdominal Vagal Afferents

Neuroanat and Physiology of Abdominal Vagal Afferents

The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy

The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy

Islam and Science

Islam and Science

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