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Blending science, history, and biography, this remarkable book illuminates the life and work of three of Albert Einstein's heroes: Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, and especially James Clerk Maxwell, whose work directly inspired the theory of relativity.

Points out that language and culture are not just interconnected, but inseparable. This work uses research to investigate the "universe of meaning" within the English language and places it in historical and geographical perspective. It is intended for linguists and others concerned with language and culture.

In 1927, Oxford University Press published the first western-language translation of a collection of Tibetan funerary texts (the Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Bardo) under the title The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Since that time, the work has established a powerful hold on the westernpopular imagination, and is now considered a classic of spiritual literature. Over the years, The Tibetan Book of the Dead has inspired numerous commentaries, an illustrated edition, a play, a video series, and even an opera. Translators, scholars, and popular devotees of the book have claimed toexplain its esoteric ideas and reveal its hidden meaning. Few, however, have uttered a word about its history. Bryan J. Cuevas seeks to fill this gap in our knowledge by offering the first comprehensive historical study of the Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Bardo, and by grounding it firmlyin the context of Tibetan history and culture. He begins by discussing the many ways the texts have been understood (and misunderstood) by westerners, beginning with its first editor, the Oxford-educated anthropologist Walter Y. Evans-Wentz, and continuing through the present day. The remarkablefame of the book in the west, Cuevas argues, is strikingly disproportionate to how the original Tibetan texts were perceived in their own country. Cuevas tells the story of how The Tibetan Book of the Dead was compiled in Tibet, of the lives of those who preserved and transmitted it, and exploresthe history of the rituals through which the life of the dead is imagined in Tibetan society. This book provides not only a fascinating look at a popular and enduring spiritual work, but also a much-needed correctiveto the proliferation of ahistorical scholarship surrounding The Tibetan Book of theDead.

Suitable for senior and first year graduate students taking Mechanics of Composite Materials course. This textbook covers the mechanics of structural composite materials, beginning with basic concepts, definitions, and an overview of the status of composites technology; followed by design methodology and optimization processes.

This collection of essays examines the many facets of violence in contemporary American culture, ranging across literature, film, philosophy, photojournalism and other media. It offers a consideration of why we are drawn to depictions of violence and why there is a market for violent entertainment.

One of the most creative and accessible periods of art the world has ever known, the Golden Age is brought to life in an unprecedented series of biographies of the artists active in the Netherlands during the 17th-century.

The 20th century has witnessed an explosion of diverse art movements, styles, and schools, with contemporary artists breaking traditional boundaries again and again. In more than 350 essays, the most popular and influential styles and movements are examined alongside recent experiments in new media-video art, land art, and computer art. The origins and artistic aims of such intriguing movements as the Donkey's Tail, the Kitchen Sink school, and the Stupid group arealso fully covered. This is an ideal way to explore both the major and minor artistic movements of the last hundred years. The Grove Art series, focusing on the most important periods and areas of art history, is derived from the critically acclaimed and award-winning The Grove Dictionary of Art. First published in 1996 in 34 volumes, The Dictionary has quickly established itself as the leading reference work on the visual arts, used by schools, universities, museums, and public libraries throughout the world. With articles written by leading scholars in each field, The Dictionary hasfrequently been praised for its breadth of coverage, accuracy, authority, and accessibility.

This is a biography of Ambrose Bierce who discovered in the Civil War a bitter confirmation of his darkest assumptions about man and his nature. Profoundly disillusioned, Bierce spent the next 50 years struggling to disabuse his fellow Americans of their own cherished ideals.

This title introduce readers to 'The Symposium' by contextualizing it in Greek literature in general and the Platonic corpus in particular, and, with necessary brevity, to the main outlines of its reception and influence.

The Arabesk Debate describes the way in which Turkish musicians discuss, dispute, and attribute meaning to their music. Martin Stokes examines the debate over 'Arabesk', a musical genre popular throughout Turkey. His book is an ethnographic study of urban music-making in Istanbul, focusing on the activities of professional musicians and their audiences in the city.

This work analyses the role the Left has played in establishing democracy in modern Europe. Geoff Eley looks at socialist, labour, feminist, Communist, and other organisations in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Scandinavia, and Eastern Europe. He considers how the Left has been a part of key moments of change in European history.

The major creations and developments in mathematics from the beginnings in Babylonia and Egypt through the first few decades of the twentieth century are presented with clarity and precision in this comprehensive historical study.

The theory of helplessness refers to the problems that follow in the wake of uncontrollability. The best-known application of learned helplessness has been an explanation of depression, although numerous other extensions have been made, most recently to physical illness and death.

These essays consider women's alliances in early modern England, ranging over a variety of communities and classes of women to explore the traces of women's connections. The essays, combining literary and historical methods and materials, are informed by feminism, queer theory, and studies of race.

Between the Revolution and the Civil War, the dialogue of religious skepticism and faith profoundly shaped America. Although usually rendered nearly invisible, skepticism touched - and sometimes transformed - more lives than might be expected from standard accounts. This book examines Americans wrestling with faith and doubt as they tried to make sense of their world.

'Who Needs Classical Music?' considers the value of classical music in contemporary society, arguing that it remains distinctive because it works in different ways to the other music that surrounds us. Challenging assumptions about the relativism of cultural judgements, the book aims to restore some types of music to the status of aesthetic text.

This fresh look at the philosophy of language focuses on the interface between a theory of literal meaning and pragmatics - a philosophical examination of the relationship between meaning and language use and its contexts.

Stresses drug therapy as the most effective method of treating ADHD. The author adds, however, that psychological techniques, when combined with medication, can produce further improvement. It offers practical instructions on how parents of an ADHD sufferer can best help their child.

For centuries humans have puzzled over volcanoes. In this text, the author, a volcanologist, traces the history of ideas about volcanoes, a history spanning more than 2000 years - from the notions of the ancient Greeks to the more scientific, experimentally based theories of today.

As usually understood, professional ethics consists of shared duties and episodic dilemmas. This book rethinks professional ethics to include personal commitments and ideals, including many not mandatory for all members of a profession.

Experimental embryology became the foundation for modern cellular and developmental biology, and one of its great pioneers was the 1935 Nobel Prize winner Hans Spemann, whose work is described here.

This book is based on the classic 1965 Flame Structure, co-authored with A.A. Westenberg. It presents methods for deducing high temperature chemistry and physics from measurements of the microstructure of premixed flames. Techniques are critically discussed and the review of the literature is presented in a systematic, useable form.

The second volume in this biography finds Langston Hughes rooting himself in Harlem, receiving stimulation from his rich cultural surroundings. Here he rethought his view of art and radicalism and cultivated relationships with younger, more militant writers such as Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison.

Explores how race is sexed and sex is raced, using examples to examine how sex shapes ideas and feelings about race, ethnicity and national identity and how sexual images, fears and desires shape racial, ethnic and national stereotypes and conflicts.

Divided into four parts: circuits, electronics, digital systems, and electromagnetics, this text provides an understanding of the fundamental principles on which modern electrical engineering is based. It is suitable for a variety of electrical engineering courses, and can also be used as a text for an introduction to electrical engineering.

This vivid book presents 20 case studies of adults with severe brain injury. It describes the premorbid lifestyle of each of these individuals, the onset of their brain damage, subsequent symptoms, neuropsychological assessment, rehabilitation, and long-term outcome.

In this text, the author draws upon thousands of documents - many never before used - from German and Austrian archives to provide a comprehensive and accurate study of the fate of the Gypsies under the Nazi regime.