Blacks and Science Volume Two: West and East African Contributions to Science and Technology and Intellectual Life and Legacy of Timbuktu, Paperback -

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Studies the epistemologies of two of the most influential intellectual/spiritual traditions of West Africa: Tijani Sufism and Ifa.Illustrations: 5 ...

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Timbuktu is famous as a center of learning from Islam's Golden Age. Yet it was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa...

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Even in his lifetime, Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley (1887-1915), was widely regarded as the most promising British physicist of his generation, and h...

Brings legal, religious, ethical, and political perspectives to bear on debates about biotechnology patents or 'patents on life'. With internationa...

The story of the historical race to reach Timbuktu across the eighteenth century is addressed alongside the story of a contemporary fight to save i...

Publisher: Elsevier Science & TechnologyNumber of pages: 164Collection: Chandos Information Professional SeriesPublication date: 2017Dimensions: 15...

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This volume examines the legacy of the East-West divide since the implosion of the communist regimes in Europe. The ideals of 1989 have largely bee...

In this work, two new coefficients have been proposed: the Coefficient of Proportional Variance (Cpv) and the Coefficient of Content Validity (Ccv)...

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A stimulating and highly readable introduction to the science of imperfections, this book focuses on their crucial role in technology, as well as t...

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This volume is mainly concerned with a systematic development of the theory of plasmas, the authority being firmly rooted in the pioneering work of...

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Torn between loyalty and love, a young prince will learn how much he's willing to sacrifice as he tries to destroy the rebellion that threatens his...

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Publisher: Elsevier Science & TechnologyIllustration(s): Approx. 110 illustrations (60 in full color); Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 7...

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As a new trend in aesthetics appearing concurrently in the West and the East in the last ten years, the aesthetics of everyday life points to a gro...

Publisher: Elsevier Science & TechnologyAuthor(s): Izumi (Professor, Graduate School of Sport and Health Science, Japan) TabataNumber of pages: 152...

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Reducere. The Jannah Jewels land in the ancient city of Timbuktu in Mali. Suddenly, they are caught in the middle of a mystery. Someone has stolen a priceles...

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