The Clocks Are Telling Lies. Science, Society, and the Construction of Time, Hardback - Scott Alan Johnston

Until the nineteenth century all time was local time. The invention of railways and telegraphs, however, created a newly interconnected world where...

The groundbreaking examination of the construction of sexual identity -- now updated to reflect the latest research.Why do some people prefer heter...

Although The "Malleus" is recognized as an important medieval text, as a source it presents difficulties of contextual understanding and cannot be ...

From the trials of Oscar Pistorius to O. J. Simpson and Michael Jackson, this innovative book provides a critical review of 11 high profile crimina...

Reducere. The Clocks, Hardcover

Publisher: Transcript VerlagAuthor(s): Sabrina EllebrechtNumber of pages: 300Collection: Political SciencePublication date: 2021Dimensions: 149 x 2...

Climate change is increasingly acknowledged as a security issue. But how exactly is 'security' understood? McDonald identifies different accounts o...

Reducere. The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper CollinsAgatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense--creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, m...

Advanced media technologies have transformed immigrants' relations with their departure and arrival societies. This title explores how Muslim-Arab ...

Reducere. How the West Was Drawn explores the geographic and historical experiences of the Pawnees, the Iowas, and the Lakotas during the European and Americ...

Cutting-edge research on personal ornaments from archaeological contexts around the world.Publisher: Oxbow BooksIllustration(s): B/w and colourNumb...

Embraces reproductive justice for all women, but challenge mainstream legal and political solutions based on protecting free choice via neutral gov...

This account reconceptualizes the notion of genius by placing the life and career of Ludwig van Beethoven in its social context. It explores the mu...

From Stonehenge to atomic clocks, this is how we've used science to work out the time across the centuriesPublisher: Oneworld PublicationsAuthor(s)...

Suitable for amateur repairer, absolute beginner with no experience, and for hobbyists who often dabble with, but have little knowledge of, the tec...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

As we interact online, we create new kinds of community and knowledge. How are these communities formed? How do we know whether to trust them as so...

An exploration of the impact of institutionalization in the lives of Canadian families.

Buildings can shape our lives, improve our health, and transform society. Academic histories of architecture and medicine overlook the importance o...

DescriptionIs it possible to think of a counter-hegemonic, progressive nostalgia that celebrates and helps sustain the marginalised? What might suc...

Publisher: ScribnerAuthor(s): Roland EnnosNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 28Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farm...

Reducere. From a noted science journalist comes a wonderfully witty and fascinating exploration of how and why we kiss. When did humans begin to kiss? Why is...

This book presents the history of Amman's development under the rule of the British mandate from 1921-46 and illustrates how the growth of the Angl...

Reducere. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the legacy of the historian, ethnographer, and geographer Lev Nikolaevich Gumilev (1912-1992) has attracted...

Reducere. A groundbreaking examination of the role that wood and trees have played in our global ecosystem--including human evolution and the rise and fall o...

Reducere. WebRTC, Web Real-Time Communications, is revolutionizing the way web users communicate, both in the consumer and enterprise worlds. WebRTC adds sta...

Reducere. Clocks and trains, telegraphs and colonial conquest: the challenges of the late nineteenth century were an indispensable real-world background to t...

Based on a wealth of literary and historical documentation, this study places Tokugawa homosexuality in a global context, exploring its implication...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): E.C.H KeskitaloNumber of pages: 298Collection: Studies in International RelationsPublication date: 2011Di...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jo Ellen BarnettA perfect balance of science, history, and sociology, Time's Pendulum traces the important developments in ...

This book assesses the significance of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) by examining the logic of international power and order, his...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Anthony FontenotNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 186 x 251 x 23Cover type: Paperback / soft...

From the acclaimed broadcaster, a story of moving on, a tale of downsizing and the essentials of a good old age.Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group...

Reducere. DescriptionA fun first guide to how to tell time, this bright and bold lift-the-flap activity book features a clock with moveable hands Telling tim...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jay Timothy Dolmage In North America, immigration has never been about immigration. That was true in the early twentieth ce...