Author : Peter Ryan
Publisher : Conran Octopus
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 25,75 MB
Release : 1972
Category : History
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This 3 volumes contain a wealth of information and photos to give a strong reference resource for Papua and New Guinea.
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Page : 674 pages
File Size : 42,15 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Union catalogs
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Page : 884 pages
File Size : 23,32 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Sydney (N.S.W.)
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Author : Helaine Selin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 13,8 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9401143013
Mathematics Across Cultures: A History of Non-Western Mathematics consists of essays dealing with the mathematical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Inca, Egyptian, and African mathematics, among others, the book includes essays on Rationality, Logic and Mathematics, and the transfer of knowledge from East to West. The essays address the connections between science and culture and relate the mathematical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.
Author : The Onion
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 34,65 MB
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Humor
ISBN : 031613323X
Are you a witless cretin with no reason to live? Would you like to know more about every piece of knowledge ever? Do you have cash? Then congratulations, because just in time for the death of the print industry as we know it comes the final book ever published, and the only one you will ever need: The Onion's compendium of all things known. Replete with an astonishing assemblage of facts, illustrations, maps, charts, threats, blood, and additional fees to edify even the most simple-minded book-buyer, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge is packed with valuable information -- such as the life stages of an Aunt; places to kill one's self in Utica, New York; and the dimensions of a female bucket, or "pail." With hundreds of entries for all 27 letters of the alphabet, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge must be purchased immediately to avoid the sting of eternal ignorance.
Author : Robert A. Wilson
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 1106 pages
File Size : 11,2 MB
Release : 2001-09-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780262731447
Since the 1970s the cognitive sciences have offered multidisciplinary ways of understanding the mind and cognition. The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (MITECS) is a landmark, comprehensive reference work that represents the methodological and theoretical diversity of this changing field. At the core of the encyclopedia are 471 concise entries, from Acquisition and Adaptationism to Wundt and X-bar Theory. Each article, written by a leading researcher in the field, provides an accessible introduction to an important concept in the cognitive sciences, as well as references or further readings. Six extended essays, which collectively serve as a roadmap to the articles, provide overviews of each of six major areas of cognitive science: Philosophy; Psychology; Neurosciences; Computational Intelligence; Linguistics and Language; and Culture, Cognition, and Evolution. For both students and researchers, MITECS will be an indispensable guide to the current state of the cognitive sciences.
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Page : pages
File Size : 36,14 MB
Release : 1830
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
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Author : Peter Ryan
Publisher :
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 13,25 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Papua New Guinea
ISBN : 9780522840254
Author : Andrew Sloan Draper
Publisher :
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 48,18 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Self-culture
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Author : Eng Soon Teoh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 16,13 MB
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319242741
This unique book brings together a wealth of data on the botanical, ethno-medicinal and pharmacological aspects of over 500 species of Asian medicinal orchids. It starts off by explaining the role and limitations of complimentary and herbal medicines, and how traditional Asian medicine differs from Western, “scientific” medicine. The different Asian medical traditions are described, as well as their modes of preparing herbal remedies. The core of the book presents individual medicinal orchid species arranged by genera. Each species is identified by its official botanical name, synonyms, and local names. Its distribution, habitat and flowering season, uses and pharmacology are described. An overview sums up the research findings on all species within each genus. Clinical observations are discussed whenever available, and possible therapeutic applications are highlighted. The book closes with chapters on the conservation of medicinal orchids and on the role of randomized clinical trials.
