This e-book contains biology of birds includes evolution, communication, ecology and conservation.
Already internationally acclaimed for his elegant, lucid writing on the most challenging notions in modern physics, Sean Carroll is emerging as one of the greatest humanist thinkers of his generation as he brings his extraordinary intellect to bear not only on the Higgs boson and extra dimensions but now also on our deepest personal questions. Where are we? Who are we? Are our emotions, our bel…
Doctoral education has become a key element of the higher education landscape everywhere. With the spread of higher education massification and the rise of the global knowledge economy that began in the late twentieth century and continues today, doctoral education has expanded tremendously. There have been significant changes in doctoral education worldwide in the twent…
There are many reasons why I liked Mary so much, as a person, a writer and a philosopher. I liked her for her wit, her warmth, her level- headedness and her moral clarity; her ability to steer clear of all unnecessary technicalities and cut straight to the chase, focusing on the big picture rather than getting mired in the details of any particu…
This volume is a result of the New Insights into the Archaic of the Circum-Caribbeansession that we chaired at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Orlando, Florida, in April 2016. The session was organized in the context of the Island Networks project supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO-gr. nr. …
In 221 B.C. the First Emperor of Qin unified what would become the heart of a Chinese empire whose major features would endure for two millennia. In the first of a six-volume series on the history of imperial China, Lewis highlights the key challenges facing the court officials and scholars who set about governing an empire of such scale and diversity.
This e-book contains evolution, communication, ecology and conservation about biology of birds.
Following conflicting desires for an Aztec crown, this book explores the possibilities of repatriation. In The Contested Crown, Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll meditates on the case of a spectacular feather headdress believed to have belonged to Montezuma, the last emperor of the Aztecs. This crown has long been the center of political and cultural power struggles, and it is one of the most cont…
This book is for all teachers for English as a Foreign Language working with young childern between the ages of four and twelve. It can be used by pre-school and primary school teachers as an extension of the general school curriculum as well as by parents in an informal private atmosphere. The games presented can stand alone or be used to complement an existing coursebook or syllabus. Games ca…
This book closely analyses the rise and fall of Louis XIV's marine insurance institutions in Paris, which were central to the French monarchy's efforts to stimulate commerce, colonial enterprise and economic growth. These institutions were the projects of two leading ministers, Jean-Baptiste Colbert and his son, the Marquis de Seignelay. While both men recognised that marine insurance was cruci…
Addressing a wide range of improvised art and music forms—from jazz and cinema to dance and literature—this volume's contributors locate improvisation as a key site of mediation between the social and the aesthetic. As a catalyst for social experiment and political practice, improvisation aids in the creation, contestation, and codification of social realities and identities. Among other to…
Di Suriah, pada pertengahan abad ke-12, muncul sebuah kelompok rahasia pengisap ganja bernama Assassin, yang berusaha merebut takhta kepemimpinan Islam dengan cara-cara kekerasan. Kelompok ini juga berkembang di wilayah Persia. Pemimpin tertinggi mereka, Hasan bin Sabbah, terkenal dengan julukan "Orang Tua dari Gunung". Ia membangun istana megah yang merangkap sebagai benteng kokoh di Lembah A…
The human eye is very good at discerning when objects are moving from side to side. If you see your drone moving sideways towards a tree then you know to do something about it. However, once the your drone is a certain distance from you, it becomes almost impossible to tell not only how far away it is, but also whether it is even moving forwards or backwards. Naturally, this increases the chanc…
Apabila seseorang sukses dalam bisnis atau karir, biasanya dunia akan berkata "Dia mempunyai nasib baik", "Dia beruntung". Dunia tidak melihat bagaimana dia bekerja keras selama bertahun-tahun, fokus terhadap sasarannya, dan mengerahkan setiap energi untuk mencapai sasaran itu, serta bagaimana dia mengorbankan banyak hal untuk dirinya dan kesuksesannya. Dalam kesuksesan tidak ada faktor keberun…
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, ‘and what is the use of a book,’ thought Alice ‘without pictures or conversation?’
An encyclopedia of science and technology, covering such areas as the Earth, astronomy, plants and animals, medicine, the environment, manufacturing, communication, and transportation.