There are many ways of seeing Earth. It is possible to gaze at the planet from the vantage of a space shuttle in orbit. If you are standing on the moon, you can see Earth rise in the distance, as seen in the famous photograph of Earth taken from the moon by the NASA astronaut William Anders in 1968, Earthrise (see Figure 1). You can also look at Earth much more closely, on…
The history of early human advance is the history of harvesting prosperity from agricultural innovation. In India, the later Vedic texts (c. 3000–2500 BCE) make frequent references to agricultural technology and practices.Jia Sixie, drawing on over one thousand years of Chinese study in his Qimin Yaoshu, or Essential Techniques for the Common People (535 CE), asserts throughout his work the c…
Tae Kwon-do as it is today was developed and founded by Grand master general Choi Hong Hi 9th degree black belt (9 November 1918 — 15 June 2002). As a martial art it is unique to any other in that it utilizes fundamental principles of physics in the development of technique and power. Grandmaster Choi set out to use his knowledge of "Tae Kyon" an ancient Korean form of foot fighting to devel…
It might seem rather bizarre to claim that a return to the work of John Dewey can offer a greater appreciation of globalization and global democracy at the start of the twenty-first century. Dewey appears to be a creature of a wholly different epoch; born in 1859, the year Darwin published Origin of the Species and just short of eighteen months before the Battle of Fort Sumter, Dewey’s life w…
On August 8, 1588, the waters of the English Channel churned with the gyrations of hundreds of warships. The great Spanish Armada had arrived to carry out an invasion of Elizabethan England and was met head-on by the English fleet under the command of Sir Francis Drake. The Spanish ships were large and heavy; they were packed with soldiers and carried formidable cannons that fired 50 lb round …
Buku ini terpilih sebagai salah satu dari tiga buku terbaik di bidang ilmu-ilmu sosial dalam International Convention of Asian Scholars, Kuala Lumpur, 2007.
"Allah tidak mendatangkan kesulitan hidup, tetapi Dia menggunakannya untuk menguatkan kita dalam menaklukkan perkara yang lebih besar. Dia tidak pernah menuntun kita ke dalam badai tanpa Dia mengaruniakan kepada kita kekuatan untuk mengatasinya." Anda sudah memiliki apa yang diperlukan untuk menyelesaikan pertandingan dengan baik! Orang Kristen tidak pernah ditetapkan untuk "hidup seadanya". …
Coaching is mainly an art and, like the artist, the coach must have two attributes. The first is creative flair, that marriage of aptitude and passion which enables him to draw an athlete’s dream towards realisation. The athlete, moved to express himself within a social mosaic, chooses to do so in pursuit of competitive excellence in sport. The coach creates order and direction for that expre…
The Encyclopedia of Volcanoes is a complete reference guide, providing a comprehensive view of volcanism on the Earth and on the other planets of the Solar System that have exhibited volcanic activity. It is the first attempt to gather in one place such a vast store of knowledge on volcanic phenomena. The volume addresses all aspects of volcanism, ranging from the generation of magma, its trans…
This book has been created to help you make decisions about practical conservation management by providing an assessment, from the available scientific evidence, of what works and what does not work in conservation. It also tells you if no evidence has been found about whether or not a conservation intervention is effective. This is the 2020 edition of What Works in Conservation, which was firs…