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Knowledge and Ignorance of Self in Platonic Philosophy

Cambridge University Press, 2019

Knowledge and Ignorance of Self in Platonic Philosophy is the first volume of essays dedicated to the whole question of self-knowledge and its role in Platonic philosophy. It brings together established and rising scholars from every interpretative school of Plato studies, and a variety of texts from across Plato's corpus - including the...

Studying Foreign Policy Comparatively: Cases and Analysis (New Millennium Books in International Studies)

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018

What is foreign policy? What do we know about why states pursue certain foreign policies and not others? What factors go into the shaping of foreign policy? Studying Foreign Policy Comparatively, Fourth Edition (formerly titled The New...

Yet Another Introduction to Dark Matter: The Particle Physics Approach (Lecture Notes in Physics)

Springer, 2019

Dark matter is a frequently discussed topic in contemporary particle physics. Written strictly in the language of particle physics and quantum field theory, these course-based lecture notes focus on a set of standard calculations that students need in order to understand weakly interacting dark matter candidates.

After...

Education in Japan: A Comprehensive Analysis of Education Reforms and Practices (Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 47)

Springer, 2019

This book illustrates the nature of Japan’s education system and identifies its strengths and weaknesses, as well as the socioeconomic environment surrounding education in contemporary Japanese society. It describes the basic institutional structure of each educational stage, in an overview of today’s school education in Japan, while...

Service-Oriented Architecture : A Field Guide to Integrating XML and Web Services

Prentice Hall, 2004

Service-oriented integration with less cost and less risk

The emergence of key second-generation Web services standards has positioned service-oriented architecture (SOA) as the foremost platform for contemporary business automation solutions. The integration of SOA...

Professional Cooking, Trade Version

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

—From the Foreword by André Cointreau President and CEO, Le Cordon Bleu

If you're serious about cooking, you'll want to join the hundreds of thousands of chefs who have used Wayne Gisslen's Professional Cooking to learn the basics of their craft. With more information and step-by-step photographs than ever before, the Sixth Edition...

Operating Systems Design and Implementation (3rd Edition) (Prentice Hall Software Series)

Prentice Hall, 2006

The definitive, up-to-date introduction to operating systems:

Core principles plus hands-on examples with the new MINIX 3 operating system

The...

Linux: The Ultimate Step by Step Guide to Quickly and Easily Learning Linux

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

LINUX The Ultimate Step by Step Guide to Quickly and Easily Learning Linux This book is a precise yet comprehensive manual that includes all the tips, secrets and procedures that will help you learn Linux in a fun, fast and easy manner. It is a step-by-step guide that contains an in-depth analysis of contemporary and proven steps that will help...

Three Laws of Nature: A Little Book on Thermodynamics

Yale University Press, 2019

A short and entertaining introduction to thermodynamics that uses real-world examples to explain accessibly an important but subtle scientific theory

A romantic description of the second law of thermodynamics is that the universe becomes increasingly disordered. But what does that actually mean? Starting with...

Liberalism, Diversity and Domination: Kant, Mill and the Government of Difference

Cambridge University Press, 2019

This study addresses the complex and often fractious relationship between liberal political theory and difference by examining how distinctive liberalisms respond to human diversity. Drawing on published and unpublished writings, private correspondence and lecture notes, the study offers comprehensive reconstructions of Immanuel Kant's and...

Epigenetics and Assisted Reproduction: An Introductory Guide

CRC Press, 2018

Epigenetics is the study of how certain genes are activated without modification at the DNA sequence level, resulting in genetically similar individuals having different clinical outcomes. As contemporary medicine increasingly aims to personalize the medical approach to a patient's genetic profile, the factors that can affect...

Bioarchaeologists Speak Out (Bioarchaeology and Social Theory)

Springer, 2018

Bioarchaeologists who study human remains in ancient, historic and contemporary settings are securely anchored within anthropology as anthropologists, yet they have not taken on the pundits the way other subdisciplines within anthropology have. Popular science authors frequently and selectively use bioarchaeological data on...

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