Jean Paul: 842 books
Vicos and Beyond
A Half Century of Applying Anthropology in Peru
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
In 1952, Professor Allan Holmberg arranged for Cornell University to lease the Hacienda Vicos, an agricultural estate in the central Peruvian highlands on which some 1800 Quechua-speaking highland peasants resided. Between 1952 and 1957 Holmberg, with colleagues and students, initiated a set of social,...
Educating Latino Students
A Guide to Successful Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2002
Latino/a students are in a unique position in today's society; teachers and administrators are in an influential position in educating them. Community, parents, and educators alike are poised to enable these students to gain the education they need for success. Chapters by recognized authors and successful...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of oil palm Volume 2
Diseases, pests, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Oil palm is widely cultivated in tropical countries for use in food processing, personal care products and other applications such as biodiesel. Cultivation faces a range of challenges such as its environmental impact (e.g. in deforestation and biodiversity loss) as well threats from pests and diseases....
Verner Suomi
The Life and Work of the Founder of Satellite Meteorology
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
As the space age got underway in the wake of Sputnik, one of the earliest areas of science to take advantage of the new observational opportunities it afforded was the study of climate and weather. This book tells the story of Finnish-American educator, inventor, and scientist Verner Suomi, who, in...
by Jean Lindenmann, Paul A. Klein
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
mouse tissue alloantigen detected by this procedure. An antigen of cross-reacting specificity was revealed in tissue extracts of many other animal species. We next wanted to learn more about the antigen responsible for induction of postoncolytic immunity. Extracts from virus-infected tumors were immunogenic,...
Acoustics
Basic Physics, Theory, and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 1998
The book is devoted to the very basis of acoustics and vibro-acoustics. The physics of the phenomena, the analytical methods and the modern numerical techniques are presented in a concise form. Many examples illustrate the fundamental problems and predictions (analytic or numerical) and are often...
by Lev M. Blinov, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Mikhail V. Kozlovsky
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2002
Wolfgang Knoll is a former Directory of Polymer research at the Max Planck Institute. He is extremely well know for his research in this area. Zouheir Sekkat was a Postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck working under Professor Knoll. With Knoll's involvement, we can be confident that the best people in this field will be contributing to the reference.
by Paul-Jean Franceschini
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Antoine est fasciné par les fastes de l’Orient que lui laisse miroiter la belle Cléopâtre, souveraine d’Égypte, qui règne sur les plus fertiles du bassin méditerranéen. Leur rencontre diplomatique se transforme en une passion amoureuse qui déterminera le destin du monde. Antoine, lieutenant...
Le "Pourquoi-pas ?" dans l'Antarctique
Journal de la 2e expédition au Pôle sud, 1908-1910, suivi des rapports scientifiques des membres de l'état-major
Language: French
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Extrait : "16 décembre 1908. — Par beau temps calme, nous appareillons de Punta-Arenas à 9 heures du soir. M. Blanchard, le si aimable consul de France, venu à bord de son launch la Laurita à 8 h. 30, amenait M. le gouverneur Chaigneau, M. Henkes, un des directeurs norvégiens de la Sociedad...
by Jean Guiart, Charles-André Julien, Paul Angoulvent
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1971
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1971
Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.
La légende du Juif errant
( Edition intégrale ) illustré
Language: French
Release Date: November 3, 2018
Il est ordinairement impossible de découvrir l’origine véritable d’une légende populaire, et même de préciser l’époque où elle a commencé de courir par le monde. On peut la comparer presque toujours à une épidémie, dont les causes secrètes échappent aux recherches de la science,...
by L. T. Meade, Paul de Garros (traducteur), Jean-Daniel Brèque (traducteur)
Language: French
Release Date: December 13, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: December 13, 2015
Au cœur de la nuit, parmi les ombres du jardin, deux yeux menaçants braqués sur Nora Dallas, une jeune fille qui se remet mal de la mort de son père.
Mais bientôt, c'est dans le couloir menant à sa chambre qu'apparaissent les yeux ardents.
Que lui...
Enjoying Religion
Pleasure and Fun in Established and New Religious Movements
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
“Enjoying religion” seems to be a contradiction because religion is generally perceived as a serious or even suppressive phenomenon. This volume is the first to study the increase of enjoying religion systematically by presenting eleven new case studies, occurring on four continents. The volume...
Les Demoiselles Goubert
Moeurs de Paris
Language: French
Release Date: February 5, 2016
DANS le lit de palissandre à cintres, sous les rideaux cramoisis retroussés, M. Goubert agonise, tout violâtre des spasmes d’apoplexie.
Continûment la jambe se meut, et les orteils balancés ondulent le drap. Un râle monte, un râle gras qui grouille dans la gorge étrécie.
La...