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John Losee - A Historical Introduction To the Philosophy of Science (Opus)

John Losee - A Historical Introduction To the Philosophy of Science (Opus)
Oxford University Press, USA | ISBN: 978 0198700555 | 17/05/2001 | English | 328 pages | PDF | 1.5 MB
Designed for first-time readers of the subject, this stimulating introduction offers a historical exposition of differing views on the philosophy of science. With concise profiles presenting the major philosophers whose contributions are discussed in this book, Losee explores the long-argued questions raised by philosophers and scientists about the proper evaluation of science.
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The ABCs of Political Economy: A Modern Approach

Robin Hahnel, “The ABCs of Political Economy: A Modern Approach”
Pluto Press | 2002-11-20 | ISBN: 0745318584 | 320 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB
The ABCs of Political Economy is an accessible introduction to modern political economy. While informed by the work of Marx, Keynes, Veblen, Kalecki and other great political economists, Robin Hahnel teaches the reader the essential tools necessary to understand economic issues today from a modern perspective, searching for ways to replace the economics of competition and greed with the economics of equitable co-operation. The ABCs of Political Economy empowers people who are dissatisfied with today's economies but are often intimidated by conventional economic analysis.
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Patriot Battles: How the War of Independence Was Fought

Patriot Battles: How the War of Independence Was Fought By Michael Stephenson
Publisher:HarperCollins 2007 | 448 Pages | ISBN: 006073261X | PDF | 3.8 MB
Drawing on hundreds of specialist sources, contemporary and archival, Patriot Battles is the comprehensive one-volume study of the military aspects of the War of Independence. The first part of the book offers a richly detailed examination of the nuts and bolts of eighteenth-century combat: For example, who fought and what motivated them, whether patriot or redcoat, Hessian or Frenchman? How were they enlisted and trained? How were they clothed and fed? What weapons did they use, and how effective were they? When soldiers became casualties or fell ill, how did medical services deal with them? What roles did loyalists, women, blacks, and Indians play?
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Performance by Design: Computer Capacity Planning By Example


Performance by Design: Computer Capacity Planning By Example
480 pages | Prentice Hall PTR (January 15, 2004) | 0130906735 | CHM | 3 Mb
Practical systems modeling: planning performance, availability, security, and more

Computing systems must meet increasingly strict Quality of Service (QoS) requirements for performance, availability, security, and maintainability. To achieve these goals, designers, analysts, and capacity planners need a far more thorough understanding of QoS issues, and the implications of their decisions.
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Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5 ( Re Upload )

Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell | Pages: 560 | 2008-01-10 | ISBN 1405146389 | PDF | 5 MB
Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5 is a comprehensive book which provides practising engineers and specialist contractors with detailed information and in-depth guidance on the design of timber structures based on the common rules and rules for buildings in Eurocode 5 - Part 1-1. It will also be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of civil and structural engineering.
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A. K. van der Vegt - Order in Space

A. K. van der Vegt - Order in Space
Pages:94 | PDF | VSSD (January 9, 2006) | ISBN 9071301613 | 0.7 MB
Analysis and display of properties and structure of regular and semi-regular bodies.
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Early Modern Italy: A Social History

Christoph Black "Early Modern Italy: A Social History"
Routledge | 2001-01-22 | ISBN: 0415214343 | 240 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB

Early Modern Italy: A Social History is a fascinating examination of society in Italy from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries - from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. During this period Italy was not a coherent political unit, being divided into many different kinds of states. Particularly apparent was the deep North-South divide economically, socially and linguistically. This book is crucial to the understanding of the diversity, conflicts and incompatibilities from the past that still affect the stability and fragility of united Italy today.
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The Royal Image: Illustrations of the Grandes Chroniques de France, 1274-1422

The Royal Image: Illustrations of the Grandes Chroniques de France, 1274-1422 (California Studies in the History of Art) by: Anne D. Hedeman
Publisher:University of California Press 1991 | 365 Pages | ISBN: 0520070690 | PDF | 6 MB
The Grandes Chroniques de France is a vernacular, frequently illustrated history of the medieval French monarchs. Originally describing the lives of the kings from their origins in Troy in 1274 to the reign of Philip Augustus, it was updated in several stages to the life of Charles VI. Copied and amended for a variety of royal and courtly patrons, approximately 130 of these manuscripts exist today. Anne Hedeman provides the first critical and comprehensive study of the chronicle's illustrations.
Hedeman concentrates on the illustrations in twenty manuscripts, analyzing their artistic and cultural significance and offering new methods for studying illustrated manuscripts.
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William B Irvine - A Guide To the Good Life: the Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

William B Irvine - A Guide To the Good Life: the Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
OUP USA | ISBN: 978 0195374612 | 04/11/2008 | English | 336 pages | PDF | 2 MB
One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, and shows how its insight and advice are still remarkably applicable to modern lives.
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Principles of Tissue Engineering, 2 Ed

Robert Lanza, Robert Langer, Joseph P. Vacanti, "Principles of Tissue Engineering, 2 Ed" Academic Press | 2000-05-15 | ISBN: 0124366309 | 995 pages | PDF | 14 MB
The opportunity that tissue engineering provides for medicine is extraordinary. In the United States alone, over half-a-trillion dollars are spent each year to care for patients who suffer from tissue loss or dysfunction.
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Basic Elements of Differential Geometry and Topology by S.P. Novikov, A.T. Fomenko

S.P. Novikov, A.T. Fomenko. Basic Elements of Differential Geometry and Topology
(Mathematics and its Applications)
Kluwer Academic Publishers | 1990-11 | ISBN: 0792310098 | 504 pages | PDF/djvu | 29/3 Mb
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Ghazali (Makers of the Muslim World)

Eric Ormsby, "Ghazali (Makers of the Muslim World)" Oneworld Publications | 2008-03-25 | ISBN: 185168414X | 160 pages | PDF | 1,7 MB
This fascinating work profiles Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111), the foremost Islamic scholar and mystic of the medieval period. Appointed head of the Nizamiyyah College at Baghdad, he attracted interested audiences from across the Islamic world. Due to a spiritual crisis, he went into self-imposed exile, during which he wrote the Sufi masterpiece, Revival of the Sciences of Religion. This is a stimulating introduction to the great man's life and work.
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Modern Computer Algebra

Joachim Zur Gathen & Jürgen Gerhard "Modern Computer Algebra"
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press | ISBN: 0521641764 | 1st. ed. 1999 | djvu | 767 pages | English | 10 MB
Computer algebra systems are gaining importance in all areas of science and engineering. This textbook gives a thorough introduction to the algorithmic basis of the mathematical engine in computer algebra systems. It is designed to accompany one- or two-semester courses for advanced undergraduate or graduate students in computer science or mathematics. Its comprehensiveness and authority also make it an essential reference for professionals in the area.
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Ashraf Ali Thanawi: Islam in Modern South Asia

Muhammad Qasim Zaman, “Ashraf Ali Thanawi: Islam in Modern South Asia” Oneworld Publications | 2008-03-25 | ISBN: 1851684158 | 160 pages | PDF | 1,05 MB Ashraf `Ali Thanawi (1863-1943) was one of the most prominent religious scholars in Islamic history. Author of over a thousand books on different aspects of Islam, his work sought to defend the Islamic scholarly tradition and to articulate its authority in an age of momentous religious and political change. In this authoritative biography, Muhammad Qasim Zaman offers a comprehensive and highly accessible account of Thanawi's multifaceted career and thought, whilst also providing a valuable introduction to Islam in modern South Asia....
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Economical Writing, 2 Ed

Deirdre McCloskey, "Economical Writing, 2 Ed" Waveland Pr Inc | 1999-05 | ISBN: 1577660633 | 112 pages | Djvu | 1,3 MB Anyone who cares about direct, clear expression should read this lucid, delightful gem by an author who practices what she advises. ...
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Symbiosis: Mechanisms and Model Systems

J. Seckbach, "Symbiosis: Mechanisms and Model Systems" Springer | 2001-12-01 | ISBN: 1402001894 | 808 pages | PDF | 3 MB Symbiosis is the fourth volume in the series Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats (COLE). Fifty experts, from over a dozen countries, review their current studies on different approaches to these phenomena. The chapters present various aspects of symbiosis from gene transfer, morphological features, and biodiversity to individual organisms sharing mutual cellular habitats. The origin of the eukaryotic phase is discussed with emphasis on cyanelles, H syntrophy, N2 fixation, and S-based symbiosis (as well as the origin of mitochondrion, chloroplast, and nucleus). All members of the three domains of life are presented for sharing symbiotic associations. This volume brings the concept of living together as `One plus One (plus One) equals One.' The purpose of this book is to introduce the teacher, researcher, scholar, and student as well as the open-minded and science-oriented reader to the global importance of this association. ...
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Al-Mutanabbi (Makers of the Muslim World)

Margaret Larkin, "Al-Mutanabbi (Makers of the Muslim World)" Oneworld Publications | 2008-03-25 | ISBN: 1851684069 | 160 pages | PDF | 1,6 MB This exhaustive and yet enthralling study considers the life and work of al-Mutanabbi (915-965), often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets. A revolutionary at heart and often imprisoned or forced into exile throughout his tumultuous life, al-Mutanabbi wrote both controversial satires and when employed by one of his many patrons, laudatory panegyrics. Employing an ornate style and use of the ode, al-Mutanabbi was one of the first to successfully move away from the traditionally rigid form of Arabic verse, the 'qasida'....
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Abd al-Rahman (Makers of the Muslim World)

Maribel Fierro, "Abd al-Rahman (Makers of the Muslim World)" Oneworld Publications | 2005-07-25 | ISBN: 1851683844 | 160 pages | PDF | 1 MB Covers the 10th-century founder of the great Cordova Caliphate....
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100 Questions and Answers About Breast Surgery

Joseph J. Disa, Marie Czenko Kuechel, “100 Questions and Answers About Breast Surgery” Jones & Bartlett Publishers | 2005-06 | ISBN: 0763730416 | 241 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB More than half a million women undergo therapeutic or cosmetic breast surgery each year. Whether you or a loved one is undergoing breast surgery for therapeutic or cosmetic reasons, the options and information about breast surgery can be overwhelming. This invaluable resource offers the guidance and advice you need....
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Ahmad Riza Khan (Makers of the Muslim World)

Usha Sanyal, "Ahmad Riza Khan (Makers of the Muslim World)" Oneworld Publications | 2005-07-25 | ISBN: 1851683593 | 160 pages | PDF | 1 MB Introduces the legendary leader of the great 20th-century Sunni movement....
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