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A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of Christiaan Huygens ...
Joella YoderChristiaan's library, just as previously he and his brothers had sold unwanted books from their father's collection. Thus, books annotated by Christiaan are found in many distant libraries. Because of intermarriage by cousins, nearly all of ...
Lenses and Waves: Christiaan Huygens and the Mathematical ...
Fokko Jan DijksterhuisThis book discusses the development of Huygens' wave theory, reconstructing the winding road that eventually led to Traité de la Lumière. For the first time, the full range of manuscript sources is taken into account.
Unrolling Time: Christiaan Huygens and the Mathematization ...
Joella G. YoderA case study of the interrelationship between mathematics and physics during the Scientific Revolution.
NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens: 1997 onwards (Cassini orbiter, ...
Ralph LorenzThe descent of the Huygens probe to the frozen surface of Saturn's moon, Titan, in 2005, marks a pinnacle achievement in space exploration - the most distant planetary landing ever made or presently foreseen.
Christiaan Barnard's Program for Living with Arthritis
Christiaan BarnardDiscusses the causes and symptoms of arthritis and offers advice on the treatment of arthritis with drugs, diet, surgery, and exercise
Dutch Atlantic Connections, 1680-1800: Linking Empires, ...
PreviewChristiaan van Bochove, “De Hollandse haringvisserij tijdens de vroegmoderne tijd,” Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis 1, no. 1 (2004): 3–17; Christiaan van Bochove and Jan Luiten van Zanden, “Two Engines of Early ...
Climate Change: Five Years After Kyoto
PreviewChristiaan Vrolijk 2001. 'The Marrakesh Accords'. RIIA Meeting Report, R1IA, London.
From Galileo to Newton
A. Rupert HallTracing the revolution in physics initiated by Galileo and culminating in Newton's achievements, this book surveys the work of Huygens, Leeuwenhoek, Boyle, Descartes, and others. 35 illustrations.
Christiaan Barnard and the Story of the First Successful ...
John BankstonIntroduces the surgeon who in 1967 became the first to successfully transplant a donor heart into another human being.
Finite Media: Environmental Implications of Digital Technologies
Sean CubittCubitt demonstrates this through case studies ranging from the 1906 film The Story of the Kelly Gang to an image of Saturn taken during NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission, suggesting that affective responses to images may generate a populist ...
Titan Unveiled: Saturn's Mysterious Moon Explored
Ralph LorenzTitan Unveiled is one of the first general interest books to reveal the startling new discoveries that have been made since the arrival of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan.
The Unwanted
Christiaan BarnardThis novel reveals the inner struggle of a heart-surgeon who has to cope with two conflicting lives: that of a husband, lover, father and friend; and that of a doctor dedicated to the fight against death as the ultimate enemy.
The Cassini-Huygens Visit to Saturn: An Historic Mission to ...
Michael MeltzerSushil Atreya, “Titan's Organic Factory,” Science 316 (11 May 2007): 843-845; Athena Coustenis et al., “Titan's Best Look Before Cassini,” Icarus 161 (2003). Ralph Lorenz interview with author, AGU, San Francisco, 16 Dec. 2009. Ralph D.
Green politics
Anil AgarwalAccording to a US study, the compliance costs for annex B are expected to be US $1 20 billion a year without trade or CDM.2 Using this estimate, Christiaan Vrolijk points out in an UNCTAD document that the total market for CDM could be US ...
Climate Change and Power: Economic Instruments for European ...
Christiaan Vrolijk'This book provides an essential guide to the challenges facing the power sector, but is equally enlightening to other industrial emitters, policy-makers and non-governmental organizations.
Beyond the Catch: Fisheries of the North Atlantic, the North ...
PreviewYoung scholars, such as Christiaan van Bochove and Bo Poulsen, show that the integration of the available source material with new models and theories can result in important new conclusions and insights.5 The contributions on the Low.
50 Ways to a Healthy Heart
Christiaan BarnardFilled with personal anecdotes, a guide from the pioneering heart surgeon provides practical information for preventing heart disease and examines every aspect of life, from laughing more often to enjoying regular sex, as it relates to ...
Shaping Medieval Markets: The Organisation of Commodity ...
Jessica DijkmanChristiaan van Bochove shared his knowledge of measuring market integration with me. Christopher Dyer allowed me to use the library of the Centre for English Local History at Leicester University and readily answered my questions about ...
Good Governance in the Middle East Oil Monarchies
PreviewFor a full discussion of the economics of the Kyoto mechanisms, and an analysis of various emissions trading studies, see Michael Grubb with Christiaan Vrolijk and Duncan Brack, The Kyoto Protocol: A Guide and Assessment (London: ...
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