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Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Jun 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0198845375ISBN 13: 9780198845379
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the philosophy of Aristotle and Confucius, to Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, to the paintings of Raphael, Botticelli and many more, fascination with the virtues has endured and evolved to fit a wide range of cultural, religious, and philosophical contexts through the centuries.This Very Short Introduction introduces readers to the various virtues: the moral virtues, the intellectual virtues, and the theological virtues, as well as the capital vices. It explores the role of the virtues in moral life, their cultivation, and how they offer ways of thinking and acting that are alternatives to mere rule-following. It also considers the relationship of the virtues to our own emotions, desires, and rational capacities.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. 144 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Jun 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0198842236ISBN 13: 9780198842231
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'fascinating'Brian CoxThis is the story of citizen science. Where once astronomers sat at the controls of giant telescopes in remote locations, praying for clear skies, now they have no need to budge from their desks, as data arrives in their inbox. And what they receive is overwhelming; projects now being built provide more data in a few nights than in the whole of humanity's history of observing the Universe. It's not just astronomy either--dealing with this deluge of data is the major challenge for scientists at CERN, and for biologists who use automated cameras to spy on animals in their natural habitats. Artificial intelligence is one part of the solution--but will it spell the end of human involvement in scientific discovery No, argues Chris Lintott. We humans still have unique capabilities to bring to bear--our curiosity, our capacity for wonder, and, most importantly, our capacity for surprise. It seems that humans and computers working together do better than computers can on their own. But with so much scientific data, you need a lot of scientists--a crowd, in fact. Lintott found such a crowd in the Zooniverse, the web-based project that allows hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic volunteers to contribute to science.In this book, Lintott describes the exciting discoveries that people all over the world have made, from galaxies to pulsars, exoplanets to moons, and from penguin behaviour to old ship's logs. This approach builds on a long history of so-called 'citizen science', given new power by fast internet and distributed data. Discovery is no longer the remit only of scientists in specialist labs or academics in ivory towers. It's something we can all take part in. As Lintott shows, it's a wonderful way to engage with science, yielding new insights daily. You, too, can help explore the Universe in your lunch hour. 304 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Jun 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0197535666ISBN 13: 9780197535660
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book makes the case for why the United States should embrace 'gay reparations,' or policies intended to make amends for a history of discrimination, stigmatization, and violence against the LGBT community. It contends that gay reparations are a moral imperative for bringing dignity to those whose human rights have been violated because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity, for closing painful histories of state-sponsored victimization of LGBT people, and for reminding future generations of past struggles for LGBT equality. To make its case, the book examines how other Western democracies notorious for their oppression of homosexuals have implemented gay reparations--specifically Spain, Britain, and Germany. Their collective experience shows that although there is no universal approach to gay reparations, it is never too late for countries to seek to right past wrongs.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Jun 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0197513700ISBN 13: 9780197513705
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In China's Civilian Army, long-time China reporter Peter Martin combines a fast-paced history of the Chinese Communist Party's diplomatic corps with a deeply researched and revealing account of how China engages the world today through its diplomatic 'civilian army.' Drawing from over 100 memoirs by Chinese diplomats as well as years of interviews, he provides a rich portrait of how they operate-and how they are viewed by their counterparts in other nations. As China flexes its muscles across the globe, understanding the methods and motivations of Chinese diplomats will become essential for governments, business leaders, and scholars everywhere.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Jun 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0198861559ISBN 13: 9780198861553
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The story of the Vikings in North America as both fact and fiction, from the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth and eleventh centuries to the myths and fabrications about their presence there that have developed in recent centuries.Tracking the saga of the Norse across the North Atlantic to America, Norse America sets the record straight about the idea that the Vikings 'discovered' America. The journey described is a continuum, with evidence-based history and archaeology at one end, and fake history and outright fraud at the other. In between there lies a huge expanse of uncertainty: sagas that may contain shards of truth, characters that may be partly historical, real archaeology that may be interpreted through the fictions of saga, and fragmentary evidence open to responsible and irresponsible interpretation. Norse America is a book that tells two stories. The first is the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth and eleventh centuries, settling in Greenland and establishing a shore station at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland (to which a chapter of the book is devoted) and ending (but not culminating) in a fleeting and ill-documented presence on the shores of the North American mainland. The second is the appropriation and enhancement of the westward narrative by Canadians and Americans who want America to have had white North European origins, who therefore want the Vikings to have 'discovered' America, and who in the advancement of that thesis have been willing to twist and manufacture evidence in support of claims grounded in an ideology of racial superiority.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Jun 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0197579426ISBN 13: 9780197579428
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Panoptic Sort was an important contribution to contemporary understanding of the collection, processing, and use of personal information within the corporate sector. It represented a critical shift within the developing area of surveillance and privacy studies. This second edition features an updated Foreword focusing on developments within this field since its initial publication in 1993. The Afterword explores the possibilities for the mobilization of an engaged public willing and able to call for the establishment of limitations on the use of algorithmically processed data in ways that threaten the democratic process.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Jun 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0190675144ISBN 13: 9780190675141
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Offers the full story of a fateful alliance between past and future mortal enemies--long preceding the well-known Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact--whose dimensions were kept secret from the outside world and yet which set the stage for World War Two and its outcome.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Jun 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0195338855ISBN 13: 9780195338850
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This history of Asian Americans in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II reveals the inner workings of this spy agency and how Euroamerican leaders' conceptions of 'race' and 'loyalty' shaped US wartime intelligence.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Jun 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0190090464ISBN 13: 9780190090463
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Charlie Brown's America tells the story of how and why the lovable kids and an adventurous beagle of Peanuts became the unlikely spokespeople for American life in the last half of the twentieth century.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Jun 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 186940906XISBN 13: 9781869409067
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Jun 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0190499826ISBN 13: 9780190499822
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This first history of Avon traces the direct sales company's growth from its earliest days into an international corporation that operates in more than 60 countries and has had more than 4 million female representatives.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Jun 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0198863268ISBN 13: 9780198863267
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This biography reveals how important spiritual factors and influences were to Arthur Sullivan's life and work and explores his rich corpus of sacred pieces, which includes the best-selling Victorian parlour ballad 'The Lost Chord' and the tune of 'Onward, Christian Soldiers'.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Jun 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 019755251XISBN 13: 9780197552513
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Ramayana, one of the two pre-eminent ancient Hindu epics, has played a foundational role in many aspects of India's arts and social norms. For centuries, people learned this narrative by watching, listening, and participating in enactments of it. The story has continued to be retold and rethought through the centuries in many of India's regional languages, such as Hindi, Tamil, and Bengali, and has provided the basis for enactments in recitation, musical renditions, dance, and avant-garde performances. This volume introduces non-specialists to the Ramayana's major themes and complexities, as well as to the highly nuanced terms in Indian languages used to represent theater and performance.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Jun 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0197576079ISBN 13: 9780197576076
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Flora of North America North of Mexico Volume 10: Magnoliophyta: Proteaceae to Elaeagnaceae includes treatments prepared by 24 authors covering 454 species in 66 genera classified in 12 families. Onagraceae, the largest family in the volume, with 277 species in 17 genera, is especially richly represented in North America. The family comprises annual and perennial herbs, with some shrubs and a few small to medium-sized trees. Other families included in the volume are Buxaceae (3 species), Combretaceae (8 species), Elaeagnaceae (9 species), Gunneraceae (1 species), Haloragaceae (17 species), Lythraceae (31 species), Melastomataceae (15 species), Myrtaceae (38 species), Polygalaceae (53 species), Proteaceae (1 species), and Surianaceae (1 species). Descriptions for all of the families, genera, species, and recognized infraspecies are provided, as are occurrence maps for all species and infraspecies. Every genus and more than 25% of the species are illustrated. Keys are included to aid in the identification of genera in families and species within the genera. Volume 10 is the twenty-second volume to be published in the planned 30-volume Flora of North America North of Mexico series.