Nature in Seclusion. The Monastic Republic of Letters in Southern Germany**
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 215-241, September 2024.Abstract Monasteries were famous for their extensive libraries and richly decorated churches. Less well known are their observatories and their mathematical‐physical collections with telescopes, air pumps, and friction machines. But how did the way of life in the monastery and scientific practices influence each other?
Julia Bloemer
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Goldsmith's cosmopolitanism [PDF]
, 2006 [First Paragraph] Although imaginary travelers and voyages date back at least as far as the work of Lucian, the figure of the fictional oriental traveler seems to belong primarily to the eighteenth century.
Watt, J
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Round Trip Policies: Housing and Self‐Management, from Europe to Latin America and Back Again
Antipode, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 446-468, March 2024.Abstract Current debates in radical urban studies and comparative urbanism focus in part on the denunciation of universalisation in urban theories as an expression of Eurocentrism. Decolonial and postcolonial scholars risk rejecting general theorising in the name of particularism, difference, and the fragmentary character of the world and reducing ...
Ibán Díaz‐Parra +2 more
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Teachers and Their Work in the Voluntary Associations of the Eastern Siberian Cities in the Late 19th Century [PDF]
, 2016 Session: VI-B: Organizations and Identity. Presenter: Dr. Anna Raskin, Montgomery County Community College - "Teachers and Their Work in the Voluntary Associations of the Eastern Siberian Cities in the Late 19th Century"
Raskin, Anna
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Leisure in Stalin’s Estonia [PDF]
, 2010 The period of Stalinism is usually overshadowed by accounts of terror and a topic like leisure seems not to be appropriate. Nevertheless, leisure was an important aspect of everyday life in Estonia under Stalin’s reign.
Olaf Mertelsmann
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Vocal imprecision as a universal constraint on the structure of musical scales. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Phillips E, Brown S.
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Spartan Daily, February 3, 1976 [PDF]
, 1976 Volume 66, Issue 4https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/6035/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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Editorial: A 150 years' celebration of Darwin's book on human evolution and sexual selection: its legacy and future prospects. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2023 Varella MAC +7 more
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Eduard Artem’ev and the Sonics of National Identity [PDF]
, 2016 National identity has a specific resonance in music, as well as in film. Music played a prominent role in the development of Rusia’s nineteenth century nationalist movements, while European trends such as Baroque and Classical have certain cultural ...
E, Gelberg-Wilson
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In good company: risk, security and choice in young people's drug decisions [PDF]
, 2007 This article draws on original empirical research with young people to question the degree to which 'individualisation of risk', as developed in the work of Beck and Giddens, adequately explains the risks young people bear and take.
Beck U. +12 more
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