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Small Asian Wonders

, 2017
As curiosity grew in the Renaissance, so did the scope of collections of wonders. The Cricket Cage, Jade Screen, and Iron Dragon are three examples of rare collection items from the Far East.
Bucci, Gabriella A.
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Leonardo and the Whale

, 2019
Around 1480, when he was 28 years old, Leonardo da Vinci recorded what may have been a seminal event in his life. In writing of his travels to view nature he recounted an experience in a cave in the Tuscan countryside: Having wandered for some distance ...
Etheridge, Kay
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Wonderful Examples, but Let's not Close Our Eyes

, 2014
The papers in this collection are superb illustrations of the power of modern Bayesian methods. They give examples of problems which are well suited to being tackled using such methods, but one must not lose sight of the merits of having multiple ...
Hand, David J.
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Under the Wing of a Creature of the Night

, 2017
Magnificent in its sheer power and beauty, this owl wing has a wingspan of 18 inches and measures 10 inches from the shoulder bone to the secondary feathers.
Chin, Julia M.
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Scientific 'marvels' in the public sphere

, 2012
This paper examines the scientific culture of the 1888 Barcelona International Exhibition from different perspectives. Firstly, it emphasises how controversy rather than consensus imbued the everyday life of the city during that exceptional event, from April to December 1888. Secondly, the article discusses how science-including science, technology and
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The Network Analysis of Urban Streets: A Primal Approach

, 2005
The network metaphor in the analysis of urban and territorial cases has a long tradition especially in transportation/land-use planning and economic geography.
Alexander C, Anthonisse J M, Barabási A L, Batty M, Batty M, Batty M, Batty M, Batty M, Dagum C, Dalton N, Dalton N, Descartes R, Desyllas J, Erdös P, Hall E T, Hillier B, Hillier B, Jacobs A, Jacobs J, Jiang B, Larson R, Latora V, Le Corbusier, Nakao K, Newman P, Penn A, Ravasz E, Salheen M, Scott J, Thomson R C, Weaver W, Wilson G A   +31 more
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IMPACT: The Journal of the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning. Volume 4, Issue 1, Winter 2015 [PDF]

, 2015
Impact: The Journal of the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning is a peer-reviewed, biannual online journal that publishes scholarly and creative non-fiction essays about the theory, practice and assessment of interdisciplinary education ...

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“Searching for order at all levels”. Antonio Lima-de-Faria (July 4, 1921 – December 27, 2023)

Caryologia
Professor Antonio Lima-de-Faria was our friend and, in a sense, a teacher. Despite our different fields of study, this master of scientific thought has deeply influenced both of us. Dr.
Stefano Serafini, Tatyana S. Turova
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Translation theory and practice in the Abbasid era [PDF]

, 2014
textThis paper explores the theoretical approaches to translation and the dynamics of language politics during the ʻAbbāsid-era translation movement through the lens of three prominent figures of the ʿAbbāsid era, Ḥunayn ibn Isʹhāq, Mattā bin Yūnus
Goodin, Katherine Sproul
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Ortelius\u27s Map of the World and Homann\u27s Ship Model Map

, 2017
Abraham Ortelius and Johann Baptist Homann were very successful cartographers who benefitted from the rising trend in curiosity cabinets during the Renaissance.
Milano, Luiza Ely, Stawinski, Aline Vargas   +1 more
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