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Livro The History and Geography of Human Genes
Hailed as a breakthrough in the understanding of human evolution, The History and Geography of Human Genes offers the first full-scale reconstruction of where human populations originated and the paths by which they spread throughout the world. By mapping the worldwide geographic distribution of genes for over 110 traits in over 1800 primarily aboriginal populations, the authors charted migrations...
1996
1 novo
R$ 953,72
Livro Phantoms of Remembrance
In Phantoms of Remembrance, Patrick Geary makes important new inroads into the widely discussed topic of historical memory, vividly evoking the everyday lives of eleventh-century people and both their written and nonwritten ways of preserving the past. Women praying for their dead, monks creating and re-creating their archives, scribes choosing which royal families of the past to applaud and which...
1996
1 novo
R$ 541,09
Livro Phantoms of Remembrance
In Phantoms of Remembrance, Patrick Geary makes important new inroads into the widely discussed topic of historical memory, vividly evoking the everyday lives of eleventh-century people and both their written and nonwritten ways of preserving the past. Women praying for their dead, monks creating and re-creating their archives, scribes choosing which royal families of the past to applaud and which...
1996
1 novo
R$ 541,09
Livro The Divine Comedy, I. Inferno, Vol. I. Part 2
Charles S. Singletons edition of the Divine Comedy, of which this is the first part, provides the English-speaking reader with everything he needs to read and understand Dantes great masterpiece.The Italian text here is in the edition of Giorgio Petrocchi, the leading Italian editor of Dante. Professor Singletons prose translation, facing the Italian in a line-for-line arrangement on each page, is...
1990
1 novo
R$ 698,86
Livro A Virtue for Courageous Minds
Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is one of the most understudied concepts in political theory. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer these questions, A Virtue for Courageous Minds examines moderation in modern French political thought ...
2016
1 novo
R$ 320,55
Livro The Divine Comedy, I. Inferno, Vol. I. Part 2
Charles S. Singletons edition of the Divine Comedy, of which this is the first part, provides the English-speaking reader with everything he needs to read and understand Dantes great masterpiece.The Italian text here is in the edition of Giorgio Petrocchi, the leading Italian editor of Dante. Professor Singletons prose translation, facing the Italian in a line-for-line arrangement on each page, is...
1990
1 novo
R$ 698,86
Livro The History and Geography of Human Genes
Hailed as a breakthrough in the understanding of human evolution, The History and Geography of Human Genes offers the first full-scale reconstruction of where human populations originated and the paths by which they spread throughout the world. By mapping the worldwide geographic distribution of genes for over 110 traits in over 1800 primarily aboriginal populations, the authors charted migrations...
1996
1 novo
R$ 953,72
Livro Tokutomi Soho, 1863-1957
Tokutomi Soho was one of modern Japans most prolific, most popular, and most influential journalists and social critics. Through a comprehensive and balanced biography of this important public figure, John Pierson examines the interaction of a man and his time.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out...
2014
1 novo
R$ 723,90
Livro A Virtue for Courageous Minds
Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is one of the most understudied concepts in political theory. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer these questions, A Virtue for Courageous Minds examines moderation in modern French political thought ...
2016
1 novo
R$ 320,55
Livro A Virtue for Courageous Minds
Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is one of the most understudied concepts in political theory. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer these questions, A Virtue for Courageous Minds examines moderation in modern French political thought ...
2016
1 novo
R$ 320,55
Livro Myth, Religion, and Mother Right
The Swiss thinker J. J. Bachofen is most often connected with his theory of matriarchy, or mother right, but that concept is only a small part of his contribution to our understanding of cultural history. This book includes an autobiographical essay and selections from An Essay on Ancient Mortuary Symbolism, Mother Right, and The Myth of Tanaquil. ?
1992
1 novo
R$ 549,72
Livro A Virtue for Courageous Minds
Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is one of the most understudied concepts in political theory. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer these questions, A Virtue for Courageous Minds examines moderation in modern French political thought ...
2016
1 novo
R$ 320,55
Livro A Virtue for Courageous Minds
Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is one of the most understudied concepts in political theory. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer these questions, A Virtue for Courageous Minds examines moderation in modern French political thought ...
2016
1 novo
R$ 320,55
Livro The Divine Comedy, I. Inferno, Vol. I. Part 2
Charles S. Singletons edition of the Divine Comedy, of which this is the first part, provides the English-speaking reader with everything he needs to read and understand Dantes great masterpiece.The Italian text here is in the edition of Giorgio Petrocchi, the leading Italian editor of Dante. Professor Singletons prose translation, facing the Italian in a line-for-line arrangement on each page, is...
1990
1 novo
R$ 698,86
Livro The Calculi of Lambda-Conversion (AM-6), Volume 6
The classic book that inspired Alan Turing and helped to lay the foundation for theoretical computer scienceThis book provides a concise introduction to the calculi of lambda-conversion first discovered by Alonzo Church and developed by him in collaboration with his students, S. C. Kleene and J. B. Rosser. The first four chapters present the calculus of lambda-conversion in detail, with subsequent...
1985
1 novo
R$ 612,28
Livro The Calculi of Lambda-Conversion (AM-6), Volume 6
The classic book that inspired Alan Turing and helped to lay the foundation for theoretical computer scienceThis book provides a concise introduction to the calculi of lambda-conversion first discovered by Alonzo Church and developed by him in collaboration with his students, S. C. Kleene and J. B. Rosser. The first four chapters present the calculus of lambda-conversion in detail, with subsequent...
1985
1 novo
R$ 612,28
Livro Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline
What can--and what cant--philosophy do? What are its ethical risks--and its possible rewards? How does it differ from science? In Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline, Bernard Williams addresses these questions and presents a striking vision of philosophy as fundamentally different from science in its aims and methods even though there is still in philosophy something that counts as getting it ri...
2008
1 novo
R$ 378,90
The Ambiguous Frog
How do ideas become accepted by the scientific community? How and why do scientists choose among empirically equivalent theories? In this pathbreaking book translated from the Italian, Marcello Pera addresses these questions by exploring the politics, rhetoric, scientific practices, and metaphysical assumptions that entered into the famous Galvani-Volta controversy of the late eighteenth century. ...
2014
1 novo
R$ 491,41
Livro Music as Thought
Before the nineteenth century, instrumental music was considered inferior to vocal music. Kant described wordless music as more pleasure than culture, and Rousseau dismissed it for its inability to convey concepts. But by the early 1800s, a dramatic shift was under way. Purely instrumental music was now being hailed as a means to knowledge and embraced precisely because of its independence from th...
2015
1 novo
R$ 298,58
Livro The History and Geography of Human Genes
Hailed as a breakthrough in the understanding of human evolution, The History and Geography of Human Genes offers the first full-scale reconstruction of where human populations originated and the paths by which they spread throughout the world. By mapping the worldwide geographic distribution of genes for over 110 traits in over 1800 primarily aboriginal populations, the authors charted migrations...
1996
1 novo
R$ 953,72
Livro Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy
Should the Supreme Court have the last word when it comes to interpreting the Constitution? The justices on the Supreme Court certainly seem to think so--and their critics say that this position threatens democracy. But Keith Whittington argues that the Courts justices have not simply seized power and circumvented politics. The justices have had power thrust upon them--by politicians, for the bene...
2009
1 novo
R$ 399,61
Livro A Virtue for Courageous Minds
Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is one of the most understudied concepts in political theory. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer these questions, A Virtue for Courageous Minds examines moderation in modern French political thought ...
2016
1 novo
R$ 320,55
Livro The History and Geography of Human Genes
Hailed as a breakthrough in the understanding of human evolution, The History and Geography of Human Genes offers the first full-scale reconstruction of where human populations originated and the paths by which they spread throughout the world. By mapping the worldwide geographic distribution of genes for over 110 traits in over 1800 primarily aboriginal populations, the authors charted migrations...
1996
1 novo
R$ 953,72
Livro Music as Thought
Before the nineteenth century, instrumental music was considered inferior to vocal music. Kant described wordless music as more pleasure than culture, and Rousseau dismissed it for its inability to convey concepts. But by the early 1800s, a dramatic shift was under way. Purely instrumental music was now being hailed as a means to knowledge and embraced precisely because of its independence from th...
2015
1 novo
R$ 298,58
Livro A Virtue for Courageous Minds
Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is one of the most understudied concepts in political theory. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer these questions, A Virtue for Courageous Minds examines moderation in modern French political thought ...
2016
1 novo
R$ 320,55
Livro Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline
What can--and what cant--philosophy do? What are its ethical risks--and its possible rewards? How does it differ from science? In Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline, Bernard Williams addresses these questions and presents a striking vision of philosophy as fundamentally different from science in its aims and methods even though there is still in philosophy something that counts as getting it ri...
2008
1 novo
R$ 378,90
Livro The Divine Comedy, I. Inferno, Vol. I. Part 2
Charles S. Singletons edition of the Divine Comedy, of which this is the first part, provides the English-speaking reader with everything he needs to read and understand Dantes great masterpiece.The Italian text here is in the edition of Giorgio Petrocchi, the leading Italian editor of Dante. Professor Singletons prose translation, facing the Italian in a line-for-line arrangement on each page, is...
1990
1 novo
R$ 698,86
Livro Jung on Death and Immortality
As a doctor, I make every effort to strengthen the belief in immortality, especially with older patients when such questions come threateningly close. For, seen in correct psychological perspective, death is not an end but a goal, and lifes inclination towards death begins as soon as the meridian is past.--C.G. Jung, commentary on The Secret of the Golden Flower ? Here collected for the first time...
1999
1 novo
R$ 201,49
Livro A Virtue for Courageous Minds
Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is one of the most understudied concepts in political theory. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer these questions, A Virtue for Courageous Minds examines moderation in modern French political thought ...
2016
1 novo
R$ 320,55
Livro A Virtue for Courageous Minds
Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is one of the most understudied concepts in political theory. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer these questions, A Virtue for Courageous Minds examines moderation in modern French political thought ...
2016
1 novo
R$ 320,55
Livro Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy
Should the Supreme Court have the last word when it comes to interpreting the Constitution? The justices on the Supreme Court certainly seem to think so--and their critics say that this position threatens democracy. But Keith Whittington argues that the Courts justices have not simply seized power and circumvented politics. The justices have had power thrust upon them--by politicians, for the bene...
2009
1 novo
R$ 399,61
Livro The Calculi of Lambda-Conversion (AM-6), Volume 6
The classic book that inspired Alan Turing and helped to lay the foundation for theoretical computer scienceThis book provides a concise introduction to the calculi of lambda-conversion first discovered by Alonzo Church and developed by him in collaboration with his students, S. C. Kleene and J. B. Rosser. The first four chapters present the calculus of lambda-conversion in detail, with subsequent...
1985
1 novo
R$ 612,28
Livro Daidalos and the Origins of Greek Art
In a major revisionary approach to ancient Greek culture, Sarah Morris invokes as a paradigm the myths surrounding Daidalos to describe the profound influence of the Near East on Greeces artistic and literary origins.
1995
1 novo
R$ 997,79
Livro Phantoms of Remembrance
In Phantoms of Remembrance, Patrick Geary makes important new inroads into the widely discussed topic of historical memory, vividly evoking the everyday lives of eleventh-century people and both their written and nonwritten ways of preserving the past. Women praying for their dead, monks creating and re-creating their archives, scribes choosing which royal families of the past to applaud and which...
1996
1 novo
R$ 541,09
Livro A Virtue for Courageous Minds
Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is one of the most understudied concepts in political theory. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer these questions, A Virtue for Courageous Minds examines moderation in modern French political thought ...
2016
1 novo
R$ 320,55
Livro Weimar Thought
A comprehensive look at the intellectual and cultural innovations of the Weimar periodDuring its short lifespan, the Weimar Republic (1918-33) witnessed an unprecedented flowering of achievements in many areas, including psychology, political theory, physics, philosophy, literary and cultural criticism, and the arts. Leading intellectuals, scholars, and critics-such as Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjam...
2015
1 novo
R$ 347,05
Livro Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy
Should the Supreme Court have the last word when it comes to interpreting the Constitution? The justices on the Supreme Court certainly seem to think so--and their critics say that this position threatens democracy. But Keith Whittington argues that the Courts justices have not simply seized power and circumvented politics. The justices have had power thrust upon them--by politicians, for the bene...
2009
1 novo
R$ 399,61
Livro Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy
Should the Supreme Court have the last word when it comes to interpreting the Constitution? The justices on the Supreme Court certainly seem to think so--and their critics say that this position threatens democracy. But Keith Whittington argues that the Courts justices have not simply seized power and circumvented politics. The justices have had power thrust upon them--by politicians, for the bene...
2009
1 novo
R$ 399,61
Livro The Calculi of Lambda-Conversion (AM-6), Volume 6
The classic book that inspired Alan Turing and helped to lay the foundation for theoretical computer scienceThis book provides a concise introduction to the calculi of lambda-conversion first discovered by Alonzo Church and developed by him in collaboration with his students, S. C. Kleene and J. B. Rosser. The first four chapters present the calculus of lambda-conversion in detail, with subsequent...
1985
1 novo
R$ 612,28
Livro The Calculi of Lambda-Conversion (AM-6), Volume 6
The classic book that inspired Alan Turing and helped to lay the foundation for theoretical computer scienceThis book provides a concise introduction to the calculi of lambda-conversion first discovered by Alonzo Church and developed by him in collaboration with his students, S. C. Kleene and J. B. Rosser. The first four chapters present the calculus of lambda-conversion in detail, with subsequent...
1985
1 novo
R$ 612,28
Livro The Calculi of Lambda-Conversion (AM-6), Volume 6
The classic book that inspired Alan Turing and helped to lay the foundation for theoretical computer scienceThis book provides a concise introduction to the calculi of lambda-conversion first discovered by Alonzo Church and developed by him in collaboration with his students, S. C. Kleene and J. B. Rosser. The first four chapters present the calculus of lambda-conversion in detail, with subsequent...
1985
1 novo
R$ 612,28
Livro Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy
Should the Supreme Court have the last word when it comes to interpreting the Constitution? The justices on the Supreme Court certainly seem to think so--and their critics say that this position threatens democracy. But Keith Whittington argues that the Courts justices have not simply seized power and circumvented politics. The justices have had power thrust upon them--by politicians, for the bene...
2009
1 novo
R$ 399,61
Livro Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline
What can--and what cant--philosophy do? What are its ethical risks--and its possible rewards? How does it differ from science? In Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline, Bernard Williams addresses these questions and presents a striking vision of philosophy as fundamentally different from science in its aims and methods even though there is still in philosophy something that counts as getting it ri...
2008
1 novo
R$ 378,90
Livro Machiavelli's Ethics
Machiavellis Ethics challenges the most entrenched understandings of Machiavelli, arguing that he was a moral and political philosopher who consistently favored the rule of law over that of men, that he had a coherent theory of justice, and that he did not defend the Machiavellian maxim that the ends justify the means. By carefully reconstructing the principled foundations of his political theory,...
2009
1 novo
R$ 304,14