Quarto, 1977, PP.233, B & W Plates, The Work Of Bridgeman And His Place In The History Of English Landscapes

Charles Bridgeman and the English landscape garden (Studies in architecture)

Arts & Photography

Willis, Peter

Architecture

A. Zwemmer

Chopin in Britain

Reference

Routledge

Charles Bridgeman and the English Landscape Garden

Elysium Pr Pub

In 1848, the penultimate year of his life, Chopin visited England and Scotland at the instigation of his aristocratic Scots pupil, Jane Stirling. In the autumn of that year, he returned to Paris. The following autumn he was dead. Despite the fascination the composer continues to hold for scholars, this brief but important period, and his previous visit to London in 1837, remain little known. In this richly illustrated study, Peter Willis draws on extensive original documentary evidence, as well as cultural artefacts, to tell the story of these two visits and to place them into aristocratic and artistic life in mid-nineteenth-century England and Scotland. In addition to filling a significant hole in our knowledge of the composer’s life, the book adds to our understanding of a number of important figures, including Jane Stirling and the painter Ary Scheffer. The social and artistic milieux of London, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh are brought to vivid life.

POLLEN: DARWIN'S 130 YEAR PREDICTION
Elementary Science - POLLEN
How long does it take for science to find an answer to a problem?
On January 25, 1862, naturalist Charles Darwin received a box of orchids. One flower, the Madagascar star orchid, fascinated him. It had an 11.5" nectary, the place where flowers make nectar, the sweet liquid that insects and birds eat. How, he wondered, did insects pollinate the orchid? It took 130 years to find the answer.
After experiments, he made a prediction. There must be a giant moth with a 11.5" proboscis, a straw-like tongue. Darwin died without ever seeing the moth, which was catalogued by entomologists in in 1903. But still no one had actually observed the moth pollinating the orchid.
In 1992, German entomologist, Lutz Thilo Wasserthal, Ph.D. traveled to Madagascar. By then, the moths were rare. He managed to capture two moths and released them in a cage with the orchid. He captured the first photo of the moth pollinating the flower, as Darwin had predicted 130 years before.
Backmatter includes information on the moth, the orchid, Charles Darwin, Lutz Wasserthal. Also included is Wasserthal's original photo taken in 1992.
MOMENTS IN SCIENCE COLLECTION
This exciting series focuses on small moments in science that made a difference. <ul>
<li>BURN: Michael Faraday's Candle</li> <li>CLANG! Ernst Chladni's Sound Experiments (2019 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book)</li> <li>ECLIPSE: How the 1919 Eclipse Proved Einstein's Theory of General Relativity (Fall, 2019)</li> </ul>

Pollen: Darwin's 130 Year Prediction (Moments in Science)

Children's Books

Pattison, Darcy

Animals

Mims House

In 1915, British astronomer Arthur Stanley Eddington was fascinated with Einstein's new theory of general relativity. The theory talks about how forces push and pull objects in space. Einstein said that the sun's gravity could pull and bend light.
To test this, astronomers decided to photograph a solar eclipse. The eclipse would allow them to photograph the stars before and during the solar eclipse. If the star's position moved, then it was evidence that that light had bent. Eddington and his team traveled from England to the island of Principe, just off the African coast, to photograph the eclipse.
 In simple language, this nonfiction illustrated picture book explains how the push (acceleration) and pull (gravity) of space affects light.
Back matter includes information on Einstein, Eddington, and the original photograph of the 1919 solar eclipse.
MOMENTS IN SCIENCE COLLECTION
This exciting series focuses on small moments in science that made a difference. <ul>
<li>BURN: Michael Faraday's Candle</li> <li>CLANG! Ernst Chladni's Sound Experiments (2019 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book)</li> <li>POLLEN: Darwin's 130 Year Prediction (Junior Library Guild selection, starred Kirkus review)</li> <li>ECLIPSE: How the 1919 Eclipse Proved Einstein's Theory of General Relativity</li> </ul>

Eclipse: How the 1919 Solar Eclipse Proved Einstein's Theory of General Relativity (Moments in Science)

Science, Nature & How It Works

Fever: How Tu Youyou Adapted Traditional Chinese Medicine to Find a Cure for Malaria (Moments in Science)

People were dying! Malaria is a deadly mosquito-borne disease that causes fevers, chills and often death. In 1969, the People’s Republic of China created a task force to find a cure.\nWorking in the 1970s, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou reviewed the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) scrolls for ideas on where to start her research. She found 640 traditional treatments, and methodically started extracting compounds and testing them against malaria. Would any of them work?\nCourage, resilience, and perseverance--follow the struggles of Nobel Prize scientist Tu Youyou as she works to find a cure to malaria.\nMOMENTS IN SCIENCE SERIES 
This exciting series focuses on small moments in science that made a difference. BURN: Michael Faraday’s Candle CLANG! Ernst Chladni’s Sound Experiments, 2019 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book POLLEN: Darwin’s 130 Year Prediction, Junior Library Guild selection, Starred Kirkus Review. 2020 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book ECLIPSE: How the 1919 Eclipse Proved Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity EROSION: How Hugh Bennett saved America’s Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl, 2021 NSSTA Notable Social Studies Book A.I. How Patterns Helped A.I. Defeat World Champion Lee Sedol FEVER: How Tu Youyou Adapted Traditional Chinese Medicine to Find a Cure for Malaria

FEVER: How Tu Youyou Adapted Traditional Chinese Medicine to Find a Cure for Malaria (Moments in Science)

Biographies

6G: Evolution or Revolution?: A converged view of cellular, Wi-Fi, computing and communication (Telecommunications)

Computers & Technology

Smyth, Peter

Wisely, David

Networking & Cloud Computing

The Institution of Engineering and Technology

This book provides an introductory but thorough guide to EU competition law, covering the underlying economics, and the key substantive areas of anticompetitive agreements (Article 81), abuses of dominance (Article 82), the application to the most common types of commercial agreement, state aids, state measures limiting competition and mergers. It also examines the procedures under which the relevant competition authorities apply the rules, private enforcement of the rules before the courts, and minimising risk by implementing a compliance programme. The emphasis is practical rather than theoretical: the authors are practitioners in the field of competition law and economics, with many years’ individual and collective experience in the area. This will be an essential reference tool for practitioners, academics and students of EU Competition Law.

Introduction to EU Competition Law (Competition Law Guides S)

Foreign & International Law

Informa Law from Routledge

The Book of Revelation and the 7 Signs of the End Time: God's Judgement Day. The Armageddon Apocalypse Prophecy as Found in the Christian Bible: A Primer

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Independently published

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