wyszukanych pozycji: 31
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The Pan-Industrial Revolution (International Edition): How New Manufacturing Titans Will Transform the World
ISBN: 9781328606693 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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88,33 |
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In the Shadow of the Moon: The Science, Magic, and Mystery of Solar Eclipses
ISBN: 9780300223194 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In anticipation of solar eclipses visible in 2017 and 2024, an exploration of the scientific and cultural significance of this mesmerizing cosmic display
Since the first humans looked up and saw the sun swallowed by darkness, our species has been captivated by solar eclipses. Astronomer and anthropologist Anthony Aveni explains the history and culture surrounding solar eclipses, from prehistoric Stonehenge to Babylonian creation myths, to a confirmation of Einstein's theory of general relativity, to a spectacle that left New Yorkers in the moon's shadow, to future eclipses... In anticipation of solar eclipses visible in 2017 and 2024, an exploration of the scientific and cultural significance of this mesmerizing cosmic d...
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115,53 |
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Creation Stories: Landscapes and the Human Imagination
ISBN: 9780300251241 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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105,20 |
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Schody ke hvězdám
ISBN: 9788086569482 / Czeski / 2004 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) K čemu sloužily megality u Stonehenge? Proč vystavěli Inkové město Cuzco? Jaký byl účel Velké pyramidy staré civilizace Mayů? Všechny tyto pradávné a dnes i turisticky proslavené stavby ukazují na odvěkou lidskou touhu po vesmírném řádu. Anthony Aveni, profesor astronomie a antropologie a jeden z dnešních předních představitelů archeoastronomie, ukazuje nejen jak tyto stavby vznikly a k čemu sloužily, ale všímá si i klíčové role astrologie při jejich plánování a výstavbě.
K čemu sloužily megality u Stonehenge? Proč vystavěli Inkové město Cuzco? Jaký byl účel Velké pyramidy staré civilizace Mayů? Všechny ty...
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61,34 |
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Class Not Dismissed: Reflections on Undergraduate Education and Teaching the Liberal Arts
ISBN: 9781607323020 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In Class Not Dismissed, award-winning professor Anthony Aveni tells the personal story of his six decades in college classrooms and some of the 10,000 students who have filled them. Through anecdotes of his own triumphs and tribulations--some amusing, others heartrending--Aveni reveals his teaching story and thoughts on the future of higher education.
Although in recent years the lecture has come under fire as a pedagogical method, Aveni ardently defends lecturing to students. He shares his secrets on crafting an engaging lecture and creating productive dialogue in class... In Class Not Dismissed, award-winning professor Anthony Aveni tells the personal story of his six decades in college classrooms and some of the...
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69,17 |
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Aliens Like Us?: An Anthropologist's Field Guide to Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life
ISBN: 9780826367426 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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107,71 |
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Foundations of New World Cultural Astronomy: A Reader with Commentary
ISBN: 9780870819001 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 826 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Gazing into the black skies from the Anasazi observatory at Chimney Rock or the Castillo Pyramid in the Maya ruins of Chichen Itza, a modern visitor might wonder what ancient stargazers looked for in the skies and what they saw. Once considered unresearchable, these questions now drive cultural astronomers who draw on written and unwritten records and a constellation of disciplines to reveal the wonders of ancient and contemporary astronomies.
Cultural astronomy, first called archaeoastronomy, has evolved at ferocious speed since its genesis in the 1960s, with seminal essays and powerful... Gazing into the black skies from the Anasazi observatory at Chimney Rock or the Castillo Pyramid in the Maya ruins of Chichen Itza, a modern visitor m...
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164,05 |
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Metrópoles
ISBN: 9783639756647 / Portugalski / Miękka / 2015 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) O livro faz parte da pesquisa que o autor esta desenvolvendo desde 2009 sobre o ordenamento e planejamento territorial urbano no Brasil. Agradece o governo brasileiro e os amigos e professores da UnB que, ao longo dos anos, foram seus mentores pacientes. Entretanto, o autor assume toda responsabilidade desta sua exposicao e das conclusoes no atual trabalho. A redacao do texto e um ensaio que busca uma reflexao sobre as caracteristicas da metropole. O primeiro capitulo busca esclarecer as dimensoes caracteristicas do objeto geografico - a metropole - pois, para o autor, e uma nova...
O livro faz parte da pesquisa que o autor esta desenvolvendo desde 2009 sobre o ordenamento e planejamento territorial urbano no Brasil. Agradece o go...
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322,36 |
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Conceitos e instituições da Metrópole
ISBN: 9786139614936 / Portugalski / Miękka / 2018 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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201,31 |
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Aliens Like Us?: An Anthropologist's Field Guide to Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life
ISBN: 9780826369475 / Angielski / 13-01-2026 Książka dostępna od: 13-01-2026 |
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Star Stories: Constellations and People
ISBN: 9780300241280 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Follow an epic animal race, a quest for a disembodied hand, and an emu egg hunt in constellation stories from diverse cultures
Follow an epic animal race, a quest for a disembodied hand, and an emu egg hunt in constellation stories from diverse cultures
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128,36 |
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Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures, Revised Edition
ISBN: 9780870816727 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) "Aveni . . . explores the interplay of culture and time in this edifying and readable cross-cultural study of timekeeping through the ages."
--The Sciences "Aveni . . . explores the interplay of culture and time in this edifying and readable cross-cultural study of timekeeping through the ages."
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There's an Angel in My Closet
ISBN: 9780967512419 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 20 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Journey along with a little girl who discovers an angel in her closet as she gets ready for bed and the whimsical questions she asks her. This sweet story is for ages 0 - 8 but can be enjoyed by all who read it. Journey along with a little girl who discovers an angel in her closet as she gets ready for bed and the whimsical questions she asks her. This swee... |
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SquirrelyPants Meets the Family
ISBN: 9780967512433 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 22 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) A loveable neighborhood squirrel is befriended by a human family moving into their new home. Affectionatly naming him SquirrelyPants, they embark on feeding him daily treats, which he selfishly hides from his squirrel friends. It isn't until SquirrelyPants experiences a bit of a dilema that requires help from his friends, who ultimately teach him the true value of friendship and the importance of sharing. A loveable neighborhood squirrel is befriended by a human family moving into their new home. Affectionatly naming him SquirrelyPants, they embark o... |
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Stairways to the Stars: Skywatching in Three Great Ancient Cultures
ISBN: 9780471329763 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) "Tony Aveni has written a marvelous book about how the celestial rhythms influenced the cultures of the past. . . . It makes fascinating reading for any layperson."--Science Books and Films
"Clearly, if we can know more about these people, their religion, their culture, their hopes and dreams, according to Dr. Aveni, it will make our understanding of their astronomy more meaningful."--Planetarian "A thoughtful analysis . . . highly recommended."--Library Journal What was the meaning of Stonehenge? What was the Mayan Code? Why was the elaborate Incan city of Cuzco built?... "Tony Aveni has written a marvelous book about how the celestial rhythms influenced the cultures of the past. . . . It makes fascinating reading for a...
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Between the Lines: The Mystery of the Giant Ground Drawings of Ancient Nasca, Peru
ISBN: 9781477308998 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 271 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The Nasca Lines are one of the world's great enigmas. Who etched the more than 1,000 animal, human, and geometric figures that cover 400 square miles of barren pampa in southern Peru? How did the makers create lifelike images of monkeys, birds, and spiders without an aerial vantage point from which to view these giant figures that stretch across thousands of square yards? Most puzzling of all, why did the ancient Nasca lay out these lines and images in the desert? These are the questions that pioneering archaeoastronomer Anthony Aveni seeks to answer in this book. Writing... The Nasca Lines are one of the world's great enigmas. Who etched the more than 1,000 animal, human, and geometric figures that cover 400 square mil... |
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140,90 |
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Skywatchers: A Revised and Updated Version of Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico
ISBN: 9780292705029 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 423 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico helped establish the field of archaeoastronomy, and it remains the standard introduction to this subject. Combining basic astronomy with archaeological and ethnological data, it presented a readable and entertaining synthesis of all that was known of ancient astronomy in the western hemisphere as of 1980. In this revised edition, Anthony Aveni draws on his own and others' discoveries of the past twenty years to bring the Skywatchers story up to the present. He offers new data and interpretations in many areas, including:
Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico helped establish the field of archaeoastronomy, and it remains the standard introduction to this subject... |
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The Book of the Year: A Brief History of Our Seasonal Holidays
ISBN: 9780195171549 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) What is the connection between May Day and the Statue of Liberty? Between ancient solstice fires and Fourth of July fireworks? Between St. Valentine, the Groundhog, and the Virgin Mary? Why do people behave so bawdily during Mardi Gras? How has the significance and celebration of Christmas changed over the centuries?
In The Book of the Year, Anthony Aveni offers fascinating answers to these questions and explains the many ways humans throughout time have tried to order and give meaning to time's passing. Aveni traces the origins of modern customs tied to seasonal holidays, exploring what... What is the connection between May Day and the Statue of Liberty? Between ancient solstice fires and Fourth of July fireworks? Between St. Valentine, ...
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105,61 |
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Strategic Supremacy: How Industry Leaders Create Growth, Wealth, and Power Through Spheres of Influence
ISBN: 9781416576471 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Are upstart competitors taking deadly aim at your company's products and markets? Richard A. D'Aveni, author of the famous attacker's handbook Hypercompetition, presents coun-terrevolutionary strategies and tactics that any industry leader or established company can use to defend itself against revolutionaries, disrupters, or hypercompetitors. The secret lies in making the rules, not breaking them, D'Aveni says, because rule makers still rule. Arguing that "profits and prosperity come not from revolution but stability and orderly change," D'Aveni presents a commanding framework that...
Are upstart competitors taking deadly aim at your company's products and markets? Richard A. D'Aveni, author of the famous attacker's handbook Hype...
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88,44 |
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Lines of Nazca: Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 183)
ISBN: 9780871691835 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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275,14 |