Название: The Story of Stone. Intertextuality, Ancient Chinese Stone Lore, and the Stone Symbolism in Dream of the Red Chamber, Water Margin, and The Journey to the West
Автор: ing Wang; Stanley Fish
Издательство:
Год: 1992
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 361
Для сайта: litmy.ru
Размер: 23,62 МБ
Язык: english

In this pathbreaking study of three of the most familiar texts in the Chinese tradition—all concerning stones endowed with magical properties—Jing Wang develops a monumental reconstruction of ancient Chinese stone lore. Wang’s thorough and systematic comparison of these classic works illuminates the various tellings of the stone story and provides new insight into major topics in traditional Chinese literature.

Название: Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide
Автор: Brian Clegg and Oliver Pugh
Издательство: Icon Books
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 36 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Infinity is a profoundly counter-intuitive and brain-twisting subject that has inspired some great thinkers – and provoked and shocked others. The ancient Greeks were so horrified by the implications of an endless number that they drowned the man who gave away the secret. And a German mathematician was driven mad by the repercussions of his discovery of transfinite numbers.

Название: Introducing Barthes: A Graphic Guide
Автор: Philip Thody and Piero
Издательство: Icon Books
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 61 Мб
Язык: английский / English

INTRODUCING guide to the cult author, semiologist and analyzer of advertising, Roland Barthes. Roland Barthes is best known as a semiologist, a student of the science of signs. This sees human beings primarily as communicating animals, and looks at the way they use language, clothes, gestures, hair styles, visual images, shapes and colour to convey to one another their tastes, their emotions, their ideal self-image and the values of their society.

Название: S=EX2: The Science of Sex
Автор: Mara Faye Lethem and Pere Estupiny
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2016
Формат: PDF
Размер: 13 Мб
Язык: английский / English

You have in your hands the most rigorous, complete and readable book ever written about the fascinating science of human sexuality. This book goes beyond the well-worn sexual education advice and the usual evolutionist psychology. After The Brain Snatcher, Pere Estupiny comes back with the first popular science book on sex aimed at a wide audience. While there are some tips for the more adventurous, there is also a wealth of new information to be discovered.

Название: The Visual Dictionary of Science & Energy
Автор: Ariane Archambault
Издательство: QA International
Год: 2009
Формат: PDF
Размер: 26 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The Visual Dictionary of Science and Energy takes the reader into a fascinating journey through pure science (chemistry, physics, mathematics) and the main sources of energy: geothermal and fossil energy, hydroelectricity, nuclear energy, solar energy and wind energy. Convenient and affordable, this book is the perfect tool to discover the exciting world of science and energy!

Название: Canids of the World: Wolves, Wild Dogs, Foxes, Jackals, Coyotes, and Their Relatives (Princeton Field Guides, Book 116)
Автор: Jose R. Castello
Издательство: Princeton University Press
Год: 2018
Формат: True PDF, ePub
Страниц: 331
Размер: 169.2 Mb, 55.2 Mb
Язык: English


The most complete and user-friendly photographic field guide to the world’s canids
This stunningly illustrated and easy-to-use field guide covers every species of the world’s canids, from the Gray Wolf of North America to the dholes of Asia, from African jackals to the South American Bush Dog. It features more than 150 superb color plates depicting every kind of canid and detailed facing-page species accounts that describe key identification features, morphology, distribution, subspeciation, habitat, and conservation status in the wild. The book also includes distribution maps and tips on where to observe each species, making Canids of the World the most comprehensive and user-friendly guide to these intriguing and spectacular mammals.

Автор: Steve Parker
Название: DK Eyewitness Books: Seashore
Издательство: DK Children
Год: 2004
ISBN: 9780756607210 / 0756607213
Серия: DK Eyewitness Books
Язык: English
Формат: pdf
Размер: 51,9 mb
Страниц: 72 p.: ill.

Learn how a limpet grips the rock, how a crab grows a new leg, how a prawn becomes invisible, how seabirds catch fish, and how a sea otter sleeps at sea. Discover how long seaweed can grow, why hermit crabs live in secondhand shells, which shells bore holes in solid rock, where a puffin lays its eggs, and much, much more.

Название: Cut in Half: The Hidden World Inside Everyday Objects
Автор: Mike Warren
Издательство: Chronicle Books
Год: 2018
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 144
Размер: 59 Mb
Язык: English

What exactly is inside a laptop, a golf ball, a vacuum cleaner, or a novelty singing fish toy? The insides of these and dozens of other objects are revealed in this photographic exploration of the stuff all around us, exposed and explained. With the help of a high-pressure waterjet cutter able to slice through 4 inches of steel plate, designer and fabricator Mike Warren (creator of the popular Cut in Half YouTube channel) cuts into everything from boom boxes to boxing gloves, oil filters to seashells, describing and demystifying the inner workings and materials of each. With a cleverly die-cut case and gorgeously detailed photography, Cut in Half is a fascinating and accessible popular science look at the extraordinary in the everyday.

Название: Лекции о Солнце
Автор: Сергей Язев
Издательство: АСТ
Год: 2018
Страниц: 300, 49 ил.
Язык: Русский
Формат: pdf
Размер: 10,3 Mb

Две тысячи лет назад Солнце было персонажем многих легенд, мифическим духом или даже богом. Долгое время считалось, что дневное светило движется вокруг центра мира – Земли. Четыреста лет назад люди смотрели на Солнце в первые телескопы – и не могли поверить в то, что видели. Сегодня Солнце изучают несколько тысяч специалистов, но что мы о нем знаем? Как мы получили эти знания?

Название: Mapping Human History: Unravelling the Mystery of Adam and Eve
Автор: Steve Olson
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 17 Мб
Язык: английский / English

150,000 years of human existence have passed, and yet what do we really know about our history before the advent of writing? Some of the most momentous events - including our origins, our migrations across the globe, and our acquisition of language - were lost in the darkness of 'prehistory'. But at last geneticists and other scientists are piecing together a history - the true story of Adam and Eve. Mapping Human History is nothing less than a 'history of prehistory'.