Author: Alex RobertsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781945633065
Category :
Languages : en
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Author: Lowell JaegerThe Star-Crossed Stone
Author: Ken McNamaraPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226514714
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Throughout the four hundred thousand years that humanity has been collecting fossils, sea urchin fossils, or echinoids, have continually been among the most prized, from the Paleolithic era, when they decorated flint axes, to today, when paleobiologists study them for clues to the earth’s history. In The Star-Crossed Stone, Kenneth J. McNamara, an expert on fossil echinoids, takes readers on an incredible fossil hunt, with stops in history, paleontology, folklore, mythology, art, religion, and much more. Beginning with prehistoric times, when urchin fossils were used as jewelry, McNamara reveals how the fossil crept into the religious and cultural lives of societies around the world—the roots of the familiar five-pointed star, for example, can be traced to the pattern found on urchins. But McNamara’s vision is even broader than that: using our knowledge of early habits of fossil collecting, he explores the evolution of the human mind itself, drawing striking conclusions about humanity’s earliest appreciation of beauty and the first stirrings of artistic expression. Along the way, the fossil becomes a nexus through which we meet brilliant eccentrics and visionary archaeologists and develop new insights into topics as seemingly disparate as hieroglyphics, Beowulf, and even church organs. An idiosyncratic celebration of science, nature, and human ingenuity, The Star-Crossed Stone is as charming and unforgettable as the fossil at its heart.
Author: Don Cameron AllenTheoretical Astrophysics: Volume 2, Stars and Stellar Systems
Author: T. PadmanabhanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521566315
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
This authoritative textbook - the second volume of a comprehensive three-volume course on theoretical astrophysics - deals with stellar physics. Designed to help graduate students and researchers develop an understanding of the key physical processes governing stars and stellar systems, it teaches the fundamentals, and then builds on them to give the reader an in-depth understanding of advanced topics. The book's modular design allows the chapters to be approached individually, yet seamless transitions create a coherent and connected whole. It can be used alone or in conjunction with Volume I, which covers a wide range of astrophysical processes, and the forthcoming Volume III, on galaxies and cosmology. After reviewing the key observational results and nomenclature used in stellar astronomy, the book develops a solid understanding of central concepts including stellar structure and evolution, the physics of stellar remnants, pulsars, binary stars, the sun and planetary systems, interstellar medium and globular clusters. Throughout, the reader's comprehension is developed and tested with more than seventy-five exercises. This indispensable volume provides graduate students with a self-contained introduction to stellar physics, and will allow them to master the material sufficiently to read and engage in research with heightened understanding.
Alien Castaways Volume 2
Author: Cara BristolPublisher: Cara Bristol
ISBN: 1947203355
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Having fled the destruction of their home planet, six genetically engineered aliens with special powers get a second chance for life and love on Earth. Alien Castaways Volume Two contains Shadow, Inferno, and Tigre books 4-6 of the six-book series. Shadow: Alien Castaways 4 Shadow’s genetics have been programmed with a self-destruct sequence. If he doesn’t bond with a genmate, he will die. In last ditch effort, he enlists the help of clairvoyant Mandy. But when he and Mandy fall in love and every indication shows she’s not his genmate, they’re faced with a gut-wrenching choice. Will Mandy find him a match and hand him over or will Shadow decide love is worth dying for? Inferno: Alien Castaways 5 Extraterrestrial Inferno has searched in vain for the one woman his Luciferan DNA has chosen for him. When he locates Geneva in the church of a small town, the last thing he expects is for her to throw him out as though he was Satan himself. How can he prove to the beautiful skeptic they are meant for each other when he can’t even convince her he’s an alien? Tigre: Alien Castaways 6 Tigre, a Saberian from planet ’Topia, instantly recognizes Kat as his genmate, so he doesn’t hesitate to let her know with a mating growl—and is promptly rejected. However Lady Luck has a plan. And after an unforgettable night in Las Vegas, nothing will be the same for this pair. When the feral fever strikes, more than tempers get hot. Alien Castaways Volume One is a steamy, heart-warming science fiction romance collection about aliens with special abilities and powers and the sassy human women who can’t resist them. Buy Alien Castaways and get your copy of this irresistible alien romance boxed set.
'And'
Author: Barry ScheinPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262338068
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1035
Book Description
A bold argument that “and” always means “&,” the truth-functional sentential connective. In this book, Barry Schein argues that “and” is always the sentential logical connective with the same, one, meaning. “And” always means “&,” across the varied constructions in which it is tokened in natural language. Schein examines the constructions that challenge his thesis, and shows that the objections disappear when these constructions are translated into Eventish, a neo-Davidsonian event semantics, and, enlarged with Cinerama Semantics, a vocabulary for spatial orientation and navigation. Besides rescuing “and” from ambiguity, Eventish and Cinerama Semantics solve general puzzles of grammar and meaning unrelated to conjunction, revealing the book's central thesis in the process: aspects of meaning mistakenly attributed to “and” are discovered to reflect neighboring structures previously unseen and unacknowledged. Schein argues that Eventish and Cinerama Semantics offer a fundamental revision to clause structure and what aspects of meaning are represented therein. Eventish is distinguished by four features: supermonadicity, which enlarges verbal decomposition so that every argument relates to its own event; descriptive event anaphora, which replaces simple event variables with silent descriptive pronouns; adverbialization, which interposes adverbials derived from the descriptive content of every DP; and AdrPs, which replace all NPs with Address Phrases that locate what nominals denote within scenes or frames of reference. With 'And,' Schein rehabilitates an old rule of transformational, generative grammar, answering the challenges to it exhaustively and meticulously.
Star-Crossed in Texas
Author: Scott O. JonesPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312848693
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
The classic tale of true love caught between opposing worlds. This is a two-act play for children's and young adult's theaters of any level. The story incorporates historical Native American lore and engaging characters. This show is a tale of love and redemption. Production of this show is NOT allowed without a properly executed "Agreement to Produce" on file with the publisher.
Author: Matt HowarthStar-Crossed
Author: Enakshi JPublisher: InkQuills Publishing House
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
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If life is a journey then second chances are like trains that come your way every now and then. The trick is to identify the ones that will actually take you to your destination. Adah and Avyan are two star-crossed lovers stranded on the desolate island of life, waiting to get back home. Avyan's quest to reach his haven results in his encounter with Adah and Adah's constant battle with fate finally helps her meet Avyan. Struck by cupid, Avyan decides to make the first move unaware of the fact that his revelation would further open a can of worms that Adah has been keeping safe in her heart's closet. Star-crossed and lovelorn in their own ways, these two protagonists take you on a journey called life.Revolving around the themes of love, hope, loss, second chances and closure, Star-crossed is a story that will touch your heart and linger long after it has been devoured.
