Field Life

Author : Jeremy Vetter
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780822981459

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Field Life by Jeremy Vetter Pdf

Field Life examines the practice of science in the field in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains of the American West between the 1860s and the 1910s, when the railroad was the dominant form of long-distance transportation. Grounded in approaches from environmental history and the history of technology, it emphasizes the material basis of scientific fieldwork, joining together the human labor that produced knowledge with the natural world in which those practices were embedded. Four distinct modes of field practice, which were shared by different field science disciplines, proliferated during this period—surveys, lay networks, quarries, and stations—and this book explores the dynamics that underpinned each of them. Using two diverse case studies to animate each mode of practice, as well as the making of the field as a place for science, Field Life combines textured analysis of specific examples of field science on the ground with wider discussion of the commonalities in the practices of a diverse array of field sciences, including the earth and physical sciences, the life and agricultural sciences, and the human sciences. By situating science in its regional environmental context, Field Life analyzes the intersection between the cosmopolitan knowledge of science and the experiential knowledge of people living in the field. Examples of field science in the Plains and Rockies range widely: geological surveys and weather observing networks, quarries to uncover dinosaur fossils and archaeological remains, and branch agricultural experiment stations and mountain biological field stations.

Author : Patrick Piggott
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780520322806

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The Life and Music of John Field 1782-1837 by Patrick Piggott Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.

Author : Isabella Field Judson
Publisher : HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Cyrus W. Field ; His Life and Work by Isabella Field Judson Pdf

Cyrus W. Field ; His Life and Work IT was on Wednesday, April 29, 1835, and only a few weeks after “She Stoops to Conquer” had been performed in the village academy at Stockbridge, that Cyrus Field, having persuaded his parents that he was old enough to go out into the world and seek his fortune, left his home. For three years before he had kept the family accounts, and had most carefully entered every item of expense in a small paper book, and he was well aware that it was only with strict economy that the eight dollars given to him by his father at parting could be spared from the family purse. Stockbridge in April lies bare and brown in the valley of the Housatonic, and the tops of the mountains that are near are at that season often still white with snow, and his heart was in harmony with the scene as he looked back for the last sight of his beloved mother’s face. His first letter is dated He does not speak of his loneliness, although we know that it was great, for his mother’s last words to another son, who was going to New York a few weeks later, were, “Bring Cyrus home if he is still so homesick.” It was on one of his first Sundays in New York that, after he had been to church, and gone to his brother David’s for dinner, his unhappiness was apparent to the family and also to Dr. Mark Hopkins, their guest, whose sympathy was never forgotten, nor his words, “I would not give much for a boy if he were not homesick on leaving home.” He has said that many of the evenings during the long summer that followed his coming to New York were passed on the banks of the Hudson watching the boats as they sailed northward, and as he lay by the riverside he pictured himself as on board of one of the vessels, and the welcome that he would receive on reaching Stockbridge. Towards the end of his life Mr. Field began the preparation of his autobiography. From so much of this as serves the purpose of this narrative, extracts will be made from time to time without express credit. In 1835 it took twenty-four hours to go from Stockbridge to New York, and first there was a drive of fifty miles to Hudson on the river, and then a long sail by boat. Almost immediately on reaching the city he entered as an errand-boy the store of A. T. Stewart, which had already a more commanding reputation than any mercantile establishment possesses or perhaps can attain at present. His home was in a boarding-house in Murray Street near Greenwich, where he had board and lodging for two dollars a week, a fact which is in itself eloquent of the difference between life now in New York and life sixty years ago. Stewart’s was then at 257 Broadway, between Murray and Warren streets. There the young clerk received for his services the first year $50, and the second the sum was doubled. Even so, and with what would now be the incredible frugality of his living, it is plain that he could not have supported himself by his earnings. Of his life at that time he said in after-years, “My oldest brother lent me money, which, just as soon as I was able, and before I was twenty-one, I returned to him with interest.” The letter that follows tells how his first money was spent:

Author : Caroline Field Levander,Matthew Pratt Guterl
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469621135

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Hotel Life by Caroline Field Levander,Matthew Pratt Guterl Pdf

What is a hotel? As Caroline Field Levander and Matthew Pratt Guterl show us in this thought-provoking book, even though hotels are everywhere around us, we rarely consider their essential role in our modern existence and how they help frame our sense of who and what we are. They are, in fact, as centrally important as other powerful places like prisons, hospitals, or universities. More than simply structures made of steel, concrete, and glass, hotels are social and political institutions that we invest with overlapping and contradictory meaning. These alluring places uniquely capture the realities of our world, where the lines between public and private, labor and leisure, fortune and failure, desire and despair are regularly blurred. Guiding readers through the story of hotels as places of troublesome possibility, as mazelike physical buildings, as inspirational touchstones for art and literature, and as unsettling, even disturbing, backdrops for the drama of everyday life, Levander and Guterl ensure that we will never think about this seemingly ordinary place in the same way again.

Author : Timothy Shay Arthur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : American literature
ISBN : HARVARD:32044018806661

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Golden Grains from Life's Harvest Field by Timothy Shay Arthur Pdf

Author : Philip C Argyres,Gerald Dunne,Gordon W Semenoff,L C Rohana Wijewardhana
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811262364

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Peter Suranyi 87th Birthday Festschrift: A Life In Quantum Field Theory by Philip C Argyres,Gerald Dunne,Gordon W Semenoff,L C Rohana Wijewardhana Pdf

This is a Festschrift compiled in honor of Professor Peter Suranyi, Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati. In a long career spanning almost 60 years, Professor Suranyi has made valuable contributions in many areas of theoretical physics, especially in the fields of strong interaction physics, quantum field theory, particle physics, statistical mechanics, lattice field theory, condensed matter physics, and particle cosmology. His important contributions range from analysis of Regge poles in quantum field theory, work on Reggeon field theory, developing improved perturbation theory methods and numerical simulation techniques, analyzing rigidity percolation and molecular clustering in network glasses, to his recent work on Bose condensate dark matter. This volume is our way of paying tribute to his scientific achievements, mentoring prowess, and his rigorous outlook on theoretical physics.

Author : Joachim Heyard Siddons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UGA:32108000816465

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The Life of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington by Joachim Heyard Siddons Pdf

Author : Joachim Hayward Stocqueler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 902 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:32000013325552

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The Life of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington by Joachim Hayward Stocqueler Pdf

Author : J. H. Stocqueler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10067871

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The Life of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington by J. H. Stocqueler Pdf

Author : JEAN HENRI FABRE
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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ANIMAL LIFE IN FIELD AND GARDEN BY JEAN-HENRI FABRE by JEAN HENRI FABRE Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Joachim Hayward Stocqueler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015027329625

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The Life of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington by Joachim Hayward Stocqueler Pdf

Author : William Hamilton Maxwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Marshals
ISBN : IND:32000013325503

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Life of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington by William Hamilton Maxwell Pdf

Author : William H. Maxwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z221125006

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Life Of Field-Marshal His Grace The Duke Of Wellington, K.G. G.C.B. G.C.H. &c. &c. ; In Three Volumes by William H. Maxwell Pdf

Author : Massimo Pigliucci
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781541646940

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A Field Guide to a Happy Life by Massimo Pigliucci Pdf

A brilliant philosopher reimagines Stoicism for our modern age in this thought-provoking guide to a better life. For more than two thousand years, Stoicism has offered a message of resilience in the face of hardship. Little wonder, then, that it is having such a revival in our own troubled times. But there is no denying how weird it can be: Is it really the case that we shouldn't care about our work, our loved ones, or our own lives? According to the old Stoics, yes. In A Field Guide to a Happy Life, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers a renewed Stoicism that reflects modern science and sensibilities. Pigliucci embraces the joyful bonds of affection, the satisfactions of a job well done, and the grief that attends loss. In his hands, Stoicism isn't about feats of indifference, but about enduring pain without being overwhelmed, while enjoying pleasures without losing our heads. In short, he makes Stoicism into a philosophy all of us -- whether committed Stoics or simply seekers -- can use to live better.

Author : Katie Peterson
Publisher : Omnidawn
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1632430908

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Life in a Field by Katie Peterson Pdf

This is a comedy about climate change, in which a girl and a donkey become friends, then decide to marry time. A lyric fable, Life in a Field intersperses Katie Peterson's slow-moving, cinematic, and sensual writing with three folios of photographs by Young Suh. Introspection, wish, dream, and memory mark this tale, which is set in a location resembling twenty-first-century California--with vistas and orchards threatened by drought and fires. This is also a place of enchantment, a fairy-tale landscape where humans and animals live as equals. As the girl and the donkey grow up, they respond to the difficulties of contemporary civilization, asking a question that meets our existential moment: What do you do with the story you didn't wish for? A narrator's voice combines candor with distance, attempting to find a path through our familiar strife, toward a future that feels all but impossible, and into what remains of beauty and pleasure. Life in a Field tries to reverse our accelerating destruction of the natural world, reminding us of "the cold clarity we need to continue on this earth."