Heroic Age

Author : Stratis Haviaras
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1001412346

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Author : H. Munro Chadwick
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-20
Category : Poetry
ISBN : EAN:4066339542358

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The Heroic Age by H. Munro Chadwick Pdf

"The Heroic Age" by H. Munro Chadwick delves into the rich tapestry of the heroic age, offering readers an exploration of legendary figures, myths, and tales from antiquity. Chadwick's scholarship and storytelling breathe life into the heroes and heroines of ancient times, making this book an engaging and informative read for those interested in mythology, folklore, and the cultural narratives that have shaped human history.

Author : John T. Koch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020156654

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The Celtic Heroic Age by John T. Koch Pdf

A new edition of an invaluable collection of literary sources, all in translation, for Celtic Europe and early Ireland and Wales. The selections are divided into three sections: the first is classical authors on the ancient celts-a huge selection including both the well-known-Herodotos, Plato, Aristotle, Livy, Diogenes Laertius, and Cicero-and the obscure-Pseudo-Scymnus, Lampridius, Vopsicus, Clement of Alexandria and Ptolemy I. The second is early Irish and Hiberno-Latin sources including early Irish dynastic poetry and numerous tales from the Ulster cycle and the third consists of Brittonic sources, mostly Welsh.

Author : Bruce G. Trigger
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0719023947

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Natives and Newcomers by Bruce G. Trigger Pdf

According to convential nineteenth-century wisdom, societies of European origin were naturally progressive; native societies were static. One consequence of this attitutde was the almost universal separation of history and anthropology. Today, despite a growing interest in changes in Amerindian societies, this dichotomy continues to distort the investigation of Canadian history and to assign native peoples only a marginal place in it. Natives and Newcomers discredits that myth. In a spirited and critical re-examination of relations between the French and the Iroquoian-speaking inhabitants of the St Lawrence lowlands, from the incursions of Jacques Cartier through the explorations of Samuel de Champlain and the Jesuit missions into the early years of the royal regime, Natives and Newcomers argues that native people have played a significant role in shaping the development of Canada. Trigger also shows that the largely ignored French traders and their employees established relations with native people that were indispensable for founding a viable European colony on the St Lawrence. The brisk narrative of this period is complemented by a detailed survey of the stereotypes about native people that have influenced the development of Canadian history and anthropology and by candid discussions of how historical, ethnographical, and archaeological approaches can and cannot be combined to produce a more rounded and accurate understanding of the past.

Author : Jerry Kuntz
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781438459639

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The Heroic Age of Diving by Jerry Kuntz Pdf

A comprehensive history of the first three decades of underwater exploration in antebellum America. Winner of the 2016 Dr. Art Bachrach Literary Award presented by the Historical Diving Society Silver Medalist, 2017 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Sports/Fitness/Recreation Category Beginning in 1837, some of the most brilliant engineers of America’s Industrial Revolution turned their attention to undersea technology. Inventors developed practical hard-helmet diving suits, as well as new designs of submarines, diving bells, floating cranes, and undersea explosives. These innovations were used to clear shipping lanes, harvest pearls, mine gold, and wage war. All of these underwater technologies were brought together by entrepreneurs, treasure-hunters, and daring divers in the 1850s to salvage three infamous shipwrecks on Lake Erie, each of which had involved the loss of hundreds of lives, as well as the worldly goods of the passengers. The prospect of treasure, combined with the national notoriety of these disasters, soon attracted the attention of local adventurers and the country’s leading divers and marine engineers. In The Heroic Age of Diving, Jerry Kuntz shares the fascinating stories of the pioneers of underwater invention and the brave divers who employed the new technologies as they raced with—and against—marine engineers to salvage the tragic wrecks of Lake Erie. Jerry Kuntz is an electronic resources consultant and the author of Minnesota’s Notorious Nellie King: Wild Woman of the Closed Frontier.

Author : Robert D. Purrington
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780190655174

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The Heroic Age by Robert D. Purrington Pdf

"Clouds on the horizon": nineteenth-century origins and the old quantum theory -- 1913: the Bohr theory of the hydrogen atom -- Tyranny of data: atomic spectroscopy to 1925 -- After the war: quantum theory adrift; the correspondence princple -- At the creation: the "new quantum theory"--The origins of wave mechanics -- The end of certainty: uncertainty and indeterminism -- Formalism, part I. Transformation theory -- Formalism, part II. unitarity and Hilbert space -- Intrinisc spin, the exclusion principle, and statistics -- Angular momentum, symmetries, and conservation laws -- Scattering and reaction theory -- Relativistic quantum mechanics and quantum field theory to 1940: the rise of particle physics -- Foundations and philosophy of quantum mechanics: interpretation and the measurement problem -- Nuclear physics: the first three decades -- Quantum theory and the birth of stellar astrophysics -- Atomic and molecular physics -- Condensed matter: solids and quantum liquids -- Epilogue

Author : John Victor Luce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Civilization, Homeric
ISBN : UOM:39015066015440

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Homer and the Heroic Age by John Victor Luce Pdf

Author : Ruth Finnegan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1977-04-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521213169

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Oral Poetry by Ruth Finnegan Pdf

Oral poetry is a wide subject that ranges from American 'folk-songs', Eskimo lyrics or popular songs, to the heroic poems of Homer and distinct epic composers in Asia and the Pacific. Unlike previous works, this book takes a broad comparative view and considers oral poetry from Africa, Asia and Oceania as well as Europe and America. Dr Finnegan includes in her argument the results of topical research from all over the world, thus illuminating and suggesting fresh conclusions to many controversies: the nature of 'oral tradition'; possible connections between types of poetry and types of society; the differences between oral and written communication; and the role of poets in non-literate societies.

Author : Lyon Sprague De Camp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Inventions
ISBN : UCAL:B5043501

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The Heroic Age of American Invention by Lyon Sprague De Camp Pdf

The story of thirty-two men who made the modern American era.

Author : Brian Bendis,Ed Brubaker,Kelly Sue Deconnick,Christos Gage,Jim McCann,Jeff Parker
Publisher : Marvel Comics Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : America, Captain (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 078514885X

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Heroic Age by Brian Bendis,Ed Brubaker,Kelly Sue Deconnick,Christos Gage,Jim McCann,Jeff Parker Pdf

Witness the Marvel universe triumph over its greatest challenges ever as the heroic age ignites. Still lurking in the shadows are forces of evil and cosmic-level threats, but a new spirit of hope, courage and selflessness at the heart of heroism will rise up. Features Marvel's elite characters, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Avengers, and more, as they embark on new adventures.

Author : R. Kent Newmyer
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780807132494

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John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court by R. Kent Newmyer Pdf

John Marshall (1755--1835) was arguably the most important judicial figure in American history. As the fourth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1801 to1835, he helped move the Court from the fringes of power to the epicenter of constitutional government. His great opinions in cases like Marbury v. Madison and McCulloch v. Maryland are still part of the working discourse of constitutional law in America. Drawing on a new and definitive edition of Marshall's papers, R. Kent Newmyer combines engaging narrative with new historiographical insights in a fresh interpretation of John Marshall's life in the law. More than the summation of Marshall's legal and institutional accomplishments, Newmyer's impressive study captures the nuanced texture of the justice's reasoning, the complexity of his mature jurisprudence, and the affinities and tensions between his system of law and the transformative age in which he lived. It substantiates Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s view of Marshall as the most representative figure in American law.

Author : Jerry Kuntz
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438459622

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The Heroic Age of Diving by Jerry Kuntz Pdf

A comprehensive history of the first three decades of underwater exploration in antebellum America. Beginning in 1837, some of the most brilliant engineers of America’s Industrial Revolution turned their attention to undersea technology. Inventors developed practical hard-helmet diving suits, as well as new designs of submarines, diving bells, floating cranes, and undersea explosives. These innovations were used to clear shipping lanes, harvest pearls, mine gold, and wage war. All of these underwater technologies were brought together by entrepreneurs, treasure-hunters, and daring divers in the 1850s to salvage three infamous shipwrecks on Lake Erie, each of which had involved the loss of hundreds of lives, as well as the worldly goods of the passengers. The prospect of treasure, combined with the national notoriety of these disasters, soon attracted the attention of local adventurers and the country’s leading divers and marine engineers. In The Heroic Age of Diving, Jerry Kuntz shares the fascinating stories of the pioneers of underwater invention and the brave divers who employed the new technologies as they raced with—and against—marine engineers to salvage the tragic wrecks of Lake Erie. “Jerry Kuntz has filled in a previously blank page in the story of diving—and done it well. The Heroic Age of Diving tells the story not only of the development of salvage technology but also the human side of this always-dangerous and often-deadly career. This is not a tale for the faint of heart (‘helmet squeeze’ is a gruesome fate), but one well worth reading for those interested in early technology and the men brave (or foolish) enough to gamble their lives using it. This book is a window on an unexplored (and unexpected) world, and the author deserves great credit for bringing it back into the light.” — Chuck Veit, author of Raising Missouri: John Gowen and the Salvage of the U.S. Steam Frigate Missouri, 1843–1852 “The Heroic Age of Diving is both very interesting and very important. Having spent over twenty years researching and publishing general diving history, I am confident that this book will fill an important gap in the nation’s diving history.” — Leslie Leaney, Cofounder, Historical Diving Society

Author : Hector Munro Chadwick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045024044

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Author : Brandon Sanderson
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429960304

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The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson Pdf

Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga. Who is the Hero of Ages? To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness--the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists--is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed. Having escaped death at the climax of The Well of Ascension only by becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture hopes to find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler that will allow him to save the world. Vin is consumed with guilt at having been tricked into releasing the mystic force known as Ruin from the Well. Ruin wants to end the world, and its near omniscience and ability to warp reality make stopping it seem impossible. She can't even discuss it with Elend lest Ruin learn their plans! Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson The Cosmere The Stormlight Archive The Way of Kings Words of Radiance Edgedancer (Novella) Oathbringer The Mistborn trilogy Mistborn: The Final Empire The Well of Ascension The Hero of Ages Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series Alloy of Law Shadows of Self Bands of Mourning Collection Arcanum Unbounded Other Cosmere novels Elantris Warbreaker The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians The Scrivener's Bones The Knights of Crystallia The Shattered Lens The Dark Talent The Rithmatist series The Rithmatist Other books by Brandon Sanderson The Reckoners Steelheart Firefight Calamity At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Flo Conway,Jim Siegelman
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780786735617

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Dark Hero of the Information Age by Flo Conway,Jim Siegelman Pdf

Child prodigy and brilliant MIT mathematician, Norbert Wiener founded the revolutionary science of cybernetics and ignited the information-age explosion of computers, automation, and global telecommunications. His best-selling book, Cybernetics, catapulted him into the public spotlight, as did his chilling visions of the future and his ardent social activism.Based on a wealth of primary sources and exclusive access to Wiener's closest family members, friends, and colleagues, Dark Hero of the Information Age reveals this eccentric genius as an extraordinarily complex figure. No one interested in the intersection of technology and culture will want to miss this epic story of one of the twentieth century's most brilliant and colorful figures.