The value of Plutarch's perception of physical reality and his attitude towards the natural spectacle.

Plutarch was very interested in the natural world around him, not only in terms of its elementary composition and physical processes, but also with respect to its providential ordering and 'wonders'. His writings teach us a lot about his perception of physical reality and about his attitude to the natural spectacle. He found his greatest inspiration in the ontological and epistemological fr...

We tend to think of ourselves as living in a time when nations, for the most part, obey the rule of law - and where they certainly don't engage in the violent grabs for territory that have characterised so much of human history. But as Rob de Wijk shows in this book, power politics very much remains a force on the international scene. Offering analyses of such actions as Putin's annexation of the Crimea and China's attempts to claim large parts of the South China Sea, de Wijk explains why pow...

"In dit huis zullen de muren lesgeven", verkondigde het sovjet persbureau Pravda in 1962 bij de opening van het Paleis voor Jonge Pioniers in Moskou. Terloops toont deze verklaring een steeds terugkomend motief in de geschiedenis van de architectuur voor de jeugd: de aanspraak op te kunnen voeden door middel van de gebouwde omgeving. De jeugd werd gezien als ideale doelgroep voor deze sociaal-constructivistische benadering, vanwege hun ambivalente positie: wel objecten van sociale wetgeving m...

Hoe verhoudt het menselijk lichaam als levend organisme zich tot toegepaste technologieën in de medische zorg? In Critical and Clinical Carthographies buigen Nederlandse en internationale experts op het gebied van robotica, mechatronica, medische technologie, design en architectuur zich over dit onderwerp.

Critical and Clinical Carthographies komt voort uit een transdisciplinaire conferentie georganiseerd door de Theorie afdeling en Hyperbody van de Faculteit Bouwunde aan de TU Delft,in ...

The Cobra Museum of Modern Art presents 'The Soul in Limbo', a solo exhibition by Jennifer Tee (b. 1973, the Netherlands) in the framework of the 6th edition of the Cobra Art Prize. 'The Soul in Limbo' comprises a variety of works set within an exhibition architecture developed by Tee. The exhibition highlights various thematic aspects of her work over the past decade including the most recent developments. The exhibition's title derives from André Breton's novel Nadja(1928) and refers to a ...

The powerhouses of our companies today are made up of increasingnumbers of professionals.The number of companies that would describe themselves asknowledge-intensive is also increasing - think of R&D labs, hi-tech,IT, media, business support, health and educational organizations.Managers tend to think that these new organizations and their staffmust be managed like before. But to do so can create more problemsthan it might solve.Professionals are for the most part already motivated and do not...

Engelse editie van monografie over (film)componist Richard Hageman. De Nederlandse editie verschijnt in maart 2016.

Volcanoes are unquestionably one of the most spectacular and awe-inspiring features of the physical world. Our paradoxical fascination with them stems from their majestic beauty and powerful, sometimes deadly, destructiveness. Notwithstanding the tremendous advances in volcanology since ancient times, some of the mystery surrounding volcanic eruptions remains today. The Encyclopedia of Volcanoes summarizes our present knowledge of volcanoes; it provides a comprehensive source of information o...

The Go Programming Language is the authoritative resource for any programmer who wants to learn Go. It shows how to write clear and idiomatic Go to solve real-world problems. The book does not assume prior knowledge of Go nor experience with any specific language, so you'll find it accessible whether you're most comfortable with JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Java, or C++.

The first chapter is a tutorial on the basic concepts of Go, introduced through programs for file I/O and text processing, sim...

Harriet Jacobs's slave narrative is remarkable for its candid exposure of the sexual abuse suffered by slaves at the hands of their owners. Her sufferings, and eventual escape to the North, are described in vivid detail. This edition also includes her brother's short memoir, 'A True Tale of Slavery'.