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Important study focuses on the revival and assimilation of ancient Greek mathematics in the 13th-16th centuries, via Arabic science, and the 16th-century development of symbolic algebra. This brought about the crucial change in the concept of number that made possible modern science -- in which the ... More

This volume presents first editions of a variety of cuneiform tablets from the Old Babylonian period belonging to the collection of the late Shlomo Moussaieff. It makes available for the first time three texts representing varying levels of Mesopotamian scribal education. The first is what the autho... More

Transcripts of three conversations on liberal education, recorded at a 1977 conference at St. John's College, Santa Fe, are presented. The idea that great books are the best instruments for liberal education is addressed, and it is suggested that great books demonstrate to the student what is possib... More

Post-Mao China has been characterized in literature and the media as a burgeoning consumer society. Consuming China investigates this characterization by examining the cultural significance of consumption and consumerism in the People’s Republic of China today. In questioning the notion of consumpti... More

With studies of China, India, West Africa, South America and Europe, this book provides a global perspective on food consumption in the modern world. Combing ethnographic, historical and comparative analyses, the volume celebrates the contributions of Jack Goody to the anthropology of food.... More

The book summarizes current knowledge in the field of Molecular Allergology and describes how the use of single allergenic molecules has initiated a new area of high-resolution allergy diagnostics. Approx. 200 allergens have already been introduced into routine serological in vitro allergy diagnos... More

Freight transport faces a dual challenge: it must satisfy the demands of globalized trade and meet environmental requirements. In this context, innovation is a crucial topic to enable the transition from the current transportation and logistics system to a sustainable system. This book provides an ... More

Current discussions of the ethics around alternative food movements--concepts such as "local," "organic," and "fair trade"--tend to focus on their growth and significance in advanced capitalist societies. In this groundbreaking contribution to critical food studies, editors Yuson Jung, Jakob A. Klei... More

Das Buch b#65533;ndelt aktuelle Fakten zur molekularen Allergologie und zeigt ihre Vorteile f#65533;r die moderne Allergiediagnostik. Zun#65533;chst werden die wichtigsten Proteinfamilien mit Allergenen #65533;hnlicher Struktur vorgestellt. Einzelallergene verbessern vor allem die Treffsicherheit ... More