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Resultaten voor 'michael taylor'
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Impossible Monsters
How the Discovery of Dinosaurs Changed the WorldOne of the most interesting stories in the world . . . brilliant . . . told with brio and humour, but not without a sense of the pathos of Doubt . . . I relished every word
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Impossible Monsters
Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion“Vivid with a Mesozoic bestiary” (Tom Holland), this on-the-ground, page-turning narrative weaves together the chance discovery of dinosaurs and the rise of the secular age.
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Impossible Monsters
Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and ReligionShortlisted for the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize A Bloomberg, Economist, Waterstones, and Times Literary Supplement Best Book of 2024 “Vivid with a Mesozoic bestiary” (Tom Holland), this on-the-ground, page-turning narrative weaves together the chance discovery of dinosaurs and the rise of the secular age.
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Impossible Monsters
Impossible Monsters is the captivating story of the discovery of the dinosaurs and how it upended our understanding of the origins of the world.'An astonishing book about an extraordinary subject' PETER FRANKOPAN'As thrilling as it is sweeping' TOM HOLLAND'This book dazzles in its originality . . . a triumph' SATHNAM SANGHERAIn 1811, a twelve-year-old girl uncovered some strange-looking bones in Britain's southern shoreline. They belonged to no known creature and were buried beneath a hundred feet of rock. Over the next two decades, as several more of these 'impossible monsters' emerged from the soil, the leading scientists of the day were forced to confront a profoundly disturbing possibility: the Bible, as a historical account of the Earth's origins, was wildly wrong.This is the dramatic story of the crisis that engulfed science and religion when we discovered the dinosaurs. It takes us into the lives and minds of the extraordinary men and women who made these heretical discoveries, those who resisted them, as well as the pioneering thinkers, Darwin most famous among them, who took great risks to construct a new account of the earth's and mankind's origins.Impossible Monsters is the riveting story of a group of people who not only thought impossible things but showed them to be true. In the process they overturned the literal reading of the Bible, liberated science from the authority of religion and ushered in the secular age.'Truly marvellous ... an intellectual thriller' RICHARD HOLMES'A stunning work ... of surprises and revelations' STEVE BRUSATTE*An Economist, Times Literary Supplement, Bloomberg and Waterstones Book of the Year 2024*
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Charlie and Mrs Wigglebottom's Leg
Perfect for Cocker Spaniel lovers no matter the age!Charlie is a young Cocker Spaniel. He leaves the kennels to live with his new boss Walter and his family.For Charlie's first birthday Walter decides to hold a party to celebrate. Lots of Walter's friends come to the party and it's a great success. But Charlie does something he's not supposed to!Will Charlie be in trouble or will he be forgiven?Read Charlie's escapade and see what happens. With illustrations by renowned cartoonist Tony Holland.
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Finger Strings
A Book of Cat's Cradles and String FiguresOver eighty inventive and imaginative shapes and figures to create with finger strings.
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The Puppet Show
At first glance, The Puppet Show seems a flip title. Organized by Philadelphia ICA Senior Curator Ingrid Schaffner and Carin Kuoni, this exhibition catalogue focuses--with both humor and gravity--on the surprisingly prodigious amount of puppet imagery in contemporary art. It takes as its historic point of departure one of the first episodes of avant-garde art history: Alfred Jarry's 1896 puppet play Ubu Roi, which the South African artist William Kentridge, in collaboration with the Handspring Puppet Company, has adapted into an allegory of apartheid. Other puppets are featured in works from more than 30 well-established, international artists, including Anne Chu, Terence Gower, Pierre Huyghe, Christian Jankowski, Laurie Simmons, Kiki Smith and Kara Walker. This volume also looks at puppets in Modern art and popular culture--from Sophie Tauber Arp’s Dada marionettes to the Internet phenomenon of the “sockpuppet”--a well-known person’s fake online persona, created in order to boost public opinion.
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Vulnerability Analysis for Transportation Networks
Vulnerability Analysis for Transportation Networks provides an integrated framework for understanding and addressing how transportation networks across all modes perform when parts of the network fail or are substantially degraded, such as extreme weather events, natural disasters, road crashes, congestion incidents or road repair. The book reviews the range of existing approaches to network vulnerability and identifies the application of each approach, illustrating them with case studies from around the world. The book covers the dimensions of time (hours, days, weeks, months and years), spatial coverage (national networks, regional areas, metropolitan and urbanized areas) and modes (road, urban public transport and national railway systems). It shows how the provided framework can be used to indicate the most suitable accessibility tools and metrics for a particular application. Vulnerability Analysis for Transportation Networks is for academics and researchers in transportation networks and for practicing professionals involved in the planning and management of transportation networks and services.
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Inventing Abstraction, 1910-1925
In 1912, in several European cities, a handful of artistsNVasily Kandinsky, Frantisek Kupka, Francis Picabia and Robert DelaunayNpresented the first abstract pictures to the public. "Inventing Abstraction, " published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, celebrates the centennial of this bold new type of artwork.
€ 70,00