A consistent best-seller, the wide-ranging and authoritative Dictionary of Sociology was first published in 1994 and contains more than 2,500 entries on the terminology, methods, concepts, and thinker ... 続きを読む
The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universi ... 続きを読む
A new edition of George Eliot's last great novel, whose dual plot and Jewish storyline encompass issues that remain controversial and current in the twenty-first century.
The novel combines a pow ... 続きを読む
世界の著名な博物館・美術館でも人気の高い古代エジプト美術。建築も世界中の観光客を魅了してやみません。これらは当時の人々にとってはどんな意味をもち、時を経てもなお多くの人々を魅了し続ける理由は一体どこにあるのでしょうか。本書では古代エジプトの人々がどのように自然界や神々と関わりながら生活してきたかを見渡し、エジプト美術の鑑賞のしかたやウェブ上のリソースについても案内します。(cf. Ancient ... 続きを読む
A concise account of the most biodiverse ocean ecosystem
Explains how coral reefs are created and have evolved
Explores the geological and biological importance coral reefs hold and what we have l ... 続きを読む
「光は粒子なのか、波なのか。」 20世紀の量子力学が解決してくれるまで、科学者を大いに悩ませ続けてきた疑問です。17世紀のホイヘンスやニュートンの取り組み以降の歴史を振り返り、電子レンジやDVD、レーザー光など身近な物への応用にも触れます。広く活用されている電磁放射、量子光源の通信や演算への応用といった光学の未来にも目を向けます。
Covers the physics of lig ... 続きを読む
The Poetic Genius of my Country...bade me sing the loves, the joys, the rural scenes and rural pleasures of my natal Soil, in my native tongue.'
Many of the poems and songs of Robert Burns (1759-96 ... 続きを読む
Investigative Interviewing: the Conversation Management Approach provides you with the knowledge, understanding, and tools to facilitate maximum disclosure by any interviewee in order to achieve your ... 続きを読む