First published in 1979, Pythagoras aims to make available to a wide range of readers the events of Pythagoras’s life and his theories, and to present him not primarily as a mathematician and scientific genius nor as a poetical and mystical phenomenon but as a man of his times subject to diverse influences. Today, Pythagoras is best remembered as a mathematician and for his mystical religious beliefs but his seminal influence as a thinker has been largely misunderstood.Pet...

Nel cuore dell'Amazzonia peruviana l'esploratore e giornalista americano Peter Gorman entra in contatto con la misteriosa cultura degli Indios Matsés, documentando usi e tradizioni di un mondo lontanissimo dalla civiltà occidentale, un luogo remoto in cui uomo e natura vivono in profonda, talvolta incomprensibile, comunione. Il Matsés Pablo introduce l'autore alla purificazione del kambo o sapo – un "veleno" secreto dalla pelle della rana Phyllomedusa bicolor – che gli indigeni assumono co...

'A rare glimpse into a secret world.' --THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY'Every page shines...a tremendous book.' -- TRAVELLER MAGAZINE'Hard-hitting...Highly recommended.' -FIGHTSPORT'Illuminating and gripping.' -- IRISH POSTBartley Gorman was the greatest bareknuckle fighter of modern times. He reigned as King of the Gypsies for twenty years, beating all comers in illegal contests at fairs and racetracks, down mineshafts and in quarries, on campsites and in car par...

Masculinities and Place bring together an impressive range of high-profile and emerging researchers to consolidate and expand new domains of interest in the geographies of men and masculinities. It is structured around key and emerging themes within recently completed and on-going research about the intersections between men, masculinities and place. Building upon broader themes in social and cultural geographies, cultural economy and urban/rural studies, the collection is organised around...

An original, 360-degree re-telling of the Battle of Britain through 18 of the iconic (and some less well-known) aircraft and the pilots who flew them - British, Polish, New Zealander, German, Danish.In Battle of Britain: The Pilots and the Planes That Made History, Ed Gorman and Simon Pearson paint a vivid picture of the men and their machines as the battle for air superiority over Britain is played out across the skies of Europe, from western Ireland to the German capital...

A guide to the economic modeling of household preferences, from two leaders in the fieldA common set of mathematical tools underlies dynamic optimization, dynamic estimation, and filtering. In Recursive Models of Dynamic Linear Economies, Lars Peter Hansen and Thomas Sargent use these tools to create a class of econometrically tractable models of prices and quantities. They present examples from microeconomics, macroeconomics, and asset pricing. The models...

As our understanding of the mechanisms of the brain and nervous system that underlie the conscious experience of pain has increased over the past 60 years, so too has the field of pain management. What began as almost exclusively the domain of anaesthetists has become multidisciplinary, and now comprises many other specialisms including neurology, psychology, nursing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy. This spate of activity has been paralleled by a similar growth in research: in neur...

As bareknuckle fighting is poised to steal MMA's spotlight, its greatest modern-day champion tells his story of rising to the top in the brutal sport.Steeped in the tradition of his Irish Traveller ancestry, Bartley Gorman also embraced its dangerous subculture: bareknuckle fighting. Though it gave birth to boxing as we know it today, the sport has remained underground—and illegal in most developed countries. But that didn't stop Gorman from rising through the priz...

Dieser Band enthält folgende Western: Marshal Logan und die harte Rancherin (Pete Hackett) Grainger und tausend Stangen Dynamit (Barry Gorman) Die Spur führt zum Red River (Pete Hackett) Marshal Logan und der Hass des Siedlers (Pete Hackett) Die Spur der Gold-Wölfe (W.A.Fraser) Marshal Logan und die tödliche Quittung (Pete Hackett) Marshal Logans Wettlauf gegen die Zeit (Pete Hackett) Winnewolf - Mein Bündnis mit den roten Teufeln (Peter Thannisch) Blutiger Weg nach Baton Rouge (Thomas Wes...

Data are an organization's sole, non-depletable, non-degrading, durable asset. Engineered right, data's value increases over time because the added dimensions of time, geography, and precision. To achieve data's full organizational value, there must be dedicated individual to leverage data as assets - a Chief Data Officer or CDO who's three job pillars are: - Dedication solely to leveraging data assets, - Unconstrained by an IT project mindset, and - Reports directly to the business Once t...

A Language of Freedom and Teacher’s Authority: Case Comparisons from Turkey and the United States explores dimensions of authority that are deeply embedded in the profession of teaching. It examines critical dimensions of the foundations of Turkish and U.S. public education, both of which are under new pressures due to changes in the relationship between public schooling and current reforms in education. The contributors reflect on varied dimensions of authority, of which ideals are shifti...

This book sets out to restore the concept of healing to its place within and beyond pain medicine, in chapters authored by keynote speakers to the British Pain Society's Philosophy and Ethics Special Interest Group. Exploring psychological, spiritual and creative approaches, contributors reflect on therapeutic avenues ranging from the deliberate use of the placebo response and the importance of a caring relationship between patient and practitioner, to the use of knitting as a therapeutic ...