Though underexplored in contemporary scholarship, the Victorian attempts to turn aesthetics into a science remain one of the most fascinating aspects of that era. In The Outward Mind, Benjamin Morgan approaches this period of innovation as an important origin point for current attempts to understand art or beauty using the tools of the sciences. Moving chronologically from natural theology in the early nineteenth century to laboratory psychology in the early twentieth, Morgan draw...

“Deep time” is a term which attempts to capture temporal scales far beyond human comprehension. These are stretches of time epitomised by geological and cosmic scale processes, vast enough to make the entirety of human existence appear as little more than a footnote. The past few years have seen a boom in texts dedicated to the study of deep time, extending across a broad range of disciplines which fall markedly outside of its geological roots. These studies are unified by two ideas in par...

Axle – Book 1She’s a wager, a game…I’ll pretend she’s mine, such a pretty little lie.I’m exactly the type of guy Elena should stay away from.Sweet, innocent women like her don’t look for relationships in motorcycle clubs. Especially one as classy and out of my league as Elena.I can’t resist swiping right on her dating profile for fun. I never imagined we’d be a match. I know I’d only be a quick thrill for her, but I...

She’s a wager, a game…I’ll pretend she’s mine, such a pretty little lie.I’m exactly the type of guy Elena should stay away from.Sweet, innocent women like her don’t look for relationships in motorcycle clubs. Especially one as classy and out of my league as Elena.I can’t resist swiping right on her dating profile for fun. I never imagined we’d be a match. I know I’d only be a quick thrill for her, but I’m getting tired of th...

Ecological Form brings together leading voices in nineteenth-century ecocriticism to suture the lingering divide between postcolonial and ecocritical approaches. Together, these essays show how Victorian thinkers used aesthetic form to engage problems of system, interconnection, and dispossession that remain our own. The authors reconsider Victorian literary structures in light of environmental catastrophe; coordinate “natural” questions with sociopolitical ones; and underscore th...

Benjamin Franklin is perhaps the most remarkable figure in American history: the greatest statesman of his age, he played a pivotal role in the formation of the American republic. He was also a pioneering scientist, a best-selling author, the country's first postmaster general, a printer, a bon vivant, a diplomat, a ladies' man, and a moralist - and the most prominent celebrity of the 18th century.Franklin was, however, a man of vast contradictions, as Edmund Morgan demonstrates in...

The best short biography of Franklin ever written.”-Gordon S. WoodBenjamin Franklin is perhaps the most remarkable figure in American history: the greatest statesman of his age, he played a pivotal role in the formation of the American republic. He was also a pioneering scientist, a bestselling author, the country’s first postmaster general, a printer, a bon vivant, a diplomat, a ladies’ man, and a moralist-and the most prominent celebrity of the eighteenth century.Franklin was,...

What does it take to manage a workforce that isn't human? The Chronicles of Aigent Catburger - raw_aigents "Name" {catburger}is the definitive historical record of a groundbreaking and perilous experiment: one human, known only as catburger, attempting to build a complex software project from scratch using nothing but a team of autonomous AI agents.This is not a story about tools. It is a story about a new kind of team, where each AI agent possesses its own uniq...

El siglo XIX fue un periodo de grandes cambios de paradigmas sociales, políticos y económicos que, junto con la expansión del imperialismo, así como de las revoluciones industriales, suscitaron nuevas discusiones respecto de las diferencias culturales e históricas entre grupos sociales. De esta manera, se abrió un panorama de enfoques teórico-metodológicos para el estudio de los sistemas socioculturales que finalmente resultaron en una nueva disciplina: la antropología. Esta obra ofrece un...

In "With the Harmony to Labrador," Benjamin La Trobe presents a vivid and engaging narrative that recounts his journey through the rugged terrain of Labrador, weaving together rich descriptions of the natural landscape with reflections on the cultural complexities he encounters. The book captures the essence of exploration literature while employing a lyrical, almost poetic style that immerses the reader in both the awe of nature and the intricacies of human experience. La Trobe's keen obs...

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Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...