China is in the midst of transitioning from a manufacturing-based economy to one driven by innovation and knowledge. This up-to-date analysis evaluates China's state-led approach to science and technology, and its successes and failures.In recent decades, China has seen huge investments in high-tech science parks, a surge in home-grown top-ranked global companies, and a significant increase in scientific publications and patents. Helped by state policies and a flexible business cul...

Vivre à son propre rythme, lire des auteurs oubliés, jouer au tennis sans esprit de compétition, faire la sieste au fond du jardin, contempler un vol de grues, repenser aux rêves de la nuit : autant d'expériences mystérieuses que le bruit assourdissant de la planète rend aujourd'hui presque impossibles. Dans l'esprit du Petit traité de désinvolture, L'art difficile de ne presque rien faire aborde avec un humour délicieux l'une des questions insolubles de l'existence : comment préserver la ...

The provenance of artworks is a burning issue in current scholarship and politics. Transpose provenance into architecture and it reveals new and surprising dimensions in the social, material and cultural lives of buildings and architectural artefacts, reframing questions of migration, movement and circulation. Provenance in architecture illuminates the intricate trajectories of fundamentally composite objects from their complex origins to their uncertain destinations.This dictionar...

Some desires are too powerful to ignore…and too dangerous to deny.From ancient curses to modern-day secrets, these unforgettable stories explore the pull of forbidden love in worlds where passion collides with power. Vampires bound by blood and betrayal, shapeshifters torn between instinct and loyalty, and supernatural forces that test the limits of fate—all must decide if love is worth the risk.Set against dark, immersive...

Comment la variété des contextes historiques et aux cultures politiques affecte-t-elle le destin d’une œuvre comme celle de Simone de Beauvoir ? Autour de la Méditerranée, d’Espagne ou d’Italie en Israël, la chronique des traductions, de la diffusion parfois clandestine (sous Franco) et des appropriations accentuant l’aspect intellectuel ou la dimension féministe, les histoires centrées sur la réception de l’œuvre beauvoirienne indiquent des chronologies et des thématiques diversifiées, qu...

La multiplicité des produits et activités qui se côtoient dans un laboratoire de recherche ou d'analyse engendre des risques spécifiques.Cette 4e édition, entièrement actualisée et rédigée par une équipe pluridisciplinaire de spécialistes reconnus prend en compte la plupart des risques professionnels présents dans les laboratoires et intègre toutes les exigences réglementaires.L'objectif de l'ouvrage est d'apporter des réponses concrètes aux situations à risques rencontrées...

Measure for Measure is one of darkest of Shakespeare’s comedies. Written in about 1603 and first performed in 1604, it immediately preceded the composition of the major tragedies Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.Duke Vincentino, the ruler of Vienna, fears that under his mild sovereignty, the people may have become lazy and lax. He decides to “go over cover” in the disguise of a monk and appoint his deputy, Angelo, who is a reputed paragon of virtu...

À la fin des années 1740, tandis qu’il se lance dans l’Encyclopédie, Diderot se tourne vers les sciences de la vie. L’opération d’une aveugle-née l’amène à spéculer sur la relation entre ce qu’on voit et ce qu’on est. Contre le chrétien Réaumur, il développe une thèse qui lui vaudra d’être conduit au donjon de Vincennes : nos idées morales dépendent de nos sens ; en matière de métaphysique, un certain relativisme s’impose. Pourtant, la Lettre sur les aveugles cherche moins à trancher en fa...

Antonio, a wealthy and popular merchant, is in financial difficulty. He approaches a Jewish money lender, Shylock, who agrees to provide 3000 ducats, with a very curious bond – a pound of the merchant’s flesh, to be levied if Antonio fails to make a timely repayment. Feeling confident that his argosies will arrive in time to cover the debt, Antonio agrees to this bizarre transaction.Meanwhile, a wealthy gentlewoman, Portia, must choose a suitor using a curious ritual mandated by he...

**“[A] callback to what makes Rapp such a special character, and a white-knuckle reminder of why this series remains the gold standard of the political thriller genre.” —The Real Book SpyDon Bentley completes the trilogy begun with American Assassin by taking Mitch Rapp back to his fledgling assassin days, picking up where Kill Shot ended, on a mission to save the woman he loves amid a CIA showdown with the Russian intelligence services in a new thriller ...

This book is the first authoritative text on the role that physicists play in solving the inherently multidisciplinary science and technology challenges in food manufacturing. Topics range from designing safe, nutritious and great-tasting foods to the process technology and manufacturing know-how needed to deliver compelling product innovation. The book provides a foundational resource for the transformation of engineering and materials characterisation in the food and pharmaceuticals indu...

In less than thirty years, China has become a major force in the global economy. One feature of its rapid ascent has been an enormous expansion of the country's science and technology capabilities, leading to the emergence of a large and increasingly well-educated talent pool. Yet China finds itself engaged in an internal debate as to whether its full potential can be realised. At the heart of this debate lie a number of uncertainties surrounding the quality, quantity and effective utilisa...