The Church’s Year, as it has been known for many centuries throughout Christendom, is characterised, first, by the weekly festival of the Lord’s Day (a feature which dates from the dawn of the Church’s life and the age of the Apostles) and, secondly, by the annual recurrence of fasts and festivals, of certain days and certain seasons of religious observance. These latter emerged, and came to find places in the Kalendar at various periods. In order of time the season of the Pascha, the comm...

In "The Church Year and Kalendar," John Dowden presents a meticulous exploration of the Christian liturgical calendar, offering readers a profound understanding of its rhythms and significance throughout the ecclesiastical year. Written in a clear, accessible style, the book deftly navigates the historical evolution and theological dimensions of the calendar, while intertwining rich narratives and practices associated with each season. Dowden's comprehensive approach situates the calendar ...

The Mathematics of Thermal Modeling, Second Edition, provides an introduction to the basics of the mathematics and physics needed to understand and use the physical principles employed in constructing models of a number of aspects of thermal modeling in industrial processes, notably laser welding; most of the techniques are applicable to many other technological processes, however.The book demonstrates how insight can be gained from mathematical enquiry at a simple level a...

The revised edition of this important reference volume presents an expanded overview of the analytical and numerical approaches employed when exploring and developing modern laser materials processing techniques. The book shows how general principles can be used to obtain insight into laser processes, whether derived from fundamental physical theory or from direct observation of experimental results. The book gives readers an understanding of the strengths and limitations of simple numeric...

The Evolution of Calendars: 7 Classic Books on Cultural Timekeeping surveys the human effort to order celestial cycles, ritual observances, civic life, and historical memory. Moving among antiquarian inquiry, philosophical reflection, religious prose, scientific observation, essays, and imaginative literature, the volume situates calendars as cultural instruments rather than mere tables of dates. Its range illuminates the enduring tension between astronomical regularity and the social mean...

Portraits of Poets: 4 Classic Books on Influential Poets gathers four substantial exercises in literary criticism, biography, and appreciation into a capacious study of poetic influence. Moving between interpretive portraiture, historical reconstruction, and close evaluative prose, the volume considers poets not as isolated geniuses but as figures formed by artistic inheritance, national tradition, and changing ideals of beauty. Its range—from the medieval and Renaissance worlds to modern ...

Edward Dowden's "Southey" delves into the life and literary contributions of Robert Southey, one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement. Written in an engaging prose style, Dowden melds biographical narrative with critical analysis, examining Southey's poetry, historical writings, and his position within the complex milieu of contemporaneous literary figures such as Wordsworth and Coleridge. This biography is set against the backdrop of the shifting cultural and political landscap...

A New York Times Notable Book, winner of the Jerwood Award from the Royal Society of Literature, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and named a Book of the Year by the Telegraph, Spectator, Observer, and BBC History Magazine, this bold new history of the rise of Christianity shows how its radical followers helped to annihilate Greek and Roman civilizations.The Darkening Age ...

Feynman Simplified gives mere mortals access to the fabled Feynman Lectures on Physics.Quantum mechanics is rarely taught well in introductory physics courses. Here more than anywhere else, Feynman excels. Here more than anywhere else, Feynman Simplified can help you learn from the very best, but at a humane pace.Feynman Simplified: 3B covers the second third of Volume 3 of The Feynman Lectures on Physics. The topics we explore include:Particle Exchange Model ...

Journey to the utopian island of Bensalem in this novel by the influential English philosopher and scientist.A group of Europeans leave South America by boat and, after a bout of dangerous weather, find refuge on an island where a society like none other exists. Here, the travelers find themselves welcomed by a people who, thanks to a long-ago miracle, received the message of Christ, and practice the virtues neglected by so many others. They also practice the scien...

Eagerly awaited, this second edition of a best-selling text comprehensively describes from a modern perspective the basics of x-ray physics as well as the completely new opportunities offered by synchrotron radiation. Written by internationally acclaimed authors, the style of the book is to develop the basic physical principles without obscuring them with excessive mathematics.The second edition differs substantially from the first edition, with over 30% new material, incl...

Spiritual Friendship is today the best known and perhaps most influential of the thirteen surviving works of Aelred, abbot of the great English Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx from 1147 '1167. During his abbacy he built Rievaulx into a place of spiritual welcome and physical prosperity, desiring to make it a mother of mercy" to those in need. In a three-book Ciceronian dialogue Aelred defines human friendship as sacramental, beginning in creation, as God sought to place his own love ...