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Author | : Arnaldo Momigliano |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520078703 |
Here, at last, are the long-awaited Sather Classical Lectures of the great historian Arnaldo Momigliano, In a masterly survey of the origins of ancient historiography, Momigliano captures those features of an ancient historian's work that not only gave it importance in its own day but also encouraged imitation and exploitation in later centuries. He reveals the extent to which Greek, Persian, and Jewish historians influenced the Western historiographic tradition, and then goes on to examine the first Roman historians and the emergence of national history. In the course of his exposition, he traces the development of antiquarian studies as distinctive branch of historical research from antiquity to the modern period, discusses the place of Tacitus in historical thought, and explores the way in which ecclesiastical historiography has developed a tradition of its own. All these lectures illustrate Momigliano's unrivaled ability to combine the study of classical texts and the history of classical scholarship. First delivered in 1962, the lectures were revised during the next fifteen years and then held for annotation that was never completed. They are now published from the author's manuscripts, collated and checked by Momigliano's literary executor, Anne Marie Meyer, of the Warburg Institute, with a foreword by Riccardo Di Donato, of the University of Pisa. The text is printed as the author left it. Sather Classical Lectures, 54
Author | : David Lincoln |
Publisher | : Cognella Academic Publishing |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2013-12-31 |
Genre | : Civilization |
ISBN | : 9781626618541 |
Author | : Leigh A. Bortins |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2010-06-08 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 023010035X |
The Core is an important resource that helps parents create ways to incorporate study into daily routines involving the entire family. --Book Jacket.
Author | : David Lincoln |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2014-07-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781516552115 |
Straightforward and accessible, The Classical Foundation: Ancient Western Primary Sources that Shaped Our Culture introduces students to the western tradition through quality recent translations of primary sources such as Aristophanes, Euripides, Homer and Virgil. It pairs these with later western sources to show how the Classical Age relates to the Early Modern and Modern Ages. The contemporary language of the translations makes the classical works relatable. Introductions to each primary source contextualize the material, prepare students for mindful reading, and enhance comprehension. Students will see how a classical play, such as Lysistrata, is not all that different from the bold, salty humor of a television comedy like South Park, and what this similarity teaches us about comedy as a form of political expression, and a vehicle for the voices of the disenfranchised. The Classical Foundation is written to be the primary text for courses in western, Greek, or Roman civilization. It is also an excellent supplement for courses in classical literature and philosophy, myth, and Greek tragedy.
Author | : Classical Conversations MultiMedia |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2017-06-28 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780996566049 |
Author | : Bradley J. Cook |
Publisher | : Islamic Translation Series |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Islamic education |
ISBN | : 9780842527637 |
Education has always been an important pursuit in Islam. The Prophet Muhammad enjoined his followers to “seek knowledge, even unto China.” Within the religion, educational theory and practice were founded on the work of itinerant teachers who taught the fundamental tenets of the faith in exchange for lodging and other services; Qur’anic schools where masters of the Qur’an tutored pupils; and centers of higher learning in Baghdad, Damascus, Alexandria and elsewhere, where Islamic theology and jurisprudence were developed and taught. In this volume, Bradley J. Cook, with assistance from Fathi H. Malkawi, has drawn together and introduced selections from the writings of eminent Islamic thinkers on the subject of Islamic educational efforts, presenting the original Arabic texts alongside their annotated English translations.
Author | : P. C. Deshmukh |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 591 |
Release | : 2019-12-12 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 110848056X |
The book aims at speeding up undergraduates to attain interest in advanced concepts and methods in science and engineering.
Author | : Friedrich W Hehl |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 405 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1461200512 |
In this book we display the fundamental structure underlying classical electro dynamics, i. e. , the phenomenological theory of electric and magnetic effects. The book can be used as a textbook for an advanced course in theoretical electrodynamics for physics and mathematics students and, perhaps, for some highly motivated electrical engineering students. We expect from our readers that they know elementary electrodynamics in the conventional (1 + 3)-dimensional form including Maxwell's equations. More over, they should be familiar with linear algebra and elementary analysis, in cluding vector analysis. Some knowledge of differential geometry would help. Our approach rests on the metric-free integral formulation of the conservation laws of electrodynamics in the tradition of F. Kottler (1922), E. Cartan (1923), and D. van Dantzig (1934), and we stress, in particular, the axiomatic point of view. In this manner we are led to an understanding of why the Maxwell equa tions have their specific form. We hope that our book can be seen in the classical tradition of the book by E. J. Post (1962) on the Formal Structure of Electro magnetics and of the chapter "Charge and Magnetic Flux" of the encyclopedia article on classical field theories by C. Truesdell and R. A. Toupin (1960), in cluding R. A. Toupin's Bressanone lectures (1965); for the exact references see the end of the introduction on page 11. .
Author | : R. Jancel |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 441 |
Release | : 2013-10-22 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1483186261 |
Foundations of Classical and Quantum Statistical Mechanics details the theoretical foundation the supports the concepts in classical and quantum statistical mechanics. The title discusses the various problems set by the theoretical justification of statistical mechanics methods. The text first covers the the ergodic theory in classical statistical mechanics, and then proceeds to tackling quantum mechanical ensembles. Next, the selection discusses the the ergodic theorem in quantum statistical mechanics and probability quantum ergodic theorems. The selection also details H-theorems and kinetic equations in classical and quantum statistical mechanics. The book will be of great interest to students, researchers, and practitioners of physics, chemistry, and engineering.
Author | : D. Hestenes |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 716 |
Release | : 2005-12-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0306471221 |
(revised) This is a textbook on classical mechanics at the intermediate level, but its main purpose is to serve as an introduction to a new mathematical language for physics called geometric algebra. Mechanics is most commonly formulated today in terms of the vector algebra developed by the American physicist J. Willard Gibbs, but for some applications of mechanics the algebra of complex numbers is more efficient than vector algebra, while in other applications matrix algebra works better. Geometric algebra integrates all these algebraic systems into a coherent mathematical language which not only retains the advantages of each special algebra but possesses powerful new capabilities. This book covers the fairly standard material for a course on the mechanics of particles and rigid bodies. However, it will be seen that geometric algebra brings new insights into the treatment of nearly every topic and produces simplifications that move the subject quickly to advanced levels. That has made it possible in this book to carry the treatment of two major topics in mechanics well beyond the level of other textbooks. A few words are in order about the unique treatment of these two topics, namely, rotational dynamics and celestial mechanics.