Schrödinger

Schrödinger
Author: C. W. Kilmister
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1987
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521379298

In this volume, prepared in 1987 to celebrate the centenary of Schrödinger's birth, leading figures have collaborated to produce this survey of the man and his science.

Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas
Author: Hannah Ellis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2014-09-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1472903110

Dylan Thomas: A Centenary Celebration is a unique collection of specially commissioned essays celebrating the poet's life and work one hundred years after his birth in 1914. Edited by his granddaughter, Hannah Ellis, who introduces each section by theme, the book is divided into three parts concerning Thomas's early years, later life and his lasting legacy. Highlights include essays from noted biographers Andrew Lycett and David N. Thomas, National Poet for Wales Gillian Clarke on Under Milk Wood, and poetry by Archbishop Emeritus Rowan Williams. The book also includes essays by poet Owen Sheers and BBC Radio 6 presenter Cerys Matthews, as well as numerous testimonies and poems from the likes of former President of the United States Jimmy Carter, Phillip Pullman and actor Michael Sheen. With a foreword by comedian and former Monty Python Terry Jones, Dylan Thomas: A Centenary Celebration is a rich and personal reflection on the lasting legacy of Britain's greatest poet.

Durkheim in Dialogue

Durkheim in Dialogue
Author: Sondra L. Hausner
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1782380221

One hundred years after the publication of the great sociological treatise, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, this new volume shows how aptly Durkheim1s theories still resonate with the study of contemporary and historical religious societies. The volume applies the Durkheimian model to multiple cases, probing its resilience, wondering where it might be tweaked, and asking which aspects have best stood the test of time. A dialogue between theory and ethnography, this book shows how Durkheimian sociology has become a mainstay of social thought and theory, pointing to multiple ways in which Durkheim1s work on religion remains relevant to our thinking about culture.

Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show

Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show
Author: Brent Elliott
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780711234512

Chelsea Flower Show is an annual, world famous and well-loved horticultural and social event. In May 2013 Chelsea celebrates its hundredth birthday. This book will be the essential centenary souvenir, and an enduring look at what makes Chelsea special. A learned but accessible text will explore how the show has evolved, how it is has formed part of the social calendar and how it has reflected and shaped tastes in garden design and planting over the years. Outstanding personalities will be highlighted as well as outstanding gardens. Sprinkled through the book, short pieces by significant nurserymen and nurserywomen, designers, organisers, visitors and patrons will describe what Chelsea means to them. The book will be arranged chronologically, with chapters on the early shows, shows between the wars and decade by decade to the present day. Illustrations will largely be drawn from the extensive Royal Horticultural Society archive and will include photographs in colour and black and white, plans, posters and other ephemera. Many will be published here for the first time.

Knowledge and Reference in Empirical Science

Knowledge and Reference in Empirical Science
Author: Jody Azzouni
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1134593430

Knowledge and Reference in Empirical Science is a fascinating study of the bounds between science and language: in what sense, and of what, does science provide knowledge? Is science an instrument only distantly related to what's real? Can the language of science be used to adequately describe the truth? In this book, Jody Azziouni investigates the technology of science - the actual forging and exploiting of causal links, between ourselves and what we endeavor to know and understand.