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Мифы империи. Литература и власть в эпоху Екатерины II |
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Категория: Гуманитарные науки » Исторические науки » Отечественная история |
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Автор: Вера Проскурина
Издательство: Новое литературное обозрение
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 5-86793-424-1
Количество страниц: 343
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF
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Книга В.Проскуриной опровергает расхожие представления о том, что в России второй половины XVIII века обращение к образам и сюжетам классической древности только затемняло содержание культурной и политической реальности, было формальной данью запоздалому классицизму. Автор исследует, как древние мифы переосмыслялись и использовались в эпоху Екатерины II для утверждения и укрепления Империи и ее идеологии.
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Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs |
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Категория: Биологические науки » Палеонтология. Ископаемые останки |
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Автор: Michael Novacek
Издательство: Doubleday
Год издания: 1996
isbn: Язык: Английский 0385477740
Количество страниц: 367
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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Over the past six years, Michael Novacek, Dean of Science at the American Museum of Natural History, has led a team of international scientists to Mongolia's Gobi Desert on the greatest dinosaur expedition of the late twentieth century. Closed to the West since the 1920s and opened only to Michael Novacek's team, the remote sands of the Gobi Desert constitute the richest fossil site in the world. In Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs, Novacek takes the reader along with his team as he re-creates the day-to-day drama of field exploration over the last six years and recounts the remarkable discoveries that he and his colleagues unearthed. Following early years of relative disappointment, in 1993 the expedition discovered the richest Cretaceous dinosaur site ever found, excavating fossils that have helped to reshape our understanding of the dinosaur and early mammal era. Interweaving the adventure of field research with chapters that offer in depth discussions on contemporary dinosaur research and science, Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs makes for the best kind of science--an engrossing narrative that brings compellingly to life the thrill and excitement of scientific discovery. |
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Time Traveler: In Search of Dinosaurs and Other Fossils from Montana to Mongolia |
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Категория: Биологические науки » Палеонтология. Ископаемые останки |
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Автор: Michael Novacek
Издательство: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 0374278806
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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Hunting for fossils with a preeminent guide and teacher
Michael Novacek, a world-renowned paleontologist who has discovered important fossils on virtually every continent, is an authority on patterns of evolution and on the relationships among extinct and extant organisms. Time Traveler is his captivating account of how his boyhood enthusiasm for dinosaurs became a lifelong commitment to vanguard science. He takes us with him as he discovers fossils in his own backyard in Los Angeles, then goes looking for them in the high Andes, the black volcanic mountains of Yemen, and the incredibly rich fossil badlands of the Gobi desert.
Wherever Novacek goes he searches for still undiscovered evidence of what life was like on Earth millions of years ago. Along the way he has almost drowned, been stung by deadly scorpions, been held at gunpoint by a renegade army, and nearly choked in raging dust storms. Fieldwork is very demanding in a host of unusual, dramatic, sometimes hilarious ways, and Novacek writes of its alluring perils with affection and discernment. But Time Traveler also makes sense of many complex themes - about dinosaur evolution, continental drift, mass extinctions, new methods for understanding ancient environments, and the evolutionary secrets of DNA in fossil organisms. It is also an enthralling adventure story. |
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This Land: A Guide to Eastern National Forests |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Науки о Земле » География, путешествия, путеводители |
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Автор: Robert Mohlenbrock
Издательство: University of California Press
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 0520239849
Количество страниц: 422
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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"To my knowledge, there is no other title that assembles the information gathered in this book in such a comprehensive and helpful manner.... This Land will be a singular, indispensable and definitive title on the national forests for some time to come." - John A. Murray, author of Writing about Nature "This Land adeptly conveys the sense of awe that characterizes our national forests. In the end, this volume will help us and future generations understand and appreciate the wealth of this land and remind us of the importance of being responsible stewards of the people's land today and for future generations." - Mike Dombeck, Chief Emeritus, U.S. Forest Service "Americans are very mobile today and many have become disillusioned with the masses encountered in the national parks... the national forests are a national secret to most people. [This Land] will begin to unfurl that secret." - Lawrence R. Stritch, President of the Eastern Panhandle Native Plant Society of West Virginia" |
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This Land: A Guide to Central National Forests |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Науки о Земле » География, путешествия, путеводители |
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Автор: Robert Mohlenbrock
Издательство: University of California Press
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 0520239822
Количество страниц: 405
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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Part armchair travelogue, part guide book, this projected three-volume series--divided into the western, central, and eastern United States--will introduce readers to all 155 national forests across the country. This Land is the only comprehensive field guide that describes the natural features, wildernesses, scenic drives, campgrounds, and hiking trails of our national forests, many of which--while little known and sparsely visited--boast features as spectacular as those found in our national parks and monuments. Each entry includes logistical information about size and location, facilities, attractions, and associated wilderness areas. For about half of the forests, Robert H. Mohlenbrock has provided sidebars on the biological or geological highlights, drawn from the "This Land" column that he has written for Natural History magazine since 1984.
Superbly illustrated with color photographs, botanical drawings, and maps, this book is loaded with information, clearly written, and easy to use.
This volume covers national forests in: Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming |
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Всадники Укока |
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Категория: Гуманитарные науки » Исторические науки » Археология |
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Автор: Полосьмак Н.В.
Издательство: ИНФОЛИО
Год издания: 2001
isbn: 5-89590-037-2
Количество страниц: 336
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF
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Книга рассказывает об одном из наиболее ярких археологических открытий уходящего века - о "замерзших" могилах Горного Алтая. В 90-х годах экспедицией под руководством автора на высокогорном плато Укок были открыты и исследованы погребения кочевой знати, сохранившиеся в древних ледяных линзах и не тронутые ни временем, ни людьми. В захоронениях были найдены многочисленные предметы: лиственничные колоды и ложа, деревянные подушки, вырезанные из кедра украшения, конская амуниция, детали предметов вооружения, одежда, войлочные ковры, посуда, красящие вещества, остатки растений и семян и многое другое. Были также обнаружены хорошо сохранившиеся мумии людей - женщины и мужчины, на плечах и руках которых нанесена великолепная татуировка. Вмерзшие в лед, они лежали в полном облачении: в меховых шубах, войлочных головных уборах, париках, шерстяных штанах и юбках, войлочных чулках, деревянных и золотых украшениях.
Работа проиллюстрирована фотоматериалами, рассказывающими о плато Укок и о раскопках "замерзших" могил. На цветных слайдах и рисунках запечатлены великолепные произведения искусства, выполненные в "зверином" стиле, многие из которых публикуются впервые. Графические реконструкции позволяют во всех деталях представить внешний вид пазырыкцев, их коней, погребальные сооружения, украшения и многое другое. |
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Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics V (Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings) |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Физико-математические науки » Астрономия, космос |
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Автор: Jose M. Diego, Luis J. Goicoechea, J. Ignacio González-Serrano, Javier Gorgas
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2010
isbn: 3642112498
Количество страниц: 566
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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This volume collects the invited contributions and plenary sessions presented at the Eighth Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (Sociedad Española de Astronomía, SEA) held on July 7-11, 2008 in Santander. These contributions cover all fields of astronomy and astrophysics, i.e., the Sun and solar system, the galaxy and its components, galaxies and cosmology, observatories and instrumentation, as well as astronomy teaching and dissemination. Further plenary sessions were devoted to selected hot topics, including the exploration of the solar system, gravitational lensing, exoplanets, X-ray binaries, solar magnetism, gravitational waves, the ALHAMBRA collaboration, and the OSIRIS instrument on the new 10-m GTC. Abstracts of the contributions presented at the parallels sessions and posters are also included in the book. Complete versions of those papers are available online. |
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Martian Outpost: The Challenges of Establishing a Human Settlement on Mars |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Физико-математические науки » Астрономия, космос |
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Автор: Erik Seedhouse
Издательство: Praxis
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 038798190X
Количество страниц: 304
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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Martian Outpost provides a detailed insight into the various technologies, mission architectures, medical requirements, and training needed to send humans to Mars. It focuses on mission objectives and benefits, and the risks and complexities that are compounded when linked to an overall planet exploration program involving several expeditions and setting up a permanent presence on the surface.
The first section provides the background to sending a human mission to Mars. Analogies are made with early polar exploration and the expeditions of Shackleton, Amundsen, and Mawson. The interplanetary plans of the European Space Agency, NASA, and Russia are examined, including the possibility of one or more nations joining forces to send humans to Mars. Current mission architectures, such as NASA’s Constellation, ESA’s Aurora, and Ross Tierney’s DIRECT, are described and evaluated
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Мифы и легенды рыцарской эпохи |
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Категория: Гуманитарные науки » Исторические науки » Этнография |
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Автор: Т. Булфинч
Издательство: Центрполиграф
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 978-5-9524-4093-7
Количество страниц: 352
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF
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Увлекательные легенды и баллады Туманного Альбиона в переложении известного писателя Томаса Булфинча - неотъемлемая часть сокровищницы мирового фольклора. Веселые и печальные, фантастичные, а порой и курьезные истории передают уникальность средневековой эпохи, сказочные времена короля Артура и рыцарей Круглого стола: их пиры и турниры, поиски чаши Святого Грааля, возвышенную любовь отважных рыцарей к прекрасным дамам их сердца.
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On the Skirts of Canaan in the Iron Age (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta) |
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Категория: Гуманитарные науки » Исторические науки » Всемирная история, древний мир |
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Автор: Edward Lipinski
Издательство: Peeters Publishers
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 9042917989
Количество страниц: 479
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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The history of Canaan in the Iron Age is generally written from the perspective of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The scope of this book is to inverse this relation and to focus on "the skirts of Canaan", while regarding the "United Monarchy" and the "Divided Monarchy" as external and sometimes marginal players of the regional history. After having examined the transition from the Late Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the mid-12th century B.C., the book deals thus with the Philistines and the role of Egypt in Canaan during Iron Age II, especially in the face of the Assyrian expansion. It treats further of the Phoenicians and the Aramaeans. There follow five chapters on Bashan, Gilead, Ammon, Moab, and Edom with the Negeb. Several indices facilitate the consultation of the work on particular topics.
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