Polymer Science, Nanomaterials and Beyond
Explore the intersections of polymer science and nanotechnology for sustainable solutions to global challenges. This guide covers biodegradable polymers, advanced energy storage, and machine learning in materials research, with applications in biomedicine and renewable energy.
The art market is often difficult to understand. Art historian Dr Ruth Polleit Riechert shares her method for assessing art and purchasing high-quality works at fair prices. Learn to recognize good art, which art is a suitable investment, and how new technologies can assist you.
Sparks From Spartacus
Who was the real Spartacus? To the ancient elite, he was a dangerous rogue. To later ages, a noble, tragic hero. For the first time, this richly illustrated book presents his continuous story from ancient sources, revealing the man behind the myth and his lasting legacy.
This guide offers a biopsychosocial approach to headache, focusing not just on causes but on sleep, mobility, nutrition, and social life. Through an interactive, case-based design, it explores therapies from yoga and manual therapy to dietary programmes and CBT.
Rhianus of Crete, Hellenistic Poet and Grammarian
This edition of the poetic and grammatical fragments of Rhianus of Crete analyzes his work in the sociopolitical environment following Alexander the Great. It highlights the connection between historical events and poetic expression, showcasing the nuances of Hellenistic poetry.
Greek Folk Textiles
This richly illustrated historical research investigates Greek folk textiles, revealing their ritualistic, symbolic, and narrative character. The author deciphers their rich, coded language, showing how they shaped the customs, beliefs, and history of an entire nation.
Matter in Marx
Was Marx truly a “materialist”? This book argues that the more interesting question is what kind he developed. It provides a surprising answer: a materialism without matter. On this basis, new light is shed on the base-superstructure analogy, progress, and political action.
As the world faces pressing issues like climate change, chemistry is central to overcoming these global challenges. This book explores advanced, interdisciplinary research, showing how to transform challenges into opportunities for a sustainable world.
Quality Assurance in Higher Education
This book collects chapters from all over the world on quality assurance in higher education. It highlights successful and challenging models, providing diverse perspectives to bridge gaps in understanding and implementing sturdy quality systems among nations.
Symbol and Metaphor in Opera
This study examines symbolism throughout the history of opera, from its mythological roots to contemporary works. It analyzes how allegory, metaphor, and imagery impart the enduring mystic and meaning of this rich genre, while reflecting on its future.
This book details the intricate connection between natural polysaccharides and polymers, examining their shared characteristics. It describes how, as renewable resources, biopolymers offer advantages for green technologies. Essential for students, researchers, and manufacturers.
Everything You Need to Know About Black Holes
What are black holes? They may hold the key to unifying Einstein’s gravity and quantum mechanics. Are they the final stage of a collapsing star? Or do primordial black holes reveal a different origin? This book presents the latest insights into these enormous challenges.
An accessible guide for students of biochemistry, medicine, and life sciences to understand biochemical tests and their clinical interpretation. This book covers routine analyses, how modern labs work, lab automation, metabolic disorders, diagnostic enzymology, and more.
A Study in Guilt
Why do some feel the crushing weight of guilt while others feel none? This book investigates the psychology of remorse through harrowing events like WWII and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, and the literary complicity of Hamlet’s friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Intelligent and Smart Computing
Explore the latest advances in intelligent computing and their application to real-life problems like energy management, healthcare, and autonomous vehicles. Case studies reveal the effectiveness of smart solutions, making this book valuable for researchers and practitioners.
Authority and Contest
In 19th-century Britain, diverse groups from elite naturalists to radical artisans vied for cultural authority using “science.” This study explores the pivotal role of periodicals in shaping these debates, revealing the dynamic interplay between science, culture, and power.
Andreas Gryphius and T.S. Eliot’s “The Dissociation of Sensibility”
A new appraisal of Andreas Gryphius, the great Baroque poet, through T.S. Eliot’s “Dissociation of Sensibility.” Supported by new translations, it shows how Eliot illuminates Gryphius as Gryphius illuminates Eliot. Both suffered the cataclysm of civil war and despair.
Chinese Export Paintings
This book deciphers the formula for market success of Chinese export paintings, a unique and misunderstood East-meets-West art form. Dr Maria Mok reveals the tactical artistic decisions that made these paintings best-sellers for Western customers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The history of spices and plantation crops is deeply entwined with colonialism, trade disputes, and revolution. This comprehensive work explores their antiquity, cultural significance, and global spread, revealing how these plants have historically shaped the world order.
The Real Estate Learner’s Guide
For students of real estate, this reference book assembles fundamental concepts and terms about what can be done on, to, and with land. With directions for further reading, it aids learning and prepares students for a career in land, property, and valuation.