In this volume, Ceccarelli offers a history of the development of letter writing in ancient Greece from the archaic to the early Hellenistic period. Highlighting the specificity of letter-writing, as
This book on rhetoric explores the usages of the 'frontier' metaphor, as employed in the public addresses of American scientists. It argues that the frontier metaphor is used in science and in many ot
How do scientists persuade colleagues from diverse fields to cross the disciplinary divide, risking their careers in new interdisciplinary research programs? Why do some attempts to inspire such resea
How do scientists persuade colleagues from diverse fields to cross the disciplinary divide, risking their careers in new interdisciplinary research programs? Why do some attempts to inspire such resea
Opening with a history of service robots as far back as antiquity, this collection explores the issues and characteristics of service robots as the authors have experienced in their research activity
This is the second volume of a series of edited books whose aim is to collect contributed papers in a frame that can be a sort of dictionary of personalities in MMS (Mechanism and Machine Science).The
This volume contains most of the papers presented at EUCOMES 2008, the Second European Conference on Mechanism Science.The contributions have been grouped in sessions on Theoretical and Computational
This is the first part of a series of books whose aim is to collect contributed papers describing the work of famous persons in MMS (Mechanism and Machine Science). The current work treats mainly tech
If you had your birthday party on the moon, what would it be like? Blast off to an extraterrestrial celebration and find out! This cool picture book combines fun and facts to help kids learn all about
Your guide to what today’s well-dressed man needs to buy, own, and wear! Through superb photography and expert commentary, this fashion guide looks at the full range of menswear today. T
