Everybody knows the image, but nobody knows its story. In 1490, Leonardo da Vinci produced his iconic drawing of a man inscribed in a circle and a square: Vitruvian Man. Today the image appears on eve
Toby Lester—the award-winning author of The Fourth Part of the World, celebrated by Simon Winchester as “a rare and masterly talent”—takes on one of the great untold stories in the history of ideas: t
EVERYONE KNOWSTHE IMAGE. NO ONE KNOWS ITS STORY. This is the story of Vitruvian Man: Leonardo da Vinci’s famous drawing of a man in a circle and a square. Deployed today to celebrate subjects as vario
"Old maps lead you to strange and unexpected places, and none does so more ineluctably than the subject of this book: the giant, beguiling Waldseemüller world map of 1507." So begins this remark
"Old maps lead you to strange and unexpected places, and none does so more ineluctably than the subject of this book: the giant, beguiling Waldseemuller world map of 1507." So begins this remarkable s
Ronald P. Toby argues that this isolationism was by no means so complete as traditionally supposed. He demonstrates that the Tokugawa shoguns conducted a foreign policy that established the shogunate'
Ronald P. Toby argues that this isolationism was by no means so complete as traditionally supposed. He demonstrates that the Tokugawa shoguns conducted a foreign policy that established the shogunate'
With the growing popularity of qualitative research methodologies, there has been a considerable interest in qualitative approaches that focus on language, and particularly the possibilities of using
It's a hot sunny day and the fairies have gathered at the polished pebble pond for a swimming party. But Nixie, the bad, bad fairy's wonky wand is up to its usual mischief and soon the peaceful pond b
With 18 million members and with power and influence that penetrate industry, the financial centers, community life, and even foreign trade, trade unionism in America has come of age. Gone is much of
In this book Richard Lester develops an analytical basis for judging sex, race, and age discrimination in professional and executive employment.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Librar
Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. An Approach to Manpower Problems. 2. Manpower Planning and the Market. 3. A New Concept of the Employment Service. 4. Organization and Staff for an Effective Service. 5
Snow days are for sledging, skating and snowball battles and no-one is safe from Nixie's expertly aimed snowballs or her mischievous wonky wand. But one fairy is missing out on all of the fun, where i
Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. An Approach to Manpower Problems. 2. Manpower Planning and the Market. 3. A New Concept of the Employment Service. 4. Organization and Staff for an Effective Service. 5
In this book Richard Lester develops an analytical basis for judging sex, race, and age discrimination in professional and executive employment.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Librar
This volume celebrates the work and influence of T. Berry Brazelton, one of the world's foremost pediatricians, by bringing together contributions from researchers and clinicians whose own pioneering
`Media and Environment offers a comprehensive discussion of approaches, methods and outcomes in research on media and environmental conflict, from a multidisciplinary, but nevertheless fundamentally s
Conflict over issues such as climate change, toxic waste and wilderness provides a key site for examining the shaping and negotiation of public debate. This book offers a new understanding of the rela
This volume celebrates the work and influence of T. Berry Brazelton, one of the world's foremost pediatricians, by bringing together contributions from researchers and clinicians whose own pioneering
How are children who have experienced adversity able to function competently? Why do some children appear to be resilient?These fascinating, complex, and puzzling questions have been studied mostly fr
