1901 was a momentous and turbulent year for the nineteen-year-old Picasso. His first visit to Paris, at the end of 1900, had fuelled his ambitions and led to the prospect of an exhibition with one of the city's most important modern art dealers, Ambroise Vollard. As he prepared work for the show he [...]

Boenninghausen's contribution to homeopathic science and literature was made between the years 1828-1946. Suitable for students and practitioners, this book was originally published in 1908.[...]

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Om den danske arkitekt C.F. Hansens (1756-1845) liv og værk. Med hovedvægten på hans bygningsværker i Danmark og Tyskland[...]

Den danske arkitekt C.F. Hansen (1756-1845) er en af Nordeuropas største arkitekter. Hans arkitektur er af international karat og har haft vidtrækkende betydning for mange nutidige arkitekter, som danskerne Jørn Utzon og Henning Larsen.  

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Stockholmsregionens 1900-talshistoria är fylld av konflikter och misslyckade försök att komma överens över politiska, sektoriella och kommunala gränser. Men att det här finns en utmaning för framtiden ska inte skymma de försök och framsteg som gjorts på den regionala samordningens mödosa[...]

Most of us are familiar with the term climate change but few of us understand the science behind it. We don't fully comprehend how climate change will affect us, and for that reason we might not consider it as pressing a concern as, say, housing prices or unemployment. This book explains the scienti[...]

The great seas contain immense resources and provide invaluable services to humankind, yet their environmental conditions are threatened world-wide. The authors of this comprehensive study provide a rich assessment of the seas and the efficacy of the initiatives governing them, as well as suggestion[...]

Fully revised and updated, the Sixth Edition of this classic now includes the latest modern updates in audio technology and architectural design Master Handbook of Acoustics, acknowledged as the definitive volume and originally authored by one of the pioneers of the field, F. Alton Everest, is brou[...]

Ecological data has several special properties: the presence or absence of species on a semi-quantitative abundance scale; non-linear relationships between species and environmental factors; and high inter-correlations among species and among environmental variables. The analysis of such data is imp[...]