Ferry: 173 books

Ici, la vraie question ne sera plus de savoir si Martin Heidegger fut, ou ne fut pas, le complice philosophique des nazis. Ne serait-il pas plus raisonnable, dès lors, de se demander pourquoi et comment les intellectuels français n'ont pas osé, depuis trente ans, désacraliser une pensée si fermement...

Avec leurs expositions sans tableaux ou leurs concerts de silence, les avant-gardes finissantes ont tourné les formes traditionnelles de l'art en dérision et annoncé à leur insu l'éclectisme "postmoderne" : à défaut de choquer ou de subvertir, les oeuvres en sont venues à exprimer...

Philosophes, scientifiques, juristes... font état de leurs recherches et de leurs interrogations face aux rapides mutations des sciences du vivant. Ces rencontres, les Forum Diderot, sont organisées régulièrement à l'Université Denis-Diderot – Paris 7 par le Centre d'études du vivant et l'Association...

The fifth volume in this series is focused on the chemical and physical interactions between rocks undergoing metamorphism and the fluids that they generate and that pass through them. The recognition that such pro­ cesses can profoundly affect the course of metamorphism has resulted in a number...

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Never in history, living species have brought so much harm to the planet as human beings are doing since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Greed is a compilation of historical and present facts and figures, explaining why mankind's behaviour is so hostile to life and why the only option...

The advent of semiconductor structures whose characteristic dimensions are smaller than the mean free path of carriers has led to the development of novel devices, and advances in theoretical understanding of mesoscopic systems or nanostructures. This book has been thoroughly revised and provides...

What if a secret from Christmas past was stopping you from moving on to Christmas future? When Hugo McCreadie steps into Isla Brodie’s pet portrait studio to get a ‘Festive Furball Photo Shoot’ for his sister’s cat Schubert, he does question his sanity. But he knows the photographs...

Economic Policy provides a unique combination of facts-based analysis, state-of-the art economic theory, and insights from first-hand policy experience at the national and international levels to shed light on current domestic and international policy challenges. It is ideally suited for students,...

How we manage public services and hold them to account is critically important. Yet austerity, recent changes to accountability frameworks, and the loss of the Audit Commission have created a huge deficit in our understanding of how well services are delivered. The time is thus right to re-examine...

Stereotaxic neurosurgery in rodents is used by a variety of people working at research laboratories (research staff, technicians, students at animal facilities...). The present handbook presents all the steps necessary to complete a stereotaxic neurosurgery protocol in accordance with current animal...

Throughout their college career, most engineering students have done problems and studies that are basically situated in the classical world. Some may have taken quantum mechanics as their chosen field of study. This book moves beyond the basics to highlight the full quantum mechanical nature of the...

From old secrets come new beginnings … When Angel Tempest finds out that her best friend Zac has inherited a Scottish mansion, Taigh Fallon, from his great aunt, she immediately offers to go and visit it with him. It will mean closing up her jet jewellery shop in Whitby for a few days but...

The only thing Bobby wants for his birthday is a pet shark. So you can imagine his disappointment when his parents get him...a puppy. Everyone knows shark lovers can never become dog lovers. Or can they? Full of humor and heart, this ebook explores the idea that sometimes, getting exactly what you...