J Lewis: 238 books
Crisis in the Global Mediasphere
Desire, Displeasure and Cultural Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
Crisis in the Global Mediasphere examines the evolution of contemporary global crises as an effect of mediation and cultural change. The book argues that a crisis consciousness has emerged through the interaction of crisis conditions and a more expansive human desire for pleasure.
A Study of the Movement of Spiritual Awareness
Religious Innovation and Cultural Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
MSIA, the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, has been called the Cadillac of cults. Those interested in new religions may only know of MSIA from these kinds of labels. However, when looked at from a qualitative sociological perspective, a more complex story of religious innovation and cultural change can be told.
by J. Lewis Blackburn
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Emphasizing a practical conception of system unbalances, basic circuits, and calculations, this essential reference/text presents the foundations of symmetrical components with a review of per unit (percent), phasors, and polarity--keeping the mathematics as simple as possible throughout. According...
by M.J. Lewis, Roger Lloyd-Jones
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
At the beginning of the twentieth century Britain was amongst the world leaders in the production of machine tools, yet by the 1980s the industry was in terminal decline. Focusing on the example of Britain's largest machine tool maker, Alfred Herbert Ltd of Coventry, this study charts the wider fortunes...
Quantum Ontology
A Guide to the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2016
Metaphysicians should pay attention to quantum mechanics. Why? Not because it provides definitive answers to many metaphysical questions-the theory itself is remarkably silent on the nature of the physical world, and the various interpretations of the theory on offer present conflicting ontological...
by Simon J. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
‘Our Incredible Shrinking Planet’ explores the possibility that gravity slowly increases over millennia forcing the Earth to become more massive and crush itself under the pressure. Scientists cannot explain how the dinosaurs managed to attain their huge sizes or how enormous pterodactyls were...
The End of Alzheimer’s
The Brain and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
The End of Alzheimer’s: The Brain and Beyond, Second Edition is the first comprehensive overview on the molecular basis of Alzheimer’s outside of the brain, merging the most recent findings within the field into a single book. It aims to educate the reader on the many overlooked aspects of Alzheimer’s...
Venoms to Drugs
Venom as a Source for the Development of Human Therapeutics
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
The pharmaceutical industry has become increasingly interested in biologics from animal venoms as a potential source for therapeutic agents in recent years, with a particularly emphasis on peptides. To date six drugs derived from venom peptides or proteins have been approved by the FDA, with nine...
by Brent J. Lewis, E. Nihan Onder, Andrew A. Prudil
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Fundamental of Nuclear Engineering is derived from over 25 years of teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on nuclear engineering. The material has been extensively class tested and provides the most comprehensive textbook and reference on the fundamentals of nuclear engineering. It includes...
Kingdom Building in the Meantime
A Devotional for Holding on to God's Promises
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2016
Have you ever had someone peer into your innermost being? Have you ever made eye contact with someone and realized that they really saw you? I recently had that experience. I greeted someone and could not help but notice how intently she stared at me. She smiled and held her keen eye contact. When...
Crusader Landscapes in the Medieval Levant
The Archaeology and History of the Latin East
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2016
Written to celebrate the prestigious career of Professor Denys Pringle, this collection of articles produced by many of the leading archaeologists and historians in the field of crusades studies offers a compilation of pioneering scholarship on recent studies on the Latin East. The geographical breadth...
Arming the Western Front
War, Business and the State in Britain 1900–1920
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
The First World War was above all a war of logistics. Whilst the conflict will forever be remembered for the mud and slaughter of the Western Front, it was a war won on the factory floor as much as the battlefield. Examining the war from an industrial perspective, Arming the Western Front examines...
by M J Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1990
This book is an invaluable introduction to the physical properties of foods and the physics involved in food processing. It provides descriptions and data that are needed for selecting the most appropriate equipment in food technology and for making food processing calculations.
by Robert J. Lewis-Swan
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
This thesis presents a theoretical investigation into the creation and exploitation of quantum correlations and entanglement among ultracold atoms. Specifically, it focuses on these non-classical effects in two contexts: (i) tests of local realism with massive particles, e.g., violations of a Bell...