LIBROS DEL AUTOR: andrew robinson

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  • The Last Man who Knew Everything
    Andrew Robinson
    No one has given the polymath Thomas Young (1773-1829) the all-round examination he so richly deserves-until now. Celebrated biographer Andrew Robinson portrays a man who solved mystery after mystery in the face of ridicule and rejection, and never sought fame.As a physicist, Young challenged the theories of Isaac Newton and proved that light is a wave. As a physician, he showe...
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    44,18 €

  • The Last Man who Knew Everything
    Andrew Robinson
    No one has given the polymath Thomas Young (1773-1829) the all-round examination he so richly deserves-until now. Celebrated biographer Andrew Robinson portrays a man who solved mystery after mystery in the face of ridicule and rejection, and never sought fame.As a physicist, Young challenged the theories of Isaac Newton and proved that light is a wave. As a physician, he showe...
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    61,11 €

  • Satyajit Ray
    Andrew Robinson
    Akira Kurosawa said of the great director: ’Not to have seen the cinema of Ray means existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon.’ Martin Scorsese remarked on Ray’s birth centenary in 2021: ’The films of Satyajit Ray are truly treasures of cinema, and everyone with an interest in film needs to see them.’Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye is the definitive biography, based...
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    146,80 €

  • Homi Bhabha
    Andrew McLaverty-Robinson
    Homi Bhabha: An Introduction and Critique is a pathbreaking three-volume study of the celebrated postcolonial scholar’s work. McLaverty-Robinson’s careful reading renders Bhabha’s theories in plain English, without losing their meaning. In addition, McLaverty-Robinson’s incisive critique cuts through the theoretical aura of Bhabha’s work and explores whether his theories work i...
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    91,42 €

  • Homi Bhabha
    Andrew McLaverty-Robinson
    Homi Bhabha: An Introduction and Critique is a pathbreaking three-volume study of the famous postcolonial scholar’s work. McLaverty-Robinson’s treatment translates Bhabha’s almost impenetrable prose into plain English, without losing its meaning. It also explains the backgrounf assumptions and references lurking behind Bhabha’s theoretical concepts. In addition, McLaverty-Robin...
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    91,92 €

  • Homi Bhabha
    Andrew McLaverty-Robinson
    Homi Bhabha: An Introduction and Critique is a pathbreaking three-volume study of the postolonial scholar’s work. McLaverty-Robinson translates Bhabha’s difficult prose into plain English without losing its meaning. His incisive critique cuts through Bhabha’s aura and tests whether his ideas work in practice - empirically or politically. This second volume examines the most inf...
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    88,05 €

  • Homi Bhabha
    Andrew McLaverty-Robinson
    Homi Bhabha: An Introduction and Critique is a pathbreaking three-volume study of the celebrated postcolonial scholar’s work. McLaverty-Robinson’s careful reading renders Bhabha’s theories in plain English, without losing their meaning. In addition, McLaverty-Robinson’s incisive critique cuts through the theoretical aura of Bhabha’s work and explores whether his theories work i...
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    35,74 €

  • Homi Bhabha
    Andrew McLaverty-Robinson
    Homi Bhabha: An Introduction and Critique is a pathbreaking three-volume study of the postolonial scholar’s work. McLaverty-Robinson translates Bhabha’s difficult prose into plain English without losing its meaning. His incisive critique cuts through Bhabha’s aura and tests whether his ideas work in practice - empirically or politically. This second volume examines the most inf...
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    37,35 €

  • Homi Bhabha
    Andrew McLaverty-Robinson
    Homi Bhabha: An Introduction and Critique is a pathbreaking three-volume study of the famous postcolonial scholar’s work. McLaverty-Robinson’s treatment translates Bhabha’s almost impenetrable prose into plain English, without losing its meaning. It also explains the background assumptions and references lurking behind Bhabha’s theoretical concepts. In addition, McLaverty-Robin...
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    36,15 €

  • Methods of Statistical Model Estimation
    Andrew Robinson / Joseph Hilbe
    This book examines the most important and popular methods used to estimate parameters for statistical models and provide informative model summary statistics. Designed for R users, the book is also ideal for anyone wanting to better understand the algorithms used for statistical model fitting. It presents algorithms for the estimation of a variety of useful regression procedure...
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    120,56 €

  • The Trial of Andrew Robinson Bowes, Esq. for Adultery and Cruelty; First Heard in the Arches Court of Doctors Commons; and, in Consequence of an Appeal, Determined in a Court of Delegates ... When ...
    Andrew Robinson Stoney Bowes
    The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the...
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    31,53 €

  • Allegations Against the Countess of Strathmore, Given in to the Court of Arches, in Doctors Commons, by Andrew Robinson Bowes, Esq
    Andrew Robinson Stoney Bowes
    The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the...
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    27,26 €

  • A Manual of Dermatology
    Andrew Rose Robinson
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important ...
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    41,85 €

  • Theory and Practice in the History of European Expansion Overseas
    Andrew Porter / R. F. Holland / Ronald Robinson
    First Published in 1988. These essays have been written to mark the retirement of Ronald Robinson as Beit Professor of the History of the British Commonwealth at the University of Oxford. The contributors have all at various times worked closely with ’Robbie’ as pupils, colleagues and friends. They offer this volume to him with their thanks and great affection, both in recognit...
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    43,65 €

  • Love, Hope, Regret, Despair
    Andrew Todd Robinson
    Everything contained on the pages hereinComes from the heart and from withinI write what I feel, both good and badAll of my emotions, both happy and sadI thank all of the people who have motivated meWith their attitude of love or negativityMy inspiration comes from my heartBoth from when it was whole and broken apartI truly thank you, the reader, for allowing me to shareMy word...
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    17,57 €

  • Introduction to Scientific Programming and Simulation Using R
    Andrew Robinson / Owen Jones / Robert Maillardet
    With new chapters on ODEs and Markov chains, the second edition of this highly recommended, best-selling book introduces scientific programming and stochastic modelling in a clear, practical, and thorough way. Readers learn programming by experimenting with the provided R code and data. Requiring no prior knowledge of programming or probability, the book shows them how to turn ...
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    152,70 €

  • Methods of Statistical Model Estimation
    Andrew Robinson / Joseph Hilbe
    Methods of Statistical Model Estimation examines the most important and popular methods used to estimate parameters for statistical models and provide informative model summary statistics. Designed for R users, the book is also ideal for anyone wanting to better understand the algorithms used for statistical model fitting.The text presents algorithms for the estimation of a var...
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    169,25 €

  • Power, Resistance and Conflict in the Contemporary World
    Andrew Robinson / Athina Karatzogianni
    Examines the operation of network forms of organization in social resistance movements, in relation to the integration of the world system, the intersection of networks and the possibility of social transformation. ...
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    103,95 €

  • The Boy Who Lived
    Andrew Robinson
    I am a 52 year old man who owns his own house and three cars, two of them a Lexus. I have worked at General Dynamics for almost 11 years now and before that I worked at EF Data for 13 years. I have been married to a chinese woman for 21 years now. You might think, 'So what?', but I used to be a ward of the State of California, having been through 13 homes in 16 years until I ag...
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    14,75 €

  • Cheesemaking Practice
    J.E. Scott / R. Andrew Wilbey / Richard K. Robinson
    When the late Reg Scott wrote the first edition of this book in 1981, his intention was ’to produce a script generally interesting to those readers requiring more information on cheese’. It was not conceived as a book that covered the most recent developments with respect to lipid or protein chemistry, for example, but rather it was hoped that the tex...
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    342,09 €

  • Forest Analytics with R
    Andrew P. Robinson / Jeff D. Hamann
    Forest Analytics with R combines practical, down-to-earth forestry data analysis and solutions to real forest management challenges with state-of-the-art statistical and data-handling functionality. The authors adopt a problem-driven approach, in which statistical and mathematical tools are introduced in the context of the forestry problem that they c...
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    96,72 €

  • Power, Resistance and Conflict in the Contemporary World
    Andrew Robinson / Athina Karatzogianni
    Examines the operation of network forms of organization in social resistance movements, in relation to the integration of the world system, the intersection of networks and the possibility of social transformation. ...
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    301,43 €

  • The Athanasian Creed And Coptic Apocryphal Gospels (1896)
    Andrew Ewbank Burn / Forbes Robinson
    The Athanasian Creed and Coptic Apocryphal Gospels is a book written by Andrew Ewbank Burn in 1896. The book is a compilation of two different topics, the Athanasian Creed and the Coptic Apocryphal Gospels. The Athanasian Creed is a statement of Christian belief that is attributed to Athanasius, a prominent theologian of the early Christian Church. The Coptic Apocryphal Gospels...
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    43,91 €

  • A Concise History of the Independent United Order of Mechanics Friendly Society, from 1847-1879 (1880)
    Andrew Robinson
    A Concise History Of The Independent United Order Of Mechanics Friendly Society, From 1847-1879 (1880) is a historical account written by Andrew Robinson. The book provides a detailed overview of the Independent United Order of Mechanics Friendly Society, a fraternal organization that was established in 1847 in the United States. The author traces the history of the organizatio...
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    20,59 €

  • Employee Participation, Firm Performance and Survival
    Andrew Robinson / Perotin V. / Virginie Perotin
    Contains a series of empirical and survey papers that investigate theoretical and contemporary issues facing participatory organizations. This work explores the growing area of participatory and labor-managed firms’ survival. It offers approaches and insights into the performance effects of participatory firms. ...
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    229,86 €

  • Cheesemaking Practice
    J.E. Scott / R. Andrew Wilbey / Richard K. Robinson
    When the late Reg Scott wrote the first edition of this book in 1981, his intention was ’to produce a script generally interesting to those readers requiring more information on cheese’. It was not conceived as a book that covered the most recent developments with respect to lipid or protein chemistry, for example, but rather it was hoped that the tex...
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    340,74 €

  • Theory and Practice in the History of European Expansion Overseas
    Andrew Porter / R. F. Holland / Ronald Robinson
    First Published in 1988. These essays have been written to mark the retirement of Ronald Robinson as Beit Professor of the History of the British Commonwealth at the University of Oxford. The contributors have all at various times worked closely with ’Robbie’ as pupils, colleagues and friends. They offer this volume to him with their thanks and great affection, both in recognit...
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    77,60 €