U.S. International Exhibitions During the Cold War: Winning Hearts and Minds Through Cultural Diplomacy, Wulf Andrew James

Автор: Weal, John
Название: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Aces of the Russian Front
ISBN: 1855325187 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781855325180
Издательство: Osprey
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Цена: 16820.00 T
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Описание: The Focke-Wulf FW190 was the Luftwaffe`s best piston-engined fighter and on the Russian front they had an abundance of targets, both in the air and on the ground. Many of its pilots passed the 100 victories mark. This book looks at both the plane and the aces who flew it.

Автор: Wulf Andrea
Название: The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt`s New World
ISBN: 038535066X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385350662
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Цена: 21460.00 T
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Описание: The acclaimed author of "Founding Gardeners "reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world and in the process created modern environmentalism.
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One of the"New York Times "10Best Books of the Year
A""Best Book of the Year: "The Economist," "Publishers Weekly," "Kirkus Reviews"
Winner of the Costa Biography Award
Finalist -- Los Angeles Times Book Prize
Finalist -- Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
Finalist -- Kirkus Reviews Prize for Nonfiction
Finalist -- Independent Bookshop Week Book Award
Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. In North America, his name still graces four counties, thirteen towns, a river, parks, bays, lakes, and mountains. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infected Siberia or translating his research into bestselling publications that changed science and thinking. Among Humboldt s most revolutionary ideas was a radical vision of nature, that it is a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone.
Now Andrea Wulf brings the man and his achievements back into focus: his daring expeditions and investigation of wild environments around the world and his discoveries of similarities between climate and vegetation zones on different continents. She also discusses his prediction of human-induced climate change, his remarkable ability to fashion poetic narrative out of scientific observation, and his relationships with iconic figures such as Simon Bolivar and Thomas Jefferson. Wulf examines how Humboldt s writings inspired other naturalists and poets such as Darwin, Wordsworth, and Goethe, and she makes the compelling case that it was Humboldt s influence that led John Muir to his ideas of natural preservation and that shaped Thoreau s "Walden."
With this brilliantly researched and compellingly written book, Andrea Wulf shows the myriad fundamental ways in which Humboldt created our understanding of the natural world, and she champions a renewed interest in this vital and lost player in environmental history and science."

Автор: Wulf Andrea
Название: The Brother Gardeners: A Generation of Gentlemen Naturalists and the Birth of an Obsession
ISBN: 0307454754 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780307454751
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 11620.00 T
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Описание: Bringing to life the science and adventure of eighteenth-century plant collecting, The Brother Gardeners is the story of how six men created the modern garden and changed the horticultural world in the process. It is a story of a garden revolution that began in America.
In 1733, colonial farmer John Bartram shipped two boxes of precious American plants and seeds to Peter Collinson in London. Around these men formed the nucleus of a botany movement, which included famous Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus; Philip Miller, bestselling author of "The Gardeners Dictionary"; and Joseph Banks and David Solander, two botanist explorers, who scoured the globe for plant life aboard Captain Cook s Endeavor. As they cultivated exotic blooms from around the world, they helped make Britain an epicenter of horticultural and botanical expertise. "The Brother Gardeners" paints a vivid portrait of an emerging world of knowledge and gardening as we know it today."

Автор: Crueger, Anneliese Crueger, Wulf Ito, Saeko
Название: Modern japanese ceramics
ISBN: 1600591191 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781600591198
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Цена: 17940.00 T
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Описание: Organised geographically, this work goes from kiln to kiln - which in Japan may refer to a lone site or an entire ceramics region that contains hundreds of workshops. It outlines the history, development, and unique stylistic characteristics of each area`s work, and the traditions that inspired it.