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The introduction of spin is believed to be a necessary tool if one wishes to quantize general relativity. Then the main problem is to see if the introduction of spin generalizing the general relativity from a geometric point of view, i.e. through the concept of torsion, can be experimentally verified. The reader can find in this book both theoretical and experimental arguments which show the necessity for the introduction of spin, and then o...

This book discusses the relationship between religion and medicine around 1300. Joseph Ziegler analyses the spiritual writings of two learned physicians in the light of their medical background and examines the use of medical knowledge for non-medical purposes, and by clerics who did not engage in medical practice.

This collection provides a comprehensive look at current work on heat transfer, and topics include heat exchangers, phase-change problems, flow, porous media, extended surfaces, general mathematical techniques, rheology, inverse problems, and specific industrial heat transfer processes. The contributions come from fifteen countries around the world and include work by mathematicians, engineers, experimentalists, and industrialists.

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Women and Slaves in Classical Culture" examines how ancient societies were organized around slave-holding and the subordination of women to reveal how women and slaves interacted with one another in both the cultural representations and the social realities of the Greco-Roman world. The contributors explore a broad range of evidence including the mythical constructions of epic and drama, the love poems of Ovid, the Greek medical writers, Augus...

Argues that we must rethink the struggle for knowledge, space and power and that the concept of geopolitics needs to be reconceptualized for the twenty-first century.

Thinking Men provides a thought-provoking and stimulating insight into the representations of men in classical culture.

The question of whether there can be a distinctively female ethics is one of the most important and controversial debates in gender studies, philosophy and psychology today. Rethinking Feminist Ethics, Care, Trust and Empathy marks a bold intervention in these debates and bridges the ground between women theorists disenchanted with aspects of traditional ethics and traditional theories that insist upon the need for some ethical principles.

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A clear and accessible guide to the history, politics, law, ethics, management, funding and day -to-day work of the social services in Britain. An ideal introductory text for trainee social workers or the interested general reader.

Many art therapists are now also trained in group analytic psychotherapy. This book explores the new theories and models arising from the merging of these two disciplines. Case studies illustrate the benefits of these methods in practice.

The eight books reprinted in this set played an important role in defining attitudes and expectations about imperialism on the British Left in the twentieth century. They are vital in understanding the transition from the liberal anti-imperialism of the nineteenth century to the more overtly socialist critiques of the twentieth.

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The Terms of Democracy shows how democracy makes radical demands upon political leaders and citizens alike. By setting out the terms of democracy in a fresh and systematic way, Michael Saward provides compelling responses to many troubling questions in democratic theory.

With contributions by sixteen scholars from such diverse fields as communication, linguistics, literary studies, rhetoric, and sociology of sciences, Essays in the Study of Scientific Discourse continues the contemporary discussion about the origin and nature of scientific discourse and its function in today's society. Essays document the increasing importance of rhetorical expertise in scientific discourse, shed new light into the history and...

The principal theological struggle in Islam has taken place between traditionalists and rationalists. Assessing materials from the third to sixteenth century, Binyamin Abrahamov focuses on the foundations of both sides of the struggle, the arguments used against each other, and the compromises reached. This is a groundbreaking study by a renowned scholar and writer.

After an introductory essay on the historiography of port engineering, the editor presents a collection of 17 engineering history articles (collected from Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution for Civil Engineers, the Transactions of the Liverpool Engineering Society and other sources) whic

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A collection of over 200 images, supported by informative captions, portray the experiences of the Derby's people during World War II. Rather than a definitive account of the war years, this is an attempt to recapture the atmosphere during a most important period in Britain's recent history.