Gravitational waves were first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916, a year after the development of his new theory of gravitation known as the general theory of relativity.
Drawing on the sun, moon, dragon, phoenix, Nuwa, Yandi, Huangdi and other widely circulated cultural elements as examples, this book addresses the development and evolution of the most representative Chinese creation myths regarding nature, totems, ancestors and saints.
The book analyzes some of the key issues confronted by European policy makers. These issues include effective multilateralism; common foreign and security policy;... Læs mere
This book addresses a central dilemma of the urban age: how to make the vast suburban landscapes that ring the globe safe and sustainable in the face of planetary ecological crisis.
This book offers a succinct re-examination of Berlin’s Cold War liberalism, at a time when many observers worry about the emergence of a new Cold War.
This book takes the reader into some of the most intransigent social, economic, and political issues that impact achieving sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.
The book explains not only why families choose to stay in the inner city and how they use the city in their everyday lives, but also how families change the landscape of contemporary cities, and how the family is, and has been, perceived in urban planning and policy-making.
This book explores the paradox of the hospitality industry: customers demand not only personal and innovative tourism... Læs mere
This pioneering book homes in on repair as an everyday practice. Bringing together exemplary ethnographies of repair work around the... Læs mere
The book aims to explore South Asian third sector – the nonprofit organizations as provider of social services. and understands the umbrella concept of Child welfare, welfare of people with disability and elderly welfare in welfare policy.
This Palgrave Pivot innovatively combines new methods and approaches to building dynamic trading systems to forecast future price direction in today’s increasingly difficult and volatile financial markets.