Examines Bogdanov's roles as revolutionary, novelist, and scientist, presenting his protagonist as a coherent thinker who pursued his ideas in a wide range of venues. This title offers an analysis of the interactions between scientific ideas and societal values.
Argues that the social environment of early twentieth-century Britain created a substantial market for science books and magazines aimed at those who had benefited from better secondary education but could not access higher learning.
Ecological morphology examines the relation between an animal's anatomy and physiology - its form and function - and how the animal has evolved in, and can inhabit, a particular environment. This book provides a synthesis of major concepts in this field.
Documents the infancy of film in Europe - complete with proto-divas, laughable production schedules, and cost-cutting measures with... Læs mere
Long before organized baseball or the armed forces experienced racial integration, the big band jazz and swing culture of the... Læs mere
A collection of photographs offering a visual meditation on the traumas that scar 20th-century Europe. They capture the essence of the battlefields of World War I, the Nazi death... Læs mere
In the 1970s John Chernoff recorded the story of Hawa, a 16 year old West African girl working as an "ashawo", or bar girl. Through Hawa, the reader gains an inside view of life in modern West Africa, for those without money, education or experience.
This text provides a comprehensive account of carnivore social behaviour. Synthesizing more than a decade of research in the wild, it offers a detailed account of the behaviour and ecology of cheetahs.