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Material agency : Towards a non-anthropocentric approach
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ISBN: 9780387747101 9780387747118 0387747109 1441945121 9786611954024 1281954020 0387747117 Year: 2008 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer,

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Agency is a key theme that cross-cuts a wide raft of disciplines in the humanities, social sciences and beyond; yet it is invariably discussed separately behind closed disciplinary doors. Within archaeology, agency has been characterized as a uniquely human attribute, and a means of incorporating individual intentionality into theoretical discourse. In other domains, however, notions of non-human and ‘material’ agency have been finding currency, and it is our aim to introduce some of these themes into archaeology and develop a non-anthropocentric approach to agency. It is anticipated that such a perspective will not only help us achieve more convincing interpretations of the past, giving a more active role to material culture, but also throw new light on the changing role of artifacts in the present and the future. This book is a groundbreaking attempt to address questions of non-human and material agency from a wide range of perspectives and disciplines: archaeology, anthropology, sociology, cognitive science, philosophy, and economics. The editors and authors demonstrate that a distributed, relational approach to agency, incorporating both humans and artifacts, has important ramifications for how we understand material culture.


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Het leven zoals het was : de jaren '50, '60, '70 en 80 in België.
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ISBN: 9789020986952 Year: 2009 Publisher: Tielt Lannoo


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Te Puna - A New Zealand Mission Station : Historical Archaeology in New Zealand
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ISBN: 9780387776224 0387776206 9780387776200 1441926593 9786612037764 1282037765 0387776222 Year: 2008 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,

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Evangelical missionary societies have been associated with the processes of colonization throughout the globe, from North America to India, Africa, and into the Pacific. In late eighteenth century Britain the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East (CMS) began its missionary ventures, and in the early nineteenth century sent three of its members to New Zealand, then an unknown, little-explored part of the world. This book anthropologizes the processes of missionization, presenting a case study of the New Zealand CMS mission station, Te Puna, settled in 1832 following the closure of New Zealand’s first mission, established in 1814. The historical archaeology of Te Puna demonstrates the particularities of one outpost of early nineteenth century British colonization, but its story resonates around the globe, reflecting local differences as well as common patterns in missionization. In all mission types, domesticity is revealed as a central, unifying concern of the ‘civilizing mission’; other themes of interaction with indigenous peoples, household economy, the development of commerce, and social and gender relations were played out. Across the globe, a common material culture traveled with its evangelizing (and colonizing) settlers, with artifacts appearing as cultural markers from Cape Town in South Africa, to Tasmania and Victoria in Australia, and the even more remote Bay of Islands in New Zealand. This book brings to life the Te Puna mission: a simple, rural household, where the larger dramas of settlement, colonization, and culture contact are clearly reflected in the archaeological and archival records. At the same time, the processes of missionization within New Zealand are placed within the wider framework of evangelical efforts in other parts of the world in the early nineteenth century.

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Social Sciences. --- Archaeology. --- Anthropology. --- Social sciences. --- Sciences sociales --- Anthropologie --- Archéologie --- Church Missionary Society. --New Zealand Mission --History --19th century. --- Material culture --New Zealand --History. --- New Zealand --Antiquities. --- New Zealand --Colonization. --- Material culture --- Archaeology --- Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania --- History & Archaeology --- History --- History. --- Church Missionary Society. --- New Zealand --- Antiquities. --- Colonization. --- Nya Zeeland --- Aotearoa --- Novai︠a︡ Zelandii︠a︡ --- Nowa Zelandia --- Nouvelle-Zélande --- Nu Ziland --- Niu-hsi-lan --- Novzelando --- Nyū Jīrando --- Neu-Seeland --- Nieu-Seeland --- Новая Зеландыя --- Novai︠a︡ Zelandyi︠a︡ --- Novi Zeland --- Нова Зеландия --- Nova Zelandii︠a︡ --- Nova Zelanda --- Nový Zéland --- Neuseeland --- Seland Newydd --- Uus-Meremaa --- Νέα Ζηλανδία --- Nea Zēlandia --- Nueva Zelanda --- Nueva Zelandia --- Nov-Zelando --- Zeelanda Berria --- Nýsæland --- Nýja-Sjáland --- Nuova Zelanda --- ניו זילנד --- Nyu Ziland --- N.Z. (New Zealand) --- NZ --- ニュージーランド --- Nyūjīrando --- Religion. --- Religious Studies. --- Religious Studies, general. --- New Zealand Church Missionary Association --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Human beings --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- God --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Antiquities --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences

Mathematics and Technology
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ISBN: 9780387692159 0387692150 9780387692166 1441924078 9781441924070 9786611850869 1281850861 0387692169 Year: 2008 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,

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Mathematics and Technology presents technological applications of mathematics making use of elegant mathematical concepts. The selected subjects consist of: public key cryptography, error correcting codes, the global positioning system (GPS) and cartography, image compression using fractals and the JPEG format, digital recording, robot movement, DNA computing, Google's PageRank algorithm, savings and loans, gamma ray surgery and random number generators. The authors highlight how mathematical modeling, together with the power of mathematical tools, have been crucial for innovation in technology. The exposition is clear, straightforward, motivated by excellent examples, and user-friendly. Numerous exercises at the end of every chapter reinforce the material. An engaging quality is the various historical notes accompanying the mathematical development. This book is intended mainly for undergraduate students in pure and applied mathematics, physics and computer science, instructors, and high school teachers. The main prerequisites are linear algebra and Euclidean geometry. A few chapters require multivariable calculus and elementary probability theory. A clear indication of the more difficult topics and relatively advanced references make it also suitable for an independent reader mastering the prerequisites.


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New Scientist
ISSN: 02624079 20595387 00286664 13648500 Year: 1971 Publisher: [London] : [New Science Publications]

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New Scientist communicates brands, products and services to a discerning and influential audience of business decision-makers, purchasers and those with a keen eye for technology. New Scientist provides an environment where marketing messages can be associated with the thought-leadership of influential editorial content.


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Xiao ying : kleine adelaar
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ISBN: 9787530459980 7530459988 Year: 2012 Publisher: Beijing Beijing Science and Technology Press

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Met Nederlandse vertaling in bijlage.


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Scientific American.
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ISSN: 00368733 19467087 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : Scientific American,

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Scientific American, the oldest continuously published magazine in the U.S., has been bringing its readers unique insights about developments in science and technology.

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Exacte wetenschappen --- Multidisciplinary Sciences. --- Science --- Technology --- -Technology --- -Science --- 600.05 --- bevroren licht --- biologie --- natuurkunde (fysica) --- quantumcomputer (kwantumcomputer) --- quantummechanica --- quantumtheorie --- scheikunde (chemie) --- teleportatie --- zwaartekracht --- zwart gat --- tijdschriften --- #BAVD:tijdschr --- #FHIW:CAT1 --- #KVHA:Tijdschriften; Engels --- 5 --- abonnementen --- exacte wetenschappen --- technologie --- wetenschappen --- 50 --- 090 Exacte wetenschappen --- Sciences --- 50 Generalities about the pure sciences --- Generalities about the pure sciences --- Natural science --- Natural sciences --- Science of science --- Applied science --- Arts, Useful --- Science, Applied --- Useful arts --- Industrial arts --- Material culture --- Mathematica en natuurwetenschappen --- Periodicals --- Pure sciences. Natural sciences (general) --- wetenschappelijke experimenten --- popularisering wetenschap --- toegepast wetenschappelijk onderzoek --- Science. --- Technology. --- Technologie --- Exacte wetenschappen. --- Arts, Industrial --- Industrial Arts --- Cloud Computing --- periodicals. --- Périodiques --- EBSCOASP-E EBSCOBSP-E EJBIOLO EJBIOMO EJCHIMI EJECOLO EJINGEN EJMATHE EJMEDEC EJPHYSI EJSCIEN EJSTATI EPUB-ALPHA-S EPUB-PER-FT MDSCIENC --- Agriculture Sciences --- General and Others --- periodicals --- Sciences. --- Technologie. --- sciences (philosophy) --- Mensuels. --- Mensuels --- science --- Periodicals.

Culture and cancer care : anthropological insights in oncology
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ISBN: 1280951249 0335224784 9780335224784 9780335224784 9780335214594 0335214584 0335214592 9780335214587 Year: 2006 Publisher: England Open university press

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Cancer is more than a biological disease. Cultural factors are involved at every stage in the journey through cancer, from prevention to palliative care. Based upon recent studies from the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, Culture and Cancer Care examines a number of cultural themes in relation to cancer, including:. The disparity of rates of cancer among different ethnic groups. Culture and screening. Breaking bad news and communication. Cultural variations in emotional responses to cancer. Cultural variability in cancer treatments and the influence on prognosis. Palliative care a

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Cancer. --- Neoplasms. --- Cancer --- Health behavior --- Attitude to Health --- Diseases --- Culture --- Sociology --- Attitude --- Delivery of Health Care --- Anthropology, Cultural --- Anthropology --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Health Care --- Cross-Cultural Comparison --- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice --- Neoplasms --- Medicine --- Public Health --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Oncology --- Public Health - General --- Benign Neoplasms --- Malignancy --- Malignant Neoplasms --- Neoplasia --- Neoplasm --- Neoplasms, Benign --- Tumors --- Benign Neoplasm --- Cancers --- Malignancies --- Malignant Neoplasm --- Neoplasias --- Neoplasm, Benign --- Neoplasm, Malignant --- Neoplasms, Malignant --- Tumor --- Medical Oncology --- Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice --- Transcultural Studies --- Comparison, Cross-Cultural --- Comparisons, Cross-Cultural --- Cross Cultural Comparison --- Cross-Cultural Comparisons --- Studies, Transcultural --- Study, Transcultural --- Transcultural Study --- Cultural Characteristics --- Community-Based Distribution --- Contraceptive Distribution --- Delivery of Healthcare --- Dental Care Delivery --- Distribution, Non-Clinical --- Distribution, Nonclinical --- Distributional Activities --- Healthcare --- Healthcare Delivery --- Healthcare Systems --- Non-Clinical Distribution --- Nonclinical Distribution --- Delivery of Dental Care --- Health Care Delivery --- Health Care Systems --- Activities, Distributional --- Activity, Distributional --- Care, Health --- Community Based Distribution --- Community-Based Distributions --- Contraceptive Distributions --- Deliveries, Healthcare --- Delivery, Dental Care --- Delivery, Health Care --- Delivery, Healthcare --- Distribution, Community-Based --- Distribution, Contraceptive --- Distribution, Non Clinical --- Distributional Activity --- Distributions, Community-Based --- Distributions, Contraceptive --- Distributions, Non-Clinical --- Distributions, Nonclinical --- Health Care System --- Healthcare Deliveries --- Healthcare System --- Non Clinical Distribution --- Non-Clinical Distributions --- Nonclinical Distributions --- System, Health Care --- System, Healthcare --- Systems, Health Care --- Systems, Healthcare --- Science, Social --- Sciences, Social --- Social Science --- Healthcare Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Behavior And Behavior Mechanism --- Cultural Anthropology --- Material Culture --- Ethnography --- Culture, Material --- Ethnographies --- Material Cultures --- Qualitative Research --- Attitudes --- Opinions --- Opinion --- Intention --- General Social Development and Population --- Beliefs --- Cultural Background --- Cultural Relativism --- Customs --- Background, Cultural --- Backgrounds, Cultural --- Belief --- Cultural Backgrounds --- Cultural Relativisms --- Cultures --- Relativism, Cultural --- Relativisms, Cultural --- Health Attitude --- Attitude, Health --- Attitudes, Health --- Health Attitudes --- Health, Attitude to --- Public Opinion --- Behavior, Health --- Health habits --- Habit --- Health attitudes --- Human behavior --- Medicine and psychology --- Carcinoma --- Malignancy (Cancer) --- Malignant tumors --- Social aspects --- Causes and theories of causation --- ethnology --- Kanker --- Cancer - Social aspects --- Health behavior - Cross-cultural studies --- Neoplasms - ethnology

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