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The first Polish critical edition of Georg Joachim Rheticus' Narratio Prima (First Account), the treatise on heliocentric astronomy, written in Frauenburg (Frombork), where Rheticus spent two years with Copernicus, and published in Danzig (Gdańsk), in 1540. Georg Joachim Rheticus is known in the history of science as the only disciple of Copernicus and the man, who played a vital part in publishing Copernicus' revolutionary work De revolutionibus, which was to become the foundation for modern science. In 1540 the world first heard about the heliocentric theory of Nicolaus Copernicus. Paradoxically enough, this revolution in astronomy was announced not by Copernicus himself but by Georg Joachim Rheticus, a young Lutheran mathematician of Wittenberg, who published the First Account of the Books "On the Revolutions" by Nicolaus Copernicus. His book preceded the publication of Copernicus' De revolutionibus by three years and became one of the most fascinating texts documenting the life and work of the great Polish astronomer. Rheticus wrote the Narratio prima in Lubawa where he stayed with Copernicus.

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Les territoires sont au cœur des politiques sociales. Mais que recouvre cette notion ? Fruit d'un dialogue entre géographes et professionnels de l'action sociale, entre théorie et pratique, ce livre en propose un nouvel éclairage à l'usage des travailleurs sociaux. Pluridisciplinaire, la notion de territoire se situe au croisement de la géographie, de la sociologie, des sciences politiques et sociales. À travers une synthèse théorique, les auteurs proposent des outils d'analyse et de diagnostic permettant d'appréhender la réalité complexe des territoires et de mieux penser le travail social. L'approche systémique est une démarche théorique, méthodologique et pratique, qui donne une grille de lecture capable de saisir la complexité du réel et d'en faire une base de connaissances au service du travail social, l'objectif étant de replacer le territoire au centre des pratiques. De nombreux exemples éclairent ce travail de conceptualisation soucieux d'apporter des réponses aux travailleurs sociaux dans leurs difficultés à appréhender l'espace géographique. Ce livre invite le lecteur à penser l'action à travers un regard de géographe, à ouvrir son champ de réflexion à la notion d'espace, à élargir sa vision du social et permet ainsi de repenser le travail social en déplaçant sa réflexion. Ouvrage de réflexion et manuel pratique, ce livre s'adresse aux travailleurs sociaux, aux apprenants et formateurs en travail social, aux cadres de l'action sociale et médico-sociale et plus largement aux acteurs institutionnels qui pilotent et/ou mettent en œuvre les politiques sociales.

Social service --- Human geography

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Human geography --- Human geography. --- Géographie humaine --- Géographie humaine.

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In new regional history, national states are not seen to play a special role. Regions are understood as evolutionary processes in which time and space-history and geography-are connected in research questions. To illustrate the entanglement of time and space in various forms and ages, this volume explores regional history from around the globe. The editor's review of the various works written under the heading of regional history serves as an introduction to this theme. This volume shows how historical events and changes have influenced the reproduction of regions in Czechia; it will also highlight how regional identities were manifested in a cultural form in romantic operas of post-Napoleonic Europe. The historically rich West Wits Line gold-mining region in the West Rand of South Africa is also examined within a regional-history framework with the broad theme of ecohealth and well-being. Through case studies, the volume also explores the history of governance and planning in New Zealand's largest city-region, Auckland, as well as the recent economic history of the State of Mato Grosso in Brazil. Finally, it also brings the idea of regional history to the most personal level of historical consciousness, by examining the experiential shaping of home in the broader meaning of Heimat, as a question of belonging somewhere - both in time and in space.

Human geography --- Human ecology --- History.

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"Maps have power--they can instruct, make life easier, mislead, or even lie. This engaging text provides the tools to read, analyze, and use any kind of map and assess its strengths and weaknesses. Requiring no advanced math skills, the book presents basic concepts of symbolization, scale, coordinate systems, and projections. It gives students a deeper understanding of the types of maps they encounter every day, from turn-by-turn driving directions to the TV weather report. Readers also learn how to use multiple maps and imagery to analyze an area or region. The book includes 168 figures, among them 22 color plates; most of the figures can be downloaded as PowerPoint slides from the companion website. Appendices contain a glossary, recommended resources, a table of commonly used projections, and more"-- Provided by publisher

Map reading --- Cartography --- Human geography --- Physical geography --- Map reading. --- Cartography. --- Human geography. --- Physical geography.