To Save the Phenomena: An Essay on the Idea of Physical Theory from Plato to Galileo
Pierre Duhem, Edmund Dolan and Chaninah Maschler
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Duhem's 1908 essay questions the relation between physical theory and metaphysics and, more...
Treatise on Musical Objects: An Essay Across Disciplines
Pierre Schaeffer, Christine North and John Dack
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The "Treatise on Musical Objects" by Pierre Schaeffer is regarded as his most important work on...
The Edge of Objectivity: An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas
Charles Coulston Gillispie and Theodore M. Porter
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Originally published in 1960, The Edge of Objectivity helped to establish the history of science as...
Performance and Progress: Essays on Capitalism, Business, and Society
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The prevailing aspiration of business is performance, while that of society is progress. Capitalism,...
Reading American Horror Story: Essays on the Television Franchise
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Looming onto the television horror landscape in October 2011, a new drama known simply as American...
Theory and Practice in the Music of the Islamic World: Essays in Honour of Owen Wright
Rachel Harris and Martin Stokes
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This volume of original essays is dedicated to Owen Wright in recognition of his formative...
The Virtual Point of Freedom: Essays on Politics, Aesthetics, and Religion
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The principal motif that runs throughout The Virtual Point of Freedom is a confrontation with the...
The Queerness of Childhood: Essays from the Other Side of the Looking Glass
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This volume explores two threads: the new presence of queer children in popular cultural works and...
Humiliation: And Other Essays on Honor, Social Discomfort and Violence
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How do we feel when our friend turns up with a holiday present and we have nothing ready to give in...
The Rhinoceros and the Megatherium: An Essay in Natural History
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One animal left India in 1515, caged in the hold of a Portuguese ship, and sailed around Africa to...