The Golden Number: Pythagorean Rites and Rhythms in the Development of Western Civilization
Paul Valery and Matila C. Ghyka
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The Golden Number, or Phi (PHI), is a geometric ratio found throughout nature, often underlying the...
Pierre de l'Estoile and His World in the Wars of Religion
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The Wars of Religion embroiled France in decades of faction, violence, and peacemaking in the late...
Shallow Seas
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Shallow Seas are the most biologically rich and productive areas of the world ocean. This latest New...
Subverting Consumerism: Reuse in an Accelerated World
Robert Crocker and Keri Chiveralls
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The dominant understanding of reuse for sustainability is a technical one, which assumes reuse's...
Resounding Transcendence: Transitions in Music, Religion, and Ritual
Jeffers Engelhardt and Philip Bohlman
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Resounding Transcendence is a pathbreaking set of ethnographic and historical essays by leading...
Sea of Storms: A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina
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The diverse cultures of the Caribbean have been shaped as much by hurricanes as they have by...
Success and Suppression: Arabic Sciences and Philosophy in the Renaissance
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The Renaissance marked a turning point in Europe's relationship to Arabic thought. On the one hand,...
The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler's Fight for His Mother
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Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure...
Trafficking in Human Beings: Modern Slavery
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In recent decades the international community has focused its attention on trafficking in persons,...