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Learn about scales of measurement used in everything from
meteorology to music notation in this comprehensive and informative
reference guide. Measurement is constantly all around us. It forms
the foundations of science - the ohms and amps of physics and the
moles and isotopes of chemistry - and shapes our every day. Our
relationships with measurement start the moment we wake and check
the day's temperature and continue until the precise second we go
to sleep. But beyond the familiar measurements, hundreds more are
listed in this entertaining and revealing reference book. Packed
with unusual and fascinating facts ranging from everyday amounts,
such as how much salt is there in a pinch (1/8 teaspoon), to key
scientific measurements, including the parsec, which is equivalent
to 3.26 light-years, or just over 19.26 trillion miles, How to
Measure Anything's entries are accompanied by diagrams, symbols and
illustrations to help demonstrate these concepts and measurements
in action. The methods used to measure food, photography, finance,
commerce, magnetism, atomic physics are just a fraction of the
areas covered in this essential guide that helps us to better
understand how our world works.
Grays Anatomy, that classic beloved of medical students for over
100 years, is the fundamental work underlying Anatomy. But this is
Grays with a difference with all the fine engravings of the
original, but accompanied by fresher, more accessible text that
explains in lay terms exactly how the hip bone is connected to the
thigh bone, and all the other systems as well. The book contains
350 detailed engravings many of them in colour and is an invaluable
guide for all students of anatomy, whether studying for medical or
artistic purposes. It is also an appealing sourcebook for artists
looking for inspiration from the exquisitely detailed engravings.
The present volume describes and explains the fundamentals of
organic/plastic solar cells in a manner accessible to both
researchers and students. It provides an up-to-date and
comprehensive account of these materials and corresponding devices,
which will play a key role in future solar energy systems.
Compelling inside views of what characterises opera and music
theatre in African and African diasporic contexts. Music is often
cited as a central artistic mode in African theatre and performance
practices. However, little attention has been paid to music theatre
on the continent in general, and to opera in particular, with the
exceptions ofa few noted genres, such as Concert Party or the
Yorùbá "folk opera" of the 1960s, and the emerging research on
opera culture in South Africa. This volume of African Theatre
highlights the diversity across the continent from a variety of
perspectives - including those of genre, media, and historiography.
Above all, it raises questions and encourages debate: What does
"opera" mean in African and African diasporic contexts? What are
its practices and legacies - colonial, postcolonial and decolonial;
what is its relation to the intersectionalities of race and class?
How do opera and music theatre reflect, change or obscure social,
political and economic realities? How are they connected to
educational and cultural institutions, and non-profit
organisations? And why is opera contradictorily, at various times,
perceived as both "grand" and "elitist, "folk" and "quotidian",
"Eurocentric" and "indigenous"? Contributors also address aesthetic
transformation processes, the porousness of genre boundaries and
the role of space and place, with examples ranging from Egypt to
South Africa, from Uganda to West Africa and the USA. The
playscript in this volume is We Take Care of Our Own by Zainabu
Jallo GUEST EDITORS: Christine Matzke, Lena van der Hoven,
Christopher Odhiambo & Hilde Roos Series Editors: Yvette
Hutchison, Reader, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies,
University of Warwick; Chukwuma Okoye, Reader in African Theatre
& Performance University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of
African Theatre, University of Leeds.
Achieving efficient solar energy conversion at both large scale and low cost is among the most important technological challenges for the near future. The present volume describes and explains the fundamentals of organic/plastic solar cells in a manner accessible to both researchers and students. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the operational principles underlying several types of solar cells that have absorber layers based on polymer materials and small molecules. It addresses competing approaches, such as polymer solar cells and dye-sensitized cells, while considering the thermodynamic principles within the context of these schemes. Organic Photovoltaics also analyzes in detail the charge-transfer processes in the bulk-heterojunction devices corresponding to the relevant mechanism of carrier generation. Emphasized throughout is the concept of interpenetrating polymer-fullerene networks, due to their high potential for improving power efficiency.
This book examines racism and racialized discourses in the ELT
profession in South Korea. The book is informed by a number of
different critical approaches to race and discourse, and the
discussions contained in the chapters offer one way of exploring
how the ELT profession can be understood from such perspectives.
Observations made are based on the understanding that racism should
not be viewed as individual acts of discrimination, but rather as a
system of social structures. While the book is principally
concerned with language teaching and learning in South Korea, the
findings are situated in a wider discussion of race and ethnicity
in the global ELT profession. The book makes the following
argument: White normativity is an ideological commitment and a form
of racialized discourse that comes from the social actions of those
involved in the ELT profession; this normative model or ideal
standard constructs a system of racial discrimination that is
founded on White privilege, saviorism and neoliberalism. Drawing on
a wide range of data sources, this book is a must-read for anyone
interested in critically examining ELT.
This book examines racism and racialized discourses in the ELT
profession in South Korea. The book is informed by a number of
different critical approaches to race and discourse, and the
discussions contained in the chapters offer one way of exploring
how the ELT profession can be understood from such perspectives.
Observations made are based on the understanding that racism should
not be viewed as individual acts of discrimination, but rather as a
system of social structures. While the book is principally
concerned with language teaching and learning in South Korea, the
findings are situated in a wider discussion of race and ethnicity
in the global ELT profession. The book makes the following
argument: White normativity is an ideological commitment and a form
of racialized discourse that comes from the social actions of those
involved in the ELT profession; this normative model or ideal
standard constructs a system of racial discrimination that is
founded on White privilege, saviorism and neoliberalism. Drawing on
a wide range of data sources, this book is a must-read for anyone
interested in critically examining ELT.
Radio is 'Africa's medium', with an ability to transcend barriers
to access, facilitate political debate and shape identities.
Contributors investigate the multiple roles of radio in the lives
of African listeners across the continent. Some essays turn to the
history of radio and its part in culture and politics. Others show
how radio throws up new tensions, yet endorses social innovation
and the making of new publics. A number of contributors look at
radio's current role in creating listening communities that
radically shift the nature of the public sphere. Yet others cover
radio's central role in the emergence of informed publics in
fragile national spaces, or in failed states. The book also
highlights radio's links to the new media, its role in resistance
to oppressive regimes, and points in several cases to the
importance of African languages in building modern communities that
embrace both local and global knowledge. Liz Gunner is visiting
Professor at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research;
Dina Ligagais a lecturer in the Department of Media Studies,
University of the Witwatersrand; Dumisani Moyo is Research and
Publications Manager at the Open Society Initiative for Southern
Africa. Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho,
Zimbabwe & Swaziland): Wits University Press
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