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Destabilizing Milton challenges the widely accepted view of Milton
as a poet of absolute, unquestioning certainty. In Paradise Lost ,
Milton confronts the failure of the Revolution by creating a poem
that refuses to grant the reader any interpretive stability or
certainty. Doubts can no longer be contained and concepts once
marked by a 'fundamental immobility' now seem unstable at best.
Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes equally reflect Milton's
deep ambivalences after the collapse of the Republic. Far from
confirming his earlier ideals, in his later poetry, Milton subjects
his culture's most cherished beliefs, such as the goodness of God,
to withering scrutiny, while refusing the comfort of orthodox
answers.
The goal of Essays on Communication & Spirituality is to expand
students' understanding of communication theory and inquiry. The
editor and contributors aim to present the beginning position of an
emerging discourse in the communication field. The collection's
essays explore the potential contribution of spirituality for the
study of communication. They also examine and illustrate how
scholarly work that is premised on such spiritual assumptions
reshapes our understanding of communication. Essays on
Communication & Spirituality is intended as a supplemental text
for any foundational communication course that explores different
understandings of communication.
We live in a world of numbers and mathematics, and so we need to
work with numbers and some math in almost everything we do, to
control our happiness and the direction of our lives. The purpose
of Coming Home to Math is to make adults with little technical
training more comfortable with math, in using it and enjoying it,
and to allay their fears of math, enable their numerical thinking,
and convince them that math is fun. A range of important math
concepts are presented and explained in simple terms, mostly by
using arithmetic, with frequent connections to the real world of
personal financial matters, health, gambling, and popular
culture.As such, Coming Home to Math is geared to making the
general, non-specialist, adult public more comfortable with math,
though not to formally train them for new careers or to teach those
first learning math. It may also be helpful to liberal arts college
students who need to tackle more technical subjects. The range of
topics covered may also appeal to scholars who are more math savvy,
though it may not challenge them.
We live in a world of numbers and mathematics, and so we need to
work with numbers and some math in almost everything we do, to
control our happiness and the direction of our lives. The purpose
of Coming Home to Math is to make adults with little technical
training more comfortable with math, in using it and enjoying it,
and to allay their fears of math, enable their numerical thinking,
and convince them that math is fun. A range of important math
concepts are presented and explained in simple terms, mostly by
using arithmetic, with frequent connections to the real world of
personal financial matters, health, gambling, and popular
culture.As such, Coming Home to Math is geared to making the
general, non-specialist, adult public more comfortable with math,
though not to formally train them for new careers or to teach those
first learning math. It may also be helpful to liberal arts college
students who need to tackle more technical subjects. The range of
topics covered may also appeal to scholars who are more math savvy,
though it may not challenge them.
Destabilizing Milton challenges the widely accepted view of Milton
as a poet of absolute, unquestioning certainty. In Paradise Lost ,
Milton confronts the failure of the Revolution by creating a poem
that refuses to grant the reader any interpretive stability or
certainty. Doubts can no longer be contained and concepts once
marked by a 'fundamental immobility' now seem unstable at best.
Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes equally reflect Milton's
deep ambivalences after the collapse of the Republic. Far from
confirming his earlier ideals, in his later poetry, Milton subjects
his culture's most cherished beliefs, such as the goodness of God,
to withering scrutiny, while refusing the comfort of orthodox
answers.
A Short History of Early Modern England presents the historical and
cultural information necessary for a richer understanding of
English Renaissance literature. * Written in a clear and accessible
style for an undergraduate level audience * Gives an overview of
the period s history as well as an understanding of the
historiographic issues * Explores key historical and literary
events, from the Wars of the Roses to the publication of John
Milton s Paradise Regained * Features in depth explanations of key
terms and concepts, such as absolutism and the Elizabethan
Settlement
A Short History of Early Modern England presents the historical and
cultural information necessary for a richer understanding of
English Renaissance literature. * Written in a clear and accessible
style for an undergraduate level audience * Gives an overview of
the period s history as well as an understanding of the
historiographic issues * Explores key historical and literary
events, from the Wars of the Roses to the publication of John
Milton s Paradise Regained * Features in depth explanations of key
terms and concepts, such as absolutism and the Elizabethan
Settlement
This volume describes the increasing role of "in situ" optical
diagnostics in thin film processing for applications ranging from
fundamental science studies to process development to control
during manufacturing. The key advantage of optical diagnostics in
these applications is that they are usually noninvasive and
nonintrusive. Optical probes of the surface, film, wafer, and gas
above the wafer are described for many processes, including plasma
etching, MBE, MOCVD, and rapid thermal processing. For each optical
technique, the underlying principles are presented, modes of
experimental implementation are described, and applications of the
diagnostic in thin film processing are analyzed, with examples
drawn from microelectronics and optoelectronics. Special attention
is paid to real-time probing of the surface, to the noninvasive
measurement of temperature, and to the use of optical probes for
process control.
Optical Diagnostics for Thin Film Processing is unique. No other
volume explores the real-time application of optical techniques in
all modes of thin film processing. The text can be used by students
and those new to the topic as an introduction and review of the
subject. It also serves as a comprehensive resource for engineers,
technicians, researchers, and scientists already working in the
field.
Key Features
* The only volume that comprehensively explores "in situ,"
real-time, optical probes for all types of thin film
processing
* Useful as an introduction to the subject or as a resource
handbook
* Covers a wide range of thin film processes including plasma
etching, MBE, MOCVD, and rapid thermal processing
* Examples emphasize applications in microelectronics and
optoelectronics
* Introductory chapter serves as a guide to all optical diagnostics
and their applications
* Each chapter presents the underlying principles, experimental
implementation, and applications for a specific optical diagnostic
La dinamica de la evolucion politica en Colombia ha permitido,
desde la vigencia del Acto Legislativo 01 de 2003, la gestacion en
el imaginario colectivo de los ciudadanos de una nueva
representacion de los cargos de eleccion popular. El argumento
implicito del Acto Legislativo presenta la posibilidad de una mayor
presencia de las diversas colectividades politicas, en los escanos
publicos electorales. En efecto, se ha evidenciado un
fortalecimiento en la estructura funcional de cada partido
politico, en la homogeneidad de los cuerpos colegiados de eleccion
popular frente al querer popular manifestado en los comicios de
cada legislatura, situacion que ha permitido la evolucion legal del
regimen electoral con la imposicion de normas de bancadas de
partidos politicos y el aumento de los regimenes de inhabilidades e
incompatibilidades para acceder a las funciones legislativas y
administrativas del Congreso de la Republica, de las Asambleas
Departamentales y de los Concejos Municipales."
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