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Over centuries many cultures have developed around the world. Each
culture has had its own customs and traditions. Sometimes different
cultures come together to share certain aspects. Discover how one
culture can have a lasting impact on another culture. Learn how
cultures from long ago have influenced our lives today, from the
words we use to the way our government is run.
It's the early 1600s, and the streets of Italy are bustling. But
Michelangelo Galilei, the much younger brother of well-known
Italian philosopher and scientist Galileo Galilei, feels lost in
the crowd. It seems as though Michelangelo has nothing in common
with his older brother. Michelangelo spends countless hours
practising his lute, while his brother seems to spend all his time
testing long-held scientific beliefs. Then Galileo improves a small
telescope, opening up a whole new world to them both. But will it
be enough to fill the expanse between them?
You may have heard of Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell. But
have you ever heard of Hedy Lamarr or Bi Sheng? Without Hedy
Lamarr, we wouldn't have wireless technology. Without Bi Sheng, we
wouldn't have printed books! Learn about eight important inventors
and how their inventions have shaped the world we live in today.
What would happen if the frozen Arctic completely melted? Certain
plants and animals rely on the dry and cold tundra environments.
The tundra habitat includes both the flat regions of the Arctic and
the alpine heights of mountains. This habitat acts as a
source of food and a climate suitable for the plants and animals
that live there. Learn about the geography and resources of tundra
habitats as well as how animals and people have adapted to and
changed tundra environments. Explore this habitat's future and what
people can do to help keep it safe.
Tamal has a problem. Every time he has to empty the bucket into the
compost bin, his trainers get soaking wet! He wants to find a
better way and maybe win his school's science challenge at the same
time. With help from his mum who is an engineer, Tamal builds an
invention using different renewable energy sources.
Did you know that most of the Earth's oxygen comes from its marine
habitats? The marine habitats are the largest in the world. They
includes the five main oceans and are a source of food, air and
water for plants, animals and people all over the world. Learn
about the geography and resources of marine habitats as well as how
animals and people have adapted to and changed marine environments.
Explore this habitat's future and what people can do to help keep
it safe.
A touchstone in Western debates about society and government, the
"Politics" is Aristotle's classic work on the nature of political
community. Here, he argues that people band together into political
communities to secure a good and self-sufficient life. He discusses
the merits and defects of various regimes or ways of organizing
political community--democracy in particular--and in the process
examines such subjects as slavery, economics, the family,
citizenship, justice, and revolution.
Peter Simpson offers a new translation of Aristotle's text from
the ancient Greek. He renders the "Politics" into an English
version that is accurate, readable, and in certain difficult
passages, original. His innovative analytical division of the whole
text, with headings and accompanying summaries, makes clear the
progression and unity of the argument--a helpful feature for
students or readers unfamiliar with Aristotle's studied brevity and
often elliptical style. Books 7 and 8 are repositioned--a move
supported by Aristotle's own words and much scholarly opinion--to
restore the work's logical organization and coherence. Finally,
Simpson places the "Politics" in its proper philosophical context
by beginning the text with the last chapter of Aristotle's
"Nicomachean Ethics," which he sees as an introduction to what
follows.
The "Politics," Aristotle's classic work on the nature of political
community, has been a touchstone of Western debates about society
and government. Here, Peter Simpson presents a thorough analysis of
the logical structure of the entire text and each of its
constitutive arguments and conclusions. A valuable commentary on
the philosophical argument in the "Politics," the book will also
serve as a sound basis for future study of Aristotle's political
thought.
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Totara (Paperback)
Phillip Simpson
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R817
Discovery Miles 8 170
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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A new softback edition of this modern classic of our most renowned
tree, the totara. A wonder of evolution, the big tree of the
forest, the wood behind Maori carving and Pakeha fence posts: the
'mighty totara' is New Zealand's tree and this book tells its
story. The 'mighty totara' is one of our most extraordinary trees.
Among the biggest and oldest trees in the New Zealand forest, the
heart of Maori carving and culture, trailing no. 8 wire as fence
posts on settler farms, clambered up in the Pureora protests of the
1980s: the story of New Zealand can be told through totara. Simpson
tells that story like nobody else could. In words and pictures,
through waka and leaves, farmers and carvers, he takes us deep
inside the trees: their botany and evolution, their role in Maori
life and lore, their uses by Pakeha, and their current status in
our environment and culture. By doing so, Simpson illuminates the
natural world and the story of Maori and Pakeha in this country.
Our largest trees, the kauri Tane Mahuta and the totara Pouakani,
are both thought to be around 1000 years old. They were here before
we humans were and their relatives will probably be here when we
are gone. Totara has been central to life in this country for
thousands of years. This book tells a great tree's story, and that
is our story too.
A broad study of basic issues in ethics and politics, what the
human good is, how to attain it and how to avoid its opposite. The
author argues that mainstream Anglo-American philosophy debates
these issues too narrowly, hence encouraging other vices like
despair of universal and objective reason.
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