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1. The Subject Matter. Consider a complex semisimple Lie group G
with Lie algebra g and Weyl group W. In this book, we present a
geometric perspective on the following circle of ideas: polynomials
The "vertices" of this graph are some of the most important objects
in representation theory. Each has a theory in its own right, and
each has had its own independent historical development. - A
nilpotent orbit is an orbit of the adjoint action of G on g which
contains the zero element of g in its closure. (For the special
linear group 2 G = SL(n, C), whose Lie algebra 9 is all n x n
matrices with trace zero, an adjoint orbit consists of all matrices
with a given Jordan canonical form; such an orbit is nilpotent if
the Jordan form has only zeros on the diagonal. In this case, the
nilpotent orbits are classified by partitions of n, given by the
sizes of the Jordan blocks.) The closures of the nilpotent orbits
are singular in general, and understanding their singularities is
an important problem. - The classification of irreducible Weyl
group representations is quite old.
The leading Civil War historian James McPherson and his wife have edited a collection of extraordinary letters written during the Civil War by a prominent naval officer, Roswell H. Lamson. The McPhersons do a superb job of providing the appropriate historical context for these Civil War letters. Since no censorship existed for such letters during the Civil War, the letters are frank and revealing about military manoeuverings and actions in a way that would not be possible in later wars.
A collection of essays originally presented on the Blackfriars
stage at the American Shakesepeare Center, Shakespeare Expressed
brings together scholars and practitioners, often promoting ideas
that can be translated into classroom experiences. Drawing on
essays presented at the Sixth Blackfriars Conference, held in
October 2011, the essays focus on Shakespeare in performance by
including work from scholars, theatrical practitioners (actors,
directors, dramaturgs, designers), and teachers in a format that
facilitates conversations at the intersection of textual
scholarship, theatrical performance, and pedagogy. The volume's
thematic sections briefly represent some of the major issues
occupying scholars and practitioners: how to handle staging
choices, how modern actors embody early modern characters, how the
physical and technical aspects of early modern theaters previously
impacted and how they currently affect performance, and how the
play texts can continue to enlighten theatrical and scholarly
endeavors. A special essay on pedagogy that features specific
classroom exercises also anchors each section in the collection.
The result is an eclectic, stimulating, and forward-thinking look
at the most current trends in early modern theater studies.
Performing Pedagogy in Early Modern England: Gender, Instruction,
and Performance features essays questioning the extent to which
education, an activity pursued in the home, classroom, and the
church, led to, mirrored, and was perhaps even transformed by
moments of instruction on stage. This volume argues that along with
the popular press, the early modern stage is also a key pedagogical
site and that education"performed and performative"plays a central
role in gender construction. The wealth of sixteenth- and
seventeenth-century printed and manuscript documents devoted to
education (parenting guides, conduct books, domestic manuals,
catechisms, diaries, and autobiographical writings) encourages
examination of how education contributed to the formation of
gendered and hierarchical structures, as well as the production,
reproduction, and performance of masculinity and femininity. In
examining both dramatic and non-dramatic texts via aspects of
performance theory, this collection explores the ways education
instilled formal academic knowledge, but also elucidates how
educational practices disciplined students as members of their
social realm, citizens of a nation, and representatives of their
gender.
Performing Maternity in Early Modern England features essays that
share a common concern with exploring maternity's cultural
representation, performative aspects and practical consequences in
the period from 1540-1690. The essays interrogate how early modern
texts depict fertility, conception, delivery and gendered
constructions of maternity by analyzing a wealth of historical
documents and images in conjunction with dramatic and non-dramatic
literary texts. They emphasize that the embodied, repeated and
public nature of maternity defines it as inherently performative
and ultimately central to the production of gender identity during
the early modern period.
A collection of essays originally presented on the Blackfriars
stage at the American Shakesepeare Center, Shakespeare Expressed
brings together scholars and practitioners, often promoting ideas
that can be translated into classroom experiences. Drawing on
essays presented at the Sixth Blackfriars Conference, held in
October 2011, the essays focus on Shakespeare in performance by
including work from scholars, theatrical practitioners (actors,
directors, dramaturgs, designers), and teachers in a format that
facilitates conversations at the intersection of textual
scholarship, theatrical performance, and pedagogy. The volume s
thematic sections briefly represent some of the major issues
occupying scholars and practitioners: how to handle staging
choices, how modern actors embody early modern characters, how the
physical and technical aspects of early modern theaters previously
impacted and how they currently affect performance, and how the
play texts can continue to enlighten theatrical and scholarly
endeavors. A special essay on pedagogy that features specific
classroom exercises also anchors each section in the collection.
The result is an eclectic, stimulating, and forward-thinking look
at the most current trends in early modern theater studies."
Performing Pedagogy in Early Modern England: Gender, Instruction,
and Performance features essays questioning the extent to which
education, an activity pursued in the home, classroom, and the
church, led to, mirrored, and was perhaps even transformed by
moments of instruction on stage. This volume argues that along with
the popular press, the early modern stage is also a key pedagogical
site and that education"performed and performative"plays a central
role in gender construction. The wealth of sixteenth- and
seventeenth-century printed and manuscript documents devoted to
education (parenting guides, conduct books, domestic manuals,
catechisms, diaries, and autobiographical writings) encourages
examination of how education contributed to the formation of
gendered and hierarchical structures, as well as the production,
reproduction, and performance of masculinity and femininity. In
examining both dramatic and non-dramatic texts via aspects of
performance theory, this collection explores the ways education
instilled formal academic knowledge, but also elucidates how
educational practices disciplined students as members of their
social realm, citizens of a nation, and representatives of their
gender.
Performing Maternity in Early Modern England features essays that
share a common concern with exploring maternity's cultural
representation, performative aspects and practical consequences in
the period from 1540-1690. The essays interrogate how early modern
texts depict fertility, conception, delivery and gendered
constructions of maternity by analyzing a wealth of historical
documents and images in conjunction with dramatic and non-dramatic
literary texts. They emphasize that the embodied, repeated and
public nature of maternity defines it as inherently performative
and ultimately central to the production of gender identity during
the early modern period.
Young academicians are serious scholars and voracious readers who
are perennially in search of practical and inspiring advice about
their vocation. Their tenure-driven neuroses, combined with an
inherent competitive streak and an understanding of the importance
of public service, engender their quest for advice about life in
the academy. In Letters to a Young Academic: Seeking Teachable
Moments, Guy R. McPherson feeds a sophisticated audience hungry for
practical, inspirational, and witty advice. He begins by answering
the question, 'Why choose academia?,' then addresses the
fundamental nature of the 'life of mind' before addressing
questions that deal with the 'how' and 'what' of teaching. Finally,
McPherson turns to issues of career advancement and professional
service. Each topics is described in a series of personal letters.
This book is a quick read that will evoke laughter, reflection, and
contemplation for all young scholars.
1. The Subject Matter. Consider a complex semisimple Lie group G
with Lie algebra g and Weyl group W. In this book, we present a
geometric perspective on the following circle of ideas: polynomials
The "vertices" of this graph are some of the most important objects
in representation theory. Each has a theory in its own right, and
each has had its own independent historical development. - A
nilpotent orbit is an orbit of the adjoint action of G on g which
contains the zero element of g in its closure. (For the special
linear group 2 G = SL(n, C), whose Lie algebra 9 is all n x n
matrices with trace zero, an adjoint orbit consists of all matrices
with a given Jordan canonical form; such an orbit is nilpotent if
the Jordan form has only zeros on the diagonal. In this case, the
nilpotent orbits are classified by partitions of n, given by the
sizes of the Jordan blocks.) The closures of the nilpotent orbits
are singular in general, and understanding their singularities is
an important problem. - The classification of irreducible Weyl
group representations is quite old.
This volume bridges the gap between ecology and natural resource management and, in particular, focuses on plant ecology as a foundation for vegetation and wildlife management. It describes how concepts and approaches used by ecologists to study communities and ecosystems can be applied to their management. Guy R. McPherson and Stephen DeStefano emphasize the importance of thoughtfully designed and conducted scientific studies to both the advancement of ecological knowledge and the application of techniques for the management of plant and animal populations.
This volume bridges the gap between ecology and natural resource management and, in particular, focuses on plant ecology as a foundation for vegetation and wildlife management. It describes how concepts and approaches used by ecologists to study communities and ecosystems can be applied to their management. Guy R. McPherson and Stephen DeStefano emphasize the importance of thoughtfully designed and conducted scientific studies to both the advancement of ecological knowledge and the application of techniques for the management of plant and animal populations.
The publication of the war-time letters of Roswell Lamson, one of the boldest and most skillful young officers in the Union navy, marks a major addition to Civil War literature. Indeed, co-editors James M. McPherson, America's preeminent Civil War historian, and Patricia R. McPherson term Lamson's correspondence "the best Civil War navy letters we have ever read or expect to read". Lamson commanded more ships and flotillas than any other officer of his age or rank in the service, climaxed by his captaincy of the navy's fastest ship in 1864, USS Gettysburg. Throughout the war, Lamson always seemed to be where the action was on the South Atlantic coast, and these letters describe with striking immediacy the part he played in these events. Though he resolved to "stand by the Union as long as there is a plank afloat," Lamson's correspondence also reveals his deep ambivalence about the war. Featuring superb introductions to each section and informative notes, Lamson of The Gettysburg now joins the first rank of Civil War sources.
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Going Dark (Paperback)
Pauline Schneider; Guy R. McPherson
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R265
Discovery Miles 2 650
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Climate change is a daunting prospect for the earth and many people
would like to avoid thinking about its consequences. Wouldn't it be
great if someone had a way to avoid worrying about climate science?
Well, someone has. Denial ideology is a set of beliefs about
climate science that denies the principal findings. Using canards
such as "the globe is cooling" and "climate change is entirely
natural" enables denial ideologues to argue against acceptance of
the findings of climate science. These canards are set beliefs
based on ideology, not science. Organizations such as the Tea
Party, Americans for Prosperity, the Cornwall Alliance and
Heartland Institute promote these beliefs. Denial ideology infuses
political judgments and enables politicians to avoid or delay
unpleasant decisions. Business leaders recognize the repercussions
of climate change and promote changes in energy infrastructure that
can alleviate some the consequences, but their leadership does not
transfer to the political world. Armed with information about
denial ideology, the reader can refute many of the canards employed
by denial ideologues. Understanding the information in this book
can make a contribution towards a greater acceptance of climate
science.
In 2009, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the City
of Santa Cruz, conducted bathymetric and topographic surveys to
determine the water storage capacity of, and the loss of capacity
owing to sedimentation in, Loch Lomond Reservoir in Santa Cruz
County, California. The topographic survey was done as a supplement
to the bathymetric survey to obtain information about temporal
changes in the upper reach of the reservoir where the water is
shallow or the reservoir may be dry, as well as to obtain
information about shoreline changes throughout the reservoir.
Results of a combined bathymetric and topographic survey using a
new, state-of-the-art method with advanced instrument technology
indicate that the maximum storage capacity of the reservoir at the
spillway altitude of 577.5 feet (National Geodetic Vertical Datum
of 1929) was 8,646 85 acre-feet in March 2009, with a confidence
level of 99 percent. This new method is a combination of
bathymetric scanning using multibeam-sidescan sonar, and
topographic surveying using laser scanning (LiDAR), which produced
a 1.64-foot-resolution grid with altitudes to 0.3-foot resolution
and an estimate of total water storage capacity at a 99-percent
confidence level. Because the volume of sedimentation in a
reservoir is considered equal to the decrease in water-storage
capacity, sedimentation in Loch Lomond Reservoir was determined by
estimating the change in storage capacity by comparing the
reservoir bed surface defined in the March 2009 survey with a
revision of the reservoir bed surface determined in a previous
investigation in November 1998. This revised reservoir-bed surface
was defined by combining altitude data from the 1998 survey with
new data collected during the current (2009) investigation to fill
gaps in the 1998 data. Limitations that determine the accuracy of
estimates of changes in the volume of sedimentation from that
estimated in each of the four previous investigations (1960, 1971,
1982, and 1998) are a result of the limitations of the survey
equipment and data-processing methods used. Previously used and new
methods were compared to determine the recent (1998-2009) change in
storage capacity and the most accurate and cost-effective means to
define the reservoir bed surface so that results can be easily
replicated in future surveys. Results of this investigation
indicate that the advanced method used in the 2009 survey
accurately captures the features of the wetted reservoir surface as
well as features along the shoreline that affect the storage
capacity calculations. Because the bathymetric and topographic data
are referenced to a datum, the results can be easily replicated or
compared with future results. Comparison of the 2009 reservoir-bed
surface with the surface defined in 1998 indicates that
sedimentation is occurring throughout the reservoir. About 320
acre-feet of sedimentation has occurred since 1998, as determined
by comparing the revised 1998 reservoir-bed surface, with an
associated maximum reservoir storage capacity of 8,965 acre-feet,
to the 2009 reservoir bed surface, with an associated maximum
capacity of 8,646 acre-feet. This sedimentation is more than 3
percent of the total storage capacity that was calculated on the
basis of the results of the 1998 bathymetric investigation.
A quirky account of Ozzy's trials and adventures, during his search
for happiness. At times humorous, it encapsulates his yearnings,
his need to belong and the effect he has on those around him.
Quirky, fun account of the main character's adventures,
encapsulating his yearnings and his need to belong ... a fable for
all ages
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