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![]() Free Download Mette Bjerregaard Mortensen, "The Study of Islamic Origins: New Perspectives and Contexts " English | ISBN: 3110675439 | 2021 | 382 pages | EPUB | 3 MB The study of Islam's origins from a rigorous historical and social science perspective is still wanting. At the same time, a renewed attention is being paid to the very plausible pre-canonical redactional and editorial stages of the Qur'an, a book whose core many contemporary scholars agree to be formed by various independent writings in which encrypted passages from the OT Pseudepigrapha, the NT Apocrypha, and other ancient writings of Jewish, Christian, and Manichaean provenance may be found. Likewise, the earliest Islamic community is presently regarded by many scholars as a somewhat undetermined monotheistic group that evolved from an original Jewish-Christian milieu into a distinct Muslim group perhaps much later than commonly assumed and in a rather unclear way. The following volume gathers select studies that were originally shared at the Early Islamic Studies Seminar. These studies aim at exploring afresh the dawn and early history of Islam with the tools of biblical criticism as well as the approaches set forth in the study of Second Temple Judaism, Christian, and Rabbinic origins, thereby contributing to the renewed, interdisciplinary study of formative Islam as part and parcel of the complex processes of religious identity formation during Late Antiquity. ![]() Free Download Danilo Facca, "The Students and Their Books: Early Modern Practices of Teaching and Learning " English | ISBN: 3111452581 | 2025 | 252 pages | PDF | 56 MB The topic of this volume is the teaching and learning practices in the major and minor academic centers of renaissance Europe and their relevance for early modern intellectual history. Academic knowledge is here regarded not as a finished product but as a process, induced by multiple factors and several conditions: the personalities and intellectual profiles of teachers and learners, the dialectic between their respective interests and roles, the institutional context, from the immediate one given by the particular school or university, with their courses and curricula, to the more remote one given by governing political power or surveilling religious authority, or the interplay between the two. Last but not least, one should consider the several impulses of an epoch that seem to impart to the historical course a sudden acceleration, inducing decisive, sometimes disruptive, changes to intellectual development: the spread of humanistic culture, the religious reformation and its consequences, the encounter with new epistemologies, the access to education of new social subjects, and - behind all these and as their common catalyst - the progressive establishment of the press as a means of learning consolidation and dissemination. ![]() Free Download Kojin Karatani, "The Structure of World History: From Modes of Production to Modes of Exchange" English | ISBN: 0822356767 | 2014 | 376 pages | EPUB | 536 KB In this major, paradigm-shifting work, Kojin Karatani systematically re-reads Marx's version of world history, shifting the focus of critique from modes of production to modes of exchange. Karatani seeks to understand both Capital-Nation-State, the interlocking system that is the dominant form of modern global society, and the possibilities for superseding it. In The Structure of World History, he traces different modes of exchange, including the pooling of resources that characterizes nomadic tribes, the gift exchange systems developed after the adoption of fixed-settlement agriculture, the exchange of obedience for protection that arises with the emergence of the state, the commodity exchanges that characterize capitalism, and, finally, a future mode of exchange based on the return of gift exchange, albeit modified for the contemporary moment. He argues that this final stage-marking the overcoming of capital, nation, and state-is best understood in light of Kant's writings on eternal peace. ![]() Free Download The Storytelling Code: 10 Simple Rules to Shape and Tell a Brilliant Story By Dana Norris 2020 | 124 Pages | ISBN: 1641524715 | EPUB | 1 MB Unlock the tales within you-unleash the power of storytelling Everyone loves a good story-but how do you turn a fun anecdote into one for the books? Whether you're hoping to impress others during a job interview, trying out stand-up, or giving a hilarious wedding speech, The Storytelling Code provides step-by-step help on crafting your narrative, as well as simple exercises to put those public speaking skills into practice. Master the art of storytelling using 10 easy-to-follow rules to help you shape your story and share it confidently. Humorous advice will give you the courage to tell stories in your everyday life, and the unique exercises will demonstrate how to set a goal for each tale, gather the best materials, keep your audience engaged, and more. The Storytelling Code includes: Tell-tale heart-Release your inner storyteller using 10 easy-to-follow rules, including advice for identifying a narrative goal, shaping a Description, and more.Gift of gab-Find the confidence to go live through courage-building tips that make sure you're capturing and connecting with your audience.Pen to paper-Get those creative writing juices flowing with fill-in writing prompts and insightful checklists to prep you for everyday storytelling situations. 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After students follow the achievements and frustrations of Galileo, Kepler, and Descartes, they will appreciate the amazing Isaac Newton, whose discoveries about gravity, motion, colors, calculus, and Earth's place in the universe set the stage for modern physics, astronomy, mathematics, and chemistry. ![]() Free Download The Story of Science: Einstein Adds a New Dimension by Joy Hakim English | November 1, 2007 | ISBN: 1588341623 | True EPUB | 480 pages | 245 MB In volume three, students will look over Albert Einstein's shoulder as he and his colleagues develop a new kind of physics. It leads in two directions: to knowledge of the vast universe and its future (insights build on Einstein's theories of relativity), and to an understanding of the astonishingly small subatomic world (the realm of quantum physics). 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You will learn about the Islamic caliphate, Shiite Sunni Split, battles in Iraq and Syria, and more.In this publication, you will learn the following:Pre-Islam Arabia and the beginnings of Makkah as a cityThe Message of Islam revealed on the ProphetHistory of the early years of the Muslim CaliphateLives of the Rashidun Caliphs (Abu Bakr, Umar Ibn Khattab, Uthman Ibn Affan, Ali Ibn Abu-Talib, Hassan Ibn Ali)The early Muslim CaliphsHow one person started the fitna / instigation that later resulted in the Shiite (Shia) split from the people of Sunnah (Sunnis)Differences between the Shia and SunniThe Battle between Caliph Ali and AyeshaThe Battle between Caliph Ali and Muawiyah (Governor of Syria)Story of times when multiple Muslim caliphs ruled the Muslim landsThe story of the Khawarij (Extremist dissenters)Banu Umayyah CaliphateCaliphate capitals (Madinah, Kufah, Damascus)Stories of conflict that brewed between Madinah, Kufah, Basrah, and SyriaHajjaj Ibn Yousuf's Tough Governance over the people of Iraqand more ![]() Free Download The Statistics and Machine Learning with R Workshop: Unlock the power of efficient data science modeling with this hands-on guide by Liu Peng English | October 25, 2023 | ISBN: 180324030X | True EPUB/PDF | 516 pages | 15.8/25.7 MB Learn the fundamentals of statistics and machine learning using R libraries for data processing, visualization, model training, and statistical inference |