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Start your reading journey today on DL4ALL.org and unlock a world of imagination, knowledge, and inspiration!  The Group 13 Metals Aluminium, Gallium, Indium and Thallium: Chemical Patterns and Peculiarities By 2011 | 743 Pages | ISBN: 0470681918 | PDF | 83 MB The last two decades have seen a renaissance in interest in the chemistry of the main group elements. In particular research on the metals of group 13 (aluminium, gallium, indium and thallium) has led to the synthesis and isolation of some very novel and unusual molecules, with implications for organometallic synthesis, new materials development, and with biological, medical and, environmental relevance. The Group 13 Metals Aluminium, Gallium, Indium and Thalliumaims to cover new facts, developments and applications in the context of more general patterns of physical and chemical behaviour. Particular attention is paid to the main growth areas, including the chemistry of lower formal oxidation states, cluster chemistry, the investigation of solid oxides and hydroxides, advances in the formation of III-V and related compounds, the biological significance of Group 13 metal complexes, and the growing importance of the metals and their compounds in the mediation of organic reactions. Chapters cover: general features of the group 13 elements group 13 metals in the +3 oxidation state: simple inorganic compounds formal oxidation state +3: organometallic chemistry formal oxidation state +2: metal-metal bonded vs. mononuclear derivatives group 13 metals in the +1 oxidation state mixed or intermediate valence group 13 metal compounds aluminium and gallium clusters: metalloid clusters and their relation to the bulk phases, to naked clusters, and to nanoscaled materials simple and mixed metal oxides and hydroxides: solids with extended structures of different dimensionalities and porosities coordination and solution chemistry of the metals: biological, medical and, environmental relevance III-V and related semiconductor materials group 13 metal-mediated organic reactions The Group 13 Metals Aluminium, Gallium, Indium and Thalliumprovides a detailed, wide-ranging, and up-to-date review of the chemistry of this important group of metals. It will find a place on the bookshelves of practitioners, researchers and students working in inorganic, organometallic, and materials chemistry.Content: Chapter 1 New Light on the Chemistry of the Group 13 Metals (pages 1-74): Anthony J. Downs and Hans?Jorg HimmelChapter 2 The Chemistry of the Group 13 Metals in the +3 Oxidation State: Simple Inorganic Compounds (pages 75-147): Simon AldridgeChapter 3 Formal Oxidation State +3: Organometallic Chemistry (pages 148-245): Simon Aldridge, Anthony J. Downs and Deborah L. KaysChapter 4 Formal Oxidation State +2: Metal-Metal Bonded Versus Mononuclear Derivatives (pages 246-284): Werner Uhl and Marcus LayhChapter 5 The Chemistry of the Group 13 Metals in the +1 Oxidation State (pages 285-341): Cameron Jones and Andreas StaschChapter 6 Mixed or Intermediate Valence Group 13 Metal Compounds (pages 342-401): Benjamin F. T. Cooper and Charles L. B. MacdonaldChapter 7 Aluminium and Gallium Clusters: Metalloid Clusters and their Relationship to the Bulk Phases, to Naked Clusters and to Nanoscaled Materials (pages 402-487): Hansgeorg Schnockel and Andreas SchnepfChapter 8 Simple and Mixed Metal Oxides and Hydroxides: Solids with Extended Structures of Different Dimensionalities and Porosities (pages 488-518): Andrew M. FoggChapter 9 Coordination and Solution Chemistry of the Metals: Biological, Medical and Environmental Relevance (pages 519-611): Penelope J. Brothers and Christy E. RuggieroChapter 10 III-V and Related Semiconductor Materials (pages 612-653): Mohammad Azad Malik and Paul O'BrienChapter 11 Group 13 Metal?Mediated Organic Reactions (pages 654-700): Samuel Dagorne and Stephane Bellemin?Laponnaz  Nigel Gann, "The Great Education Robbery" English | ISBN: 1398432717 | 2021 | 290 pages | EPUB | 1211 KB Nigel Gann explains how English schools provided by local councils and embedded in communities were grabbed by an authoritarian government and handed to billionaire business owners. Administrators and academics with knowledge and understanding built up over decades were replaced by a new 'educational establishment' of hedge-fund investors and political cronies. Utilising the 'seven deadly sins' of corporatised schools, a new 'blob' turned a public good into a milch cow for privately-educated politicians and their mates. Then they abandoned Europe and exploited a world-wide killer disease to corner the market in government contracts. But Gann offers a way forward.  Jordan Ellenberg, "The Grasshopper King" English | 2003 | ISBN: 1566891396 | 200 pages | EPUB | 0.53 MB Chandler State University is the one thing keeping the dusty, Western town of Chandler on the map. Now that its basketball program has fallen apart, CSU's only claim to fame is its Gravinics Department, dedicated to the study of an obscure European country-its mythology, its extraordinarily difficult language, and especially its bizarre star poet, Henderson.  The Grammar of Raising and Control: A Course in Syntactic Argumentation By William D. Davies, Stanley Dubinsky 2004 | 391 Pages | ISBN: 0631233016 | PDF | 3 MB The Grammar of Raising and Control surveys analyses across a range of theoretical frameworks from Rosenbaum's classic Standard Theory analysis (1967) to current proposals within the Minimalist Program, and provides readers with a critical understanding of these, helping them in the process to develop keen insights into the strengths and weaknesses of syntactic arguments in general. Distills a very successful graduate course in syntax from two prominent figures in the field, covering analyses from a range of theoretical frameworks. Provides readers with an understanding of the various perspectives represented in generative syntax, using a particular class of grammatical constructions as a means of examining the evolution of syntactic theory over the last thirty years. Helps students to develop keen insights into the strengths and weaknesses of syntactic arguments. Includes excerpts from six important works that allow students to familiarize themselves with the original literature while also providing discussion of the theoretical context in which they were written. Content: Chapter 1 Laying the Empirical Groundwork (pages 3-16): Chapter 2 Transformational Grammar and Rosenbaum's Analysis (pages 17-29): Chapter 3 Postal's On Raising (pages 30-59): Chapter 4 Extended Standard Theory: Chomsky's "Conditions on Transformations" (pages 60-88): Chapter 5 The On Raising Debates: Bresnan, Postal, and Bach (pages 89-104): Chapter 6 Relational Grammar: Perlmutter and Postal's "the Relational Succession Law" (pages 107-136): Chapter 7 Revised Extended Standard Theory: Chomsky and Lasnik's "Filters and Control" (pages 137-174): Chapter 8 Chomsky's Lectures on Government and Binding and the ECM Analysis of Raising (pages 177-199): Chapter 9 Development of and Problems for the ECM Account: Kayne (1981) and Cole and Hermon (1981) (pages 200-242): Chapter 10 Are all these Really Raising Constructions? Cross?Linguistic Issues (pages 243-272): Chapter 11 Functional Projections and the Rise of the Minimalist Program (pages 275-299): Chapter 12 The Return to a Raising?to?Object Analysis (pages 299-331): Chapter 13 The Separation/Unification of Raising and Control (pages 332-362):  Harry M. Collins, Trevor Pinch, "The Golem: What You Should Know About Science, 2nd Edition" English | 2012 | ISBN: 1107604656 | 204 pages | True EPUB | 0.54 MB Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch liken science to the Golem, a creature from Jewish mythology, powerful yet potentially dangerous, a gentle, helpful creature that may yet run amok at any moment. Through a series of intriguing case studies the authors debunk the traditional view that science is the straightforward result of competent theorisation, observation and experimentation. The very well-received first edition generated much debate, reflected in a substantial new Afterword in this second edition, which seeks to place the book in what have become known as 'the science wars'.  Sarah Ockwell-Smith, "The Gentle Sleep Book: For Calm Babies, Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers" English | 2021 | ISBN: 0349405204 | 336 pages | EPUB | 1 MB The Gentle Sleep Book offers gentle, reassuring and effective solutions to addressing the common sleep problems of newborns to five-year-olds.  The Future of War: The Re-Enchantment of War in the Twenty-First Century By Christopher Coker(auth.) 2004 | 176 Pages | ISBN: 1405120428 | PDF | 3 MB In this book, Professor Christopher Coker presents an original and controversial thesis about the future of war.Argues that the biotechnology revolution has given war a new lease of life.Draws on thinkers from Hegel and Nietzsche to the postmodernists.Refers to modern fiction and films.Part of the prestigious Blackwell Manifestos series.Content: Chapter 1 The Re?Enchantment of War (pages 1-45): Chapter 2 The Warrior of the Future: Memes or Genes? (pages 46-79): Chapter 3 Towards Post?Human Warfare (pages 80-109): Chapter 4 Beyond the Death Threshold (pages 110-129): Chapter 5 The Death of Sacrifice (pages 130-138): Chapter 6 To Be Concluded? (pages 139-142):  The Future of Christian Theology By David F. Ford(auth.) 2011 | 251 Pages | ISBN: 1405142723 | PDF | 2 MB The Future of Christian Theology represents a personal manifesto from one of the world's leading theologians, exploring the ways Christian theology in the twenty-first century has been, and can now continue to be, both creative and wise.Represents an outstanding and engaging account of the task of theology today Offers an insightful description of what makes for discerning and creative theology. Written from the perspective of decades of experience, and in close dialogue with theologians of other faithsFeatures a strong interfaith and public theology dimension, and a contemporary portrait of the field from the insideA hopeful and illuminating search for wisdom and understanding in the increasingly complex religious and secular world of the twenty-first century.Content: Chapter 1 A Cry for Wisdom: Theology for the Twenty?First Century (pages 1-22): Chapter 2 Drama in Bible, Theology, and Life (pages 23-42): Chapter 3 A Dramatic Code for Twenty?First Century Theology (pages 43-67): Chapter 4 Desire Above All (pages 68-83): Chapter 5 Belonging: Church, Collegiality, Conversation (pages 84-103): Chapter 6 Church and Society (pages 104-129): Chapter 7 Inter?Faith Blessing (pages 130-147): Chapter 8 New Theology and Religious Studies: Shaping, Teaching, and Funding a Field (pages 148-167): Chapter 9 Becoming a Theologian: The Apprentice (pages 168-190): Chapter 10 The Bible: Creative Source of Theology (pages 191-204):  Matthew Harris, "The Founding Fathers and the Debate over Religion in Revolutionary America: A History in Documents" English | ISBN: 0195326504 | 2011 | 206 pages | PDF | 975 KB Whether America was founded as a Christian nation or as a secular republic is one of the most fiercely debated questions in American history. Historians Matthew Harris and Thomas Kidd offer an authoritative examination of the essential documents needed to understand this debate. The texts included in this volume - writings and speeches from both well-known and obscure early American thinkers - show that religion played a prominent yet fractious role in the era of the American Revolution.  Maarten Van Ginderachter, "The Everyday Nationalism of Workers: A Social History of Modern Belgium" English | ISBN: 1503609057 | 2019 | 280 pages | PDF | 24 MB The Everyday Nationalism of Workers upends common notions about how European nationalism is lived and experienced by ordinary people―and the bottom-up impact these everyday expressions of nationalism exert on institutionalized nationalism writ large. Drawing on sources from the major urban and working-class centers of Belgium, Maarten Van Ginderachter uncovers the everyday nationalism of the rank and file of the socialist Belgian Workers Party between 1880 and World War I, a period in which Europe experienced the concurrent rise of nationalism and socialism as mass movements. |
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