Opening Pandora's Box

2011-10-13 Reference

Author : Ferdie Addis
Release : 2011-10-13
Genre : Reference
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Book Rating : 066/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Opening Pandora's Box written by Ferdie Addis. This book was released on 2011-10-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you known to strike like a thunderbolt when things don't go your way? Are you fortunate enough to have the Midas touch? Have you ever been struck by Cupid's arrow? Classically derived expressions are commonly used in our everyday language, yet many of us have little knowledge of the Greek and Roman influences that inspired them. With Opening Pandora's Box you'll discover the fascinating stories behind familiar phrases like Achilles' Heel, a Nemesis, To Fly too Close to the Sun, and more. For example, did you know that... The lifesaving operation known as the Caesarean section is so named because Julius Caesar was delivered by being cut out of his mother's womb? The original labyrinth was built on the orders of King Minos of Crete after Aphrodite cursed his wife to fall in love with a bull and produce a monstrous baby? The king locked the baby in a maze so complicated and tangled that, once in, he would never emerge. The word cereal is derived from the Italian corn goddess Ceres?Pry open the lid of the English language to find the secrets behind classical phrases we use every day.

Opening Pandora's Box

1984-02-23 Science

Author : G. Nigel Gilbert
Release : 1984-02-23
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 182/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Opening Pandora's Box written by G. Nigel Gilbert. This book was released on 1984-02-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes a fresh approach to sociological analysis and, in particular, to the analysis of scientific culture. It moves away from previous studies, which have tended to focus on scientists' actions and beliefs to show that analysis of scientific discourse can be productive and revealing. The book demonstrates that scientists produce varying accounts of their actions and beliefs in different social situations. Rather than attempting to extract one coherent interpretation from these diverse accounts, the study identifies two basic scientific repertoires and shows how scientists use them to create their discourse. This provides a point of departure for more complex analytical topics. Discourse analysis is applied to show how different degrees of 'consensus' can be ascribed to the same group of scientists at a given moment in time through the application of standard interpretive techniques. Finally, discourse analysis is used to explore scientists' humour, a neglected topic that is shown to provide important insights into the normally hidden interpretive regularities which underlie the cultural diversity of science.

The Story of V

2004 Generative organs, Female

Author : Catherine Blackledge
Release : 2004
Genre : Generative organs, Female
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Book Rating : 766/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Story of V written by Catherine Blackledge. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A meticulous guide not only to the vagina but to changing perceptions of womanhood' Observer

Pandora's Box

2019-01-29 Literary Criticism

Author : Dora Panofsky
Release : 2019-01-29
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Download or read book Pandora's Box written by Dora Panofsky. This book was released on 2019-01-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pandora waas the "pagan Eve," and she is one of the rare mythological figures to have retained vitality up to our day. Glorified by Calderon, Voltaire, and Goethe, she is familiar to all of us, and "Pandora's box" is a household word. In this classic study Dora and Erwin Panofsky trace the history of Pandora and of Pandora's box in European literature and art from Roman times to the present. Originally published in 1962. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Energy and the English Industrial Revolution

2010-08-19 Business & Economics

Author : E. A. Wrigley
Release : 2010-08-19
Genre : Business & Economics
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Download or read book Energy and the English Industrial Revolution written by E. A. Wrigley. This book was released on 2010-08-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retrospective: 9.

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