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Le Corbusier
MANIERA DI PENSARE L'URBANISTICA.
In-16 (cm. 18), brossura, titolo al dorso, pp. 206, con illustrazioni in bianco e nero. In buono stato di conservazione (good copy).
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Le Corbusier; Cerri P. (cur.); Nicolin P. (cur.)
Verso una Architettura. Ediz. illustrata
ill., br. Con questo libro, apparso nel 1923 (e pubblicato la prima volta in Italia da Longanesi nel 1973), Le Corbusier avviò il suo irruente dialogo con il pubblico e gli architetti destinato a svilupparsi nei successivi quarant'anni in innumerevoli pubblicazioni e in opere costruite e progettate tra le più importanti dell'architettura moderna. Oltre a essere il primo e il più illustre testo della famosa collezione dell'«Esprit Nouveau», Verso una Architettura costituisce uno dei maggiori documenti della cultura parigina ed europea di quegli anni. Nella sua giovanile immediatezza, memore delle avanguardie d'anteguerra in tempi di rappel à l'ordre, il libro enuncia i fondamenti di una teoria architettonica di straordinaria modernità e singolare forza innovativa. Il rigore dell'impostazione si coniuga felicemente con una fantasia e una ricchezza intellettuale che investono, non solo sul piano tecnico ma anche su quello formale, ogni problema riguardante l'organizzazione dello spazio, nel quale si situano la casa e l'arredo urbano. Il richiamo alle forme della tradizione, viste nell'esemplarità di alcuni grandi maestri - Fidia e Michelangelo sopra tutti -, si coniuga con altri richiami, più consoni a rappresentare le esigenze e i valori dei tempi nuovi: le grandi opere di ingegneria e i mezzi di trasporto. In estrema sintesi, il tempio greco rivive nei treni, nelle automobili, negli aerei, nei piroscafi. «L'architettura è il gioco sapiente, rigoroso e magnifico dei volumi assemblati nella luce»: questa frase, espressione del lirismo logico di Le Corbusier, ha il suo naturale complemento in un'altra celebre formula: «La casa è una macchina da abitare». Ciò che fa da ponte tra le due enunciazioni e le unisce è, nella civiltà delle macchine, la funzione, la fruibilità; senza dimenticare la linea e la geometria: in una parola, la forma.
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Le Faure Amedée.
HISTOIRE DE LA GUERRE FRANCO-ALLEMANDE 1870-1871. Nouvelle édition revue, corrigée et augmentée. Tome 1 + Tome 2.
(Codice FA/0157) In 4° (28,5x20,5 cm) 443 + 476 pp. Iillustrée de 20+34 cartes et plans, et de très nombreuses gravures: portraits, vues, épisodes de batailles, etc Quelques rousseurs, etiquettes, trace de mouillure aux pages 1-10 du 1° affectant le portrait de l'auteur au faux-titre, piqures de rouille aux tranches, sinon très bon état. Reliures époque, demi chagrin, titres dorés. Bonne condition. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
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Le Guin Ursula K.; Raimo V. (cur.)
I sogni si spiegano da soli. Immaginazione, utopia, femminismo
br. Ursula Le Guin è un caso abbastanza raro nella storia della letteratura. Scrittrice di successo commerciale, associata a un genere spesso giudicato d'evasione come la fantascienza, rappresenta allo stesso tempo una figura di intellettuale anticonformista e radicale, capace di infondere nei mondi fantastici che crea sulla carta tutta la sensibilità pacifista, ambientalista e femminista che le proviene dall'interrogarsi criticamente sulla realtà. Questo volume raccoglie saggi, interventi e discorsi pubblici in cui l'autrice della Mano sinistra del buio e della Saga di Terramare riflette sul proprio mestiere di scrittrice e sul mondo, invitando la letteratura a sfidare l'esistente con l'immaginazione. Si chiede se davvero il modello di società maschile e competitiva in cui viviamo è l'unico che sappiamo concepire. Contesta l'ideologia del progresso tecnico che ossessiona l'Occidente, valorizzando esperienze di vita diverse e più attente all'equilibrio con la natura come quelle dei nativi americani. Denuncia il linguaggio del potere, la «lingua degli uomini» a cui contrappone una «lingua delle donne» alternativa, che possa ispirare valori di nonviolenza, uguaglianza, parità di genere. Affronta il tabù della menopausa e tesse l'elogio della vecchiaia. Dissente da Tolstoj e riparte da Virginia Woolf. Tra dimensione letteraria e dimensione politica, tra ironia, citazioni e invettive, I sogni si spiegano da soli ci rivela lo sguardo sul mondo, lucido e appassionato, di una grande scrittrice da riscoprire.
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LE MARCHANT MINTY, Leonard (B.Sc. Econ., B.Com. Certified Associate of the Institute of Bankers, City Parochial Exhibitioner 1914, Mitchell Travelling
AMERICAN BANKING METHODS. - With an Introduction by Sir Drummond Drummond[!] Fraser, K.B.E., M.Com. (Honorary Lecturer on Banking at Manchester University).
London, P. S. King & Son Ltd., 1923. xvi, 448 pages; with few illustrations and 7 multiple folded plates, publ. questionnaire-postcard loosely inserted. - Publisher's blind- and gilt-titled turquois cloth-binding with blue dustjacket; 8vo.(ca. 21,5 x 15,5 x 4,5 cm; 0,709 kg.).
Bookseller reference : 1908210709xbvk
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Le Roux Maurice
INTRODUCTION A LA MUSIQUE CONTEMPORAINE.
(Codice MU/0034) In 16° 132 pp. Avec citations musicales dans le texte. Broché, couverture et marges jaunis, bon état. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
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LE ROY LADURIE
Le territoire de l'historien. Collection : Tel.
Paris, Gallimard, 1980. 12 x 19, 544 pp., broché, bon état (couverture légèrement défraîchie).
Bookseller reference : 34713
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LE ROY LADURIE Emmanuel
Le territoire de l'historien (tome 2). Bibliothèque des Histoires.
Paris, Gallimard, 1978. 14 x 22, 451 pp., broché, bon état.
Bookseller reference : 73214
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LE VERRIER URBAIN JEAN JOSEPH. A CONFIRMATION OF THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
Recherches sur L'Orbite de Mercure et sur ses Pertubations. D�termination de la Masse de V�nus et du Diam�tre du Soleil;
Paris Imprimerie de Bachelier 1843. 4to. Recent blue boards. 87 1 pp. Clean and fine. In "Journal de Math�matiques pures et appliqu�es" tome VIII. � Scarce first separate edition of Le Verrier's provisional theory on the motion of Mercury his studies of which eventually did much to demonstrate the validity of Einstein's Theory of Relativity. The separate edition - as we have it here - is paginated 1-87 while the periodical version is paginated 273-359.<br><br>The planetary orbits should agree with the predictions of the General Theory of relativity but as Einstein pointed out in his "Erkl�rung der Perihelbewegung des Merkurs aus der allgemeinen Relativit�tstheorie" from 1915 the divergences predicted were too small to be observed except in the case of the nearest planet Mercury where the perihelion advance according to the formula reaches the value of 43"" per 100 years being in full agreement with the calculations of Le Verrier who found this unexplained rest in the perihelion advance of Mercury per century if the perturbations due to the other planets are deduced.- Einstein tells in a letter to a friend that for several days he was in a 'state of delirious joy' by this wonderful astronomical confirmation of his theory.<br><br>"Le Verrier first began to study Mercury on the suggestion of Arago in 1840. Astronomers realized that Mercury's perihelion the point at which the orbit of a planet is closest to the sun advanced along its orbit at a rate of 566 seconds per century. Le Verrier calculated that even when taking into account the forces exerted by other planets in the solar system there still existed a discrepancy between calculation and observation. Le verrier's accurate calculations showed that the planet's perihelion.did indeed advance forty seconds of an arc per century more than could be accounted for by Newton's theory of gravitation even after the minor pertubing effects of the other planets had been allowed for." Asimov. - Le verrier published these findings in the present work carefully as to the mass of the planet comparison with other orbits of planets and their perihelia. At the time Le Verrier put down the discrepancy to mis-observation or mis-calculation.- Sparrow Milestones of Science No. 133. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 38810
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LE VERRIER URBAIN JEAN JOSEPH. A CONFIRMATION OF THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY.
Recherches sur L'Orbite de Mercure et sur ses Pertubations. D�termination de la Masse de V�nus et du Diam�tre du Soleil;
Paris Imprimerie de Bachelier 1843. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Journal de Math�matiques pures et appliqu�es.Publi� par Joseph Liouville" tome VIII. Pp. 273-360. Clean and fine. � First appearance of Le Verrier's provisional theory on the motion of Mercury his studies of which eventually did much to demonstrate the validity of Einstein's Theory of Relativity. <br><br>The planetary orbits should agree with the predictions of the General Theory of relativity but as Einstein pointed out in his "Erkl�rung der Perihelbewegung des Merkurs aus der allgemeinen Relativit�tstheorie" from 1915 the divergences predicted were too small to be observed except in the case of the nearest planet Mercury where the perihelion advance according to the formula reaches the value of 43"" per 100 years being in full agreement with the calculations of Le Verrier who found this unexplained rest in the perihelion advance of Mercury per century if the perturbations due to the other planets are deduced.- Einstein tells in a letter to a friend that for several days he was in a 'state of delirious joy' by this wonderful astronomical confirmation of his theory.<br><br>"Le Verrier first began to study Mercury on the suggestion of Arago in 1840. Astronomers realized that Mercury's perihelion the point at which the orbit of a planet is closest to the sun advanced along its orbit at a rate of 566 seconds per century. Le Verrier calculated that even when taking into account the forces exerted by other planets in the solar system there still existed a discrepancy between calculation and observation. Le Verrier's accurate calculations showed that the planet's perihelion.did indeed advance forty seconds of an arc per century more than could be accounted for by Newton's theory of gravitation even after the minor pertubing effects of the other planets had been allowed for." Asimov. - Le verrier published these findings in the present work carefully as to the mass of the planet comparison with other orbits of planets and their perihelia. At the time Le Verrier put down the discrepancy to mis-observation or mis-calculation.- Sparrow Milestones of Science No. 133. unknown
Bookseller reference : 42922
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Leader, Elliot and Enrico Predazzi
An Introduction to Gauge Theories and Modern Particle Physics: Volume 2 : CP-Violation, QCD and Hard Processes
Cambridge University Press, 2004. XXVII, 431 pages. Originalbroschur. 26 cm,
Bookseller reference : 276091
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Leah / Tali Greengarten & Linz eds.
The Modern Woman's Anthology 2010
Palmer Higgs 2010. First Edition. Softcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo standard book size. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Women & Feminism; Essays & Literary Criticism. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780980786705. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 23964. . 9780980786705 Palmer Higgs paperback
Bookseller reference : 23964 ISBN : 0980786703 9780980786705
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Leavitt David
L'uomo che sapeva troppo
brossura Pensatore sregolato e rivoluzionario, matematico geniale in grado di violare durante la Seconda guerra mondiale il famigerato codice Enigma, utilizzato dalla Germania nazista; soprattutto profeta dell'intelligenza artificiale, da lui teorizzata già negli anni Trenta quando non era stato ancora creato il primo computer. Ma anche uomo insicuro, solitario e tormentato, etichettato come soggetto pericoloso per la sicurezza dello Stato proprio a causa del suo contributo durante la guerra, poi arrestato e processato con l'accusa di aver commesso atti osceni con un altro uomo. Fino al tragico epilogo del suicidio, per alcuni avvenuto in circostanze misteriose e poco chiare, a soli 41 anni. Difficile, insomma, non restare affascinati dalla figura di Alan Turing. Difficile, a maggior ragione, se a raccontarne la storia straordinaria è David Leavitt, indiscusso maestro della letteratura americana.
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Lebacqz, G.:
L`éducation du goût musical
243 S. Gr. 8°. OPp. Abb.
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LEBEDEV PN. FIRST CONFIRMATION OF MAXWELL'S ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY P. N.
Untersuchungen �ber die Druckkr�fte des Lichtes.
Leipzig Barth 1901. 8vo. Bound in full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Annalen der Physik" Vol. 6 1901. Entire volume offered. Library labels pasted on to front end papers stamp to title page otherwise a fine copy. Pp. 433-58. Entire volume: VIII 876 pp. 3 folded plates. � First appearance of the account of Lebedev's seminal experiment proving that light exerts a mechanical pressure on material bodies thereby confirming Maxwell's electromagnetic theory for the very first time - a landmark discovery in modern physics. <br><br>James Clerk Maxwell "made an important new prediction from his electromagnetic theory-that electromagnetic waves exert a radiation pressure. Bright sunlight he calculated presses on the earth's surface with a force of around 4 pounds per square mile . This was too tiny a value to be observable in everyday life and its detection posed a challenge to experimenters. Eventually in 1900 the Russian physicist Pyotr Lebedev succeeded and confirmed James' prediction. Although small on an earthly scale radiation pressure is one of the factors that shape the universe. Without it there would be no stars like our sun. The discovery also helped to explain a phenomenon that had puzzled astronomers for centuries-why comets' tails point away from the sun" Mahan The Man who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell 183.<br><br>"As early as 1891 Lebedev became seriously interested in the pressure of light. He turned his attention to the fact that since the force of gravity is proportional to the volume of a body whereas light pressure must be proportional to its surface it may be asserted that in a particle of cosmic dust the forces of light pressure pushing the particle away from the sun will be equals to the force of gravity attracting it toward the sun. Lebedev used this theory to explain why comets'tails always point away from the sun. His hypothesis was considered correct until the discovery of the solar wind which creates substantially greater pressure than the sun's light.<br>Around 1898 Lebedev began experimental research on light pressure. Although its presence had been predicted by Maxwell's theory it had not been detected experimentally before Lebedev. He first undertook research on the pressure of light on solid bodies. Because of the weakness of the effect itself and the considerable number of possible side effects this experimental problem presented very great difficulties: if a body that is supposed to react to light pressure is placed in a gas the warming of the body by the light will inevitably cause convection currents and thus set the body in motion. If the body is placed in a vacuum in practice in gas at very low pressure the so called radiometric effect will occur. As a result of the uneven warming of the front and back of the body the molecules of gas hitting the body from the front will be repulsed more forcefully than those striking the back thereby exerting greater pressure. By extremely ingenious methods Lebedev succeeded in completely eliminating these side effects and not only detected the pressure of light but also measured it and showed the correctness of Maxwell's quantitative theory. "Opytnoe issledovanie svetovogo davlenia""An Experimental Investigation of the Pressure of Light" was read by Lebedev at the International Congress of Physicists at Paris in 1899 and was published in 1901." DSB hardcover
Bookseller reference : 49817
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LEBEDEV PN. FIRST CONFIRMATION OF MAXWELL'S ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY P. N.
Untersuchungen �ber die Druckkr�fte des Lichtes.
Leipzig Ambrosius Barth 1901. 8vo. Bound in a nice contemporary half calf with red leather title label and gilt lettering to spine. In "Annalen der Physik" Vol. 6 1901. Entire volume offered. Stamp to lower part of title-page. Upper front hindge with 3 cm long tear. otherwise a fine copy. Pp. 433-58. Entire volume: VIII 876 pp. 3 folded plates. � First appearance of the account of Lebedev's seminal experiment proving that light exerts a mechanical pressure on material bodies thereby confirming Maxwell's electromagnetic theory for the very first time - a landmark discovery in modern physics. <br><br>James Clerk Maxwell "made an important new prediction from his electromagnetic theory-that electromagnetic waves exert a radiation pressure. Bright sunlight he calculated presses on the earth's surface with a force of around 4 pounds per square mile . This was too tiny a value to be observable in everyday life and its detection posed a challenge to experimenters. Eventually in 1900 the Russian physicist Pyotr Lebedev succeeded and confirmed James' prediction. Although small on an earthly scale radiation pressure is one of the factors that shape the universe. Without it there would be no stars like our sun. The discovery also helped to explain a phenomenon that had puzzled astronomers for centuries-why comets' tails point away from the sun" Mahan The Man who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell 183.<br><br>"As early as 1891 Lebedev became seriously interested in the pressure of light. He turned his attention to the fact that since the force of gravity is proportional to the volume of a body whereas light pressure must be proportional to its surface it may be asserted that in a particle of cosmic dust the forces of light pressure pushing the particle away from the sun will be equals to the force of gravity attracting it toward the sun. Lebedev used this theory to explain why comets'tails always point away from the sun. His hypothesis was considered correct until the discovery of the solar wind which creates substantially greater pressure than the sun's light.<br>Around 1898 Lebedev began experimental research on light pressure. Although its presence had been predicted by Maxwell's theory it had not been detected experimentally before Lebedev. He first undertook research on the pressure of light on solid bodies. Because of the weakness of the effect itself and the considerable number of possible side effects this experimental problem presented very great difficulties: if a body that is supposed to react to light pressure is placed in a gas the warming of the body by the light will inevitably cause convection currents and thus set the body in motion. If the body is placed in a vacuum in practice in gas at very low pressure the so called radiometric effect will occur. As a result of the uneven warming of the front and back of the body the molecules of gas hitting the body from the front will be repulsed more forcefully than those striking the back thereby exerting greater pressure. By extremely ingenious methods Lebedev succeeded in completely eliminating these side effects and not only detected the pressure of light but also measured it and showed the correctness of Maxwell's quantitative theory. "Opytnoe issledovanie svetovogo davlenia""An Experimental Investigation of the Pressure of Light" was read by Lebedev at the International Congress of Physicists at Paris in 1899 and was published in 1901." DSB hardcover
Bookseller reference : 50982
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Lebel Robert; Duwa J. (cur.)
Il surrealismo come tergicristallo. Scritti critici 1943-1984
ill., br. Robert Lebel (1901-1986) è stato al contempo poeta e romanziere d'eccezione, fine critico d'arte, esperto di pittura antica e collezionista eccentrico. Oggi è ricordato principalmente per la celebre monografia su Marcel Duchamp apparsa nel 1959 dopo dieci anni di intensi scambi con l'artista da una sponda all'altra dell'Atlantico. Definirlo un esegeta di Duchamp, tuttavia, rischia di oscurare le molteplici sfaccettature di un importante testimone della cultura del suo tempo. Questa prima raccolta di scritti sul Surrealismo, composti da Lebel fra il 1943 e il 1984, intende compensare una visione parziale del suo percorso e rendere conto della complessità e dello spessore dei suoi legami con il movimento fondato da André Breton. Una selezione di testi teorici, saggi monografici e note critiche accompagnate da fotografie perlopiù inedite ricompone il profilo proteiforme di un intellettuale che indossa, di volta in volta, le vesti di adepto riluttante, spettatore ostinato e commentatore imparziale delle avventure surrealiste, di cui restituisce le fasi alterne e le relazioni controverse dei suoi protagonisti a partire dagli anni dell'esilio americano. Lebel appare come un cane sciolto capace - per mezzo dell'umorismo e della dissacrazione - di mantenere un'indipendenza di vedute imposta da una viscerale avversione verso ogni forma di militanza o di azione collettiva. Tale distacco non gli impedisce però di condurre il proprio occhio "iperlucido" a scavare in un universo artistico gremito di anime genuinamente sovversive - da Roberto Matta a Isabelle Waldberg, da Yves Tanguy a Jean-Pierre Duprey - attestando le sue passioni in una scrittura sontuosamente classica e libera. Nel rivelarci gli aspetti splendidi e insieme terrificanti di un movimento capitale del XX secolo, Lebel è animato dalla volontà non solo di mostrare il lato meno noto delle opere di artisti quali per esempio Lam, de Chirico o Ernst, ma anche di rispondere, in ogni fase della propria esistenza, a una domanda che un giorno gli è stata rivolta e che oggi ritorniamo a porci: a che punto siamo con il Surrealismo?
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Lebel, Jean-Jacques
A Pied, a Cheval et en Spoutnik: Quelques Ecrits 1961-2009
140X205 mm. 391 pages. Softcover. Cover corners slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition.
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LEBLANC P.
Les écrits théoriques et critiques français des années 1540-1561 sur la tragédie.
Couverture souple. Broché. 197 pages. Couverture légèrement défraîchie. Annotation sur la page de garde.
Bookseller reference : 124682
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Leblond, G.M.:
Mémoires pour servir à l`histoire de la révolution opérée dans la musique par M. le Chevalier Gluck
491 S. 8°. OLn. mit Goldprägung. Nachdruck d. Ausgabe Naples-Paris, Bailly, 1781.
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Lebrun, Pierre.:
Élémens raisonnés de musique ou Cours introductif à la composition musicale... 1re [-11me] livraison
176 S. OU d. ersten Bd. ausgefranst u. schadhaft. Notenbeisp. Teilw. unaufgeschnitten.
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Lecca Nicola.
CONCERTI SENZA ORCHESTRA.
(Codice LN/3336) In 8° (20,5 cm) 156 pp. Prima edizione. Racconti ispirati alla musica. Brossura editoriale. Ottimo. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
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LECCI Amerigo.
Il sistema delle pene nel codice italiano. Con prefazione del prof. Emilio Brusa.
Torino, UTET, 1891, in-8, brossura editoriale, pp. XXVI, 408. Con una dedica autografa dell'Autore. Ottimo esemplare.
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Lecompte Barbara
Thermidor
AMATEUR 2013 144 pages 15x1 8x23 8cm. 2013. Broché. 144 pages.
Bookseller reference : 500046732
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Lecompte Barbara
Thermidor
AMATEUR 2013 144 pages 15x1 8x23 8cm. 2013. Broché. 144 pages.
Bookseller reference : 500046765
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Lecomte, Buchonnet, Dumur.
REVUE MILITAIRE SUISSE. Quinzième Année - 1870.
(Codice MT/2082) In 8° VIII-576 pp. + supplément, 61 pp. (rapport du departement militaire fédérale sur sa gestion en 1869). Illustré avec 5 planches grandes et rempliées dont 1 reparée au scotch. Ex libris. Demi toile originale, etiquette. Très bon état. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
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LEDDA Giuseppina
IL QUIJOTE E LA LINEA "DIALOGICO-CARNEVALESCA"
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Lederer, Emil
Grundzüge der ökonomischen Theorie. Eine Einführung.
Tübingen, J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1922. Gr.-8°. XI, 184 S., OHLwd.
Bookseller reference : 44344
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LEE TD. + C. N. YANG. FOUNDATIONAL THEORY OF THE UNIVERSAL FORCES OF NATURE T. D.
Question of Parity Conservation in Weak Interactions.
Lancaster American Institute of Physics 1956. Lex8vo. Volume 104 October 1 No. 1 1956 of "The Physical Review" Second Series. Entire volume offered. In the original printed blue wrappers. Minor bumping and sunning to extremities otherwise a fine and clean copy. Pp. 254-58. Entire issue: Pp. 2 272 pp. � First printing of Yang and Lee's seminal and topic-creating paper which proved that parity is not conserved in weak interactions. "The discovery of parity nonconservation contributed to a general change in the intellectual climate of fundamental physics leading to a tendency to question the absolute validity of other conservation laws as well." Kragh Quantum Generations pp. 318-9. Before 1956 the general belief was that parity conservation is never violated in nature a firm paradigm that was not challenged until the publication of the present paper. <br><br>Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee were awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles". Lee is the youngest Nobel laureate after WWII. <br><br>It had earlier been suggested that parity might not be conserved but noone had been able to put forth compelling evidence. A careful review by Lee and Yang went further showing that while parity conservation had been verified in decays by the strong or electromagnetic interactions it was untested in the weak interaction. They proposed several possible direct experimental tests.<br>When Lee and Yang's paper appeared in 1956 physicists were not immediately swept away by their ground breaking conclusions. The physicist Freeman Dyson wrote of his reaction to the paper: "A copy of it was sent to me and I read it. I read it twice. I said `This is very interesting' or words to that effect. But I had not the imagination to say `By golly if this is true it opens up a whole new branch of physics.' And I think other physicists with very few exceptions at that time were as unimaginative as I." <br>Wolfgang Pauli wrote to Weisskopf after reading the paper: "Now after the first shock is over I begin to collect myself. Yes it was very dramatic. I am shocked not so much by the fact that the Lord prefers the left hand as by the fact that He still appears to be left-right symmetric when he expresses Himself strongly." Kragh Quantum Generations pp. 319.<br><br>The presented theory paved the way for a reconsideration of physical theories and led to new far-reaching discoveries regarding the nature of matter and the universe. The removal of the restrictions imposed by parity law brought order to the theoretical chaos that existed with regard to subatomic particles elementary particles seen in cosmic rays and particle accelerator experiments were understood to be manifestations of the strong and weak nuclear interactions. <br>Eventually the better understanding of their characteristics has led to a more unified theory of the fundamental universal forces of nature. unknown
Bookseller reference : 43610
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LEE TD. + C. N. YANG. FOUNDATIONAL THEORY OF THE UNIVERSAL FORCES OF NATURE T. D.
Question of Parity Conservation in Weak Interactions.
Lancaster American Institute of Physics 1956. Lex8vo. Volume 104 October 1 No. 1 1956 of "The Physical Review" Second Series. Entire volume offered. In the original printed blue wrappers. Minor bumpings to extremities and two small tears to bottom and right side of front wrapper. Otherwise a fine and clean copy. Pp. 254-58. Entire issue: 2 272 pp. � First printing of Yang and Lee's seminal and topic-creating paper which proved that parity is not conserved in weak interactions. "The discovery of parity nonconservation contributed to a general change in the intellectual climate of fundamental physics leading to a tendency to question the absolute validity of other conservation laws as well." Kragh Quantum Generations pp. 318-9. Before 1956 the general belief was that parity conservation is never violated in nature a firm paradigm that was not challenged until the publication of the present paper. <br><br>Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee were awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles". Lee is the youngest Nobel laureate after WWII. <br><br>It had earlier been suggested that parity might not be conserved but noone had been able to put forth compelling evidence. A careful review by Lee and Yang went further showing that while parity conservation had been verified in decays by the strong or electromagnetic interactions it was untested in the weak interaction. They proposed several possible direct experimental tests.<br>When Lee and Yang's paper appeared in 1956 physicists were not immediately swept away by their ground breaking conclusions. The physicist Freeman Dyson wrote of his reaction to the paper: "A copy of it was sent to me and I read it. I read it twice. I said `This is very interesting' or words to that effect. But I had not the imagination to say `By golly if this is true it opens up a whole new branch of physics.' And I think other physicists with very few exceptions at that time were as unimaginative as I." <br>Wolfgang Pauli wrote to Weisskopf after reading the paper: "Now after the first shock is over I begin to collect myself. Yes it was very dramatic. I am shocked not so much by the fact that the Lord prefers the left hand as by the fact that He still appears to be left-right symmetric when he expresses Himself strongly." Kragh Quantum Generations pp. 319.<br><br>The presented theory paved the way for a reconsideration of physical theories and led to new far-reaching discoveries regarding the nature of matter and the universe. The removal of the restrictions imposed by parity law brought order to the theoretical chaos that existed with regard to subatomic particles elementary particles seen in cosmic rays and particle accelerator experiments were understood to be manifestations of the strong and weak nuclear interactions. <br>Eventually the better understanding of their characteristics has led to a more unified theory of the fundamental universal forces of nature. unknown
Bookseller reference : 44074
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Lee Holcombe
Victorian Ladies at Work: Middle Class Working Women in England and Wales 1850-1914
David & Charles 1973. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo standard book size. 254 pages. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket worn at edges small chips and tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Women & Feminism; Britain/UK; 19th century; ISBN: 0715364111. ISBN/EAN: 9780715364116. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 30025. . 9780715364116 David & Charles hardcover
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Lee Ritenour's Six String Theory
6 String Theory
Concord Records 2010-06-29. Audio CD. New. Brand new in shrink wrap. Please email for photos. Concord Records unknown
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Lee Virginia Chambers Schiller
Liberty A Better Husband: Single Women in America - The Generations of 1780-1840
Yale New Haven 1984. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Good. Single Women in America: The Generations of 1780 - 1840 Size: Octavo standard book size. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket has some water damage cover unaffected. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Women & Feminism; USA; 19th century; History. ISBN: 0300031645. ISBN/EAN: 9780300031645. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 16835. . 9780300031645 Yale hardcover
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LEEDHAM GREEN C. R. and MCKAY S.
Structure of Groups of Prime Power Order.
NY: Oxford University Press. As New. 2002. Hardcover. 0198535481 . Number 27 in the London Mathematical Society Monographs New Series. 334 pages. First printing. As new in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. No dust jacket as issued. . Oxford University Press hardcover
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LEEDHAM GREEN C. R. and MCKAY S.
Structure of Groups of Prime Power Order.
NY: Oxford University Press. As New. 2002. Hardcover. 0198535481 . Number 27 in the London Mathematical Society Monographs New Series. 334 pages. First printing. As new in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. No dust jacket as issued. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
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Leeds Proof Theory Programme 1990 Leeds University/ Simmons Harold/ Wainer Stanley S. Editor/ Aczel Peter/ Wainer Stanley S.
Proof Theory: A selection of papers from the Leeds Proof Theory Programme 1990
Cambridge Univ Pr 1993. Hardcover. New. 306 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : __052141413X ISBN : 052141413X 9780521414135
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Legay (Jean-Marie)
L'expérience et le modèle - Un discours sur la méthode , Une conférence-débat organisée par le groupe Sciences en questions, Paris, 24 octobre 1996
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, I.N.R.A. , Sciences en Questions Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1997 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché, sous couverture imprimée éditeur In-8 1 vol. - 112 pages
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LEGENDRE AM. ADRIEN MARIE. THE THEORY OF NUMBERS A. M.
Versuch �ber die Theorie der Zahlen. Aus dem Franz�sischen �bersetzt von M. Ereizenenach. Erster Theil Methoden und Lehrs�tze zur unbestimmten Analytik enthaltend alles erschienen.
Frankfurt am Main Johann David Sauerl�nder 1829. Cont. marbled boards. A paper-label pasted on front cover with handwritten title. Backstrip a little torn and with repairs. XII189 pp. and 3 tables. Light yellowing to leaves. � Scarce first German edition of this principal contribution to The Theory of Numbers and it is the first work at all to be devoted exclusively to this subject. It introduced the symbol "a/p" still used to express the law of reciprocity. hardcover
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LEGENDRE Adrien-Marie
Théorie des Nombres
Paris. Albert Blanchard. 1955. 4ème édition conforme à la 3ème. Nouveau tirage corrigé. 2 Volumes grand in-4. Br. 396 p. 461 p. Qlques figures dépliantes H.T. Très bon état malgré de légères rousseurs sur la couv.
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Legley, Vic:
Actuele aspecten voor een compositieleer (Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse academie voor wetenschappen, letteren en schone kunsten van Belgie. 32)
16 S. 8°. OU.
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Lehman Claude.
JEAN-SEBASTIEN BACH. L'homme et son oeuvre. Liste complète des oeuvres. Discographie. Illustrations.
(Codice MU/0876) In 12° carré 191 pp. Texte français llustré avec 12 planches hors texte. Toile éditeur, très bon état. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
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Lehmann, Hans-Thies
Postdramatisches Theater.
Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt, 1999. 505(1) Seiten, OPappband. Sehr gutes Exemplar. Fine copy.
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Lehmann, Ursula:
Deutsches und italienisches Wesen in der Vorgeschichte des klassischen Streichquartetts
110 S. + Notenbeilage. OKart. Vereinzelt leichte Anstreichungen mit Bleistift.
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Lehmden, Anton; Hutter, Wolfgang; Hausner, Rudolf; Fuchs, Ernst; Brauer, Erich
The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism [IN HEBREW AND ENGLISH]
IN HEBREW AND ENGLISH. 22X21.5 cm. Unnumbered pages. Softcover. Cover slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Lehnrecht / Mittelalter - Mitteis, Heinrich
Lehnrecht und Staatsgewalt : Untersuchungen zur mittelalterlichen Verfassungsgeschichte. Unveränderter reprograf. Nachdruck d. Ausgabe Weimar 1933.
Darmstadt : WBG (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft) 1958. XVI, 714 S.; ; 23 cm gebundene Ausgabe, Leinen, +++ auf dem Vorsatzblatt ein Archivstempel der WBG, ++ sonst Exemplar in gutem Erhaltungszustand
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Leigh Minturn
Sita's Daughters: Coming Out of Purdah
Oxford 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo standard book size. 372 pages. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Sociology & Culture; India; Women & Feminism. ISBN: 0195080351. ISBN/EAN: 9780195080353. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 30001. . 9780195080353 Oxford paperback
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Leinveber
Mit Clausewitz durch die Rätsel und Fragen, Irrungen und Wirrungen des Weltkrieges.
Berlin/Leipzig, B. Behrs, 1926. Unter Berücksichtigung des Ersten Bandes des Reichsarchivs 235 S. Leinen / gebundene Ausgabe
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Leistner, Dieter und Klaus Klemp
Ansichten : Standpunkte zur Architekturfotografie ; einundzwanzig Fotografen zeigen Arbeiten über historische und zeitgenössische Architektur. hrsg. von Dieter Leistner. Mit Texten von Klaus Klemp und Beitr. von Eberhard Hess ...
Mainz : Schmidt 1994. 182 S. : über 200 farb. Abb. ; 31 cm, mit Schutzumschlag Originalverschweißt, Top Zustand, Pp., gebundene Ausgabe, Hardcover/Pappeinband
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Lejeune Dirichlet, Peter Gustav (Hrsg. von Haussner, Robert)
Untersuchungen über verschiedene Anwendungen der Infinitesimalanalysis auf die Zahlentheorie
Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1897. 8°; 128 Seiten; 1. Auflage Orig.-Pappband Einbandrücken mit Fehlstellen, gebräunt und berieben; Besitzeinträge Ostwalds Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften, Nr.
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Leloup (Catherine)
Mémoires optiques - La gestion électronique de l'information
Entreprise Moderne d'Edition , Systèmes d'Information et Nouvelles Technologies Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1987 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché grand In-8 1 vol. - 127 pages
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