Germany's Balanced Development: The Real Wealth of a Nation

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What makes the German economy so resilient? This provocative book challenges the conventional wisdom as to what constitutes national wealth, arguing that it is long-term, balanced development rather than rapid growth and productivity that makes an economy successful. Interdisciplinary in approach, this is the first book in many years to take an organic view of the German economy, looking not only at the mix of business and economic policies but also at the sociocultural and psychological background to German economic development. Gazdar shows how Germany balances the priorities of wealth, welfare, and well-being, and describes Germany's uniquely resilient form of ecological sociocapitalism. He argues that the German way of running an economy gives the country a strong, long-term edge over the United States and Japan in the global competition for economic security. Executives interested in strategic planning and international marketing, economists, cultural and business historians, and policymakers will find this insightful book invaluable toward understanding the unique model that Germany exemplifies. Gazdar claims that Germany's mastery of balance--between the private and public sectors, between the interests of employers and employees, and between economical and ecological priorities--will lead it to economic triumph. He also argues that unless the United States comes to a new consensus, one that encompasses social issues, vocational education, and the improvement of infrastructure, it will steadily lose ground to Germany.

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Germany's Balanced Development
Kaevan Gazdar
Manufacturer: Greenwood Pub Group 01/1//1998
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ASIN: B000N5RJ4C

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Gideon Libson's highly original work on custom is the first attempt to present a comprehensive comparative study of Jewish-Islamic law on a particular topic during the early Middle Ages. His in-depth study of Islamic law--its sources, legal schools, and extensive legal literature--together with his expertise in the wide range of geonic and rabbinic literature enable him to determine the influence of Muslim practice on geonic custom. In both systems of law the growth of custom was a reaction to the general culture. He shows conclusively how custom in both systems of law served as a conduit for the absorption of changes, thus helping to bridge the gap between the authoritative legal systems and the practical realities of the environment. Libson's contribution to the study of comparative Jewish and Islamic law during the geonic period will be of value to scholars engaged in the study of comparative law.

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Planning and management of natural and human resources in the mountains: A micro level approach, with special reference to central Himalaya
S. L Shah
Manufacturer: Yatan Publications
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ASIN: 8185030014

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As widespread social transformations have been paralleled by gains in health and life expectancy through public health and other improvements, a variety of new obstacles to health have emerged. Lifestyle-related, behaviorally mediated changes in rates of chronic disease are the most prevalent of these new challenges. This book examines the relationship between human biology and human society, and how behavior, hormones, and health intersect. There is both scientific interest and practical urgency behind the ideas and findings presented here, as the need for a socioecological view of function and well-being has become more apparent. This book documents an emerging understanding of how hormones create the linkage between behavior or social life and health.

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Quantum Dynamics of Molecules the New Experimental Challenge to Theorists
Woolley R G Editing
Manufacturer: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
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ASIN: B000OSLWAK

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Theoretical physicists have predicted that the scaling limits of many two-dimensional lattice models in statistical physics are in some sense conformally invariant. This belief has allowed physicists to predict many quantities for these critical systems. The nature of these scaling limits has recently been described precisely by using one well-known tool, Brownian motion, and a new construction, the Schramm-Loewner evolution (SLE).

This book is an introduction to the conformally invariant processes that appear as scaling limits. The following topics are covered: stochastic integration; complex Brownian motion and measures derived from Brownian motion; conformal mappings and univalent functions; the Loewner differential equation and Loewner chains; the Schramm-Loewner evolution (SLE), which is a Loewner chain with a Brownian motion input; and applications to intersection exponents for Brownian motion. The prerequisites are first-year graduate courses in real analysis, complex analysis, and probability. The book is suitable for graduate students and research mathematicians interested in random processes and their applications in theoretical physics.

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The place to learn about SLE.......2006-11-07

Excellent, detailed, mathematical book on Stochastic (Schramm) Loewner Evolution by one of the leading researchers in the field.

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Ange Pitou,: Or Taking the Bastile
Alexandre Dumas
Manufacturer: Estes and Lauriat
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ASIN: B00088H7R8

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A Chronological Account and Brief History of the Events of the French Revolution, from the Taking of the Bastile, in 1789, to the Conquest of Holland, in 1795, including a period of nearly six years, by J. Talma, a native of Paris, and now a dentist in C
J. Talma
Manufacturer: London: Printed for the author,
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ASIN: B000IUXJQY

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A Chronological Account and Brief History of the Events of the French Revolution, from the Taking of the Bastile, in 1789, to the Conquest of Holland, in 1795, Including a Period of Nearly Sixty Years, by J. Talma, a Native of Paris, and Now a Dentist in
Julie. Talma
Manufacturer: London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by G. Sael,
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ASIN: B000IUW8A2

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The Countess De Charney: A Sequel to Taking the Bastile (Marie Antoinette Series Volume 5)
Alexandre Dumas
Manufacturer: A.L.Burt Company
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ASIN: B000MX4R5E

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The Countess de Charny,: A sequel to "Taking the Bastile"
Alexandre Dumas
Manufacturer: G. Routledge and Sons
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THE ROMANCES OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS TAKING THE BASTILE
Alexandre Dumas
Manufacturer: P.F. Collier and Son
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TAKING THE BASTILE

Manufacturer: P.F. Collier & Sons
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ASIN: B000BUUQ26

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Taking the Bastile
Alexandre Dumas
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0548013675

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1902. Illustrated with drawings on wood by eminent French and American artists. Dumas, French novelist and playwright, is now primarily recognized for his historical novels, which include the ever popular Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. The novel begins: On the borders of Picardy and the province of Soissons, and on that part of the national territory which, under the name of the Isle of France, formed a portion of the ancient patrimony of our kings, and in the center of an immense crescent formed by a forest of fifty thousand acres which stretches its horns to the north and south, rises almost buried amid the shades of a vast park planted by Francis I and Henry II, the small city of Villers-Cotterets. This place is celebrated from having given birth to Charles Albert Demoustier, who, at the period when our present history commences, was there writing his Letters to Emilie, on Mythology, to the unbounded satisfaction of the pretty women of those days, who eagerly snatched his publications from one another as soon as printed. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Taking the Bastile: Illustrated with drawings on wood by eminent French and American artists (The works of Alexandre Dumas in thirty volumes)

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Taking the Bastile: Illustrated with drawings on wood by eminent French and American artists (The works of Alexandre Dumas in thirty volumes)
Alexandre Dumas
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Taking the Bastile; Or, Pitou the Peasant. A Historical Story of the Great French Revolution.

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Taking the Bastile; Or, Pitou the Peasant. A Historical Story of the Great French Revolution.
Alex. Dumas
Manufacturer: Hurst and Company
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000Q7LUO2

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This invaluable A-to-Z reference work presents nearly 300 entries that survey the history of prisoners of war and interned civilians from the earliest times to the present, with emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It explores such themes as famous prisoners of war throughout history, medical conditions, atrocities, escapes, international law, exchanges of prisoners, organizations working on behalf of POWs, and trials associated with the treatment of captives.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about POWs........2001-03-27

The Encyclopedia of Prisoners of War and Internment is an excellent source of information for historians, military historians, and general history buffs on Prisoners of War, prison camps, civilian internees, and the laws of war relating to POWs. The book is edited by Jonathan F. Vance, a professor at the University of Western Ontario and includes articles contributed by academics,independent scholars, military personnel, and former POWs. The very carefully researched and informative articles include articles on concentration camps, treatment of PWs from Roman times to the Gulf War, and articles on many famous and infamous prisoners including e. e. cummings, Kurt Vonnegut, and P. G. Wodehouse.

The Encyclopedia lists references at the end of each article and contains a detailed bibliography by subject. It also includes portions of several documents covering the laws of war as they pertain to POWs such as the Geneva and Hague Conventions.

This book is a must for any serious military historian, and I don't say that just because I contributed three of the articles!

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Encyclopedia of Prisoners of War and Internment. Second Edition.
Jonathan (ed) Vance
Manufacturer: Vance, Jonathan (ed). Encyclopedia of Prisoners of War and Internment. Second Edition. Millerton, NY: Grey House Publishing, 2006. Hardcover. [8-5/8" X 11-1/4"] 734pp. New condition, still shrinkwrapped.
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ASIN: B000TAC59U

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"...balanced and well informed...a striking piece of scholarship aimed at demythologizing the origins of the Ethiopian Falasha." -Foreign Affairs The origin of the Black Jews of Ethiopia has long been a source of fascination and controversy. Their condition and future continues to generate debate. The culmination of almost a decade of research, The Beta Israel (Falasha) in Ethiopia marks the publication of the first book-length scholarly study of the history of this unique community. In this volume, Steven Kaplan seeks to demythologize the history of the Falasha and to consider them in the wider context of Ethiopian history and culture. This marks a clear departure from previous studies which have viewed them from the external perspective of Jewish history. Drawing on a wide variety of sources including the Beta Israel's own literature and oral traditions, Kaplan demonstrates that they are not a lost Jewish tribe, but rather an ethnic group which emerged in Ethiopia between the 14th and 16th century. Indeed, the name, Falasha, their religious hierarchy, sacred texts, and economic specialization can all be dated to this period. Among the subjects the book addresses are their links with Ethiopian Christianity, the medieval legends concerning their existence, their wars with the Ethiopian emperors, their relegation to the status of a despised semi-caste, their encounters with European missionaries, and the impact of the Great Famine of 1888-1892. Kaplan's definitive treatment will be of interest to students and scholars of Jewish history, African history, and comparative religion, as well as anyone interested in Jewish affairs and the modern Middle East.

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ETHIOPIANS HAVE NEVER BEEN JEWS!!!!.......2007-08-15

What on earth is the point of inventing Jewish roots concerning these deceptive Ethiopians when everybody knows too well why they became Jews: only because it was the only possibility for them to immigrate to Israel only for economic reasons (to flee their undescribable poverty).

Were these Ethiopians Jews in Ethiopia? NO! NEVER EVER!! They were Christians! A significant number of them in Israel returned to their Christian faith even though most of them decided to keep being Jew because they felt it was safer for them to do so in Israel (despite the fact that there is freedom of faith for Christians and Muslims)!!

In the history of the Jewish people, there has never ever been members of the Jewish people who were black. Never! Blacks can become Jews today through conversion if they convert without inventing false stories but there is not a group of Jews in the history of the Jewish people who were black Jews! NEVER!
I already hear some people reading my comments who might be tempted to say that I am racist but I am telling these people that I am fine accepting blacks who convert to Judaism without inventing false stories in order to convert. To invent false stories in order to convert renders the conversion process completely invalid!!

To have converted Jewish Orthodox these Ethiopians do not make them Jews in any way simply because they used deception to convert to Judaism with the goal of immigrating to Israel ONLY FOR ECONOMIC REASONS. They converted only to flee their awful poverty that they were suffering in Ethiopia where they were living in mud huts and nearly all of them, except their leaders, were completely illiterate (they could not read nor write and they did not have access to the simplest books or writing items!!). Later on, these American Jews who have pushed them to convert gave them books, taught them how to read, and more.

Why did they become Jews? American Jews who did not want to move to Israel felt guilty by their lack of willingness to move to Israel. They were working on outreach projects in Ethiopia and saw that these people were potentially ready to convert in order to move to Israel with the only goal of fleeing their poverty. They made them Jews by teaching them Judaism, giving their leaders Old Testament books to read and so on. Worse, they invented for them Jewish roots, telling the Jewish world that these Ethiopians were Jews!!! What a shame!!
Then, they showed movies of them with Jewish items and praying and they told the viewers of these movies that they have kept Jewish traditions for centuries!! What an awful deception!

All these books on the so-called Ethiopian Jews and the movies about them, they are all completely invented stories where these Ethiopian are given completely invented Jewish roots!

This book deserves a zero because it is based on pure lies!! That is as simple as that!!

Ignorance and superstition cleared away by bracing scholarship.......2005-12-26

The study of this book proved to be a distinct pleasure. It was exciting to see Kaplan clear away the accretions of ignorance and superstition about Ethiopian Jews, one piece after another, relentlessly. That is the polemical aspect of the book, important now, but not necessarily as important in time to come, as the main outline of the history of Ethiopian Jews becomes better understood.

Briefly put, Kaplan shows that Ethiopian Jews are unlikely to have come to Ethiopia from some other place. They are not likely to be some lost tribe of the original children of Israel, for example. He shows the deep Ethiopian roots of these "Beta Israel," which they share with Ethiopian Christians. The latter are more Jewish, and the former more Christian, than the Jews and Christians of Europe. Furthermore, it seems most likely that these Ethiopian Jews, though in some sense continuing earlier Ethiopian Judaism, arose as a group, more or less gradually, only between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries.

The sources that Kaplan describes are early reports by travelers on the one hand, and the Ethiopian writings in the Ge'ez (and later Amharic) languages on the other. He also utilizes the oral traditions of today's Beta Israel. In the main, other scholars have confirmed Kaplan's main conclusions, particularly James Quirin and Kay Kaufman Shelemay.

Kaplan's last three chapters, including the concluding one, are particularly fascinating. They tell the story of the Beta Israel's growing Jewish self-identification and indeed Zionism during the last two hundred years of their history, much of it in response to both European Christian and European Jewish contacts. The earlier five chapters, covering a period of about a millennium, is more hurried and, to this reader, sometimes confusing in its plethora of names and dates.

Kaplan is not interested in a history of ideas, not even religious ideas. Certain groups are introduced as "Judaized" or even Jews, but it is not always clear how their religious ideas differed from those whom he calls Christian. We can suspect, but often it is only a suspicion, that the Jews did not accept Jesus as god while the Christians did. Rarely does this become explicit in the book. Moreover, we are told that the Beta Israel's Torah is called orit, and that, like other Beta Israel literature, it seems to have come from Ethiopian Christian sources after some changes were made. We are not told quite what these changes were. It would have helped to define Jewish-Christian differences, in the realm of religious ideas, more sharply.

Notwithstanding these reservations, I see this book as of very fundamental importance. It is one of those works that have changed the thinking of a generation. We owe the author a very profound gratitude.

The 2007 Import and Export Market for Alpha, Beta, or Gamma Radiation Apparatus in Israel

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The 2007 Import and Export Market for Alpha, Beta, or Gamma Radiation Apparatus in Israel
Philip M. Parker
Manufacturer: ICON Group International, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0546131549
Release Date: 2006-11-21

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on alpha, beta, or gamma radiation apparatus in Israel face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying alpha, beta, or gamma radiation apparatus to Israel? How important is Israel compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of alpha, beta, or gamma radiation apparatus vary from one country of origin to another in Israel? On the supply side, Israel also exports alpha, beta, or gamma radiation apparatus. Which countries receive the most exports from Israel? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers? This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for alpha, beta, or gamma radiation apparatus in Israel. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for alpha, beta, or gamma radiation apparatus for those countries serving Israel via exports, or supplying from Israel via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Israel fits into the world market for imported and exported alpha, beta, or gamma radiation apparatus. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Israel in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the share that Israel is likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Israel compared to other major country markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes.

The Beta Israel in Ethiopia and Israel: Studies on the Ethiopian Jews (SOAS Near & Middle East Publications)

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The Beta Israel in Ethiopia and Israel: Studies on the Ethiopian Jews (SOAS Near & Middle East Publications)
Tudor Parfitt
Manufacturer: RoutledgeCurzon
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ASIN: 0700710922

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For decades the Falashas—the Black Jews of Ethiopia—have fascinated scholars. This collection of papers on the history, music, art, anthropology and current situation of the Ethiopean Jews has been written by the leading scholars in the field.

The Evolution of the Ethiopian Jews: A History of the Beta Israel (Ethnohistory Series)

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The Evolution of the Ethiopian Jews: A History of the Beta Israel (Ethnohistory Series)
James Quirin
Manufacturer: University of Pennsylvania Press
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The Jews of Ethiopia the Beta Israel Community

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The Jews of Ethiopia the Beta Israel Community

Manufacturer: Ami-Shav
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The Jews of Ethiopia the Beta Israel Community
Menachem Waldman
Manufacturer: AmI-Shav
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ASIN: B000Q6QF70

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The Jews of Ethiopia: The Beta Israel community
Menachem Waldman
Manufacturer: Ami-Shav, Center for Aid to Ethiopian Immigrants
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The Liturgy of the seventh Sabbath: A Beta Israel (Falasha) text (Athiopistische Forschungen)

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The Liturgy of the seventh Sabbath: A Beta Israel (Falasha) text (Athiopistische Forschungen)

Manufacturer: Harrassowitz
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Origins of Falasha Jews Studied by Haplotypes of the Y Chromosome.(Statistical Data Included) : An article from: Human Biology

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Origins of Falasha Jews Studied by Haplotypes of the Y Chromosome.(Statistical Data Included) : An article from: Human Biology
Gerard Lucotte , and Pierre Smets
Manufacturer: Wayne State University Press
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This digital document is an article from Human Biology, published by Wayne State University Press on December 1, 1999. The length of the article is 1374 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: KEY WORDS: Y-CHROMOSOME HAPLOTYPES, JEWS, ETHIOPIANS

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Title: Origins of Falasha Jews Studied by Haplotypes of the Y Chromosome.(Statistical Data Included)
Author: Gerard Lucotte
Publication: Human Biology (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 1999
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Volume: 71 Issue: 6 Page: 989

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The American college: An address before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Marietta College, June 29, 1869

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The American college: An address before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Marietta College, June 29, 1869
Israel Ward Andrews
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wonderful little book on Goethean science

wonderful little book on Goethean science

Goethe on Science: A Selection of Goethe's Writings
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe , and Jeremy Naydler
Manufacturer: Floris Books
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ASIN: 0863152376

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wonderful little book on Goethean science.......2000-08-07

A wonderful little book maybe to accompany the far more developed one by Henri Bortoft, "The Wholeness of Nature". It takes many excerpts from Goethe's approach to science and includes some of his major essays in the area. If you want a starter in this subject buy it if you want real understanding in depth get Bortoft's book.

The book considers many aspects such plant metamorphosis, colour theory, the concept of the archetype and even some of Goethe's own thoughts on the philosophy of science. There are even pieces which I've seen nowhere else such as the eras of science, merely pointed out but not elaborated upon. In this way the book grabs your attention and doesn't let go, it was my second introduction after Bortoft's having been recommended by him and it is well worth it.

wonderful little book on Goethean science.......2000-08-07

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