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In themid-nineteenth-century United States, as it became increasingly difficult todistinguish between bodies understood as black, white, or Indian; able-bodiedor disabled; and male or female, intense efforts emerged to define theseidentities as biologically distinct and scientifically verifiable in aliterally marked body. Combining literary analysis, legal history, and visualculture, Ellen Samuels traces the evolution of the “fantasy ofidentification”—the powerful belief that embodied social identities are fixed,verifiable, and visible through modern science. From birthmarks andfingerprints to blood quantum and DNA, she examines how this fantasy hascirculated between cultural representations, law, science, and policy to becomeone of the most powerfully institutionalized ideologies of modern society. Yet, as Samuels demonstrates, in every case, the fantasydistorts its claimed scientific basis, substituting subjective language forclaimed objective fact. Fromits early emergence in discourses about disability fakery and fugitive slavesin the nineteenth century to its most recent manifestation in the question ofsex testing at the 2012 Olympic Games, Fantasies of Identification exploresthe roots of modern understandings of bodily identity. Получить ссылку |
Фантазии века джаза / Fantasies of the Jazz Age (+MP3)
Автор: Фрэнсис Скотт Фицджеральд
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Комплект из книги и аудиофайлов включает в себя рассказы Ф. Скотта Фицджеральда «Алмазная гора» и «Загадочная история Бенджамина Баттона» из сборника «Рассказы о веке джаза». Сочетая фантастические сюжеты с тонкими жизненными наблюдениями, автор мастерски рассказывает свои невероятные истории. Великолепный слог Фицджеральда не только подарит удовольствие от чтения, но и поможет улучшить английский язык. Параллельный перевод на русский язык облегчит понимание текста, поможет оценить тонкий юмор автора и снять возникающие вопросы. Читая и слушая рассказы на английском языке, сравнивая их с переводами на русский, вы улучшите свои навыки чтения. Для углубления знаний английского и облегчения понимания текста предлагаются упражнения и словарь. Книга будет интересна и полезна старшим школьникам, абитуриентам, студентам, преподавателям, а также всем, кто изучает английский язык самостоятельно.
Tales and Fantasies
Автор: Роберт Льюис Стивенсон
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Structural Dynamic Analysis with Generalized Damping Models. Identification
Автор: Sondipon Adhikari
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Since Lord Rayleigh introduced the idea of viscous damping in his classic work «The Theory of Sound» in 1877, it has become standard practice to use this approach in dynamics, covering a wide range of applications from aerospace to civil engineering. However, in the majority of practical cases this approach is adopted more for mathematical convenience than for modeling the physics of vibration damping. Over the past decade, extensive research has been undertaken on more general “non-viscous” damping models and vibration of non-viscously damped systems. This book, along with a related book Structural Dynamic Analysis with Generalized Damping Models: Analysis, is the first comprehensive study to cover vibration problems with general non-viscous damping. The author draws on his considerable research experience to produce a text covering: parametric senistivity of damped systems; identification of viscous damping; identification of non-viscous damping; and some tools for the quanitification of damping. The book is written from a vibration theory standpoint, with numerous worked examples which are relevant across a wide range of mechanical, aerospace and structural engineering applications. Contents 1. Parametric Sensitivity of Damped Systems. 2. Identification of Viscous Damping. 3. Identification of Non-viscous Damping. 4. Quantification of Damping. About the Authors Sondipon Adhikari is Chair Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Swansea University, Wales. His wide-ranging and multi-disciplinary research interests include uncertainty quantification in computational mechanics, bio- and nanomechanics, dynamics of complex systems, inverse problems for linear and nonlinear dynamics, and renewable energy. He is a technical reviewer of 97 international journals, 18 conferences and 13 funding bodies.He has written over 180 refereed journal papers, 120 refereed conference papers and has authored or co-authored 15 book chapters.
Cancer Stem Cells. Identification and Targets
Автор: Sharmila Bapat A.
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Because the concept and discoveries of cancer stem cells are relatively new, scientists and researchers need an introduction to this dynamic area. Cancer Stem Cells presents a consolidated account of the research done to date and recent progresses in the studies of cancer stem cells. Such a presentation facilitates a better understanding of and draws attention to stem cell and cancer biology – two fields that enhance, move, and evolve into each other continuously. It provides an informative study in designing approaches to apply stem cell principles to cancer biology while offering an overview of the challenges in developing combination stem and cancer biology targets for therapeutics. This book serves as a primer for new researchers in the field of cancer biology.
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