Met dit veelgeprezen meesterwerk zorgt Kelly ervoor dat we ons begrip van technologie radicaal zullen herzien. Aan de hand van talloze fascinerende voorbeelden laat Kelly zien dat het begrip technologie veel breder is dan we denken en dat bijvoorbeeld steden, muziek, onderwijs en taal ook technologieën zijn. Maar ook de relatie tussen mens en technologie komt in een nieuw daglicht te staan: het is in de geschiedenis van de mensheid nog nooit gelukt om een technologie tegen te houden of niet ...

Hans Jansen beschrijft de Duitse kerkmuziekvernieuwing aan de hand van twintig componistenportretten. Ook musicologen, theologen en filosofen komen aan het woord. Nauwgezet bespreekt hij de Singbewegung, de liturgische beweging en de Luther-renaissance. Met vele instructieve notenvoorbeelden.

De kerkmuzikale vernieuwing in Duitsland in de eerste helft van de 20ste eeuw heeft na de Tweede Wereldoorlog de ontwikkeling van de Nederlandse kerkmuziek belangrijke impulsen gegeven. De Lutherse kerkm...

Inspiring and motivating students from the moment it published, Organic Chemistry has established itself in just one edition as the students' choice of organic chemistry text. Its explanatory, mechanistic, evidence-based approach makes it perfect for fostering a true understanding of the subject.

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The Penguin English Library Edition of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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What does it mean to be secure? In the global news, we hear stories daily about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, about domestic-level conflicts around the world, about the challenges of cybersecurity and social security. This broad list highlights the fact that security is an idea with multiple meanings, but do we all experience security issues in the same way? In this book, Nicole Detraz explores the broad terrain of security studies through a gender lens. Assumptions about masculinity and ...

This bestselling text by Charles Barber, with updating contributions from Joan C. Beal and Philip A. Shaw, recounts the history of the English language from its remote ancestry to the present day.

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