Voor veel historisch onderzoek zijn correspondenties een belangrijke of zelfs onmisbare bron. Geavanceerde zoeksystemen maken brievenedities en in toenemende mate ook elektronische archieven toegankelijker en bieden daarnaast de mogelijkheid om nieuwe onderzoeksvragen te stellen. Dit themanummer van TNTL bestrijkt ruim vier eeuwen epistolaire cultuur. Naast literaire en wetenschappelijke correspondenties komen ook recente ontwikkelingen op het gebied van elektronische bronnenuitgaven ter spra...

Er is vandaag de dag sprake van een opmerkelijke heropleving van de belangstelling voor de zeventiende-eeuwse Nederlandse filosoof Benedictus de Spinoza. En dat niet alleen binnen de academische filosofie, maar vooral ook daarbuiten. Hij is opgenomen in de canon van de Nederlandse geschiedenis. Zijn naam duikt geregeld op in de media, in politieke discussies, in debatten over de verhouding godsdienst en politiek, over de multiculturele samenleving, over tolerantie en vrijheid van denken. Daar...

Een piano of een vleugel kopen? Tipboek Piano en vleugel vertelt je alles wat je weten moet om een goede keuze te maken. Ook onderhoud, stemmen en accessoires komen uitgebreid aan bod. Ruim dertig pianisten, pianostemmers, technici, docenten en andere kenners werkten mee aan deze handige gids. Geschreven in glasheldere taal, volop ge

Interest in citizenship has never been higher. But what does it mean to be a citizen of a modern, complex community? Why is citizenship important? Can we create citizenship, and can we test for it? In this fascinating Very Short Introduction, Richard Bellamy explores the answers to these questions and more in a clear and accessible way. He approaches the subject from a political perspective, to address the complexities behind the major topical issues.

Discussing the main models of citizenship...

Anthony Kenny's engaging new history of Western philosophy now advances into the modern era.The Rise of Modern Philosophyis the fascinating story of the emergence of the great ideas and worldviews of modern thought. Beautifully illustrated throughout, Kenny's book introduces us to some of the world's most original and influential thinkers.

Performed variously as escapist fantasy, celebratory fiction, and political allegory, The Tempest is one of the plays in which Shakespeare's genius as a poetic dramatist found its fullest expression. Significantly, it was placed first when published in the First Folio of 1623, and is now generally seen as the playwright's most penetrating statement about his art. Stephen Orgel's wide-ranging introduction examines changing attitudes to The Tempest, and reassesses the evidence behind the variou...

Gauss's law for electric fields, Gauss's law for magnetic fields, Faraday's law, and the Ampere-Maxwell law are four of the most influential equations in science. In this guide for students, each equation is the subject of an entire chapter, with detailed, plain-language explanations of the physical meaning of each symbol in the equation, for both the integral and differential forms. The final chapter shows how Maxwell's equations may be combined to produce the wave equation, the basis for th...

Cambridge English for Nursing Intermediate Plus is designed to improve the communication skills and specialist English language knowledge of healthcare professionals, enabling them to work more confidently and effectively. With an emphasis on listening and speaking, the course covers the core areas of nursing with authentic tasks and activities based on everyday scenarios, making the course relevant and motivating. The Student's Book contains two audio CDs and the course is backed-up by a wea...

This textbook is aimed at the majority of students, who need to quickly acquire a concise overview of soil science. Many current soil science textbooks still cater for a traditional student market where students embark on three years study in a narrow discipline. The growth in modular degree schemes has meant that soil science is now often taught as self-standing unit as part of broad based degree program.

Students pursuing this type of course are increasingly reluctant to purchase expensive ...

Many 21st century operations are characterised by teams of workers dealing with significant risks and complex technology, in competitive, commercially-driven environments. Informed managers in such sectors have realised the necessity of understanding the human dimension to their operations if they hope to improve production and safety performance. While organisational safety culture is a key determinant of workplace safety, it is also essential to focus on the non-technical skills of the syst...