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  | | Topics in Statistical Mechanics (Imperial College Press Advanced Physics Texts) by Professor Brian Cowan Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2005 by Imperial College Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-86094-564-9, ISBN: 1-86094-564-3 "Building on the material learned by students in their first few years of study, this book presents an advanced level course on statistical and thermal physics. It begins with a review of the formal structure of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics considered from a unified viewpoint. After a brief revision of non-interacting systems, emphasis is laid on interacting systems. First, weakly interacting systems are considered, where the ..." |
 | | The Social Life of Coffee The Emergence of the British Coffeehouse by Professor Brian Cowan, Brian William Cowan Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2011 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-17122-8, ISBN: 0-300-17122-6 "What induced the British to adopt foreign coffee-drinking customs in the seventeenth century? Why did an entirely new social institution, the coffeehouse, emerge as the primary place for consumption of this new drink? In this lively book, Brian Cowan locates the answers to these questions in the particularly British combination of curiosity, commerce, and civil society. Cowan provides the definitive account of the origins of coffee drin ..." |
 | | The Social Life of Coffee(1st Edition) The Emergence of the British Coffeehouse by Professor Brian Cowan, Brian William Cowan Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2005 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-10666-4, ISBN: 0-300-10666-1 "What induced the British to adopt foreign coffee-drinking customs in the seventeenth century? Why did an entirely new social institution, the coffeehouse, emerge as the primary place for consumption of this new drink? In this lively book, Brian Cowan locates the answers to these questions in the particularly British combination of curiosity, commerce, and civil society. Cowan provides the definitive account of the origins of coffee drin ..." |
 | | Topics in Statistical Mechanics(1st Edition) (Imperial College Press Advanced Physics Texts) by Brian Peter Cowan, Professor Brian Cowan Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2005 by World Scientific Publishing Company ISBN-13: 978-1-86094-569-4, ISBN: 1-86094-569-4 "“This is an excellent graduate-level textbook that grew out of a largely online intercollegiate course given by the author to fourth-year students in the United Kingdom. The text is concise but provides an accurate and well-balanced introduction to a remarkable breadth of topics, with an emphasis even on modern aspects such as the statistical mechanics of phase transitions and non-equilibrium dynamics . . . Cowan has managed to capture ..." |
 | | Gender, Culture and Politics in England, 1560-1640 Turning the World Upside Down (Cultures of Early Modern Europe) by David E. Underdown, Professor Susan D. Amussen, Beat Kümin, Brian Cowan, Susan Dwyer Amussen, Professor Brian Cowan, Professor Beat Kumin Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2017 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-350-02067-2, ISBN: 1-350-02067-2 "Gender, Culture and Politics in England, 1560-1640 integrates social history, politics and literary culture as part of a ground-breaking study that provides revealing insights into early modern English society. Susan D. Amussen and David E. Underdown examine political scandals and familiar characters-including scolds, cuckolds and witches-to show how their behaviour turned the ordered world around them upside down in very specific, gend ..." |
 | | Food and Identity in England, 1540-1640 Eating to Impress (Cultures of Early Modern Europe) by Dr Paul S. Lloyd, Professor Brian Cowan, Beat Kümin, Brian Cowan Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2015 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-4725-1443-1, ISBN: 1-4725-1443-2 ""Food and Identity in England, 1540-1640" considers early modern food consumption in an important new way, connecting English consumption practices between the reigns of Henry VIII and Charles I with ideas of 'self' and 'otherness' in wider contexts of society and the class system.Examining the diets of various social groups, ranging from manual labourers to the aristocracy, special foods and their preparation, as well as festive events ..." |
 | | The State Trial of Doctor Henry Sacheverell(1st Edition) by Editor: Brian Cowan, Professor Brian Cowan Paperback, 322 Pages, Published 2012 by Wiley-Blackwell ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-3223-0, ISBN: 1-4443-3223-6 "This work offers a critical edition of original texts and documents necessary for understanding the trial's significance. By consolidating all accounts of the trial, scholars are able to consult and compare these accounts in a readily accessible volume. * Presents critical editions of several manuscripts relating to this celebrated 'state trial' * Demonstrates that the often cited and printed account of the trial by Jacob Tonson was inc ..." |
 | | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Relaxation(Updated) by Professor Brian Cowan, University Of London Paperback, 460 Pages, Published 2005 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-01811-1, ISBN: 0-521-01811-0 "This book provides an introduction to the general principles of nuclear magnetic resonance and relaxation, concentrating on simple models and their application. The concepts of relaxation and the time domain are particularly emphasised. Some relatively advanced topics are treated, but the approach is graduated and all points of potential difficulty are carefully explained. An introductory classical discussion of relaxation is followed b ..." |
 | | Food and Identity in England, 1540-1640(Reprint) Eating to Impress (Cultures of Early Modern Europe) by Dr Paul S. Lloyd, Beat Kümin, Brian Cowan, Professor Brian Cowan, Professor Beat Kumin Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2016 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-350-00204-3, ISBN: 1-350-00204-6 ""Food and Identity in England, 1540-1640" considers early modern food consumption in an important new way, connecting English consumption practices between the reigns of Henry VIII and Charles I with ideas of 'self' and 'otherness' in wider contexts of society and the class system.Examining the diets of various social groups, ranging from manual labourers to the aristocracy, special foods and their preparation, as well as festive events ..." |
 | | The Birth of the English Kitchen, 1600-1850 (Cultures of Early Modern Europe) by Sara Pennell, Brian Cowan, Beat Kümin, Professor Brian Cowan Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2016 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-4411-8808-3, ISBN: 1-4411-8808-8 "Sara Pennell traces the emergence of the domestic kitchen as a distinctive space that helped make houses homes from the 17th century through to the middle of the 19th, and explores how the kitchen and its contents – from the hearth to the contents of the dresser drawer -- became a site of specialised activity, sociability and strife. Drawing upon texts, images, surviving structures and objects, The Birth of the English Kitchen, 1600-18 ..." |
 | | Angelica's Book and the World of Reading in Late Renaissance Italy (Cultures of Early Modern Europe) by Brendan Dooley, Beat Kümin, Brian Cowan, Professor Brian Cowan Hardcover, 216 Pages, Published 2016 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-4742-7031-1, ISBN: 1-4742-7031-X "Through the lens of a history of material culture mediated by an object, Angelica's Book and the World of Reading in Late Renaissance Italy investigates aspects of women's lives, culture, ideas and the history of the book in early modern Italy.In a Florentine antique shop in 2010, Brendan Dooley discovered a badly damaged copy of Straparola's 16th-century work, Piacevoli Notti, inscribed with text on page 144 by its apparent owner, Ange ..." |
 | | Vagrancy in English Culture and Society, 1650-1750 (Cultures of Early Modern Europe) by David Hitchcock, Beat Kümin, Brian Cowan, Professor Brian Cowan Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2016 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-4725-8994-1, ISBN: 1-4725-8994-7 "The first social and cultural history of vagrancy between 1650 and 1750, this book combines sources from across England and the Atlantic world to describe the shifting and desperate experiences of the very poorest and most marginalized of people in early modernity; the outcasts, the wandering destitute, the disabled veteran, the aged labourer, the solitary pregnant woman on the road and those referred to as vagabonds and beggars are all ..." |
 | | The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands Restless Ribbons of Sand (Living with the Shore) by David M. Bush, Deborah F. Pilkey, William J. Neal, Craig A. Webb, Stanley R. Riggs, Jane Bullock, Orrin H. Pilkey, Brian A. Cowan, Professor Brian Cowan Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 1998 by Duke University Press Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-2224-5, ISBN: 0-8223-2224-2 ""The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands" is the latest volume in the series, "Living with the Shore." Replacing an earlier volume, this thoroughly new book provides a diverse guide to one of America s most popular shorelines. As is true for all books in the series, it is based on the premise that understanding the changing nature of beaches and barrier islands is essential if we are to preserve them for future generations.Evid ..." |
 | | The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands Restless Ribbons of Sand (Living with the Shore) by William J. Neal, Stanley R. Riggs, Craig A. Webb, Deborah F. Pilkey, David M. Bush, Brian A. Cowan, Jane Bullock, Orrin H. Pilkey, Professor Brian Cowan Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 1998 by Duke University Press Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-2208-5, ISBN: 0-8223-2208-0 ""The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands" is the latest volume in the series, "Living with the Shore." Replacing an earlier volume, this thoroughly new book provides a diverse guide to one of America s most popular shorelines. As is true for all books in the series, it is based on the premise that understanding the changing nature of beaches and barrier islands is essential if we are to preserve them for future generations.Evid ..." |
 | | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Relaxation(1st Edition) by Author: Brian Cowan, Professor Brian Cowan Hardcover, 460 Pages, Published 1997 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-30393-4, ISBN: 0-521-30393-1 "This book provides an introduction to the general principles of nuclear magnetic resonance and relaxation, concentrating on simple models and their application. The concepts of relaxation and the time domain are particularly emphasised. Some relatively advanced topics are treated, but the approach is graduated and all points of potential difficulty are carefully explained. An introductory classical discussion of relaxation is followed b ..." |
 | | Classical Mechanics (Student Physics Series) by Professor Brian Cowan, Brian Peter Cowan Paperback, 117 Pages, Published 1984 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-0-7102-0280-2, ISBN: 0-7102-0280-6 "The study of mechanics plays a central role in physics for a whole variety of reasons. It was one of the earliest of the quantitative sciences, and had immediate practical applications. These ranged from the study of the motion of projectiles in warfare to the motion of the planets, predicting the seasons, eclipses, etc. At the present time, even though superseded on the very small scale by quantum theory and ..." |
 | | The State Trials and the Politics of Justice in Later Stuart England 40 (Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History, 40) by Brian Cowan, Scott Scott Sowerby Hardcover, 306 Pages, Published 2021 by Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-78327-626-4, ISBN: 1-78327-626-6 |
 | | Vulnerability and Resilience Body and Liberating Theologies (Theology in the Age of Empire) by Jione Havea Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2021 by Fortress Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-978703-65-0, ISBN: 1-978703-65-1 |
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