Foundations of Modern Society
Foundations of Modern Society

Author: Rajiva Wijesinha

Publisher: Foundation Books

Published: 2006-10-04

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9788175962446

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This book introduces students to ideas, events and personalities that have created the present-day world. Many of these significant factors either do not find mention in school texts or are not handled with sufficient clarity. This book thus attempts to set them out in a way that challenges young-adult minds. it is hoped that this book will enthuse them to explore the raesons for and the results of important historical developments.

The Foundations of Modern Terrorism
The Foundations of Modern Terrorism

Author: Martin A. Miller

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1107025303

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A groundbreaking history of the roots of modern terrorism, ranging from early modern Europe to the contemporary Middle East.

The Ideal Society and Its Enemies
The Ideal Society and Its Enemies

Author: Miles Fairburn

Publisher: Auckland University Press

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 177558187X

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In this challenging and provocative study of the nature of settler society in 19th-century New Zealand, Fairburn focuses on the lives of the common people and presents a rigorous and original description of the place and time which is radically different from those of previous historians. An important book that will have a major impact on our understanding of New Zealand's past, it is also a significant contribution to the study of new societies.

Foundations of Modern Cosmology
Foundations of Modern Cosmology

Author: John F. Hawley

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005-07-07

Total Pages: 569

ISBN-13: 019853096X

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Recent discoveries in astronomy have revolutionized the field of cosmology. While many long-standing questions in cosmology have now been answered, the new data pose new mysteries such as the nature of the "dark energy" that dominates the universe. This second edition provides an accessible and thorough text on the physics of cosmology and a lively account of the modern concordance model of the universe, from the big bang to a distant future dominated by dark energy.