Pierwszą wersję tej książki ogłosił w roku 1935 Max Cary, profesor Uniwersytetu Londyńskiego, autor licznych prac poświęconych dziejom starożytnej Grecji i Rzymu, jeden z twórców The Oxford Classical Dictionary i monumentalnej Cambridge Ancient Histo...

Michaelangelo's David has just turned 500. In celebration, Italy has restored this sculpture to its original splendor-- and David: Five Hunded Years is the first to capture each step of the way. What started as a solid block of granite, emerged as on...

This volume presents, under one cover, a selection of 13 classical papers representing the thinking of famous scientists of the past who worked in areas now associated with biomechanics, neurophysiology of movement and motor control. Each paper is ac...

Oulipo Compendium, originally published in 1998 and recently revised and updated, is a comprehensive guide to the Oulipo (the Ouvroir de litterature potentielle or “Workshop for Potential Literature”) and its subsidiary groups. Founded in 1960 by Ray...

Do you ever find yourself still chopping vegetables when your dinner guests arrive? Do you sometimes get home hungry for something delicious and home-made but without the time or inclination to slave away at the cooker for an hour?. Do you occasional...

This technique was devised in Pamplona more than 20 years ago in 1984. However it took a long time for anything to be actually published ( J Bone Joint Surg , 1994) because none believed it was really possible to preserve the joint of the patient. As...