The Ghost Fleet
Extraits
Comics divers
Cosmic Ghost Rider. Bébé Thanos doit mourir !
Lorsque Frank Castle, alias le Punisher, conclut un pacte avec le diable, il devient Ghost Rider. Par la suite, il s'associe à Galactus, qui lui confère le pouvoir cosmique, puis à Thanos. Cet album vous plonge dans un univers où seules la mort et la destruction demeurent. Frank a la possibilité de changer le présent, mais le tribut à payer pourrait être très lourd...
03/2019
Littérature française
Six Feet Under. Nos vies sans destin
Ce livre propose d’explorer la célèbre série d’Alan Ball à travers une série de portraits des principaux personnages, l’analyse circonstanciée de cinq épisodes majeurs et l’étude de six thèmes qui la structure : l’individualité, la famille, l’amour et la sexualité, le travail, la mort et la recherche d’un sens existentiel. Parcourant ainsi les cinq saisons de la série, le livre propose de reconstruire comme un puzzle le paysage de nos vies contemporaines patiemment décrit par cette oeuvre. Il en ressort que la série télévisée, en suivant les trajectoires des Fisher mais aussi de Brenda, de Keith ou de Rico, personnages secondaires devenus essentiels, propose un nouveau réalisme romanesque et pousse le prosaïsme jusqu’à la description nue de l’ordinaire. Ne se prononçant jamais sur ce qu’il y a au-delà de la vie, dans la mort, Six Feet Under ordonne une représentation immanente du quotidien, de la vie jour après jour et supprime peu à peu la part encore accordée au destin dans le roman classique. L’ouvrage propose alors de considérer Six Feet Under comme une nouvelle manière pour les classes moyennes occidentales du début du XXIe siècle de concevoir leurs existences, en supprimant l’héroïsme et la transcendance, tout en continuant à vivre leurs vies comme un grand roman.
09/2012
Anglais apprentissage
LA VIERGE ET LE GITAN : THE VIRGIN AND THE GIPSY
When the vicar's wife went off with a young and penniless man the scandal knew no bounds. Her two little girls were only seven and nine years old respectively. And the vicar was such a good husband. True, his hair was grey. But his moustache was dark, he was handsome, and still full of furtive passion for his unrestrained and beautiful wife. Why did she go ? Why did she burst away with such an éclat of revulsion, like a touch of madness ? Nobody gave any answer. Only the pious said she was a bad woman. While some of the good women kept silent. They knew. The two little girls never knew. Wounded, they decided that it was because their mother found them negligible. The ill wind that blows nobody any good swept away the vicarage family on its blast. Then lo and behold ! the vicar, who was somewhat distinguished as an essayist and a controversialist, and whose case had aroused sympathy among the bookish men, received the living of Papplewick. The Lord had tempered the wind of misfortune with a rectorate in the north country. [...] "Lorsque la femme du pasteur s'enfuit avec un jeune homme sans le sou, le scandale ne connut pas de bornes. Ses deux fillettes n'avaient que sept et neuf ans respectivement. Et le pasteur était un si bon mari. Certes, il avait les cheveux gris, mais sa moustache était restée noire, il était bel homme et brûlait encore d'une passion furtive pour sa belle épouse immodeste. Pourquoi était-elle partie ? Pourquoi s'était-elle arrachée à lui, dans un tel éclat de dégoût, comme un grain de folie ? Personne n'apporta de réponse. Seules, les dévotes dirent que c'était une mauvaise femme. Cependant que certaines femmes de bien gardaient le silence. Elles comprenaient, elles. Les deux fillettes ne comprirent jamais. Blessées, elles jugèrent que c'était parce que leur mère les tenait pour quantité négligeable. Le vent du malheur qui est censé être bon à quelque chose balaya de son souffle les habitants de la cure. Puis, miracle, le pasteur, qui avait une certaine éminence comme essayiste et polémiste, et dont la situation avait su émouvoir certains intellectuels, fut nommé à la paroisse de Papplewick. Le Seigneur avait adouci l'ouragan du malheur par un bénéfice de recteur dans le nord du pays. " [...]
02/1993
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
The Undergrowth of Science. Delusion, self-deception and human frailty
Walter Gratzer's themes in the stories he relates in The Undergrowth of Science are collective delusion and human folly. Science is generally seen as a process bound by rigorous rules, which its practitioners must not transgress. Deliberate fraud occasionally intrudes, but it is soon detected, the perpetrators cast out and the course of discovery barely disturbed. Far more interesting are the outbreaks of self-delusion that from time to time afflict upright and competent researchers, and then spread like an epidemic or mass-hysteria through a sober and respectable scientific community. When this happens the rules by which scientists normally govern their working lives are suddenly suspended. Sometimes these episodes are provoked by personal vanity, an unwillingness to acknowledge error or even contemplate the possibility that a hard-won success is a will o' the wisp; at other times they stem from loyalty to a respected and trusted guru, or even from patriotic pride; and, worst of ail, they may be a consequence of a political ideology which imposes its own interpretation on scientists' observations of the natural world. Unreason and credulity supervene, illusory phenomena are described and measured, and theories are developed to explain them - until suddenly, often for no single reason, the bubble bursts, leaving behind it a residue of acrimony, recrimination, embarrassment and ruined reputations.
Here, then, are radiations, measured with high precision yet existing only in the minds of those who observed them; the Russian water, which some thought might congeal the oceans: phantom diseases which called for heroic surgery; monkey testis implants that restored the sexual powers of ageing roués and of tired sheep; truths about genetics and about the nature of matter, perceptible only to Aryan scientists in the Third Reich or Marxist ideologues in the Soviet Union; and much more. The Undergrowth of Science explores, in terms accessible to the lay reader, the history of such episodes, up to our own time, in ail their absurdity, tragedy and pathos.
01/2000
Poésie
Epilepsy: the invisible pain
They say life is a long stretch of a calm river, but not for everyone ! She was for me until the day when everything rocked, the day my destiny was changed dramatically. People do not realize how life can be so sweet and so beautiful. They complain all day long for trivialities. They are not even aware that they have before their eyes the most beautiful wealth : the luck and happiness of living in good health. I was rich before. Now I am poor because my child has an incurable disease, that has currently no hope of being healed. As a parent, how can we accept that ? , How to continue living carrying the bundle of pain in my head ? , How to overcome this feeling of helplessness ? When I started speaking to my heart, I didn't know myself that this was the beginning of a new life : a rebirth as a poet. When I learnt that my 7-year-old daughter was suffering from the Dravet Syndrome, a rare genetic epileptic encephalopathy, this was like an earthquake in my life. Then, I needed to write in order to express my sorrow and my pain. Words and rhymes came naturally to my mind. This was obvious that poetry would be my survival weapon.
01/2019
Policiers
Ghosts of L.A.
Les fantômes du passé ne vous oublient jamais... Los Angeles est une ville qui semble s'étendre à l'infini. C'est ici que vont s'entrechoquer les destins de plusieurs personnages : - Elie : un agent du FBI qui enquête sur un étrange meurtre et qui devient la cible d'un tueur qui semble le connaître. - Blair : une journaliste au caractère bien trempé qui traque une vérité dérangeante. - Clara : une comédienne talentueuse qui se sent épiée par un homme. - Abel : un homme qui a vécu une enfance horrible et qui veut prendre sa revanche sur la vie. Si loin, si proches, ils vont tous participer à une oeuvre bien plus grande qu'eux-mêmes et se retrouver au coeur d'un puzzle hallucinant dont l'issue sera brutale.
03/2020
Littérature anglo-saxonne
Les mystères de Fleat House [EDITION EN GROS CARACTERES
Au sein du prestigieux internat privé de St. Stephen, dans l'idyllique campagne du Norfolk, se dresse une austère bâtisse victorienne assez laide et en manque cruel d'entretien : le dortoir de Fleat House. Lorsque le corps sans vie d'un élève y est découvert, le directeur s'empresse de conclure à un tragique accident. Mais l'enquêtrice londonienne Jazz Hunter n'est pas de cet avis. En tentant de pénétrer le microcosme fermé que constitue le pensionnat, celle-ci apprend que la victime était un jeune homme arrogant qui avait beaucoup d'ennemis... Tandis que les mystères et les mensonges se multiplient, Jazz se retrouve plongée dans un monde fait de jeux de pouvoir, de dépendances émotionnelles et d'affaires inachevées. Bientôt, ce sont des secrets vieux de plus de trente ans qui refont surface, bien plus sombres que ce qu'elle aurait pu imaginer. Lucinda Riley excelle dans le roman policier. Version Femina. Captivant. Le Parisien week-end. Traduit de l'anglais par Elisabeth Luc.
05/2023
Théâtre
Le silence du Whalhalla. Suivi de Ghost Hotel
Le Silence du Walhalla : Famille, amis et journalistes sont réunis autour du grand compositeur Elias Zorn, le temps d'une soirée hommage. Entre règlements de comptes et prises de conscience, les chaînes familiales se brisent peu à peu. Ghost Hotel : Une femme seule dans un hôtel nous plonge dans le souvenir d'une nuit d'amour.
10/2013
BD tout public
Ghost Money Tome 2 : Les yeux de Chamza
Deux semaines après l'accident orchestré par Kendricks et ses hommes, Chamza est prisonnière d'un hôpital de Shanghai. Elle est à mille lieues de se douter que des caméras implantées dans ses yeux vont permettre aux Américains de suivre désormais tous ses faits et gestes. Patiemment, les hommes de l'administration Burton tissent leur toile, en attendant que la mystérieuse milliardaire croise à nouveau le chemin de l'Emir des Lumières. Pour les hommes de Kendricks, la fortune de Chamza est liée à la destruction des tours du World Trade Center, et le soupçon prend tout son poids quand apparaît un nouveau groupe terroriste qui commence à secouer l'équilibre politique de la planète... De Londres à Kaboul, de Shanghai à Dubaï, les coups sont joués pour déstabiliser, intoxiquer ou tuer. Et personne ne sera épargné. Personne.
01/2010
Comics divers
Ghost Rider Tome 2 : Aux coeurs des ténèbres
Esprit contre esprit. Au moment où Danny Ketch se croyait enfin débarrassé des démons et des têtes enflammées, il est investi de l'Esprit de Corruption. Et ses retrouvailles avec le Punisher et Wolverine ne vont pas améliorer les choses. Pendant ce temps, Johnny Blaze, le roi de l'enfer, identifie l'objet de sa colère : le Dr Strange, celui qui aurait pu le libérer de son fardeau mais qui n'a rien fait. C'est dans cette situation chaotique qu'entre en scène Lilith, une autre aspirante au trope infernal... Action, flammes et une horde de démons pour une aventure épique de Ghost Rider ! Ed Brisson, avec les dessinateurs Roland Boschi, Juan Frigeri et Aaron Kuder, dresse les deux Ghost Rider les plus célèbres l'un contre l'autre. une horde de démons pour une aventure épique de Ghost Rider ! Johnny Blaze et Danny Ketch sont les deux principaux héros à avoir tenu le rôle de Ghost Rider par le passé, aujourd'hui le destin va de nouveau les confronter l'un à l'autre. Johnny doit aussi faire équipe avec Wolverine et le Punisher, maitriser ses nouveaux pouvoirs et affronter le Docteur Strange ! En plus, un récit complet donnant la vedette à un personnage important dans l'univers de l'Esprit de la Vengeance : Lilith, la mère des démons ! Ed Brisson signe la fin de sa prestation sur la série Ghost Rider et, en guise de dessert, il nous propose une aventure de Lilith illustrée par Roland Boschi. Le dessinateur français, très apprécié des fans, est un habitué du personnage. Cet album contient les episodes Spirits of Ghost Rider : Mother of Demons (2020) 1 et Ghost Rider (2019) 5 à 7.
03/2021
Comics Super-héros
Batman Death Metal Tome 2 : Ghost. Edition limitée
Après sa défaite douloureuse contre la Légion Fatale de Perpetua et Lex Luthor, la Ligue de Justice a disparu de la surface de la Terre. De son côté, le Batman Qui Rit, toujours en liberté, a infecté plusieurs super-héros ainsi que le Commissaire Gordon qu'il garde comme sbire personnel. La confrontation entre Luthor et le Batman Qui Rit va conduire le monde dans un nouvel abîme de folie où des versions déformées des plus grands héros ne vont pas tarder à se soulever.
04/2021
Musique classique
Songs of Love. 12 Romances. 12 Lieder. Soprano (tenor) and piano.
Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-1940), hitherto consigned to a footnote in musical history as Stravinsky's piano teacher, is undergoing rediscovery. A double graduate of the St Petersburg Conservatoire, she emerged as a virtuoso pianist and composer in the romantic tradition. She was associated with some of the great musicians of her day, including Balakirev and Auer. She performed in both Germany and the UK in the 1900s, but her career petered out after 1920. Songs of Love was first published in 1904. No evidence survives of any public performance in Kashperova's lifetime although it is very likely that they were performed at her regular 'musical evenings at home on Tuesdays' mentioned in her Memoirs. The transparency of the piano writing strongly suggests that she would accompany herself singing. Kashperova, by all accounts, possessed a fine voice, and in the summer of 1906 she decided 'to learn from the artistry', as she put it, of the tenor Raimond von Zur-Mühlen who was widely celebrated for having developed (with Clara Schumann) the Lieder-Abend tradition. His summer-schools on the Baltic coast were frequented by aspiring singers from all over Europe, even Japan and India. Kashperova herself was responsible for the poetic lyrics of Songs of Love (in both Russian and German), which may well have emerged from her own bittersweet experience of life and love ; she was not to marry until 1916 at the age of forty-four. That Kashperova is the author of both the music and the lyrics of Songs of Love would suggest that they express very personal sentiments. Instrumentation : soprano (tenor) and piano
12/2023
Non classé
The Concept of Man in Igbo Myths
In the vast silence of their isolation, the traditional Igbos have learnt the ways of living in harmony with nature. From their origin in distant time, they have kept a sacred perspective on the natural world. In our age, there is the need for traditional wisdoms to retain their validity and be intrinsic to our philosophic and scientific perceptions of the cosmos. We cannot do without their knowledge, their spiritual perspective, and their deep faith in the harmony of all nature. Ignoring these qualities has profound environmental implications. Global warming, environmental pollution, and the exhaustion of nature's resources are but a few of the symptoms of the nature's experiences as we continue to mistreat it in order to satisfy our own ends. This work helps us to realise that wherever we are, we are a part of nature. All the things around us are as presences, representing forces and powers of life that are not ours and yet are all part of us. Then we find them reflecting in ourselves, because we are nature, though not identical with it.
11/1999
BD tout public
Doctor Gachet's portrait
A picture named "Doctor Gachet's portrait" has been stolen a night from a museum. Immediately, the news offer the event and our heroes start the research after some clue that leads them to the thief. After travelling across some countries following his trace, they realize that a smuggling network is behind the robbery, led by minister Goring. Among their loot is an enormous amount of pictures stolen from private collectors, with the aim of transporting and hiding them beyond their frontiers.
01/2014
Informatique
MAXIMUM LINUX SECURITY. A Hacker's Guide to Protecting Your Linux Server and Workstation, CD-Rom included
Maximum Linux Security.- A Hackers Guide to Protecting Your Linux Server and Workstation is designed for system administrators, managers, or Linux users who wish to protect their Linux servers and workstations from unauthorized intrusions and other external threats to their systems' integrity.
Written by an experienced hacker-someone who knows which systems are Vulnerable and how crackers get into them-this unique guide to Linux security identifies existing and potential security holes and faults, and then describes how to go about fixing them.
• Learn in-depth configuration tips and techniques to help eliminate security threats to your Linux-based computer or network.
• Discover common Linux System holes and cracking techniques.
• Explore both commercial and open source programs and utilities that can help identify and solve security weaknesses.
• Learn about the wide array of tools that crackers have at their disposal to penetrate your Linux system.
• Find out how to safely configure and run many popular Linux-based applications and services, including Sendmail, Apache, FTPd, and many more.
• Utilize technologies such as SSL and MD5 to create a secure computing environment for yourself and your users.
CD-ROM includes
A comprehensive collection of Linux security products:
• Intrusion detection tools-including HortSentry and HostSentry from the Abacus Project
• Sniffers and electronic monitors-including the Ksniff sniffer for K Desktop Environment and COLD
• Network management tools-including Cistron RADIUS server and Linux Virtual Server toolkit
• Scanners and host assessment tools-including SATAN and the saint network security scanner
• Firewall tools-including EDGE Router Project tools and Mason
• Encryption tools-including Linux FreeS/WAN Project.
12/1999
Policiers
Goebius' Strange Model
A company elaborates in great secrecy a project, vital to its very survival. As the project develops, it leads the protagonists far beyond the originally envisioned simple business strategy, and brings them close to the forefront of the physical laws governing the behavior of the universe. Two intrigues intertwine... will they meet ? Or do they form the single-sided face of a Möbius strip ? "This novel is as unexpected as a UFO, and refreshing..." Cédric Villani, Fields Medal 2010. "This book is fascinating, I read it all at once..." Etienne Ghys, Perpetual Secretary of the French Academy of Sciences.
01/2020
Livres 3 ans et +
Mon amie Agnès
Katherena se sent un peu perdue après avoir quitté le bord de la mer pour la nouvelle maison qu'elle partage avec sa mère. Mais elle rencontre bientôt une voisine âgée qui partage son amour pour l'art et la nature.
09/2020
Comics Super-héros
Damnation Tome 1 : Doctor Strange
Las Vegas a été dévastée durant l'épopée Secret Empire et le Docteur Strange a décidé de lui redonner sa splendeur d'antan. Une intention louable, en soi, mais qui engendre des dommages collatéraux : Méphisto a ouvert un casino dans la ville et n'a pas l'intention de quitter les lieux. L'ambition du Sorcier Suprême était-elle démesurée ? Pourra-t-il, même s'il a le soutien des Midnight Sons, se débarrasser du seigneur des enfers ? Réponses dans cette mini-série écrite par Donny Cates (Cosmic Ghost Rider) et Nick Spencer (TheAmozing Spider-Man), illustrée par Rod Reis (Winter Soldier) et Szymon Kudranski (The Punisher). Une aventure de Ghost Rider complète le programme.
04/2019
Littérature française
Les inventeurs. Essai
What do Christopher Columbus, Reneke, Zénobe Gramme and Louis Pasteur have in common ? They were all inventors. Well fine, but who invented the crab's claw, the suction cups and the flight of squids or the proboscis of blood sucking insects ? Is invention intellectual fantasy, an industrial tool or a fundamental biological reaction ? How is this riddle to be solved ? Should we go through the list of inventions or inventors ? Is it a question of circumstances or motivations ? Who is in charge ? The Material or the Spirit ? In order to try to find a way of answering these questions, first a few very different inventors and their inventions will be presented. A few paradoxes emerge from this first part. Then we will devote an entire chapter to an exceptional inventor whose extraordinary work revolutionized how we now approach this topic. Finally, what can be said about all the inventions like the wings of birds or butterflies, the eyes of fish or insects, the leaves of trees or the social organization of beehives ? In these cases, man is not the inventor. There are countless marvels like these in the world around us. Can we explain them ? This will be the subject of the third part of this essay.
02/2017
Histoire internationale
One Artist on Five Continents
Elisabet Delbrück (1876-1967) was one of a number of Germans who came to New Zealand in the late 1930s. Unlike most, she had not intended to emigrate but was touring the country when World War II broke out. She was at first forbidden to leave and then chose to remain in Wellington. Her thirty years in Mahina Bay on Wellington harbour had a profound effect on all who knew her. This study aims to discover why she was so remarkable. It explores her early life, her marriage into a prominent German family and her qualification as an artist. She turned this into a profession, teaching and exhibiting on five continents in the 1920s and 1930s. She always travelled alone, observing the customs and beliefs of the people she met. In Australia and New Zealand in 1938 and 1939 she was wrongly suspected of spreading Nazi propaganda. Her story is also the story of a heroic group of Wellingtonians who helped her in the 1940s and valued her friendship till her death.
12/2011
Terreur
Ghosts Tome 1 : La sélection
Et s'il existait une entité supérieure à nous ? Une entité supérieure à l'Homme, un être qui réfléchit et agit mieux qu'un simple humain ne le ferait. Dans cet univers dans lequel vous allez plonger, ces entités existent bel et bien. Il s'agit du peuple de L'Agence. Suivez ici les aventures du jeune Ayden dont le rêve absolu est d'intégrer cette société. Pour cela, il devra passer par une rude épreuve appelée la sélection. Au cours de celle-ci, rien ne se passera comme prévu, car c'est à ce moment que sa vie basculera. Que se passera-t-il ? Ayden arrivera-t-il à ses fins ? Trouvez des réponses et bien plus au fil des pages.
10/2021
BD tout public
I am GooGol - The Great Invasion
Their arrival was heralded as a new beginning for the human race. Humans were no longer alone in the cosmos. Instead, they were suddenly thrust into an arena much larger than they were ready to deal with. In an age of technological advancement, Toughware and the wiki implants were the culmination of the first successful blending of human and alien technology. Suddenly, anyone with a wiki implant could ride the data streams. Hackers became celebrities as the neural landscape became the world's playground. And for a special few, a startling side effect was discovered. Fearing the worst, the Lambda Initiative was created to police wiki infractions and to protect the fabled Lambda Time Travel Restrictions. Anyone, human or alien, attempting to bypass the Lambda Protocols was subject to prosecution under this new law. To enforce this law, the G-Men were created. Culled from specialists with military and law enforcement experience, the G-Men sought out Lambda Protocol violators with swift and violent response. With wiki crimes on the rise and a growing anti-alien movement gaining strength, something had to be done. The government needed a solution, but they weren't sure what to do. And then they discovered a teenage girl living in Brazil with a special affinity for traversing and moulding the data stream. They had discovered the first Googol. And the world was about to change.
12/2010
Science-fiction, heroic fantas
Lili Ghost Tome 1 : Le Miroir aux mille visages
Jérémie déménage chaque année avec ses parents qui restaurent de vieux hôtels. Cette année, il cohabite bien malgré lui avec Lili, une petite fille fantôme pleine de vie qui va l'entraîner de l'autre côté du miroir... C'est un endroit froid et plein de spectres. Mais bon, si on reste sur le chemin, on ne risque rien... de trop grave.
05/2023
Comics Super-héros
Ghost Rider Tome 2 : L'exorcisme de Johnny Blaze
Vous pensiez qu'il n'y avait que Johnny Blaze qui souffrait de tout ce qu'il a pu faire endurer à certains de ceux qui ont croisé sa route ? Eh bien vous vous trompiez ! C'est aussi le cas de Logan ! Suite aux évènements du premier tome, Wolverine et Ghost Rider se retrouvent réunis, mais dans la guerre qui s'annonce, seront-ils alliés ou ennemis ? Egalement dans cet album : Ghost Rider, agent du F. B. I. ? ! Benjamin Percy, qu'on a vu récemment du côté des séries X-Men (et de Wolverine en particulier) continue de s'intéresser à Johnny Blaze, en parallèle des aventures de Robbie Reyes dans MARVEL COMICS. C'est en toute logique qu'il signe la rencontre entre l'Esprit de la Vengeance et le mutant griffu !
07/2023
12 ans et +
The Priest : The Priest annoys the King
Après son mariage avec Sasha, le roi Ragô était censé être heureux. Pourtant, depuis que ses sentiments ont réellement atteint son bien-aimé, la souffrance et le tourment l'envahissent. Il veut que Sasha soit à ses côtés à chaque seconde, et que personne d'autre ne pose les yeux sur lui. Ainsi, Ragô se retrouve prisonnier de la souffrance d'avoir enfin obtenu celui qu'il désirait. Au même moment, lui et Sasha n'ont d'autre choix que d'accepter l'invitation qu'ils ont reçue de Saiha, le pays voisin. Ragô va-t-il se mettre en colère au banquet organisé par le roi de Saiha, que la beauté de Sasha a rendu complètement fou... ? Voici le nouveau roman d'amour fantastique de la série du roi et du prêtre !
10/2014
Policiers
The City & the City
Deux villes, un seul territoire… Beszèl et Ul Qoma se partagent un labyrinthe de rues enchevêtrées, s'ignorant mutuellement. Le passage de l'une à l'autre, un simple regard même, implique l'intervention d'une milice transnationale et omnipotente. Côté Besz, l'assassinat d'une jeune étudiante en archéologie va mettre le feu aux poudres… En charge d'une enquête délicate, entre secrets d'histoire et brouillard juridictionnel, l'inspecteur Borlù avance en terrain miné… Ce roman a reçu cinq prix en Grande-Bretagne et aux États-Unis. Il a été cité dans la liste des meilleurs livres de l'année par le Los Angeles Times, le Seattle Times et Publishers' Weekly.
03/2013
Monographies
Hilma af Klint. The Five Notebook 1
In 1896, Hilma af Klint and four other like-minded women artists left the Edelweiss Society and founded the "Friday Group", also known as "The Five". They met every Friday for spiritual meetings, including prayers, studies of the New Testament, meditation and séances. The medium exercised automatic writing and mediumistic drawing. Eventually they established contact with spiritual beings whom they called "The High Ones". In 1896, the five women began taking meticulous notes of the mediumistic messages conveyed by the spirits. In time, Hilma af Klint felt she had been selected for more important messages. After ten years of esoteric training with "The Five", aged 43, Hilma af Klint accepted a major assignment, the execution of The Paintings for the Temple. This commission, which engaged the artist from 1906 to 1915, changed the course of her life. In 1908, Rudolf Steiner, leader of the German Theosophical Society, held several lectures in Stockholm. He also visited af Klint's studio and saw some of the early Paintings for the Temple. In 1913, Steiner founded the Anthroposophical Society, which af Klint joined in 1920 and remained a member for the rest of her life.
01/2022
Anglais apprentissage
A Christmas carol
An unkind, mean, lonely old man gets a surprise when he reaches the front door of his home on the night before Christmas. As he looks at the door knocker, lit turns into a face - the face of a friend who pas been dead for many years ! This is just the beginning of a long night in which Ebenezer Scrooge talks to pis dead friend, and meets three other ghosts. The first two show him Christmas in the post and the present. The third lets him see what might happen in the future. Find out what Scrooge saw, and whether or not lit made him change his ways.
09/1997
Non classé
Ruling Class Men
What is it like to be a master of the universe ? The authors have researched the desires and fears of the world's most powerful men. The Murdochs, Packers, Kennedys, Agnellis and other men like them, directly determine the fates of thousands and influence the future of the world like no other people. Described as ‘sacred monsters' by one of their own, they are carefully created to be what they are and to enjoy shaping the world in their own likeness. To learn about these often reclusive men, the authors extended the life-history technique to interrogate autobiographies, diaries and biographies and have created a composite picture, a collective portrait, of tycoons over three generations. The book carefully explores the childhoods, schooling, work and play, sexual activities, marriages and deaths of the wealthiest men who have ever lived. It exposes the nature of ruling-class masculinity itself.
02/2007
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
Thinking about Physics
Physical scientists are problem solvers. They are comfortable "doing" science: they find problems, solve them, and explain their solutions. Roger Newton believes that his fellow physicists might be too comfortable with their roles as solvers of problems. He argues that physicists should spend more time thinking about physics. If they did, he believes, they would become even more skilled at solving problems and "doing" science. As Newton points out in this thought-provoking book, problem solving is always influenced by the theoretical assumptions of the problem solver. Too often, though, he believes, physicists haven't subjected their assumptions to thorough scrutiny. Newton's goal is to provide a framework within which the fundamental theories of modem physics can be explored, interpreted, and understood.
"Surely physics is more than a collection of experimental results, assembled to satisfy the curiosity of appreciative experts," Newton writes. Physics, according to Newton, has moved beyond the describing and naming of curious phenomena, which is the goal of some other branches of science. Physicists have spent a great part of the twentieth century searching for explanations of experimental findings. Newton agrees that experimental facts are vital to the study of physics, but only because they lead to the development of a theory that can explain them. Facts, he argues, should undergird theory.
Newton's explanatory sweep is both broad and deep. He covers such topics as quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, field theory, thermodynamics, the role of mathematics in physics, and the concepts of probability and causality. For Newton the fundamental entity in quantum theory is the field, from which physicists can explain the particle-like and wave-like properties that are observed in experiments. He grounds his explanations in the quantum field.
Although this is not designed as a standalone textbook, it is essential reading for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, professors, and researchers. This is a clear, concise, up-to-date book about the concepts and theories that underlie the study of contemporary physics. Readers will find that they will become better-informed physicists and, therefore, better thinkers and problem solvers, too.
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