All this time
Extraits
Comics
All-New Uncanny Avengers Tome 3 : Rebondir
Les Uncanny Avengers doivent faire face aux conséquences de Civil War II en combattant un Hulk ressuscité par la Main ! Et en prime, une aventure de la Sorcière Rouge.
08/2018
Comics Super-héros
All-New X-Men Tome 2 : Déménagement
Bloqués dans le présent les jeunes X-Men des origines ongulés continuent de prendre leurs marques dans un futur qu'ils avaient imaginé différent. Tandis que Jean Grey utilise ses pouvoirs sans ménagement, bouleversant sa vie et celle de son équipe, un mutant quitte le groupe pour s'allier au Cyclope adulte et à sa faction révolutionnaire. Les X-Men font en outre face aux conséquences de La bataille de l'atome, et Kitty Pride s'interroge sur son rôle. Brian M. Bendis, accompagné d'artistes talentueux, poursuit sa relance de l'univers mutant.
02/2021
Romance sexy
All the things we lost Tome 1
Le retour de l'autrice de Hide out ! Suite au décès brutal de son mari, Emery, pâtissière de renom dont l'entreprise connaît des déboires, peine à se reconstruire. Elle qui croyait à l'amour véritable, celui avec un grand A, se retranche désormais derrière son chagrin et ne laisse aucun autre homme entrer dans sa vie. N'ayant connu que Julian, elle s'interdit toute relation avec la gent masculine. A l'inverse, Austin collectionne les aventures d'un soir et s'amuse autant qu'il le peut. Aucune attache, et une femme différente à chaque fois. Sa devise : profiter de la vie sans jamais penser aux conséquences. Mais lorsque ces deux êtres que tout oppose se rencontrent, chacun fait vaciller les convictions de l'autre et Austin met au défi Emery de lui laisser deux semaines afin de lui faire lâcher prise. Quatorze jours pour lui prouver que les émotions sont surfaites, quatorze jours pour qu'elle prenne conscience que sa manière de vivre nuit à son épanouissement. Quand passé et présent s'entremêlent, quand la barrière entre distraction et réalité s'effrite, se délite, ne risquent-ils pas de se prendre à leur propre jeu ? Austin saura-t-il percer l'armure qu'Emery s'est forgée ?
05/2022
Shonen/garçon
My hero academia Tome 3 : All might
Confronté au test d'aptitudes d'Eraserhead, Deku échappe de justesse au renvoi en réussissant à concentrer le One for All dans un seul doigt au moment crucial ! Dernier du classement avec une seule performance surhumaine à son actif, il compte bien tout donner pour remonter la pente. Et justement, il va avoir l'occasion de faire ses preuves, puisque sa formation au métier de super-héros commence enfin... Mais l'entraînement au sauvetage tourne court lorsqu'une horde de vilains s'introduit dans le SCA afin de tuer le symbole de la paix ! Disséminés dans toute la zone, les seconde A parviennent à tenir tête à l'ennemi jusqu'à l'arrivée d'All Might... Hélas, il ne lui reste plus que quelques minutes pour vaincre Brainless avant de perdre sa forme héroïque !
06/2016
Yaoi/homosexualité masculine
His Favorite Tome 13
Retrouvez la suite de His Favorite
06/2023
Manga
His favorite Tome 4
Yoshida continue de mener sa drôle de vie lycéenne entre la jalousie mesquine des filles et le plaisir sadique que prend son petit ami à la tourmenter. Mais un jour, au détour d'une conversation sur la cicatrice qu'il s'est faite en prenant la défense de Satô, ce dernier replonge dans son passé. Obèse et persécuté par ses petits camarades de classe, Satô fut alors envoyé en Angleterre dans un endroit qui forgea son futur caractère : un centre d'amaigrissement aux méthodes des plus troublantes...
02/2013
Mathématiques
Statistical and Data Handling Skills in Biology
All biologists need to be able to handle numbers, yet students of biology often approach this topic fearfully. This guide helps to, develop key skills for the study of biology in the minimum time through guided practise.
Statistical and Data Handling Skills in Biology is an easy-to-use handbook which concentrates on essentials. It explains why certain mathematical concepts can help in biology and describes them in simple language and pictures with few equations. Numerous worked examples and problems from real biological situations are provided. The book first shows how to handle numbers and S.I. units. It then explains why variation is such a problem in biology and shows how to use statistical tests to separate real effects from the background variation. Finally it explains how to choose appropriate statistical tests to, analyse data and how to improve the design of experiments. Students will develop confidence in dealing with numbers by working through the problems provided.
Key features include:
- takes a biological viewpoint;
- clear, concise coverage of essential concepts;
- helpful explanations and pictures with a minimum of equations;
- step-by-step guides to statistical tests;
- guidance on using computer-based statistical packages;
- decision charts for choosing statistical tests;
- worked examples and problems, with solutions provided.
This book makes an ideal companion for biologists at all levels, as a text for elementary courses for sixth form and first year undergraduate students, a self-study guide, or as a laboratory handbook for the working biologist.
01/2000
Sciences de la terre et de la
Dinosaur imagery. The Science of Lost Worlds and Jurassic Art, The Lanzendorf Collection
"Paleo-art resides in many of the world's great Natural History Museums, but the most notable collection characterizing the present state of dinosaur art is that of John Lanzendorf. It would be impossible to collect all of the dinosaur artwork being produced today; if it could be done, John would be the one to do it. Highly respected by the artists he supports and the scientists he associates with, John has built an awe-inspiring collection that is representative of the genre and is the envy of many museums. As we move into a new millennium, his collection is the most appropriate source for documenting the marriage of the creative talents of artists and scientists."
The art of natural history is both compelling and emotive, often emblematic of society's view of our world. This same art also reflects the messages that scientists hope to send to a general audience as a part of their effort to influence how the public view and supports science. Art is both the medium and the message.
Dinosaur Imagery is a luxurious testimonial to the public fascination with dinosaurs, enriched by imagery that eloquently illustrates current scientific theories about dinosaur behavior, physiology, locomotion, and reproduction. The evidence for many of these hypotheses of dinosaur life is very good, and thus, the art of dinosaur depiction is rooted in scientific inquiry. The paintings and sculptures that illustrate dinosaur science are powerful, and museums and collectors vie for this art, paying top dollar to acquire it and display it. Dinosaur Imagery is a stunning fusion of superlative scientific inquiry and unparalleled artistic imagination. Regardless of back-ground, no person interested in dinosaurs should be without a copy of this book.
05/2000
Photographes
Deux voyages. Stéphane Lovighi-Bourgogne & Stéphane Ménétrier
Stéphane Lovighi-Bourgogne et Stéphane Ménétrier se sont rencontrés en 1996, à Barjols, dans l'arrière-pays varois. Stéphane Ménétrier qui avait promené ses objectifs par-delà les frontières fut tout de suite subjugué par les toiles, pleines de mondes, d'un jeune Lovighi. A cette époque, un premier recueil, tiré à compte d'auteur, mêlant les dessins de l'un et les photos de l'autre, voit le jour ; comme une trace nécessaire pour sceller cette amitié devenue inévitable. Quelques années après, Stéphane Lovighi-Bourgogne installe son atelier à Cotignac, et commence, dès lors, ces rendez-vous plus réguliers entre ces deux Stéphane, où quand l'un, photographie, l'autre, dessine sa peinture. Deux regards croisés - l'un sur l'autre - pour deux voyages créatifs mais qui, au fond, racontent une seule et même aventure : celle d'une mâle tendresse, toute contenue, entre ces deux écorchés qui se sont bien trouvés. Stéphane Lovighi-Bourgogne and Stéphane Ménétrier met in 1996 in Barjols, in the Var countryside. Stéphane Ménétrier, who had travelled far and wide with his camera, was immediately captivated by the paintings, filled with different worlds, of a young Lovighi. It was at this time that a first self-published collection combining the drawings of one and the photographs of the other was created, like a necessary trace sealing a friendship that had become inevitable. A few years later, Stéphane Lovighi-Bourgogne set up his studio in Cotignac and from then on, more regular meetings between the two Stéphanes began, where one photographed and the other drew his paintings. Two perspectives - one on the other - for two creative journeys, but which, in the end, tell one and the same adventure : that of a masculine tenderness, all reined in, between these two hypersensitive souls who have chosen each other.
12/2023
Non classé
The Central Women Figures in Carl Zuckmayer's Dramas
For the first time this work traces the evolution of Carl Zuckmayer's major women characters from early spontaneous figures to increasingly complex and emancipated personalities. A close analysis of these women defines their importance as exponents of key concepts in Zuckmayer's world view expressed in his essays, autobiographies, and fiction.
12/1978
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
Mathématiques
Graph Theory. Second Edition
This book is a concise, yet carefully written, introduction to modern graph theory, covering all its major recent developments. It can be used both as a reliable textbook for an introductory course and as a graduate text : on each topic it covers all the basic material in full detail, and adds one or two deeper results (again with detailed proofs) to illustrate the more advanced methods of that field. This second edition extends the first in two ways. It offers a thoroughly revised and updated chapter on graph minors, which now includes full new proofs of two of the central Robertson-Seymour theorems (as well as a detailed sketch of the entire proof of their celebrated Graph Minor Theorem). Second, there is now a section of hints for all the exercises, to enhance their value for both individual study and classroom use.
01/2000
Suspense
All Eyes on Her
Ce jour-là, un garçon et une fille sont partis faire une randonnée. Elle, elle portait un panier de pique-nique, et lui, des baskets jaune vif. Seule la fille en est revenue. Tout le monde a un avis sur ce qui s'est passé. La soeur de Tabby. Sa meilleure amie. Son ex. Tout le monde croit connaître les filles mieux qu'elles se connaissent elles-mêmes. Certains soupçonnent Tabby d'avoir poussé Mark du haut de la falaise. Après tout, c'est une fille perturbée et jalouse. D'autres croient à une simple chute accidentelle, car Tabby n'aurait jamais fait de mal à Mark... mais peut-on en dire autant de lui ? Alors à votre avis... que s'est-il vraiment passé ce jour-là sur la falaise ?
01/2023
Télévision, radio
Exterminate all the brutes
L'histoire a toujours été écrite par les vainqueurs. Il est temps de changer de point de vue. Dans ce récit à l'ambition peu commune, Raoul Peck adopte radicalement la position des peuples conquis, vendus, déportés, tués au long des six cents années d'entreprises coloniales européennes. Il déconstruit l'histoire officielle pour tisser un texte robuste autour de l'extermination des Indiens d'Amérique, de l'esclavage des peuples d'Afrique, des colonisations et de la Shoah. Sous le patronage de Joseph Conrad et en compagnie de Sven Lindqvist, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz et Michel-Rolph Trouillot, il remonte aux origines du racisme, à l'invention du "Blanc" et autres fictions qui conditionnent encore notre présent. "Peut-être l'oeuvre documentaire la plus politiquement radicale et intellectuellement la plus stimulante jamais produite pour la télévision". Time (au sujet de la série Exterminate All the Brutes).
01/2022
Suspense
All Eyes on Her
Ce jour-là, un garçon et une fille sont partis faire une randonnée. Elle, elle portait un panier de pique-nique, et lui, des baskets jaune vif. Seule la fille en est revenue. Tout le monde a un avis sur ce qui s'est passé. La soeur de Tabby. Sa meilleure amie. Son ex. Tout le monde croit connaître les filles mieux qu'elles se connaissent elles-mêmes. Certains soupçonnent Tabby d'avoir poussé Mark du haut de la falaise. Après tout, c'est une fille perturbée et jalouse. D'autres croient à une simple chute accidentelle, car Tabby n'aurait jamais fait de mal à Mark... mais peut-on en dire autant de lui ? Alors à votre avis... que s'est-il vraiment passé ce jour-là sur la falaise ?
01/2022
12 ans et +
Once and for all
A en croire le poète, "il vaut mieux avoir connu l'amour, quitte à le perdre, que n'avoir jamais aimé du tout..." Louna, dix-sept ans, est loin, bien loin, d'en être si sûre - et quand on connaît son histoire personnelle, difficile de le lui reprocher. Ironie du sort, elle qui a appris à la dure que les happy ends, ça n'existe pas, passe son dernier été avant la fac à jouer... les assistantes wedding planners aux côtés de sa mère ! Le meilleur comme le pire l'attendent, de mariages désarmants d'émotion en désastres organisationnels, de témoins qui font leur diva en belles-mères obsédées du détail. Jour après jour, Louna va devoir se confronter au cynisme de sa mère et aux pitreries de ses collègues d'un été, mais surtout au souvenir obsédant d'une nuit parfaite, un an plus tôt à peine, qui la ronge comme l'acide un peu plus chaque jour... A l'autre bout du tunnel, il lui faudra sortir indemne - et peut-être même victorieuse, qui sait - des obstacles grands et petits que le destin a placés devant elle.
03/2018
Comics Super-héros
Superman for all seasons
Smalville, Kansas. Le jeune Clark, élevé par Jonathan et Martha Kent, ses parents adoptifs, découvre en grandissant qu'il possède des capacités hors du commun. Après avoir sauvé un habitant d'une tornade, il découvre qu'il vole, qu'il dispose d'une force surhumaine, et de sens extrêmement développés. Le temps passe, Clark finit de prendre son envol, pour Metropolis et une future carrière de journaliste, loin de se douter que pour lui, l'histoire ne fait que commencer...
02/2023
Roman d'amour, roman sentiment
Most of all you
Seul l'amour a le pouvoir de réparer un coeur qui a volé en éclats. La vie n'a pas épargné Ellie. Elle a perdu sa mère très t et a été élevée par un père qui n'a jamais voulu d'elle. Son enfance a été cauchemardesque. Maintenant adulte, Ellie est devenue Crystal, stripteaseuse dans un club minable. Cela lui permet d'assurer difficilement son indépendance financière mais elle n'a pas vraiment le choix. Lorsqu'elle découvre un homme, qui l'observe au fond de la salle du club, elle croit avoir affaire à ceux qu'elle rencontre régulièrement pour une danse très privée, mais Gabriel n'est pas là pour ça et son enfance a, elle aussi, été fracassée par une terrible histoire. Victime d'un enlèvement alors qu'il était encore un petit garçon, il a passé plusieurs années, prisonnier de son kidnappeur. Quand il aperçoit Crystal, belle et fragile, il est sous le charme et lui demande si elle peut l'aider à apprivoiser la peur des autres et de leur contact, une des conséquences de son enlèvement. Crystal ne croit pas un instant qu'elle peut être celle dont Gabriel a besoin. Mais peut-être se trompe-t-elle ; et surtout, il pourrait se révéler celui qui peut l'aider, elle et lui offrir une seconde chance dans sa vie.
02/2024
Comics divers
Tank Girl : All Stars
Comme beaucoup de mères, Maria aurait aimé avoir plus de nouvelles de ses cinq enfants de son vivant. Mais aujourd'hui, la voilà de nouveau au centre de toute leur attention. Ils sont tous réunis, autour de son cercueil. Les souvenirs remontent à la surface, les secrets aussi. Des secrets que Maria aurait préféré emporter dans sa tombe.
06/2021
Monographies
Titian : Sources and Documents
Hugely ambitious, Titian : Sources and Documents includes all known documents about Titian and his work dating from his lifetime, and all known references to him in contemporary publications. The relevant section of each text is transcribed in full, preceded by a short summary in English, with extensive annotation and, where necessary, a commentary. The intention of this incredible work of scholarship is to provide a comprehensive survey of the surviving historical evidence about Titian and his career. Titian was one of the most famous, successful and long-lived of Renaissance painters. Much of his output was for rulers or institutions whose archives have been in large part preserved, and many of his family papers have also survived. In addition, he was mentioned in more than a hundred and sixty different publications in his lifetime. Although hundreds of the documents about him and his work have been published, usually in specialised publications based on material in a single archive, there have only been two attempts to provide an overview of the entire body of documents and early published references to him, the first by Crowe and Cavalcaselle in 1877, the second by Adolfo Venturi in 1928. These publications were necessarily selective and included transcriptions of only a small part of the material which was used. The collection, amounting to over two thousand nine hundred items, includes not only texts specifically about Titian himself, but also those concerning his siblings and children, his principal assistants and the other members of the Vecellio family already active as painters before his death, as well as inscriptions on paintings and prints. In addition to texts dating from Titian's lifetime, the collection includes all biographical material published before 1700 and all other texts that could realistically be thought to reflect first- or second-hand anecdotal information about him. The particular strengths and limitations of the principal early printed sources and the circumstances in which they were produced are discussed in a substantial introduction, which also includes an overview of the main archival collections consulted in the preparation of the book. Most of these are in Italy, but others are in Spain, Austria and Germany. New transcriptions are provided for the great majority of the documents that have previously been published, and many hitherto unknown documents have been included. Consideration is given also to documents now known only via secondary sources, and to fake documents, of which a significant number were produced in the past two centuries.
04/2023
Littérature française
This Crazy World [EDITION EN GROS CARACTERES
De la plage a? l'e?cole, Aurore Valade a tente? de saisir cette " espe?ce d'e?nergie qui jaillit de l'ennui et de la rêverie " dont parlait Baudelaire. A travers plusieurs séries photographiques, elle s'est alors intéresséàla notion de " jeunesse " comme force vitale débordante et a rencontre? des adolescents qu'elle a interroge?s sur leur vie personnelle. Avec leur complicité, elle a construit des sce?narii les conduisant a? (re)jouer des sce?nes inspire?es de leur quotidien. Aurore Valade remet en sce?ne certaines de ces situations, amplifie l'aspect souvent artificiel et anecdotique des histoires qui deviennent ainsi des images quasiment fictionnelles, re?ve?latrices des attitudes provocatrices propres a? cette jeunesse qui brise les codes et les conventions pour chercher a? s'affirmer. Quand on s'ennuyait est composédes séries suivantes : " Le temps de l'été" série réalisée au cours d'une résidence d'artiste au musée d'art moderne de Collioure en 2006 ; " Plein air " série réalisée dans le cadre du festival Les Photaumnales de Beauvais en 2008 ; " On s'ennuyait " série produite au cours d'une re?sidence d'artiste en milieu scolaire en partenariat avec le Centre d'art de l'Yonne en 2010 ; " Mises en scènes " est un project participatif et pédagogique réaliséen collaboration avec les élèves du lycée HonoréDaumier àMarseille en partenariat avec le FRAC PACA en 2014.
11/2017
Généralités médicales
How I stopped snoring.. Exercises to treat snoring and sleep apnea
We don't talk about it and avoid the tension generating subject. Snoring makes us laugh or even cry. We very much want to get rid of it. There are ways to fight it. You will find an inventory of them herein, complete with advice on how to improve them, but that's not all ! This book sets forth a natural and original manner of curing snoring and sleep apnea. It's an actively engaging method as opposed to others which confine the snorer to a passive role (drugs, surgery, etc.), proposing exercises by which the snorer strengthens and activates his oral cavity and refines its sensations. Validated by numerous doctors, physical therapists and practitioners of alternative medicine, this book can be read on different levels : by those who are just discovering their snoring problem as well as by those who are well aware of it but haven't yet found a satisfactory solution.
08/2016
Anglais apprentissage
Encountering the Chinese. A Guide for Americans, Second Edition
To fathom the complex culture of China is a daunting task, but Hu Wenzhong and Cornelius Grove, in this substantially revised and updated edition of their popular book, have risen to the challenge. They provide a practical and sensitive cross-cultural analysis of Chinese culture along with insights into how best to communicate and interact with Chinese people. As the economic and diplomatie climate in China has changed, the frequency of contact between Chinese and Americans has increased in all areas : business, academic, scientific, professional, personal and cultural, making this book even more valuable. Relying on Hu's knowledge of his native Chinese culture and Grove's American perspective from his substantial experience in China, Encountering the Chinese will enable Westerners to establish more productive and rewarding relationships with the Chinese, both inside and outside the PRC. As in the first edition, the authors retain fondamental information on basic Chinese values, cultural norms, and mindsets and identify the cross-cultural factors that often lead to failed business negotiations, embarrassing faux pas and misunderstandings when Americans and other Westerners encounter the Chinese. In this second edition they have added a discussion of economic changes and the gradual demise of state-owned companies, and they give special attention to the shift among young urban professionals and businesspeople from traditional collectivist values toward individualism and a market economy mentality. There is also a new section for American women working in China.
01/1999
Suspense romantique
Domhan Thios Tome 1 : Pardonne-moi
Pour Lia, livrée à elle-même depuis ses dix-huit ans, il n'y a qu'une seule chose qui compte. La vérité ! Découvrir qui est le commanditaire de l'assassinat de toute sa famille est devenu indispensable. Et pour ça, elle est prête à tout ou presque... Quand les sentiments se mêlent aux secrets, aux mensonges et aux multiples dangers que représentent les Domhan Thios, tout est remis en question. Le pardon est-il possible quand on vit dans la violence depuis la naissance ? Il y a toujours un prix à payer pour atteindre la résilience. Mais lequel ?
02/2024
Histoire internationale
Moroccan yearbook of strategy and international relations (2013)
This book tackles international relations in all its dimensions, political science and the multiple economic issues. AMSRI does so within a multidisciplinary spirit that features wide-ranging perspectives from policy specialists, academics, researchers, diplomats, to understand the domestic changes and the happenings on the international political scene. This platform grants priority to Moroccan and Arab world experts while associating researchers from the wider international community.
10/2013
Non classé
Style and Rhetoric in Bertrand Russels's Work
A thorough examination of Bertrand Russell's language is the object of this study. Since this is the first major analysis of his writing style, examples taken from a wide spectrum of his writings are examined. Structurally the investigation begins by treating individual vocabulary and then moves on to larger structural units, covering such areas as figurative language and description. The final chapter deals with his rhetoric, discussing his methods of persuasion and the logic of his arguments. This careful analysis of his writings is significant in that it sheds new light on interesting aspects of Russell's character.
12/1983
Instruments de musique
Suite Nr. 1. Für Blasorchester und Schlagzeug. Volume IX opus 7. wind band and percussion
Erich Schmid (1907 - 2000) was an orchestra conductor, choir director and university lecturer who promoted world premieres and radio broadcasts of contemporary music in Switzerland. He himself studied with Bernhard Sekles, among others, then with Arnold Schönberg and followed the aesthetics of the New Viennese School in his compositions. The historical-critical Erich Schmid Edition publishes for the first time all sixteen opus-numbered works as well as three additional piano works. Suite No. 1 is an interesting hybrid that conveys the most modern compositional structure in the genre of light music. Schmid composed it shortly after the end of his year as a master student of Schönberg in Berlin. Like his other works of the time, its unusual instrumentation already shows an effort to move on from classical "high forms" and compose in looser structures, with the free use of the twelve-tone technique providing inner coherence. "Dance", "Waltz", "March" are linked by two inserted "Intermezzi" and introduced by an "Introduction". Not all movements require full instrumentation and are designed for solo rather than group performance. Professional playing techniques such as flutter tonguing and alienating sound effects through damping and muting are used. Instrumentation : wind band and percussion op. 7
04/2023
Poésie
Arthur Rimbaud. "je suis ici dans les Gallas"
[This book is written in French. ] Alain Jouffroy présente une série de lettres et de textes écrits par Rimbaud au cours de son séjour à Chypre, au Yemen, en Arabie et en Afrique orientale. Rimbaud y a moins fui l'Europe que redessiné et incorporé l'existence d'un monde solaire, indépendant de toutes les frontières occidentales. Une quête du bonheur trop souvent inaccessible. Alain Jouffroy presents a series of letters and texts written by Rimbaud during his stays in Cyprus, Yemen, Arabia and East Africa. There Rimbaud did not so much escape Europe as recreate and incorporate the existence of a sunny world, independent of all Western borders. A search for happiness too often inaccessible.
02/1991
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
Anglais apprentissage
"On liberty" by John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), one of the most versatile thinkers of the nineteenth century, wrote on the newly emerging sciences of economics, politics and sociology. His Principles of Political Economy (1848) ran to many editions and is still read today, while his book on Utilitarianism (1863) is better known than the writings of Jeremy Bentham. On Liberty (1859) was written at a time when the Industrial Revolution, the rise of a sizeable middle class and its social influence, the growing democratisation of British politics raised questions about the place of individuals and the dangers of this new mass society. Mill placed much faith in this passionate and cogently argued plea for individual freedom, writing in his Autobiography : The liberty is likely to survive longer than anything else I have written... . The future was to prove him right, and his defence of freedom of thought and speech, of individuality and originality, later used to criticise the various instances totalitarianism in the twentieth century, is still relevant these days.
07/1997
