Sounding Bodies Robert A. RushingShows how nineteenth century discoveries in acoustical science shaped Victorian literary representations of gender, sexuality, and intimacy. Can the concert hall be as erotic as the bedroom? Many Victorian writers believed so. In the mid nineteenth century, acoustical scientists such as Hermann von Helmholtz and John Tyndall described music as a set of physical vibrations that tickled the ear, excited the nerves, and precipitated muscular convulsions.
irrigation and fertilizer application on rice production
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Dutt’s legacy as a groundbreaking writer remains firm in India and around the world
It shows how and why preaching became an indispensable tool for those who sought to resist the seismic changes in Church and state that England experienced between 1640 and 1662
The contributors to this volume draw on their familiarity with a wide range of global scientific traditions-from Australian Aboriginal ecology to West African medicine to Polynesian navigation science-to suggest possibilities for reconfiguring the relationship between science and politics to better manage global risks
updated guidance on computers
Biotechnology tools and applications are offering great opportunities for integrated pest management (IPM) programs in agriculture
2009 Nobel Laureate in economics
explores repetition in relation to intimacy
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This book is a guide for everyone who feels understandably perplexed
Actual dreams are examined
