Universe of Stone
by Philip BallChartres Cathedral, south of Paris, is revered as one of the most beautiful and profound works of art in the Western canon.
But what did it mean to those who constructed it in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries? And why, during this time, did Europeans.
- First published
- 2008
- Publishers
- HarperCollins Publishers
About Philip Ball
Philip Ball (born 1962) is an English science writer. He holds a degree in chemistry from Oxford and a doctorate in physics from Bristol University. He was an editor for the journal Nature for over 10 years. He now writes a regular column in Chemistry World. Ball's most-popular book is the 2004 Critical Mass: How One Things Leads to Another, winner of the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. It examines a wide range of topics including the business cycle, random walks, phase transitions, bifurcation theory, traffic flow, Zipf's law, Small world phenomenon, catastrophe theory, the Prisoner's dilemma. The overall theme is one of applying modern mathematical models to social and economic phenomena....
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How Navies Win Wars
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Sacred Landscapes and Cultural Politics
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Sacred Landscapes and Cultural Politics
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Membrane Protein Bioinformatics
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The Galactic Battle Base
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In the Nation's Service
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Faith and Fortunes of France's Huguenots, 1600¿85
Philip Benedict
This title was first published in 2001.
Economics of Commercial Property Markets
Michael Ball
This new text provides a rigorous analysis of real estate markets.
Introduction to Geophysical Exploration
Philip Kearey
Sacred Landscapes and Cultural Politics
Philip P. Arnold
World Civilizations : Volume II
Philip J. Adler
Down the Wild Cape Fear
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Philip's Compact Britain Road Atlas : (Flexi A5)
Philip's Maps
Bunnies in a Boat
Philip Ardagh
Sojourn in Nineveh
Sharon Ball Peirce
Debaptiste Funeral Journal
Rosina Ball
Clare Boothe Luce
Philip Nash
Rewire Your Anxious Brain
Philip Dare
Great Astronomers
Robert Stawell Ball
Making of the Modern Philippines
Philip Bowring
Poets of Tin Pan Alley
Philip Furia
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Philip Furia
HAZOP Leader's Handbook
Philip K. Eames
Handbook of Artificial Intelligence in Drug Delivery
Anil K. Philip
Forty On 70
Philip Bliss
Kruger Self-Drive - Second Edition
Philip and Ingrid van den Berg
Jumping into the Darkness
Kurt Philip Behm
Pathways in the Nineteenth-Century British Textile Industry
Philip A. Sykas
Ballad of Yachiyo
Philip Kan Gotanda
Managing the Media in the India-Burma War
Philip Woods
Journeys
Philip Chambers
My Love with Poesy
Philip Isukapati
Memories of a Life and Other Thoughts
Morgan, Philip
Economics and Human Behaviour
Philip Sargant Florence
Dragon Ball Z Coloring Book
Dragon Ball Z. Coloring Book
Cómo Dejar De Ser Empleado Para Siempre
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Healthcare and Economic Restructuring
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Relative Contractor Risks
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