S Muller
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Language
English
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This book, which was first published in 1952, is a collection of letters written to describe jungle journeys while pioneering among a hitherto unreached Indian tribe in the jungles of South America.
The letters were written by the author, Sophie Muller, a missionary for the New Tribes Mission headquartered in Wisconsin, who labored tirelessly among primitive Indian tribes in the interior jungles of Columbia in South America during the early to mid-1900's.
Beyond...
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Language
English
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Description
This book explores the fascinating and intimate relationship between music and physics. Over millennia, the playing of, and listening to music have stimulated creativity and curiosity in people all around the globe. Beginning with the basics, the authors first address the tonal systems of European-type music, comparing them with those of other, distant cultures. They analyze the physical principles of common musical instruments with emphasis on sound...
Publisher
Wiley-VCH
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
With this handbook the distinguished team of editors has combined the expertise of leading nanomaterials scientists to provide the latest overview of this field. The authors cover the whole spectrum of nanomaterials, ranging from theory, synthesis, properties, characterization to application, including such new developments as: quantum dots, nanoparticles, nanoporous materials, as well as nanowires, nanotubes and nanostructural polymers nanocatalysis,...
Series
Special publication volume no. 99
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry, Information Services
Pub. Date
©1992
Language
English