M.a. Nichols

Un dizionario con oltre 400 brevi saggi per conoscere il Libro Santo dei musulmani; le voci sono curate dai più importanti islamologi di Francia, Italia, Belgio, Tunisia, Algeria, Israele e Iran. L'islam e la civiltà islamica sono presentati in una prospettiva storica e geografica e nel rapporto con le altre religioni. Un'opera scientifica destinata al grande pubblico pensata con l'ambizione di essere anche e soprattutto "civica".

This book describes mini-courses in a Mathematical “Circle,” i.e., an organization that discovers and nurtures young mathematical talents through meaningful extra-curricular activities. This is the third volume in a trilogy describing in particular the S.M.A.R.T. Circle project, which was founded in Edmonton, Canada in 1981. The acronym S.M.A.R.T. stands for Saturday Mathematical Activities, Recreations & Tutorials.

First released in 1998, the Coen brothers' The Big Lebowski flopped at the box office. But over the past nine years the movie has developed a massive and passionate cult following, led by the creation of Lebowski Fest, a traveling festival of all things Lebowski. Held in a bowling alley, it features bowling, costume and trivia contests, live music, a screening of the movie, White Russians, and what-haveyou.

This book presents the results of 20 years of atmospheric composition research studies carried out at the high-mountain (2,165 m a.s.l.) Observatory "O. Vittori" in Italy, part of the only global station in the Mediterranean region that belongs to the World Meteorological Organization’s Global Atmosphere Watch (WMO/GAW).