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Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Less than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the earth was the centre of a universe that was at most a few million miles in extent, and that the planets, sun, and stars all rotated around this centre. Less than 250 years ago, they believed that the universe was created essentially in its present state about 6000 years ago. Less than 150 years ago, the special creation by God of…
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Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: A new addition to the Masterclass series providing preparation for the revised Cambridge Business English Certificate (BEC) Vantage examination. BEC Vantage is ideal for pre-service and in-service learners. The course has a practical approach and is suitable for classroom use or self-study.
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Who is a typo pirate? Are they related to fat clients? And what is shovelware? The rapid rise of the Internet has changed our language. This dictionary allows you to keep up with those changes by concentrating in-depth on Internet terminology. Featuring over 3,600 jargon-free entries, from the thousands of new abbreviations, technical terms, and user-jargon to terms associated with e commerce,…
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Скачать книгу (размер 687 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 136) Аннотация: Astronomy, perhaps the first of the sciences, was already well developed by the time of Christ. Seventeen centuries later, after Newton showed that the movements of the planets could be explained in terms of gravitation, it became the paradigm for the mathematical sciences. In the nineteenth century the analysis of star-light allowed astrophysicists to determine both the chemical composition and…
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Скачать книгу (размер 687 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 136) Аннотация: John Locke (1632-1704) one of the greatest English philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, argued in his masterpiece, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, that our knowledge is founded in experience and reaches us principally through our senses; but its message has been curiously misunderstood. In this book John Dunn shows how Locke arrived at his theory of…
Скачать книгу (размер 687 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 136) Аннотация: Atheism is often considered to be a negative, dark, and pessimistic belief which is characterized by a rejection of values and purpose and a fierce opposition to religion. Atheism: A Very Short Introduction sets out to dispel the myths that surround atheism and show how a life without religious belief can be positive, meaningful, and moral. It also confronts the failure of officially atheist…