Results for "Corsi, Pietro"

In many people's minds, biology was mired in confusion and superstition until Darwin came, and then there was light. But evolutionary ideas have a long history, and moreover to this day, in France, Lamarck is revered as Darwin's great predecessor, not as 'the man who got it wrong'. Evolution was a t... Read More about Evolution Before Darwin

Science and Religion assesses the impact of social, political and intellectual change upon Anglican circles, with reference to Oxford University in the decades that followed the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars. More particularly, the career of Baden Powell, father of the more famous founde... Read More about Science and Religion: Baden Powell and the Anglican Debate, 1800-1860

Science and Religion assesses the impact of social, political and intellectual change upon Anglican circles, with reference to Oxford University in the decades that followed the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars. More particularly, the career of Baden Powell, father of the more famous founde... Read More about Science and Religion: Baden Powell and the Anglican Debate, 1800 1860

New and old Mediterranean recipes for anything from appetizers to soups to spaghetti and other types of pastas, risotto, entrees and light easy desserts.... Read More about Wandering flavors - Sapori raminghi

This was first published in Italy in 1982 as La Giobba. It consists of two stories that become one novel by way of mysterious plots. The central character becomes a symbol of an existential situation that transcends classes and origins.... Read More about Winter in Montreal: A Novel (Picas series)

Beginning with dangerous thoughts from Neruda's memorias, and brooding over the legends of the Haida people in British Columbia (the white raven) and Italian superstitions (the black cat), the protagonist transports the reader into the world of Canadian immigration post-WW2. On the one hand, there i... Read More about The Light of the Soul: Neruda, The White Raven, The Black Cat (Essential Prose Series #110)