Authors:William Duke and Yuri Tschinkel, William Duke, Yuri
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Keywords: mathematics, proceedings, clay, theory, number, analytic
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2007-07-31
List price: $49.00
ISBN-10: 0821843079
ISBN-13: 9780821843079

Articles in this volume are based on talks given at the Gauss-Dirichlet Conference held in Göttingen on June 20-24, 2005. The conference commemorated the 150th anniversary of the death of C.-F. Gauss and the 200th anniversary of the birth of J.-L. Dirichlet. The volume begins with a definitive summary of the life and work of Dirichlet and continues with thirteen papers by leading experts on research topics of current interest in number theory that were directly influenced by Gauss and Dirichlet. Among the topics are the distribution of primes (long arithmetic progressions of primes and s

Author: E. Duke
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Keywords: wilts, county, temples, druidical
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2003-03-31
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0766146111
ISBN-13: 9780766146112

Contents: origin and progress of idolatry; on barrows; origin and extent of druidism; Silbury Hill; on the serpent at Abury; temples at Abury; temples of Mercury and Venus; ancient British trackway; St. Ann’s Hill, remarks on the feudal system; temples of Mars and Jupiter; Stonehenge; names of Stonehenge; on the Fosse of Stonehenge and the stones located on it; Stonehenge and the conjoint Temple of Saturn and the Sun; Platonic cycle; summary of the foregoing arguments and conclusion.

Author: Jan Duke
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Keywords: nashville, photos, historic
Number of Pages: 229
Published: 2005-10-15
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1596521848
ISBN-13: 9781596521841

By the mid-nineteenth century, the city of Nashville was a vibrant cultural center of the South. Through the Civil War, Reconstruction, two World Wars, and into the modern era, Nashville has continued to grow and prosper by overcoming adversity and maintaining the strong independent culture of its citizens. This volume, Historic Photos of Nashville, captures this journey through still photography from the finest archives of city, state and private collections. From the Civil War, to the Centennial Exposition and to the building of a modern metropolis, Historic Photos of Nashville follows life,

Author: James A. Duke
Publisher: CRC
Keywords: spices, medicinal, handbook, crc
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2002-09-27
List price: $139.95
ISBN-10: 0849312795
ISBN-13: 9780849312793

"Let food be your medicine, medicine your food."-Hippocrates, 2400 B.C.When the "Father of Medicine" uttered those famous words, spices were as important for medicine, embalming, preserving food, and masking bad odors as they were for more mundane culinary matters. Author James A. Duke predicts that spices such as capsicum, cinnamon, garlic, ginger, onion, and turmeric will assume relatively more medicinal importance again, as the economic costs and knowledge of the side-effects of prescription pharmaceuticals increase. After all, each spice contains thousands of useful phytochemicals. Pharmac

Author: Simon Duke
Publisher: Palgrave Macmilla
Keywords: cfsp, antony, edc, security, quest, european, elusive
Number of Pages: 426
Published: 2000-01-15
List price: $155.00
ISBN-10: 0312224028
ISBN-13: 9780312224028

"The Elusive Quest for European Security provides a detailed overview of the various attempts to incorporate a security and defence role in the European integration process. Consideration is given to why these aspects of the integration process have proven so elusive and what progress has been made towards this goal. The assessment includes topics such as the enlargement of NATO, the EU’s Amsterdam Treaty, and the role of the revived Western European Union, as well as the role of the main actorsincluding Britain’s bid for European leadership in defence, and the changing attitudes o

Author: James A. Duke
Publisher: CRC Pre
Keywords: latin, america, plants, medicinal, handbook, duke
Number of Pages: 832
Published: 2008-10-24
List price: $125.95
ISBN-10: 1420043161
ISBN-13: 9781420043167

Finalist for 2009 The Council on Botanical & Horticultural Libraries Literature Award! A Comprehensive Guide Addressing Safety, Efficacy, and Suitability About a quarter of all the medicines we use come from rainforest plants and more than 1,400 varieties of tropical plants are being investigated as potential cures for cancer. Curare comes from a tropical vine and quinine from the cinchona tree. A comprehensive guide to safety, efficacy, and suitability, Duke’s Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America responds to continuing interest in medicinal plants and the potential remedies they c

Author: Irene Duke
Publisher: Adams Media Corporatio
Keywords: everything, language, easy, series, american, book, made
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2003-12-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1580628826
ISBN-13: 9781580628822