English | 2022 | ISBN: 103213917X | 342 pages | True PDF | 55.1 MB
The Invention of Humboldt is a game-changing volume of essays by leading scholars of the Hispanic world that explodes many myths about Alexander von Humboldt and his world.
Rather than 'follow in Humboldt's footsteps,' this book outlines the new critical horizon of 'post-Humboldtian' studies: the archaeology of all that lies buried under the Baron's epistemological footprint. Contrary to the popular image of Humboldt as a solitary 'adventurer' and 'hero of science' surrounded by New World nature, The Invention of Humboldt demonstrates that the Baron's opus and practice was largely derivative of the knowledge communities and archives of the Hispanic world. Although Humboldtian writing has invented a powerful cult that has served to erase the sources of his knowledge and practice, in truth Humboldt did not 'invent nature,' nor did he pioneer global science: he was the beneficiary of Iberian natural science and globalization. Nor was Humboldt a pioneering, 'postcolonial' cultural relativist. Instead, his anthropological views of the Americas were Orientalist and historicist and, in most ways, were less enlightened than those of his Creole contemporaries.

The Invention of Fire by Bruce Holsinger | 740 KB
English | 432 Pages

Title: The Invention of Fire
Author: Holsinger, Bruce
Year: 2015

Fires of Invention by J Scott Savage | 1.34 MB
English | 288 Pages

Title: Fires of Invention
Author: J. Scott Savage
Year: 2015

English | September 13, 2022 | ASIN: B09SNFHXDW | MP3 | M4B | 15h 1m | 379.51 MB
Author: Andrea Wulf

The Invention of Jewish Theocracy: The Struggle for Legal Authority in Modern Israel by Alexander Kaye
English | February 19, 2020 | ISBN: 0190922745 | True EPUB | 276 pages | 1 MB
The tension between secular politics and religious fundamentalism is a problem shared by many modern states. This is certainly true of the State of Israel, where the religious-secular schism provokes conflict at every level of politics and society. Driving this schism is the idea of the halakhic state, the demand by many religious Jews that Israel should be governed by the law of the Torah as interpreted by Orthodox rabbis. Understanding this idea is a priority for scholars of Israel and for anyone with an interest in its future. The Invention of Jewish Theocracy is the first book in any language to trace the origins of the idea, to track its development, and to explain its crucial importance in Israel's past and present. The book also shows how the history of this idea engages with burning contemporary debates on questions of global human rights, the role of religion in Middle East conflict, and the long-term consequences of European imperialism.

Joy Logan, "Aconcagua: The Invention of Mountaineering on America's Highest Peak"
English | 2011 | pages: 265 | ISBN: 0816529507 | PDF | 3,4 mb
Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Americas and the tallest mountain in the world outside of the Himalayas. Located in the Andes Mountains of Argentina, near the city of Mendoza, Aconcagua has been luring European mountain climbers since 1883, when a German ge-ologist nearly reached the mountain's summit. (A Swiss climber finally made the ascent in 1897.) In this fascinating book, Joy Logan explores the many impacts of mountaineering's "discovery" of Aconcagua including its effect on how local indigenous history is understood. The consequences still resonate today, as the region has become a magnet for "adventure travelers," with about 7,000 climbers and trekkers from all over the world visiting each year.

Larry Kilham, "MegaMinds: Creativity and Invention"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1505920957 | EPUB | pages: 200 | 1.2 mb
MegaMinds: Creativity and Invention explores how people think creatively and motivates the reader to be creative and inventive. Larry Kilham reviews the major creative thinkers including da Vinci, Edison, Einstein, and Jobs and then moves on to the latest in computer-aided thinking. Noting that we are entering an era where the lone genius may no longer be equal to solving the problems such as climate change and pharmacology, Kilham proposes new problem solving approaches combing the best of the imagination, creative thinking, collective intelligence, and the Internet. Examples of MegaMinds at work are drawn from a wide variety of applications ranging from inventing birdfeeders to complex jumbo aircraft design. Kilham combines historical research, current cognitive science, and his own experience as an inventor with several successful patents in complex technical areas. He offers pointers along the way for everyone from emerging inventors and technical problem solvers to research teams seeking to utilize the best in cognitive science and computer technology.Larry Kilham has a powerful vision for a better world through creativity and invention. The time is now.

Jonathan Ned Katz, "The Invention of Heterosexuality"
English | 2007 | ISBN: 0226426017, 0452275423, 0525938451 | 305 pages | EPUB | 0.32 MB
"Heterosexuality," assumed to denote a universal sexual and cultural norm, has been largely exempt from critical scrutiny. In this boldly original work, Jonathan Ned Katz challenges the common notion that the distinction between heterosexuality and homosexuality has been a timeless one. Building on the history of medical terminology, he reveals that as late as 1923, the term "heterosexuality" referred to a "morbid sexual passion," and that its current usage emerged to legitimate men and women having sex for pleasure. Drawing on the works of Sigmund Freud, James Baldwin, Betty Friedan, and Michel Foucault, The Invention of Heterosexuality considers the effects of heterosexuality's recently forged primacy on both scientific literature and popular culture.

Susan Rankin, "Writing Sounds in Carolingian Europe: The Invention of Musical Notation "
English | ISBN: 1108421407 | 2018 | 426 pages | PDF | 107 MB
Musical notation has not always existed: in the West, musical traditions have often depended on transmission from mouth to ear, and ear to mouth. Although the Ancient Greeks had a form of musical notation, it was not passed on to the medieval Latin West. This comprehensive study investigates the breadth of use of musical notation in Carolingian Europe, including many examples previously unknown in studies of notation, to deliver a crucial foundational model for the understanding of later Western notations. An overview of the study of neumatic notations from the French monastic scholar Dom Jean Mabillon (1632-1707) up to the present day precedes an examination of the function and potential of writing in support of a musical practice which continued to depend on trained memory. Later chapters examine passages of notation to reveal those ways in which scripts were shaped by contemporary rationalizations of musical sound. Finally, the new scripts are situated in the cultural and social contexts in which they emerged.

Brian Fried, "How to Make Money with Your Invention Idea: An Inventor's Quick Startup Guide"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0578292874 | ASIN: B09Z9W7ZFS | EPUB | pages: 69 | 0.2 mb
Hi, I'm Brian Fried and I'm an inventor just like you. Do you have this great idea for an invention in your head? Are you ready to learn how to make money with that invention?