This guide offers an accessible and thorough exploration of biomechanics, specifically tailored for undergraduate students in sports and exercise science. It covers essential topics related to human movement patterns, making complex concepts understandable for learners. The book serves as a valuable resource for those seeking to deepen their knowledge in sports biomechanics.
A full account of the St Petersburg Panopticon, the only panopticon built by the Bentham brothers themselves .The jurist and philosopher, Jeremy Bentham, and his lesser-known brother, Samuel, a talented naval architect, engineer, and inventor, had a long love affair with Russia. Jeremy hoped to assist Empress Catherine II with her legislative projects. Samuel went to St Petersburg to seek his fortune in 1780 and came back with the rank of Brigadier-General and the idea, famously publicized by Jeremy, of the Panopticon. The Bentham Brothers and Russia chronicles the brothers’ later involvement with the Russian Empire when Jeremy focused his legislative hopes on Catherine’s grandson Emperor Alexander I and Samuel found a unique opportunity to build a Panopticon in St Petersburg—the only one ever built by the Benthams themselves. Setting the Benthams’ projects within an in-depth portrayal of the Russian context, Roger Bartlett illuminates an important facet of their later careers and offers insight into their worldview and thought. He also contributes to the history of legal codification in Russia and the demythologizing of the Panopticon, made notorious by Michel Foucault.
Chiudere la storia della Russia in un unico volume significa raccontare, in poche centinaia di pagine, il passato e il presente di una zona vasta un sesto della superficie terrestre; un regno multietnico in cui si parlano oltre cento lingue; una civiltà che ha prodotto una cultura sfaccettata, di straordinaria ricchezza, e che ha dato al mondo artisti, scrittori, musicisti e scienziati di grande influenza; una struttura militare e politica di primo piano sullo scacchiere mondiale. È quello che Roger Bartlett riesce a fare in quest’opera che, dalle lontane origini perse nell’Alto Medioevo, giunge fino all’epoca di «zar» Putin, offrendo ai lettori uno strumento ideale, attendibile ed equilibrato, per conoscere il passato di questa grande nazione e capirne la posizione nel panorama internazionale contemporaneo.
Zwięzła i faktograficzna historia Rosji - od Rusi Kijowskiej, przez państwo rosyjskie, Rosję Radziecką, aż do wsp�łczesnych czas�w. Autor przedstawia rozw�j historyczny Rosji w szerokiej perspektywie, skupiając uwagę na początkach rosyjskiej kultury politycznej i jej ewolucji, a także miejscu i sytuacji najliczniejszej klasy politycznej Rosji, czyli chłop�w. Dzięki takiemu ujęciu i bogactwu materiału historycznego przedstawionego przez autora przejrzyście i precyzyjnie, książka jest najlepszym z dostępnych w języku polskim zarysem historii politycznej oraz społeczno-gospodarczej Rosji, wspartym trafnie sformułowanymi odniesieniami do kultury umysłowej i artystycznej poszczeg�lnych okres�w w dziejach tego kraju.