Oxford University Press

Ruth Glasner presents an illuminating reappraisal of the role played by the 12th-century Andalusian Muslim polymath Averroes in the development of medieval science and philosophy. She reveals how Averroes pioneered a bold new atomistic physical theory, and shows that he deserves at last to be recognized as an original and sophisticated philosopher....

This is the first full-length study of the phenomenon of sentential negation in French. Paul Rowlett assesses, from a generative perspective, the respective contribution made to the expression of clausal polarity by  ne,  pas, and elements such as   jamais and   personne....

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In the decade from 1935-1945, while the Second World War raged in Europe, a new class of medicines capable of controlling bacterial infections launched a therapeutic revolution that continues today. The new medicines were not penicillin and antibiotics, but sulfronamides, or sulfa drugs. The sulfa drugs preceded penicillin by almost a decade, and...

This Handbook presents and discusses leading ideas in the management of projects, drawing on the insights of over 40 scholars to chart the development of the subject over the last 50 years as an area of increasing practical and academic interest. It is intended for those interested in the research issues underlying project management....

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