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Thema dieser Studie ist die Verbindung von Theologie und Musik als ideologisches Instrumentarium des Bayreuther Kreises, der als Bindeglied zwischen Richard Wagner und der NS-Ideologie fungierte. Anhand von Quellen untersucht der Autor die zentrale Bedeutung von Religion und Musik in der Rezeption der Musik und Werke Wagners durch Hans von Wolzogen und Houston Stewart Chamberlain. Er zeigt, dass die nationalsozialistische Rezeption der musikal...

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Excerpt from Hygiene of the Face, and Cosmetic Guide: Fully IllustratedThe hygiene and treatment of diseases of the skin of the face are too often, and quite wrongly, neglected by physicians and given up to quacks, or left without medi cal control to barbers and beauty doctors.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an import...

Excerpt from Hair: Its Nature, Growth and Most Common Affections, With Hygienic Rules for Its PreservationObserving the almost universal ignorance of the nature of the hair, its characteristics, its development and its diseases, and the destruction of the hair of the young people of the present generation, I have come to the conclusion that some timely in formation and advice with some hygienic rules for the preser -7ation of the hair might no...

We live in complicated, dangerous times. They are also hyper-technical times. As citizens who will elect future presidents of the most powerful and influential country in the world, we need to know-truly understand, not just rely on television's talking heads-if Iran's nascent nuclear capability is a genuine threat to the West, if biochemical weapons are likely to be developed by terrorists, if there are viable alternatives to fossil fuels tha...

Excerpt from Baldness: Its Causes, Its Treatment and Its PreventionThe following pages will tell what science knows about the human hair, how to preserve it and how to prevent its falling out. The marvelous results fol lowing the use of light rays in the treatment of fall ing hair are fully and authoritatively set forth. It is no longer necessary for men and women to depend on the legends and traditions of barbers and hairdressers for informat...

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Excerpt from Hygiene of the Face, and Cosmetic Guide: Fully Illustrated The hygiene and treatment of diseases of the skin of the face are too often, and quite wrongly, neglected by physicians and given up to quacks, or left without medi cal control to barbers and beauty doctors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of a...

Knowledge of wild chimpanzees has expanded dramatically. This volume, edited by Martin Muller, Richard Wrangham, and David Pilbeam, brings together scientists who are leading a revolution to discover and explain human uniqueness, by studying our closest living relatives. Their conclusions may transform our understanding of human evolution.

You are reading the word "now" right now. But what does that mean? "Now" has bedeviled philosophers, priests, and modern-day physicists from Augustine to Einstein and beyond. In Now, eminent physicist Richard A. Muller takes up the challenge. He begins with remarkably clear explanations of relativity, entropy, entanglement, the Big Bang, and more, setting the stage for his own revolutionary theory of time, one that makes testable predictions. ...

You are reading the word "now" right now. But what does that mean? What makes the ephemeral moment "now" so special? Its enigmatic character has bedeviled philosophers, priests, and modern-day physicists from Augustine to Einstein and beyond. Einstein showed that the flow of time is affected by both velocity and gravity, yet he despaired at his failure to explain the meaning of "now." Equally puzzling: why does time flow? Some physicists have ...

Excerpt from Baldness: Its Causes, Its Treatment and Its Prevention The following pages will tell what science knows about the human hair, how to preserve it and how to prevent its falling out. The marvelous results fol lowing the use of light rays in the treatment of fall ing hair are fully and authoritatively set forth. It is no longer necessary for men and women to depend on the legends and traditions of barbers and hairdressers for inform...

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This book presents extensive field research and analysis to evaluate sexual coercion in a range of species-including all of the great apes and humans-and to clarify its role in shaping social relationships among males, among females, and between the sexes.

Richard A. Muller demonstrated in his recent bestseller, Physics for Future Presidents, that he has a unique talent for delivering the "aha" moment-making difficult topics accessible. In The Instant Physicist he shows his ability to entertain, too, by presenting the best of the scientific curiosities he has assembled over his distinguished career. Assisted by award-winning cartoonist Joey Manfre, who has created an original color cartoon for e...