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    Syntactic Change in Akkadian: The Evolution of Sentential Complementation

    Guy Deutscher

    Akkadian, an ancient Semitic language spoken in Assyria and Babylonia, is one of the earliest known languages, with a surviving written history from 2500BC to 500BC. Guy Deutscher investigates its…

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    The Unfolding of Language

    Guy Deutscher

    Presents an investigation into the evolution of language. This book exposes the elusive forces of creation at work in human communication. Along the way, it teaches why German maidens are…

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    Syntactic Change in Akkadian: The Evolution of Sentential Complementation

    Guy Deutscher

    Akkadian, an ancient Semitic language spoken in Assyria and Babylonia, is one of the earliest known languages, with a surviving written history from 2500BC to 500BC. Guy Deutscher investigates its…

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    Through the Language Glass: Why The World Looks Different In Other Languages

    Guy Deutscher

    Does language reflect the culture of a society? Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? This title…

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    New Superconductors: From Granular To High Tc

    Guy Deutscher (Tel-aviv Univ, Israel)

    Compares high Tc conductors with conventional low Tc conductors, discussing how these oxides differ from regular metals in their normal state. Aiming to provide answers to such questions, this text…

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    Entropy Crisis, The

    Guy Deutscher (Tel-aviv Univ, Israel)

    Intends to prove that the energy crisis is an entropy crisis. This book uses examples from daily experiences to introduce the concept of entropy. It shows that the entropy increase…

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    Guy Deutscher (Tel-aviv Univ, Israel)

    Intends to prove that the energy crisis is an entropy crisis. This book uses examples from daily experiences to introduce the concept of entropy. It shows that the entropy increase…

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    Entropy And Sustainable Growth

    Guy Deutscher (Tel-aviv Univ, Israel)

    While the possible depletion of energy sources has been emphasized in most literatures, this book aims to show that the increase of entropy in the biosphere, resulting since the dawn…

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    The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind’s Greatest Invention

    Guy Deutscher (St. John's College, University of Cambridge)

    Drawing on recent groundbreaking discoveries in modern linguistics, the author exposes the elusive forces of creation at work in human communication, giving fresh insight into how language emerges, evolves, and…

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    Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages

    Guy Deutscher (St. John's College, University of Cambridge)

    An acclaimed linguist asks if culture influences language–and vice versa? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? Challenging the consensus that the fundaments of language are universal, Deutscher…

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    The Gap Symmetry and Fluctuations in High-Tc Superconductors

    Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Cargese, France, September 1-13, 1997

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    The Vortex State

    One of the most spectacular consequences of the description of the superfluid condensate in superfluid He or in superconductors as a single macroscopic quantum state is the quantization of circulation…

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