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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden University Of Oxford.
1. A Utopian Quest for Universal Knowledge : Diachronic Histories of Botanical Collections between the Sixteenth Century and the Present
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the history of botany as a global collection-based science by tracing parallels between utopian traditions and botanical collecting, from their sixteenth-century beginnings to the present. A range of botanical collections, such as gardens, herbaria and classification systems, have played a central role in the struggle to discover a global or universal scientific order for the chaotic, diverse and locally shaped kingdom of plants. LÄS MER
2. Experimental and theoretical studies of some transition metal halides
Sammanfattning : This thesis comprises both experimental and theoretical studies on transition metal (TM) containing molecules and then mainly on CrF and CrCl. Both the experimental and theoretical parts have been aimed at a depend understanding of the electronic structure. LÄS MER
3. A Critique of the Live Project
Sammanfattning : This thesis develops a critique (understood as “a detailed analysis and assessment of something,” Oxford English Dictionary, 2010a) of the live project by theoretically contextualising live project pedagogies. Unlike preceding doctoral research into the live project (Sara, 2004; and to a lesser extent Carpenter, 2004 and Findlay, 1996), this thesis does not adopt a position of advocacy regarding live projects; but considers them as opportunities for architectural educators to experiment with the discipline and its pedagogies. LÄS MER
4. Pulsed laser experiments in chemical physics
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5. Commercial conflict : The case of Russia's contemporary economy
Sammanfattning : This study has scrutinized the use of legal and extra-legal mechanisms for resolving commercial conflict. The case examined is the Russian economy after the Soviet collapse. The starting-point is the notion that rational economic actors would increasingly turn to the commercial courts if the courts were effective. LÄS MER