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Across the world, we have more universities than ever yet are also increasingly sceptical about their value. "What are universities for ?" presents a spirited, compelling argument for rethinking the way we see these institutions, and why we need them. Stefan Collini challenges the idea that universities must show their contribution to economic growth ; instead, he argues, we must recognize the inherent worth of intellectual enquiry, and the complexity of harnessing this to immediate financial goals - particularly in the case of the humanities, which can seem the most difficult subjects to justify but may be among the most valuable. Collini's critiques of the higher education policies of successive governments are devastating but constructive. At a time when the future of higher education lies in the balance, this book offers us a deeper, more persuasive understanding of why universities matter - to everyone.

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Modern British intellectual history has been a particularly flourishing field of enquiry in recent years, and these two tightly integrated volumes contain major new essays by almost all of its leading proponents. The contributors examine the history of British ideas over the past two centuries from a number of perspectives that together constitute a major new overview of the subject. History, Religion, and Culture begins with eighteenth-century historiography, especially Gibbon's Decline and Fall. It takes up different aspects of the place of religion in nineteenth-century cultural and political life, such as attitudes towards the native religions of India, the Victorian perception of Oliver Cromwell, and the religious sensibility of John Ruskin. Finally, in discussions which range up to the middle of the twentieth century, the volume explores relations between scientific ideas about change or development and assumptions about the nature and growth of the national community.

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Copper has been used for thousands of years. In the centuries, both handicraft and industry have taken advantage of its easy castability and remarkable ductility combined with good mechanical and corrosion resistance. Although its mechanical properties are now well known, the simple f.c.c. structure still makes copper a model material for basic studies of deformation and damage mechanism in metals. On the other hand, its increasing use in many industrial sectors stimulates the development of high-performance and high-efficiency copper-based alloys. After an introduction to classification and casting, this book presents modern techniques and trends in processing copper alloys, such as the developing of lead-free alloys and the role of severe plastic deformation in improving its tensile and fatigue strength. Finally, in a specific section, archaeometallurgy techniques are applied to ancient copper alloys. The book is addressed to engineering professionals, manufacturers and materials scientists.

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