Stalin Muda

Apa yang membuat Stalin begitu hebat? Apa yang membentuk Stalin menjadi psikopat kejam, politikus ulung, pencipta UniSoviet (USSR) yang mengungguli Churchill dan Roosevelt, yang mampu mengorganisasi Stalingrad serta menaklukkan Berlin dan mengalahkan Hitler? Jika ia konon absen dalam Revolusi 1917, lalu bagaimana bisa tampil begitu kuat dalam politik? Lahir dalam kemiskinan, terluka oleh asu…

Sukarno Muda: Biografi Pemikiran 1826-1933

Buku ini menceritakan konstruksi pemikiran Sukarno ketika muda (1926-1933). Saat itu, Sukarno menjadi bagian penting lahirnya The Age of Ideology (Zaman Ideologi) di Indonesia. Sukarno memecah ketenangan rust en orde (keamanan dan ketertiban) kolonial dengan hingar bingar agitasi, duyunan massa aksi, dan kobaran api radikalisme anti imperialisme-kapitalisme. Namun dari masa yang hingar bingar d…

The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction

Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of medicine from classical times, through the scholastic medieval tradition and the Enlightenment to the present day. Taking a thematic rather than strictly chronological approach, W.F. Bynum, explores the key turning points in the history of Western medicine-such as the…

The History of Time: A very Short Introduction

Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come into being? Why are some calendars lunar and some solar? The organization of time into hours, days, months, and years seems immutable and universal, but is actually far more artificial than most people realize. For example, the French Revolution resulted in a restructuring …

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Edition

Cet. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9786020613833

Collation

248 hlm.; 13,5 x 20 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

895.6 Kan g

Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction

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Saman

Empat perempuan bersahabat sejak kecil. Shakuntala si pemberontak. Cok si binal. Yasmin si “jaim”. Dan Laila, si lugu yang sedang bimbang untuk menyerahkan keperawanannya pada lelaki beristri. Tapi diam-diam dua di antara sahabat itu menyimpan rasa kagum pada seorang pemuda dari masa silam: Saman, seorang aktivis yang menjadi buron dalam masa rezim militer Orde Baru. Kepada Yasmin, atau …