{"title":"Alfa Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003eArchitecture and design books published by Alfa Yayınları.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"konstantinopolis-bizans-in-baskenti_351091-html","title":"Constantinople - Capital of Byzantium","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eIn the early Middle Ages, the largest city in Europe was not Paris, London, or Berlin, but Constantinople, the capital of Byzantium. It was unquestioningly accepted that the city was founded by a divinely appointed sacred emperor; it was considered as holy as Rome and Jerusalem. The Byzantine emperors did their best to enhance this spiritual atmosphere that had formed around the city. 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As popes continued to preach crusades, the hope of a Christian empire approached a bloody end within the walls of Constantinople. While the Inquisition gained power, Aristotelian logic and Greek rationality also flourished. As kings and emperors insisted on their divine rights, peoples across the world seized power: the Lingayats of India, the Jacquerie rebellion in France, China's Red Turban Rebellion, and the peasants of England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAs the Ottomans emerged from a small Turkish village, the Mongols set out from the East to set the world ablaze. New coins were counterfeited, new weapons were invented, and world-changing catastrophes transformed the appearance of the world: the Little Ice Age, the great famine, and the plague led to the deaths of millions. In the chaos created by these groundbreaking events, the world began to take shape. The Renaissance World, wonderfully researched and brilliantly narrated, presents not only names, dates, and facts, but also unforgettable characters that illuminate the years between 1100 and 1453.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAnother masterful introductory book from Bauer... 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Feynman's legacy lies in his dedication and passion for science. The scientific method he advocated rejects dogmas and is skeptical to the core. Feynman believed in a kind of science that was not only entertaining but also capable of making valuable contributions to humanity, and he practiced this in his own life. 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Feynman always speaks excessively, sometimes bravely, and often provocatively, ranging from computers to the role of science in society.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e- Rock Kolb, author of Blind Watchers of The Sky\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\"This book reminds us of Feynman's genius.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e- Nature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alfa Yayınları","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39408947953859,"sku":"9786051712932","price":26.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/3950\/7395\/products\/9786051712932.jpg?v=1616017164"},{"product_id":"gobekli-tepe_349428-html","title":"Göbekli Tepe","description":"\u003cp style=\"border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 12px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003eKarl W. Luckert not only explains the meanings of Göbeklitepe's symbols and its architectural structure; he also presents a study of human history by examining the tools and equipment, life tendencies, mysteries, religious beliefs, and behavioral patterns of the hunter-gatherer society of the Neolithic age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 12px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003eThe Göbeklitepe excavations revealed the religious structure of the previously unknown \"Neolithic revolution.\" This cult was established almost 12,000 years ago in the north of the Fertile Crescent, i.e., Mesopotamia, by hunter-shamans, flint miners, and the priests of weapon-makers. 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