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Thomson, Stuart, [No Service Number]
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/421401Surname: THOMSON. Given Name(s) or Initials: STUART. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: [No Registration Number]. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 9979.246116
Item: [2016.0049.53662] "Thomson, Stuart, [No Service Number]
Belonging: natural histories of place, identity and home
No full textCanongate's synopsis:
"Reflecting on family, identity and nature, Belonging is a personal memoir about what it is to have and make a home. It is a love letter to nature, especially the northern landscapes of Scotland and the Scots pinewoods of Abernethy – home to standing dead trees known as snags, which support the overall health of the forest.
Belonging is a book about how we are held in thrall to elements of our past. It speaks to the importance of attention and reflection, and will encourage us all to look and observe and ask questions of ourselves.
Beautifully written and featuring Amanda Thomson’s artwork and photography throughout, it explores how place, language and family shape us and make us who we are."
Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize, 2023
Some of the reviews...
Outstanding - ROBERT MACFARLANE
Amanda Thomson’s new book manages to carve out a distinctive niche for itself . . . This is a passionate book and infused with a sense of rootedness - STUART KELLY, The Scotsman
In recent years rural landscapes have turned into battlegrounds, and nature writing has become increasingly polemical. Belonging is a quiet book of questions in a genre full of answers, but it is all the more powerful and beautiful for this - PATRICK GALBRAITH, TLS
One of the best things I have read in ages . . . Quiet and beautiful and powerful - ALYS FOWLER
Thomson writes of the natural in a way I have yet to encounter before. There is no real hoo-haa, no flowery description of which to speak yet somehow, I came away with that ache inside me — that renewed obsession with the world that is only borne of a very particular kind of writing — poetic, loving, raw . . . Like no other - KERRI Ní DOCHARTAIGH, Caught by the River
In strikingly original takes on Scottish history, environmentalism, Black feminist theory, artmaking, list-making, memory, and memoir, Thomson crafts a cadence that is as wise as it is vitally alive. - MARGOT DOUAIHY, author of Scorched Grac
Redemption in the work of Francis Stuart
No full textThe idea of redemption is central to an understanding of the work
of Francis Stuart. Through an examination of its development and
expression, it is possible to demonstrate the integrity of his work and
its distinctive qualities. Such a demonstration is necessary because
Stuart's writing has been subjected to comparatively little scholarly
inquiry, although reviews of his work, especially that produced since
1949, suggest that it is impressive and important.
First, a general background to Stuart's work, a discussion of the
special problems associated with reading it, and a summary of his corpus
is provided. This indicates that the idea of redemption is important to
his earliest writing. The state of redemption is shown to be a
necessary apotheosis for Stuart's outcast heroes; it involves spiritual
suffering through which may be found a sense of reintegration and a
higher reality. This is expressed through interrelated themes such as
those of gambler, artist and ordinary man; mystic and criminal; sacred
and profane love; and spirituality and the mundane. The nature of the
redemptive experience is further elaborated by distinctive, complex
motifs, especially the hare, the ark and the woman-Christ. Their
recurrence provides an important element in the unity of Stuart's work.
Because Stuart's idea of the outcast raises important biographical
questions, an examination of the relationship between Stuart's life and
his work is made. Finally, the way in which the idea of redemption
exists in the language structures of Stuart's novels is examined, with
especial reference to his most recent work, The High Consistory. The
thesis shows that the development of the these of redemption
demonstrates the integrity of Stuart's work
Andrena (Plastandrena) nigrospina Thomson 1872
No full textAndrena (Plastandrena) nigrospina Thomson, 1872 Andrena nigrospina Thomson, 1872: 80. Apis carbonaria Linnaeus, 1767, auct. Andrena pilipes Fabricus, 1781: Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002: 594. Andrena nigrospina: Schmid-Egger & Patiny 1997: 37. Recognised as a valid taxon. Notes. A two-taxon model based on the work of Schmid-Egger & Patiny (1997) is followed here with a bivoltine A. pilipes that has a more southerly distribution and a univoltine A. nigrospina that has a more northerly distribution. Additional detail is given in Wood (2023b; 2023c)Published as part of Risch, Stephan, Roberts, Stuart P. M., Smit, Jan, Wood, Thomas J., Michez, Denis & Reverté, Sara, 2023, The new annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), pp. 1-147 in Zootaxa 5327 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5327.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/824437
Kathleen Jamie, Chitra Ramaswamy & Amanda Thomson: Antlers of Water - Live Event
No full text‘When we read and write, when we love our fellow creatures, when we walk on the beach, when we just listen and notice, we are not little cogs in the machine, but part of the remedy.’ These luminous words by Kathleen Jamie form part of the introduction to Antlers of Water, an outstanding collection of contemporary Scottish writing about nature and landscape.
The generosity of Jamie’s approach as editor of the collection goes beyond the stellar selection of contributors such as Amy Liptrot, Karine Polwart and Malachy Tallack: she also invokes the agency of readers to make a difference. ‘If, by reading, you are encouraged or confirmed in your love of the natural world, if you’re inspired simply to… look outside, then our job is done.’
In a discussion led by the BBC's Clare English, Jamie is joined by award-winning journalist Chitra Ramaswamy as well as visual artist and writer Amanda Thomson – both contributors to the anthology – to discuss Scotland, landscape and the more-than-human world around us.
This is a live event, with an author Q&A.
Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival Making Climate Change Personal festival theme
Optimizing the breakaway position in cycle races using mathematical modelling
No full textIn long-distance competitive cycling, efforts to mitigate the effects of air resistance can significantly reduce the energy expended by the cyclist. A common method to achieve such reductions is for the riders to cycle in one large group, known as the peloton. However, to win a race a cyclist must break away from the peloton, losing the advantage of drag reduction and riding solo to cross the finish line ahead of the other riders. If the rider breaks away too soon then fatigue effects due to the extra pedal force required to overcome the additional drag will result in them being caught by the peloton. On the other hand, if the rider breaks away too late then they will not maximize their time advantage over the main field. In this paper, we derive a mathematical model for the motion of the peloton and breakaway rider and use asymptotic analysis techniques to derive analytical solutions for their behaviour. The results are used to predict the optimum time for a rider to break away that maximizes the finish time ahead of the peloton for a given course profile and rider statistics. Keywords: Mathematical model; Air resistance; Asymptotic analysis; Optimizatio
Full Apatite Fission Track Count and Length Data, and Apatite Data Sample Location Summary Table from "Thomson, S.N. (2002). Late Cenozoic geomorphic and tectonic evolution of the Patagonian Andes between latitudes 42°S and 46°S: an appraisal based on fission-track results from the transpressional intra-arc Liquiñe-Ofqui fault zone. <b>Geological Society of America, Bulletin</b>, v. 114, p. 1159-1173."
No full textFull Apatite Fission Track Count and Length Data, and Apatite Data Sample Location Summary Table from "Thomson, S.N. (2002). Late Cenozoic geomorphic and tectonic evolution of the Patagonian Andes between latitudes 42°S and 46°S: an appraisal based on fission-track results from the transpressional intra-arc Liquiñe-Ofqui fault zone. Geological Society of America, Bulletin, v. 114, p. 1159-1173."</p
Full Apatite Fission Track Count and Length Data, and Apatite Data Sample Location Summary Table from "Thomson, S.N., Hervé, F. & Stöckhert, B. (2001). The Mesozoic-Cenozoic denudation history of the southern Chilean Andes and its correlation to different subduction processes. <b>Tectonics</b>, 20, p. 693-711."
No full textFull Apatite Fission Track Count and Length Data, and Apatite Data Sample Location Summary Table from "Thomson, S.N., Hervé, F. & Stöckhert, B. (2001). The Mesozoic-Cenozoic denudation history of the southern Chilean Andes and its correlation to different subduction processes. Tectonics, 20, p. 693-711."</p
Full Apatite Fission Track Count and Length Data, and Apatite (U-Th)/He Data, and Apatite Data Sample Location Summary Table from "Thomson, S.N., Brandon, M.T., Tomkin, J.H., Reiners, P.W., Vásquez, C. & Wilson, N.J. (2010). Glaciation as a destructive and constructive control on mountain building. <b>Nature</b>, 467, p. 313-317, doi:10.1038/nature09365"
No full textFull Apatite Fission Track Count and Length Data and Apatite (U-Th)/He Data, and Apatite Data Sample Location Summary Table from "Thomson, S.N., Brandon, M.T., Tomkin, J.H., Reiners, P.W., Vásquez, C. & Wilson, N.J. (2010). Glaciation as a destructive and constructive control on mountain building. Nature, 467, p. 313-317, doi:10.1038/nature09365"</p
Full Apatite Fission Track Count and Length Data, and Apatite Data Sample Location Summary Table from "Willner, A.P., Hervé, F., Thomson, S.N. & Massonne, H.-J. (2004). Converging P-T paths of Mesozoic HP-LT metamorphic units (Diego de Almagro Island, Southern Chile): evidence for juxtaposition during late shortening of an active continental margin. <b>Mineralogy and Petrology</b>, 81, p. 43-84."
No full textFull Apatite Fission Track Count and Length Data, and Apatite Data Sample Location Summary Table from "Willner, A.P., Hervé, F., Thomson, S.N. & Massonne, H.-J. (2004). Converging P-T paths of Mesozoic HP-LT metamorphic units (Diego de Almagro Island, Southern Chile): evidence for juxtaposition during late shortening of an active continental margin. Mineralogy and Petrology, 81, p. 43-84."</p
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