The concept of special directions in the Brillouin zone and the applicability of Houston's formula (or its extended versions) to both theoretical and experimental investigations are discussed. We propose some expressions to describe the isotropic component in systems having both cubic and non-cubic symmetry. The results presented have implications for both experimentalists who want to obtain av...

Bunt [Revolt] (1924) by Władysław Stanisław Reymont and Animal Farm (1946) George Orwell display many parallels, probably stemming from the common provenance of two works, which can be traced to work Skotskoy bunt [Skotskoj rebellion] (1879) Ukrainian writer Nikolai Kostomarov. The works deploy allegory in construction dystopian worlds inhabited animals that rebel against humans. They share a n...

O objetivo desde artigo é comentar alguns aspectos referentes ao romance A Flor da Inglaterra, de George Orwell. Concentraremos nossa atenção no personagem central, Gordon Comstock. Nossa intenção compreender algumas das escolhas e atitudes do a partir elementos internos à narrativa, bem como sugerir possíveis ligações com sociais históricos. Isso talvez contribua para compreensão daquilo que c...

During the time that George Orwell lived, Britain society was on edge of development and fluctuation, north-south divide an issue discussed by journalists politics, nationally regionally. Orwell, traveling up down in whole English territory, wrote what exactly he saw experienced 1930s. In Road to Wigan Pier, depicted unemployment living conditions North England, as well class division his poten...