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Part of a set of volumes that trace the development of mathematical ideas and the careers of the mathematicians responsible for them, this text covers the revival of projective geometry, the emergence of abstract algebra, the beginnings of topolog...

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Helps learning become a fun-filled adventure with the well-known Sesame Street characters. This series starts with basic communicative skills in English, and moves on to develop the higher cognitive skills children need as their language abilities...

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This volume brings together contributions from researchers who address crucial questions of developmental theory such as what are the highest stages of human development? Each chapter takes Piagetian theory as a point of departure and provides a m...

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This is the first coherent text that relates the findings from neurobiology, anatomy, physiology, and psychology, to the the practical and theoretical aspects of posture and movement.

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This study explores how in recent years the Russian people have withdrawn their time and energy from public activities controlled by the state, and turned more to private life. Gorbachev's reforms, it is argued, are in part an official reaction to...

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Addresses issues of fundamental importance to molecular, developmental and evolutionary biology - gene structure in primordial organisms; the relationship between gene and protein structure; and gene regulation via differential RNA processing.

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The role of synchrotron radiation is rapidly expanding in many areas: material science, physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering. This text is written at an elementary level, stressing practical applications.

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Previous editions of this work have been published as "Neurological Pathophysiology". The new title reflects a change in scope, with more information on functional and anatomical systems and additional chapters on memory, genetic disorde...

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Designed for clinical pharmacologists and specialists in sports medicine, or alcohol and drug abuse, this study aims to provide an overview of drug testing, a multifaceted and controversial social innovation designed to stem the abuse of drugs.

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Why do people join cults? How do cults exert such a strong influence over their members' beliefs and even their appearance? These and other questions about the operation of cult groups are answered in this study, which provides psychological analy...

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An annotated bibliography of the 26,000 finest works of history (written primarily in English), as chosen by historians from around the world and produced under the direction of the American Historical Association.

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This study is concerned with dynamic interactions between neural structures at various spatial scales within the human neocortex. The relationship of this neocortical dynamic function, electroencephalographic (EEG) data and cognitive processing by...

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Emanating from a conference, this volume covers various technological applications of holography. The text has been aimed at researchers in optics and electrical engineering.

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Describing how Thomas Jefferson's obsession with debt affected both his early career and the early history of the American Republic, this study also discusses the role that debt played in the American Revolution.

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Born into an affluent and politically active black family, Grimke (1837-1914) was a scholar, reformer, teacher, and writer. Her keen observation makes her journals an important insight into the Civil War and Reconstruction eras.

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This comprehensive history traces the development of mathematical ideas and the careers of the men responsible for them. Volume 1 looks at the discipline's origins in Babylon and Egypt, the creation of geometry and trigonometry by the Greeks, and ...

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Part of a set of volumes that trace the development of mathematical ideas, this study examines the discipline's origins in Babylon and Egypt, the creation of geometry and trigonometry by the Greeks, and the role of mathematics in the medieval and ...

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This reference work of facial expressions has been designed for artists, art students, writers, physicians, and anyone interested in the art of relating emotion via the physiology of the face.

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This illustrated study examines the flower's four organ types from the perspectives of organ initiation, growth, maturation and function. Potential model systems are highlighted. Also explored are the developmental aspects of inflorescences and th...

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A collection of essays which explore how the US antitrust laws, particularly the Sherman Act, have affected the ways in which US corporations can form alliances to compete in world markets. Many contributors argue that current antitrust laws restr...

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This volume presents leading research and theory on schizophrenia, a disease that affects at least one percent of the world's population. The findings and formulations reported here provide a roadmap for potential advances in aetiologic inquiry, d...

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This study describes the geological development of the Red Sea Basin through an analysis of its stratigraphy, vulcanology, structure and geophysics.

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A review of the literature and a theoretical framework for understanding the development of visual attention from infancy to early childhood. The book discusses the development of the selective and state-related aspects of attention and the emerge...

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This volume focuses on the role that scientists have played in advising the President of the USA on issues from the use of nuclear weapons to global warming.

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This is a comprehensive review summarizing all major human and ape fossils found in China. The book contains original analyses of a number of fossils, and English translations of Chinese-language materials. Metric information is presented, to be u...

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Resulting from the proceedings of a conference on the brain mechanisms of perception and memory, held in Japan in October 1991, this volume contains a series of papers discussing the perception of form, the perception of motion, memory and the lim...

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Exploring the validation of MPD as a psychiatric diagnosis, this study provides a review of the current state of knowledge of the disorder, including its clinical description, comorbidity and delineation from other psychiatric disorders, patterns ...

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This text is intended for students of archaeology and anthropology.

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This atlas of the human brain is based on the three-dimensional reconstruction of magnetic resonance scans of living persons. It offers a multiplicity of views of brain sections. Students should find this a unique way to study cerebral anatomy.

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