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Based on the author's experience of teaching final-year actuarial students in Britain and Australia, and suitable for a first course in insurance risk theory, this book focuses on the two...

Few people have changed the world like the Nobel Prize winners. Their breakthrough discoveries have revolutionised medicine, chemistry, physics and economics. Nobel Life consists of original interviews with twenty-four Nobel...

This volume provides an up to date and comprehensive overview of the philosophy and neuroscience movement, which applies the methods of neuroscience to traditional philosophical problems and uses philosophical methods...

Ranging through the history of medicine, from the Hippocratic theory of humours to modern explanations of Mad Cow Disease and chronic fatigue syndrome, this book analyzes the development and acceptance...

Schemes in algebraic geometry can have singular points, whereas differential geometers typically focus on manifolds which are nonsingular. However, there is a class of schemes, 'C -schemes', which allow differential...

Using the cosmos as a backdrop, Rodney Cotterill delivers a fascinating journey of Nature's materials, from the atom to the living organism. This is a beautifully illustrated, expanded account of...

American engagement with international law has long been framed by commitment to the 'international rule of law', which persists even across divergent political and historical eras. Yet, despite appeals to...

The first volume in the series Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and the Arts offers a range of responses by distinguished philosophers and art historians to some crucial issues generated by...

Global climate change is a topic of continuously growing interest. As more international treaties come into force, media coverage has increased and many universities are now starting to conduct courses...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of biology and human identity lies one of science's most consequential disciplines, and A. M....

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Some rubbing and chipping to edges of jacket. Page Condition: Some yellowing/tanning. Markings: Bookshop stamp. Binding condition: Binding intact, pages secure....

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Name penned on fep. Usual shelf-wear. In the shadow of the Eastern Front, one of...

This book serves as a general text. It attempts to forge links between medical sociology and mainstream sociology and to stimulate other social scientists to venture into this underdeveloped area.

Author: -Binding: HardbackPublished: CASSELL PETTER & GALPIN, 1900Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Remainder markThis two-volume set, comprising four parts bound...

How did a single genre of text have the power to standardise the English language across time and region, rival the Bible in notions of authority, and challenge our understanding...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFew figures loom as large in Australian political history as Sir Robert Menzies, and Menzies Observed presents the man behind...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in the history of European literature are as paradoxical and fascinating as Stendhal — the soldier-turned-novelist...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of philosophy and social inquiry, Naturalism and Social Science presents a rigorous and thought-provoking post-empiricist...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the centre of Britain's most turbulent post-war decade stood one man — statesman, diplomat, and ultimately embattled Prime Minister — whose memoirs illuminate...

..".unique reference source...Taking nothing for granted, Nigel Rees, author, broadcaster, and authority on the popular use of language, highlights quotes that are often misremembered and/or misattributed, pinpoints remarks that are...

With the global economy in crisis, there is great need for a deeper understanding of Australia's economic place in the world - both today and throughout history. This new edition...

Good leadership in medicine is crucial, but unfortunately, often woefully inadequate. Those chosen to lead often have limited experience in leadership themselves, or worse, are appointed because of achievements that...

Author: Helge KrachBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, light wear to coverAn Introduction To The Historiography Of Science presents a comprehensive...

Author: Robert A. DayBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Clean and brigh text. How To Write &...

Author: John J. W. Rogers And P. Geoffrey FeissBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic text, People And The Earth: Basic Issues In The Sustainability...

One of the most famous literary critics of the twentieth century, Edward Said's work has been hugely influential far beyond academia. As a prominent advocate for the Palestinian cause and...

This volume comprises tributes to Sir Leslie Martin, together with detailed historical descriptions of his major works in the UK and Portugal. Architect and urbanist, Sir Leslie Martin was Professor...

Author: Harold T. BetteridgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell's, 1957Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor marks and specks on red cloth. Name on FEp and book block....

Author: K. J. M. SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 2002Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a biographical account of James Fitzjames Stephen. It examines his intellectual contributions and...

Author: Trevor DanosBinding: PaperbackPublisher: UWAP CUSTOM, 2017Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account, The Pursuit Of Excellence:...

Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948, Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of...

Author: Robert Willis; Edited By John Willis ClarkBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work chronicles the...

Author: Virgil; K. W. Gransden (Ed.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1976Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsBook VIII is one of the most attractive and important books of...

Author: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin; Katherine HaramundanisBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling autobiography, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: An Autobiography And Other Recollections, chronicles the extraordinary life...

This textbook assembles key writings on the modern history of the Middle East by some of the most distinguished specialists in the field. The book aims to meet the needs...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No tears, jacket protected by mylar sleeve. Page Condition: Good. Markings: glue stains on endpapers. Binding condition: Firm and intact. An indispensable companion for students,...

In this book, Bill Gladhill studies one of the most versatile concepts in Roman society, the ritual event that concluded an alliance, a foedus (ritual alliance). Foedus signifies the bonds...

Author: VariousBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 2022Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased cover. The Antiquaries Journal presents a scholarly collection of...

Author: Norman Sykes, F.B.A.Binding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge at the University Press, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work presents a profound examination of the historical and...

Hunter-gatherer lifestyles defined the origins of modern humans and for tens of thousands of years were the only form of subsistence our species knew. This changed with the advent of...

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Why did a handful of Iranian students seize the American embassy in Tehran in November 1979? Why did most members of the US government initially believe that the incident would...