From fossil-hunting to the end of faith, Impossible Monsters is a gripping narrative history of the culture war that toppled religion and gave birth to our secular age. 'As thrilling as it is sweeping, populated by a brilliantly drawn cast of characters' TOM HOLLAND In 1811, when the self-schooled daughter of a carpenter pulled some strange-looking bones from Britain's southern shoreline, few people dared to question that the Bible told the accurate history of the world. But Mary Anning had discovered the 'first' dinosaur, and over the next seventy-five years - as the science of palaeontology developed, as Charles Darwin posited theories of evolutionary biology, and as religious scholars identified the internal inconsistencies of the Scriptures - everything changed. By the 1850s, dinosaurs were a prominent feature of the second Crystal Palace exhibition. By the 1860s, when Matthew Arnold stood on Dover Beach and saw faith ebbing away, Britain had plunged into a crisis of religious belief. By the 1870s, T.H. Huxley - Darwin's 'bulldog' - was preaching a new history of the world in which mankind was merely an accident of evolution. By 1886, following a six-year battle which had seen him beaten, imprisoned, and forcibly removed from Parliament, Charles Bradlaugh was able to take his seat in the House of Commons as the first openly atheist MP. Told through the lives of the men and women who found these vital fossils and who fought about their meaning, some humble, some eccentric, some utterly brilliant, Impossible Monsters tells the story of the painful, complicated relationship between science and religion over these seventy-five years, of the growth of secularism, and of the role of dinosaurs and their discovery in changing perceptions about the Bible, history and mankind's place in the world.

The second season of the US sci-fi drama that follows the attempts of Lawkeeper Joshua Nolan (Grant Bowler) to keep the peace in the futureworld frontier town of Defiance. In the near future, Earth's landscape has been decimated after years of war with the Votans, an alien race seeking a new home after their own star system was destroyed in a stellar collision. With a ceasefire now in effect, an itinerant Nolan returns to the ruins of his former home town of St. Louis, now known as Defiance, accompanied by his adopted alien daughter Irisa (Stephanie Leonidas), to help keep the former warring factions apart. The episodes are: 'The Opposite of Hallelujah', 'In My Secret Life', 'The Cord and the Ax', 'Beasts of Burden', 'Putting the Damage On', 'This Woman's Work', 'If You Could See Her Through My Eyes', 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem', 'Painted from Memory', 'Bottom of the World', 'Doll Parts', 'All Things Must Pass' and 'I Almost Prayed'.

Benefit from expert guidance in this new edition of a tried and trusted approach; updated to reflect the new CSEC (R) IT curriculum, it provides an engaging and accessible approach to theory and practice. - Prepare for SBA with advice and guidance and a full sample SBA project and suggested solution at the end of Chapter 16. - Consolidate learning through a range of question types such as Multiple Choice, True or False, Short Answer, Research, Project and a fun Crossword puzzle. - Confidently cover new topics and emerging technology with straightforward explanations and numerous examples. The answers can be found here: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/Log-on-to-IT-Answers

Provide an accessible approach to theory and practice with this new edition updated to comprehensively cover recent IT developments and the latest Caribbean curricula for Forms 1 to 3 (Grades 7 to 9). - Consolidate learning through a range of question types such as Multiple Choice, True or False, Short Answer and a fun Crossword puzzle. - Build critical thinking and project work skills with research and STEM projects using real life situations. - Develop understanding with new topics covered such as computer ethics, algorithm development, emerging careers. The answers can be found here: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/interactanswers

Develop IT skills through an active, accessible approach to theory and practice, providing an ideal foundation for lower secondary students going on to study IT at CSEC (R) and for building real-life computer skills; fully updated to reflect the new curriculum and new approaches to IT teaching. - Build knowledge with straightforward introductions to theoretical concepts, key practical applications and new topics such as ethical use of computers and multimedia. - Support all learning styles with a range of questions - Multiple Choice, True or False, Short Answer, Research, Project and a fun Crossword puzzle. - Develop critical thinking and research skills with research projects. The answers can be found here: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/Log-on-to-IT-Answers

Provide an accessible approach to theory and practice with this new edition updated to comprehensively cover recent IT developments and the latest Caribbean curricula for Forms 1 to 3 (Grades 7 to 9). - Consolidate learning through a range of question types such as Multiple Choice, True or False, Short Answer and a fun Crossword puzzle. - Build critical thinking and project work skills with research and STEM projects using real life situations. - Develop understanding with new topics covered such as computer ethics, algorithm development, emerging careers. The answers can be found here: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/interactanswers

Provide an accessible approach to theory and practice with this new edition updated to comprehensively cover recent IT developments and the latest Caribbean curricula for Forms 1 to 3 (Grades 7 to 9). - Consolidate learning through a range of question types such as Multiple Choice, True or False, Short Answer and a fun Crossword puzzle. - Build critical thinking and project work skills with research and STEM projects using real life situations. - Develop understanding with new topics covered such as computer ethics, algorithm development, emerging careers. The answers can be found here: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/interactanswers

Through a series of international case studies, the nature and the geographical implications of the development of multinational corporations is examined. The volume concentrates on the latter Post-War period of corporate restructuring and readjustment in response to world-wide recession in the mid-1980s. The volume is divided into two parts. In the first each of the chapters considers a particular aspect of the problem of how multinational corporations have developed. In the second part the chapters consider different aspects of the economic and social impacts of these corporations. The common theme that links all the papers is their emphasis on careful historical analysis of different forms of spatial organisation and their transformation into other, different forms.

We are working with Cambridge International to gain endorsement for this forthcoming series. Help learners develop essential computing skills with an approach that uses real-life examples, reinforces key vocabulary and provides opportunities to learn, practise and apply throughout. - Encourage learners to become confident in working with information and ideas of their own and those of others with discussion tasks, as well as with What can you do? panels at the end of each unit for self-assessment. - Provide a clear pathway through the learning objectives with Practise tasks in each unit, as well as Go further and Challenge yourself! panels with questions designed to support differentiation. - Recap and activate learners' prior knowledge with Do you remember? activities and introduce new computing skills with Learn and Practise tasks. Contents How to use this book Term 1 Unit 1 Flowcharts in programming (Scratch MIT: Be a designer) Unit 2 Be a data manager Unit 3 Selecting hardware and software Unit 4 Variables in programming (Scratch MIT: Be a storyteller) Term 2 Unit 5 Digital content Unit 6 Sub-routines in Programming (Scratch MIT: Be an animator) Unit 7 Be a data architect Unit 8 Micro:Bit Makecode: Be an innovator Term 3 Unit 9 Keeping data safe Unit 10 Scratch MIT: Be a game developer Unit 11 Storage and robots Unit 12 iRobot: Be a problem solver Glossary

This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Help learners develop essential computing skills with an approach that uses real-life examples, reinforces key vocabulary and provides opportunities to learn, practise and apply throughout. - Encourage learners to become confident in working with information and ideas of their own and those of others with discussion tasks, as well as with What can you do? panels at the end of each unit for self-assessment. - Provide a clear pathway through the learning objectives with Practise tasks in each unit, as well as Go further and Challenge yourself! panels with questions designed to support differentiation. - Recap and activate learners' prior knowledge with Do you remember? activities and introduce new computing skills with Learn and Practise tasks. Contents How to use this book Term 1 Unit 1 Scratch: Be a loop hero Unit 2 Google forms: Be a data controller Unit 3 Be a speed surfer Unit 4 Be a storyteller Term 2 Unit 5 Robots can work Unit 6 Be a musician Unit 7 Be a data boss Unit 8 Be an innovator Term 3 Unit 9 Be a code cracker Unit 10 Be a game developer Unit 11 Robots in control Unit 12 Be an artist Glossary

This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Help learners develop essential computing skills with an approach that uses real-life examples, reinforces key vocabulary and provides opportunities to learn, practise and apply throughout. - Encourage learners to become confident in working with information and ideas of their own and those of others with discussion tasks, as well as with What can you do? panels at the end of each unit for self-assessment. - Provide a clear pathway through the learning objectives with Practise tasks in each unit, as well as Go further and Challenge yourself! panels with questions designed to support differentiation. - Recap and activate learners' prior knowledge with Do you remember? activities and introduce new computing skills with Learn and Practise tasks. Contents How to use this book Term 1 Unit 1 Computers are everywhere Unit 2 Be an animator Unit 3 Be a data detective Term 2 Unit 4 Be a designer Unit 5 We can network Unit 6 Be a problem solver Unit 7 Computers control things Term 3 Unit 8 Be a data collector Unit 9 Be a games developer Unit 10 We are connected Unit 11 Be an artist Glossary

What would we have seen if we looked out over the landscape of Scotland at its very beginning, before the impact of mankind? What would it be like to swim in the Jurassic sea? Or stand early one morning in the dragon-fly haunted coal forests of the Midland Valley? This book captures in words, drawings, paintings and photographs the dramatic sceneries - erupting volcanoes, colliding continents - and ever-changing landscape of Scotland. A second volume by Andrew Kitchener, describing the origins of wildlife in Scotland, is scheduled for 2006.

This title was first published in 2001. Focusing on new industries, policies and new forms of governance, the internationally renowned contributors to this volume examine the factors promoting the sub-national economic growth that is paradoxically occurring in an era of globalization.

Genetic screening technologies involving pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) raise particular issues about selective reproduction and the welfare of the child to be born. How does selection impact on the identity of the child who is born? Are children who are selected for a particular purpose harmed or treated as commodities? How far should the state interfere with parents' reproductive choices? Currently, concerns about the welfare of the child in selective reproduction have focused on the individual interests of the child to be born. This book re-evaluates the welfare of the child through the controversial topic of saviour sibling selection. Drawing on relational feminist and communitarian ethics, Michelle Taylor-Sands argues that the welfare of the child to be born is inextricably linked with the welfare of his/her family. The author proposes a relational model for selective reproduction based on a broad conception of the welfare of the child that includes both individual and collective family interests. By comparing regulation in the UK and Australia, the book maps out how law and policy might support a relational model for saviour sibling selection. With an interdisciplinary focus, Saviour Siblings: A Relational Approach to the Welfare of the Child in Selective Reproduction will be of particular interest to academics and students of bioethics and law as well as practitioners and policymakers concerned with the ethics of selective reproduction.

Genetic screening technologies involving pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) raise particular issues about selective reproduction and the welfare of the child to be born. How does selection impact on the identity of the child who is born? Are children who are selected for a particular purpose harmed or treated as commodities? How far should the state interfere with parents' reproductive choices? Currently, concerns about the welfare of the child in selective reproduction have focused on the individual interests of the child to be born. This book re-evaluates the welfare of the child through the controversial topic of saviour sibling selection. Drawing on relational feminist and communitarian ethics, Michelle Taylor-Sands argues that the welfare of the child to be born is inextricably linked with the welfare of his/her family. The author proposes a relational model for selective reproduction based on a broad conception of the welfare of the child that includes both individual and collective family interests. By comparing regulation in the UK and Australia, the book maps out how law and policy might support a relational model for saviour sibling selection. With an interdisciplinary focus, Saviour Siblings: A Relational Approach to the Welfare of the Child in Selective Reproduction will be of particular interest to academics and students of bioethics and law as well as practitioners and policymakers concerned with the ethics of selective reproduction.

This title was first published in 2002. The concept of embeddedness refers to the social construction of inter-firm relationships and the enmeshing of economic relationships within broader social structures and relationships in particular places. Previous research has suggested embedding is the best way to generate local growth and social capital and has focused on SMEs in Europe and North America, although the existing model is being more widely adopted now. This volume is the first to examine the complex processes of embedding in this wider context. Bringing together a broad range of case studies from the developed and developing world which address the nature of embeddedness from various perspectives, it not only questions the universality of the current model and the policy initiatives it has spawned but also provides a much wider understanding of embeddedness . It does so by discussing the social dimensions more fully and by throwing light on the spatial and temporal ambiguity of the concept and its inadequate treatment of power.

This title was first published in 2000. Illustrated by a wide range of international case studies, this volume elaborates, extends and critiques one of the key models of local growth, which emphasizes learning, networking and 'embeddedness' in relation to the role of small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). In doing so, it provides a comprehensive understanding of the changing role of SMEs in an era of globalization.

This title was first published in 2001. Focusing on new industries, policies and new forms of governance, the internationally renowned contributors to this volume examine the factors promoting the sub-national economic growth that is paradoxically occurring in an era of globalization.

Economic voting is a phenomenon that political scientists and economists can hardly overlook. There is ample evidence for a strong link between economic conditions and government popularity. However, not everything is that simple and this edited collection focuses on 'the comparative puzzle' of economic voting. Economic Voting emphasises the importance of comparative research design and argues that the psychology of the economic voter model needs to be developed further.

Economic voting is a phenomenon that political scientists and economists can hardly overlook. There is ample evidence for a strong link between economic conditions and government popularity. However, not everything is that simple and this edited collection focuses on 'the comparative puzzle' of economic voting.
Economic Voting emphasises the importance of comparative research design and argues that the psychology of the economic voter model needs to be developed further.

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This title was first published in 2002. The concept of embeddedness refers to the social construction of inter-firm relationships and the enmeshing of economic relationships within broader social structures and relationships in particular places. Previous research has suggested embedding is the best way to generate local growth and social capital and has focused on SMEs in Europe and North America, although the existing model is being more widely adopted now. This volume is the first to examine the complex processes of embedding in this wider context. Bringing together a broad range of case studies from the developed and developing world which address the nature of embeddedness from various perspectives, it not only questions the universality of the current model and the policy initiatives it has spawned but also provides a much wider understanding of embeddedness . It does so by discussing the social dimensions more fully and by throwing light on the spatial and temporal ambiguity of the concept and its inadequate treatment of power.

This title was first published in 2000. Illustrated by a wide range of international case studies, this volume elaborates, extends and critiques one of the key models of local growth, which emphasizes learning, networking and 'embeddedness' in relation to the role of small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). In doing so, it provides a comprehensive understanding of the changing role of SMEs in an era of globalization.

Through a series of international case studies, the nature and the geographical implications of the development of multinational corporations is examined. The volume concentrates on the latter Post-War period of corporate restructuring and readjustment in response to world-wide recession in the mid-1980s.

The volume is divided into two parts. In the first each of the chapters considers a particular aspect of the problem of how multinational corporations have developed. In the second part the chapters consider different aspects of the economic and social impacts of these corporations. The common theme that links all the papers is their emphasis on careful historical analysis of different forms of spatial organisation and their transformation into other, different forms.

This volume charts the ways in which multinational corporations contributed to the restructuring of the world economy, paying particular attention to the spatial consequences of, and responses to, their operations at a number of scales. The book takes as its theme the differential spatial outcomes of the restructuring of different types of multinational corporation.