The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain has often been depicted as a triumph of empiricism, of illiterate practical craftsmen without any kind of scientific training. This traditional view has been seriously challenged by A.E.Musson and Eric Robinson. The authors' main concern is with the early development of the engineering and chemical industries, but they also refer to many others. In addition, they detail the agencies that were available for the diffusion of science and technology - philosophical societies, itinerant lecturers, books and periodicals, etc. Many of the leading figures of the Industrial Revolution appear in these pages, with new insights into their achievements.

Little has been reported about military caregivers the population of those who care for wounded, ill, and injured military personnel and veterans. This report summarizes the results of a study designed to describe the magnitude of military caregiving in the United States today, as well as to identify gaps in the array of programs, policies, and initiatives designed to support military caregivers."

"Thoughts of a Changed Mind" is a series of letters written from a father to his son on a broad range of topics including stories about encountering God, a call to Catholicism, contemporary social issues, practical wisdom for everyday life, and much more.

"Thoughts of a Changed Mind" is a series of letters written from a father to his son on a broad range of topics including stories about encountering God, a call to Catholicism, contemporary social issues, practical wisdom for everyday life, and much more.

This book is the story of the last two years in the life of a bright, expressive and courageous woman dying of ovarian cancer, as told by her husband through the journal he kept during her illness. Eric and Joan Robinson knew of her prognosis when they married; together, they made a conscious decision to spend with each other what little time Joan had left. It is an honest and often harrowing account of two people's failures and triumphs, as they tried to make sense of a life totally undermined by terminal disease. Eric describes his daily routine of nursing his increasingly incapacitated wife and the perennial problems of hospitalization, housekeeping and finance, all of which he juggled while trying to keep up with his responsibilities as a college professor. He describes his tormented emotional state, which became a jumble of intense love, resentment, devotion, fear, anger and even disgust at Joan's physical deterioration.