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NASA SP 2004-4109. NASA History Series. Presents the memoirs of Dr.
Kenneth W. Iliff, the retired Chief Scientist of NASA Dryden Flight
Research Center. He worked at NASA from 1962-2002. Reprint of 2004
publication.
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A Tear of Sympathy!!! or, Striking Objects of Travel, Antient, and Modern! In Italy, Prussia, Spain, France, Russia, &c. With Reflections Critical, Moral, and Biographical. Written by Edward Henry Iliff, (Hardcover)
Edward Henry Iliff
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Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes
originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include
works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget,
Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan
Isaacs. Each volume is available on its own, as part of a themed
mini-set, or as part of a specially-priced 204-volume set. A
brochure listing each title in the "International Library of
Psychology" series is available upon request.
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The Seagull (Paperback)
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov; Translated by Iliffe
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Discovery Miles 3 720
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A masterpiece of modern drama, The Seagull dramatises the romantic
and artistic conflicts between four characters: the ingenue Nina,
the fading actress Irina, her son the symbolist playwright
Konstantin, and the famous middlebrow story writer Trigorin.6
women, 7 men
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was one of the greatest scientists of
all time, a thinker of extraordinary range and creativity who has
left enduring legacies in mathematics and physics. While most
famous for his Principia, his work on light and colour, and his
discovery of the calculus, Newton devoted much more time to
research in chemistry and alchemy, and to studying prophecy, church
history and ancient chronology. This new edition of The Cambridge
Companion to Newton provides authoritative introductions to these
further dimensions of his endeavours as well as to many aspects of
his physics. It includes a revised bibliography, a new introduction
and six new chapters: three updating previous chapters on Newton's
mathematics, his chemistry and alchemy and the reception of his
religious views; and three entirely new, on his religion, his
ancient chronology and the treatment of continuous and
discontinuous forces in his second law of motion.
A collection of the many biographies of scientist Isaac Newton,
demonstrating the ways in which his reputation continued to develop
in the centuries after his death. It includes private letters,
poetry and memoranda, and explores the debate over Newton's
reputation, work and personal life.
A collection of the many biographies of scientist Isaac Newton,
demonstrating the ways in which his reputation continued to develop
in the centuries after his death. It includes private letters,
poetry and memoranda, and explores the debate over Newton's
reputation, work and personal life.
Academic - History Of Science - Biography; This edition is the
first thorough-going edited collection of the many biographies of
Newton, and demonstrates the way in which his reputation continued
to develop in the centuries after his death. Sir Isaac Newton was
one of the towering figures of British science during his lifetime
and for generations to follow. His life and works inspired many to
write his biography, and a body of biographical material began to
emerge that was added to over the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries. Not all of the writings were published however, and
those that went into print are often rare and hard for today's
academics to come by.This edition from Pickering & Chatto is
the first thorough-going edited collection of the many biographies
of Newton, and demonstrates the way in which his reputation
continued to develop in the centuries after his death.
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was one of the greatest scientists of
all time, a thinker of extraordinary range and creativity who has
left enduring legacies in mathematics and physics. While most
famous for his Principia, his work on light and colour, and his
discovery of the calculus, Newton devoted much more time to
research in chemistry and alchemy, and to studying prophecy, church
history and ancient chronology. This new edition of The Cambridge
Companion to Newton provides authoritative introductions to these
further dimensions of his endeavours as well as to many aspects of
his physics. It includes a revised bibliography, a new introduction
and six new chapters: three updating previous chapters on Newton's
mathematics, his chemistry and alchemy and the reception of his
religious views; and three entirely new, on his religion, his
ancient chronology and the treatment of continuous and
discontinuous forces in his second law of motion.
John Iliffe's 1998 book is a history of the African medical
profession in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania from the earliest training
of modern medical staff in the 1870s to the present day. Based on
extensive research, and dealing exclusively with African doctors,
it offers an understanding of professionalisation in the Third
World. It describes the recruitment and education of doctors, their
understanding and practice of modern medicine, the struggle for
international recognition of their qualifications and efforts to
develop East African medical systems after independence, and their
experiences during a period of political and economic difficulty.
The book ends with an account of the significant work of East
African doctors in the study and control of AIDS. This is a major
contribution to the social history of Africa and to the social
history of medicine more broadly.
The history of Tanganyika from the Maji Maji rebellion of 1905 (the
greatest African rebellion against early European rule) to the last
years of German administration. It examines a colonial situation in
depth, ranging from the processes of change in African societies to
the decisions of policy-makers in Berlin. In the aftermath of
rebellion an imaginative Governor, Freiherr von rechenberg,
initiated a programme of African cash-crop agriculture. This
programme was reversed by a settler community which successfully
manipulated the German political system. Meanwhile, after their
defeat in armed rebellion, Africans sought power through
educational and economic advancement. Tanganyika in 1912 was poised
for that struggle for control between European settler and educated
African which has been a fundamental theme of the modern history of
East and Central Africa. Dr Illiffe's book is one of the few
available studies of German colonial administration. He has drawn
on a wide range of sources, both in East Africa and Germany.
Written in the light of current reappraisal of African history, the
book gives valuable insight into African initiatives during the
early years of European rule.
This history of the poor of Sub-Saharan Africa begins in the
monasteries of thirteenth-century Ethiopia and ends in the South
African resettlement sites of the 1980s. Its thesis, derived from
histories of poverty in Europe, is that most very poor Africans
have been individuals incapacitated for labour, bereft of support,
and unable to fend for themselves in a land-rich economy. There has
emerged the distinct poverty of those excluded from access to
productive resources. Natural disaster brought widespread
destitution, but as a cause of mass mortality it was almost
eliminated in the colonial era, to return to those areas where
drought has been compounded by administrative breakdown. Professor
Iliffe investigates what it was like to be poor, how the poor
sought to help themselves, how their counterparts in other
continents live. The poor live as people, rather than merely
parading as statistics. Famines have alerted the world to African
poverty, but the problem itself is ancient. Its prevailing forms
will not be understood until those of earlier periods are revealed
and trends of change are identified. This is a book for all
concerned with the future of Africa, as well as for students of
poverty elsewhere.
In a vast and all-embracing study of Africa, from the origins of
mankind to the present day, John Iliffe refocuses its history on
the peopling of an environmentally hostile continent. Africans have
been pioneers struggling against disease and nature, but during the
last century their inherited culture has interacted with medical
progress to produce the most rapid population growth the world has
ever seen. This new edition incorporates genetic and linguistic
findings, throwing light on early African history and summarises
research that has transformed the study of the Atlantic slave
trade. It also examines the consequences of a rapidly growing
youthful population, the hopeful but uncertain democratisation and
economic recovery of the early twenty-first century, the
containment of the AIDS epidemic and the turmoil within Islam that
has produced the Arab Spring. Africans: The History of a Continent
is thus a single story binding modern men and women to their
earliest human ancestors.
One of the hallmarks of maturity as a coach is awareness of how
your values, beliefs, and other factors affect your coaching
interventions. It takes skill to notice these influences which can
manifest both physically and mentally during coaching, while
simultaneously ensuring a client focused approach. Coaching
Presence examines how self-awareness can be built across key
aspects of coaching practice, introducing a model that will help
you make a conscious and deliberate choice for every approach or
intervention that you use with your client. It explores how, by
paying close attention to the motivations behind every coaching
choice, you can minimize the unconscious negative influences and
bias to produce the best outcome for the client and their wider
system. It will also help you recognize when conscious visibility
expressed explicitly to the client may actually be the best
coaching solution. An online supporting resource includes a 'Leader
as Mediator' white paper.
This first full account of Obasanjo's life from 1937 to 2010
combines an analysis of an exceptionally vital and complicated man
with a history of an exceptionally vital and complicated country.
Olusegun Obasanjo was Nigeria's military head of state (1976-9) and
President (1999-2007). His career is made the focus for a history
of Nigeria's first fifty years of independence (1960-2010) and of
African continental affairs during the same period (Obasanjo having
been an active opponent of apartheid and an architect of the
African Union). The most important African leader of his
generation, Obasanjo has had an extraordinarily diverse career as
soldier, politician, statesman, farmer, author, political prisoner,
Baptist preacher, and family patriarch. As a soldier, he secured
the victory in Nigeria's civil war. As military head of state, he
returned the country to civilian rule. For the next 20 years he was
ceaselessly active, before spending three years as a political
prisoner. Released from prison, Obasanjo served Nigeria as elected
President from 1999 to 2007, until his growing authoritarianism and
his manipulation of his successor's election ruined his reputation
among many Nigerians. This book argues that the controversial end
to his presidency must be understood in the light of his earlier
career. The author has used mainly published sources, especially
Nigerian newspapers and political memoirs, as well as recently
released FCO documents in Britain. John Iliffe is a Fellow of St
John's College, Cambridge. He retired as Professor of African
History at Cambridge in 2006 and has published widely on African
history including: A Modern History of Tanganyika; The Emergence of
African Capitalism; The African Poor: A History; Africans: the
History of a Continent; Honour in African History and The African
Aids Epidemic: A History. Nigeria: HEBN [PB]
Anxiety about medicine becoming impersonal and mechanised permeates
the NHS. In addition, the popular media is full of stories about
the health service and its unhappy staff, focusing on the belief
that professionals and patients are being turned into assembly-line
workers and objects. This is particularly prevalent in general
practice, as plans for massive policlinics are revealed and payment
systems shift seemingly inexorably towards incentives and targets.
The ethos of family medicine, which places so much stress on
continuity of care, psychosocial understanding of illness, and the
careful management of doubt, is challenged by guidelines,
governance, quality frameworks, and patient satisfaction surveys.
General practice is being industrialized into primary care, or so
it can seem.
This book explores the many dimensions of industrialization as it
has occurred to other professions in the past, and analyses the
origins of the current wave of reform in general practice. It
analyses why industrialization is being pursued as a government
strategy, and explores its benefits and dangers. It concludes that
the medical profession has reasons for being perturbed by
industrialization, but that it has advantages as well as
disadvantages for the NHS and the public. Its conclusions may not
please either policy makers or practitioners, but they offer ways
for professionals working in the community to customise current
changes in potentially beneficial ways.
Over the years since its first appearance, "Datums and Map
Projections" has become a key book for many students and
professionals around the world. Its theme - a practical guide to
coordinate reference systems - is as important now as when it was
first published, probably more so when we consider the ever growing
use of satellite navigation systems and the introduction of web
mapping services such as Google Earth.While retaining the benefits
of the first edition - clear presentation assuming no prior
knowledge, a problem-solving approach, practical examples and the
combination of GPS-derived data with data from other sources - the
rewritten and expanded second edition offers very much more: a
different structure to give a better grouping of common themes;
greater scope to cover all possible different types of coordinate
reference system that are used in mapping and related areas; more
examples and case studies from around the world; adoption of the
terminology of the ISO 19111 standard (Spatial referencing by
coordinates); and use of colour illustrations.This remains a vital
text for students and practitioners in all areas of geomatics -
surveying, remote sensing, GIS, GPS - and much more. Its accessible
nature also makes it suitable for anyone with an interest in the
subject and its applications.
This book tells the remarkable lives of the pioneers of science -
from Galileo and Newton, Faraday and Darwin, Pasteur and Marie
Curie, to Einstein, Freud, Turing, and Crick and Watson. A series
of seventy articles, written by an international team of
distinguished scientists, historians of science and science
writers, provides an unrivalled account of the lives and
personalities behind the greatest scientific breakthroughs of all
time. Organized thematically, starting at the 'Universe', and
moving smaller through the 'Earth' and 'Molecules and Matter' to
'Inside the Atom', with the final two sections looking at 'Life'
and 'Body and Mind', it covers all the major scientific
disciplines, including astronomy, biology, biochemistry, chemistry,
computing, ecology, geology, medicine, neurology, physics and
psychology, as well as mathematics. The Scientists will intrigue
budding scientists, those fascinated by the lives of great
individuals, and anyone curious to know how over the centuries we
came to understand the physical world around us and inside us.
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