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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
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will appeal to researchers, instructors, and applied practitioners
interested in human-animal interactions extends our understanding
of the contexts in which humans and animals interact shares
considerations for applied programming and implementation including
how to create virtual human-animal content the book is anchored in
seminal and just-published findings from the field of human-animal
interactions shares new quantitative and qualitative findings
attesting to the efficacy of virtual human-animal interactions
will appeal to researchers, instructors, and applied practitioners
interested in human-animal interactions extends our understanding
of the contexts in which humans and animals interact shares
considerations for applied programming and implementation including
how to create virtual human-animal content the book is anchored in
seminal and just-published findings from the field of human-animal
interactions shares new quantitative and qualitative findings
attesting to the efficacy of virtual human-animal interactions
An invaluable information source about cast iron holloware of the
pre-Griswold and Wagner era for collectors, museum curators,
reenactors, and hearth cooking aficionados. It is the first book to
document cast iron pots, skillets, spiders, pans, kettles,
teakettles, Dutch ovens, and mortars, plus several items in brass,
from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, spanning the
years 1645 to 1900. Over 350 photos illustrate identifiable changes
in the manufacturing technologies and the vessel forms. Line
drawings and detail photos enable the reader to correctly date the
objects they find. The engaging text is a product of forty years of
collecting and wide-ranging research. Most of the vessels are
illustrated in print for the first time. Many of these objects have
been seen occasionally in antiques shops or at auctions, but they
have never before been identified in the literature. This will be a
standard reference book for many years to come.
John Tyler Bonner, one of our most distinguished and creative
biologists, here offers a completely new perspective on the role of
size in biology. In his hallmark friendly style, he explores the
universal impact of being the right size. By examining stories
ranging from Alice in Wonderland to Gulliver's Travels, he shows
that humans have always been fascinated by things big and small.
Why then does size always reside on the fringes of science and
never on the center stage? Why do biologists and others ponder size
only when studying something else—running speed, life span, or
metabolism? Why Size Matters, a pioneering book of big ideas in a
compact size, gives size its due by presenting a profound yet lucid
overview of what we know about its role in the living world. Bonner
argues that size really does matter—that it is the supreme and
universal determinant of what any organism can be and do. For
example, because tiny creatures are subject primarily to forces of
cohesion and larger beasts to gravity, a fly can easily walk up a
wall, something we humans cannot even begin to imagine doing.
Bonner introduces us to size through the giants and dwarfs of
human, animal, and plant history and then explores questions
including the physics of size as it affects biology, the evolution
of size over geological time, and the role of size in the function
and longevity of living things. As this elegantly written book
shows, size affects life in its every aspect. It is a universal
frame from which nothing escapes.
Covering principles of therapy dog team training, assessment,
skills, and ongoing monitoring, Canine-Assisted Interventions
provides guidance on the most evidence-based methods for therapy
dog team welfare, training, and assessment. The authors offer a
linear approach to understanding all aspects of the screening,
assessment, and selection of dog-handler teams by exploring the
journey of dog therapy teams from assessment of canines and
handlers to the importance of ongoing monitoring, recredentialing,
and retirement. In addition to reviewing key findings within the
field of human-animal interactions, each chapter emphasizes skills
on both the human and dog ends of the leash and makes
recommendations for research-informed best practices. To support
readers, the book culminates with checklists and training resources
to serve as a quick reference for readers. This book will be of
great interest for practitioners, in-service professionals, and
researchers in the fields of canine-assisted interventions and
counseling.
Cultivating Kindness sheds light on just how children and
adolescents are kind, especially in school. Grounded in
psychological and educational research on kindness and supported
with illustrations capturing the voices of public school students,
this book enhances our understanding of kindness. Written with
educators in mind, Cultivating Kindness draws from surveys and
interviews with more than three thousand children and adolescents.
Author John-Tyler Binfet shares perspectives on kindness from the
very individuals we hope will embrace kindness. Interwoven among
examples from students are findings from peer-reviewed studies on
topics exploring the role of joy and stress contagions on fostering
or thwarting kindness, the concept of kind discipline, and how to
measure kindness in school. This book also includes a kindness
checklist to guide educators wishing to implement and foster
kindness in their classrooms or schools. In addition to practical
scenarios challenging the reader to respond kindly, a repository of
kindness resources to support the continued kindness education of
readers is also included.
Covering principles of therapy dog team training, assessment,
skills, and ongoing monitoring, Canine-Assisted Interventions
provides guidance on the most evidence-based methods for therapy
dog team welfare, training, and assessment. The authors offer a
linear approach to understanding all aspects of the screening,
assessment, and selection of dog-handler teams by exploring the
journey of dog therapy teams from assessment of canines and
handlers to the importance of ongoing monitoring, recredentialing,
and retirement. In addition to reviewing key findings within the
field of human-animal interactions, each chapter emphasizes skills
on both the human and dog ends of the leash and makes
recommendations for research-informed best practices. To support
readers, the book culminates with checklists and training resources
to serve as a quick reference for readers. This book will be of
great interest for practitioners, in-service professionals, and
researchers in the fields of canine-assisted interventions and
counseling.
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On Growth and Form (Paperback)
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson; Edited by John Tyler Bonner
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Why do living things and physical phenomena take the form they do?
D'Arcy Thompson's classic On Growth and Form looks at the way
things grow and the shapes they take. Analysing biological
processes in their mathematical and physical aspects, this historic
work, first published in 1917, has also become renowned for the
sheer poetry of its descriptions. A great scientist sensitive to
the fascinations and beauty of the natural world tells of jumping
fleas and slipper limpets; of buds and seeds; of bees' cells and
rain drops; of the potter's thumb and the spider's web; of a film
of soap and a bubble of oil; of a splash of a pebble in a pond.
Professor Bonner has rewritten more than half of this standard
treatise to take account of the great amount of recent research on
the cellular slime molds. He has included a larger selection of
material, more figures and new plates. The bibliography has been
greatly enlarged. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton
Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
John Tyler Bonner, a major participant in the development of
biology as an experimental science, is the author not only of
important monographs but also of a wonderfully readable book, Life
Cycles, which is both a personal memoir and a profound commentary
on the central themes of biology. This volume of essays presents
new material that extends the concepts from Life Cycles and his
other writings. Its originality lies in comparing key basic
biological processes at different levels, from molecular
interactions through multicellular development to behavior and
social interactions. The first chapter in the book discusses
self-organization and natural selection; the second, competition
and natural selection; and the third, gene accumulation and gene
silencing. The fourth chapter examines the division of labor in
organisms at all levels: within the organelles of a cell, within
groups of cells in the guise of differentiation, within groups of
individuals in an animal society, and within our culturally
determined human societies. The work closes with a charming
personal history of sixty years of changes in the field of biology,
including the transformation in the ways that research work is
funded. Originally published in 1996. The Princeton Legacy Library
uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
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