Hutchinson Dictionary

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

• Brand: Routledge
• ASIN: 1579581161

A dictionary of terms, people, battles and arms and armour, covering 3500 years from ancient Sumer to the 16th century.

• ASIN: 1859861938

• ASIN: 0091770793

This dictionary provides an authoritative and accessible guide to the lives, labours and achievements of the men and women who have shaped the world of science. The in-depth biographies are comprehensive in their coverage of scientists and provide a wealth of information about the great scientists and their idiosyncrasies - for example, the effect of Humphrey Davy's jealousy of his former protege Michael Faraday, the prejudice against women that barred Lize Meitner from working in a major laboratory, and why the astronomer Tycho Brahe wore a false nose. The dictionary covers all of the major scientists and provides readable reviews of each scientist's early life, career, major discoveries and significant publications. This edition has been updated to include over 80 more biographies, focusing particularly on contemporary scientists, such as Stanley Prusiner, the US winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine. In addition, a glossary of 2000 terms and chronologies of the major sciences place individual's achievements within the context of their own time, while offering an overview of the growth of each particular field of scientific enquiry.

• ASIN: 1859863043

Whether you are stuck in the garden centre or nettled in your own garden, this work offers a guide to finding the correct names for different types of plants, quickly. From alpines to trees and shrubs, and houseplants to wild flowers, it covers 30,000 terms on every plant you could possibly come across. The text aims to make it easy to convert common names into their botanical equivalents and offers a listing of common epithets - helping the reader to understand the plant naming system. The work also provides earlier versions of botanical names, and both UK and North American common names.

• ASIN: 1859863566

This title presents an explanation of ideas and concepts, from the beginning of civilization to the present day. It features philosophical, political, artistic and historical ideas, as well as concepts, both topical (postmodernism, chaos theory), and esoteric (Zoroastrianism, teleology).

• ASIN: 1859860508

• ASIN: 1859860591

Bryan takes us back with him to his early days in school when little if anything was known about Attention Deficit Disorder, a neurobiological disorder that would go undiagnosed well into his adult life, thus creating numerous hardships for him, both in school and at home. He strived to do well in school and please his parents, but he couldn't. He was always daydreaming and distracted and had trouble accomplishing his schoolwork. He did not understand why he wasn't like other students. His teacher and peers ridiculed him for his inattentiveness at school, while his parents punished him for failing grades and presumed laziness at home. Bryan writes an emotionally traumatic account of the years of punishment and criticism he received for having undiagnosed ADD as a child, and how he finally got help as an adult. His intuitive sense that he was extremely talented at some things, motivated him to focus on what he could do well. He contemplated the paradox of his impressive talents and his depressing failures often, which ultimately led him to seek help and finally be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder. Finally receiving a diagnosis of ADD was a life changing enlightenment for him. It has helped him heal the emotional scars of his past and move forward with newfound self-confi...

• Brand: Brand: Infinity Publishing
• ASIN: 0741444402

This text details over 500 critical battles which altered the course of history, from the Greeks at Marathon to the Gulf War. It includes full index allowing instant location of any battle by war, date, or major commander, and a section on notable commanders throughout history is included with a description of 31 outstanding leaders.

• ASIN: 1860195792

In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading." Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing. Since only the smallest fraction of information dealing with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome is indexed in search engines, such as www.google.com or others, a non-systematic approach to Internet research can be not only time consuming, but also incomplete. This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so.

• ASIN: 0497112361