Автор: Kevin Hillstrom, Laurie Collier Hillstrom
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2001
isbn: 0-7876-4887-6
Количество страниц: 263
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Vietnam War: Primary Sources presents thirteen full or excerpted documents from the Vietnam War era. These documents range from notable speeches that mark important points in the conflict to personal diaries and letters that reflect the hopes, dreams, fears, and experiences of ordinary soldiers and civilians. Some of the selections discuss highly personal issues, such as a young American's agonizing decision whether to report for military service or a Vietnamese girl's decision to join the Viet Cong.
Автор: John S. Rigden
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2003
isbn: 0-02-865703-9
Количество страниц: 547
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Twentieth-century and twenty-first-century elementary particle physics is full of quarks, leptons, antimatter, and dark energy. How is a reader supposed to understand physics when much of what he or she may, or may not, remember from high-school physics is no longer current? This alphabetically arranged guide is intended for a broad audience, including advanced high-school and college students as well as general readers. An international team of physicists contributed 153 entries, each with a bibliography of recommended books, journals, and Web sites. See also references appear at the end of each article. Also included are a reader's guide presenting a topical arrangement of entries, a time line, a glossary, and a list of common abbreviations and acronyms. Case studies of experiments such as the measurement of the muon, profiles of important laboratories such as Fermilab, and biographies of physicists such as Paul Dirac are among the entries, which are illustrated with tables, photograph, and schematics. Building Blocks of Matter is a supplement to the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics (1996). As such, it will help students understand the physics of elementary particles, that is, particles that cannot be broken down. Because of its focus, it is more specialized than a physics dictionary. Recommended for science reference collections in academic and public libraries, especially those that own the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics.
Автор: Richard A., Phd Wood
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2001
isbn: 0787636487
Количество страниц: 819
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
This was the first weather almanac i bought since 1978. while the stats are indeed current (up to year 1999) the historical data for most U.S. cities is not reflective of the past, and seems to only track data recorded with a station's new weather equipment, circa 1990s... also, the book itself is largely copied grids from earlier versions of the almanac, difficult to read in some cases. wind data in most cities is not reflected in historical trends. USA today puts out a graphically pleasing almanac, but the data in their book too is not of super value to the true climatologist. with the vast number of reporting data available today, i would expect a book such as this to include many more cities, and address microclimates. the web itself offers better statistical data than this book; although keeping track of that data ourselves can be cumbersome.
Автор: John Middleton
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 0-684-80651-7
Количество страниц: 281
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Attractively produced, this comprehensive four-volume compilation on the continent of Africa, from pre-history to present day (2002), is a welcome addition to research tools in the area of African history and culture...This fills a void, as there are no other publications (in a collection) that are so focused on the subject of Africa and with such current data...
Автор: John Middleton
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 0-684-80652-5
Количество страниц: 264
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Attractively produced, this comprehensive four-volume compilation on the continent of Africa, from pre-history to present day (2002), is a welcome addition to research tools in the area of African history and culture...This fills a void, as there are no other publications (in a collection) that are so focused on the subject of Africa and with such current data...
Автор: John Middleton
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 0-684-80653-3
Количество страниц: 271
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Attractively produced, this comprehensive four-volume compilation on the continent of Africa, from pre-history to present day (2002), is a welcome addition to research tools in the area of African history and culture...This fills a void, as there are no other publications (in a collection) that are so focused on the subject of Africa and with such current data...
Автор: John Middleton
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 0-684-80654-1
Количество страниц: 235
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Attractively produced, this comprehensive four-volume compilation on the continent of Africa, from pre-history to present day (2002), is a welcome addition to research tools in the area of African history and culture...This fills a void, as there are no other publications (in a collection) that are so focused on the subject of Africa and with such current data...
Автор: Linda Schmittroth, Mary Kay Rosteck
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2005
isbn: 0-7876-3793-9
Количество страниц: 275
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Part of Gale's American Revolution Reference Library, American Revolution: Biographies profiles approximately 60 British and American men and women connected with the American Revolution. Many of these full-length biographical sketches contain short biographies of people who are in some way connected with the main biographee, sidebars of related information, and a "For More Information" section. A "Words to Know" section defines unusual and difficult terms and cross-references other people profiled within the subset
Автор: Maryanne Cline Horowitz
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 0684313774
Количество страниц: 548
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
The 700 accessible articles present new material, with original entries on feminism and antifeminism, queer theory, and nongender topics like diversity, social capital, and third cinema. Standard subjects, like beauty and love, are treated at length in the earlier set and simply updated in the new version to include late 20th-century ideas and non-Western thought. Each entry explores origin, cultural interpretations, and historical themes. The alphabetical arrangement is not an impediment to cross-disciplinary study, since a reader`s guide and full index present material in a topical framework. Bottom Line This delightful foray into humankind`s ideas, from abolitionism to Zionism, is a bargain highly recommended as an essential purchase for academic libraries. Public libraries of all sizes would also greatly benefit from its one-stop-shopping approach to the philosophy of ideas
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