Andrew Briggs: 8 books
It Keeps Me Seeking
The Invitation from Science, Philosophy and Religion
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Here is a fresh look at how science contributes to the bigger picture of human flourishing, through a collage of science and philosophy, richly illustrated by the authors' own experience and personal reflection. They survey the territory of fundamental physics, machine learning, philosophy of human...
by Andrew Briggs, Mark Sculpher, Karl Claxton
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2006
In financially constrained health systems across the world, increasing emphasis is being placed on the ability to demonstrate that health care interventions are not only effective, but also cost-effective. This book deals with decision modelling techniques that can be used to estimate the value for...
The Penultimate Curiosity
How Science Swims in the Slipstream of Ultimate Questions
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
When young children first begin to ask 'why?' they embark on a journey with no final destination. The need to make sense of the world as a whole is an ultimate curiosity that lies at the root of all human religions. It has, in many cultures, shaped and motivated a more down to earth scientific interest...
Acoustic Microscopy
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2009
Acoustic microscopy enables the elastic properties of materials to be imaged and measured with the resolution of a good microscope. By using frequencies in the microwave regime, it is possible to make the acoustic wavelength comparable with the wavelength of light, and hence to achieve a resolution...
Towards Belonging
Negotiating New Relationships for Adopted Children and Those in Care
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
This book explores what a sense of belonging—its components and state—means for the adopted children and those in care. It contributes to reader's understanding of these children's emotional well-being, mental health, and potential for success in life through education and beyond.
Waiting To Be Found
Papers on Children in Care
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
This book explores the importance of relationship between child and care system, child and clinician or other practitioner, practitioners with practitioners, or individuals with the organisation in which they work. It presents the analytic and multifaceted centrality of relationship concept.
Surviving Space
Papers on Infant Observation
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018
Surviving Space is a collection of papers on infant observation and related issues by contemporary experts in the field, commemorating the centenary of Esther Bick and the unique contribution she has made to psychoanalytic theory. As part of the prestigious Tavistock Clinic Series, this is an essential...
Observation in Health and Social Care
Applications for Learning, Research and Practice with Children and Adults
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
Examining and exploring new approaches to therapeutic observation in health and social care, this multidisciplinary guide discusses and analyses its uses in a range of practical contexts with children, families and adults.
Developing good observation skills is paramount to sustaining relationships...