Christine Klein: 10 books

The science museum field has made tremendous advances in understanding museum learning, but little has been done to consolidate and synethesize these findings to encourage widespread improvements in practice. By clearly presenting the most current knowledge of museum learning, In Principle, In Practice...

Genetic methodologies are having a significant impact on the study of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Using genetic science, researchers have identified over 200 genes that cause or contribute to neurological disorders. Still an evolving field of study, defining the relationship between genes...

Neurogenetics, Part II, Volume 148*, the latest release in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology,* provides the latest information on the genetic methodologies that are having a significant impact on the study of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Using genetic science, researchers have identified...

Aims To some, the field of neurogenetics appears perplexing and indecipherable. In this volume, we will address this issue by providing clinicians with a framework for dealing with these disorders. This book is not intended to be an in-depth, comprehensive review of all neurogenetic conditions from...

Read a free excerpt here! American engineers have done astounding things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over a thousand miles of roiling currents into a placid staircase of water, and wresting the lower half of the river...

Over the past century, solutions to natural resources policy issues have become increasingly complex. Multiple government agencies with overlapping jurisdictions and differing mandates as well as multiple interest groups have contributed to gridlock, frequently preventing solutions in the common interest....

Zu diesem Buch: Sehr geehrter Leser, vielleicht ist es Ihnen öfter so ergangen wie uns. In Zeiten der Globalisierung und der Zentralisierung sind viele Arbeitsplätze nicht mehr um die Ecke der heimischen Wohnung. Leider. Die Wegezeiten werden immer länger. Nun gibt es sicher so nette Dinge wie...

Les innovations sociales, à la manière de bougies d’allumage, engendrent des actions collectives qui proposent des solutions différentes de celles des pratiques dominantes en mettant l’économie au service des personnes et de la société. Or la simple multiplication des innovations sociales...

Dans un contexte de multiplication des expériences innovatrices, le présent ouvrage veut faire reconnaître les pratiques émergentes comme étant valables et justes, et montrer leur capacité à transformer le monde. Ainsi, les auteurs prônent le passage d’une vision minimaliste de l’innovation...

L’analyse approfondie de dix cas d’initiatives locales de lutte contre la pauvreté et l’exclusion menées dans trois régions du Québec (Montréal, Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean et Bas-Saint-Laurent) révèle les facteurs qui ont fait la réussite de ces initiatives afin que les chercheurs et les acteurs concernés puissent en tirer profit.