David J David: 1790 books
Science Studies
An Advanced Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1997
Thrust into the public eye by the contentious "Science Wars"--played out most recently by physicist Alan Sokal's hoax--the nascent field of science studies takes on the political, historical, and cultural dimensions of technology and the sciences.
Science Studies is the first comprehensive...
The Field Researcher’s Handbook
A Guide to the Art and Science of Professional Fieldwork
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
Field research—the collection of information outside a lab or workplace setting—requires skills and knowledge not typically taught in the classroom. Fieldwork demands exploratory inquisitiveness, empathy to encourage interviewees to trust the researcher, and sufficient aptitude to work professionally...
Origins of Darwin's Evolution
Solving the Species Puzzle Through Time and Place
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Historical biogeography—the study of the history of species through both time and place—first convinced Charles Darwin of evolution. This field was so important to Darwin’s initial theories and line of thinking that he said as much in the very first paragraph of On the Origin of Species (1859)...
The Neuroscience of Emotion
A New Synthesis
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
A new framework for the neuroscientific study of emotions in humans and animals
The Neuroscience of Emotion presents a new framework for the neuroscientific study of emotion across species. Written by Ralph Adolphs and David J. Anderson, two leading authorities on the study of emotion, this...
Understanding Violent Criminals: Insights from the Front Lines of Law Enforcement
Insights from the Front Lines of Law Enforcement
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Violent crime remains a major problem in America: in 2011, there were more than 1.2 million violent crimes committed in the United States. To better grasp the complex reasons behind this disturbing statistic, author David J. Thomas—a police officer and forensic psychologist—conducted an in-depth...
Vernon Bailey
Writings of a Field Naturalist on the Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2019
For the first time, this volume presents Vernon Bailey’s correspondences and field notes spanning the majority of his life and career, collected and annotated by David J. Schmidly. Born in 1864 and raised on a Minnesota farm, Vernon Bailey became the first person to conduct extensive biological...
by David J Winter
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Solid but concise, this account of Lie algebra emphasizes the theory's simplicity and offers new approaches to major theorems. Author David J. Winter, a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan, also presents a general, extensive treatment of Cartan and related Lie subalgebras over arbitrary...
by David J Dabbs, MD
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Breast Pathology, edited by Dr. David J. Dabbs - leading expert in breast pathology and author of the best-selling reference Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry - presents an integrated and highly visual approach to breast pathology. This in-depth resource combines international perspectives and expertise...
by Peter Anderson, Fleur Braddick, Patricia J. Conrod
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Addictions have increased markedly in contemporary societies over the past decades. As well as widely acknowledged issues surrounding illegal substance addictions, there are increasing numbers of problems related to behavioural addictions such as the use of legal substances such as antidepressants...
by David J. Wallin
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 10, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 10, 2014
El estudio del apego ha producido importantes descubrimientos acerca de las relaciones entre padres e hijos y la psicopatología. Sin embargo, hasta hace muy poco tiempo los terapeutas desistían en gran medida de sacar sus propias conclusiones acerca de las aplicaciones clínicas de este creciente...
by David J. Schlafer
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
Preaching as Pastoral Caring is the thirteenth in a series of books devoted to presenting examples of preaching excellence from parishes throughout the Episcopal Church. This volume addresses the difficult and essential area of pastoral preaching as a kind of spiritual leadership in which compassionate...
Playing with Fire
Preaching Work as Kindling Art
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2004
Offering a fresh approach to homiletics, David J. Schlafer provides an invitation to preaching by way of metaphor. Starting with the fire of Scripture, and engaging in the work of preaching as play, Schlafer offers new ways of approaching the preaching moment. Taking into account the preacher's call,...
The Shattering Sound of Amazing Grace
Disquieting Tales from Saint John's Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2006
David J. Schlafer, acclaimed preacher, teacher, and writer, weaves words and ideas like a Celtic braid. He places us in the company of some of the people who appear in the Gospel of John—Nicodemus, the woman at the well, the woman taken in adultery, Martha and Mary, the man born blind, the bride...
Why O Lord?
Praying Our Sorrows
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
The book begins by exploring a number of signposts in psalms' scholarship which alert us to the value of psalms as a form of prayer. The particular focus is lament psalms, and their potential as a form of prayer for people engaging with distressing experiences in life. What follows, is a discussion...