P Laurent: 13 books

The originality of this volume is to reveal to the reader the fascination of some unfamiliar sensory organs that are sometimes ignored and often misunderstood. These receptors have only recently been identified and their functional specificity is in some cases still a matter for discussion. The four...

Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts. Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game...

Extrait : "Au lever du rideau, Arlequin, jardinier de Cassandre, est endormi d'un côté du théâtre, tandis que Boissec, le futur de Colombine, est endormi de l'autre. Au milieu de la scène, l'Amour et trois vieilles Sorcières forment un groupe. Ils jurent de protéger Arlequin afin qu'il devienne...

The notion that neutrality is a phenomenon only relevant to the Cold War is false in many ways. The Cold War was about building blocks, neutrality about staying out of them. From 1975 until the end of the Cold War, neutral states offered mediation and good offices and fought against the stagnation...

Reviews key developments in understanding crop physiology and genetic diversity and how they have informed advances in breeding new varieties Coverage of advances across the value chain for grain legume cultivation, from variety selection to post-harvest storage Discusses the latest trends in disease, insect pest and weed management

Aujourd’hui un clip peut être partagé sur Facebook ou sur YouTube, passer sur MTV au fond d’un bar, ou bien sortir en DVD signé d’un réalisateur reconnu. On peut aussi le retrouver dans le programme d’un festival de cinéma, dans un spectacle vivant mêlant sons et lumières, ou encore...

Most studies of international negotiations take successful talks as their subject. With a few notable exceptions, analysts have paid little attention to negotiations ending in failure. The essays in Unfinished Business show that as much, if not more, can be learned from failed negotiations as from...

Cet ouvrage traite des urgences médicales et chirurgicales de manière exhaustive et sous un angle pragmatique. Il comporte près de 200 fiches et est organisé en 4 parties: - partie 1: des fiches de conduites à tenir qui suivent un plan identique en détaillant la prise en charge infirmière,...

Phosphorus-containing (co)polymers are gaining wide appeal for many uses, from healthcare and medicine to energy and environmental applications. Phosphorus-Based Polymers is the first book dedicated to this topic and provides a comprehensive overview of the different polymers and their uses. The...

In their introduction, the editors of New Ways of Doing Business assert that in retrospect, it will be apparent that today's government, that of the early years of the 21st century, "was undergoing its most significant transformation since the decade of the 1930's when direct government-delivered...

Mangoes are one of the most important and widely-cultivated fruits in tropical as well as sub-tropical regions. There have been a number of recent developments with the potential to improve crop yields and quality. There has been new research in understanding the physiology of tree and fruit development...

For a long time the morphologic diagnosis of diseases of the pancreas - which is the most hidden organ of the abdomen - by means of radiologic methods was inade­ quate. Diagnostic radiology of pancreatic diseases has been revolutionized by new cross-sectional methods such as computed tomography with...

En parfaite cohérence avec le programme de DCEM2-DCEM4 et les épreuves classantes nationales, cet Abrégé Connaissances et Pratique apporte les connaissances fondamentales en endocrinologie, diabétologie et maladies métaboliques. La première partie Connaissances développe, de manière...