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  • Science, Churchill and Me

    The Autobiography of Hermann Bondi
    • 1st Edition
    • May 18, 1990
    • Hermann Bondi + 1 more
    • English
    Recounts the experiences, appointments and achievements of this eminent scientist. Dealing systematically with Bondi's childhood in Austria, arrival in Cambridge and his important contributions to the field of mathematics before his appointment as Master of Churchill College, Cambridge, the book conveys how an initially strictly academic career led to a range of positions in the public sector finishing with a return to academia.

  • A History of Great Ideas in Abnormal Psychology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 66
    • April 17, 1990
    • T.E. Weckowicz + 1 more
    • English
    As indicated by its title A History of Great Ideas in Abnormal Psychology, this book is not just concerned with the chronology of events or with biographical details of great psychiatrists and psychopathologists. It has as its main interest, a study of the ideas underlying theories about mental illness and mental health in the Western world. These are studied according to their historical development from ancient times to the twentieth century. The book discusses the history of ideas about the nature of mental illness, its causation, its treatment and also social attitudes towards mental illness. The conceptions of mental illness are discussed in the context of philosophical ideas about the human mind and the medical theories prevailing in different periods of history. Certain perennial controversies are presented such as those between the psychological and organic approaches to the treatment of mental illness, and those between the focus on disease entities (nosology) versus the focus on individual personalities. The beliefs of primitive societies are discussed, and the development of early scientific ideas about mental illness in Greek and Roman times. The study continues through the medieval age to the Renaissance. More emphasis is then placed on the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century, the enlightenment of the eighteenth, and the emergence of modern psychological and psychiatric ideas concerning psychopathology in the twentieth century.

  • Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 23
    • March 20, 1990
    • English
    Each volume in Advances in Experimental Social Psychology contains an index, and each chapter includes references.

  • Finite Element Methods (Part 1)

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 2
    • February 11, 1990
    • P.G. Ciarlet
    • English
    This series of volumes will cover all the major aspects of Numerical Analysis, serving as the basic reference work on the subject. Each volume will concentrate on one, or two, particular topics and will be essentially self-contained. Each article, written by an expert, is an in-depth survey, reflecting the most recent trends in the field. The Handbook will cover the basic methods of Numerical Analysis, under the following general headings: # Solution of Equations in R n # Finite Difference Methods # Finite Element Methods # Techniques of Scientific Computing # Optimization Theory and Systems Science.

  • Psychology of Learning and Motivation

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 24
    • January 26, 1990
    • English

  • Developmental Psychology

    Cognitive, Perceptuo-motor and Neuropsychological Perspectives
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 64
    • January 19, 1990
    • C.-A. Hauert
    • English
    Since the end of the sixties, Piagetian general theory with its inherent power of unification has gradually given way to a multitude of more specific models which is in evidence today. In this volume the authors concentrate on three perspectives namely cognitive, perceptuo-motor and neuropsychological development and attempt to coordinate these traditionally separated views. Good illustrations of these theoretical connections can be found in different chapters although the persistent isolation of these three domains still remains. However the authors believe efforts in developmental psychology must continue in the direction of domain interaction, for theoretical concepts as well as methodological tools.

  • Finite Difference Methods Solutions of Equations in R HNA 1

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 1
    • January 17, 1990
    • P.G. Ciarlet + 1 more
    • English

  • Advances in Child Development and Behavior

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 22
    • January 12, 1990
    • English

  • Inferences and Text Comprehension

    • 1st Edition
    • January 1, 1990
    • Arthur C Graesser + 1 more
    • English

  • Readings in Planning

    • 1st Edition
    • January 1, 1990
    • James Allen + 2 more
    • English
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