F David: 466 books
by David F. Marks
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2018
Psychologists like to claim that Psychology is a science, yet, until now, the discipline has lacked any real scientific laws, has had no overarching scientific paradigm and has been blighted by poor replicability of research, all of which have dogged the discipline. Attempts to place Psychology under...
The Wisdom of Emotions
Building Genuine Happiness and Finding Inner Peace
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2013
Do you want to live your best life? Are you looking for genuine and lasting happiness for yourself and your loved ones? Are you interested in approaches to help you deal more effectively with life's inevitable challenges? The Wisdom of Emotions provides guidance to help you develop and maintain emotional...
Materials
Engineering, Science, Processing and Design
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Materials: Engineering, Science, Processing and Design is the essential materials engineering text and resource for students developing skills and understanding of materials properties and selection for engineering applications. Taking a unique design-led approach that is broader in scope than other...
Engineering Materials 1
An Introduction to Properties, Applications and Design
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Widely adopted around the world, Engineering Materials 1 is a core materials science and engineering text for third- and fourth-year undergraduate students; it provides a broad introduction to the mechanical and environmental properties of materials used in a wide range of engineering applications....
Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty
Dreams, Disenchantments, and Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2006
Since the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 was enacted, policy makers, agency administrators, community activists, and academics from a broad range of disciplines have debated and researched the implications of welfare reform in the United States. Most of the...
by David F. Ciambrone
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
The trend in industry and with the EPA is to prevent wastes before they are created instead of treating or disposing of them later. This book assists design/systems engineers and managers in designing or changing a product or set of processes in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment...
The Rise of Engineering Science
How Technology Became Scientific
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
The 18th and 19th centuries saw the emergence of new intermediary types of knowledge in areas such as applied mechanics, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics, which came to be labeled as engineering science, transforming technology into the scientific discipline that we know today. This book analyzes...
Crisis Relief
From Chaos to Calm a Teacher's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2016
Crisis Relief is a guide for principals, teachers, and school employees who do not know what they will do if their school should one day experience the unthinkable. If each time you hear of another mass shooting, or stabbings, suicide or natural disaster (fire, flood, earthquake), you wonder what...
The African Union
Addressing the challenges of peace, security, and governance
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Fully revised and updated, the second edition of The African Union continues to offer the most comprehensive overview of the work of the African Union (AU), with special emphasis on its capacity to meet the challenges of building and sustaining governance institutions and security mechanisms. This...
Analytical Archaeometry
Selected Topics
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016
Analytical Archaeometry describes this interesting and challenging field of research - on the border between natural sciences (chemistry, spectroscopy, biology, geology) and humanities (archaeology, (art-)history, conservation sciences). It fills the gap between these two areas whilst focussing on...
by David C. Catling, James F. Kasting
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
As the search for Earth-like exoplanets gathers pace, in order to understand them, we need comprehensive theories for how planetary atmospheres form and evolve. Written by two well-known planetary scientists, this text explains the physical and chemical principles of atmospheric evolution and planetary...
by Frederick O. Stephens, Karl Reinhard Aigner, Kornelia Aigner
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
This book provides an easily understood and general overview of the basic medical, scientific, and clinical aspects of cancer. Causes, pathology, clinical features, diagnostic investigations, treatments, and outcomes are all carefully explained and discussed. This second edition includes a number...
by David F. Tolin;Randy O. Frost;Gail Steketee
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Buried in Treasures outlines a scientifically-based and effective program for helping compulsive hoarders dig their way out of the clutter and chaos of their homes. Discover the reasons for your problems with acquiring, saving, and hoarding, and learn new ways of thinking about your possessions so you...
The Anthropology of Childhood
Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
How are children raised in different cultures? What is the role of children in society? How are families and communities structured around them? Now available in a revised edition, this book sets out to answer these questions, and argues that our common understandings about children are narrowly culture-bound....