This book discusses the complex relationships between diet and major diseases of western civilization, such as cancer and atherosclerosis. It begins with an overview of research strategies in...

Does abstract reasoning depend on language, or can thought exist without language? This volume addresses this crucial question in a new way, bringing together experts on non-verbal thinking in...

Compiled and edited for the Guarantors of Brain' by C. G. Phillips.

Thoroughly revised for the paperback edition, this practical volume describes the different modes of transmission of neurological conditions and how they may be identified, and assesses the risk of...

An examination of the concept of numbers, concentrating mainl on the logicist point of view first clearly expounded by Frege that arithmetic can be 'reduced' to logic.

Computational Mathematics.

This book is an account of the combinatorics of projective spaces over a finite field, with special emphasis on one and two dimensions. With its successor volumes, Finite projective spaces over three...

The rapidly developing field of electronics is now dominated by devices which are operationally dependent on the physical properties of semiconductors. This clear and comprehensive text explains the...

Geographical information systems are increasingly in demand by environmental resource and planning agencies, but the technical principles have been scattered throughout a wide range of disciplines,...

A Joint Symposium of the Royal Society and the British Academy organized by D. G. Kendall, S. Piggott, D. G. King-Hele, I. E. S. Edwards.

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The nineteenth century is frequently referred to as the golden age of the amateur naturalist. This study focuses on how the enthusiasm for natural history in the 19th century produced characteristic...

This original and wide-ranging work draws upon extensive research to explore the interplay between biological and cultural processes in human affairs. Going beyond the conventional historical...

The main goal of this book is to encourage and formalize the infusion of evolutionary thinking into mainstream conservation biology. It reviews the evolutionary foundations of conservation issues,...

Streptococcal Infections: Clinical Aspects, Microbiology, and Molecular Pathogenesis offers an in-depth examination of the spectrum of hemolytic streptococcal infections and their complications...

The authors of this absorbing new book describe the science of gene therapy in terms easily accessible to the non-specialist, and focus on the controversial ethical and public policy issues...