Author: Mr. Roger K. Newman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: yale, law, legal, history, reference, series, library, american, biographical, dictionary
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 2009-05-26
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0300113005
ISBN-13: 9780300113006

This book is the first to gather in a single volume concise biographies of the most eminent men and women in the history of American law. Encompassing a wide range of individuals who have devised, replenished, expounded, and explained law, The Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law presents succinct and lively entries devoted to more than 700 subjects selected for their significant and lasting influence on American law. Casting a wide net, editor Roger K. Newman includes individuals from around the country, from colonial times to the present, encompassing the spectrum of ideologies from

Authors:Barbara M. Newman, Philip R. Newman,
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Keywords: approach, psychosocial, life, development
Number of Pages: 688
Published: 2008-03-10
List price: $168.95
ISBN-10: 0495553417
ISBN-13: 9780495553410

Newman and Newman take a chronological approach to the study of the life span, drawing on the psychosocial theory of Erik Erikson to provide a conceptual framework for the text. Newman and Newman address physical, intellectual, social, and emotional growth in all life stages, focusing on the idea that development results from the interdependence of these areas at every stage, and placing special emphasis on optimal development through life.

Authors:Barbara M Newman, Philip R. Newman,
Publisher: Psychology Press
Keywords: development, human, theories
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2007-03-05
List price: $62.50
ISBN-10: 0805847022
ISBN-13: 9780805847024

Intended for courses on theories of human development, this new text presents nine theories grouped into three major families - those that emphasize biological systems; those that emphasize environmental factors; and those that emphasize a dynamic interaction between biological and environmental forces. The nine theories selected have a long and productive history in human development and continue to evolve as a result of new insights. The inclusion of social role theory and life course theory expand the book’s relevance to the study of adulthood and aging. Grouping the theories by fami

Authors:Boyd Newman, Linda Newman,
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Keywords: pennsylvania, northeast, poconos, hikes
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2000-03
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0811727734
ISBN-13: 9780811727730

10 drawings 40 maps 5 x 8 * Hiking guide to the state’s biggest tourist area * Varied hikes are appropriate for all abilities An easy-to-use guidebook to more than 40 favorite hikes in northeast Pennsylvania (north of Route 78, east of Route 15). Each hike begins with a table listing hike distance, elevation, directions to trailhead, interesting features along the way, handicapped accessibility, duration of hike, hiking surface description, permissibility of hunting, and facilities, followed by a short narrative that describes in more detail where to go and what to see o

Authors:Stephen C. Newman, Newman,
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Keywords: epidemiology, methods, biostatistical
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2001-07-27
List price: $153.00
ISBN-10: 0471369144
ISBN-13: 9780471369141

An introduction to classical biostatistical methods in epidemiology Biostatistical Methods in Epidemiology provides an introduction to a wide range of methods used to analyze epidemiologic data, with a focus on nonregression techniques. The text includes an extensive discussion of measurement issues in epidemiology, especially confounding. Maximum likelihood, Mantel-Haenszel, and weighted least squares methods are presented for the analysis of closed cohort and case-control data. Kaplan-Meier and Poisson methods are described for the analysis of censored survival data. A justification for u

Authors:William R. Newman, Geber, William R. Newman,
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Keywords: travaux, collection, academie, internationale, historie, study, translation, perfectionis, pseudo, geber, critical, summa
Number of Pages: 785
Published: 1997-08
List price: $612.00
ISBN-10: 9004094644
ISBN-13: 9789004094642

Alchemy was a subject of no small controversy in the Middle Ages. To some scholastics, alchemy seemed to arrogate the power of divinity itself in its claim that man could replicate the products of nature by means of art; others viewed alchemy as a pure technology, unworthy of inclusion in a curriculum devoted to the study of scientiae. The Summa perfectionis of Pseudo-Geber, written around the end of the 13th century as a defense of the art, became `the Bible of the medieval alchemists,’and was still being used as late as the 17th century. The present work contain

Authors:Sarah Anne Hughes, Roger Tory Peterson, Roger Conant
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Keywords: color, books, guide, field, amphibians, peterson, reptiles
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2003-03-27
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 0618307370
ISBN-13: 9780618307371

From the purplish gray of a Barking Frog to the pink and orange blotches of a Gila Monster, coloring your own field guide is the most enjoyable way to learn about reptiles and amphibians. Each drawing is accompanied by a brief description that educates as it entertains. Place the new color stickers next to the drawings for a visual reference while coloring. Coloring the drawings helps reinforce the color, image, and shape of each reptile or amphibian, improving your memory and perception while offering a pleasant and easy way to learn. Fun for adults as well as children, beginning and experien