CK - History 7

As the world faces up to the challenges of climate change and the threat to security, Skinner's contributions on these issues continue to resonate today. In this stimulating introduction for student……続きを見る

’Wherever the European has trod, death seems to pursue the aboriginal.’ So wrote Charles Darwin in 1836. Though there has been considerable discussion concerning their precise demographic impact, re……続きを見る

Motivation provides an accessible introduction to motivation and emotion, combining classic studies with current research and uses numerous real-world examples to engage the student and make, often ……続きを見る

'Compelling' Christopher Hart, The Sunday Times 'A fascinating book' Daily Mail _______________________________________________________________ We think of transplant surgery as one of the medical w……続きを見る

The area between the Great Lakes and Lake Winnipeg, bounded on the north by the Hudson Bay lowlands, is sometimes known as the "Petit Nord." Providing a link between the cities of eastern Canada and……続きを見る

The history of the dental program at Western University is a spirited and gritty story of grand visions, strong personalities, and contentious leadership. Focusing on the years from 1965 to 2015, Tr……続きを見る

This text is both a history of skin disease and a history of dermatology, telling the human historical experience of skin disease and how we have come to know what we know about the skin and its myr……続きを見る

Bereits Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts hatte man sich mit allen heute gängigen Methoden der Gefäßchirurgie auseinandergesetzt und in diesem Bereich der Chirurgie binnen weniger Jahre wichtige Erkenntniss……続きを見る

'A powerful and impassioned defence of psychiatry, urging the Left to confront the harsh realities of mental illness' - William Davis, author of The Happiness Industry A new edition of one of the mo……続きを見る

Arthur Milnes Marshall was a 19th-century scientist who gave lectures addressing the biological debates of his time. They covered topics including evolution, embryology, development and inheritance,……続きを見る

A sweeping biography of the visionary behind bone marrow transplantation and the story of the diseases cured by Don Thomas's discovery. In the last half of the twentieth century, Thomas himself disc……続きを見る

This book tackles the difficult challenge of uncovering the pathogenic cause, epidemiological mechanics and broader historical impacts of an extremely deadly third-century ancient Roman pandemic. Th……続きを見る

As LSD moves towards the medical mainstream, it continues to evoke powerful memories of the psychedelic sixties and west coast counterculture. In this lively account, Chris Elcock follows a differen……続きを見る

Dispatches from the AIDS Pandemic is a unique firsthand account from three public health leaders of CDC's early response to AIDS. Drawing in part on interviews from the CDC's AIDS oral history proje……続きを見る

Psicología básica es un acercamiento concreto hacia los principales conceptos y enfoques de la psicología, ya sea, del desarrollo, social o cognitiva. Con el apoyo de una gran cantidad de ilustracio……続きを見る

Easy to read and to use, this A-to-Z mini-encyclopedia covers the most important medical innovations of the last 200 years. Medical innovation is an extremely important topicーand one to which relat……続きを見る

A pictorial history of the Royal Army Medical Corps’ service during World War I, featuring rare photographs from wartime archives. The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) supported the British Army thro……続きを見る

A trivia collection that puts medical history under the microscopeーwith more than 500 little-known facts about doctors, diseases, and more. Did you know . . . Before the advent of surgery, ancient ……続きを見る

Elizabeth Blackwell's first volume of "Essays in Medical Sociology" explores the complex connection between medicine and society. In this collection of essays, Blackwell explores the interactions be……続きを見る

The book describes my 50+ year experience being stealth harassed, physically and psychologically attacked, and tortured in America by Russian-controlled American operatives.It also details how the R……続きを見る

Volume One of The History of Psychology through Symbols provides a groundbreaking approach by expanding the roots of psychology beyond the Greeks to concurrent events during the same period (800 BCE……続きを見る

Instant Psychology pulls together all the pivotal psychological knowledge and thought into one concise volume. Each page contains a discrete 'cheat sheet', which tells you the most important facts i……続きを見る

Volume Two of The History of Psychology through Symbols continues a groundbreaking approach of using symbols to deepen the understanding of psychological history as well as the importance of how one……続きを見る

Charles Mackay's 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds' is a seminal work exploring the phenomenon of crowd psychology and the impact of mass behavior on individuals. Written in……続きを見る

Highlights local history to tell a national story about the evolution of the women’s health movement, illuminating the struggles and successes of bringing feminist dreams into clinical spaces. The w……続きを見る

Why did medicine fascinate writers and filmmakers in the 1920s and 1930s? This book traces the prevalent medical themes in interwar Russian and Czech literature and cinema: syphilis, nervous illness……続きを見る

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a study of crowd psychology by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay. The subjects of Mackay's debunking include witchcraft, alchemy, crusad……続きを見る

In 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', Charles Mackay explores various historical episodes of mass hysteria, financial manias, and social delusions. Written with a keen eye ……続きを見る

A rich and engaging guide to psychology, the science devoted to understanding human nature What really drives our decisions? Where do language and memory come from? Why do our minds sometimes seem t……続きを見る

The woman scientist who saved Americans from thalidomide In the early 1960s, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration became one of the most celebrated women in America whe……続きを見る