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  • Behavior Therapy for the Developmentally and Physically Disabled

    • 1st Edition
    • Michel Hersen + 2 more
    • English

  • The Successor Generation

    International Perspectives of Postwar Europeans
    • 1st Edition
    • Stephen F. Szabo
    • English

  • Patriarchy and Fertility

    Japan and Sweden, 1880—1960
    • 1st Edition
    • Carl Mosk
    • English

  • Religious Studies

    Made Simple
    • 1st Edition
    • David Stent
    • English
    Religious Studies Made Simple discusses the historical background, beliefs, and practices of religions that influence the world, particular Christianity. The text reviews the development of religion from Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Christianity. The Hindu religion is over 3,000 years old and teaches that there are different gods. The author traces the roots of Judaism to Abraham—this is the first religion to teach monotheism. Siddhartha Gautama is the founder of Buddhism, a religion that teaches compassion to all living beings. The author explains that Christianity started as an answer to some Jewish expectation of a messiah. For Christians, Jesus Christ is regarded as the savior. The author discusses the Christian approach to issues such as responsibilities to self, to family, to society, and the Christian attitude to war. The author also addresses the ethical problems that medical developments have presented to Christian, as well as discrimination issues such as apartheid. This book is intended for candidates pursuing an A level course in Religious Studies, and students or academicians interested in philosophy, divinity or social studies.

  • Introductory Dynamical Oceanography

    • 2nd Edition
    • Stephen Pond + 1 more
    • English
    'Introductory Dynamical Oceanography' 2nd ed provides an introduction to Dynamical Physical Oceanography at a level suitable for senior year undergraduate students in the sciences and for graduate students entering oceanography. It aims to present the basic objectives, procedures and successes and to state some of the present limitations of dynamical oceanography and its relations to descriptive physical oceanography. The first edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and the new work includes reference to the Practical Salinity Scale 1978, the International Equation of State 1980 and the beta-spiral technique for calculating absolute currents from the density distribution. In addition the description of mixed-layer models has been updated and the chapters on Waves and on Tides have been substantially revised and enlarged, with emphasis on internal waves in the Waves chapter. While the text is self-contained readers are recommended to acquaint themselves with the general aspects of descriptive (synoptic) oceanography in order to be aware of the character of the ocean which the dynamical oceanographer is attempting to explain by referring to Pickard and Emery's 'Descriptive Physical Oceanography' 4th edition.

  • The Biology of Crustacea

    Volume 1: Systematics, The Fossil Record, And Biogeography
    • 1st Edition
    • Bozzano G Luisa
    • English

  • Advances in the Study of Behavior

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 12
    • English

  • Advances in Child Development and Behavior

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 16
    • English

  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 15
    • English

  • Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 14
    • English

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