Barry Taylor's book mounts a major new argument against one of the fundamental tenets of much contemporary philosophy, the idea that we can make sense of reality as existing objectively, independently of our capacities to come to know it. He concludes that there is no defensible notion of truth which preserves the theses of traditional realism, nor any extant position sufficiently true to the ideals of that doctrine to inherit its title. In pr...
Love Your Body: Your Path to Transformation, Health, and Healing provides a holistic understanding of the life-sustaining systems that support wellbeing in your body, mind, and spirit. It begins by looking at those individual physical systems within the body that maintain and contribute to optimal health. Then it looks at the context in which healing takes place and the different tools and practices readers might consider using along their jou...
Each of us experience moments that shift the axis of our lives, nudging us into new perspectives and sometimes altering our course completely. These are thread--threads that seem mundane, silly, or even trite but, woven together over the course of a life, bring us to places we never imagined.Sex, God, and Rock 'n' Roll is a story of such threads in one extraordinary life. Barry Taylor began adulthood on the road with a world-famous rock band, ...
Excerpt from The International System of Units (Si)The International System of Units, universally abbreviated SI (from the French Le Systeme International d' Unite's), is the modern metric system of measurement. Long the dominant system used in science, the SI is rapidly becoming the dominant measurement system used in international commerce. In recognition of this fact and the increasing global nature of the marketplace, the Omnibus Trade and...
Excerpt from The International System of Units (Si)The International System of Units, universally abbreviated SI (from the French Le Systeme International d' Unite's), is the modern metric system of measurement. Long the dominant system used in science, the SI is rapidly becoming the dominant measurement system used in international commerce. In recognition of this fact and the increasing global nature of the marketplace, the Omnibus Trade and...
Excerpt from Recommended Values of the Fundamental Physical Constants: A Status Report, September-October, 1990Faraday Constant There have been no new results for the Faraday constant since the 1986 adjustment and to the best of our knowledge, no experiments are underway. Data item 4 is the nbs (now nist) result included in the 1986 adjust ment reexpressed in units of c90=a90 s. This was accomplished using the value nil/a for the drift rate of...
Excerpt from Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of Nist Measurement ResultsAlthough the vast majority of nist measurement results are accompanied by quantitative statements of uncertainty, there has never been a uniform approach at nist to the expression of uncertainty. The use of a single approach within the Institute rather than many different approaches would ensure the consistency of our outputs, thereby simplifying t...
Excerpt from Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of Nist Measurement ResultsAlthough the vast majority of nist measurement results are accompanied by quantitative statements of uncertainty, there has never been a uniform approach at nist to the expression of uncertainty. The use of a single approach within the Institute rather than many different approaches would ensure the consistency of our outputs, thereby simplifying t...
The Tabernacle Chorus is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1877.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes the...
In this volume seventeen scholars from Great Britain, Ireland, Spain and the US pay tribute to the memory of Roger M Walker, Professor of Spanish at Birkbeck College, London. His publications were chiefly in the field of Old Spanish narrative epic, romance, hagiography and the Libro de buen amor and the editors have sought to assemble contributions on these topics. Versions of some of the papers were presented at the symposium held in Professo...
Barry Taylor and Ber van Perlo have described and illustrated 145 species of rails, including two that are newly described, and also ten that are recently extinct and two that are almost certainly extinct. The book, based on up-to-date references and on new observations, is the first to give comprehensive information on field identification (including voice), covering all species and races for which details are known. It is also the first to p...
Barry Taylor spent the early years of his working life as a director of companies and charities in the City of London, including time as treasurer of the then London Marriage Guidance Council. Since1985 he has worked with charities in Glastonbury, including Chalice Well Trust as treasurer, and the Glastonbury Trust as co-founder and chair. His experience with conventional and less conventional companies and charities gives him a useful base fr...
