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Practicality is in evidence some two centuries later not only in a device, a then-uncommon steam heating system installed in Harvard's first library building, but also in the title held by its devisor, Daniel Treadwell, Rumford Professor of Applications of Science to the Useful Arts. Though lengthy by modern standards, Professor Treadwell's title conveys the essence of this modest volume's intent. The periodical from which this collection of a...

?Human Longevity is a term that has many ramifications, so it is difficult to know from the title what types of works might be included in such a bibliography. In his introdution, the compiler points out that the reader can trace how through the centuries humankind has particularized and revered long life, how researchers, have sought diligently to reveal the causes of aging, and how a social good prompts consternation among those who govern u...

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Traces 50 years' development of Jewish American fiction, poetry, and humor as it analyzes fictional portrayals of Jews themselves.

Contents: H. Aben: Integrated photoelasticity and its applications.- A. Lagarde: Modern nondestructive methods of coherent light photoelasticity with applications in two- and three-dimensional problems in statics, contact stresses, fracture mechanics and dynamic impulse.- J.W. Dally: Dynamic photoelasticity and its application to stress wave propagation, fracture mechanics and fracture control.- J.F. Kalthoff: The shadow optical method of caus...

Filling a void with his critical study of an important American humorist, Steven H. Gale has provided a comprehensive description of S.J. Perelman's prose, plays, and screenplays, along with a biographical portrait which emphasizes his connections to other writers of his time. The work is supplemented by a chronology of events, a bibliographic essay, and a general subject index.

Kleppner's study represents an attempt to move beyond the older voting studies by questioning their underlying assumptions and analyzing the changes that occurred at the beginning of the twentieth century. Rejecting the view that partisan identification is a nearly unchangeable psychological attachment, he argues that twentieth century voters were more likely to respond to short-term factors--fluctuations in the economy, charismatic candidiate...

This is the book for the serious DiMaggio and sports-as-culture buff. [Moore] . . . has sifted throught most of what has been written and rumored about the Yankee Clipper in newspapers, magazines, books and even songs. The narrative portion--there's also a bibliography and DiMaggio's baseball stats--is divided into two sections: DiMaggio's life on and off the field, and his evolving stature as a mythic figure. All rendered in sensitive, but re...

Agriculture is more than farming. It is a highly spe­ The entire system is increasingly consumer cialized, internationally industrialized, and produc­ driven, with market power shifting to the retail tive food and fiber system. Its many components outlets as they respond to consumer preferences have an interdependent future, the sum total of rather than to urgings from food manufacturers. which is the industry's future. The production sector i...

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