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Alan Bullock, Baron Bullock, was born in 1914. He studied at Oxford University and served as a research assistant to Winston Churchill while writing his A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. He was a history fellow at New College, Oxford, helped found St Catherine's College, Oxford, and was Vice-Chancellor for the university. A renowned modern historian, Bullock was made a life peer in 1976. He died in 2004.

By asking how well theological views of human nature stand up to the discoveries of modern science, Alan Olding re-opens the question of whether the "design" argument for the existence of God is fatally undermined. A distinctive feature of the work is its emphasis on the metaphysical implications of biology and how these at times conflict with other, more plausible metaphysical positions. Another is its close critical examination of the "desig...

In this book, brain cholinergic systems are examined by leading authorities drawn from the fields of morphology, immunochemistry, electrophysiology, behaviour, and the study of cognitive disorders. The book covers major aspects of the organization and connectivity of cholinergic systems at the light and electron-microscopic levels, intrinsic electrophysiological properties, and ionic conductances of central cholinergic neurons.

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This text is the second of three volumes written by Colonel Glantz on the contribution of intelligence and deception operations to the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.

Why have states returned to the United Nations with unprecedented enthusiasm since 1987? What is its role in 'peacemaking'? Does it have any relevance to what is probably still the most dangerous and intractable of all 'regional conflicts', that between the Arabs and the Israelis? By examining changes at UN headquarters (not least the institutionalization of 'secret diplomacy' in the Security Council) as well as the recent history of UN diplom...

The author contends that for 250 years, roughly from the 1720s to the 1970s, the sociocultural system of Petén endured with remarkable continuity, not in spite of the changes in the hinterland region but, to an important degree, because of them.

The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis has been called the greatest of all medieval chronicles. Written in Normandy between 1114 and 1141, it is a detailed history of the Norman people and their conquests, full of vivid portraits of the lives and characters of men and women, kings and queens, lords and bishops, simple knights and humble villagers. The chronicle offers a unique, authentic picture of feudal society during a period of rapi...

Die Herstellung von Schraubverbindungen ist einer der häufigsten Montagevorgänge. Bei zunehmendem Wettbewerbsdruck und immer kürzerer Lebensdauer der Produkte stellt daher die Frage ihrer Automatisierbarkeit ein zentrales Thema der Forschungen im Bereich der Montageautomatisierung dar. Ausgehend von der Erfassung des Stands der Technik in der flexiblen Schraubmontage und der Analyse des Schraubprozesses zeigt die vorliegende Publikation die pr...

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For more than three decades the Electroanalytical Chemistry series has delivered the most in-depth and critical research related to issues in electrochemistry. Volume 22 continues this gold-standard with practical reviews of recent applications as well as innovative contributions from internationally respected specialists highlighting the emergence of new technologies and trends in the field. Previous volumes in the series were "highly recomme...

In this study, the author suggests tht we must reintegrate the concept of consciousness into mainstream psychology. He develops a model of consciousness which he uses to explore the effects of technology - the accelerated and pervasive television video universe - on the quality of our lives.

This bibliography of works by and about Erasmus (1469?-1536) in the City Library of Rotterdam lists all of the scholar's works and most of the studies written about him from his time to the present day. The collection numbers roughly 5000 works.

According to Danilov, visits to science-related museums constitute 38 to 45 percent of all visits to museums in the U.S. . . . America's Science Museums is a well-designed book that can be recommended to all public and academic libraries." Reference Books Bulletin

In June 1964, over one thousand volunteers--most of them white, northern college students--arrived in Mississippi to register black voters and staff "freedom schools" as part of the Freedom Summer campaign organized by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Within ten days, threeof them were murdered, by the summer's end, another had died and hundreds more had endured bombings, beatings, and arrests. Less dramatically, but no less sig...

A description of catalytic systems commonly used as model systems in the laboratory and as industrial catalysts in large-scale operations, and a discussion of the mechanisms operating in these reactions. Attempts to describe the elementary steps by quantum chemical methods are also shown, as are rec

An introduction to the documentary heritage and tradition of the third largest group of prostestants in the southern United States. A companion to Harold Prince's "A Presbyterian Bibliography", it locates and describes the unpublished papers of PCUS ministers.