R Thomas: 646 books

quatrième concours de nouvelles d'anticipation. L'aspirateur, le robot de cuisine, l'assistant personnel (humanoïde ou non) : objets sympathiques ou redoutables ? Une aide ou une source d'ennui ? Une extension de big brother ? Un cheval de Troie ? Les robots domestiques ont-ils une âme ? Sont-ils...

How does the nose know what it smells? How do we taste foods? What gives foods their characteristic flavours? How do the methods of food preparation and processing change the flavours of foods? Food Flavours answers these questions and much more, in a clear and understandable manner, describing the...

A House of Prayer begins with a personal story: a moment of a deep sense of isolation and spiritual distress that gives way to a deep sense of abiding connectedness and community. That movement from isolation to serenity by means of praying together, spiritually or physically, is the emphasis of this...

“If I’d known we were having so much fun, I’d paid more attention.” -–Noel Funchess, Roommate “Hunting, fishing, football, coeds, beer, bourbon, burgers, and bourre’, four years in the trenches of higher education. What’s not to like?” -–Chip Burson, Burson on Books “Cow College...

This book gives a comprehensive account of the history and underlying economics of the modern art market in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain.

For more than a decade, there has been growing interest in the role of emotions in academic settings. Written by leading experts on learning and instruction*, Emotions at School* focuses on the connections between educational research and emotion science, bringing the subject to a wider audience....

Most of us have experienced the impact of randomness in our lives not only as individuals but in our interactions with others as well. In God and Randomness, which is a sequel to our 2014 publication God Is Here to Stay: Science, Evolution, and Belief in God, we describe the connection between randomness...

A broad coverage of boron topics is provided. Structural elucidations and convenient routes to useful hydroboration reagents are presented as well as boron compounds used for medical purposes. Special attention is devoted to theoretical studies and calculations on small boron-hydrogen and boron-noble...

Cardiac diseases and in particular coronary artery disease are the leading cause of death and morbidity in the industrialized countries. The development of reliable cardiac imaging techniques is considered a key issue in improving patient care. This book presents and discusses the technical concepts,...

Derived from Sam W. Wiesel’s four-volume Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery, this single-volume resource contains the user-friendly, step-by-step information you need to confidently perform the full range of operative techniques from the hand to the elbow. In one convenient place, you’ll...

As stated in the preface to the first edition, this book is intended to be a review and not a comprehensive textbook of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The book covers only the highlights from the much more detailed knowledge that is usually found in textbooks and we recommend that the reader...

Mental health professionals are often more comfortable and trained to run individual and small group therapy but need training to handle larger groups. This book demonstrates how learning to run larger groups can not only be exciting but also highly therapeutic for all. Included are numerous testimonies...

Nietzsche was famously an atheist, despite coming from a strongly Protestant family. This heritage influenced much of his thought, but was it in fact the very thing that led him to his atheism? This work provides a radical re-assessment of Protestantism by documenting and extrapolating Nietzsche’s...

The story of Moses as seen through the eyes of Rod, a direct descendant of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It is an epic journey for people of all ages.