J. Aissen, "Themes and Absolutives: Some Semantic Rules in Tzotzil"S.R. Anderson, "Kwakwala Syntax and the Government-Binding Theory"F.R. Brandon and L.F. Seki, "Moving Interrogatives without and Initial + wh Node in Tupi"P. Cole, "Clause Reduction in Ancash Quechua"W.D. Davies, "Choctaw Switch-Reference and Levels of Syntactic Representation"P.W. Davis and R. Saunders, "An Expression of Coreference in Bella Coola"D.B. Gerdts, "A Relational Analysis of Halkomelem Causals"D. James, "Raising to Subject in Moose Cree: A Problem for Subjacency"R.D. Levine, "Empty Categories, Rules of Grammar, and Kwakwala Complementation"S.A. Martlett, "Switch-Reference and Subject Raising in Seri"P. Munro, "Floating Quantifiers in Pima"L.R. Smith, "On the Nonergativity and Intransitivity of Relative Clauses in Labrador Inuttut"Index

Syntax and Semantics, Volume 16: The Syntax of Native American Languages

Arts & Photography

Anderson, Stephen R.

Cook, Alan

Gerdts, Donna B.

Cook, Eung-Do

Gerdts, Donna

History & Criticism

Brill Academic Pub

Best remembered today for the comet that bears his name, Edmond Halley was one of the great scientists of all time. He discovered the proper motion of stars, made important studies of the moon's motion, and his investigations of the Earth's magnetic field and of tides were unrivalled for centuries. Now, in this superb full-length biography, Alan Cook paints an unsurpassed portrait of this preeminent figure. Halley played a crucial role in the Newtonian revolution in the natural sciences. Indeed, Cook reveals that it was Halley who set the question that led Newton to write the Principia, and who edited, paid for, and reviewed it. The author also describes how Halley's prediction of the transit of Venus led to Captain Cook's voyage to Tahiti and to an accurate calculation of the distance between the Earth and Sun. Perhaps as important, the book examines Halley's personal life, revealing a man who was far from a lab-bound thinker. As a young man, he sailed to St. Helena to chart the unmapped stars of the Southern Hemisphere. Moreover, Halley knew the leading artists of his age--Wren, Pepys, Handel, Purcell, and Dryden--and he travelled widely throughout Europe, meeting numerous fellow scientists and serving on a variety of diplomatic missions. He even spent a number of adventurous years as commander of a Royal Naval warship. Much material about Halley's career has only come to light in recent years. Alan Cook has used this new material to write an illuminating account of the life and times of one of the key scientists of the Enlightenment.

Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Oxford University Press

This book represents an up-to-date view of current interest in Japan in biocomputing. This branch of computing encompasses a switch in components, from silicon-based components to those which contain organic molecules. The book discusses the future of computing using silicon components and the technological capacities and the humanistic applications of biocomputing that may be possible once new carbon-based technologies are more fully developed. The book also contends that biocomputing is inherently linked to the technology of producing "artificial life". It suggests that the deeper understanding of cellular mechanisms which will allow the exploitation of the molecules of life in biocomputers, will inevitably be used to manipulate life forms to a far greater extent than is now possible in biotechnology. This kind of "artificial intelligence" holds much greater potential for exploring and possibly altering the evolution of biological forms than biocomputers themselves.

Biocomputers: The Next Generation from Japan (Tertiary Level Biology)

Computers & Technology

Computer Science

Chapman & Hall

This book provides an up-to-date account of the precise experiments that can be performed in a terrestrial laboratory and are used to explore the nature of universal gravitation. The experiments required are at the limits of sensitivity of mechanical measurements. The problems of experiment design are discussed, and critical accounts given of the principal experiments testing the inverse square law and the principle of equivalence, and measuring the constant of gravitation. An analysis of the effects of noise and other disturbances is also provided, further highlighting the care that is needed in experimental design and performance. The motivation for undertaking such experiments is also discussed.

Gravitational Experiments in the Laboratory

Science & Math

Chen, Y. T.

Physics

Cambridge University Press

Roger, Bishop of Salisbury (1102–39, built Sherborne Old Castle within his episcopal estate at Sherborne, in north-west Dorset, in about 1122–35. The fortified palace was one of several major building projects undertaken by Bishop Roger; among the others were the rebuilding of Old Sarum cathedral and castles at Devizes and Malmesbury. Although Sherborne Old Castle was altered over the next four centuries, most of its original structural elements were retained until the buildings were slighted in 1645. This report describes and analyses the information obtained from all the archaeological investigations undertaken at the castle since the early twentieth century, including those of A E Rawlence (1932), C E Bean (1932 to 1954), and the authors of this report, Peter White, then Inspector of Ancient Monuments, between 1968 and 1980and the late Alan Cook (1980–95). An analysis of the results, together with continuing historical research, have revealed much more about the major periods of the castle’s construction and use. It is now possible to describe and source more exactly the sophisticated design of Roger’s castle and the high quality of the craftsmanship employed in its construction and decoration; the later phases of development during the medieval period including the improvements to the castle’s defenses and accommodation when held by the Crown between 1183 and 1354; the post-1357 alterations after the castle had been regained by Bishop Wyvil of Salisbury, and the important fifteenth-century building program carried out by Bishop Thomas Langton. A much clearer assessment has been made of the impact of the works undertaken by Sir Walter Raleigh in his abortive attempt to remodel the castle as his country seat after he obtained the estate in 1592. Finally, although much of the fabric of the castle was destroyed following its surrender to a Parliamentary army in 1645, new documentary evidence and structural analysis has revealed how, during the eighteenth century, the Digby family developed and maintained the ruins as a romantic feature on the northern boundary of their landscaped park.

Sherborne Old Castle, Dorset: Archaeological investigations 1930–90

History

Europe

Society of Antiquaries of London

Noah (Burl Ives Bible-Time Stories)

Religion & Spirituality

David C. Cook Publishing Company

Oriental Herbs and Vegetables (Plants and Gardens, Vol 39, No. 2)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Walking to Denver

Satori Press

Pouch on. Tools in; measuring tape, square, hammer, chalk line. Sometimes the most important tool is math. A Trip To The Number Yard teaches the math needed on the job site in a fun and non-textbook way. About The Author: Alan Cook is a carpenter, cabinet maker, and solar installer who has seen, first-hand, the problems with math deficiency in the trades. He authored A Trip to the Number Yard: A Fun and Easy Guide to the Math You Need for Construction to help trades people become more proficient in math and thereby do better in their jobs. Alan lives with his wife and children on the north coast of California. He spends much of his time designing and selling solar hot water systems where he is required to do a great deal of math. He also teaches for College of the Redwoods. Book Reviews:

A Trip to the Number Yard: A Fun and Easy Guide to Math You Need to Construction... and Nothing Else

Mathematics

RJ Communications

Named one of the "Top 10 Walking Memoirs and Tales of Long Walks" by the walking website, walking.about.com. "As Tolkien said, not all who wander are lost. Alan Cook is a walker who is always on the Road to Somewhere. (He) inspires us walkers to get moving on our own adventures. My chief reaction to the book is jealousy. I want to lace up my walking shoes and go exploring."—Wendy Bumgardner, Walking Guide at walking.about.com. Walking the World: Memories and Adventures elevates the act of walking from something we do every day without thinking about it to a means for putting more fun and excitement into our lives. And we can become healthier, at the same time. Whoever said, "No pain, no gain," was out to lunch. Whether the subject is learning to walk, walking safely, finding interesting places to walk throughout the world, climbing mountains or taking long walks, Alan Cook writes about it with wit and humor. The book gets exciting when he tells about getting lost in the wilderness of Colorado, and stories of his three long walks (the California coast, Los Angeles to Denver and the British End-to-End) and Ethan Loewenthal’s walk of the Appalachian Trail will make you want to get off your couch and follow their routes.

Walking the World: Memories and Adventures

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

AuthorHouse

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