The Yearbook on Space Policy, edited by the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), is the reference publication analysing space policy developments. Each year it presents issues and trends in space policy and the space sector as a whole. Its scope is global and its perspective …
An expanded and updated manual of style used in-house at The Economist provides guidance on using correct grammar, punctuation, abbreviation, and capitalization and on the overall promotion of writing with clarity and precision.
Discovered and identified as the cause of mad cow disease only three decades ago, the prion is a protein molecule that, when misshapen in the brain, becomes fatal. Novel and controversial, prions have provoked a scientific revolution. They challenge the very foundations of bio…
Presents papers on the establishment of the Antarctic Treaty System, organized under four broad sections: Legal and political background; Antarctic science; The Antarctic environment: management and conservation of resources; Institutions.
The New Engineering Research Centers: Purposes, Goals, and Expectations. Symposium (Dis…
by National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems
The sympoisum was held to describe the roots and future plans of the Engineering Research Center's (ERC's) concept and program. The first section of this symposium compilation describes the national goals that the ERCs represent. The second section presents the point of view of …
Ever wondered how vaccines work, why whales strand themselves or if luck exists? The Explainer: From Déjà Vu to Why the Sky Is Blue, and Other Conundrums is a collection of the best of The Conversation's "The Explainer" and "Monday's Medical Myths" articles. The book answers que…
This guidebook provides a structured approach to reading a research article, guiding the reader step-by-step through each section, with tips on how to look out for key points and how to evaluate each section.
"The study and teaching of international human rights law is dominated by the doctrinal method. A wealth of alternative approaches exists, but they tend to be discussed in isolation from one another. This collection focuses on cross-theoretical discussion that brings together an…
Why use qualitative methods? What kinds of questions can qualitative methods help you answer? How do you actually do rigorous and reflective qualitative research in the real world? This textbook leads students and researchers through the entire process of qualitative research fr…
Researching women's lives from a feminist perspective
by Maynard, Mary, Purvis, June
fromGender & society
Covering the major areas in the discipline including debates about explanation, methodological individualism, and the special sciences, this text could serve as a source for scholarship in the field. It could alsobe used as the basis for a course.
In this book, John W. Creswell explores the philosophical underpinnings, history, and key elements of each of five qualitative inquiry traditions: narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case study. In his signature accessible writing style, the auth…
Scientific knowledge: a sociological analysis
by Bloor, David, Barnes, Barry, Henry, John