Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the First Edition

SOCIAL RESEARCH Issues, methods and process THIRD EDITION

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[Preface to the Second edition] Practical and Theoretical Acid-Base Physiology

When we first considered creating a second edition of Stewart’s classic “How to Understand Acid-Base” our motivation was solely to improve its accessibility to a growing number of readers. However, as we began to plan for this edition we became increasingly interested in what made the original text so popular and at the same time why it produced such negative reactions from some quarters of the...

In what sense is the OED the definitive record of the English language ?

OED (2011) presents itself as “Oxford English Dictionary | The definitive record of the English language”. Superficially, this claim may seem a marketing slogan, but Simpson’s (2000) preface to the third edition shows that it is a reflection of the editors’ understanding of their dictionary, what may be called their ‘lexicographic ideology’. In this paper, I consider the claim from three perspe...

Preface to the First Edition

First Edition “We are to admit no more causes of natural things” (as we are told by Newton) than “such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.” This central theme is basic to the pursuit of science, and goes back to the principle known as Occam’s razor: “if presented with a choice between indifferent alternatives, then one ought to select the simplest one.” Unconsciously o...