The Governance of Cyberspace arose from a small conference focusing on the political and social implications of the Intemet (p. xii). Held at the University of Teesside, England, in April 1995, the conference's participants ranged from social scientists to science fiction writers (pp. ix-xii). The twelve contributors (thirteen, if we include the editor, Brian Loader, who wrote the introduction)...

physiologist, and one of the most brilliant writers of the day on scientific subjects. He has so happy a gift with the pen that he charms you even when what he advances is directed in the teeth of your most settled convictions. He treads without compunction on your tenderest opinions, and yet compels you to simper and smile the while. In the last of Mr. Levves's fully published works, he, for e...

In the Sociology of Education Course, problems that occur for students require a combination learning resources into one such as an E-Book. So researchers developed E-Book Educational Courses. This study aims to: 1) describe level need E-Book, 2) design development 3) validity and practicality research used R&D approach was using ADDIE model. Data collection needs identification questionnai...

Each "Communication Corner" essay is self-contained; however, they build on each other. For best results, before reading this and doing the exercise, go to first "How an Ugly Duckling Became a Swan," then read succeeding essay. This based article originally published in 2012. Although aimed specifically at journalists, it contains considerable good advice for all expository (non-fiction) writer...

Correspondence: ciaccio@columbia. edu Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, USA Abstract This article is a review of the book: ‘Biomedical Image Processing’, by Thomas M. Deserno, which is published by Springer-Verlag. Salient information that will be useful to decide whether the book is relevant to topics of interest to the reader, and whether it might be suitable as a course ...

THis careful and detailed history of neuro-anatomical thinking sets present-day concepts in their historical context and fulfils a useful function. As one might expect from the title of the book, the subdivisions are anatomical and the author reviews descriptions of the basal ganglia and diencephalon, the 'olfactory brain' and the cerebral convolutions and fissures from the time of Galen to the...

made accessible. Fisher’s early modern audience recognizes the metaphysical comparison of Christ to a book because of their familiarity with contemporary books and the materials from which they are made. The metaphor endures centuries past the days of wood boards and vellum leaves because early modern manuscript books have been preserved as historical artifacts. Discussions of girdle books come...

Written around 990 A.D Hidayat-Motaallemin Fil Tibb (Students’ Guide in Medicine) is the oldest general medical Text known to have been written in modern Persian. Little is known of the author other than the fact that he was apparently a well experienced practicing physician by t he name of Abu Bakr Rabi'bin Ahmadal-Akhawaini from Bukhara who claimed to be a second generation student of R...