WHY WE SLEEP The Functions of Sleep in Humans and Other Mammals J.A. Horne Published by Oxford University Press 1988 Contents CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1.1 Early Sleep Theories 1.2 Daily Sleep and Wakefulness 1.3 Measuring Sleep References CHAPTER 2 Sleep Deprivation 2.1 Problems with Animal Experiments 2.2 Recent Animal Experiments 2.3 Some Problems with Human Experiments 2.4 1896 - The First Real Sleep Deprivation Experiment on Humans 2.5 The Longest Study - 264 hours
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Political A HISTORY OF WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT A History of Western Political Thought is an energetic‚ engaged and lucid account of the most important political thinkers and the enduring themes of the last two and a half millennia. J.S.McClelland traces the development and consolidation of a tradition of Western political thought from Ancient Greece through to the development of the modern state‚ the American Enlightenment‚ the rise of liberalism and the very different reactions it engendered
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Art and Aesthetics at Work Edited by Adrian Carr and Philip Hancock Art and Aesthetics at Work This page intentionally left blank Art and Aesthetics at Work Edited by Adrian Carr University of Western Sydney and Philip Hancock University of Warwick Editorial matter‚ selection and Chapters 1‚ 5 and 9 © Adrian Carr and Philip Hancock 2003 Other chapters (in order) © Adrian Carr; George Cairns and Tamar Jeffers; Mary-Ellen Boyle; Catrina Alferoff and David Knights; Nick
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Legal Theory Today A Sociology of Jurisprudence Legal Theory Today Founding Editor John Gardner‚ Professor of Jurisprudence‚ University College‚ Oxford TITLES IN THIS SERIES Law in its Own Right by Henrik Palmer Olsen and Stuart Toddington Law and Aesthetics by Adam Gearey Law as a Social Institution by Hamish Ross Evaluation and Legal Theory by Julie Dickson Risks and Legal Theory by Jenny Steele Forthcoming titles: Law after Modernity by Sionaidh Douglas-Scott Law and Ethics by John Tasioulas
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The Matrix and Philosophy Welcome to the Desert of the Real Edited by WILLIAM IRWIN For Peter H. Hare‚ Morpheus to many Contents Introduction: Meditations on The Matrix 1 Scene 1 How Do You Know? 3 1. 2. 3. 4. Computers‚ Caves‚ and Oracles: Neo and Socrates WILLIAM IRWIN Skepticism‚ Morality‚ and The Matrix GERALD J. ERION and BARRY SMITH 16 The Matrix Possibility DAVID MITSUO NIXON 28 Seeing‚ Believing‚ Touching‚ Truth CAROLYN KORSMEYER
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Science‚ Technology and Medicine in Colonial India Interest in the science‚ technology and medicine of India under British rule has grown in recent years and has played an ever-increasing part in the reinterpretation of modern South Asian history. Spanning the period from the establishment of East India Company rule through to Independence‚ David Arnold’s wide-ranging and analytical survey demonstrates the importance of examining the role of science‚ technology and medicine in conjunction with
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MARRIED WOMEN‚ CRIME‚ AND QUESTIONS OF LIABILITY IN ENGLAND‚ 1640-1760 by Marisha Christine Caswell A thesis submitted to the Department of History In conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Queen‟s University Kingston‚ Ontario‚ Canada February‚ 2012 Copyright ©Marisha Christine Caswell 2012 Abstract Upon marriage‚ women in early modern England became subject to the common law doctrine of coverture. Coverture had a number of consequences‚
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On the Postcolony On the Postcolony Achille Mbembe UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley · Los Angeles · London studies on the history of society and culture Victoria E. Bonnell and Lynn Hunt‚ Editors 1. Politics‚ Culture‚ and Class in the French Revolution‚ by Lynn Hunt 2. The People of Paris: An Essay in Popular Culture in the Eighteenth Century‚ by Daniel Roche 3. Pont-St-Pierre‚ 1398–1789: Lordship‚ Community‚ and Capitalism in Early Modern France‚ by Jonathan Dewald 4. The
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Effectuation NEW HORIZONS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP This important series is designed to make a significant contribution to the development of Entrepreneurship Studies. As this field has expanded dramatically in recent years‚ the series will provide an invaluable forum for the publication of high-quality works of scholarship and show the diversity of issues and practices around the world. The main emphasis of the series is on the development and application of new and original ideas in Entrepreneurship
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Introducing Sociolinguistics ‘Here is a welcome introduction to sociolinguistics by a leading researcher in the field. Users will be inspired by the breadth and sweep of Meyerhoff’s treatment.’ William Labov‚ University of Pennsylvania‚ USA ‘Miriam Meyerhoff’s entertaining volume revels in the diversity that is the cornerstone of sociolinguistics – she takes us to every continent to provide contemporary‚ refreshing and engaging examples of the key concepts of the discipline‚ and does so in a
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