Anatomy

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Henry Gray

An unabridged edition of "Gray's Anatomy", the scientific and artistic triumph. Kept in print by its clarity and usefulness, the text features sumptuous illustrations and clear, matter-of-fact descriptions. It is illustrated with morethan 500 clinical drawings by H.V. Carter. This is a scientific and artistic triumph. Not just a dry index of parts and names, Gray's lets the natural beauty and grace of the body's interconnected systems and structures shine forth from the page. Using sumptuous illustrations and clear, matter-of-fact descriptions, Dr. Gray unleashed a classic on the world more than 100 years ago. Its clarity and usefulness keep it in print today. Whether you want to understand yourself or others, knowledge of our physical parts and how they fit together is essential. "Gray's Anatomy" provides that information in a simple, timeless format that cleanly dissects a body of knowledge grown over centuries. This unabridged book will not only fill the needs of people in the medical profession, but will please artists and naturalists as well.

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Véronique Terrasse

Sous l'autorité des comtes de Champagne, Provins a constitué son identité économique, sociale et juridique et affirmé son rayonnement bien au-delà de ses murailles. Créée vers 1152 par le comte Henri le Libéral, la commune s'épanouit sous le règne du roi Philippe le Bel. Dirigée par un petit groupe de notables, la commune s'investit au service du souverain et s'adapte avec souplesse aux exigences de la monarchie. A partir de 1315, la ville connaîtra crises et difficultés financières. Une contribution à l'histoire des communes médiévales

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Ronald G. Walters

In Scientific Authority and Twentieth-Century America Ronald G. Walters brings together a distinguished group of contributors to reflect - often critically - on scientific and medical claims to moral, social, and political authority. Writing from a variety of perspectives - intellectual history, social history, feminist theory, philosophy, medical history, political theory, and visual analysis - the authors demonstrate that science no longer belongs exclusively to its practitioners or to any particular discipline. Situating science within other communities of discourse, they show how scientific language and metaphor spread outward into new realms, including popular culture, where they came into conflict with other languages of authority. They also show how medical authority shapes social behavior, how corporate agricultural science has displaced farmers' knowledge, and how popular science enters the collective imagination. Like such theorists as Gramsci and Foucault, the authors search out the subtle workings of power - often deeply hidden in language, culture, and the minutiae of social practice - to arrive at a demystification of claims to universal truth without going to the relativistic extreme of some modern critics of science.

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Charles A. Stepan

History - Learning basics - Basic stances - Advanced skills, form training, stepping, key hand techniques and blocking manoeuvres - Kicks and breaks - Sport and self-defence.