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Empathy
A History
Empathy: A History tells the fascinating and largely unknown story of the first appearance of empathy in 1908 and tracks its shifting meanings over the following century. Despite the word’s ubiquity today,...
Oblivion or Glory
1921 and the Making of Winston Churchill
An engaging and original account of 1921, a pivotal year for Churchill that had a lasting impact on his political and personal legacy“Important . . . Its power lies in a vivid re-creation not only of...
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 1
Diaries, Prayers, and Annals
Although Samuel Johnson is recognized as the central English literary figure of the second half of the 18th century, and the period is often referred to as "The Age of Johnson," no consequential edition of his works has...
Florence 1900
The Quest for Arcadia
An absorbing picture of turn-of-the-century Florence and those who traveled there to experience its cultural riches By the end of the nineteenth century, Florence was a key destination for...
DNA Pioneers and Their Legacy
In this entertaining account of the origins of modern molecular biology, the lives of pioneering scientists in the field of nucleic acid research, and the discovery of DNA, Ulf Lagerkvist speaks not only to scientists but to...
Félix d`Herelle and the Origins of Molecular Biology
A self-taught scientist determined to bring science out of the laboratory and into the practical arena, French-Canadian Felix d’Herelle (1873-1949) made history in two different fields of biology. Not only was he first to...
Reconceiving the Gene
Seymour Benzer's Adventures in Phage Genetics
This book relates how, between 1954 and 1961, the biologist Seymour Benzer mapped the fine structure of the rII region of the genome of the bacterial virus known as phage T4. Benzer’s accomplishments are widely recognized as...
Yale French Studies, Number 89
Drafts
This volume focuses on "critique genetique" - or genetic criticism, a form of criticism which favours a return to the text, meaning not just the printed text of classical philology but also the manuscript or draft, the ...
Stalin's Wars
From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953
A provocative reassessment of Stalin’s military and political leadership during the most important years of his career This breakthrough book provides a detailed reconstruction of Stalin’s leadership from...
The Art of Ecology
Writings of G. Evelyn Hutchinson
During the twentieth century, ecology evolved from a collection of natural history facts to a rigorous, analytical discipline with a rich body of theory. No single person is more responsible for this change than G. Evelyn...