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  • EXPLORING CHAOS
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    EXPLORING CHAOS
    BRIAN DAVIES
    This book presents elements of the theory of chaos in dynamical systems in a framework of theoretical understanding coupled with numerical and graphical experimentation. It describes the theory of fractals, focusing on the importance of scaling and ordinary differential equations. ...

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  • LEAD IN SOIL
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    LEAD IN SOIL
    BOBBY G. WIXSON / BRIAN E. DAVIES
    Until the publication of this new book there had been a lack of well-founded guidelines for evaluating concentrations of lead in soil and its relationship to human health. Thus, much confusion has existed among regulatory agencies, industries, public health officials, and the medical community about the evaluation and remedying of lead-contaminated soils.Lead in Soil: Recommend...

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  • NEW DIRECTIONS IN SOCIAL THEORY, EDUCATION AND EMBODIMENT
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    NEW DIRECTIONS IN SOCIAL THEORY, EDUCATION AND EMBODIMENT
    JOHN EVANS / BRIAN DAVIES
    This book exemplifies the nurturing spirit of inter-discursive debate with a view to opening up new theoretical and empirical insights, understanding, and engagement, with debates on issues relating to pedagogy, policy, equity and embodiment. From a variety of social science perspectives, an international force of contributors apply a multitude of concepts to research agendas w...

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  • WARFARE, STATE AND SOCIETY ON THE BLACK SEA STEPPE, 1500-1700
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    WARFARE, STATE AND SOCIETY ON THE BLACK SEA STEPPE, 1500-1700
    BRIAN DAVIES
    This crucial period in Russia's history has, up until now, been neglected by historians, but here Brian L. Davies' study provides an essential insight into the emergence of Russia as a great power. For nearly three centuries, Russia vied with the Crimean Khanate, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire for mastery of the Ukraine and the fertile steppes above t...

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  • SOCIAL CONTROL AND EDUCATION (RLE EDU L)
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    SOCIAL CONTROL AND EDUCATION (RLE EDU L)
    BRIAN DAVIES
    Social control is a central sociological concept which has generated many influential ‘models’ of man in society. This book examines these major models, and examines the rise of compulsory schooling in Britain and the USA and shows us which aspects of education and social control have been elaborated or neglected in the sociology of education down to the mid 1970s. ...

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  • EDUCATION, DISORDERED EATING AND OBESITY DISCOURSE
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    EDUCATION, DISORDERED EATING AND OBESITY DISCOURSE
    JOHN EVANS / EMMA RICH / BRIAN DAVIES / RACHEL ALLWOOD
    Eating less, exercising more and losing weight seem the obvious solution for the oncoming 'obesity epidemic'. Rarely, however, is thought given to how these messages are interpreted and whether they are in fact inherently healthy. Education, Disordered Eating and Obesity Discourse investigates how 'body centred talk' about weight, fat, food and exercise is recycled in schools, ...

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  • EDUCATION POLICY AND SOCIAL REPRODUCTION
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    EDUCATION POLICY AND SOCIAL REPRODUCTION
    JOHN FITZ / BRIAN DAVIES / JOHN EVANS
    This book takes a theoretically informed look at British education policy over the last sixty years when secondary schooling for all children became an established fact for the first time. Comprehensive schools largely replaced a system based on academic selection. Now, under choice and competition policies, all schools are subject to the rigours of local education markets. Wha...

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  • READING BERNSTEIN, RESEARCHING BERNSTEIN
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    READING BERNSTEIN, RESEARCHING BERNSTEIN
    BRIAN DAVIES
    Basil Bernstein is arguably one of the most important educational theorists of the late 20th century. Whilst most academics and students in sociology of education know of Bernstein, few can claim to fully understand the scope and power of his work, which simply cannot be matched by any of his contemporaries.This book, written by a team of international contributors, offers an i...

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  • THINKING ABOUT GOD
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    THINKING ABOUT GOD
    BRIAN DAVIES OP
    If it is reasonable to believe in God, the ways in which God is thought of and spoken of deserve careful attention. This book looks carefully at the philosophical implications for thinking and speaking about God, the problems that have arisen and still arise, and the various solutions that have been proposed. In Part One Brian Davies examines the question of the reality of God...

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