Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Compte Rendu Des Délibérations de la Conférence Fédérale-provinciale, Ottawa, 4 Au 7 Décembre 1950. Anglais
Money of Pre-federal America
Author: John M. Kleeberg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Conservation Biology of Tortoises
Author: IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2880329868
Category : Nature conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2880329868
Category : Nature conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Vitamin A Story
Author: R.D. Semba
Publisher: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
ISBN: 331802189X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This book shows how vitamin A deficiency – before the vitamin was known to scientists – affected millions of people throughout history. It is a story of sailors and soldiers, penniless mothers, orphaned infants, and young children left susceptible to blindness and fatal infections. We also glimpse the fortunate ones who, with ample vitamin A-rich food, escaped this elusive stalker. Why were people going blind and dying? To unravel this puzzle, scientists around the world competed over the course of a century. Their persistent efforts led to the identification of vitamin A and its essential role in health. As a primary focus of today’s international public health efforts, vitamin A has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. But, we discover, they could save many more were it not for obstacles erected by political and ideological zealots who lack a historical perspective of the problem. Although exhaustively researched and documented, this book is written for intellectually curious lay readers as well as for specialists. Public health professionals, nutritionists, and historians of science and medicine have much to learn from this book about the cultural and scientific origins of their disciplines. Likewise, readers interested in military and cultural history will learn about the interaction of health, society, science, and politics. The author’s presentation of vitamin A deficiency is likely to become a classic case study of health disparities in the past as well as the present.
Publisher: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
ISBN: 331802189X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This book shows how vitamin A deficiency – before the vitamin was known to scientists – affected millions of people throughout history. It is a story of sailors and soldiers, penniless mothers, orphaned infants, and young children left susceptible to blindness and fatal infections. We also glimpse the fortunate ones who, with ample vitamin A-rich food, escaped this elusive stalker. Why were people going blind and dying? To unravel this puzzle, scientists around the world competed over the course of a century. Their persistent efforts led to the identification of vitamin A and its essential role in health. As a primary focus of today’s international public health efforts, vitamin A has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. But, we discover, they could save many more were it not for obstacles erected by political and ideological zealots who lack a historical perspective of the problem. Although exhaustively researched and documented, this book is written for intellectually curious lay readers as well as for specialists. Public health professionals, nutritionists, and historians of science and medicine have much to learn from this book about the cultural and scientific origins of their disciplines. Likewise, readers interested in military and cultural history will learn about the interaction of health, society, science, and politics. The author’s presentation of vitamin A deficiency is likely to become a classic case study of health disparities in the past as well as the present.
Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science
Author: John Gunn
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135455082
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1971
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science contains 350 alphabetically arranged entries. The topics include cave and karst geoscience, cave archaeology and human use of caves, art in caves, hydrology and groundwater, cave and karst history, and conservation and management. The Encyclopedia is extensively illustrated with photographs, maps, diagrams, and tables, and has thematic content lists and a comprehensive index to facilitate searching and browsing.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135455082
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1971
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science contains 350 alphabetically arranged entries. The topics include cave and karst geoscience, cave archaeology and human use of caves, art in caves, hydrology and groundwater, cave and karst history, and conservation and management. The Encyclopedia is extensively illustrated with photographs, maps, diagrams, and tables, and has thematic content lists and a comprehensive index to facilitate searching and browsing.
Beyond Conflict
Author: Daphne A. Reid
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Humanitarian assistance
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Humanitarian assistance
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Safeguarding Traditional Cultures
Author: Peter Seitel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780966552010
Category : Biens culturels - Politique gouvernementale - Congrès
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
Proceedings from a conference "A global assessment of the 1989 recommendation on the safeguarding of traditional culture and folklore" held at the Smithsonian Institution June 27-30 1999. The purpose of the conference was to assess the implementation of the Recommendation (an international normative instrument adopted by UNESCO in 1989), to bring together points of view and perspectives on the Recommendaion from around the world, and suggest ways in which the Recommendation might develop in the future so that its purpose, the safeguarding of traditional culture and folklore, might be achieved.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780966552010
Category : Biens culturels - Politique gouvernementale - Congrès
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
Proceedings from a conference "A global assessment of the 1989 recommendation on the safeguarding of traditional culture and folklore" held at the Smithsonian Institution June 27-30 1999. The purpose of the conference was to assess the implementation of the Recommendation (an international normative instrument adopted by UNESCO in 1989), to bring together points of view and perspectives on the Recommendaion from around the world, and suggest ways in which the Recommendation might develop in the future so that its purpose, the safeguarding of traditional culture and folklore, might be achieved.
The Media and the Rwanda Genocide
Author: Allan Thompson
Publisher: IDRC
ISBN: 0745326250
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Explores the role of the media in the Rwandan genocide -- within the country and beyond.
Publisher: IDRC
ISBN: 0745326250
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Explores the role of the media in the Rwandan genocide -- within the country and beyond.
A History of the Atomic Energy Control Board
Author: Gordon H. E. Sims
Publisher: Minister of Supply and Services Canada
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Hull, Que. : Supply and Services Canada, 1980, c1981.
Publisher: Minister of Supply and Services Canada
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Hull, Que. : Supply and Services Canada, 1980, c1981.
The Development of Metallurgy in Canada Since 1900
Author: Erich Weidenhammer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780660091815
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780660091815
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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