York Notes Advanced The Picture of Dorian Gray - Digital Ed

York Notes Advanced The Picture of Dorian Gray - Digital Ed

Author: Frances Gray

Publisher: Pearson UK

Published: 2014-07-23

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 144797784X

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Packed full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, 'York Notes' will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel.


York Notes Advanced Othello - Digital Ed

York Notes Advanced Othello - Digital Ed

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: Pearson UK

Published: 2014-07-23

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1447977823

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This book is packed with features to help the students improve their grade. There will be features that address the specific needs of students studying for the new AS and A2 exams. There will now be text boxes in the margin labelled 'Context' which will describe the literary, historical, cultural, religious, or philisophical context of specific references in the text (contextualisation is the new buzz word in the exam syllabuses).


The Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare

The Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare

Author: Lynn Wood

Publisher: Longman Publishing Group

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9780582414747

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Key Features: Study methods Introduction to the text Summaries with critical notes Themes and techniques Textual analysis of key passages Author biography Historical and literary background Modern and historical critical approaches Chronology Glossary of literary terms


A Nuclear Winter's Tale

A Nuclear Winter's Tale

Author: Lawrence Badash

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2009-07-10

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 0262257998

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The rise and fall of the concept of nuclear winter, played out in research activity, public relations, and Reagan-era politics. The nuclear winter phenomenon burst upon the public's consciousness in 1983. Added to the horror of a nuclear war's immediate effects was the fear that the smoke from fires ignited by the explosions would block the sun, creating an extended “winter” that might kill more people worldwide than the initial nuclear strikes. In A Nuclear Winter's Tale, Lawrence Badash maps the rise and fall of the science of nuclear winter, examining research activity, the popularization of the concept, and the Reagan-era politics that combined to influence policy and public opinion. Badash traces the several sciences (including studies of volcanic eruptions, ozone depletion, and dinosaur extinction) that merged to allow computer modeling of nuclear winter and its development as a scientific specialty. He places this in the political context of the Reagan years, discussing congressional interest, media attention, the administration's plans for a research program, and the Defense Department's claims that the arms buildup underway would prevent nuclear war, and thus nuclear winter. A Nuclear Winter's Tale tells an important story but also provides a useful illustration of the complex relationship between science and society. It examines the behavior of scientists in the public arena and in the scientific community, and raises questions about the problems faced by scientific Cassandras, the implications when scientists go public with worst-case scenarios, and the timing of government reaction to startling scientific findings.