The Falling Sickness
The Falling Sickness

Author: Owsei Temkin

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 1994-03

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 9780801848490

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"A thoroughly admirable and informative introduction to our knowledge of epilepsy in the Western world from antiquity to the early twentieth century." - American Scientist Owsei Temkin presents the history of epilepsy in Western civilization from ancient times to the beginnings of modern neurology. First published in 1945 and thoroughly revised in 1971, this classic work by one of the history of medicine's most eminent scholars now returns to print available in both paperback and eBook formats.

The Long Winter
The Long Winter

Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder

Publisher:

Published: 1940

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13:

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After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves into town for the winter.

Progress in Optics
Progress in Optics

Author:

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2009-11-19

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 0444535292

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In the almost fifty years that have gone by since the first volume of Progress in Optics was published, optics has become one of the most dynamic fields of science. The volumes in this series that have appeared up to now contain more than 300 review articles by distinguished research workers, which have become permanent records for many important developments. - Invariant Optical Fields - Quantum Optics in Structured Media - Polarization and Coherence Optics - Optical Quantum Computation - Photonic Crystals - Lase Beam-Splitting Gratings