Product Description: This book is a response to a desire expressed by the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) who called for a diachronic study of the results of the historical-critical method. The study of the last 150-200 years of biblical research shows how the claim to scientific rigor made in many works, that is, the claim to have obtained results comparable in their certainty to those of the natural sciences, is clearly unrealistic...read more

Product Description: Containing contributions from leading academic and industrial researchers, this book provides a much needed update of foam science research.   The first section of the book presents an accessible summary of the theory and fundamentals of foams...read more

Product Description: Are you lonely? Hate making decisions? Rather talk about it than actually do it? Then why not hold a meeting? This humorous anthology investigates the implications of life at the top, whether it's billionaire George Soros on living it up, Lord Stevens on living it down, or George Best on doing both at the same time...read more

Provides information on Union and Confederate uniforms, battle flags, weapons and tactics, describes the stategies used at the battles of Vicksburg, Antietam and Bull Run, and evaluates army commanders