Product Description: There is a tension between classic and modern approaches to the Bible that continues to drive discussion today. For traditional theology, the Bible was divine revelation and a Church Father could say "we listen to God when we read...read more

Product Description: A collection of 11 articles which explore areas of the history of world shipping. Articles examine such areas as the creation of the Marine Department at the Board of Trade, steam navigation to Australia, port development in the USA and the move from coal to oil. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This text derives from papers presented at the Third British-Dutch Maritime Conference, and examines shipping, technology and imperialism during the 19th century.

Product Description: Phylogenetic reconstruction--the method by which biologists examine the relationship between living and extinct organisms in an effort to identify evolutionary pathways--has seen radical changes in the last ten years. But as rapid advances in mathematical, molecular, developmental, and cladistic techniques have greatly improved reconstruction efforts, they have also sparked controversy, especially with regard to the assumptions and data underlying the cladistic method...read more

Product Description: This book provides a concise account of the pathological processes involved in periodontal disease. The first chapter gives a broad overview of periodontal disease and is followed by accounts of the periodontum in health and disease...read more