The past is not simply a list of events.  Historical records are the means by which historians develop their interpretations of those events. Because interpretations differ, there is no single historical record, but various narrations of events each told from a different perspective. Therefore the study of history is intimately linked to the study of values, the values of the historical actors, the historians who have written about them, and of the students engaged in learning about them.          The World’s History links chronology, themes, and geography in eight units, or Parts, of study.  The Parts move progressively along a time line from the emergence of early humans to the present day. Each Part emphasizes a single theme—for example, urbanization or religion or migration—and students learn to use them all to analyze historical events and to develop a grasp of the chronology of human development.   The final chapter employs all the themes developed in the first seven Parts as tools for understanding the history of our own times. Geographically, each Part covers the entire globe, although specific topics place greater emphasis on specific regions.

Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics: A Primer for Clinical Investigators and Decision-Makers

Michael S Kramer

Science & Math

Springer, Verlag

<p>Here is a book for clinicians, clinical investigators, trainees, and graduates who wish to develop their proficiency in the planning, execution, and interpretation of clinical and epidemiological research. Emphasis is placed on the design and analysis of research studies involving human subjects where the primary interest concerns principles of analytic (cause-and- effect) inference. The topic is presented from the standpoint of the clinician and assumes no previous knowledge of epidemiology, research design or statistics. Extensive use is made of illustrative examples from a variety of clinical specialties and subspecialties. The book is divided into three parts. Part I deals with epidemiological research design and analytic inference, including such issues as measurement, rates, analytic bias, and the main forms of observational and experimental epidemiological studies. Part II presents the principles and applications of biostatistics, with emphasis on statistical inference. Part III comprises four chapters covering such topics as diagnostic tests, decision analysis, survival (life-table) analysis, and causality.</p>

Biological Sciences

<p>Here, is one of the most thoroughly researched-and most entertaining-books ever written about any living political figure, two of the nation's top investigative reporters give the full, still largely untold, story of Nelson Rockefeller's complex career. Here is the inside story of public servants who become wealthy men soon after they are invited into Rockefeller's inner circle, together with revelations about the long reach of his retributive arm against his political enemies. With a wealth of anecdotal detail, the authors present the staggering account of how Nelson's family, perennially reaching into their pockets, have spent more than 30 million dollars on his political campaigns. Nelson Rockefeller emerges as a man who always planned to be president and, despite the odds, still does. It is a goal he established for himself as a young man and has kept before him throughout a career that began under the astute patronage of FDR and brought him, after four terms as governor of New York, to the very threshold of the presidency.</p>

"I Never Wanted to be Vice-President of Anything!": An Investigative Biography of Nelson Rockefeller

Sam Roberts

Biographies & Memoirs

Basic Books

Believe It or Not

Springer Nature

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