Author : Ivan R. Schwab
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 43,30 MB
Release : 2012-01-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0195369742
"The evolution of the eye spans 3.75 billion years from single cell organisms with eyespots to Metazoa with superb camera style eyes. At least ten different ocular models have evolved independently into myriad optical and physiological masterpieces. The story of the eye reveals evolution's greatest triumph and sweetest gift. This book describes its journey"--Provided by publisher.
Author : John Carey
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 24,81 MB
Release : 1997-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780380729685
Imagine. . . Witnessing the destruction of Pompeii. . . Accompanying Julius Caesar on his invasion of Britain. . . Flying with the crew of The Great Artiste en route to dropping the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. . . Civilization's most momentous events come vibrantly alive in this magnificent collection of over three hundred eyewitness accounts spanning twenty-four turbulent centuries -- remarkable recollections of battles, atrocities, disasters, coronations, assassinations and discoveries that shaped the course of history, all related in vivid detail by observers on the scene.
Author : Elizabeth F. Loftus
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 16,30 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Criminals
ISBN : 0312055374
Includes material on the case of Steve Titus, Ted Bundy, Timothy Hennis, Tony Herrerez, Howard Haupt, Clarence Von Williams, John Demjanjuk, and Tyrone Briggs.
Author : Jon E. Lewis
Publisher : Running PressBook Pub
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 44,83 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786707478
Takes a snapshot view of history from 2700 B.C. to 2000 A.D. and offers a collection of eyewitness accounts of the most memorable historical and social events taken from memoirs, diaries, letters and journals. Original.
Author : Richard Bauckham
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 38,82 MB
Release : 2008-09-22
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0802863906
Noted New Testament scholar Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption the accounts of Jesus circulated as "anonymous community traditions," instead asserting that they were transmitted in the name of the original eyewitness.
Author : Adrian Weale
Publisher : Carroll & Graf Publishers
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 23,44 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786702169
August 1995 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. This new volume in the Eyewitness Series reconstructs how pre-war scientists laid the bomb's theoretical foundations, provides the details of the Manhattan Project, and bears witness to the Japanese experience of the bombings and their legacy. Media attention.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,43 MB
Release : 2015-01-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 0309310628
Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification makes the case that better data collection and research on eyewitness identification, new law enforcement training protocols, standardized procedures for administering line-ups, and improvements in the handling of eyewitness identification in court can increase the chances that accurate identifications are made. This report explains the science that has emerged during the past 30 years on eyewitness identifications and identifies best practices in eyewitness procedures for the law enforcement community and in the presentation of eyewitness evidence in the courtroom. In order to continue the advancement of eyewitness identification research, the report recommends a focused research agenda.
Author : Elizabeth F. Loftus
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 10,97 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780674287778
By shedding light on the many factors that can intervene and create inaccurate testimony, Elizabeth Loftus illustrates how memory can be radically altered by the way an eyewitness is questioned, and how new memories can be implanted and old ones changed in subtle ways.
Author : Simon Adams
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,13 MB
Release : 2023-11-28
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780241631690
In collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, go back in time and experience history with this picture-led guide to the First World War. From disaster to victory, Eyewitness World War I captivates readers and gives an insight into life in the muddy trenches, and what it was like to be a soldier, along with a broader picture of the world-changing events that led to the start of the conflict. More than 250 photographs, illustrating the people, places, and stories of the conflict, give a unique eyewitness view of the conflict dubbed the "war to end all wars". DK Eyewitness World War I expertly illustrates the lessons of the First World War and how they impact our world today. This museum in a book uses striking full-colour photographs and illustrations of warfare, weaponry, vehicles, maps, and secret documents along with amazing facts, infographics, statistics, and timelines to reveal this conflict as never before. Part of the best-selling DK Eyewitness series, this popular title has been reinvigorated for the next generation of information-seekers and stay-at-home explorers, with a fresh new look, new photographs, updated information, and a new "eyewitness feature - fascinating first-hand accounts from experts in the field.
Author : Andrea Frisch
Publisher : Unc Department of Romance Studies
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 15,86 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Invention of the Eyewitness: Witnessing and Testimony in Early Modern France
