On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not
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ON BEING CERTAIN is a revolutionary look at how we know what we know. At stake is the commonly held belief that we can logically and reasonably determine when our thoughts are correct.
Although forensic medicine has been in existence for centuries in one guise or another, it is only with the recent growth in international research that it has begun to be acknowledged as a specific discipline in its own right.
Structural Readers is a series in six stages, of mainly original titles including fiction, non-fiction, poems, and plays.
The past plays an important part in both of these stories. In Stranger things have happened, Chris Duncan, a successful young businessman, arrives home from Pakistan determined to find himself a wife. He has no luck- until a dream of his happy childhood days in a Sussex house puts him on the right track.
In It’s not right, is it? A young man, David Monroe, takes a flat in an old lady’s house. Trouble starts when he realizes that the old lady believes he is her own dead son…
English can certainly be a confusing language, whether you're a native speaker or learning it as a second language. The Right Word is the essential reference to help anyone master its subtleties and avoid the most common mistakes. Divided into three sections, The Right Word first examines homophones, those tricky words that sound the same but are spelled differently. Entries are organized alphabetically, with meanings and examples (including colloquial ones) given to facilitate correct use. Author Elizabeth Morrison then looks at words that often confuse--childish vs. childlike, incredible vs. incredulous--before providing a list of commonly misspelled words.
"Too Much, Too Soon?" tackles the burning question of how to nurture young children's well being and learning to reverse the erosion of childhood. Children have been speeded up by commercialisation, 'adultification', and the government's 'nappy curriculum' which pushes formal learning too soon. 23 hard hitting articles by educators, researchers, policy makers and parents advocate alternative ways ahead for slowing childhood, better policy making and above all the 'right learning at the right time' in children's growth - when they are ready.
