How can you identify constellations and star formations in the night sky? How can you use star patterns to establish direction and time? What are the legends behind the constellations? How do you know if you are looking at a comet or a UFO? This concise, illustrated guide applies simple science, history, and myth to observing and understanding the sky at night, offering entertaining answers to the mysteries of the nighttime sky for hikers, campers, paddlers, or any other outdoor enthusiast.
Tom Van Holt teaches stargazing courses at the University of Kansas and educational camps and is a regular contributor to Appalachian Trailway News. He lives in Lawrence, Kansas.
DEDICATED TO STOVOKOR AND VELOMIR, passionate stargazers!
This comprehensive companion to Faulkner contains a variety of information for the student as well as being a handy reference to Faulkner's life and works for those curious about him. Fargnoli (theology and English, Molloy College, NY) Golay (history, Phillips Exeter Academy) and Hamblin (English, Center for Faulkner Studies, Southeast Missouri State University) begin with a short biography of Faulkner and his family. They note how his childhood and family history influenced his stories, as well as his emotional make up and alcoholic tendencies.
The science of human nutrition and its applications to health promotion continue to gain momentum.
In the relatively short time since the release of the first edition of this Encyclopedia, a few landmark discoveries have had a dramatic multiplying effect over nutrition science: the mapping of the human genome, the links between molecular bioenergetics and lifespan, the influence of nutrients on viral mutation, to name a few.
But perhaps the strongest evidence of the importance of nutrition for human health comes from the fact that almost 60% of the diseases that kill humans are related to diet and lifestyle (including smoking and physical activity). These are all modifiable risk factors. As individuals and organizations intensify their efforts to reduce disease risks, the need for multidisciplinary work becomes more apparent. Today, an effective research or program team is likely to include several professionals from fields other than nutrition. For both nutrition and non-nutrition scientists, keeping up to date on the concepts and inter-relationships between nutrient needs, dietary intake and health outcomes is essential.
The new edition of the Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition hopes to address these needs. While rigorously scientific and up to date, EHN provides concise and easily understandable summaries on a wide variety of topics.
The booklet consists of tests for each of the units of the book WINNERS 2 published by Oxford University Press.
