Books by "Richard J. Wakefield"
6 books found
This text, the only one of its kind on the market, surveys the development of the field of human evolution from its inception through today. It provides students with a broad contrast enabling them to fully understand the value and role of current paleoanthropological research. Features: An historical approach - Establishes for students the nature of paleoanthropology through the historical development of the field from 1860 through 2000 and shows students that paleoanthropology is a remarkably progressive field.. A focus on the debates in the field of human evolution (especially the phylogenetic or genealogical debates)– Analyzes four distinct debates, presented separately from their inception to the present: 1) Humankind's place among the primates; 2) The place of the australopithecines relative to the human line; 3) Debates on human phylogeny proper; 4) Proposed scenarios of hominization. Presentation and analysis of the viewpoints of over 150 scholars - Gives students a valuable reference work for the future (includes over 1200 references in the bibliography) as well as a comprehensive text for today. For junior/senior courses in Human Evolution and Paleoanthropology in Anthropology departments.
A detailed maritime history of the Port of Whitby in north Yorkshire that includes a chapter on Captain Cook and his ship the Endeavour which was built at Whitby. Includes a detailed history of the shipping that passed through the port.
"This book is a true facsimilie of the original edition of 1877 ... Richard Wakelin (1816-1881) began his New Zealand career working with the Wellington Independent, a leading newspaper of the time and as biased as any of them. He ended it running his Wairarapa Standard, a few years afte he had with "History and politics" thrown all his skills into the cause of Sir George Grey. It was not surprising that the sometime promoter of a Chartist paper, the staunch radical and opponent of land monopoly should have backed Grey when the ex-Governor emerged from retirement to cap his distinguished career as a liberal politician. This little book ... is more than a propoganda tract in support of the 1877-79 Grey government. the 1850s were the most turbulent and exciting decade in Wellington politics. Yet Wakelin's work apart, there is little publishe on the personalities and feuds of those years. He gives intimate glimpses, of the local colonel brandishing his whip at the Provincial Secretary, the Featherston party removing all the province's funds from the bank befor handing over to their rivals, the ten mile walk in which Dr Featherston discussed with Wakelin and changed his intention of retiring from politics. The settlement of the Wairarapa is described, the land problem referred to again and again, and the work concludes with Wakelin's view on the issues which so agitated men in the 1870s."--Inside front cover
Holy Grail and Holy Thorn: Glastonbury in the English Imagination explores the legends of King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathea at Glastonbury and how their influence has been felt from medieval to modern times. Joseph was said to have built at Glastonbury the first church in Christendom, which made it a centre of medieval pilgrimage, and gave Glastonbury an international profile in the fifteenth century. Through the winter-flowering holy thorn, said to have grown from Joseph’s staff, and later the Chalice Well, Glastonbury remained a focus of superstition in the Protestant centuries. In medieval romance Joseph of Arimathea had been the first keeper of the Holy Grail, a mystical past that was revived by Romantic writers and artists and ensured that Glastonbury retained a place in our national culture. In the twentieth century Glastonbury’s reputation was further elaborated by the belief that Joseph was the great-uncle of Jesus Christ, and that when he first came to Britain he brought the young Jesus with him, an idea suggested by William Blake’s Jerusalem. In the same mystical tradition, in the 1960s John Michell saw in Glastonbury the dimensions of New Jerusalem, which proved crucial in making Glastonbury the capital of New Age culture.
Probabilistic Modeling in Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics
by Dirk Husmeier, Richard Dybowski
2005 · Springer Science & Business Media
Written for researchers and students in statistics, machine learning, and the biological sciences. This book provides a self-contained introduction to the methodology of Bayesian networks. It offers both elementary tutorials as well as more advanced applications and case studies.