Understanding Ageing: Images, Attitudes and Professional Practice

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For many years, it has been known that when rats and mice are given a reduced amount of food, their life span is increased and they remain healthy and vigorous at advanced ages.

What is the reason for this change in the usual pattern of aging? The evidence is overwhelming that the life extension results from a slowing of aging processes. And the factor responsible is the decrease in caloric intake. The obvious question: How does this factor work? A good question - and the reason that research on the anti-aging action of caloric restriction is today one of the most studied research areas in biological gerontology. For it is felt that if the biological mechanisms of the anti-aging action of caloric restriction can be uncovered, we would gain an understanding of the basic nature of aging processes, which would, in turn, yield possible interventions in human aging. This book aims to provide the growing number of researchers in this field (faculty, postdoctoral trainees, and graduate students) with a detailed knowledge of what is known about caloric restriction within the frame of gerontology, as well as insights on future of this field.

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Understanding Old Age: Critical and Global Perspectives
Gail Wilson
Manufacturer: Sage Publications Ltd
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Providing a comprehensive overview of issues of ageing from a global perspective this ambitious text introduces the reader to a wide range of issues and policies on ageing. Topics examined include: theoretical perspectives on ageing in society; demographic trends; roles played by older people as political actors; migration; health; pensions; family and institutional care; and elder abuse. This will be an essential text for students of social gerontology, as well as an invaluable resource for students of nursing, social work, social policy and development studies.

Ageing for Beginners (Understanding Everyday Experience)

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Ageing for Beginners (Understanding Everyday Experience)
Mary Stott
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Understanding Ageing (Developmental and Cell Biology Series)

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Excellent book, for biologists, on Aging

Understanding Ageing (Developmental and Cell Biology Series)
Robin Holliday
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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This book presents a completely novel approach to understanding aging: it explains both why aging exists in animals and reviews our current understanding of it at the biological level. Dr. Holliday argues that much research needs to be done on the cellular and molecular aspects of aging if the origin of age-related diseases is to be understood. In making this argument, the author draws on material from a wide range of disciplines, including extensive biomedical information about age-related disease in humans. This thought-provoking book will appeal to all students and researchers who are interested in aging, whether they are working in the clinical or basic research sphere.

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Excellent book, for biologists, on Aging.......2000-04-18

This book is aimed at the level of a college biology major (or a Scientific American reader). But if you have that kind of background, I cannot recommend it highly enough. It's not the glitziest recent book on aging. But Holliday is a brilliant analyst, and he builds a wonderful picture selected from hundreds of studies of the biology of aging. For example, skin cells from short-lived animals or long-lived animals will live 20, versus 60, generations in cell culture. I'd heard that. But did you know that the efficiency of DNA repair in a mouse is a fraction of that for a long-lived animal? Talk about planned obsolescence. It's not just a book of tidbits, Holliday builds a whole sophisticated theory of aging on a firm base of experimental biology from around the world over decades. This book really shaped the way I think about biological aging, with not a wasted paragraph in sight.

Understanding Ageing: Facing Common Family Problems (Teach Yourself Books)

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Understanding Ageing: Facing Common Family Problems (Teach Yourself Books)
Melissa Hardie , and Monnica Stewart
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Understanding Communication and Aging: Developing Knowledge and Awareness

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Understanding Communication and Aging: Developing Knowledge and Awareness
Jake Harwood
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“ Understanding Communication and Aging achieves a nice balance between the facts of growing old, the social forces that shape that process, and the communication factors that connect these two domains. With attention to both research and everyday applications, the text is thorough and inviting. I am delighted that a user-friendly, undergraduate text has finally been produced in the field of communication and aging. This book deserves to be an instant and sustained success.”
—Sandra Metts, Illinois State University

“This book has so many strengths. I am especially pleased with the communication focus and the discussions on cultural issues, new technologies, and identities. I am impressed by Dr. Harwood’s creativity and reaching out to learners via the use of info boxes, significant achievement profiles, literary/artistic descriptions, selected detailed summaries of research, and quotations about aging. All of these features auger very well for student learning and enthusiasm. I commend Dr. Harwood for his attention to detail, targeting multiple learning styles, and attending to instructors who value these kinds of features.”
—Jim L. Query, Jr., University of Houston

“The way Professor Harwood ties together theory, research, and everyday experience into a text that is accessible, interesting, and fun to read is impressive. The focus is not merely psychological or interpersonal; the book spans multiple disciplines. This text is the total package!”
—Jo Anna Grant, California State University, San Bernardino

Understanding Communication and Aging is the most accessible introduction to the many ways aging in the 21st century is influenced by human communication processes, from face-to-face conversation to mass media representations. With a lively presentation, author Jake Harwood presents central research findings while engaging students with important questions concerning communication and aging.

Key Features

Covers the broad area of communication and older adulthood: The book examines key topics such as interpersonal and family relationships in old age, media portrayals of aging, cultural variations in intergenerational communication, and health communication in old age.
Shatters the myths and stereotypes of aging: The book’s orientation and perspective is on “healthy” living and aging. This anti-ageist approach encourages readers to reexamine their views on aging and become fluent at defending and promoting an anti-ageist ideology.
Provides concrete examples: While taking a theoretical approach, the book includes coverage of applied issues such as health communication and age-related prejudice and discrimination.

Understanding Menopause Anatomical Chart

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Understanding Menopause Anatomical Chart
Anatomical Chart Company
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In addition to providing important overview information on menopause, perimenopause, and the role of hormones, this new edition provides more focus on managing the changes and symptoms of menopause and on health maintenance after menopause.

Understanding Older Homeless People: Their Circumstances, Problems, and Needs (Rethinking Ageing Series)

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'...throws light on the pathways which lead to homelessness.
'a definitive scholarly work on homelessness...'
'a book that will be of immense value...'
a comprehensive, compassionate and insightful look at aging
...should be read by everyone concerned with social policy.

Understanding Older Homeless People: Their Circumstances, Problems, and Needs (Rethinking Ageing Series)
Maureen Crane
Manufacturer: Open University Press
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Although ageing people are a significant segment of the homeless population, they have largely been ignored by service providers and policy makers. This text sets out to remedy this situation and offers new research on the causes of homelessness.

Partial life histories have been collected from older homeless people and their pathways into homelessness traced. Although the book is about older homeless people, many of them have been homeless since they were teenagers or since early adulthood. It therefore examines the reasons for homelessness at all stages of the life course. The book discusses the circumstances, problems and needs of older homeless people, looks at how services are responding, and makes recommendations for service development. Case studies are used throughout to assist explanations.

This book has much to offer a wide audience including service-providers, policymakers, health care workers, housing and social services workers, gerontologists and sociologists. Because it is easy to read, it is accessible to lay readers. It will be of interest to a British audience and an international audience, particularly in countries such as America and Australia where innovations in services for homeless older people are rapidly developing.

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'...throws light on the pathways which lead to homelessness........1999-07-08

This is a remarkable book, based on Maureen Crane's many years of acquaintance with homeless older people. It throws light on the pathways which lead to homelessness, and should be required reading not only for policy makers in this field, but all those interested in the vicissitudes of the human life course.

'a definitive scholarly work on homelessness...'.......1999-07-08

This definitive scholarly work on homelessness among the ageing will be of use to practitioners, planners and academics in the United States as well as United Kingdom. Synthesising current literature on homelessness and homeless elders from America, Europe and Britain, the book complements available research on the poorest, most vulnerable, and marginalized among today's elders. Using dispassionate social science this ethnographic study argues for more compassionate treatment of a group of ageing people barely noticed in public policy.

'a book that will be of immense value...'.......1999-07-08

Drawing on 10 years experience of working with the elderly homeless, Maureen Crane, has produced a book that will be of immense value to those who wish to understand more about this growing social problem. Regardless of the many and varied reasons why some older men and women become homeless, Maureen Crane's book demonstrates that the pathways out of homelessness all involve basic concepts of social justice: namely that the elderly homeless are entitled to access the same levels of housing and aged care services that the rest of the community takes for granted.

a comprehensive, compassionate and insightful look at aging.......1999-07-08

Although ageing persons are an important and growing segment of the homeless population, they have been largely ignored by service providers and policy makers. Maureen Crane's book will remedy this situation. Bringing together unique and long experience as a clinician, advocate, and researcher working with older homeless persons in London, Dr. Crane offers a comprehensive, compassionate, and insightful look at this population that is rarely found in other texts on homelessness. This book is destined to become the standard reference for anyone interested in aging and homelessness.

...should be read by everyone concerned with social policy........1999-07-08

Maureen Crane has undertaken research on older homeless people for a number of years. She has now brought together her own empirical studies with the work of others. This book presents a new perspective on an important neglected subject. In a clearly written account the complexity of the issues is shown. This book should be read not only by those interested in ageing but also by everyone concerned with social policy and with social exclusion.

Understanding And Managing Ageing of Materials in Spent Fuel Storage Facilities (Technical Reports Series (International Atomic Energy Agency))

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Understanding And Managing Ageing of Materials in Spent Fuel Storage Facilities (Technical Reports Series (International Atomic Energy Agency))

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Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text, Volume 2 (with PhysicsNOW)
Raymond A. Serway , and John W. Jewett
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ASIN: 0534491464

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This successful text was the first to address the latest teaching and learning trends as suggested by the Introductory University Physics Project (IUPP) guidelines. PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS features a concise approach to traditional topics, an early introduction to modern physics, integration of physics education research pedagogies, as well as the integration of contemporary topics throughout the text. This revision of PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS also contains text/media integration unlike no other through the PhysicsNow online assessment, tutorial, and course management system.

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Good........2007-01-04

Good books about Physics. Not to difficult to understand, but not that easy either (It's PHYSICS!!!)

Too pretty - not enough meat.......2005-11-01

I doubt many who have written reviews here are actual college students. Physics is probably one of the most challenging courses one can take. Nevertheless, it can also be an exciting field of study - this book doesn't do it justice though. It has the potential of scaring off newcomers.

While the book's overall visual presentation is nicely done, the theory behind various mathematical laws is poor. Often, it takes two or three paragraphs of rambling before getting to the point on a topic.

Each chapter has its own set of word problems to solve. While some of the problems are generally a piece of cake, most contain subtleties and assume you know far too much prior knowledge outside the book. It would be a nightmare solving these problems without the answer/studyguide book handy. That guide is almost as large as the textbook and sells for almost $70 alone. Even with the studyguide, some of the demonstrations are illogical and don't necessarily reflect the material you learnt in the current or previous chapters. I've even seen plenty of cases where the math contradicts what the material in the chapter stated!

Although the book says it is a calculus-based text, there really isn't a whole lot of it in there. This might be a blessing to some but isn't always practical in the real world. My Calculus textbook covered physics problems better than this textbook! The authors tend to brush basic differentiation/integration in the theory portions but they're never really used in actual problems.

The PhysicsNow online study tool has some neat diagrams and interactive problems but is still generally useless. Good luck getting your account activated when registering online! I had to call customer service several times before I could actually login to the site.

I could conclude in saying that this book does make a great reference book to people who already have knowledge in physics. However, I'm sure there are better textbooks out there that can teach you the basics if you're new to the field. Many fellow students in my physics classes have shared the same grunts about the book as much as I have and agree that this book can make physics frustrating to the newbie.

Excellent.......2005-09-12

Great service. I had the book in just a few days after I ordered. Thankyou,
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Garbage.......2002-12-16

Totally garbage....

The author jumps around a lot, and doesn't show enough thoery before giving u formulas. Some explanations are too wordy.. some are not wordy enough...

the person who wrote the first review was obviously linked to the book in some way..

pls stop putting up reviews if you have something to gain from the book's popularity... ur just fooling students...

A remarkable first step in changing physics pedagogy.......2002-07-17

Serway and Jewett have made a remarkable first step in changing physics pedagogy for the better:

1) They cover all topics of physics (including modern physics) in 31 chapters, more easily coverable in 2 semesters. To accomplish this, they removed some utlitarian aspects found in more traditional texts. I think Einstein would have liked this. Some utilitarian aspects are best left for (and in fact better covered by) engineering courses anyway.
2) They combined Newtonian relativity and special relativity into a single chapter and moved it to chapter 9, to be covered in first semester.
3) They introduce ALL fundamental forces in chapter 5 and apply a global approach to energy conservation in chapter 6. This allows them to implement a recommendation by the American Physical Society to present the first law of thermo as delta E = Q + W. Finally! Thermodynamics convention is in line with classical mechanics convention.

True, many staunch physics professors may not like the "prettiness" of the book, but I think this is a "walked ten miles to school in the snow" response. The following features make calc-based general physics more learnable for the first year college student:

1) Context overlay: the book is divided into 8 context sections that are associated with current challenges in our society. Chapters 2 through 11 are placed within the context of a mission to mars. This layout does not force the instructor to follow the context, but provides the student with things to think about while studying the material.
2) Pitfall prevention: marginal notes that tell the student what NOT to think or do with a concept or equation.
3) Modeling explained: THIS IS A BIG DEAL. In chapter 1, the authors explain how physicists use models to represent reality. They then reveal throughout the text the models that are used in the development of subject matter. This helps the student to actually learn about the philosophy of physics, and not just how to solve problems. But make no mistake. This approach actually helps the student learn how to solve problems. This is very important to the physics major, but also helps the engineering major understand the origin of the fundamental equations they use.
4) Mathematical level: Calculus is introduced gradually, since most students are taking first year calculus and physics concurrently. Most steps are shown when basic equations are developed, and references are made to mathematical appendices at the back of the text. Vector and scalar addition is introduced in chapter 1 to support kinematics in chapters 2 and 3, but the dot product is introduced in chapter 6 with work and energy and the cross product is introduced in chapter 10 with rotational dynamics.

There is more that can be done to improve the state of our general physics textbooks, but this is a great start. So I rated them "5 stars."

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Written by John R. Gordon and Ralph McGrew, with Raymond Serway and John Jewett, the two-volume manual features detailed solutions to 20 percent of the end-of-chapter problems from the text. This manual also contains lists of important equations and concepts, other study aids, and answers to selected end-of-chapter questions.

Principles of Physics: A calculus based text, Customized for Drexel University (Volume 2)

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