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1. Leadership Processes and Follower Self-identity

   By Robert G. Lord, Douglas J. Brown

   Series: Series in Organization and Management

   Presenting a follower-centered perspective on leadership, this book focuses on followers as the direct determinant of leadership effects because it is generally through follower reactions and behaviors that leadership attempts succeed or fail. Therefore, leadership theory needs to be articulated...

   To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
2. Thought Experiments in Science, Philosophy, and the Arts

   Edited by Melanie Frappier, Letitia Meynell, James Robert Brown

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science

   From Lucretius throwing a spear beyond the boundary of the universe to Einstein racing against a beam of light, thought experiments stand as a fascinating challenge to the necessity of data in the empirical sciences. Are these experiments, conducted uniquely in our imagination, simply rhetorical...

   Published August 9th 2012 by Routledge
3. Mental Health Law 2E A Practical Guide

   2nd Edition

   By Basant Puri, Robert Brown, Heather McKee, Ian Treasaden

   Completely updated to reflect current changes in the law and in practice, Mental Health Law: A Practical Guide is a concise and approachable handbook to mental health law for students and professionals working in psychiatric settings. Easy-to-read, practical, and illustrated with case examples...

   Published April 26th 2012 by CRC Press
4. Solar Energy Fundamentals

   Edited by Robert K. McMordie, Mitchel C. Brown, Robert S. Stoughton

   A compilation of decades of knowledge spanning the author's career as a mechanical engineer specializing in heat transfer and thermodynamics in the solar and aerospace industries, this book is instantly practicable. Topics include definitions of energy terms, relationship of the sun and earth,...

   Published March 14th 2012 by Fairmont Press
5. Platonism, Naturalism, and Mathematical Knowledge

   By James Robert Brown

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science

   This study addresses a central theme in current philosophy: Platonism vs Naturalism and provides accounts of both approaches to mathematics, crucially discussing Quine, Maddy, Kitcher, Lakoff, Colyvan, and many others. Beginning with accounts of both approaches, Brown defends Platonism by arguing...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
6. Explanation in Social Science

   By Robert Brown

   Series: International Library of Sociology

   Published October 19th 2010 by Routledge
7. The Laboratory of the Mind

   Thought Experiments in the Natural Sciences, 2nd Edition

   By James Robert Brown

   Newton's bucket, Einstein's elevator, Schrödinger's cat – these are some of the best-known examples of thought experiments in the natural sciences. But what function do these experiments perform? Are they really experiments at all? Can they help us gain a greater understanding of the natural world?...

   Published July 26th 2010 by Routledge
8. Philosophy of Mathematics

   A Contemporary Introduction to the World of Proofs and Pictures, 2nd Edition

   By James Robert Brown

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy

   In his long-awaited new edition of Philosophy of Mathematics, James Robert Brown tackles important new as well as enduring questions in the mathematical sciences. Can pictures go beyond being merely suggestive and actually prove anything? Are mathematical results certain? Are experiments of any...

   Published January 14th 2008 by Routledge
9. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Second Edition

   Edited by Robert H. Brown, Michael Swash, Piera Pasinelli

   Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or motor neurone disease is one of the most debilitating and devastating of the neurological diseases. The only comprehensive textbook available on the topic, this completely reorganized and expanded new edition examines all aspects of ALS from pathology to patient...

   Published July 6th 2006 by CRC Press
10. Handbook of Optoelectronics (Two-Volume Set)

    Edited by J.P. Dakin, Robert G. W. Brown

    Series: Handbook of Optoelectronics

    A field as diverse as optoelectronics needs a reference that is equally versatile. From basic physics and light sources to devices and state-of-the-art applications, the Handbook of Optoelectronics provides comprehensive, self-contained coverage of fundamental concepts and practical applications...

    Published May 16th 2006 by Taylor & Francis