literature about life forms of plant phanerogamic

there's nine short stories in this book,some are really great and some a little boring. I liked espacially the following ones:"the maze" , "the reluctant heroes","the wreck of the ship john b." & "a life in the day of". between the stories there are comments written also by frank robinson relating the stories - what made him write them and what they are about,it's been interesting to read them before reading each story and again after reading the story.my rate (3 stars) is a kind of an avarage ,for the first story - "the maze" i would give 5 stars !

To paraphrase A. S. Byatt, Leavis shows us the terrible, magnificent importance and urgency of English literature and simultaneously deprives us of any confidence in our own capacity to contribute to, or change it. This book is a classic example of his style. While Leavis's lack of equivocation is still thrilling, so totalising are his views that we are often left wondering if we even deserve to be thinking about the same issues. The problem with Leavis is not simply that he took a false position with regard to the relationship between culture and literature. The problem is that he, like Matthew Arnold before him, failed to acknowledge the ideological basis for his vision. Despite having aesthetic values which were clearly ideologically-informed, they both treated these values as if they were non-ideological. They saw their aesthetic choices as facts, necessarily ideology-free and non-negotiable. Arnold can be forgiven for such a view, living in the nineteenth century. For Leavis it was a luxury. For us, it is indefensible.

Throughout his life, Leavis steadfastly refused to defend his critical standards because he did not see them as choices which needed defending. Yet a defence of the Leavisite criteria - something which will make this book more meaningful to contemporary readers - can actually be mounted, and John Casey provides one in 'The Language of Criticism' (1966). This defence does not suggest Leavis's views are as unarguably true as he imagined them to be. Rather, it articulates the implied theory of art which underlies them, and thereby opens them up for serious debate: something which Leavis himself was never courageous enough to do.

while this is an interesting book by a man clearly aversed in educational issues, this book's immense size (45,000 pages) make it unreadable to the average homo sapiens.... Thank you and keep up the good work!

Okay, I'll admit right up front - I bought this book because Dr. Marinkovich is my personal physician. While he and I do not see eye to eye on all matters of religion and bible interpretation, I do find his approach refreshing in this day and age of corporate America. His thoughtfulness and urging for all of us to remember that there is a higher power in your life than the Board of Directors and CEO is a huge point that has been long overlooked. It has changed how I handle things at work - sort of a "WWJD" for the business world!

The story by Mary Shelling has made another big screen debut almost 60 years later then the original one. They movies about the same old frankenstein getting loose in the village and terrorizing everyone only this is 20 times more gory! Changed a little bit for the better but all the same a great horror movie. Frankenstein doesn't have the bolts coming out of his neck. Rated R: for graphic violence

The book starts with essential computer math concepts like sets, graph theory . Then there is an entire chapter on recursive functions . Then the author introduces the turing machine , halting problem , then goes on to explain how diff automata can be derived from the turing machine by imposing restrictions on it. The different proofs are explained both in formal and heuristic methods . Also some practical applications of these theories are provided . There are lot of interesting sidenotes , LINCOS the cosmic language .
The book was written long back , and might lack the depth that is required for a theory course.
Would suggest Sipser's book for starters

This commentary possesses much good information. It is exigetical and interesting, and is of great help to the student of the Bible. The single flaw in it, however, is the format. This commentary uses much parenthetical notation, sometimes lasting for several lines. This makes for difficult reading. One does not know where the commentary ends and the notation begins. In addition, the reader is forced to hop from parenthetical notes to footnotes and back again. The format makes reading difficult, but the content is excellent.

He commanded a mighty machine of thought and opinion; he thundered his views around the world -- and the world listened. For here was a man of mystery, vision and sometimes erratic action.

Colonel Robert R. McCormick was one of the most colorful, controversial, successful newspapermen ever known. But beyond this aura of greatness is an untold story of McCormick as a man. This book provides for the first time, a full-length biography.

Frank C. Waldrop tells this story of Colonel McCormick with skill; probing and pondering the mystery of an unusual man. Objectively, Waldrop traces McCormick from birth to death, bringing light to some of the unanswered questions about his background.

In scores of fresh and revealing anecdotes, a world of fascinating people is introduced -- those who knew McCormick, both his friends and his enemies, from presidents to potentates, from industrial giants to men of the underworld. Among the personalities who figured in McCormick's life and who are discussed here -- Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, Mark Hanna, Richard Harding Davis, Winston Churchill, George C. Marshall and General John Pershing. And, the story behind the headlines -- the anti-trust suit against the Associated Press, the Tribune's handling of the Battle of Midway, McCormick's role in the Marshall Field decision to publish a paper, and McCormick's journalistic venture in Washington -- events affecting national politics and journalism -- are fully explored here.

Whatever you may know about the life of this extraordinary man, whatever opinions you may now hold, this story will leave you with a better understanding of McCormick the man, and the times in which he moved.