His greatest work, Handbook of Physiological Optics (1867), was characterized like all of his scientific works by a keen philosophical insight, molded by exact physiological investigations, and illustrated with mathematical precision and sound physical principles.
In a monumental new work, "Handbook of Religion and Health" (Oxford; $65), Dr. Harold G. Koenig, of Duke University Medical Center, Michael E. McCullough, of Southern Methodist University, and Dr. David B. Larson, of Duke and Northwestern, subject that popular assumption to rigorous analysis.
John Gould treated the name Merops garrulus as the original description, and renamed it Myzantha garrula in his 1865 work Handbook to the Birds of Australia, giving it the common name of garrulous honeyeater, and noting the alternate name of chattering honeyeater.
The series includes reference works, handbooks, compendia, textbooks, well-structured monographs, dictionaries, and encyclopedias.
For him, the Bible is primarily a practical work: a handbook to help its readers comprehend the world.
Lois Kelly is co-author of Rebels at Work: A Handbook for Leading Change from Within, co-founder of rebelsatwork.com, and a former marketing executive.
For example, see T.H. Davenport, "Process Management for Knowledge Work," in "Handbook on Business Process Management 1: Introduction, Methods and Information Systems," ed.
Carmen Medina is co-author of Rebels at Work: A Handbook for Leading Change from Within, co-founder of rebelsatwork.com, and the former deputy director of intelligence for the CIA.
In our book, Rebels at Work: A Handbook for Leading Change from Within, we offer suggestions for how employees can more effectively advance their good ideas, even in organizations resistant to constructive nonconformists.
They are the authors of "Shaping the Future of Work: A Handbook for Action and a New Social Contract," published this month by MITxPress, a collaboration between MITx, which makes MIT courses available online, and the MIT Press.
His most famous theoretical work, a handbook for Baroque poets, is ironically titled Poetischer Trichter, die Teutsche Dicht- und Reimkunst, ohne Behuf der lateinischen Sprache, in VI Stunden einzugiessen (1647 53; "A Poetic Funnel for Infusing the Art of German Poetry and Rhyme in Six Hours, Without Benefit of the Latin Language").
