Responding to the developments of the past twenty years, Les Kirkup has thoroughly updated his popular book on experimental methods, while retaining the extensive coverage and practical advice from the first edition. Many topics from that edition remain, including keeping a record of work, how to deal with measurement uncertainties, understanding the statistical basis of data analysis and reporting the results of experiments. However, with new technologies influencing how experiments are d...

The ability to summarise data, compare models and apply computer-based analysis tools are vital skills necessary for studying and working in the physical sciences. This textbook supports undergraduate students as they develop and enhance these skills. Introducing data analysis techniques, this textbook pays particular attention to the internationally recognised guidelines for calculating and expressing measurement uncertainty. This new edition has been revised to incorporate Excel® 2010. I...

A History of Socialism by Thomas Kirkup is a landmark study that traces the development of socialist thought from its earliest philosophical roots to its emergence as a major political and economic force. With scholarly precision and intellectual depth, Kirkup examines how the ideas of equality, collective welfare, and social justice evolved across centuries — from Plato’s ideal societies to the revolutionary writings of Karl Marx and beyond. This book pro...

This book is a concise and authoritative introduction to the principles, history, and prospects of socialism, written by one of the leading British economists and statisticians of the early 20th century. Kirkup explains the key concepts and debates of socialist theory and practice, from utopian visions to scientific socialism, from cooperatives to nationalization, from Marx to Bernstein. The book is a lucid and engaging guide to one of the most influential and controversial movements in mo...

THAI INSIDER: CHIANG MAI is the best guide for your Chiang Mai visit. It goes far beyond the 'history and temples' that you find in other guides. Topics covered include Thai culture and customs, getting about, things to do, things to see, hotels, restaurants and bars, shopping, sports and fitness, and out of town trips. Seventeen information-packed chapters.There are also hundreds of INSIDER TIPS, written by locals and frequent visitors, to give you a real insider's view of Chiang M...

The present book occupies, so far as I am aware, new ground among English books on Socialism. The larger historical books on the subject stop short of recent years, and leave unchronicled much Socialist thought and action of the utmost importance. My aim has been to give as briefly and fairly as possible an account of the Socialist movement over the world during the last ten years. Like everything else, Socialism has undergone a process of change, and must be studied in the works of its la...

Though much has been said and written about socialism for many years, it still remains a questionable name which awakens in the mind of the reader doubt, perplexity, and contradiction.But there can be no question that it is a growing power throughout the world. It is hardly an exaggeration to say that the most intelligent and the best organised working-men of all civilised countries are passing over to it. The opinions which are being accepted by the foremost of the working-classes ...

Thomas Kirkup's A History of Socialism is both a sweeping survey and a searching critique of one of the modern world's most unsettling and influential movements. Written with the conviction that socialism must be studied fairly and seriously, it traces the rise of the idea from its early nineteenth-century beginnings to its growing power among the organized working classes, arguing that it answers real social suffering rather than mere political theory. Kirkup follows socialism's changing ...

Using archival sources and interviews with key participants, new insight is gained to how the Lib-Lab Pact of 1977-78 - an agreement, short of a full coalition - came about, was structured and implemented, and how Liberal leader, David Steel, might have achieved significant policy concessions on electoral reform.

The north-east of England – Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, and Teesside – has witnessed many grisly and tragic events over the centuries and it is no surprise that it is one of the most haunted parts of the country. In Ghosts of the North East paranormal investigator Rob Kirkup examines some of the region’s most interesting ghostly stories. Newcastle’s Norman Castle Keep has many such tales, the best known of which is of the ‘Poppy Girl’ who haunts a condemned cell. Durham Castle h...

From the murderous cannibalism of Sawney Bean to the bodysnatching exploits of Burke and Hare, Edinburgh has seen its fair share of ghoulish happenings over the years. But does it truly deserve its reputation as one of Britain's most haunted cities? Along with his fearless team of 'spook seekers', Rob Kirkup donned his ghost-hunting gear and took to the streets of Scotland's capital to find out whether today's visitors have anything to fear. Might one meet a foul-mouthed poltergeist beneat...

With a history as rich, yet bloody, as Northumberland has, it comes as little surprise that the county is widely regarded as being one of the most haunted in Britain. In Paranormal Northumberland, local author Rob Kirkup draws on contemporary and historical sources to investigate some of the famous and lesser-known haunted locations in the county. This compilation includes ghostly monks that walk the grounds of Blanchland Abbey after being killed by bandits, and the Pink Lady of Bamburgh C...