We are greatly appreciative for the data, advice, and comments we received
from a variety of people. Of course, no one other than the authors is responsible
for the product. Julie Yates at Bureau of Labor Statistics kindly provided
some NLSY…
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Board member of…
Welcome to the Robot Revolution. By this, we do not mean an uprising of our robots,
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Ever since machinery was first developed to help man with his labours a
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the early days of the Industrial Revolution when labour was cheap, little
regard was paid to the pain…
The editors are pleased to introduce Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia,Tenth Edition, thus building upon the long tradition of excellence that dates back some seventy years to the First Edition, published in 1938 as a single volume over 1,200…