Best Selling Books by Stephen Gill

A compendium of the indigenous names of various locations throughout North America, providing insights into the languages and cultures of the indigenous peoples who lived on the continent. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

In this book, Stephen Gill uses a large amount of anecdotal and biographical material to illustrate the various ways in which Wordsworth''s reputation was diffused in the Victorian era.

Gill ha trabajado durante muchos años explorando la cultura y el medio ambiente de Hackney en el este de Londres. En 1932 se inauguró un estadio deportivo en Waterden Road en Hackney y durante los siguientes 65 años fue sede de carreras de galgos y una sucesión de equipos de carreras como los Hackney Wick Wolves, los Hackney Hawks, los Hackney Kestrels y finalmente el Leones de Londres. En diciembre de 1997, la compañía propietaria del estadio, London Stadium Hackney Ltd, salió del negocio y el sitio abandonado fue ocupado por un mercado dominical. El mercado fue ampliamente documentado por Stephen Gill en Hackney Wick, un libro y una serie fotográfica publicada en 2005, pero cerró en 2003 cuando la Agencia de Desarrollo de Londres compró el sitio antes de demoler el estadio y volver a desarrollarlo para usarlo como el Centro de Medios Olímpicos de Londres 2012. Gill explora un tiempo y lugar que una vez fue y ahora está enterrado y en gran medida olvidado bajo el asfalto. Capa sobre capa, añade material a una historia ya rica en éxitos y fracasos, esperanzas y desilusiones. Las ocho fotografías ( Pigment Prints, 12x12cm ) describen estados de abandono y desocupación posterior, descampados o detalles de lo que entonces quedaba del circuito inicial.

The fetal origins hypothesis suggests that interuterine life plays a more significant role in life-long adult health than previously thought. The human placenta is the crucial organ that supplies the developing fetus with oxygen and nutrients, and its function is closely related to the health of the baby. A more quantitative understanding of the placenta is sought, to provide more accurate statistics and predictions regarding fetal health. This research aims to quantify placental function and growth at two scales -- gross placental morphology and oxygen transport at the microscopic level. Placental shape is quantified via Fourier series and moments, and probability distribution functions (similar to histograms) are calculated for measured characteristics. Analysis of distribution functions provides some information regarding the likely development of the placenta. Most distribution functions found are not normal (Gaussian), and posses power-law tails, indicative of more complex random growth phenomena. Oxygen transport is one of the fundamental functions of the placenta, and this research aims to quantify how efficiently various exchange geometries function. Segmented histology slides of terminal villi (the site of oxygen exchange) are used in numerical simulations of stationary diffusion within realistic geometries for the first time. Capillary numbers, positions and calibres are measured and combined in a number of ways to measure transport efficiency. Efficiency is then correlated with measures such as birth weight, and fractal vascular efficiency (which relates the mass of fetus created per mass of placenta). Significant correlations are found between efficient capillary arrangements and ''healthy'' whole placental vasculature.