Chung Books

Bought this on a whim, while flipping through it at a bookstore in Cali.
I think it would be great for students and maybe an intern, but there are better atlases out there. I own a lot of atlases, for the reason that there are so many ways certain diseases could look, so i think the more pics you see, the better. I think if you are computer savvy, own one of the other mainstream atlases, you'll be okay...I'd put this as maybe the 2nd or 3rd. However, if your program owns one, and derm isn't your strong suit, use it, the differential lists are quite helpful. Don't needs this for board review purposes.

If the editors' approach to the subject matter agrees with you, you will rate this book higher than I do. My objection is to its framework, not the quality of unmentioned contributions within that framework. One must be conscious of the agenda of Westerners in appropriating 'Eastern' philosophies, as well as of the claims of Asian philosophers about their traditions. Until recently, the most common theme was 'the meeting of East and West'. Westerners, when not indulging in escapism from modern (Western) civilization, tended to promote the notion of the complementarity of East and West. This is predicated on a dubious view of the essential characteristics of both civilizations, their philosophies and histories. Aside from occluding the sordid realities of 'Eastern' civilizations, this conception excludes recognition of the collusion of imperialism with local elites, and Marxism from philosophy and historical-social interpretation. Such exclusion is necessary to maintain the framework of 'East' and 'West' and the possible 'meanings' of each. There is also a history of how these notions of 'East' and 'West' were created as well as the ideological negotiations involving both parties. The presumption under which 'Eastern philosophy' is peddled is a defect not only of popular philosophy, but of the output of scholars with a perspective not supportable by their specific expertise alone.

The past quarter century has seen a new trend: in the Anglo-American sphere it is the rise of 'continental philosophy', and more generally 'postcolonialism', and finally 'globalization'. Most obnoxious to me are the combinations of traditional philosophies with postmodernism, e.g. mixing deconstruction or hermeneutics with indigenous philosophies--in the Chinese case, Confucianism or Taoism.

Under the 'modern' or 'postmodern' dispensations, when one views philosophy from a materialist or empiricist standpoint, there is something hopelessly artificial and arbitrary (trading on metaphor, mythology, and even theology) and ultimately sterile and obscurantist about maintaining a metaphysical system in the traditional sense, even one that purports to accommodate modern scientific discoveries. Updating traditional metaphysics is very much like updating and liberalizing religions.

Co-editor Bunnin in his Introduction indicates two categories of philosophers to be excluded: (1) lesser though better-known philosophers, mainly Mao; (2) Chinese philosophers whose work fits entirely into the category of Western philosophy, e.g. philosophy of science (including the dialectics of nature). That's a shame, for it is this second category that most interests me. Already a dubious policy is in place about what is distinctively Chinese. (Marxism is included in this anthology, based on those contributions considered most distinctively Chinese and original.)

In the final chapter, editor Cheng outlines five stages of Chinese philosophy's response to the challenge of the West (logic, science, analysis, identity issues), and sketches current issues (stage five) not treated in the previous chapters. The current issues are: (1) I Ching -- issue of change, (2) the human person, (3) moral metaphysics, (4) nonseparation of method & truth (traditional philosophy was methodologically underdeveloped), (5) science & scientific methodology -- problem for holism, (6) undeveloped political philosophy. Cheng claims traditions work like scientific theories (cf. Quine's holism) in the process of a dialogue of civilizations.

I consider the editor's last word to sum up the bankruptcy of the book's agenda. It's all about the packaging of a tradition, based on dubious metaphysics and premises. It turns out to be an ideological aspect of globalization hype. While one can gain usable information from this anthology, one would be well-advised to turn elsewhere for perspective and synthesis.

Although this book clearly depicts finland and it's openness, and freedom, I felt it didn't truely capture what i love so much about it.That is it's warmth, and love, that is all this book was missing.

This book is based on outdated and incorrect statistics that have been reexamined by the World Bank in 2007 and found to contain gross errors.China does not have a gross domestic product in the $10-$11 trillion range,as compared to the American gross domestic product of nearly $13 trillion.China's economy had a gross domestic product of not more than $6 trillion.The same kinds of errors exist with respect to China's yearly growth rate.The annual growth rate is ,in fact,about half of what China has claimed it to be.
Another error concerns the buying power of China's alleged large middle class.The errors in the estimates of the size of China's "growing " middle class are also large.China's middle class may number no more than 100 million out of a population of 1.4 billion.
The recommendations in this book are highly dubious.It is a well known fact that 2nd and 3rd World statistics are ,in general,unreliable ,inaccurate,and always open to major revisions.
Readers of this book need to get their hands on the latest 2007 World Bank report.Many other such countries have also had major downward revisions done to their gross domestic product estimate,annual growth rate estimates ,and purported size of their middle classes in this report.

This book is only good for basic idea how to design simple bridge... bridge is the most difficult/complex structural design. It can't be done as this book shown.

Don't let the title fool you, this book is not for someone who is looking for a whole bunch of authentic, ethnic Hawaiian food such as lau lau, haupia, breadfruit, and the like.

Having said that, there are some interesting recipes such as Coconut Milk Cake, Welakahao Pineapple Punch, Grandma Chung's Chop Chae, and Island Sweet-Sour Hocks. Mixed in with these type of recipes are some "mainland" style dishes: Frosted Shortbread Squares, Fried Bananas, and Seafood Newburg. And, there are many other ethnic/local dishes like Pork Adobo, Cucumber Namasu, and Ginger Chicken, although if you have a good "local" cookbook from Hawaii (you know, the ones they sell at schools, churches, island bookstores), you can find many of the same recipes.

I guess if you have 7 bucks to spare and want another "Hawaiian" cookbook, you might want to pick this one up. Belshe's aloha spirit and personality come through in the little comments sprinkled throughout the book.

This publication is, to me, an utter disappointment. Not only is it not up-to-date, and therefore of practically no use to the more serious reader, its contents are also sloppily put together. Insights and detailed analysis are also short in supply. It consequently fails to do justice to both the new disease as well as those fighting it on the front-line.

This book is almost useful for me, as it throws practically no fresh insight on the latest findings on Sars. The contents are poorly produced and evidently put together in great haste. A one-star publication.

I found this book to be extremely unsatisfactory. The authors have rushed their manuscript to the printer so soon after the start of the epidemic that many salient facts about the virus and the disease could not be included in time for publication. I just can't understand why the authors didn't wait until more facts about the disease have been established before publishing their work if they do intend to provide the public with useful information about SARS.

The coverage of the Sars outbreak in Hong Kong (the place where I live) is also far from satisfactory. Many of the important events have not been mentioned. Some research results have been totally ignored. There is also not much analysis of the initial outbreak at the hospitals. Such sloppy scholarship is unacceptable, even if the book is intended for the mass market.

I can only give this book one star at most.

This book is short, sometimes repetitive, and already out-of-date, even considering the date of publication (April 2003). For someone who needs a quick non-technical summary of what is online and what has been reported in the international news, this book will suffice, although somewhat marginally. The authors of the various articles discuss various strategies for dealing with SARS, and there is a Q&A section at the end of the book.

There are some omissions in the book, particularly in the area of hard science. For example, the complete genetic sequence of the SARS virus is now available, but this is not mentioned in the book. The sequence has also been BLASTed, but the results of the BLAST search are not discussed in the book either. In addition, there are some groups who have asked whether the SARS virus was the result of genetic engineering, and therefore it would have been informative if the book would have discussed these topics, to alleviate any concerns in this regard. If recombination played a role in the origin of the SARS virus, this would show up in its sequence. An attempt to create the SARS virus via recombination from different viruses would show up in the sequence, parts of which would appear different from a phylogenetic viewpoint. The SARS virus has been classified as a coronavirus, and these types of viruses have been subjected to genetic manipulation in the laboratory in the last fifteen years.

These concerns and others in the molecular biology of SARS are being addressed daily in laboratories all over the world. This book is targeted to non-scientists and non-specialists and so is limited in scope. If updated to reflect these developments, it would be much more useful to those who need to understand the real dangers and limitations of the SARS outbreak.

I agree with the other reviewers that this book is, by now, hopelessly out-dated.

With such rapid progress made in tracing and understanding the illness, it is actually quite irresponsible of the authors and publisher to have published a book on SARS so prematurely. As far as I can see, some of the information here are only correct up to the first week of April 2003. All subsequent developments, which may have disproved earlier hypotheses contained in this book, have been ignored or are otherwise absent.

Unless one can keep up with the latest developments through news reports, this book, instead of being informative, can be a source of misleading information.

Despite the comparatively low retail price, I don't think this book is worth getting at all.

Amazon should be ashamed to having this on their website. There is nothing in this so-called article. DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT BUYING IT.

dear amazon,
at this time march 25 9,0 p.m. I still not receiving the book I have ordered on february and already payed. Could you check where is my stuff and let me know.
I appreciate your attention and I wait your answer
sincerely
cesare s ricciardi

It is not apparent from Amazon's description that this book is mostly written in Chinese. One chapter in the end of the book is English, so, if you don't read Chinese this book will not be much help.