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Biotechnology: in Context

The fifth in a line of the  award-winning “in Context” series of books on science and global issues (Cengage |Gale. 2012)

Recently Published

Food: in Context Part of RUSA award-winning, and ALA Outstanding Academic Title award-winning series of books on science and global issues (Cengage |Gale. 2011)

The Environmental Encyclopedia covers topics critical to understanding the complexities of environmental issues. (Cengage |Gale. 2011)

Recent Awards include:

• American Library Association, Outstanding Academic Title, 2009           Infectious Diseases: In Context

• American Library Association RUSA Outstanding Reference Source, 2009  Climate Change: in Context

• Software & Information Industry Association’s CODiE Award, Best Online Science or Technology Site, 2007: Thomson Reuters | Cengage | Gale. Science Resource Center (now Science: In Context). Since 2003, K. Lee Lerner (LernerMedia Global) has provided expert advising, content development, and continuous updating for the Gale Science Resource Center (now Science: In Context)

• American Library Association, Outstanding Academic Title, 2010, Global Issues: In Context (GIC) Cengage | Gale. An international media resource emphasizing multimedia coverage of global issues. In 2008 and 2009, K. Lee Lerner served as Editor-in-Chief for GIC content development. LernerMedia and LernerMedia Global continue to provide advising, content, and continuous updating for science, health, and technology related issues.

• School Library Journal Annual 10 Best List, Best Digital Resource, 2009    Global Issues: In Context (GIC) Cengage | Gale 

 Medicine, Health and Bioethics

 K. Lee Lerner & Brenda Wilmoth Lerner.  Thomson Gale, 2006.

“valuable and well organized” *RUSQ, Spring, 2007. ”a sweeping view of events over the last 200 years.” ©School Library Journal.

*The  Reference & User Services Quarterly (RUSQ) is the official journal of RUSA and follows a policy of double-blind refereeing of articles in advance of publication.

 Environmental Science:  In Context

 Brenda Wilmoth Lerner & K. Lee Lerner. Gale, 2008

A two volume set designed to be an accessible resource that excites a range of student interests while providing a solid  reference for advanced readers. The set includes comprehensive coverage of climate change related topics.

 Scientific Thought:  In Context

 Brenda Wilmoth Lerner & K. Lee Lerner. Gale, 2008

With contributions by some of the world’s leading experts in the the history of science, Scientifc Thought: In Context is a three volume set designed to stimulate an appreciation for the history of science and the profound connections between science and culture.

“While the primary audience is older high school/younger college students, literate and/or curious adults will profit from these pages, which go far to help readers make sense of how we came to know what we know about our world and ourselves. Strongly recommended for all public and academic libraries.” – Library Journal, December 2008

A “significant survey of ‘the turbulent currents of intellectual thought surrounding the long history of scientific studies. Older, independent, and college-bound students will find this a valuable way of adding human perspective to their study of hard facts and figures.”  John Peters, New York Public Library Copyright © Reed Business Information / Reed Elsevier.

“These volumes go beyond the coverage of a general science encyclopedia such as The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (10th ed., 2007) by considering science within a historical and cultural framework. Recommended for high-school, college, and large public libraries. –Mary Ellen Quinn. Booklist

 Extremist Groups

 K. Lee Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner. Thomson Gale, 2005.

“This well-written set covers 150 extremist organizations throughout the world… The introduction on extremism is well worth reading… An excellent source for novice or experienced researchers. Highly recommended. CHOICE Oct, 2006.

 

 Essential Primary Sources   (10 volume series)

 Brenda Wilmoth Lerner & K. Lee Lerner. Gale, 2008

Thomson Gale’s Essential Primary Source Series: A ten volume set providing primary source documents and expert commentary on leading social issues of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries: (I) Terrorism; (II) Medicine, Health, and Bioethics; (III) Environmental Issues; (IV) Crime and Punishment; (V) Gender Issues and Sexuality; (VI) Human and Civil Rights; (VII)Government, Politics, and Protest; (VIII) Social Policy; (IX) Immigration and Multiculturalism;(X) Family in Society. “Terrorism is worth a serious look. It packs an impressive selection of primary source material, both in terms of subject coverage and format.”  — Booklist, September 2006.Government, Politics, and Protest: “…balanced, broad ranging, and very accessible.”  Booklist, April 2007.

 

Other Recent Books on Global Issues

Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, & Security “…an excellent general resource for high school students and the general public. The books are a sound starter resource for undergraduate students.” –Guide to Research, Georgetown University Library.  EEIS was selected to be part of Georgetown University’s  Selected Resources for Security Studies.  http://ow.ly/8GGCU

A 2004 PSLA Top 40 Reference selection

 

The critically acclaimed World of Science series for HS, AP track, and IB program students

 

Other Recent Science Reference Books

Gale Encyclopedia of Science, 3rd & 4th editions.

Water Science Real Life Math

Real Life Math: “truly exceptional book…I have never seen the relevance of Mathematics explained this well…a great pleasure.” American Library Association. *RUSQ Fall 2006

*The  Reference & User Services Quarterly (RUSQ) is the official journal of RUSA and follows a published policy of double-blind refereeing of articles in advance of publication.

Forensic Science Biotechnology Sports Science

Recent contributions by K. Lee Lerner and/or Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, acting as advisors or contributing authors, also appear in:

ALA RUSA award-winning: Science and Its Times : Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery, Neil Schlager, ed.  Thomson Gale .

“American Men & Women of Science remains without peer as a chronicle of scientific endeavor and achievement in the United States and Canada. … first compiled as American Men of Science by J. McKeen Cattell in 1906. In its 104 year history [AMWS  profiles] … those who have made significant contributions in their field.” – WordTrade Review Essays of Academic, Professional & Technical Books in the Humanities & Sciences

Since 2003, K. Lee Lerner has served on the Advisory Board for American Men and Women of Science.  http://ow.ly/5kRlj

Lerner & Lerner, LernerMedia, and LernerMedia Global editorial content clients include:

American Astronautical Society | American Chemical Society | American Institute of Physics (AIP) Press | Academic Press | Addison Wesley & Cummings | Agence universitaire de la Francophonie | American Asso. for the Adv. of Science (AAAS) | American Astronomical Society (AAS) | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) | American Scientific Publishers | American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) | Athena Network | British Broadcasting Company (BBC) | Blackwell Science | CRC Press | Cambridge International Science | Cengage Gale | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)  | Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane | Educational Video Resources | Elektor-Verlag | Elsevier Business Information | Elsevier Science | W. H. Freeman & Co. | Freihofer AG Verlag und Buchhandlung | Hagemann Verlag | HighWire Press | IHS Engineering | Institut d’Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST) | Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine | Institut de recherche (IRD) | Institute of Energy | Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP) | Johns Hopkins University Press | The Lancet |  LernerMedia | Lionheart |  McGraw-Hill | Marine Biological Association | Mayo Clinic Scientific Press | NASA  | NRC Research Press | National Academy of Sciences | National Academy of Engineering | Institute of Medicine |  National Research Council | National Academy Press | National Air and Space Museum | Nat. Coun. Teachers of Mathematics | National Museum of Science and Industry (UK) | Nature Publishing Group | Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) |  Pearson Technology Group | Reed Elsevier | Royal Society UK | Russian Academy of Sciences | Russian Academy of Sciences in Physics | SPIE | Sage Science | Science Publishers Inc. | Science Reviews | Sci and Tech Information Service (STIS) |  Springer-Verlag London Ltd. | Taylor & Francis | Thomson Gale | Thomson Reuters | UXL | World Scientific Publishing.