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Precision Radiation Oncology

Rutgers University Press, Rutgers University Press Medicine

Precision Radiation Oncology provides readers with an up-to-date overview of developments in the precision medicine wing of radiation oncology. Focusing on recent research and technology, and therapies both novel and trusted, this reference advances the integration of new research findings into individualized radiation therapy and its clinical applications.   

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Ignition!

An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants

Rutgers University Press, Rutgers University Press Classics

Ignition! is the inside story of the Cold War era search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take humans into space. A favorite of Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, this “really good book on rocket[s]” is back in print for the first time in decades. Readers will want to get their hands on this irreverent and fascinating debut book in the Rutgers Classics imprint. 

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Walking Harlem

The Ultimate Guide to the Cultural Capital of Black America

Rutgers University Press

This illustrated guide takes readers on five separate walking tours of Harlem, covering 91 different historical sites. With detailed maps, informative text, and nearly 70 stunning photographs, Walking Harlem gives individuals all the tools they need to thoroughly explore a century’s worth of the neighborhood’s cultural, political, religious, and artistic heritage. 

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The Zoom

Drama at the Touch of a Lever

Rutgers University Press

From the queasy zooms in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo to the avant-garde mystery of Michael Snow’s Wavelength, from the excitement of televised baseball to the drama of the political convention, the zoom shot is instantly recognizable and highly controversial. Nick Hall traces the century-spanning history of the zoom lens in American film and television.  

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The Zoom

Drama at the Touch of a Lever

Rutgers University Press

From the queasy zooms in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo to the avant-garde mystery of Michael Snow’s Wavelength, from the excitement of televised baseball to the drama of the political convention, the zoom shot is instantly recognizable and highly controversial. Nick Hall traces the century-spanning history of the zoom lens in American film and television.  

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Children and Drug Safety

Balancing Risk and Protection in Twentieth-Century America

Rutgers University Press

This book traces the development, use, and marketing of drugs for children in the twentieth century. It illuminates the historical dimension of a clinical and policy issue with great contemporary significance—many of the drugs administered to children today have never been tested for safety and efficacy in the pediatric population. 

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The Limits of Auteurism

Case Studies in the Critically Constructed New Hollywood

Rutgers University Press

The New Hollywood era of the late 1960s and early 1970s has become one of the most romanticized periods in motion picture history. The Limits of Auteurism challenges many of these assumptions. The book explores how distribution and critical reception determined the parameters of the New Hollywood canon.   

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A Rhetorical Crime

Genocide in the Geopolitical Discourse of the Cold War

Rutgers University Press

A Rhetorical Crime shows how, over the course of the Cold War era, genocide morphed from a legal concept into a political discourse used in international propaganda battles. Through a unique comparative analysis of U.S. and Soviet statements on genocide, Weiss-Wendt investigates why their moral posturing far exceeded their humanitarian action. 

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Historians on Hamilton

How a Blockbuster Musical Is Restaging America's Past

Rutgers University Press

Historians on “Hamilton” brings together a diverse collection of top scholars to explain the Hamilton phenomenon and explore what it might mean for our understanding of America’s history. In short, lively essays, these experts assess what the musical got right, what it got wrong, and why it matters.  

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Historians on Hamilton

How a Blockbuster Musical Is Restaging America's Past

Rutgers University Press

Historians on “Hamilton” brings together a diverse collection of top scholars to explain the Hamilton phenomenon and explore what it might mean for our understanding of America’s history. In short, lively essays, these experts assess what the musical got right, what it got wrong, and why it matters.  

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