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Gray, 82, is known for being the author of “Psychology,” a seminal college textbook first published in 1991, now in its eighth edition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
"By revisiting a long-standing textbook explanation with modern tools, our work aims to improve chemistry education and strengthen the conceptual foundations that support chemical innovation."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Apple’s CEO succession plan is a textbook case of standard corporate protocol, according to organizational experts.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Rather than providing the usual textbook answer, he instead gave a colourfully uncomplimentary – and unprintable - description of his own first-half performance.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
She motioned to the textbook in front of her.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
Barton and his son Tim supplied evidence from Barton’s archive showing the Ten Commandments in early textbooks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Without a mention there, the illness does not get discussed in medical school textbooks; students do not learn about it, and people do not talk about it much.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Some say customers aren’t exactly paying for innovation, but rather for decades of familiarity on the educator side — along with textbooks that build the calculators into their curricula.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
The possibility that gluons carry baryon number would overturn the standard simplified description found in many textbooks.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
He did not usually lie in bed reading his textbooks; that sort of behavior, as Ron rightly said, was indecent in anybody except Hermione, who was simply weird that way.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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