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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
The brain's microscopic wiring may need a different kind of textbook illustration.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Modern computational methods now allow researchers to examine molecular structures and electron distributions in ways that were not possible when many textbook explanations were first developed.
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
The illustration accompanying the late-thirteenth-century Theodoric of Freiberg’s study of the rainbow when it appeared in print in Trutfetter’s textbook of 1514.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Throughout the 1960s through to the 1980s, the “doomsday” equation became regularly cited — usually at face value — in textbooks on genetics, ecology and demography.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
“Students who prefer physical textbooks should absolutely retain the option to purchase them, but students who cannot afford a printed book should have another way to access the materials they need to succeed,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Viktoria Haidai surveys the mangled remains of the printing press, which should have been busy churning out textbooks ready for the new school year.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
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
The school gave me the textbooks I need, but Mom and I had to go out to get pencils, pens, binders, and paper ourselves.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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