The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development displays all the
usual qualities which have come to mark these books out as outstanding works of
reference. Less popular appeal than some of its predecessors, but anyone
interested in the subject will not be disappointed. Edited by Stanley Ulijaszek
and others, Cambridge, £65, ISBN 0521560462.
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