William Harvey and His Age: The Professional and Social Context of the Discovery of Circulation

interpersonal interactions, it completely ignores the work of Piaget and other important child developmentalists in terms of the developmental stages and learning abilities of the child. It seems very cold and impersonal in its approach as it insistently refers to care-givers rather than fathers and mothers. It is ponderous in its language, such as "relationships between care-giver characteristics and environmental variables." If it is to serve as a source book to parents, parents will find it difficult to wade through the suggestions to find a kernel of help. A suggestion of conversations with toddlers are laughable in their complexity and overbearing qualities. Perhaps the biggest tragedy is the lack of any feeling of love, affection, humor, or playfulness that must always go into any kind of interactions with children. This is adult to small adult, not adult to playful, happy, and lovable child. There are very few good things to say about this book.