Books by S. Pollard

These six papers were originally delivered to a conference at Sheffield University in 1969 and represent an overview of a research project led by Professor Pollard, which aimed to construct a series of annual figures of capital formation for the Industrial Revolution in Britain -... both in aggregate and broken down into main sectors. Each paper is accompanied by a summary of the discussion which followed. The problems encountered in such an undertaking are examined, a major one being definition: what to include in the term 'capital', how to measure or isolate expenditure under that heading, and how to deal with changes which have made the definitions and practices of present-day national income estimates inapplicable to earlier centuries. Sources are also examined in depth as statistical information is not only uncertain and often unreliable, but of different value and completeness for different sectors of the economy. This book was first published in 1971.
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This title considers the main similarities and differences in the industrialization processes of the major economies.

Examines closure spaces, an abstract mathematical theory, with emphasis on results applicable to formal logic. This title develops the theory, conceptually and methodologically, as part of topology. It shows how techniques and results from topology can be employed in the theory o...f deductive systems.
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Covers topics such as pollution in the atmosphere, the world's waters, and soil and land contamination. This work reflects the growing trend of a more sophisticated approach to teaching environmental science at university. It discusses the basics of environmental pollution drawin...g upon chemistry, physics and biological sciences.
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