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Princeton University Press Cradle of Life
Book SynopsisOne of the greatest mysteries in reconstructing the history of life on Earth has been the apparent absence of fossils dating back more than 550 million years. This work tells the story of the origins and earliest evolution of life and how that story has been unearthed. It is aimed at those interested in the origins of life on Earth.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2000 Phi Beta Kappa Book Award in Science "A book that bears out [Schopf's] assertion that science is enormously good fun!"--Scientific American "What were your very earliest ancestors like? I do not mean your great-great-great-grandparents. I mean the earliest life on the planet. In principle we all have a unique lineage of ancestors that runs all the way back to the origin of life. What was life like then--and is the supposed life on Mars our cousin? These are the problems palaeontologist Bill Schopf faces... It has been a while since I read a book with so much good sense, put over in so amicable a style. If I ever were to discover my great-great-great grandparents I hope they turn out to be as wise as Schopf."--Laurence Hurst, New Scientist "In the well-written Cradle of Life, Schopf tells his own story of how Earth's early microbial biosphere was discovered."--Stefan Bengtson, Nature "A very clear introduction to the first living things... Schopf ... adopts an unusually informal first-person style for this rangy exploration of how Pre-cambrian fossils came to light and what they've taught us."--Publishers Weekly "An exceptional description of the field that is accessible to any educated lay reader."--Library Journal (starred review) "Schopf combines his often entertaining personal story with an introduction to the discipline of paleobiology, with asides on the chemical makeup of life... A good introduction to the history of a science on the cutting edge."--Kirkus Reviews "A good introduction to a quickly evolving topic... Schopf also offers a number of insider nuggets."--Choice "Schopf's subject, the origin of life, is fascinating, and as significant as any question that has ever been asked in academia. His explanation of the science behind his conclusions is clear, his approach is well organized... This is a marvelous, magnificent, scientific adventure."--John R. Alden, Cleveland Plain Dealer "Cradle of Life provides the best current popular overview of the first 85% of life's history on Earth, and that is history worth reading."--Robert M. Hazen, Physics Today "An extraordinary account of a monumentally complex subject presented in simple and understandable terms, and in an eminently readable style."--Steve Voynick, Rock and GemTable of ContentsPrologue xi Acknowledgments xv Chapter 1. Darwin's Dilemma 3 Breakthrough to the Ancient Past 3 The Nature of Geologic Time 4 The "Schoolbook" History of Life 10 Darwin's Dilemma 13 Denouement 34 Chapter 2. Birth of a New Field of Science 35 The Floodgates Crack Open 35 Famous Figures Enter the Field 48 A Youngster Joins the Fray 52 The Floodgates Open Full Bore 61 Chapter 3. The Oldest Fossils and What They Mean 71 "Trust but Verify" 71 "Real World Problems" in the Search for Early Life 71 Questions and Answers about the Oldest Records of Life 75 The Oldest Fossils Known 99 Chapter 4. How Did Life Begin? 101 The Basics of Biology 101 The Universals of Life 107 How Did Monomers of CHON Arise on the Lifeless Earth? 108 Organic Monomers beyond the Earth 131 How Did Monomers Become Linked into Polymers? 134 From Monomers to Polymers toward Life 138 Chapter 5. Metabolic Memories of the Earliest Cells 139 How Did Cells Begin? 139 The Essentials of Life 143 Life's Earliest Way to Make a Living 150 Air and Light: A New Source of Glucose 155 Why Do We Breathe Oxygen? 158 The Four-Stage Development of Modern Metabolism 161 Chapter 6. So Far, So Fast, So Early? 164 How Old Is the Modern Ecosystem? 164 When Did Life Begin? 166 How Did Evolution Proceed So Far, So Fast, So Early? 168 Paleobiology: Fossils, Geology, and Geochemistry 169 Isotopic Evidence of Ancient Metabolisms 173 Paleobiology: Direct Evidence of Early Evolution 181 Chapter 7. Stromatolites: Earth's First High-Rise Condos 183 Nature Is Not Compartmentalized 183 Stromatolites: Earth's First High-Rise Condos 184 Stromatolites of the Geologic Past 195 What Are Stromatolites Good For? 201 Chapter 8. Cyanobacteria: Earth's Oldest "Living Fossils" 209 Modes and Tempos in the Evolution of Life 209 The Status Quo Evolution of Cyanobacteria 215 Evolution's Most Successful Ecologic Generalists 231 Chapter 9. Cells Like Ours Arise at Last 236 Life Like Us Has Cells Like Ours 236 DNA and Development: Keys to Eukaryotic Success 237 How Old Are the Eukaryotes? 240 Eukaryotes Perfect the Art of Cloning 243 Sex: A New Lifestyle Brings Major Change 246 The Wax and Wane of Precambrian Acritarchs 252 Prelude to the Phanerozoic 259 Chapter 10. Solution to Darwin's Dilemma 264 The Adventure of Science 264 Take-Home Lessons 269 Solution to Darwin's Dilemma 269 EPILOGUE EXTRAORDINARY CLAIMS! EXTRAORDINARY EVIDENCE? 279 Chapter 11. Fossils, Foibles, and Frauds 281 The Goal Is to "Get It Right" 281 "Man, a Witness of the Deluge" 282 Beringer's Lying Stones 291 Theories on the Nature of Fossils 299 Unearthing a Rosetta Stone 303 Chapter 12. The Hunt for Life on Mars 304 Hints of Ancient Martian Life? 304 NASA Stages a Press Conference 306 Meteorites from Mars 310 Search for the Smoking Gun 313 Lessons from the Hunt 324 Glossary 327 Further Reading 349 Index of Geologic Units and Genera and Species 357 Subject Index 361
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Princeton University Press Fearful Symmetry
Book SynopsisDiscusses symmetry and asymmetry in contemporary physics and tells the story of how contemporary theoretical physicists are following Einstein in their search for the beauty and simplicity of nature.Trade Review"Zee's exposition of the intuitive use by modern theoretical physicists of the concept of symmetry ... in order to fathom nature's laws is superb scientific reading."--Publishers Weekly "[Zee] demonstrates effortless competence over a wide area of theoretical physics. He also displays great enthusiasm and excitement for his subject, which many readers will find infectious."--James W. McAllister, ISIS, A Journal of the History of Science SocietyTable of ContentsForeword xi Preface 1999 xv Preface xvii acknowledgements xix I Symmetry and Design 1 1. In Search of Beauty 3 2. Symmetry and Simplicity 8 3. The Far Side of the Mirror 22 II Einstein's Legacy, 49 4. Marriage of Time and Space 51 5. A Happy Thought 76 6. Symmetry Dictates Design 95 III Into The Limelight 101 7. Where the action is not 103 8. The lady and the Tyger 113 9. Learning to Read the Great Book 122 10. Symmetry Triumphs 133 IV To Know His Thoughts 151 11. The Eightfold Path in the Forest of the Night 153 12. The Revenge of Art 185 13. The Ultimate Design Problem 210 14. The Unity of Forces 228 15. The Rise of Hubris 255 16. The Mind of the Creator 275 Afterword 285 Appendix to Chapter 9 297 Appendix to the Afterword 301 Notes 321 Index 345
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Hardpress Publishing Wissenschaft Der Logik Die Objective Logik 1
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Paleoclimatology
Book SynopsisLife on our planet depends upon having a climate that changes within narrow limits not too hot for the oceans to boil away nor too cold for the planet to freeze over. Over the past billion years Earth's average temperature has stayed close to 14-15C, oscillating between warm greenhouse states and cold icehouse states. We live with variation, but a variation with limits. Paleoclimatology is the science of understanding and explaining those variations, those limits, and the forces that control them. Without that understanding we will not be able to foresee future change accurately as our population grows. Our impact on the planet is now equal to a geological force, such that many geologists now see us as living in a new geological era the Anthropocene. Paleoclimatology describes Earth's passage through the greenhouse and icehouse worlds of the past 800 million years, including the glaciations of Snowball Earth in a world that was then free of land plants. It describes the operation of the Earth's thermostat, which keeps the planet fit for life, and its control by interactions between greenhouse gases, land plants, chemical weathering, continental motions, volcanic activity, orbital change and solar variability. It explains how we arrived at our current understanding of the climate system, by reviewing the contributions of scientists since the mid-1700s, showing how their ideas were modified as science progressed. And it includes reflections based on the author's involvement in palaeoclimatic research. The book will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about future climate change. It will be an invaluable course reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students in geology, climatology, oceanography and the history of science. A real tour-de-force! An outstanding summary not only of the science and what needs to be done, but also the challenges that are a consequence of psychological and cultural baggage that threatens not only the survival of our own species but the many others we are eliminating as well. Peter Barrett Emeritus Professor of Geology, Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand What a remarkable and wonderful synthesis... it will be a wonderful source of [paleoclimate] information and insights. Christopher R. Scotese Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, NorthwesternUniversity, Evanston, IL, USATrade Review“This is a magnificent book, and is the best in-depth treatment of palaeoclimate that I know: a text that systematically explores the evidence and the detail.” - Jan Zalasiewicz, Geoscientist - The magazine of the Geological Society of London, December 2021Table of ContentsAuthor Biography xi Acknowledgement xiii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 What is Palaeoclimatology? 1 1.2 What Can Palaeoclimatology Tell Us About Future Climate Change? 2 1.3 Using Numerical Models to Aid Understanding 4 1.4 The Structure of This Book 4 1.5 Why is This History Not More Widely Known? 6 References 7 2 The Great Cooling 9 2.1 The Founding Fathers 9 2.2 Charles Lyell, ‘Father of Palaeoclimatology’ 13 2.3 Agassiz Discovers the Ice Age 19 2.4 Lyell Defends Icebergs 22 References 28 3 Ice Age Cycles 31 3.1 The Astronomical Theory of Climate Change 31 3.2 James Croll Develops the Theory 33 3.3 Lyell Responds 35 3.4 Croll Defends His Position 36 3.5 Even More Ancient Ice Ages 37 3.6 Not Everyone Agrees 38 References 39 4 Trace Gases Warm The Planet 41 4.1 De Saussure’s Hot Box 41 4.2 William Herschel’s Accidental Discovery 41 4.3 Discovering Carbon Dioxide 42 4.4 Fourier, the ‘Newton of Heat’ Discovers the ‘Greenhouse Effect’ 43 4.5 Tyndall Shows How the ‘Greenhouse Effect’ Works 44 4.6 Arrhenius Calculates How CO2 Affects Air Temperature 47 4.7 Chamberlin’s Theory of Gases and Ice Ages 49 References 53 5 Changing Geography Through Time 57 5.1 The Continents Drift 57 5.2 The Sea Floor Spreads 63 5.3 The Dating Game 71 5.4 Base Maps for Palaeoclimatology 72 5.5 The Evolution of the Modern World 74 References 77 6 Mapping Past Climates 81 6.1 Climate Indicators 81 6.2 Palaeoclimatologists Get to Work 82 6.3 Refining Palaeolatitudes 86 6.4 Oxygen Isotopes to the Rescue 87 6.5 Cycles and Astronomy 88 6.6 Pangaean Palaeoclimates (Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic) 91 6.7 Post-Break Up Palaeoclimates (Jurassic, Cretaceous) 97 6.8 Numerical Models Make Their Appearance 104 6.9 From Wegener to Barron 110 References 110 7 Into the Icehouse 117 7.1 Climate Clues from the Deep Ocean 117 7.2 Palaeoceanography 118 7.3 The World’s Freezer 124 7.4 The Drill Bit Turns 126 7.5 Global Cooling 131 7.6 Arctic Glaciation 138 References 141 8 Greenhouse Gas Theory Matures 147 8.1 CO2 in the Atmosphere and Ocean (1930–1955) 147 8.2 CO2 in the Atmosphere and Ocean (1955–1979) 149 8.3 CO2 in the Atmosphere and Ocean (1979–1983) 161 8.4 Biogeochemistry: The Merging of Physics and Biology 166 8.5 The Carbon Cycle 167 8.6 Ocean Carbon 170 8.7 A Growing International Emphasis 173 8.8 Reflection on Developments 174 References 176 9 Measuring and Modelling CO2 Back Through Time 183 9.1 CO2 – The Palaeoclimate Perspective 183 9.2 Modelling CO2 Back Through Time 187 9.3 The Critics Gather 191 9.4 Fossil CO2 197 9.5 Measuring CO2 Back Through Time 199 9.6 CO2, Temperature, Solar Luminosity, and the Ordovician Glaciation 204 9.7 Some Summary Remarks 215 References 216 10 The Pulse of the Earth 223 10.1 Climate Cycles and Tectonic Forces 223 10.2 Ocean Chemistry 232 10.3 Black Shales 235 10.4 Sea Level 238 10.5 Biogeochemical Cycles, Gaia and Cybertectonic Earth 240 10.6 Meteorite Impacts 242 10.7 Massive Volcanic Eruptions and Biological Extinctions 246 10.8 An Outrageous Hypothesis: Snowball Earth 252 References 259 11 Numerical Climate Models and Case Histories 267 11.1 CO2 and General Circulation Models 267 11.2 Climate Sensitivity 270 11.3 CO2 and Climate in the Early Cenozoic 272 11.4 The First Great Ice Sheet 276 11.5 Hyperthermal Events 280 11.6 Case History – The Palaeocene – Eocene Boundary 282 11.7 Case History – The Mid – Miocene Climatic Optimum 287 11.8 Case History – The Pliocene 296 References 305 12 Solving the Ice Age Mystery – The Deep Ocean Solution 315 12.1 Astronomical Drivers 315 12.2 An Ice Age Climate Signal Emerges from the Deep Ocean 317 12.3 Flip-Flops in the Conveyor 324 12.4 Ice Age CO2 Signal Hidden on Deep Sea Floor 326 12.5 A Surprise Millennial Signal Emerges 327 12.6 Ice Age Productivity 331 12.7 Observations on Deglaciation and Past Interglacials 333 12.8 Sea Level 335 12.9 Natural Climatic Envelopes 337 References 338 13 Solving the Ice Age Mystery – The Ice Core Tale 345 13.1 The Great Ice Sheets 345 13.2 The Greenland Story 347 13.3 Antarctic Ice 350 13.4 Seesaws 354 13.5 CO2 in the Ice Age Atmosphere 362 13.6 The Ultimate Climate Flicker – The Younger Dryas Event 373 13.7 Problems in the Milankovitch Garden 374 13.8 The Mechanics of Change 377 References 395 14 The Holocene Interglacial 403 14.1 Holocene Climate Change 403 14.2 The Role of Greenhouse Gases – Carbon Dioxide and Methane 417 14.3 Climate Variability 427 References 432 15 The Late Holocene and the Anthropocene 437 15.1 The Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age 437 15.2 Solar Activity and Cosmic Rays 455 15.3 Volcanoes and Climate 466 15.4 Sea Level 468 15.5 The End of the Little Ice Age 476 15.6 The Anthropocene 490 References 494 16 Putting It All Together 507 16.1 A Fast Evolving Subject 507 16.2 Natural Envelopes of Climate Change – Earth’s Thermostat 508 16.3 Evolving Knowledge 510 16.4 Where is Climate Headed? 515 16.5 Some Final Remarks 518 16.6 What Can Be Done? 520 References 523 Appendix 1: Further Reading 527 Appendix 2: List of Figure Sources and Attributions 529 Index 539
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Princeton University Press The Rise of Statistical Thinking 18201900
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Columbia University Press Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of the Western United States
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W. W. Norton & Company Supernormal Stimuli How Primal Urges Overran
Book SynopsisHow our once-helpful instincts got hijacked by our garish modern world.Trade Review"The concept of a supernormal stimulus is essential to understanding the influence of evolution on organisms in artificial environments—which in the case of humans is almost every aspect of our surroundings. In this clear and thoughtful book, Deirdre Barrett offers the first comprehensive overview of the many ways in which we stimulate ourselves in ways that the forces of evolution never anticipated." -- Steven Pinker, Harvard College Professor, Harvard University, and author of How the Mind Works and Enlightenment Now"Supernormal Stimuli is just super. The reader is shown how by understanding our evolutionary past we can see how our lives are guided today. This book is a great example of the ancient wisdom that to ‘know thyself’ is the key to the good life." -- John Ratey, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Harvard Medical School, and author of Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain"Deirdre Barrett’s new book is a super stimulus to our normal imagination. She shows us that biology will be our destiny if we do not recognize our inherited tendency to overvalue supernormal color, size, and taste. She travels effortlessly from the pioneers of ethology—the study of animal behavior—to our current exaggerated preoccupations with sex, food, and war. She lucidly helps us to see the ordinary in an extraordinary new light." -- David Spiegel, MD, Willson Professor and Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
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W. W. Norton & Company Touching a Nerve Our Brains Our Selves
Book SynopsisA trailblazing philosopher’s exploration of the latest brain science—and its ethical and practical implications.Trade Review"...accurate and commendably up to date." -- Nature"...the philosopher Patricia Churchland defies her neuro-fundamentalist reputation to present a supremely measured, sensible and readable account of the brain's role in making us who we are." -- Julian Baggani, Books of the Year 2013 - The Observer
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University of California Press The Principia The Authoritative Translation
Book SynopsisDescribes the acceleration, deceleration, and inertial movement; fluid dynamics; and the motions of the earth, moon, planets, and comets. This title deals with the fundamental three laws of motion and the law of universal gravity. It is suitable for scientists, scholars, and students.
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Princeton University Press The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein Volume
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Hodder & Stoughton Joined-Up Thinking: The Science of Collective
Book SynopsisAt a time of existential global challenges we need our best brainpower to solve them. We can no longer rely on the myth of the lone genius to create a breakthrough.As neuroscientist and bestselling author of The Science of Fate Hannah Critchlow shows, two heads have always been better than one. Almost everything we've ever achieved has been done by groups of people working together, sometimes across time and space. Like a hive of bees, or a flock of birds, our naturally social, interconnected brains are designed to function best collectively.New technology is helping us share our wisdom and knowledge much more diversely across race, class, gender and borders. And AI is sparking a revolution in our approach to intelligent thinking -linking us into fast-working brainnets for problem solving.Hannah Critchlow brings us an enlightening, invaluable guide to our future through the evolving new science of collective intelligence. She reveals what it says about us as human beings, shares compelling examples and stories, and shows us how best we can work collectively at work, in families, in any team situation to improve our outcomes, our wellbeing, and our prospects.Trade ReviewA lively examination of communal endeavour... important and correct -- Steven Poole * The Guardian *For tens of thousands of years we have tried to work out how we can best think. At last this genius work explains the past, the present and the future of our minds. Read - to be amazed. -- Bettany HughesHannah Critchlow has written a timely and engaging book about human intelligence and the challenges our brains face in the twenty-first century. It will make you think. It might even change for the better the way you think. -- Ian RankinA powerful manifesto for the strength of "we" thinking -- Marcus du SautoyHannah Critchlow's research into collective intelligence, team work, communication, performance, resilience, ethics etc from a neuroscience perspective is absolutely fascinating. -- Tatjana MarinkoFrom startling futuristic speculation to practical exercises in getting in touch with your own routine mental processes, Hannah Critchlow steers us with a sure hand and an unfailingly clear and engaging voice. This is a treasure of a book, exploding some damaging myths and encouraging us to re-imagine the values of relationality and receptivity in our thinking. -- Rowan WilliamsThis is absolutely wonderful, uplifting and soulful. I can't tell you how much we need joined-up thinking - this book and the thing itself. The future of humanity very much depends on how well we embrace these ground-breaking provocative ideas, to focus on the collective 'we' more than the individual 'me'. -- Daniel M. Davis
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RAR Medical Services The Ultimate IMAT Guide
Book SynopsisApplying for Italian and international medical schools? Look no further than The Ultimate IMAT Guide.The International Medical Admissions Test (IMAT) is a notoriously difficult exam, with a punishing mark scheme and huge time pressure. However, it’s also the test that can make or break your medical application – so it’s essential to prepare effectively and thoroughly.Written by IMAT specialists, doctors and top medical tutors, and full of insider knowledge and tips, The Ultimate IMAT Collection is designed to help you make the most of your preparation, approach the test with confidence, and get those top scores.The most fully comprehensive guide to the IMAT exam, updated for 2019, The Ultimate IMAT Guide includes: 650 practice questions, written by experts exactly in the style of the real exam, to allow you to practice and revise successfully. Fully worked solutions to give you clear and thorough gu
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Cactus Desert
Book SynopsisItâs a sun-scorched world where clouds rarely come and nothing seems to move. That is, until children ages 6 - 9 up look a little closer to find tortoises, toads, and lizards, not to mention the scary rattlesnake and scorpion. Here, plants send their roots deep into the earth to find water, beetles stand on their head and shoot a stinky spray to fight off enemies, and roadrunners whiz by sleepy turtles and nervous desert mice on their way to ... where? Kids need only light clothes and a few simple pieces of equipment to explore the enchantments of cactus country.Table of ContentsIntroduction.One Small Square of a Cactus Desert.The Giant.Taking the Heat.Cool It.Surprise! Going...Going...Finders, Keepers.Dangers in the Night.Too Cool, Too Hot.Something New.Seize the Moment.In a Hurry.Double Trouble.Deserts of the World.
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INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US Out Of Control
Book Synopsis Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things.Table of Contents* The Made and the Born * Hive Mind * Machines with an Attitude * Assembling Complexity * Coevolution * The Natural Flux * Emergence of Control * Closed Systems * Pop Goes the Biosphere * Industrial Ecology * Network Economics * E-Money * God Games * In the Library of Form * Artificial Evolution * The Future of Control * As Open Universe * The Structure of Organized Change * PostDarwinism * The Butterfly Sleeps * Rising Flow * Prediction Machinery * Wholes, Holes, and Spaces * The Nine Laws of God
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MIT Press Ltd Writing for Their Lives Americas Pioneering
Book SynopsisA breathtaking history of America’s trail-blazing female science journalists—and the timely lessons they can teach us about equity, access, collaboration, and persistence.Writing for Their Lives tells the stories of women who pioneered the nascent profession of science journalism from the 1920s through the 1950s. Like the “hidden figures” of science, such as Dorothy Vaughan and Katherine Johnson, these women journalists, Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette writes, were also overlooked in traditional histories of science and journalism. But, at a time when science, medicine, and the mass media were expanding dramatically, Emma Reh, Jane Stafford, Marjorie Van de Water, and many others were explaining theories, discoveries, and medical advances to millions of readers via syndicated news stories, weekly columns, weekend features, and books—and they deserve the recognition they have long been denied.Grounded in extensive archival re
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MIT Press Ltd Evolutionary Intelligence
Book SynopsisA surprising vision of how human intelligence will coevolve with digital technology and revolutionize how we think and behave.It is natural for us to fear artificial intelligence. But does Siri really want to kill us? Perhaps we are falling into the trap of projecting human traits onto the machines we might build. In Evolutionary Intelligence, Neuman offers a surprisingly positive vision in which computational intelligence compensates for the well-recognized limits of human judgment, improves decision making, and actually increases our agency. In artful, accessible, and adventurous prose, Neuman takes the reader on an exciting, fast-paced ride, all the while making a convincing case about a revolution in computationally augmented human intelligence.Neuman argues that, just as the wheel made us mobile and machines made us stronger, the migration of artificial intelligence from room-sized computers to laptops to our watches, smart glasses, and even sm
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MIT Press Splinters of Infinity
Book SynopsisThe riveting story of a modern age scientific feud between two Nobel Prize-winning scientists over the nature of cosmic rays and the universe.Set in a revolutionary era of physics and science when a series of rapid-fire discoveries was upending our understanding of the universe, Splinters of Infinity by Mark Wolverton tells a little-known story: the tale of two of America’s foremost physicists, Robert Millikan (1868–1953) and Arthur Compton (1892–1962), who found themselves locked in an intense, often deeply personal, conflict about cosmic rays. Confirmed in 1912, cosmic rays—enigmatic forms of penetrating radiation—seemed to raise all new questions about the origins of the universe, but they also offered the potential to explain everything—or reveal the existence of God.In engaging, accessible prose, Wolverton takes the reader through the twists and turns of the Millikan-Compton debate, one of the first major public exa
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MIT Press Ltd Find Your Path Unconventional Lessons from 36
Book SynopsisScientists offer personal accounts of the challenges, struggles, successes, U-turns, and satisfactions encountered in their careers in industry, academia, and government.This insightful book offers essential life and career lessons for newly minted STEM graduates and those seeking a career change. Thirty-six leading scientists and engineers (including two Nobel Prize winners) describe the challenges, struggles, successes, satisfactions, and U-turns encountered as they established their careers. Readers learn that there are professional possibilities beyond academia, as contributors describe the paths that took them into private industry and government as well as to college and university campuses. They discuss their varying preferences for solitary research or collaborative teamwork; their attempts to achieve work-life balance; and unplanned changes in direction that resulted in a more satisfying career. Women describe confronting overt sexism and institutional gender bias; s
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MIT Press Ltd To Know the World A New Vision for Environmental
Book SynopsisWhy environmental learning is crucial for understanding the connected challenges of climate justice, tribalism, inequity, democracy, and human flourishing.How can we respond to the current planetary ecological emergency? In To Know the World, Mitchell Thomashow proposes that we revitalize, revisit, and reinvigorate how we think about our residency on Earth. First, we must understand that the major challenges of our time—migration, race, inequity, climate justice, and democracy—connect to the biosphere. Traditional environmental education has accomplished much, but it has not been able to stem the inexorable decline of global ecosystems. Thomashow, the former president of a college dedicated to sustainability, describes instead environmental learning, a term signifying that our relationship to the biosphere must be front and center in all aspects of our daily lives. In this illuminating book, he provides rationales, narratives, and approaches for doin
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MIT Press A Place for Science and Technology Studies
Book SynopsisAn exploration of science and technology studies in eight different places, and the possibilities that arise for observation, intervention, and collaboration.Where does science and technology studies (STS) belong? In A Place for Science and Technology Studies, Jane Calvert takes readers through eight different rooms—the laboratory, the conference room, the classroom, the coffee room, the art studio, the bioethics building, the policy room, and the ivory tower—investigating the possibilities and limitations of each for STS research.Drawing from over a decade of work in synthetic biology, Calvert explores three different orientations for STS—observation, intervention, and collaboration—to ask whether there is a place for STS, which, as an undisciplined field, often finds itself on the periphery of traditional institutions or dependent on more generously funded STEM disciplines. Using examples of failures and successes and tackl
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University of Washington Press and People For Puget Sound Puget Sound Through an Artists Eye
Book SynopsisTony Angell is an illustrator, sculptor, and author. Angell has won numerous writing and artistic awards for his work, including the prestigious Master Wildlife Artist Award of the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum and the 2006 International Victoria and Albert Museum Illustration Grant Award. His sculptural forms celebrating nature are to be found in public and private collections throughout the country. In 2002, Angell retired as Washington State Director of Environmental Education after thirty years of service. A devout conservationist, he received The Oak Leaf Award, the highest recognition given by the national office of The Nature Conservancy. He is author of Ravens, Crows, Magpies, and Jays and Owls. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two daughters.
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Open University Press CHILDRENS IDEAS IN SCIENCE
Book SynopsisChildren arrive in their science classrooms with their own ideas and interpretations of the phenomena they are to study even when they have received no systematic instruction in these subjects whatsoever. These ideas and interpretations are a natural result of everyday experience - of practical physical activities, of talking with other people, and of the media.This book documents and explores the ideas of school students (aged 10-16) about a range of natural phenomena such as light, heat, force and motion, the structure of matter and electricity. It also examines how students' conceptions change and develop with teaching.The editors have brought together science educators who come from different parts of the work but whose work is focused on the same determination to bring insight into the conceptual world of children in science classrooms - insight which will be helpful in making science teaching and learning more rewarding for teachers and children alike.Table of ContentsChildren's ideas and the learning of science; light; electricity in simple circuits; heat and temperature; force and motion; the gaseous state; beyond appearances - the conservation of matter under physical and chemical transformations; the Earth as a cosmic body; some main features in children's ideas and implications for teaching.
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Open University Press Analysing Exemplary Science Teaching
Book Synopsis"I read lots of books in which science education researchers tell science teachers how to teach. This book, refreshingly, is written the other way round.We read a number of accounts by outstanding science and technology teachers of how they use new approaches to teaching to motivate their students and maximise their learning. These accounts are then followed by some excellentanalyses from leading academics. I learnt a lot from reading this book."Professor Michael Reiss, Institute of Education, University of London"Provides an important new twist on one of the enduring problems of case-based learning... This is a book that deserves careful reading and re-reading, threading back and forwards from the immediate and practical images of excellence in the teachersâ cases to the comprehensive andscholarly analyses in the researchersâ thematic chapters."Professor William Louden, Edith Cowan University, AustraliaThrough a celebration of teaching and research, Table of ContentsList of contributorsForeword: Exemplary practice as exemplary research William F. McComasGeneral PrefaceAcknowledgementsINTRODUCTION: Creating possibilities│Steve Alsop, Erminia Pedretti and Larry BenczePART 1: Accounts of Exemplary practiceAccount 1: Kidney function and dysfunction: enhancing an understanding of science and the impact on society │Keith HicksAccount 2: Episodes in physics │George Alex PrzywolnikAccount 3: Recollections of organic chemistry│ Josie EllisAccount 4: The science class of tomorrow? │Richard Rennie and Kim EdwardsAccount 5: Science with a human touch: historical vignettes in the teaching and learning of science│Karen KettleAccount 6: Exploring the nature of science: re-interpreting Burgess Shale fossils │Katherine BellomoAccount 7: Motivating the unmotivated: relevance and empowerment through a town hall debate │Susan A. YoonAccount 8: Mentoring students towards independent scientific inquiry │ Alex CorryAccount 9: Learning to do science │Gabriel Ayyavoo, Vivien Tzau and Desmond NgaiAccount 10: Practice drives theory: An integrated approach in technological education │James JohnstonPART 2: Account Analysis Analysis 1: Challenging traditional views of the nature of science and scientific inquiry│Derek Hodson Analysis 2: Developing arguments │Sibel Erduran and Jonathan Osborne Analysis 3:STSE Education: principles and practices │Erminia Pedretti Analysis 4:Conceptual development │Keith TaberAnalysis 5:Problem-based, contextualised learning│ Ann Marie Hill and Howard SmithAnalysis 6:Motivational beliefs and classroom contextual factors: exploring affect in accounts of exemplary practice│Steve Alsop Analysis 7:Instructional technologies, technocentrism and science education │Jim HewittAnalysis 8:Reading accounts: central themes in science teachers' descriptions of exemplary teaching practice │John Wallace Analysis 9:Equity in science teaching and learning: the inclusive science curriculum│Leonie RennieAnalysis 10:School science for/against social justice│ Larry Bencze PART 3: Possibilities, accounts, hypertext and theoretical lensesReflection 1:Voices and viewpoints: what have we learned about exemplary science teaching?│ Erminia Pedretti, Larry Bencze and Steve AlsopReflection 2:Integrating educational resources into school science praxis│ Larry Bencze, Steve Alsop and Erminia PedrettiReferencesIndex
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Lulu.com The Chiropractor
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Dover Publications Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
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Dover Publications Inc. Introduction to Logic
Book SynopsisThis classic undergraduate treatment examines the deductive method in its first part and explores applications of logic and methodology in constructing mathematical theories in its second part. Exercises appear throughout.
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Cambridge University Press Building a Successful Career in Scientific Research
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Cambridge University Press Structural DNA Nanotechnology
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Cambridge University Press Building a Successful Career in Scientific Research
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Princeton University Press Hepatitis B
Book SynopsisAbout 375 million people are infected with the hepatitis B virus. The discovery of this virus and the vaccine against it was one of the triumphs of twentieth-century medicine. This book describes how Baruch Blumberg and a team of researchers found a virus they were not looking for and created a vaccine for a disease they knew little about.Trade Review"Nothing seems quite so dramatic as the unexpected eureka moment, when, escoreted by the gods of good fortune, scientists somehow stumble upon answers to questions they never knew to ask. This is the story that Baruch S. Blumberg tells in Hepatitis B: The Hunt for a Killer Virus. Blumberg, a U.S. geneticist and biochemist, won the Nobel Prize in 1976 after finding a virus he was never looking for... Blumberg does a fine job at connecting this medical advance to the lives of real people."--Carolyn Abraham, Toronto Globe and Mail "The discovery by Baruch Blumberg of the Australia antigen, a specific viral marker of the hepatitis B virus, was one of the most important advances in medical knowledge during the past 50 years and had huge implications for preventive medicine. This inspiring book is an intensely personal and interesting account of the work of Blumberg and his close associates who ... devised the first generation vaccine for [the] infection... [This book] is essential reading for all aspiring scientists... And it should be read by the thousands of people who work on the control and eradication of the hepatitis B virus... It is a gem."--Arie J. Zuckerman, Nature "Blumberg tells the [Hepatitis B] story in a lively manner, with touches of humor. The Nobel-Prize winning author has written for both scientists and nonscientists [and he] beautifully illustrates the forward, sideways, and backward steps involved in the scientific method."--William Beatty, Booklist "Blumberg takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the convoluted circumstances that led to the discovery of hepatitis B and the vaccine against it. Blumberg's modest style and vast knowledge combine to make this a thoroughly intriguing look at the scientific research process."--Library Journal "This book shows that it is not the orderly, directed research program that leads to the Nobel, but rather the workings of the orderly, observant mind... If poetry is a free-ranging , idealized representation of an idea, than this is poetry ... and poetry should be read regularly for relaxation, for inspiration, and for ideas."--Paul J. Schmidt, New England Journal of Medicine "Readers will find much to enjoy and absorb in Blumberg's fascinating personal story."--Robin A. Weiss, Science "Blumberg chronicles with uncanny humor his research team's accidental discovery of HBV, their daily laboratory routines and methodology of research experimentation of HBV, and the eventual development of medicine's first viable cancer vaccine."--Choice "This book is highly informative and entertaining. It offers a clear account of how basic scientific research is conducted and of the excitement of scientific discovery."--Science Books and Films "The hepatitis B story is more than a fascinating chronicle of a major discovery... The discovery of this deadly virus and the vaccine against it--a vaccine sharply decreasing the infection rate worldwide and probably the first effective cancer vaccine--was one of the great triumphs of 20th century medicine."--Biology Digest "In this unapologetically personal memoir, the author tells the story of hepatitis B from his own perspective... [T]he book becomes a distinctive part of hepatitis B history, and it will be an invaluable resource for medical historians in the future."--Bud C. Tennant, Nature Medicine "Blumberg comes across as self-deprecating and erudite in his book, which is filled with allusions as varied as Robert Frost, Dante and Michael Crichton... As his book shows, Blumberg is not merely brilliant. He is wise."--Marie McCullough, The Philadelphia InquirerTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Differences in Response to Disease 8 Chapter 2: Oxford and the National Institutes of Health: Inherited Variation and Susceptibility to Disease 29 Chapter 3: Polymorphisms and Geography: Disease, Genetics, and Evolutionary Biology 42 Chapter 4: We Discover a New Polymorphism: The Ag System 65 Chapter 5: The Discovery of Australia Antigen 72 Chapter 6: What Is Australia Antigen? 84 Chapter 7: Identifying the Hepatitis B Virus 106 Chapter 8: The Control of Posttransfusion Hepatitis 119 Chapter 9: The Hepatitis B Vaccine 134 Chapter 10: Hepatitis B Virus and Cancer of the Liver 147 Chapter 11: What Is Now Known about HBV? 159 Chapter 12: Back to Polymorphisms and Inherited Susceptibility to Disease 193 Chapter 13: HBV and Its Connections: Current Research and the Future 203 Appendix 1: Scientists and Staff at Fox Chase Cancer Center Referred to in the Text 215 Appendix 2: Research on Hyaluronic Acid 219 Appendix 3: The National Institutes of Health and the Funding of Basic Medical Research 221 Appendix 4: Molecular Biology 223 Appendix 5: A Gazetteer of Selected Place-Names Used in the Text 229 Index 233
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Stanford University Press The Sparks of Randomness Volume 1
Book SynopsisThe Sparks of Randomness, Henri Atlan''s magnum opus, develops his whole philosophy with a highly impressive display of knowledge, wisdom, depth, rigor, and intellectual and moral vigor. Atlan founds an ethics adapted to the new power over life that modern scientific knowledge has given us. He holds that the results of science cannot ground any ethical or political truth whatsoever, while human creative activity and the conquest of knowledge are a double-edged sword. This first volume, Spermatic Knowledge, begins with the Talmudic tale about the prophet Jeremiah''s creation of a golem, or artificial man. Atlan shows that the Jewish tradition does not demonize man for creating and changing living thingsa charge often leveled at promoters of advanced technologies, like biologists, who are accused of playing God. To the contrary, man is depicted as being the co-creator of the world.Although Atlan believes that the fabrication of life from scratch will take pTrade Review"Atlan seeks to integrate the mechanistic worldview common in the biological sciences into a form of absolute monism that draws upon Kabbalah and Spinoza. . . Steeped in the biological sciences and remarkably learned in Judaica, it will set a standard for new creative forms of constructive Jewish thought. Anyone interested in the relation between religion and science will do well to turn here."—Zachary Braiterman, Religious Studies Review"Henri Atlan has undoubtedly become a great scholar and important international figure in the academic community. His approach to texts is original and stimulating, his ideas both lucid and insightful. He has written many volumes on a variety of subjects, but this one has special meaning due to the convulsions society has been undergoing in recent years. The book is steeped in psychology and religion, biology and sociology, mysticism and ethos. Drawing from Talmudic sources but also from secular ones, it is sure to find appeal in many circles."—Elie Wiesel"As a physician, biologist, and philosopher, Henri Atlan occupies a preeminent place in the present-day French intellectual landscape, carrying on a grand French tradition of scientist-philosophers that goes back to Pascal. His Sparks of Randomness is dedicated to reflecting upon the lesson that Jeremiah learned from the golem: that we should not renounce attaining the perfect knowledge that makes us capable of creating life, but once we attain the knowledge, we should abstain from acting on it. This book is not only fundamental for the future of biology, cognitive science, and the human sciences in general, but also constitutes one of the most important readings of Spinoza ever produced."—Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Stanford University
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Cambridge University Press Global Environment Outlook Geo6 Healthy Planet Healthy People
Book SynopsisPublished to coincide with the Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly, UN Environment''s sixth Global Environment Outlook calls on decision makers to take bold and urgent action to address pressing environmental issues in order to protect the planet and human health. By bringing together hundreds of scientists, peer reviewers and collaborating institutions and partners, the GEO reports build on sound scientific knowledge to provide governments, local authorities, businesses and individual citizens with the information needed to guide societies to a truly sustainable world by 2050. GEO-6 outlines the current state of the environment, illustrates possible future environmental trends and analyses the effectiveness of policies. This flagship report shows how governments can put us on the path to a truly sustainable future - emphasising that urgent and inclusive action is needed to achieve a healthy planet with healthy people. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge CTrade Review'The sixth Global Environment Outlook is an essential check-up for our planet. Like any good medical examination, there is a clear prognosis of what will happen if we continue with business as usual and a set of recommended actions to put things right. GEO-6 details both the perils of delaying action and the opportunities that exist to make sustainable development a reality.' António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United NationsTable of ContentsSetting the stage: 1. Introduction and context; 2. Drivers of environmental change; 3. The current state of our data and knowledge; 4. Cross-cutting issues; Part I. State of the Global Environment: 5. Air; 6. Biodiversity; 7. Oceans and coasts; 8. Land and soil; 9. Freshwater; Part II. Policies, Goals, Objectives and Environmental Governance: An Assessment of their Effectiveness: 10. Approach to assessment of policy effectiveness; 11. Policy theory and practice; 12. Air policy; 13. Biodiversity policy; 14. Oceans and coastal policy; 15. Land and soil policy; 16. Freshwater policy; 17. Systematic policy approaches for cross-cutting issues; 18. Conclusions on policy effectiveness; Part III. Outlooks and Pathways to a Healthy Planet with Healthy People: 19. Outlooks in GEO-6; 20. A long-term vision for 2050; 21. Future developments without targeted policies; 22. Pathways toward sustainable development; 23. Bottom-up initiatives and participatory approaches for outlooks; 24. The way forward; Part IV. Remaining Data and Knowledge Gaps: 25. Future data and knowledge needs; Annexes; The GEO-6 process.
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Cambridge University Press Scientific Writing and Publishing
Book SynopsisAn invaluable guide to successfully writing and publishing high-quality research in academic journals, aimed at students and researchers at all stages, particularly in the life and medical sciences. It draws on the author's wealth of experience coaching academics and teaching scientific writing to provide clear practical advice.Trade Review'Denys Wheatley has addressed an important issue - the writing up of findings. His manual is comprehensive, concise, and timely. It is truly an excellent piece of work. The manual will not only benefit native speakers wishing to publish scientific papers, but also non-native speakers. I will make this manual mandatory reading for all young scientists in my department before they attempt to write up their results.' Wolfgang H. Goldmann, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany'Professor Denys Wheatley's Manual is a must-read for any Ph.D. student, researcher or scientist writing and publishing scientific papers. Not only is it the perfect primer for a first-time scientific writer, but also a complete guide for professionals. As a French-speaking biochemist, I did not encounter any difficulties in understanding this manual, and that is why it is certainly a stepping-stone for my research career.' Nadia Bouktit, University A Mira of Béjaïa, Algeria'This much-needed book is clear, succinct and comprehensive, it gives the inexperienced (and indeed the more experienced) scientific author sound practical guidance at every step in the process, from planning and drafting the manuscript … It is this comprehensiveness and common-sense practicality that distinguishes it from other guides to scientific writing. I would happily recommend it to research students and post-docs, and I wish it had been available when I first embarked on a career in science.' Mark P. Henderson, Formerly at Napier University, Edinburgh''If I had known that before …'. It meets the high needs in writing good scientific papers and getting them published … A 'must read' for young scientists as well as for instructors.' Laurent Jaeken, Karel de Grote University College, Antwerp University Association, Antwerp, Belgium'This is a very useful document … Thank you for this wonderful and highly useful material.' Kelath Murali Manoj, Satyamjayatu: The Science and Ethics Foundation, Kerala, India'Your manual on Scientific Writing and Publishing is really brilliant! … From my 50-year experience in science, it is very much needed for young and even middle-aged scientists.' Jekaterina Erenpreisa, Full Member of the Latvian Academy of Science, Head Tumour Cell Biology Laboratory, Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia'I certainly believe such a guide is sorely needed.' Tom Ireland, Editor, The Biologist, Managing Editor, Royal Society of Biology'I have considered this Manual carefully and conclude it is a valuable and very much needed.' James S. Clegg, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, USA'This manual … is long overdue; it will be an extremely useful guide and reference … at all levels from beginning students to experienced investigators.' Cynthia Jensen, University of Auckland, New Zealand'The book is well organized, clearly edited … it is easy to find in it the required information.' Attila Miseta, Dean of the Medical University, Pécs, HungaryTable of ContentsPreface, Part I; Part II. Final Preparation of a Paper Before Submission - as Important as Part I!; Part II. Getting Published; 1. General features of a scientific paper - structure and format; 2. The typical scientific paper - a published paper with annotations; 3. Results - presenting your findings; 4. Discussion - the place to argue your case; 5. Introduction - the first main section of a paper; 6. Materials and methods; 7. Abstract - the summary of the main findings; 8. The 'smaller' sections that complete a paper; 9. Figures and tables; 10. Presubmission; 11. Submission of manuscripts; 12. Peer-review - the crux of the problem in publishing papers; 13. The last stages of the editorial process - decisions, revisions, and final editing; 14. From acceptance to publication; 15. Copyright; 16. Ethics and scientific integrity; 17. Epilogue.
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Odd Dot The Universe Explained with a Cookie
Book SynopsisDid you know that the number of atoms in a cookie is about the same number of stars in the universe? Geoff Engelstein tackles the big questions of the universe and how it works using the sweet and simple chocolate cookie as guide. By exploring what goes into the cookiethe ingredients and the stepswe learn about how everything works, from the tiny world of subatomic particles to galactic clusters. Topics include: The Big Bang Explained with Chocolate ChipsQuantum Mechanics Explained with Milk and CookiesChaos Explained with VanillaAnd more!Filled with fascinating facts and laugh-out-loud moments, it''s a richly visual and deeply fascinating scientific exploration of the world. And cookies.
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McGraw-Hill Education Must Know High School Biology Second Edition
Book SynopsisA unique and effective way to learn Biologyâupdated with the latest instruction and reviewMust Know High School Biology provides a fresh approach to learning. As part of our Must Know series, this new edition makes sure what you really need to know is clear up-front. Rather than starting with goals to be met, chapters begin by telling you the most important concepts about the topic at handâ and then show you exactly how these concepts help you accomplish your goals.Written by an expert biology educator, Must Know High School Biology, Second Edition provides updated lesson content and useful examples to help clarify each topic. Every chapter closes with reinforcing exercises to get you the practice you need to gain confidence. New features to this edition focus on extra support and helping you avoid common mistakes. In the end, you get everything you need to build your biology skills quickly and painlessly.Features:More than 250 p
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McGraw-Hill Education Physical Science ISE
Book SynopsisThe thirteenth edition of Physical Science continues to serve the needs of non-science majors who are required to complete one or more physical science courses. The text offers students complete coverage of the physical sciences with a level of explanation and detail appropriate for all students.This edition is available in Connect with SmartBook. Instructor resources for this title include: An Instructor''s Manual, Learning Objectives, Clicker Questions, Animations/Videos, Presentation Tools Table, Test Builder, and an Instructor''s Lab Manual.Table of Contents1 What Is Science? 2 Motion 3 Energy 4 Heat and Temperature 5 Wave Motions and Sound 6 Electricity 7 Light 8 Atoms and Periodic Properties 9 Chemical Bonds 10 Chemical Reactions 11 Water and Solutions 12 Organic Chemistry 13 Nuclear Reactions 14 The Universe 15 The Solar System 16 Earth in Space 17 Rocks and Minerals 18 Plate Tectonics 19 Building Earth’s Surface 20 Shaping Earth’s Surface 21 Geologic Time 22 The Atmosphere of Earth 23 Weather and Climate 24 Earth’s Waters
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McGraw-Hill Education McGraw Hill Conquering ACT Math and Science Fifth
Book SynopsisThe most intensive ACT Math and Science prep you can getâwith drills, strategies, and 10 full-length practice tests with explanations to help boost your ACT score!or many of the 1.8 million students planning to take the yearly ACT, the math and science sections provoke the highest anxiety. Whether you're one of those who require extra helpâor simply want to ensure your scores on this crucial college entrance exam are as high as they can beâConquering ACT Math and Science, Fifth Edition, is the best resource for intensive study and review.Specially created by two of America's most respected providers of school-based and individual test-prep, Conquering ACT Math and Science offers the most intensive review for all of the math and science question types on the ACT. Math formulas and science concepts are clearly explained and carefully demonstrated with numerous examples, followed by intensive ACT-style drills and full-length sample test sections.<
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Cambridge University Press Successful Careers beyond the Lab
Book SynopsisThere is a major demand for people with scientific training in a wide range of professions based on and maintaining relations with science. However, there is a lack of good first-hand information about alternative career paths to research. From entrepreneurship, industry and the media to government, public relations, activism and teaching, this is a readable guide to science based skills, lifestyles and career paths. The ever-narrowing pyramid of opportunities within an academic career structure, or the prospect of a life in the laboratory losing its attraction, mean that many who trained in science and engineering now look for alternative careers. Thirty role models who began by studying many different disciplines give personal guidance for graduates, postgraduates and early-career scientists in the life sciences, physical sciences and engineering. This book is an entertaining resource for ideas about, and directions into, the many fields which they may not be aware of or may not haveTrade Review'This excellent book is directed at those for whom a conventional academic and research career is not necessarily their cup of tea. In it, you can learn how many other opportunities there are for scientists outside the usual academic route. The book is full of first-rate practical advice, emphasising the value of a self-assessment of your skills and interests, and illustrating that there is a major demand for people with training in science in many areas ranging from entrepreneurship and policy to PR and politics. Above all, do something you enjoy and believe is worthwhile, and do not consider yourself a failure because you have not continued in academic research.' Sir Walter Bodmer, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine'The enthusiastic and positive accounts in this book provide ample evidence that there is life beyond the lab, and that it can be a good life: rewarding, fulfilling and richly varied. To take that decision to go where the grass might be greener requires careful thought and the application of your best research skills - to research your own future. This book provides one major source of information, advice and a great range of personal words of guidance to help inform your next step.' Gordon Chesterman, University of Cambridge Careers Service'… offers students and early career scientists the indispensable personal experience of more than thirty skilled professionals who started out as academics and ended up in the most varied array of successful professions. Reading about the many routes that a scientist can choose, from becoming an EU-level regulatory expert and lobbyist, to a company founder and multi-millionaire, this book is not only insightful but also inspirational for those eager to branch out from the confines of their science. I wish I had had the opportunity of feasting my eyes on this a quarter of a century ago as I scratched my head as to which way to turn once I left the lab.' Nathalie Moll, European Association for Bioindustries, Belgium'If there's one valuable message here it's 'know thyself - but don't dismiss serendipity'. While the advice of careers professionals to analyse skills and preferences is important, the personal stories show just how important it is to keep an open mind and that even the most successful career isn't really planned but relies on a willingness to grasp opportunities. For women, as a minority in the UK STEM workforce, these personal case studies offer reassurance that it's good to take risks and great careers await us all.' Averil Macdonald, OBE, University of ReadingTable of ContentsForeword Sir Tom Blundell; Part I. Career Services', Recruiters' and Students' Viewpoints: 1. What type of scientist are you? Nalayini Thambar and Clare Jones; 2. Researching my career: from science to career education Lori Conlan; 3. Career enlightenment for the twenty-first century Stephen Isherwood; 4. Doctoral graduates in policy and advocacy Adam Wright; Part II. Industry and Related Occupations: 5. Opportunities for entrepreneurial scientists and engineers in the post-genomic era Darrin M. Disley; 6. From monkeys to medicines and beyond - navigating careers in industry and academia Jackie Hunter; 7. Lessons from evolution on how to build a business Jonathan Milner; 8. Entrepreneurship, management, public relations and consulting Nick Scott-Ram; 9. From science to engineering and business: the converging stories of three friends Ermeena Malik; 10. From lab bench to board room: the patent attorney's tale Robert Stephen; 11. From molecular biology to GMO regulation and policy Delphine Carron; 12. Rebel with a cause? From physics to activism Philip Webber; 13. Science public relations - it needs to be in your genes Richard Hayhurst; Part III. The Public Sector: 14. From rock pools to Whitehall Miles Parker; 15. Science for global good - a polymath's approach Jasdeep Sandhu; 16. Skills, networks and luck David Cleevely; 17. Politics and policy Julian Huppert; Part IV. Journalism and the Media: 18. The wonderful world of reporting, or the marsupial mole revisited Tim Radford; 19. Reflections of a thinking pinball: the surprises, challenges and rewards of a career in radio Peter Evans; 20. From science to storytelling Madhumita Murgia; 21. Propelled by science: a life on camera Vivienne Parry OBE; 22. A career in science radio and podcasting Chris Smith and Kat Arney; Part V. Science Communication, Teaching and Ethics: 23. What to do when you don't know what you're doing; or, my first twenty-five years in science communication John Durant; 24. A butterfly career in science and beyond to public engagement Nicola Buckley; 25. A lifetime's fun and interest with teaching and allied matters Ian Harvey; 26. In search of the ethical path Stuart Parkinson; 27. Environmental policy, politics and science - not always an easy ride Julie Hill; Further sources of information.
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Headline Publishing Group Hot Mess
Book Synopsis''A very funny, important and only moderately terrifying clarion call of a book'' - Adam Kay''HOT MESS provides loads of laughs about the climate situation and will position you at the right point between fear and determination'' - Mark Watson ''Hilarious, informative and worrying in equal measure. And that''s just the bits about having a baby'' - Josie LongFor fans of Randall Munro''s WHAT IF? Matt Parker''s HUMBLE PI and anyone looking for practical tips on how to stop the end of the world!Dr Matt Winning is a stand-up comedian and environmental economist with a PHD in climate change policy, which means he''s the sort of doctor who will rush to your side if you fall ill on a plane, but only to berate you for flying. We are currently facing a global climate emergency. You''ve probably noticed. But why does the end of the world need to be so depressing? HOT MESS aims to both lighTrade ReviewClimate change is no laughing matter - oh yes it is - with Matt Winning's superb, hilarious, side-splitting book that makes you take a whole new look at the climate crisis, surviving having children and life in general. * Mark Maslin, author of How to Save Our Planet *A very funny, important and only moderately terrifying clarion call of a book. * Adam Kay *HOT MESS provides loads of laughs about "the climate situation" and will position you at the right point between fear and determination. * Mark Watson *Hilarious, informative and worrying in equal measure. And that's just the bits about having a baby. * Josie Long *The first book about climate change that made me laugh out loud. If you've been too freaked out to subject yourself to the climate crisis, Hot Mess is the kick in the pants you need to start making yourself useful. * ' Prof. Kimberly Nicholas, author of Under the Sky We Make: How to Be Human in a Warming World *Everything a Fringe show should be: hilarious, personal, inventive, and something that will stay with you for some time to come. * EdFestMag *Winning's sharp wit and intelligence allows him to educate as he entertains. * Sunday Post *
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Random House USA Inc Butterfly Effect: Insects and the Making of the
Book SynopsisA fascinating, entertaining dive into the long-standing relationship between humans and insects, revealing the surprising ways we depend on these tiny, six-legged creatures.Insects might make us shudder in disgust, but they are also responsible for many of the things we take for granted in our daily lives. When we bite into a shiny apple, listen to the resonant notes of a violin, get dressed, receive a dental implant, or get a manicure, we are the beneficiaries of a vast army of insects. Try as we might to replicate their raw material (silk, shellac, and cochineal, for instance), our artificial substitutes have proven subpar at best, and at worst toxic, ensuring our interdependence with the insect world for the foreseeable future. Drawing on research in laboratory science, agriculture, fashion, and international cuisine, Edward D. Melillo weaves a vibrant world history that illustrates the inextricable and fascinating bonds between humans and insects. Across time, we have not only coexisted with these creatures but have relied on them for, among other things, the key discoveries of modern medical science and the future of the world''s food supply. Without insects, entire sectors of global industry would grind to a halt and essential features of modern life would disappear. Here is a beguiling appreciation of the ways in which these creatures have altered--and continue to shape--the very framework of our existence.
£21.85
Nova Science Publishers Inc Current STEM. Volume 1
Book SynopsisScience, technology, engineering, and mathematics collectively known as STEM are rapidly advancing fields in their own rights. As a book series, Current STEM aims to be a friendly forum for both academic researchers and industrial practitioners to present their work as book chapters. Hence, the chapters should be varied, and this is intended. Current STEM encompasses the type of work to encourage a generation of researcher-practitioners. The author hopes this inaugural volume will be a pleasure to a wide audience.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Science Policies and Programs: History, Funding
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Science Organizations and Careers: Essential
Book SynopsisWhat can one life teach about the unfolding of opportunities into developing careers? From a 20th century social scientist at the forefront of science education and science policy who transitioned between positions in universities, federal agencies, and nonprofit organizations, we learn 21st century lessons. Daryl Chubin speaks to students, educators, and program directors about demographic changes, forms of scholarship, the functions of community, and marginality as an analytical perspective on the contexts of careers. As physicist-historian Thomas Kuhn asserted in his 1977 book, The Essential Tension, a prerequisite for making progress in science is the need to preserve an essential tension between tradition and innovation. Similarly, one beholds "essential tensions" when looking in on organizations, policies, and careers. As a white man studying the underrepresentation of women and persons of color in science and engineering, Chubin by definition was on the outside, different from his subjects while straddling a range of professional roles. He asks: What are the advantages and disadvantages of an outsider perspective? How should advocacy emerge from analysis? How do organizations capitalize on "difference"? If diversity, equity, and inclusion are valued, how does this change the way staff views its work, workforce, and place in the national culture? Science Organizations and Careers illustrates that social science differs from natural science and engineering. Each has its methods, norms, and heroes, but social science looks in and is parasitic on scientists and engineers-administrators in research institutions, scholars, elected officials, and educators at all levels of sophistication. These have been Chubin's subjects, colleagues, and conundrums. They have shaped him, bent him toward their view, educated, alienated, and applauded him. Readers, too, will have their own characters, organizations, and ambivalence with which to cope in the contradictions of their careers. This book helps to make sense of it all.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Prologue; In Sequence; In Context ; On Difference ; The NSF I Knew; Public Policy and the Evaluation of Talent; Three for the Show; What Is Scholarship?; Contradictions of a Career; On Talking with Strangers; Epilogue; Index.
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Broadview Press Ltd Writing Science in the Twenty-First Century
Book SynopsisWriting Science in the Twenty-First Century offers guidance to help writers succeed in a broad range of writing tasks and purposes in science and other STEM fields. Concise and current, the book takes most of its examples and lessons from scientific fields, such as the life sciences, chemistry, physics, and geology, but some examples are taken from mathematics and engineering. The book emphasizes building confidence and rhetorical expertise in fields where diverse audiences, high ethical stakes, and multiple modes of presentation present unique writing challenges. Using a systematic approach—assessing purpose, audience, order of information, tone, evidence, and graphics—it gives readers a clear road map to becoming accurate, persuasive, and rhetorically savvy writers.Trade Review“In Writing Science in the Twenty-First Century, Christopher Thaiss combines rhetorical and process approaches to instruct readers in the constantly evolving art of scientific writing. Thaiss’s rhetorical focus also informs the helpful exercises guiding students through the recursive and interactive writing process he promotes. Emphasizing the growing pre-eminence of digital and multimodal writing, Thaiss includes lively chapters on texts as generically diverse as the traditional journal article, Twitter postings, and online infographics. For each of these genres, Thaiss analyzes professional models to show students exactly how writers achieve rhetorical effects like ‘audience splitting’ and ethos building. He extends this granular analysis to each section, teaching readers effectively how to make persuasive, ethical scientific arguments. With its conversational, coach-like tone, the book will be accessible for any undergraduate.” — Leslie Bruce, WAC Director, California State University, Fullerton“Science communication in the twenty-first century requires a sophisticated repertoire of rhetorical strategies in order to communicate with diverse audiences across a variety of genres and media. Thaiss deploys the 2000-year-old tradition of rhetoric in discussions of familiar and emerging genres. Covering the scientific research article, abstracts, and other well-established genres, he provides a strong foundational text for students of science communication. For the twenty-first century, the proliferation of science-focused blogs, tweets, and even infographics provides a good introduction to how science is communicated online. Writing Science in the Twenty-First Century packages the explanatory power of rhetoric in a manner digestible for those new to the field, showing the importance of purpose, audience, style, ethics, and other foundational rhetorical principles.” — Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher, University of WaterlooTable of Contents Introduction: Writing Science for New Readers, with New Technologies, in New Genres Chapter One: Writing to Reach Readers To Write STEM Well, Learn to Read Rhetorically Six Categories of Rhetorical Analysis and Planning: A Systematic Method Chapter Two: Building Experience and Confidence in Writing Science From Fear to Confidence Writing as a Necessary Tool for All in Science Overcoming Obstacles for Science Writers in College When Knowledge and Practice Seem Unconnected: What to Do? Overcoming Obstacle 2: Lack of Helpful Feedback Building Confidence as a Writer in English Resources for Students to build Writing Proficiency Chapter Three: “Writing” Redefined Multi-modally Do We Call It Writing—or Something Else? Multimodal Design, Perhaps? Words Numbers and Mathematical Symbols Photographs Multi-color Charts, Tables, and Graphs Links to Other Sources Drawings and Diagrams Video STEM Communication and “Web 2.0” Access and Tools Chapter Four: Writing Science Ethically Covering up incomplete or poorly-done research, or conflicts of interest Plagiarism What is “common knowledge”? Claims and over-claims: the dangers of hype Striving for accuracy in language Writing ethically in social media: Let’s look at Twitter Chapter Five: Writing the Research Article, Part I—The Abstract, Introduction, and Methods and Materials Thinking Rhetorically about the Peer-Reviewed Research Article Giving Momentum to Your Research “Story” Writing the Abstract Writing the Introduction of the Full Article Writing the Methods and Materials Section of the Full Article Chapter Six: Writing the Research Article, Part II—Results and Discussion Results and Discussion in the Interconnected, Multimedia World Distinguishing between the Results and Discussion Sections Writing Results Writing the Discussion Chapter Seven: Writing the Research Review Goals of the Research Review and Comparison with the IMRD Article Features and Forms of the Research Review Rhetorical Considerations in Writing the Research Review Chapter Eight: STEM Journalism—Writing, Reading, and Connecting with Broader Audiences Thinking of yourself as a “STEM journalist” Who are YOUR readers and why do they care? Writing your STEM popular article—Tips on voice (ethos) and organization Chapter Nine: Science Blogs—New Readers, New Voices, New Tools STEM Blogs—What Are They and Are They Science? A World of Blogs—Finding the Blog(s) for You Studying the Major Types of Blogs Getting into Blogging for Yourself Establishing Your Ethos Building Your Design Chapter Ten: Creating Posters and Infographics Posters and Infographics—Using the Two-Dimensional Space Chapter Eleven: Creating Oral/Visual Presentations Presentations as Unmatched Opportunities “Presence” and “Being Present” in a Presentation Making Your Audience Your Ally The Visual in Oral/Visual: Striving for Balance Achieving Success through Preparation Chapter Twelve: Writing Science with Style and Styles Keep Sentences Concise with Clear Transitions Guide Your Reader with “Signposts” Use Paragraphs to Emphasize—Not Hide—Your Ideas Choose Words to Communicate, Not to Exclude or Intimidate Use Numbers to Convince, Not Drown, Your Readers Revise and Edit to Write with Style Chapter Thirteen: Editing Sentences Why We Must Edit Cut Unneeded Words To “We” or Not to “We” Action vs. Passivity—Tuning Your Voice Punctuate to Accentuate
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New Falcon Publications,U.S. The Why, How, and What of Existence: Through the
Book SynopsisVlad Korbel was born in the Bohemian city of Prague, the city of Václav Havel, Franz Kafka, and Jan Hus, who was burned at stake by the Catholic Church for preaching the truth. In his youth, Vlad participated in the rave counter-culture inspired by Terence McKenna. Vlads second home is in Ecuador, where he also spent time in the Amazon. Ultimately, however, Vlad dedicated his career to studying human behavior. Instructed by Stanford Innovation Program, from which he received a professional certificate, he spent seven years running hundreds of qualitative interviews and observations of human behavior in one of the biggest pharma companies in the world, spending a significant time in Basel, Switzerland. Inspired by years of research on human behavior, Vlad decides to undergo multiple journeys of inquiry to the Supreme Self, opening up the possibility of direct two-way communication. The Self, in a conversation, communicates to him the ultimate truths. Furthermore, through extreme curiosity and a strong will, Vlad penetrates behind a veil where he finds a hidden insight. The insight, guarded by a fear of death, is who we are in truth. Using basic logic, he attempts to explain what cannot be explained, blending it into a symbol of a wheel, which in his view, best illustrates the fundamental principles of our existence.
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New Falcon Publications,U.S. On What Is: A Freedom Enchantment in 23 Acts
Book SynopsisJoin herb and his cast of interlocutors (which includes (the goddess) Sophia) as they investigate the way of the physical realm, the way of Mind, and in general, What is. Many timely issues confronting humans (and you k-now who you are) are teased about, including the underlying nature of that mysterious fluid type magical substance called electricity, the shaman Bostrom''s simulation argument, and that most Dangerous of all undertakings whereupon the conspiracy of who Do you believe, issues associated with Being born into this world, ancient ideas associated with the Immortality of the soul, and the flexibility of time and the need for the divine are investigated ontologically. This Gnostic tour de force challenges today s trendy materialism by accepting the ontological necessity of other realm(s) besides the physical (implications in agreement with the quantum vacuum mechanisms of the modern physics). As an ontology of on What is is developed in detail, the machinations (and Hidden religion) of the cabal of maniac magicians (whom herb calls the sons of Beliel those sOb''s) occasionally need take center stage, whereupon the sOb''s dark magick of statecraft, usury, propaganda, and their Brain builders dream is criticized, and, most importantly, maybe, the difference between sorcery and theurgy is elucidated. Necessarily a book about the Computer, a book on Physics, a book on Mind, butt most aptly described as a freedom enchantment for those whom would be interested in light And life. (Sea, four example, the book dedication and oVerture, and then please begin your investigation, for indeed, every wo/man is a star).
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Progress in Mathematical Biology Research
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Lifelong Learning: Theoretical & Practical
Book SynopsisFor a variety of historical, cultural, social, and/or economic reasons, adults may experience the need to continue their mathematics education in some form. In today''s world, technology is playing an increasingly important role in educational situations, in the workplace, and at home. Technology plays a dual role in the teaching and learning of mathematics/numeracy for adults. Technology, electronic and otherwise, offers a medium to enhance learning in the form of tools such as rulers and compasses as well as software programs. However, these need to be made objects of learning in their own right before they can support higher level thinking. This book illustrates how electronic technologies offer new and improved levels of learning, especially in the field of mathematics.
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