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Not Avail Nutritional Biochemistry Explained
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Professor Baz My STEM Workbook 3
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Irina Rabeja Writings II
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Irina Rabeja Writings III
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Simon & Schuster The BillionDollar Molecule
Book SynopsisSynopsis coming soon.......Trade ReviewGeoffrey Smith Business Week A riveting tale that has more in common with a John Grisham thriller than with tomes on modern science.John Schwartz The Washington Post The inside skinny...a high stakes tale of adventure and intrigue: Barbarians at the Lab. Werth's work is a gem.John Travis The Boston Globe Fascinating...gripping...must reading for anyone curious about an industry that promises to revolutionize medical care in the next century.
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Princeton University Press How to Change a Memory
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Basic Books Traces Of The Past
Book SynopsisWhere Stonehenge''s giant bluestones come from? Was the fall of the Roman Empire hastened by lead poisoning? How did amber get from the Baltic to Belize? In exploring these and other historical enigmas, Joseph Lambert expertly details the rich insights into ancient life that chemistry alone can provide.Using cutting-edge scientific methods such as radiocarbon dating, DNA analysis, and elemental fingerprinting, acclaimed chemist Joseph Lambert expertly details the rich insights into ancient life that chemistry alone can provide. He shows, for example, how investigators today can determine the diet of prehistoric Europeans, the geographical origin of the marble in a Greek statue, or the reason why the Liberty Bell cracked. He uses nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to reconstruct ancient trade routes, and X-ray diffraction, among other methods, to compare the colour palettes of the Mesopotamians and Egyptians (the latter were apparently much more flamboyant). He explains how chemicaTable of Contents* Stone * Soil * Pottery * Color * Glass * Organics * Metals * Humans * Epilogue
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INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US Science In Public Communication Culture And Credibility
Book SynopsisDoes the general public need to understand science? And if so, is it scientists'' responsibility to communicate? Critics have argued that, despite the huge strides made in technology, we live in a scientifically illiterate society--one that thinks about the world and makes important decisions without taking scientific knowledge into account. But is the solution to this illiteracy to deluge the layman with scientific information? Or does science news need to be focused around specific issues and organized into stories that are meaningful and relevant to people''s lives? In this unprecedented, comprehensive look at a new field, Jane Gregory and Steve Miller point the way to a more effective public understanding of science in the years ahead.Table of Contents* Preface * The Recent "Public Understanding of Science Movement" * Science in Public Culture * Popular Science: Friend or Foe? * Popularization, Public Understanding, and the Public Sphere * Media Issues in the Public Understanding of Science * Case Studies in Public Science * An ABC of Risk - Apples, Beef, and Comets * Science in Museums * Initiatives and Activities in the Public Understanding of Science * A Protocol for Science Communication for the Public Understanding of Science * References * Index
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INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US The Physics Of Consciousness The Quantum Mind And The Meaning Of Life
Book SynopsisFor decades, neuroscientists, psychologists, and an army of brain researchers have been struggling, in vain, to explain the phenomenon of consciousness. Now there is a clear trail to the answer, and it leads through the dense jungle of quantum physics, Zen, and subjective experience, and arrives at an unexpected destination. In this tour-de-force of scientific investigation, Evan Harris Walker shows how the operation of bizarre yet actual properties of elementary particles support a new and exciting theory of reality, based on the principles of quantum physics-a theory that answers questions such as What is the nature of consciousness, of will? What is the source of material reality? and What is God?
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INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US Rattling The Cage
Book SynopsisRattling the Cage explains how the failure to recognize the basic legal rights of chimpanzees and bonobos in light of modern scientific findings creates a glaring contradiction in our law. In this witty, moving, persuasive, and impeccably researched argument, Wise demonstrates that the cognitive, emotional, and social capacities of these apes entitle them to freedom from imprisonment and abuse.Table of Contents* The Problem with Being a Thing * Trapped in a Universe That No Longer Exists * The Legal Thinghood of Nonhuman Animals * Border Crossing * What Are Legal Rights? * Liberty and Equality * Consciousness, Taxonomy and Minds * Seasons of the Mind * Chimpanzee and Bonono minds * Bending Toward Justice * Epilogue: Other Cafes, Other Peaks
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INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US Godel A Life of Logic the Mind and Mathematics
Book SynopsisKurt Gödel was an intellectual giant. His Incompleteness Theorem turned not only mathematics but also the whole world of science and philosophy on its head. Shattering hopes that logic would, in the end, allow us a complete understanding of the universe, Gödel''s theorem also raised many provocative questions: What are the limits of rational thought? Can we ever fully understand the machines we build? Or the inner workings of our own minds? How should mathematicians proceed in the absence of complete certainty about their results? Equally legendary were Gödel''s eccentricities, his close friendship with Albert Einstein, and his paranoid fear of germs that eventually led to his death from self-starvation. Now, in the first book for a general audience on this strange and brilliant thinker, John Casti and Werner DePauli bring the legend to life.
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INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US Darwins Audubon Science And The Liberal Imagination
Book SynopsisIn this retrospective of Gerald Weissmann''s best-known essays, the reader is treated to his unique perspective on what C. P. Snow once dubbed the Two Cultures-art and science. In Darwin''s Audubon, Weissmann examines the powerful influence that the two exert over one another and how they have helped each other evolve. From listening to the scientists who gather ever year to sing at the Woods Hole Cantata Consort to looking at the influence of Audubon''s watercolours on Darwin''s On the Origin of Species from comparing William Carlos Williams''s poetry to his unedited case books to watching Oliver Wendell Holmes grow as doctor and as poet, Weissmann weaves a rich tapestry that will delight fans and newcomers alike.
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INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US talesfromtheundergrounda01
Book SynopsisThere are over one billion organisms in a pinch of soil, and many of them perform functions essential to all life on the planet. Yet we know much more about deep space than about the universe below. In Tales from the Underground, Cornell ecologist David W. Wolfe lifts the veil on this hidden world, revealing for the first time what makes subterranean life so unique and so precious. Home to miniscule water bears and microscopic bacteria, mole rats and burrowing owls, the underground reigns supreme as it produces important pharmaceuticals, recycles life''s essential elements, and helps plants gather nutrients. An original, awe-inspiring journey through a strange realm, Tales from the Underground will forever alter our appreciation of the natural world around-and beneath-us.
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Lexington Books The Species Problem
Book SynopsisIn this provocative work, David N. Stamos tackles the problem of determining exactly what a biological species is: in short, whether species are real and the nature of their reality. Although many have written on this topic, The Species Problem is the only comprehensive single-authored book on this central concern of biology. Stamos critically considers the evolution of the three major contemporary views of species: species nominalism, species as classes, and species as individuals. Finally, he develops his own solution to the species problem, a solution aimed at providing a universal species concept worthy of the Modern Synthesis. This book will be of interest to philosophers of biology and of science in general, to historians of biology, and to biologists concerned with one of the most significant (and practical) conceptual issues in their field.Trade ReviewStamos provides a thorough introduction to the debate over the ontological status of species. He offers the innovative suggestion that species are neither classes nor individuals, but relations. Stamos's approach is a fresh alternative to the standard, well-worn positions. -- Marc Ereshefsky, University of CalgaryThis is an important book on an important topic. David Stamos deals with one of the hardest issues in the philosophy of biology, the 'species problem,' showing philosophical sensitivity and scientific understanding. It will be essential reading for all further work on the topic, and is a real joy to read in its own right. -- Michael Ruse, Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, Florida State University...I recommend this book as a handy reference for a wide range of views on the species question... -- Bryson Brown, University of LethbridgeStamos' study deserves high praise. It is the most comprehensive survey of the literature on the question of "species" - how to define the term, how to classify it among other biological terms, how it was historically used and misused, how it relates to other questions of ontology (what there is) and epistemology (what do we know and how we get to know it), and how it is bound with serious philosophical questions about Universals (do they exist?, are they nothing but a collection of Individuals?) and Essentialism (does something have certain characteristics that are essential or secondary to its very nature and existence?), to name just two categories. The book is well organized, clearly written, broadly researched, and meticulously referenced…as such, this book should become a standard reference to anyone interested in biology form theoretical and practical perspectives alike. * Bridges *Stamos has brought together in one substantial volume almost everything one would ever want to know about how biologists and philosophers of biology have understood the word 'species.' More than that, he has shown what makes understanding this word crucial for biological explanation and scientific ontology. His book honors the close connection between analytical metaphysics and biological theorizing. -- Alex Rosenberg, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsPart 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Species Problem and the Problem of Universals Chapter 3 Ontology and Criteria of Reality Chapter 4 Preliminary Assumptions and Concepts Chapter 5 Abstract of the Book Part 6 Species Nominalism Chapter 7 Preliminary Considerations Chapter 8 Occam and Locke Chapter 9 Buffon, Lamarck, and Darwin Chapter 10 Modern Nominalists in Biology Part 11 Species as Classes Chapter 12 Plato, Aristotle, and Linnaeus Chapter 13 Species as Elementary Classes Chapter 14 Species as Cluster Classes Chapter 15 Species as Ecological Niches Chapter 16 Problems with Species as Classes Part 17 Species as Individuals Chapter 18 Precursors from Hegel to Mayr Chapter 19 Ghiselin, Hull, et al. Chapter 20 Punctuated Equilibria Chapter 21 Problems with Species as Individuals Chapter 22 Species as Sets, Clades, and Lineages Part 23 Species as Relations Chapter 24 The Origin of an Idea Chapter 25 Species as Biosimilarity Complexes Chapter 26 Problems with Species as Relations Chapter 27 Concluding Remarks
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Orion Publishing Co Almost Everyones Guide to Science
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Kendall Hunt Publishing Company Immature Insects Vol I 1
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AuthorHouse The Russian Inventor and Scientist Brings the New Technologies to USA
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AuthorHouse Physics Consciousness and the Nature of Existence
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Crown Descartess Secret Notebook A True Tale of Mathematics Mysticism and the Quest to Understand the Universe
Book SynopsisRené Descartes (1596-1650) is one of the towering and central figures in Western philosophy and mathematics. His apothegm “Cogito, ergo sum” marked the birth of the mind-body problem, while his creation of so-called Cartesian coordinates have made our physical and intellectual conquest of physical space possible.But Descartes had a mysterious and mystical side, as well. Almost certainly a member of the occult brotherhood of the Rosicrucians, he kept a secret notebook, now lost, most of which was written in code. After Descartes’s death, Gottfried Leibniz, inventor of calculus and one of the greatest mathematicians in history, moved to Paris in search of this notebook—and eventually found it in the possession of Claude Clerselier, a friend of Descartes. Leibniz called on Clerselier and was allowed to copy only a couple of pages—which, though written in code, he amazingly deciphered there on the spot. Leibniz’s hastily scribbled not
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Springer Authentic School Science Knowing and Learning in OpenInquiry Science Laboratories 1 Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education
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Springer Science Policy
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Springer Authentic School Science Knowing and Learning in OpenInquiry Science Laboratories 1 Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education
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Springer Gender Science and Mathematics Shortening the Shadow 2 Science technology education library
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Springer Gender Science and Mathematics Shortening the Shadow Science Technology Education Library 2
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Springer Bold Ventures Volume 1 Patterns Among Innovations in Science and Mathematics Education Bold Adventures Ebrary Collection
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Springer Bold Ventures Volume 2 Case Studies of US Innovations in Science Education
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Springer Scientific and Technological Achievements Related to the Development of European Cities Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop Kishinev 1996 Nato Science Partnership Subseries 4
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Springer Many Visions Many Aims Volume 2 A CrossNational Investigation of Curricular Intensions in School Science
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Springer Designing Communities 3 Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education
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Springer Designing Communities
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Springer Constructivism in Science Education A Philosophical Examination
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Springer SocioCultural Perspectives on Science Education An International Dialogue 4 Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education
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Springer SocioCultural Perspectives on Science Education
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Springer Constructivism in Science Education A Philosophical Examination
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Springer The Nature of Science in Science Education
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Springer Research in Science Education in Europe
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Springer Space Mission Analysis and Design Space
Book SynopsisThis famous and practical handbook for Space Mission Engineering draws on leading aerospace experts to carry readers through mission design, from orbit selection to ground ops. SMAD III updates the technology, provides greater emphasis on small spacecraft design and the cost-reduction process, and includes more detail on multi-satellite manufacturing, space computers, payload design and autonomous systems.Table of ContentsList of Authors. preface. 1. The Space Mission Analysis and Design Process. 2. Mission Characterization. 3. Mission Evaluation. 4. Requirements Definition. 5. Space Mission Geometry. 6. Introduction to Astrodynamics. 7. Orbit and Constellation Design. 8. The Space Environment and Survivability. 9. Space Payload Design and Sizing. 10. Spacecraft Design and Sizing. 11. Spacecraft Subsystems. 12. Space Manufacture and Test. 13. Communications Architecture. 14. Mission Operations. 15. Ground System Design and Sizing. 16. Spacecraft Computer Systems. 17. Space Propulsion Systems. 18. Launch Systems. 19. Space Manufacturing and Reliability. 20. Cost Modeling. 21. Limits on Mission Design. 22. Design of Low-Cost Spacecraft. 23. Applying the Space Mission Analysis and Design. Appendices: A: Mass Distribution for Selected Satellites. B: Astronautical and Astrophysical Data. C: Elliptical Orbit Equations. D: Spherical Geometry Formulas. E: Universal Time and Julian Dates. F: Units and Conversion Factors. Index.
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Springer Examining Pedagogical Content Knowledge The Construct and Its Implications for Science Education Science Technology Education Library 6 Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education
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Springer Education and Training in Indoor Air Sciences
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Springer Teachers Learning Stories of Science Education 7 Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education
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