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Book SynopsisFascinating details on everyday fluids!In The Curious Science of Bodily Fluids, readers meet, among others, a brain researcher, a urologist and a chef. They share stories and personal experiences, which together with the latest from the world of research offer startling, new knowledge about body fluids. Some of the revelations include: The water in the brain washes away rubbish while you sleep. The mucus in the cervix helps healthy sperm to reach the egg. Tiny drops of snot can float in the air for a full ten minutes after a strong sneeze. The blood of young people may contain a source of eternal life. And many more! The perfect gift for those interested in popular science!

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Book SynopsisWhat the f*ck is the Cloud, and how does it even work?Ah, The Cloud. It's such a useful bit of tech jargon isn't it? The kind that's casually thrown around in work meetings by bosses who (kind of) understand and maybe even at the nerdier type of dinner or drinks parties. People joke about the cloud while others take it for granted and some worry about this mysterious entity where all of our data is stored, accessible at the touch of a screen from anywhere on Earth. But what even is the cloud, and for that matter, where is the cloud?Join us on a journey from the very first iterations of the internet that we know and (sometimes) love, all the way through thorny issues of data collection and storage (weren't we all fooled by the 'ten years on' social media trend, even as we rely on cloud-stored photos of cats to cheer us up?) and discover the mysterious place where The Cloud ominously hovers.

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Book SynopsisKumi loves to eat, but she's worried that her passion for junk food is affecting her health. Determined to unlock the secrets of dieting, she enlists the help of her brainy friend Nemoto and his beautiful biochemistry professor, Dr. Kurosaka. And so it begins... Follow along in The Manga Guide to Biochemistry as Kumi explores the mysteries of her body's inner workings. With the help of RoboCat, the professor's friendly endoscopic robot, you'll soar through the incredible chemical machinery that keeps us alive and get an up-close look at biopolymers like DNA and proteins, the metabolic processes that turn our food into energy, and the enzymes that fuel our bodies' chemical reactions. As you dive into the depths of plant and animal cells, you'll learn about: The metabolism of substances like carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and alcohol How the energy powerhouses known as mitochondria produce ATP DNA transcription and the different types of RNA that work together to translate the geneTrade Review"Another manga guide that helps make the complex subject matter, in this case biochemistry, accessible and easy to learn thanks to its easy to digest format."—Active Anime"This might just be one of the most exciting products I have seen yet."—The Otaku's StudyThe Manga Guide to Biochemistry "will go a long way towards de-mystifying the subject and give you a lot of good tools to reason through."—Michael Larsen, TESTHEAD"An excellent introduction to biochemistry."—TCM Reviews"A great way to learn about how your body processes food and not be bored by a textbook."—Things To Do In LA"I appreciate this series' willingness to eschew traditional learning sequences in favour of intuition, learning in context, and developing ideas organically from previous knowledge. Another enjoyable entry to the series."—Sleeping Hedgehog, A Journal of An Untraditional Nature"Do you love manga? Do you love science? You’ll love this book!"—Jaime Herndon, BookRiotTable of ContentsPrologueChapter 1: What Happens Inside Your Body?Chapter 2: Photosynthesis and RespirationChapter 3: Biochemistry in Our Everyday LivesChapter 4: Enzymes are the Key to Chemical ReactionsChapter 5: Molecular Biology and the Biochemistry of Nucleic AcidsEpilogue

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Book SynopsisJoin Kanna, Kanta, Yamane, and Gloria in The Manga Guide to the Universe as they explore our solar system, the Milky Way, and faraway galaxies in search of the universe s greatest mysteries: dark matter, cosmic expansion, and the Big Bang itself. As you rocket across the night sky, you ll become acquainted with modern astronomy and astrophysics, as well as the classical discoveries and theories on which they re built. You ll even learn why some scientists believe finding extraterrestrial life is inevitable! You ll also learn about: Discoveries made by Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Hubble, and other seminal astronomers Theories of the universe s origins, evolution, and geometry The ways you can measure and observe heavenly bodies with different telescopes, and how astronomers calculate distances in space Stellar classifications and how the temperature, size, and magnitude of a star are related Cosmic background radiation, what the WMAP satellite discovered, and scientists predictiTable of ContentsPrefacePrologue: A Tale that Begins on the MoonChapter 1: Is Earth the Center of the Universe?Chapter 2: From the Solar System to the Milky WayChapter 3: The Universe Was Born with a Big BangChapter 4: What Is It Like at the Edge of the Universe?Chapter 5: Our Ever-Expanding UniverseIndex

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Book SynopsisScientific progress depends on good research, and good research needs good statistics. But statistical analysis is tricky to get right, even for the best and brightest of us. You'd be surprised how many scientists are doing it wrong. Statistics Done Wrong is a pithy, essential guide to statistical blunders in modern science that will show you how to keep your research blunder-free. You'll examine embarrassing errors and omissions in recent research, learn about the misconceptions and scientific politics that allow these mistakes to happen, and begin your quest to reform the way you and your peers do statistics. You'll find advice on: Asking the right question, designing the right experiment, choosing the right statistical analysis, and sticking to the plan How to think about p values, significance, insignificance, confidence intervals, and regression Choosing the right sample size and avoiding false positives Reporting your analysis and publishing your data and source code ProcedTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: An Introduction to Statistical SignificanceChapter 2: Statistical Power and Underpowered StatisticsChapter 3: Pseudoreplication: Choose Your Data WiselyChapter 4: The p Value and the Base Rate FallacyChapter 5: Bad Judges of SignificanceChapter 6: Double-Dipping in the DataChapter 7: Continuity ErrorsChapter 8: Model AbuseChapter 9: Researcher Freedom:Good Vibrations?Chapter 10: Everybody Makes MistakesChapter 11: Hiding the DataChapter 12: What Can Be Done?NotesIndex

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Book SynopsisAdopting an international perspective, this book draws on current research from the United States, Australia and Europe to examine women's participation, advancement and leadership in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields.The book explores the nature of STEM careers across industry and academia, and presents the latest thinking on successful individual, organizational and educational initiatives related to women in STEM. Along with a select group of international contributors, Diana Bilimoria and Linley Lord provide a fresh perspective, based on success stories and successful initiatives, augmenting contemporary perspectives on the barriers and issues that women in STEM careers continue to face.Women in STEM Careers is a positive and insightful outlook on gender relations, which will be an invaluable resource for scholars, practitioners and policy-makers in organizations, human resources, academia, and government, as well as for women aspiring to or presently working in STEM fields.Contributors: M. Ayre, D. Bilimoria, I.L. Bleijenbergh, D. Bonner, K. Buse, E.L. Cadwalader, W.H. Chang, C. Figueiredo, M. Fitzpatrick, N.A. Fouad, J. Gill, J.M. Herbers, C. Herschberg, C. Holgersson, P. Höök, X. Liang, L. Lord, S. Male, M. Marinelli, J. Mills, M. Nowak, A.B. Popejoy, R. Singh, L. Stobbe, M. van den Brink, M.L. van Engen, C.J. Vinkenburg, A. WahlTrade Review'The debate on women in, or rather not sufficiently in, STEM including at senior levels within and across the Commonwealth and beyond continues to gather pace with increasing impatience. In an effort to move away from the usual negative approach of studying why women leave STEM areas, Diana Bilimoria from the US and Linley Lord from Australia along with their international contributors focus on a number of research studies across the US, Australia and Europe that examine why women stay and what organisations and broader societal practices are doing to encourage women's career development. Published by UK independent publisher, Edward Elgar, this solutions-based book is the standout text on a standout topic. It also highlights the value of comparative international policy-relevant research on women s economic empowerment across several Commonwealth countries and contexts.' --Judges' comments - Commonwealth Businesswomen Awards Publication of the Year'In an effort to move away from the usual negative approach of studying why women leave STEM areas, Bilimoria and Lord focus on a number of research studies across the United States, Australia and Europe that examine why women stay and what organizations and broader societal practices are doing to encourage women's career development. This exciting new volume has much to offer both academic researchers and practitioners in the field.' --Susan Vinnicombe OBE, Cranfield University, UK'Science and technology have become major contributors to our advancement and economic progress. But although more women than men now graduate from universities, women continue to face challenges in STEM fields such as engineering, mining, and university STEM teaching and research. Though progress is slowly being made, much more needs to be done. Diana Bilimoria and Linley Lord, along with their international contributors, address these concerns using theory and research evidence along with offering solutions. Organizational managers and government administrators interested in increasing women's participation and advancement in STEM disciplines need to examine this collection' --Ronald J. Burke, York University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: PART I: WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES IN STEM CAREERS 1. An Introduction to Women in STEM Careers: International Perspectives on Increasing Workforce Participation, Advancement and Leadership Diana Bilimoria, Linley Lord and Melissa Marinelli 2. Women Persisting in the Engineering Profession: The Role of the Ideal Self and Engagement Kathleen Buse and Diana Bilimoria 3. To Stay or to Leave: Factors that Differentiate Women Currently Working in Engineering from Those Who Left the Profession Romila Singh, Nadya A Fouad, Mary Fitzpatrick, Catia Figueiredo, Wen Hsin Chang 4. Deciding to Stay or Go: Understanding the Career Intentions of Women in the Australian Mining Industry Margaret Nowak, Melissa Marinelli, Linley Lord and Dede Bonner 5. Family Issues for Women Engineers Mary Ayre, Julie Mills and Judith Gill 6. Onwards and Upwards: Insights from Women Managers and Leaders in Engineering Melissa Marinelli and Linley Lord PART II: ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVES ADVANCING WOMEN IN STEM CAREERS 7. Women as Power Resources: Putting Theory into Practice Charlotte Holgersson, Pia Höök and Anna Wahl 8. Effective Practices to Increase Women’s Participation, Advancement and Leadership in US Academic STEM Diana Bilimoria and Xiangfen Liang 9. Professional Societies and Gender Equity in STEM Erin L. Cadwalader, Joan M. Herbers, and Alice B. Popejoy PART III: PRAXIS—CHANGING EXTANT DISCOURSE AND PRACTICE ABOUT WOMEN IN STEM CAREERS 10. Gender Equality Interventions in the STEM Fields: Perceptions, Successes and Dilemmas Marieke van den Brink and Lineke Stobbe 11. Dare to Care: Negotiating Organizational Norms on Combining Career and Care in an Engineering Faculty Channah Herschberg, Claartje J. Vinkenburg, Inge L. Bleijenbergh, and Marloes L. van Engen 12 ‘Engineering is Gendered’ is a Threshold Concept Sally Male Index

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Book Synopsis‘Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.’ – Jonas Salk, inventor of one of the first successful polio vaccines No one will die of smallpox again… One of the worst killers ever is now consigned to history – perhaps the greatest humanitarian achievement of our age. Now polio, malaria and measles are on the hit list. Karen Bartlett tells the dramatic story of the history of eradication and takes us to the heart of modern campaigns. From high-tech labs in America to the poorest corners of Africa and the Middle East, we see the tremendous challenges those on the front lines face every day, and how they take us closer to a brave new world.Trade Review‘A fantastic story about the oddballs and outcasts, hippies and billionaires who have saved millions and millions of lives. As exciting as a thriller and with a happy ending that gives us hope for humankind.’ -- Johan Norberg, author of Progress‘Well-researched and accessible… Her writing is clear yet nuanced, and offers compassion, a broad respect for history, and the skills of a strong storyteller.’ * CHOICE Magazine *‘Bartlett makes it abundantly clear that research to reduce the impact of infectious disease is progressing but that politics, budgetary constraints, competing priorities, and ego clashes are serious impediments.’ * Kirkus *‘Anyone interested in public health and its interface with politics will find both hope and frustration here…a fascinating look at epidemiology and the challenges that public health workers face.’ * Library Journal *‘This book is so engaging that I read it in one sitting…I recommend it in the highest possible terms.’ -- W. Ian Lipkin, director of the Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University‘…describes the heroic efforts, the thrill of success, the challenges and the tragedy of failure…[it] kept me turning the pages until late in the night.’ -- Nicholas Grassly, professor in Vaccine Epidemiology, Imperial College London‘Timely.’ * Publishers Weekly *‘A deft combination of history and palatable scientific reportage.’ * Geographical *

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Book SynopsisModern science is at a tipping point. A new page in the history of knowledge opens with the “information paradigm”, a notion which is gradually supplanting the old mechanistic vision inherited from Galileo and Newton. The author presents an overview of the place of information and communications in our time, explaining some reasons for focusing on these two notions. All areas of knowledge are concerned: philosophy, social sciences, biology, medicine, as well as physics, the so-called “queen of sciences”, from quantum to cosmos. This book is intended for scientific scholars as well as those with just a general interest who are anxious to understand the major evolutions that are taking shape in fields of knowledge in the 21st Century. Table of ContentsForeword ix Introduction xiii Chapter 1 A Presentation of the Paradigm of Information in the 21st Century 1 1.1 After technology, the philosophy of information 1 1.1.1 Information, issues and paradigms of the 21st Century 1 1.1.2 Philosophizing means being concerned 3 1.1.3 Technology affects us 4 1.1.4 Information affects us 6 1.1.5 Where can we situate a philosophy of information? 8 1.1.6 The two philosophies, technology and information 10 1.1.7 What is information? 11 1.1.8 Universal thinking 14 1.2 CRISPR-Cas9: from mechanism to information in biology 15 1.2.1 Brief review of a significant scientific discovery 15 1.2.2 From Monod’s biology to information biology 17 1.3 Toward a theory of the information act 22 1.3.1 Image act, the power of images 22 1.3.2 Thoughts about Horst Bredekamp’s study, the theory of the image act 23 1.3.3 Language and image resonances 28 Chapter 2 Communication Influences the “Mechanisms” of the Living World and Society 31 2.1 Philosophical approach to cancer through information and immunity 31 2.1.1 A note on a potential dead end in the research on cancer 31 2.1.2 An alternative hypothesis: Darwinian carcinogenesis 33 2.1.3 Leaving the current paradigm behind 34 2.2 Fanaticism and fantasies, a “pathology” of information and its interpretation 36 2.3 Scientific communication and modernism in contemporary societies 39 2.3.1 Distinguishing between technological and mediated activity through social norms and subjects 40 2.3.2 Destructuring the subject and semantic mediations 41 2.3.3 Scientific contamination of ideology and depoliticization of society 42 Chapter 3 Form, Information and Content 45 3.1 Form and content, an old story that still affects our existences 45 3.2 Ontology of form and content 48 3.3 Brief remarks about a type of philosophical and scientific research 51 3.3.1 Structure and order of Content: logic and/or structure of form 51 3.4 Ontology of form and Content, ending the issue of machines before machines end us 53 3.5 The ontological difference and the path toward Being 55 3.6 The three colors of Being and modernist perdition 59 3.7 Brief notes on the oblivion of Content as ontological difference revealed by decline 63 Chapter 4 Mass, Charge, Gravity and Rays: Distinguishing Between the Two Kinds of Universal Physics 69 4.1 Masses, arrangement and mechanics 69 4.2 Electric charge, spin and dynamics of information 71 4.3 Light-like and time-like geodesics in relativistic cosmology 74 4.4 Overview of the dynamics of arrangement and information 77 4.5 Einstein and the question of the field in physics 80 4.6 The cosmological alternative in the 21st Century 82 4.6.1 Provisional conclusion: what kind of physics for the 21st Century? 83 Chapter 5 From Objects to Fields, Reinterpreted Contemporary Physics and the Path Toward Quantum Gravity 85 5.1 Fields, arrangements, communications 85 5.1.1 Cosmology of communications 87 5.1.2 Cosmology of arrangements 88 5.2 Einstein’s treatment of the hole argument 90 5.3 Quantum gravity, the greatest scientific challenge of the 21st Century 92 5.3.1 From gravitation to entanglement 92 5.3.2 Quantum gravity elaborated as physics of information 96 5.3.3 A digression about the Microscope mission and the notion of gravity-quantum geodesic 101 5.3.4 Quantum gravity, a way of conceiving matter, and the Logos of the universe 105 5.4 Do gauges reveal the secrets of the universe? 107 5.5 The universe as stage and theater of animated objects 112 5.5.1 Overview, the actors and the stage 113 5.6 Rethinking matter: a summary first glance 116 5.7 A second summary view of a universal type of physics: mass, charge, spin, photon 118 Chapter 6 Physics in the 21st Century in Relation to Information and Arrangements 121 6.1 Action and information, digressions about philosophy and contemporary physics 121 6.2 Seeing, perceiving, receiving: Leibniz and Newton 125 6.3 Postmodern philosophy of nature and the meaning of existence 129 6.4 A universal outline, from quanta to the cosmos, information and arrangement 131 6.4.1 The origin of the two kinds of physics 131 6.4.2 The two cornerstones of physics in relation to communication and arrangement 131 6.5 Time and stage: from quanta to the universe 135 6.5.1 Aristotle, Newton and Einstein 135 6.5.2 Relativity, of course, but so many mysteries! 137 6.5.3 Time and stage 139 6.6 Information, memory and order 142 6.6.1 Dialectical relationships between information and arrangement in the universe and the living world 142 6.6.2 Two kinds of memory, action and perception 142 6.6.3 Arrangement, perception and information in nature 143 6.7 Some connections between science and the metaphysics of philosophers 144 6.8 A new paradigm, information in communication, arrangement and transformation 147 6.8.1 To enter the age of information 148 6.9 Overview: from quanta to the gravity-quantum apparatus and the universal stage 150 Conclusion 155 Postface 159 Bibliography 161 Index 163

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Book SynopsisThe scientific expedition of H.M.S. Challenger in the 1870s marks the starting point of physical oceanography. This ship traveled the seas of the globe pursuing a dual objective: to conduct an in-depth study of animal life and to observe the physical properties of ocean waters. Volume 1, richly illustrated, relates the expedition of the Challenger and addresses the problems of measuring the great depths. A theoretical approach to the immersion velocity of a probe is also proposed, as well as a presentation of some results of bathymetric surveys and physical observations made by the Challenger scientists. From Deep Sea to Laboratory is available in three volumes for curious readers drawn to travel, history and science. Students, researchers and teachers of physics, fluid mechanics and oceanography will find material to deepen their knowledge.Table of Contents1. Background and Challenges of Submarine Exploration in the 19th Century. 2. Sailors and Scientists of the H.M.S. Challenger. 3. Narrative Summary of the H.M.S. Challenger Cruise. 4. Scientific Equipment and Observations of the H.M.S. Challenger.

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Book SynopsisThe scientific expedition of H.M.S. Challenger in the 1870s marks the starting point of physical oceanography. This ship traveled the seas of the globe pursuing a dual objective: to conduct an in-depth study of animal life and to observe the physical properties of ocean waters. Volume 3 focuses on measurements and modeling of liquid compressibility. Based on the work initiated by the physicist Peter Tait, a detailed presentation of liquid equations-of-state is proposed. The physical interpretation of the parameters of these equations is discussed, leading to a description of the "structure" of liquid media. From Deep Sea to Laboratory is available in three volumes for curious readers drawn to travel, history and science. Students, researchers and teachers of physics, fluid mechanics and oceanography will find material to deepen their knowledge. Table of ContentsForeword vii Preface xi Notations xv Chapter 1. The Compressibility of Liquids and Tait’s Equation-of-State 1 1.1. Introduction 2 1.2. Concepts of compressibility 3 1.3. The first instruments to measure the compressibility of liquids 5 1.4. The piezometers used onboard the Challenger 21 1.5. Sources of pressure measurement errors 24 1.5.1. Apparent compressibility of water and mercury 24 1.5.2. Apparent compressibility of liquid and piezometer 27 1.6. Compressibility of fresh and salt water 32 1.6.1. Results on fresh water compressibility 34 1.6.2. Results on seawater compressibility 38 1.6.3. Results on the compressibility of saline solutions 40 1.6.4. Equilibrium of a water column 42 Chapter 2. Interpretations of the Parameters of Tait’s Equation 45 2.1. Introduction 46 2.2. Comparison and analogy with the Boyle–Mariotte equation-of-state 46 2.3. Comparison and analogy with the Hirn equation-of-state 54 2.4. Comparison and analogy with the van der Waals equation-of-state 84 2.4.1. The molecular motion model 88 2.4.2. Establishing the van der Waals equation 94 2.4.3. The different expressions and interpretations of covolume 111 Chapter 3. Tait–Tammann–Gibson Equations-of-State 147 3.1. Introduction 148 3.2. Examples of compressibility equations-of-state 150 3.3. Evolution of the parameters of the mixed modulus 155 3.3.1. Application in the case of fresh water 160 3.3.2. Application in the case of standard seawater 168 3.3.3. Application in the case of helium-4 179 3.3.4. Application in the case of helium-3 192 3.3.5. Density anomalies 199 3.3.6. Compressibility anomalies 201 3.4. Discussion and conclusion 207 Chapter 4. The Modified Tait Equation 245 4.1. Introduction 246 4.2. Development of a complete equation-of-state 249 4.3. Study of the adiabatic elastic modulus 255 4.3.1. Application in the case of fresh water 255 4.3.2. Application in the case of helium-3 264 4.3.3. Application in the case of helium-4 271 Conclusion 279 Appendices 283 Appendix A. Compressibility of a Straight Tube 285 Appendix B. Virial Theorem 291 References 335 Index 343 Summary of Volume 1 347 Summary of Volume 2 351

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Book SynopsisImagine you are a scientist faced with presenting your research clearly and concisely. Where would you go for help? This book provides the answer. It shows how to use story structure to craft clear, credible presentations. In it you will find exercises to help you give both short and long presentations. Elevator pitches, lightning talks, Three Minute Thesis (3MT®), and conference presentations are all covered as are suggestions for longer presentations. Separate chapters address good poster design, how to tailor your talk to an audience, and presentation skills. Throughout the book the focus is on creating surprising, memorable stories. Scientific presentations are true stories about new discoveries. They are surprising because every new discovery changes our understanding of the world, and memorable because they move audiences. The book also covers: · Randy Olson's And-But-Therefore (ABT) narrative form · Mike Morrison's Better Poster designs · Eye-tracking analyses of posters by EyeQuant · Numerous case studies and examples from different scientific fields · Links to videos of exemplary presentations With light-hearted illustrations by Jon Wagner this book will appeal to researchers and graduate students in all areas of science, and other disciplines too.Table of Contents1: First Principles: Explaining Science Through Stories 2: A Deeper Look at Narrative Structure 3: Presenting in Three Minutes 4: Elevator Pitches 5: Applications to Longer Forms 6: Poster Presentations 7: Analysis of Real Posters 8: Audience - It is All About the Audience 9: Presentation Skills

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Book SynopsisConsumers are demanding healthy, natural food products with no environmental impacts. The use of ingredients of plant origin and the implementation of bioprocesses using enzymes and micro-organisms as biocatalysts represent a promising alternative to satisfy this demand. Implementation of Enzymatic Processes and Lactic Bacteria in the Food Industries focuses on describing the latest developments in the use of enzymatic biocatalysts and lactic acid bacteria in the food industry. The first part of the book is devoted to the presentation of different classes of enzymes, production and application processes, ways of improving enzymes and the main industrial applications using biocatalysts. The second part of the book describes a family of micro-organisms widely used in health food processing and formulation: lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria. Then, the most commonly used encapsulation matrices, encapsulation processes and the process of bacterial adhesi

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Book SynopsisWith 16 chapters covering science communication skills, the editor and author of this book, Dr Charles Wendo, has used his detailed knowledge of the field to consult leading editors and journalists across Africa. Providing examples, learning activities, graded and ungraded quizzes to facilitate learning, the content has been tried and tested by lecturers at two universities in Nigeria and Uganda by using it to help successfully train thousands of students in science communication. Each chapter includes hands-on advice on the practice of science journalism, with learning activities to deepen the learner's understanding of the topic. The book also includes five academic systematic review papers that identify, review and synthesize available literature and experiences on science journalism and communication issues in Africa. It also includes a case study detailing the experience of Uganda's Makerere University in introducing science journalism and communication into their undergraduate and post-graduate curricula. This book is ideal for students of science journalism and communication and those wanting to improve the understanding of science, particularly in Africa.Table of ContentsPart I: Theory and experience Chapter 1: What is scientific research and how is it conducted? Chapter 2: Theories and models of science communication Chapter 3: Current status and future of science communication in Africa Chapter 4: Science communication in Uganda: revising a university curriculum to meet the needs Chapter 5: Thinking across boundaries: interdisciplinarity as the basis of science journalism Chapter 6: The place of science in the African newsroom Part II: Science journalism practice Chapter 7: Working with scientists Chapter 8: Getting a story from an original research paper Chapter 9: Getting a science story from technical reports Chapter 10: Advanced technical skills for science reporting Chapter 11: Reporting science responsibly Chapter 12: Simplifying scientific facts, numbers and statistics Chapter 13: Packaging a science story Chapter 14: Bringing a science story to life Chapter 15: Interrogating science Chapter 16: Earning a living from science journalism

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Book SynopsisThis book sets out to explain how scientific research is conducted. Editors Mauro Maldonato and Ricardo Pietrobon and contributors focus on the emerging inter/transdisciplinary dimensions of research. They use an approach grounded in the sciences of complexity to counteract the disciplinary fragmentation and decontextualisation created by a reductionist approach. The underlying theme throughout all the chapters is a practical focus on improving the way practitioners conduct and educate for scientific research. By rejecting the reductionistic approach to science, the authors propose research platforms that offer a broader perspective on the nature and practice of research, and the implications thereof for more complex and productive research environments. This volume combines leading-edge essays that focus on the inter/transdisciplinary study of research systems, from a group of international researchers from Italy, the UK and the United States. While the book is essential reading for all those involved in planning scientific research projects, the arguments put forward for the conduct of research have broader implications and applications for the social sciences and education.

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Book SynopsisIt has been said of Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) that no one from his day to ours has ever rivalled him in his achievements in such a wide range of fields. He was a far-sighted scientific genius, fertile in theory and invention, and one of the foremost physicians of his time. His gift for friendship enabled him to recruit the members of the Lunar Society of Birmingham which is often seen as the main intellectual powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution in England. He was especially close to Franklin, Wedgwood, Boulton and Watt. Towards the end of his life he gained recognition as the leading English poet in the country, and he deeply influenced Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge and Shelley. The most striking of Darwin's many talents was his extraordinary scientific insight in physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology and all aspects of biology -- his deepest insight being his evolutionary theory of life. Two of his books, the Zoonomia, which made him famous as the leading medical mind of the 1790s, and The Temple of Nature, a long poem, show that he believed life developed from microscopic specks in primeval seas through fishes and amphibians to 'humankind'. But he failed to convince the world about biological evolution: that was left to his grandson Charles. Erasmus was the first person to give a full description of how clouds form and of photosynthesis in plants. He was also an obsessive inventor of mechanical devices, among them a speaking machine, a copying machine and the steering technique used in modern cars. Substantial donations of Darwin family papers recently to the Cambridge University Library, including over 170 letters written by Erasmus Darwin himself, have made it possible for the author to tell much of the enthralling story of his life in Erasmus' own words. Desmond King-Hele, who is the leading authority on Erasmus Darwin having studied his life and work for three decades, is a mathematician and physicist who is an expert on space research by satellite, in particular on the Earth's gravity field and the upper atmosphere. A Fellow of the Royal Society since 1966, he has written fifteen books including a standard critical work on Shelley, Shelley: His Thought and Work, and Erasmus Darwin and the Romantic Poets; and he has edited the Letters of Erasmus Darwin.Trade Review"W.F. Bynum in Nature: 'To most people who have heard of him, Erasmus Darwin was a successful doctor, bad poet and, most significantly, the grandfather of Charles Darwin. In this astonishing book, Desmond King-Hele seeks to reverse the judgement and argue that Charles should rather be remembered as Erasmus's grandson...[that] Erasmus was much the brighter spark, a genius of rare qualities...Few scientific lives have ever been so carefully and thoughtfully examined. There are no final words in history, but this is a biography for which the word definitive can be aptly applied.' Patricia Fara in Times Higher Educational Supplement: 'Instead of being dismissed as the whimsical creator of 'a bizarre tale of gaudily dressed characters engrossed in various forms of polygamy', [he] is now recognized as an influential author and an important man of science who made vital contributions to the early stages of English industrialization...A moving and amply researched narrative of a man who for [the author] has acquired a heroic stature...' Choice: '...King-Hele's splendid biography of Charles Darwin's grandfather...' Brian J. Ford in Notes and Records of the Royal Society: '...a book that is required reading for any historian of science, and which should be digested by present-day researchers if they wish to keep a hold on reality. It tells the tale of a full and productive life, rich in learning and good works, filled with experiences and overflowing with insights and wide-ranging innovation...[It is] set to become the standard work on a pioneering scientist about whom we all need to know more...As the polymath doctor reminds us, and as this book fittingly testifies, it is the individual enthusiast who embraces science to the fullest extent and helps create the future. It is when disciplines meld into a great overview of science that we see the greatest conceptual steps. Erasmus Darwin was a fine example and [the author], who has transgressed boundaries of his own to bring us this enthralling story, reminds us of the salient fact that great minds are not inhibited by disciplinary constraints. Rather, they are stimulated by overcoming them. There are lessons in this admirable book for the most futuristic young bioscientist, and timely instruction for the most recalcitrant of conformists.' Library Journal: '...what may be the definitive biography...[it] will appeal to both scholars and general readers. Highly recommended.' Roy Porter in Literary Review: '...for the past forty years, this distinguished physicist has devoted his spare time to rediscovering and rehabilitating one of the greatest intellectual all-rounders this country has ever produced...Is he truly a neglected genius? Does he live up to Coleridge's judgement of 1796: 'I think he is the first literary character in Europe, and the most original-minded man'? The short answer is yes...The non-stop bustling life of this giant is recounted here in a racy, chatty, relaxed style, just right for the subject. All praise to Desmond King-Hele for resurrecting one of the most appealing Englishmen.' The Scotsman, Book Reviews: 'Charles Darwin's grandfather was just as brilliant a scientist, but he was also an inventor of genius, an outstanding poet and an acclaimed doctor. [This] biography does full justice to a man who emerges as one of the founding fathers of the modern age...On any definition, this is an amazing life...' Amazon.co.uk: '...highly readable, terrific on the scientific background to the Industrial Revolution and guaranteed to make even the most hyperactive over-achiever feel inadequate.' Publishers Weekly: '...This engaging, totally unstuffy biography of the prolific inventor, physician, poet and naturalist brings him out from the shadow of his more famous grandson, Charles Darwin, and should force a reappraisal of his place in history...This brilliant biography plunges us deep into the scientific, medical and industrial revolutions and the birth of the modern age.' Scotland on Sunday: 'A deist, a stutterer and conversationalist of such accomplishment that even Coleridge was impressed, Erasmus Darwin also came up with a theory of evolution some 70 years before his grandson Charles turned his mind to it...[His] other inventions, discoveries and contributions to the history of science are so numerous that a list of them comprises a 19-line footnote at the end...Artesian wells, copying machines, photosynthesis, electrotherapy? Rocket motors, submarines, telescopes, water as H2O? King-Hele admits to being astounded by the range, inventiveness and productivity of the Darwinian brain.'"Table of ContentsUnbringing, 1731-1756; a young doctor of Lichfield, 1756-1760; prospering, 1761-1764; creating the lunar circle, 1765-1768; a great change, 1768-1771; interregnum, 1772-1774; fresh starts, 1775-1777; deaths, devices and desires, 1778-1780; newly wed at Radburn, 1781-1783; settled at Derby, 1784-1787; Renaissance, 1788-1790; eminence, 1791-1793; leading man of medicine, 1794-1796; confronting adversity, 1797-1799; downhill, 1800-1802; a pageant of life, 1803-1832; legacies, 1833-1998. Darwin family tree. appendices: Erasmus Darwin's writings; selected books and papers; acknowledgements.

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Book SynopsisThis major work outlines the philosophy and methods of the new Science of Oneness. It takes a fresh look at the findings of modern science, including fringe fields such as parapsychology, and integrates them with insights from spiritual traditions. Weaving science together with experiential, spiritual and cultural knowledge, balancing openness to all sources with critical evaluation of their reliability, it presents a scientifically valid vision of reality that is conscious, creative, loving, and purposeful. It challenges us all to guide the evolution of humanity and the Earth in positive directions. Each chapter offers activities, thought-provoking questions and guided meditations to stimulate intuitive understanding. "The Science of Oneness" provides a coherent world view for cultural creatives, the holism movement, and everyone searching for meaning in our fragmented world.

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Book SynopsisThe definitive guide on non-destructive testing. Non-Destructive Testing and Testability of Materials and Structures encompasses a wide range of methods for inspecting an object without modifying it. Analysis must be unambiguous, particularly in sensitive industrial sectors such as nuclear and aeronautics. This book provides an exhaustive presentation of the parameters for carrying out this sort of evaluation, the conditions under which it can occur, and the characteristics of potential defects. Additionally, it explores the physical principles, technology, and current methods of non-destructive testing (NDT), both common and specific. This manual also describes methods for identifying factors that can deteriorate measurements and distort analysis. In this way, it introduces and defines the concepts of structural noise and environmental parameters. The book also proposes solutions to these challenges, notably based on progress made in phenomena modeling and inversion methods. Finally, it deals with information post-processing (both of signals and images) and presents a new approach called Recommandations de Conception basées sur des règles de Contrôle Non-Destructif (RC-CND). Aimed at both experienced professionals and students of NDT, this book will constitute a precious and lasting reference. Table of Contents1 Non-Destructive Testing in Context2 Choosing an Optimal NDT Method3 Visual Testing4 Penetrant Testing5 Magnetic Testing6 Radiographic Testing7 Ultrasonic Testing8 Eddy Current Testing9 Acoustic Emission Testing10 Infrared Thermographic Testing11 Leak Testing12 Other Testing Methods13 Noise And Hostile Environments: The Factors of Degradation of Non-Destructive Measurements

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Book SynopsisThis volume, a follow up to Reimagining Science Education in the Anthropocene (2021), continues a transdisciplinary conversation around reconceptualizing science education in the era of the Anthropocene. Drawing educators from many walks of life and areas of practice together in a creative work that helps reorient science education toward the problems and peculiarities associated with this contemporary geologic time. This work continues the mission of transforming the ways communities inherit science and technology education: its knowledges, practices, policies, and ways-of-living-with-Nature. Our understanding of the Anthropocene is necessarily open and pluralistic, as different beings on our planet experience this time of crisis in different ways. This second volume continues to nurture productive relationships between science education and fields such as science studies, environmental studies, philosophy, the natural sciences, Indigenous studies, and critical theory in order to provoke a science education that actively seeks to remake our shared ecological and social spaces in the coming decades and centuries. This is an open access book.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: To Be More Relevant the Field of Science Education Needs to Be Less Relevant.- Part I Kinship, Magic, and the Unthinkable.- Chapter 2 Re-thinking Science Education for the Anthropocene.- Chapter 3 What Future Do Young Mozambicans Envision in a Time of Humanitarian and Environmental Crisis?.- Chapter 4 How a Phenomenology of Place in Science Education Can Grant Erotic Generosities for the Ocean.- Chapter 5 The Ghost of Laplace’s Demon: Revisiting the Anthropocene.- Part II Anti-colonial Anthropocene(s).- Chapter 6 Envisioning Non-elite and More-than-Colonial Environmentalisms.- Chapter 7 Indigenous Spiritual Geographies: Rosalie Little Thunder and "What Does It Mean to Be a Good Relative?".- Chapter 8 The Social Focus Framework: Antiracist and Anticolonial Conscientization, Consequence, and Presencing in Science Education.- Chapter 9 Breaking the Paradigm: Storying Climate Change.- Part III Politics and Political Reverberations.- Chapter 10 From False Generosity to True Generosity: Theorizing a Critical Imaginary for Science Education.- Chapter 11 Anti-racist Praxis in (Science and) Education.- Chapter 12 Science Education: From an Ideology of Greed to an Ideology of Thriving.- Chapter 13 Practices of Care with the Anthropocene: Scenes from the 2019 Nebraska Flood.- Part IV Science Education for a World Yet to Come.- Chapter 14 Science Fiction, Speculative Pedagogy, and Critical Hope: Counternarratives for/of the Future.- Chapter 15 Curriculum Beyond Apocalypse.- Chapter 16 Let’s Root for Each Other and Grow: Interconnectedness (with)in Science Education.- Chapter 17 Perturbing Current Boundary Conditions in Discipline-Based and Science Education Research in the Anthropocene: Implications for Research and Teaching Communities.- Part V Complicated Conversations.- Chapter 18 In Conversation with Sharon Todd: Rethinking the Future in a Time of Sorrow.- Chapter 19 In Conversation with Max Liboiron: Towards an Everyday, Anticolonial Feminist Science (Education) Practice.- Chapter 20 In Conversation with Isabelle Stengers: Ontological Politics in Catastrophic Times.- Chapter 21 In Conversation with Steven Khan: Sensible and Sense-able Qualitative Literacies for Multi-species Flourishing.- Conclusion Amplifying Science Education Research with(in) a Minor Key.

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Book SynopsisEadweard Muybridge is among the seminal originators of the contemporary world’s visual form. Projectionists examines mostly unknown aspects of Muybridge’s work: his period as a touring projectionist who enthralled audiences with unprecedented moving-images and his creation of a moving-image auditorium—long before cinemas—in which to project his work at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. That auditorium was both a catastrophe and a vital precursor for the following century’s manias for projection. Based on new research into his travels, audiences, auditoria, and projectors, Projectionists explores Muybridge’s initiating role in moving-image projection and also maps his driving inspiration for subsequent filmmakers preoccupied with the volatile entity of projection, from 1890s Berlin to contemporary Japan, via further World’s Exposition events and cinemas’ overheated projection-boxes.Trade Review"Beginning in 1992 with Artaud: Blows & bombs, Stephen Barber has quietly, independently forged one of the most singular and enriching bodies of work in contemporary writing. In his latest book, The Projectionists: Eadweard Muybridge and the future projections of the moving image (Diaphanes), Barber tells the largely unknown story of Muybridge as the first ever moving-image projectionist, retracing the 1891 tour of European cities in which Muybridge first projected his work to audiences of royalty, artists and scientists, none of whom had seen moving images before, visiting many of the auditoria which have miraculously survived. Barber’s own obsession with the moving image began as a teenager in Yorkshire, where he worked as a relief projectionist and, through encounters with projectionists around the world, the book is also an interrogation of the solitary and gradually vanishing occupation of the cinema projectionist as embodied by the enigmatic figure of Muybridge himself." * Times Literary Supplement *"This is one of those rare books, a very readable and erudite academic account of the innovative filmmakers and projectionists Barber believes should be more prominent as players in the history event of the arts.“ * 3:AM Magazine *"[An] imaginative, complex and singular book." * Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film *Table of Contents1. The Projectionists 2. Muybridge's Central European Projections, 1891 3. Muybridge's Chicago Exposition Projections, 1893 4. Projection's Devils: Max and Emil Skladanowsky, 1895-97 5. Projections of the Osaka World Exposition, 1970 6. Lovers: Teiji Furuhashi's Projections, 1994/2016/2020 7. Projections of Future Cities, Projections of Future Bodies Bibliography Illustrations List

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Book SynopsisChemistry of High-Energy Materials continues in this new and revised 6th edition to provide fundamental scientifi c insights into primary and secondary explosives, propellants, rocket fuels and pyrotechnics. It expands with new research developments, including new melt casts, reactive structure materials, a computational study on the detonation velocity of mixtures of solid explosives with non-explosive liquids, calculation of craters after explosions. This work is of interest to advanced students in chemistry, materials science and engineering, as well as to all those working in military and defense technology.

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