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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781291727340Author Gerd HeroldFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Lulu Press IncPublisher Lulu Press Inc

Using the history of the concept of extinction with the dodo as a case study, Pinto-Correia carefully weaves together story fragments to give a cohesive eye-opening view of 17th century exploration and the grave ramifications it had for the survival and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262730525Author Victor F. WeisskopfFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm *...

Seneca's Natural Questions is an eight-book disquisition on the nature of meteorological phenomena, ranging inter alia from rainbows to earthquakes, from comets to the winds, from the causes of snow and hail to the reasons why the Nile floods in summer...

The renowned AIDS researcher Robert Gallo tells his story of scientific breakthrough in a riveting portrait of the people, the politics, and the pace of modern scientific discovery.About the AuthorRobert Gallo is chief of the labouratory of Tumor Cell...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770411913Author Joe SchwarczFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 418g

This book describes how one can use The Scientific Method to solve everyday problems including medical ailments, health issues, money management, traveling, shopping, cooking, household chores, etc. It illustrates how to exploit the information collected...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982598818Author Deborah Z BainFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Purelight PublicationsPublisher Purelight PublicationsWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm)...

The ionized material that constitutes plasma permeates almost all of the universe beyond the planets and their atmospheres and satellites. This book describes the linear theory of many different waves and instabilities that may propagate in a...

The role played by women in the evolution of religious art and architecture has been largely neglected. This study of upper-class women in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries corrects that oversight, uncovering the active role they undertook in...

Sustainable Food and Agriculture: An Integrated Approach is the first book to look at the imminent threats to sustainable food security through a cross-sectoral lens. As the world faces food supply challenges posed by the declining growth rate of...

The world, we are told, is made up of particles and forces. Evolution, impelled by the single purpose of survival, is guided by chance through natural selection -- survival of the fittest. DNA, from the core of each cell, directs the chemical-mechanical...

From a journalist and former lab researcher, a penetrating investigation of the explosion in cases of scientific fraud and the factors behind it.In the 1970s, a scientific scandal about painted mice hit the headlines. A cancer researcher was found to...

From pirates singing Ricky Martin to mob hits carried out with samurai swords, Bertil Lintner offers a fascinating look at organized crime in the Asia Pacific. Both Western and Asian pundits assert that shady deals are an Asian way of life. Some argue...

Why can't we tickle ourselves? Which properties give you the best chance of winning Monopoly? What would happen if you fell into a black hole? Is it possible to hurt your brain if you think too much? In this entertaining and enlightening tour of...

Comprehensive and authoritative scientific style and format rules from the leading professional association in science publishing.The CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format for Authors, Editors, and Publishers delivers complete coverage of rules and...

In this adventure-filled narrative, science writer Richard Stone follows two groups of explorers- one a Russian-Japanese team, the other a French-led consortium- as they battle bitter cold, high winds, and supply shortages to carry out their quest. Armed...

Orphan works, or artworks for which no copyright holder is traceable, pose a growing problem for museums, archives, and other heritage institutions. As they come under more and more pressure to digitize and share their archives, they are often hampered...

part of the Heinemann Explore Science New International Edition - a comprehensive, easy-to-use, six-level science programme, designed specially for teachers and students at International schools studying the Cambridge International Examinations Primary...

What is the cosmos? How did it come into being? How are we related to it, and what is our place in it? The Book of the Cosmos assembles for the first time in one volume the great minds of the Western world who have considered these questions from...

The global economic crisis has exposed the limits of neoliberalism and dramatically deepened social polarization. Yet, despite increasing social resistance and opposition, neoliberalism prevails globally. Radical alternatives, moreover, are only...

How did Mozart's Marriage of Figaro influence the development of stealth aircraft used in the Gulf War? In TWIN TRACKS, James Burke reveals the surprising answer - and presents twenty-four other 'twin tracks' that start in the past and end in utterly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Springer Book ArchivesBook InformationISBN 9783764308032Author STINYFormat PaperbackPage Count 403Imprint Birkhauser Verlag AGPublisher Birkhauser Verlag AG

As Star Trek celebrates its 50th anniversary, the futuristic tools of Kirk, Spock, Scott, and McCoy continue to come to life. This book merges Star Trek scientific lore-how the science of the time informed the implementation of technology in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789563459197Author Ramon CuevasFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Alexis CuevasPublisher Alexis CuevasWeight(grams) 744gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm *...

The sequence of events which led to the writing of this book started at a seminar on Manufacturing Technology in the Electronics Industry given by the Institution of Production Engineers in 1987. The seminar identified that the field of manufacturing...

Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers are seen by many as icons of Western European art. Two of these masterpieces - the first version painted in August 1888 (The National Gallery, London) and the painting made after it in January 1889 (Van Gogh Museum,...

The world around us is continually being shaped by science, and by society's relationship to it. In recent years sociologists have been increasingly preoccupied with the latter, and now in this fascinating book, Massimiano Bucchi provides a brief...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359718801Author Graham O'ConnorFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

Percussion instruments may be our oldest musical instruments, but only recently have they become the subject of extensive scientific study. This book focuses on how percussion instruments vibrate and produce sound and how these sounds are perceived by...

Force is one of the most elementary concepts that must be understood in order to understand modern science; it is discussed extensively in textbooks at all levels and is a requirement in most science guidelines. It is also one of the most challenging -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734908954Author Bhakti Madhava PuriFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Bhaktivedanta InstitutePublisher Bhaktivedanta InstituteWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780880101721Author Dr. Herbert H. KoepfFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint SteinerBooks, IncPublisher Anthroposophic Press IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244941130Author Larry ChurchmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471782476Author Lois H. GreshFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

THIS BOOK HAS BEEN WRITTEN BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR AN up-to-date compact book on cell organelles that transmits the excitement and challenge of modern subcellular biology. We hope that the book will be interesting and useful to students...

The author of The Lives of a Cell and The Medusa and the Snail now raises challenging questions about some of the major issues of our time-AIDS, drug abuse, and aging.With extraordinary perception, author Lewis Thomas discusses topics such as...

One of the original zoological journals, now in full facsimileOne of the original zoological journals, now in full facsimileAbout the AuthorGeorge Perry, Jr. (1771-?) was an English architect of the Georgian period. In addition to his periodical the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952439285Author Don DonderiFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Moonshine Cove Publishing, LLCPublisher Moonshine Cove Publishing, LLCWeight(grams)...

Seneca's Natural Questions is an eight-book disquisition on the nature of meteorological phenomena, ranging inter alia from rainbows to earthquakes, from comets to the winds, from the causes of snow and hail to the reasons why the Nile floods in summer...