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Dinosaur Paleobiology
Стив Брусатти
The study of dinosaurs has been experiencing a remarkable renaissance over the past few decades. Scientific understanding of dinosaur anatomy, biology, and evolution has advanced to such a degree that paleontologists often know more about...
Cellular Domains
Ivan Nabi R.
Cellular domains play vital roles in a wide range of cellular functions. Defining cellular domains and understanding the molecular basis of their formation is essential to the study of cell functionality. This authoritative reference provides...
Why Philosophize?
Jean-Francois Lyotard
Why Philosophize? is a series of lectures given by Jean-Fran?ois Lyotard to students at the Sorbonne embarking on their university studies. The circumstances obliged him to be both clear and concise: at the same time, his lectures offer a...
Celebrity Politics
Mark Wheeler
In this new book, Mark Wheeler offers the first in-depth analysis of the history, nature and global reach of celebrity politics today. Celebrity politicians and politicized celebrities have had a profound impact upon the practice of politics and...
Scrum f?r Dummies
Michael Franken
Sie kommen mit den gewohnten Projektmanagementmethoden nicht mehr weiter oder sind einfach neugierig, wie Scrum zur Verbesserung Ihrer Arbeitsabl?ufe beitragen kann? Dann ist dieses Buch genau das richtige f?r Sie. Der zertifizierte...
Landwirtschaft und Naturschutz
Wolfgang Haber
Professor Wolfgang Haber ist Vorkampfer und seit vier Jahrzehnten wichtigster Exponent des Natur- und Landschaftsschutzes in Deutschland. In dieser umfassenden und aktuellen Ubersicht setzt er sich kritisch mit der Wechselbeziehung zwischen...
Der HPLC-Schrauber
Werner R?pke
Probe ins Gerat stellen, Knopf drucken, Ergebnis erhalten – so reibungslos verlauft der Laboralltag mit HPLC-Geraten selten. Oft sind es Kleinigkeiten, die zu Storungen fuhren, und nicht immer muss der Kundendienst sofort bestellt werden. Wer...
Fusion Plasma Physics
Weston Stacey M.
This revised and enlarged second edition of the popular textbook and reference contains comprehensive treatments of both the established foundations of magnetic fusion plasma physics and of the newly developing areas of active research. It...
Bewusst oder unbewusst?
Heinz Schuster Georg
What is consciousness? This is the main question asked by the author, Prof Schuster, a specialist in complex adaptive systems and evolution models. From a natural scientific viewpoint he seeks answers to such questions as: How does this process...
Supramolecular Polymer Chemistry
Akira Harada
Presenting the work of pioneering experts in this exciting field of supramolecular polymer chemistry, this monograph covers an extensive range of applications, including drug delivery and catalysis. It focuses on new structures and phenomena of...
Fischer-Tropsch Refining
Arno Klerk de
The Fischer-Tropsch process is gaining recognition again due to the world-wide increase in energy needs and decrease in oil availability. The increasing interest in utilizing biomass as a potential renewable feedstock in energy generation is...
Bioinorganic Medicinal Chemistry
Enzo Alessio
This book gives a comprehensive overview about medicinal inorganic chemistry. Topics like targeting strategies, mechanism of action, Pt-based antitumor drugs, radiopharmaceuticals are covered in detail and offer the reader an in-depth overview...
Modern Oxidation Methods
Jan-Erling B?ckvall
While rust is an unwanted oxidation reaction, there are also many other useful oxidation reactions that are extremely important and number among the most commonly used reactions in the chemical industry. This completely revised, updated second...
What Is Sociolinguistics?
Gerard Herk Van
What is Sociolinguistics? is a tour through the major issues that define the field, such as region, status, gender, time, language attitudes, interaction, and style, while also exploring the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, culture and...
Beetles in Conservation
T. New R.
Beetles, the most diverse group of insects, are often abundant in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Many species are under threat from human changes to natural environments, and some are valuable tools in conservation, because they respond...
Understanding International Law
Conway Henderson W.
Understanding International Law presents a comprehensive, accessible introduction to the various aspects of international law while addressing its interrelationship with world politics. Presents well-organized, balanced coverage of all aspects...
Geotechnical Problem Solving
John Lommler C.
Devised with a focus on problem solving, Geotechnical Problem Solving bridges the gap between geotechnical and soil mechanics material covered in university Civil Engineering courses and the advanced topics required for practicing Civil,...
Building Contract Casebook
Michael Furmston
The interaction between general principles and the provisions of the standard building and construction contracts is a central feature of construction law. The major part of the law is laid down in decided cases, and construction professionals...
Global Environmental Issues
Frances Harris
Global Environmental Issues, second edition builds on the popularity of the first edition, viewing global environmental problems as complex issues with a network of causes, influenced by a range of actors with differing priorities. The book...
Why Cultural Studies?
Gilbert Rodman B.
Why Cultural Studies? is a rallying call for a reinvigoration of the project of cultural studies that provides a critical analysis of its meteoric rise to the academic fore and makes a convincing argument for the pressing need for a renewed...
Solid Wastes Management
Stephen Burnley
Solid Wastes Management begins with a focus on processing municipal and similar commercial, as well as industrial wastes; assessing and minimising the environmental impacts of processing and disposal. The second section reviews the treatment...
Fundamentals of Biophysics
Andrey Rubin B.
Biophysics is a science that comprises theoretical plotting and models based on contemporary physicochemical conceptions. They mirror physical specificity of the molecular organization and elementary processes in living organisms, which in their...
Understanding NMR Spectroscopy
James Keeler
This text is aimed at people who have some familiarity with high-resolution NMR and who wish to deepen their understanding of how NMR experiments actually ‘work’. This revised and updated edition takes the same approach as the highly-acclaimed...
Green Energetic Materials
Tore Brinck
Since the end of the 20th century it has been increasingly realised that the use, or production, of many energetic materials leads to the release of substances which are harmful to both humans and the environment. To address this, the principles...
Mountain Rivers Revisited
Ellen Wohl
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Water Resources Monograph Series, Volume 19. What are the forms and processes characteristic of mountain rivers and how do we know them? Mountain Rivers Revisited, an expanded and...
Computational Organic Chemistry
Steven Bachrach M.
The Second Edition demonstrates how computational chemistry continues to shed new light on organic chemistry The Second Edition of author Steven Bachrach’s highly acclaimed Computational Organic Chemistry reflects the tremendous advances in...
Energy Systems Security
John Voeller G.
Energy Systems Security features articles from the Wiley Handbook of Science and Technology for Homeland Security covering topics related to electricity transmission grids and their protection, risk assessment of energy systems, analysis of...
Biofuel Crop Sustainability
Bharat Singh
Biofuel Crop Sustainability brings together the basic principles of agricultural sustainability and special stipulations for biofuels, from the economic and ecological opportunities and challenges of sustainable biofuel crop production to the...
Sustainable Resource Development
Gary Zatzman M.
True sustainability is the line of engineering research and practice that is giving rise to a series of Scrivener textbooks, such as Khan & Islam's best-selling The Greening of Petroleum Operations. Making explicit reference to his own...
Wireless Optical Communications
Olivier Bouchet
Wireless optical communication refers to communication based on the unguided propagation of optical waves. The past 30 years have seen significant improvements in this technique – a wireless communication solution for the current millennium –...
Essential Developmental Biology
Jonathan M. W. Slack
Developmental biology is at the core of biological science, integrating molecular biology, genetics and anatomy. The past 15 years has seen revolutionary advances not only in our understanding of the processes by which an egg develops into an...
Stem Cell Nanoengineering
H. Baharvand
Stem Cell Nanoengineering reviews the applications of nanotechnology in the fields of stem cells, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. Topics addressed include various types of stem cells, underlying principles of nanobiotechnology,...
Fashion Marketing Communications
Gaynor Lea-Greenwood
Fashion is all about image. Consequently, fashion marketing communications – encompassing image management and public relations, branding, visual merchandising, publicity campaigns, handling the media, celebrity endorsement and sponsorship,...
Protein Kinase CK2
Lorenzo Pinna A.
Protein kinases play a critical role in cellular processes that impact overall organismal health and function. Of the kinases that collectively make up the Human Kinome, CK2 has garnered special attention because of its significant role in the...
Lepidoptera and Conservation
T. New R.
The third in a trilogy of global overviews of conservation of diverse and ecologically important insect groups. The first two were Beetles in Conservation (2010) and Hymenoptera and Conservation (2012). Each has different priorities and emphases...
Twitter For Dummies
Laura Fitton
Experience the fun and productive world of Twitter! Here's your ticket to the Twitter universe. This guide walks you through all the opportunities available with this social networking tool. It helps you Tweet like a pro, find the right people,...
Hymenoptera and Conservation
T. New R.
Hymenoptera, the bees, wasps and ant, are one of the largest insect orders, and have massive ecological importance as pollinators and as predators or parasitoids of other insects. These roles have brought them forcefully to human notice , as...
Brain and Music
Stefan Koelsch
A comprehensive survey of the latest neuroscientific research into the effects of music on the brain Covers a variety of topics fundamental for music perception, including musical syntax, musical semantics, music and action, music and emotion...
Amino Acid Metabolism
David A. Bender
Amino Acid Metabolism, 3rd Edition covers all aspects of the biochemistry and nutritional biochemistry of the amino acids. Starting with an overview of nitrogen fixation and the incorporation of inorganic nitrogen into amino acids, the book then...
Cancer Stem Cells
Vinagolu Rajasekhar K.
Cancer Stem Cells covers a wide range of topics in cancer stem cell biology, including the functional characteristics of cancer stem cells and how they're generated, where they are localized, the means by which cancer stem cells can be targeted,...
Toxicology and Epigenetics
Saura Sahu C.
Epigenetics is the study of both heritable and non-heritable changes in the regulation of gene activity and expression that occur without an alteration in the DNA sequence. This dynamic and rapidly developing discipline is making its impact...
Introduction to Pragmatics
Betty Birner J.
Introduction to Pragmatics guides students through traditional and new approaches in the field, focusing particularly on phenomena at the elusive semantics/pragmatics boundary to explore the role of context in linguistic communication. Offers...
Digital Media Law
Ashley Packard
Covering the latest legal updates and rulings, the second edition of Digital Media Law presents a comprehensive introduction to all the critical issues surrounding media law. Provides a solid foundation in media law Illustrates how digitization...
Ordinary Differential Equations
Michael Greenberg D.
Features a balance between theory, proofs, and examples and provides applications across diverse fields of study Ordinary Differential Equations presents a thorough discussion of first-order differential equations and progresses to equations of...
Environmental Transport Processes
Bruce Logan E.
A unique approach to the challenges of complex environmental systems Environmental Transport Processes, Second Edition provides much-needed guidance on mass transfer principles in environmental engineering. It focuses on working with...
Human Population Genetics
John Relethford H.
Introductory guide to human population genetics and microevolutionary theory Providing an introduction to mathematical population genetics, Human Population Genetics gives basic background on the mechanisms of human microevolution. This text...
Mass Spectrometry Handbook
Mike Lee S.
Due to its enormous sensitivity and ease of use, mass spectrometry has grown into the analytical tool of choice in most industries and areas of research. This unique reference provides an extensive library of methods used in mass spectrometry,...
Electrochemical Water Processing
Ralph Zito
Even though most of the Earth’s surface is covered with water, most of it is not directly usable for human consumption or applications. As the population increases and our general style of living standards increase, the importance useable water...
Student-Centered Leadership
Viviane Robinson
Student-Centered Leadership offers a timely and thoughtful resource for school leaders who want to turn their ideals into action. Written by educational leadership expert Viviane Robinson, the book shows leaders how they can make a bigger...
Forensic Chemistry Handbook
Lawrence Kobilinsky
A concise, robust introduction to the various topics covered by the discipline of forensic chemistry The Forensic Chemistry Handbook focuses on topics in each of the major chemistry-related areas of forensic science. With chapter authors that...
