Science: general issues

The purpose of this book is to provide the most comprehensive, easy-to-use, and informative guide on light microscopy.

This updated second edition of the popular methods book "e;Video Microscopy"e; shows how to track dynamic changes in the structure or architecture of living cells and in reconstituted preparations using video and digital imaging microscopy.

Spintronics is a newly developing area in the field of magnetism, in which the interplay of magnetism and transport phenomena is studied experimentally and theoretically.

Research in Medical and Biological Sciences covers the wide range of topics that a researcher must be familiar with in order to become a successful biomedical scientist.

Advances in Imaging & Electron Physics merges two long-running serials-Advances in Electronics & Electron Physics and Advances in Optical & Electron Microscopy.

Desulphurization and Denitrification of Diesel Oil using Ionic Liquids: Experiments and Quantum Chemical Predictions discusses how quantum chemical calculations are applied to investigate the fundamental nature of the IL-sulphur-nitrogen systems at atomic and molecular levels.

A concise, engagingly written introduction to understanding statistics as they apply to medicine and the life sciencesDon't be afraid of biostatistics anymore!

In recent years, no other technique has gained such significance as NMR spectroscopy.

Tough Test Questions?

The blind person who tries to make an online purchase.

The Concise Encyclopedia of the History of Energy draws together in a single volume a comprehensive account of the field from the prestigious and award-winning Encyclopedia of Energy (2004).

Design Discourse in Abrahamic Traditions reconnects discussion of design arguments to its Jewish, Christian, and Muslim history.

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is an analytical tool used by chemists and physicists to study the structure and dynamics of molecules.

In recent years, no other technique has gained such significance as NMR spectroscopy.

Incorporate the "e;tube sound"e; into your home audio systemLearn how to work with vacuum tubes and construct high-quality audio amplifiers on your workbench with help from this hands-on, do-it-yourself resource.

Distillation: Equipment and Processes-winner of the 2015 PROSE Award in Chemistry & Physics from the Association of American Publishers-is a single source of authoritative information on all aspects of the theory and practice of modern distillation, suitable for advanced students and professionals working in a laboratory, industrial plants, or a managerial capacity.

Microwave-assisted Organic Synthesis: One Hundred Reaction Procedures provides readers with a broad overview of microwave assisted organic synthesis, enabling students and researchers alike to produce more efficient and high yield syntheses while saving time and resources.

EEG-Based Experiment Design for Major Depressive Disorder: Machine Learning and Psychiatric Diagnosis introduces EEG-based machine learning solutions for diagnosis and assessment of treatment efficacy for a variety of conditions.

Es un texto guía, de orientación y visión general de los fundamentos de electricidad y magnetismo, que está dirigido a los estudiantes de Ingeniería y Ciencias.

This book is the second volume in the Handbook of Surface Science series and deals with aspects of the electronic structure of surfaces as investigated by means of the experimental and theoretical methods of physics.

Robert Kohler shows exactly how entrepreneurial academic scientists became intimate "e;partners in science"e; with the officers of the large foundations created by John D.

In tracing the history of Darwin's accomplishment and the trajectory of evolutionary theory during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most scholars agree that Darwin introduced blind mechanism into biology, thus banishing moral values from the understanding of nature.

A look at the history of censorship, science, and magic from the Middle Ages to the post-Reformation era.

Take Advantage of the Latest Calculation Methods for Solving Problems in Every Major Area of Environmental EngineeringThe only hands-on reference of its kind, the Handbook of Environmental Engineering Calculations equips you with step-by-step calculation procedures covering virtually every aspect of environmental engineering.

In Trying Biology, Adam R.

Ce travail explique la démarche technique et scientifique qui ont permis de découvrir l’importance économique des intrusions mésozoïques, d’établir la nature des contacts entre les différentes formations, et localiser les ressources minérales.

Technology permeates nearly every aspect of our daily lives.

From Galileo, who used the hollow stalks of grass to demonstrate the idea that peripherally located construction materials provide most of the resistance to bending forces, to Leonardo da Vinci, whose illustrations of the parachute are alleged to be based on his study of the dandelion's pappus and the maple tree's samara, many of our greatest physicists, mathematicians, and engineers have learned much from studying plants.

These days, the idea of the cyborg is less the stuff of science fiction and more a reality, as we are all, in one way or another, constantly connected, extended, wired, and dispersed in and through technology.

For years, scientists have been warning us that a pandemic was all but inevitable.

In this lavishly illustrated, first-ever book on how spider webs are built, function, and evolved, William Eberhard provides a comprehensive overview of spider functional morphology and behavior related to web building, and of the surprising physical agility and mental abilities of orb weavers.

Fernando Vidal's trailblazing text on the origins of psychology traces the development of the discipline from its appearance in the late sixteenth century to its redefinition at the end of the seventeenth and its emergence as an institutionalized field in the eighteenth.

The ability to communicate in print and person is essential to the life of a successful scientist.

"e;This is a book about nature and culture,"e; Eric T.

Medical confidentiality is an essential cornerstone of effective public health systems, and for centuries societies have struggled to maintain the illusion of absolute privacy.

Human-induced climate change is emerging as one of the gravest threats to biodiversity in history, and while a vast amount of literature on the ecological impact of climate change exists, very little has been dedicated to the management of wildlife populations and communities in the wake of unprecedented habitat changes.

Shows how the widespread use of food dyes influenced understanding of food, science, and technology, as well as trust in science.

The taxonomy of recent mammals has lately undergone tremendous revision, but it has been decades since the last update to Timothy E.

The emergence of biology as a distinct science in the eighteenth century has long been a subject of scholarly controversy.

About a millennium ago, in Cairo, an unknown author completed a large and richly illustrated book.

In the mid-1850s, no scientist in the British Empire was more visible than Richard Owen.

In this concise introduction to the history of cartography, Norman J.

In Notebooks, English Virtuosi, and Early Modern Science, Richard Yeo interprets a relatively unexplored set of primary archival sources: the notes and notebooks of some of the leading figures of the Scientific Revolution.

A transnational approach to understanding and analyzing knowledge circulation.

In Air's Appearance, Jayne Elizabeth Lewis enlists her readers in pursuit of the elusive concept of atmosphere in literary works.

The first in-depth study of Japanese fermentation science in the twentieth century.

In recent decades game theory-the mathematics of rational decision-making by interacting individuals-has assumed a central place in our understanding of capitalist markets, the evolution of social behavior in animals, and even the ethics of altruism and fairness in human beings.

We have grown accustomed to the idea that scientific theories are embedded in their place and time.

Informed by decades of researching tropical Asian forests, a comprehensive, up-to-date, and beautifully illustrated synthesis of the natural history of this unique place.

Over the past decade, ecologists have increasingly embraced phylogenetics, the study of evolutionary relationships among species.