Science: general issues

This book, intended for students, researchers and engineers, is a collection of classic papers on photorefractive nonlinear optics.

The contemporary crisis of emerging disease has been a century and a half in the making.

When graduate students start their studies, they usually have sound knowledge of some areas of philosophy, but the overall map of their knowledge is often patchy and disjointed.

This book summarizes the related research achievements in Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and their cell metabolism kinetics.

';Those seeking a grand overview of science's greatest hits over the past century will find it here' (The Washington Post).

Blockchain is a new type of technology that combines and secures information exchange between different stakeholders such as medical practitioners, patients, healthcare providers, and other applicable parties.

This book confronts the question of immortality: Is human life without immortality tolerable?

Volume 6 in the well-establish series Advances in Electrochemical Science and Engineering covers - among others - such important topics as time dependent modulation techniques and computer modeling by continuum and non-continuum methods.

The book probes how the serious and sometimes fatal decision was made to admit individuals to asylums during Germany's age of extremes.

This fresh collection of essays questions how the historical process affects our conception of science, including our understanding of its validity as well as our general conception of knowledge.

This book presents an Asian perspective on transformative science education in the context of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

"e;Brazil is one of the world's most productive crucibles for new ideas and practices in innovation and collaboration.

This book offers a unique and comprehensive outline of the ethos, the bioethics and the sexual ethics of the renowned anatomist and founder of modern geology, Niels Stensen (1638-1686).

It is through images that we understand the form and function of material objects, from the fundamental particles that are the constituents of matter to galaxies that are the constituents of the Universe.

The protest against meat eating may turn out to be one of the most significant movements of our age.

When we think of global corporations and business in general, do we feel pride in how we do things?

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Running through the articles in this volume is the theme of the appropriation and subsequent naturalization of Greek science by scholars in the world of medieval Islam.

In this book one of Britain's leading philosophers tackles a question at the root of our civilisation: What is knowledge for?

The book explores theoretical foundations of Raman spectroscopy, looking into key concepts such as parameters, perturbation theories, normal vibration modes, and the application of group theory to specific structures.

Religionsphilosophie als wissenschaftliche Disziplin ist ein Ergebnis philosophischer Theologiekritik in der europäischen Aufklärungsepoche (um 1800).

The notebooks of mineralogist and petrographer Friedrich Johann Karl Becke (1855-1931) give impressive testimony to the scientific practices at the turn of the century.

The first ever companion to theatre and science brings together research on key topics, performances, and new areas of interest.

Calorimetry, the latest volume in the Methods in Enzymology series continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field.

A richly illustrated account of how premodern botanical illustrations document evolving knowledge about plants and the ways they were studied in the past.

A few days before his death my husband requested me to write a few words of thanks on the publication of this collection of articles.

This contributed book is focused on the use of nanomaterials in biomedical applications, particularly in the development of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and cosmeceuticals.

This book examines the history of thought surrounding the relationship between Darwinism and the behavioural sciences.

In the endless debate about the Two Cultures no book until this attempted to provide a selection of scientific writing on specific themes to stimulate students of arts subjects into discussion and writing about the nature of science and its relationship with the rest of life.

An understanding of the theory and application of logic is fundamental both to successful software and hardware development, and to gain a thorough grasp of modern computing.

This volume is an interdisciplinary attempt to insert a broader, historically informed perspective into current political and academic debates on the issue of evidence and the reliability of scientific knowledge.

The book sets an ambitious goal.

This book contains the most interesting problems from the first 24 years of the 'Mathematical Duel', an annual international mathematics competition between the students of four schools: the Gymnazium Mikulase Kopernika in Bilovec, Czech Republic, the Akademicki Zespol Szkol Ogolnoksztalcacych in Chorzow, Poland, the Bundesrealgymnasium Kepler in Graz, Austria and the Gymnazium Jakuba Skody in Prerov, Czech Republic.

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The exciting discoveries and newest revelations in the field of archeoastronomy present fascinating examples of the importance of astronomy to the ancient Maya Civilization.

Popper's Open Society After Fifty Years presents a coherent survey of the reception and influence of Karl Popper's masterpiece The Open Society and its Enemies over the fifty years since its publication in 1945, as well as applying some of its principles to the context of modern Eastern Europe.

Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet.

In the distant future an enemy of Mankind is destroying space colonies, causing human expansion among the stars to come to a halt.

Acquaint emergent readers with different objects that spin-think tops, fans, and more!

The publications in nanoscience cross conventional boundaries from chemistry to specialised areas of physics and nanomedicine.

This book presents the papers delivered at the Conference on Systems and Computer Science held at the University of Western Ontario in September 1965.

Science and art were not always two separate entities.

This book highlights the significance and usefulness of nanomaterials for the development of sensing devices and their real-life applications.

Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: BiologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Ensure your students get to grips with the core practicals and develop the skills needed to succeed with an in-depth assessment-driven approach that builds and reinforces understanding; clear summaries of practical work with sample questions and answers help to improve exam technique in order to achieve higher grades.

A witty, conversational, and accessible tour of math's profoundest mysteries.

Science teacher educators prepare and provide professional development for teachers at all grade levels.

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