For decades, New York Times best-selling author John Allen Paulos has enlightened readers by showing how to make sense of the numbers and probabilities behind real-world events, political calculations, and everyday personal decisions.
In this enlightening and entertaining book, author and Skeptical Inquirer editor Kendrick Frazier takes readers on a journey to the contentious boundary zone between science and its antagonists: pseudoscience (pretend science) and anti-science (open hostility to science).
A unique and authoritative text on the fundamental principles of organic synthesis Understanding Organic Synthesis unveils the logic of organic synthesis by identifying and explaining the similarities and analogies between reactions, as well as the underlying principles that determine how and why various types of organic compounds react.
What happens when the lights in the sky are no longer distant mysteries, but the arrival of beings humanity must learn to recognize, understand, and live beside?
The book provides a comprehensive and forward-looking exploration of the technologies, processes, and innovations that are reshaping the production of biologics and biopharmaceuticals through advanced biomanufacturing.
Transforming environmental liabilities into economic assets, this groundbreaking book provides researchers and policymakers with the definitive, research-backed blueprint for using advanced catalysis to turn solid waste streams into high-value resources.
Imagine yourself on a Bill Bryson adventure through the treetops, as you learn about cultural and biological evolution, migration, and more, from the world's leading authorities.
Apply artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques across drug development and manufacturing Pharmaceutical professionals face mounting pressure to accelerate drug development while maintaining quality and regulatory compliance.
Enables readers to develop a practical understanding of food virology and its challenges An Introduction to Food Virology presents a clear overview of the main principles and features of the field and provides information on many major foodborne viruses.
Learn the physics and technology behind modern photovoltaic devices Improving solar cell efficiencies under real-world operating conditions requires a strong understanding of the physics of light, semiconductor material and devices, as well as photovoltaic device physics and design.
Enables readers to develop a practical understanding of food virology and its challenges An Introduction to Food Virology presents a clear overview of the main principles and features of the field and provides information on many major foodborne viruses.
A complete guide to where trout live and feed in a stream, graced with dozens of helpful schematic drawings and more than seventy-five revealing photographs.
A complete guide to where trout live and feed in a stream, graced with dozens of helpful schematic drawings and more than seventy-five revealing photographs.
Two leading physicists discuss the importance of the Higgs Boson, the future of particle physics, and the mysteries of the universe yet to be unraveled.
Two leading physicists discuss the importance of the Higgs Boson, the future of particle physics, and the mysteries of the universe yet to be unraveled.
The book provides a comprehensive and forward-looking exploration of the technologies, processes, and innovations that are reshaping the production of biologics and biopharmaceuticals through advanced biomanufacturing.
Ten proven strategies to overcome solubility challenges in drug development Poor water solubility prevents drug candidates from reaching their therapeutic targets, causing promising compounds to fail during development.
THE YEAR 6030: The Restored Order of Time, Space, and EnergyEverything you think you know about the world you live in is based on a taught model, not on the reality you have observed for yourself.
Comprehensive introduction to the field of electrochemistry, covering the fundamentals, key experimental approaches for many current applications, and real-life examples Fundamentals of Electrochemistry provides a profound introduction to the principles of the field in connection to key experimental approaches in the laboratory.
This e-book presents new research on women scientists who enjoyed careers at industrial corporations during the first seven decades of the twentieth century.
'Profound and timely' Tony Juniper'A tour de force' Lorna GibbA panoramic history of life, revealing the forces that have shaped our world and could shape it againLife evolved in two phases.
Comprehensive review of microplastics pollution, exploring its impact on living organisms and the environment as well as remediation techniques Microplastics Analysis and Characterization explains the different methods and applications used for the identification, collection, sampling, separation, and removal of microplastics in the environment and provides a toxicological analysis of their environmental impact.
Na eeuwen waarin de wetenschap God vooral via de natuur- en materiewetenschappen benaderde, maken de menswetenschappen het vandaag mogelijk het goddelijke en het bovennatuurlijke veel grondiger te onderzoeken.
Convert low-carbon molecules into high-value products using zeolite catalysis Converting abundant low-carbon molecules like CO, CO2, methane, and methanol into valuable chemicals requires robust catalysts with precise control over activity and selectivity.
IN-DEPTH REFERENCE SHOWING READERS HOW TO MAXIMIZE HYDROCARBON RECOVERY THROUGH EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND ENERGY TRANSITION APPLICATIONS Enhanced Recovery Processes serves as a comprehensive reference for readers aiming to maximize hydrocarbon recovery from reservoirs that are close to exhausting their primary and secondary production methods, addressing a changing paradigm not only in terms of evolving and emerging technologies but also in the era of energy transition.
