Scientific Technologies
Monday, September 19th, 2011
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Oregon Scientific AW129 Wireless BBQ Thermometer with Probe Thermometer and Remote $39.99 - Oregon Scientific wireless BBQ thermometer – Know when thefood is fully ready to eat even from up to 100′ away- No need to have to wait by the grill to find out when dinner is ready; this wireless thermometer alerts you when the meat has reached the perfect temperature even if you’re in another room entertaining guests- Digital LCD screen- Remote wireless probe to identify temperature/read… |
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Oregon Scientific WS908GWH Compact Nano-Technology Air Sanitizer $79.99 Includes NCCO technology for a 30-50 ft rangeCirculates air 3-dimensionallyDoes not release secondary pollutionIncludes auto, silent, and speed fan optionsLong filter life timeStrongly reduces odor and bacteriaAuto-dimming LED lightUses a low amount of power5.71 W x 2.63 D x 3.07 H… |
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Battery constructed at the Royal Institution, London Photo Mugs A large battery constructed at the Royal Institution, London, by Wollaston, for Davy. …. |
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Evolution: Darwin’s Danger Idea $19.95 Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: For 21 years, Charles Darwin kept his theory of evolution secret from all but a few friends. He confided to one: “It is like confessing to a murder.” His torment resonates in society today in the challenge his incredibly powerful idea poses to our understanding of our world and ourselves. We interweave the drama in key moments of Darwin’s life with documentary sequences of… |
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SCIENTific technOLOGY $4.49 All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed…. |
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Science & Technology [Vinyl] $6.98 … |
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Career Cluster Series: Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Services In this 18-minute VHS tape men and women discuss the background requirements as well as the rewards of their respective careers in scientific, engineering, and technical services. Engineers in these fields create the designs and draw up the plans that determine how things will be built and work. This program offers insights into the jobs of a civil engineer, an electronics technician, a hazardous … |
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Targeted Mutagenesis in Mice [VHS] $200.00 Embryonic stem (ES) cells are important vehicles for transfer of genes into mice. When combined with normal pre-implantation embryos and transferred to foster mothers, ES cells contribute to the development of many different tissues, including the germline. When these cells are genetically manipulated, this approach discloses much about the function of specific genes.Detailed methods for using ES … |
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Automation in the Clinical Laboratory Video Set, 1e [VHS] $425.00 … |
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P3 International P4460 Kill A Watt EZ Electricity Usage Monitor $59.95 Connect your appliances into the Kill A Watt and measure how efficient they are. LCD display counts consumption by the Kilowatt-hour just like utility companies. Application: Electricity usage monitor, Battery Included: Built in, Measures: Voltage, line frequency and amps, Display Shows: Kilowatt-hour… |
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Scientific Advances in Alternative Demilitarization Technologies $156 No Synopsis Available |
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Ethics of Emerging Technologies: Scientific Facts and Moral Challenges $8 No Synopsis Available |
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Ethics of Emerging Technologies : Scientific Facts and Moral Challenges $87.75 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Investigation Of Copies, Fakes And Forgeries $174.49 The faking and forgery of works of art and antiquities is probably now more extensive than ever before. The frauds are aided by new technologies, from ink jet printers to epoxy resins, and driven by the astronomic prices realised on the global market. This book aims to provide a comprehensive survey of the subject over a wide range of materials, emphasising how the fakes and forgeries are produced and how they may be detected by technical and scientific examination. The subject is exemplified by numerous case studies, some turning out not to be as conclusive as is sometimes believed. The book is aimed at those likely to have a serious interest in these investigations, be they curator, collector, conservator or scientist. Paul Craddock has recently retired from the Department of Conservation, Documentation and Science at the British Museum, where he was a materials scientist. * The only scientific treatise on the subject * Timely with the rise in value of antiquities and the lucrative business of faking * Written by a specialist from the Department of Scientific Research at the British Museum |
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Performance-Enhancing Technologies in Sports : Ethical, Conceptual, and Scientific Issues $35.58 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Technologies Inc. : International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis $204.75 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Technologies Inc. : Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis $204.75 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Calculator $13.94 Scientific Calculator CASIO SCIENTIFIC |
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Improvement of Buildings’ Structural Quality by New Technologies: Outcome of the Cooperative Activities, Final Scientific Report 2004 $253.45 No Synopsis Available |
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High Energy Density Technologies in Materials Science : Proceedings of the 2nd Scientific Workshop, Novara, Italy, May 3-4, 1989 $194.03 No Synopsis Available |
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Intelligent Surfaces in Biotechnology : Scientific and Engineering Concepts, Enabling Technologies, and Translation to Bio-Oriented Applications $121.88 No Synopsis Available |
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Tsunamis: Detection Monitoring and Early-Warning Technologies $105.49 The devastating impacts of tsunamis have received increased focus since the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 the most devastating tsunami in over 400 years of recorded history. This professional reference is the first of its kind: it provides a globally inclusive review of the current state of tsunami detection technology and will be a much-needed resource for oceanographers and marine engineers working to upgrade and integrate their tsunami warning systems. It focuses on the two main tsunami warning systems (TWS): International and Regional. Featured are comparative assessments of detection monitoring and real-time reporting technologies. The challenges of detection through remote measuring stations are also addressed as well as the historical and scientific aspects of tsunamis. Offers readers the only source of practical content on the technological details of the subject Written by a tsunami detection and monitoring expert who has 32 years of experience in the field Companion web site featuring multi-media components timely updates on fast-paced technological developments and an online forum where scientists can exchange ideas discuss technological updates and provide the author with valuable feedback |
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Physics Of The Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into The World Of Phasers Force Fields Teleportation And Time Travel $10.59 Teleportation time machines force fields and interstellar space ships the stuff of science fiction or potentially attainable future technologies? Inspired by the fantastic worlds of Star Trek Star Wars and Back to the Future renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku takes an informed serious and often surprising look at what our current understanding of the universe’s physical laws may permit in the near and distant future.Entertaining informative and imaginative Physics of the Impossible probes the very limits of human ingenuity and scientific possibility. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Shaping Science and Industry: A History of Australia’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 1926-49 $29.19 Shaping Science and Industry touches on Australia’s intellectual, political and economic life. It provides an account of the rapid growth of CSIR (to become CSIRO) during World War II. The contributions of many outstanding personalities are described such as Sir George Julius, Sir Charles Martin, Hedley Marston, DF Martyn, AEV Richardson, Sir David Rivett, Ian Clunies Ross and FWG White.This book recounts the major effort to introduce and adapt new technologies as part of the war effort. Informative and non-technical accounts are given of some breakthroughs in agricultural research such as the eradication of prickly pear. |
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FX300MS Scientific Calculator $104.94 FX300MS Scientific Calculator 229 Functions – 10 Character(s) – Battery, Solar – Scientific Calculator |
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Scientific Creation! $8.09 This writing is called: Scientific Creation, Our Life – Beginning To End. As stated, all facts are not pragmatic or seen by human eye. Where did all nature and life start ? What is the beginning ? Was it by The Big Bang Theory, or Beginning by God ? or some Intelligent Designer ? The miraculous human body is investigated in time. In Catastrophic development of life and all nature, there was an Earth Canopy of translucent, crystalline, ice and a Great Global Flood, a deluge, scientifically verified. Then , all life and nature is discussed as always coming in a trinity, which is the characteristic of and mode of the great I.D. |
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HandHeld Scientific Calculator $9.9 HandHeld Scientific Calculator Handheld scientific calculator offers a two-line 10-digit display, built-in formula. Offers more than 130 scientific and math functions. Ideal for Algebra I and II, Chemistry, Geometry, Physics, Statistics and Trigonometry. Permitted for use on AP, PSAT/NMSQT, and SAT. |
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Marine Technologies Replacement Gas Sensor $38.99 Marine Technologies Replacement Gas Sensor . Replacement sensor for Marine technologies gasoline fume detector, model 172176. |
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Marine Technologies Second Sensor $129.99 Marine Technologies Second Sensor . For use with the Gasoline Fume Detector, as a second station sensor. Includes 20 plug-in lead |
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Fraction Scientific Calculator $14.94 Fraction Scientific Calculator Main FeaturesManufacturer: Casio Computer Co., LtdManufacturer Part Number: FX55BLUEManufacturer Website Address: www.casio.comProduct Type: Scientific CalculatorFunctions: Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Reciprocal Change sign (+/-) Percent Square root Converts from fraction to decimal and vice-versa Display Screen: 8 Character(s) – LCDPower Source: Solar, Battery |
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Plant Transformation Technologies $179.99 Plant Transformation Technologies is a comprehensive, authoritative book focusing on cutting-edge plant biotechnologies, offering in-depth, forward-looking information on methods for controlled and accurate genetic engineering. In response to ever-increasing pressure for precise and efficient integration of transgenes in plants, many new technologies have been developed. With complete coverage of these technologies, Plant Transformation Technologies provides valuable insight on current and future plant transformation technologies. With twenty-five chapters written by international experts on transformation technologies, the book includes new information on Agrobacterium , targeting transgenes into plant genomes, and new vectors and market systems. Including both review chapters and protocols for transformation, Plant Transformation Technologies is vitally important to graduate students, postdoctoral students, and university and industry researchers. |
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The Scientific Outlook $19.95 No Synopsis Available |
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The Scientific Revolution $10.97 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Revolutions $51.69 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Papers $41.09 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Perspectivism $22.93 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Computation $71.66 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Advertising $7.09 The time has come when advertising has in some hands reached the status of a science. It is based on fixed principles and is reasonably exact. The causes and effects have been analyzed until they are well understood. The correct methods of procedure have been proved and established. We know what is most effective, and we act on basic law. Advertising, once a gamble, has thus become, under able direction, one of the safest business ventures. Certainly no other enterprise with comparable possibilities need involve so little risk. Therefore, this book deals, not with theories and opinions, but with well-proven principles and facts. It is written as a text book for students and a safe guide for advertisers. Every statement has been weighed. The book is confined to establish fundamentals. If we enter any realms of uncertainty we shall carefully denote them. |
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Scientific Illustration $7 No Synopsis Available |
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The Scientific Image $3 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Revolution $3 No Synopsis Available |
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The Scientific Enterprise $184.28 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Instruments $28.71 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Computing $223.11 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Pascal $38.03 No Synopsis Available |
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The Scientific Angler $30.66 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific American $34.12 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Lectures $37.63 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Thinking $41.88 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Literacy $97.5 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Romances $27.74 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Rivalry $12.63 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Inference $28.23 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Essentialism $113.1 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Failure $68.25 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Teaching $27.69 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Structuralism $135.53 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Theories $34.13 No Synopsis Available |
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Religiously Scientific $16.53 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Pathways $218.01 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Pluralism $65 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Vegetarianism $2.88 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Lives $16.58 No Synopsis Available |
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The Scientific Marx $48.75 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Materialism $180.38 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Feeding $37.63 No Synopsis Available |
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A Scientific View $10.72 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Enigmas $18.04 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific London $29.69 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Transcendentalism $14.54 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Religion $31.64 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Theism $23.39 No Synopsis Available |
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Genie a Scientific Tragedy: A Scientific Tragedy $10.23 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Literacy and the Myth of the Scientific Method $2 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Theism : Organic Scientific Philosophy $23.39 No Synopsis Available |
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Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words $14.89 Telling people about research is just as important as doing it. But many researchers, who, in all other respects, are competent scientists, are afraid of writing. They are wary of the unwritten rules, the unspoken dogma and the inexplicably complex style, all of which seem to pervade conventional thinking about scientific writing. This book has been written to expose these phantoms as largely smoke and mirrors, and replace them with principles that make communicating research easier and encourage researchers to write confidently. It presents a way of thinking about writing that emulates the way good scientists think about research. It concentrates on the structure of articles, rather than simply on grammar and syntax. So, it is an ideal reference for researchers preparing articles for scientific journals, posters, conference presentations, reviews and popular articles; for students preparing theses; and for researchers whose first language is not English. Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words expounds principles that produce scientific articles in a wide range of disciplines that are focussed, concise and, best of all, easy to write and read. As one senior scientist observed, "This book not only made me a better writer; it made me a better scientist". |
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Nonthermal Processing Technologies for Food $249.99 Nonthermal Processing Technologies for Food offers a comprehensive review of nonthermal processing technologies that are commercial, emerging or over the horizon. In addition to the broad coverage, leading experts in each technology serve as chapter authors to provide depth of coverage. Technologies covered include: physical processes, such as high pressure processing (HPP); electromagnetic processes, such as pulsed electric field (PEF), irradiation, and UV treatment; other nonthermal processes, such as ozone and chlorine dioxide gas phase treatment; and combination processes. Of special interest are chapters that focus on the "pathway to commercialization" for selected emerging technologies where a pathway exists or is clearly identified. These chapters provide examples and case studies of how new and nonthermal processing technologies may be commercialized. Overall, the book provides systematic knowledge to industrial readers, with numerous examples of process design to serve as a reference book. Researchers, professors and upper level students will also find the book a valuable text on the subject. |
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FX-115MSPLUS Scientific Calculator $17.94 FX-115MSPLUS Scientific Calculator Featuring a 279 Built-In Functions, 2-Line Big Display and Solar Plus, the FX-115MSPlus is permitted on College Entrance Examination Boards like the SAT and PSAT/NMSQT. Key operations are performed following the mathematical expressions exactly as they are written in the student’s textbook. Function, arithmetic operation symbols and the equals symbol appear on the display to show the current status of a calculation at a glance. Main FeaturesManufacturer: Casio Computer Co., LtdManufacturer Part Number: FX115MSPLUSManufacturer Website Address: www.casio.comProduct Type: Scientific CalculatorNumber of Functions: 279Functions: Mathematics: Fixed Decimal Scientific Notation: 10 + 2 Parenthesis Levels: 18 Log, 10x , 1n, ex x2, xy, 1/x, x!, % Fractions Complex numbers Trigonometry: Sin, cos, tan, & inverses Hyperbolic functions Degrees/radians/grade (DRG) DRG conversions Computer Math: Dex, hex, oct, binary Science: DMS DD, P R Statistics: One/two-variable Mean, standard deviation Permutations & combos Display Screen: 2 Line(s) x 10 Character(s)Memory Registers: 6 ConstantPower Source: Solar, BatteryDimensions: 1″ Height x 3″ Width x 6″ DepthWeight: 4.0 oz |
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Oregon Scientific Window Termometer $9.99 Oregon Scientific Window Termometer . Monitor the outside temperature from the comfort of the indoors. This waterproof thermometer displays current, minimum and maximum outdoor temperature. Also features a freeze alert function that activates when the outside temperature registers freezing level. Chose temperature readings in Fahrenheit or Celsius. Measures temperature range of 14F to 122F ( 10C to 50C). Two LR44 1.5V batteries included |
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Killer Technologies $47.72 No Synopsis Available |
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Convergence of Technologies $94.55 No Synopsis Available |
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Reproductive Technologies $22.78 No Synopsis Available |
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Web Technologies $34.08 No Synopsis Available |
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Energy Technologies $3774.23 No Synopsis Available |
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Mathematics for the Technologies $37.24 No Synopsis Available |
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100 Plus $25.99 In the United States, life expectancy at the turn of the twentieth century was about forty-five years; now it”s seventy-eight. By 2100, we should expect to be living well past ten decades. Scientific advances have brought us to the threshold of another longevity revolution. But are we ready for it? In 100 Plus, policy analyst Sonia Arrison argues that the coming revolution will completely change the way we live, work, and play–for the better. We”ll have longer careers, more life stages, and greater wealth. Our ingenuity will ensure better nutrition, sanitation, and medical technologies, which means that more of us will become centenarians, perhaps even beyond. But, right now, we”re hardly prepared for our current longevity. This book is a road map for how we can reshape our lives, our politics, and our society to best grasp the opportunities of the future. |
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2013 Oracle: Ancient Keys to the 2012 Awakening [With Oracle Card Deck and Cenote Cloth] $29.95 2013 Oracle looks beyond 2012 with a powerful divination system, including 34 beautiful laminated cards, a colorful printed cenote cloth to contain and focus the oracular energies, and an illustrated book to explain and interpret the guidance of the ancients. In beautiful artwork by visionary artist G. Borri and David Carson’s prophetic interpretations, users will find answers to guide them through the uncertainties ahead. Like the Medicine Cards, 2013 Oracle is based on the spiritual wisdom of the Native American ancestors. David Carson introduced us to our power animals through that popular deck; we can now go deeper into the Native American mysteries with the 2013 Oracle. This set, including a beautiful book, deck and cloth, immerses the seeker in the rich lore of the Mayans and mound builders. We access the cosmology around which they built cities of gold where they practiced highly advanced technologies based on mathematical and scientific knowledge beyond that of the Europe of their day, knowledge we are only now beginning to comprehend. 2013 Oracle marries the sacred information these ancient ones inscribed for us with a divination system that is a mirror of our internal truth. The voice of the oracle speaks across the centuries to lead us through the contradictions of our times. A Progression of New Light The coming world will be as different from our current one as day is from night. Ancient American geometricians and metaphysicians left descriptions of these dimensional shifts to help future generations. These learned ones understood that the evolution of the human was incomplete and that our species faced great wars, natural catastrophes and other hardships before humanitydeveloped the consciousness to enter the New Creation. 2013 Oracle is the ancient map left by the ancestors to help us make a leap into infinite possibility. Their knowledge was sculpted into stone and clay and laid out in the design of the cities and calendars. It was hidden within ritu |
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6th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB 2010) $539 Biomechanics covers a wide field such as organ mechanics, tissue mechanics, cell mechanics to molecular mechanics. At the 6th World Congress of Biomechanics WCB 2010 in Singapore, authors presented the largest experimental studies, technologies and equipment. Special emphasis was placed on state-of-the-art technology and medical applications. This volume presents the Proceedings of the 6th WCB 2010 which was hold in conjunction with 14th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME) & 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Biomechanics (APBiomech). The peer reviewed scientific papers are arranged in the six themes Organ Mechanics, Tissue Mechanics, Cell Mechanics, Molecular Mechanics, Materials, Tools, Devices & Techniques, Special Topics. |
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A Scientist in the City $19 In his previous books, A Scientist At The Seashore and Meditations At Sunset, James Trefil used commonplace settings in the natural world as a point of departure for probing the mysteries of nature. In A Scientist In The City, Trefil takes the opposite tack, looking at the quintessential man-made environment of the city as a way of examining the forces that define our world. What does the heating system of a building or the construction of a bridge tell us about the development of a city? What does the amplified environmental stress of city life on plants and animals suggest about the wild? How have scientific advances in building materials and an understanding of the structure of the atom helped to shape the cities of today? From an explanation of the evolution and influence of plate glass to reinforced steel to an analysis of the future of the skyscraper, A Scientist In The City offers a fascinating study of the promise and the consequences of technology in our everyday urban lives. In addition, Trefil goes on to explore how the new technologies being developed today will help to determine the changing forms that cities will take in the future. A Scientist In The City is the kind of book that will open our eyes to the man-made world around us, and show us some of the scientific reasons for why we live the way we do. |
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A Social History of American Technology $60.74 For over 250 years American technology has been regarded as a unique hallmark of American culture and an important factor in American prosperity. Despite this American history has rarely been told from the perspective of the history of technology. A Social History of American Technology fillsthis gap by surveying the history of American technology from the tools used by the earliest native inhabitants to the technological systems — cars and computers, aircraft and antibiotics — we are familiar with today. Cowan makes use of the most recent scholarship to explain how the uniquecharacteristics of American cultures and American geography have affected the technologies that have been invented, manufactured, and used throughout the years. She also focuses on the key individuals and ideas that have shaped important technological developments. The text explains how varioustechnologies have affected the ways in which Americans work, govern, cook, transport, communicate, maintain their health, and reproduce. Cowan demonstrates that technological change has always been closely related to social development, and explores the multiple, complex relationships that haveexisted between such diverse social agents as households and businesses, the scientific community and the defense establishment, artists and inventors. Divided into three sections — colonial America, industrialization, the 20th century — A Social History of American Technology is ideal for coursesin American social and economic history, as a correlated text for the American history survey, as well as for courses that focus on the history of American technology. It offers students the unique opportunity to learnnot only how profoundly technological change has affected the American way oflife, but how profoundly the American way of life has affected technology. |
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Achievements in European Research on Grid Systems: CoreGrid Integration Workshop 2006 (Selected Papers) $4.48 This volume comprises the edited proceedings of the second CoreGRID Integration Workshop, CGIW”2006, held October 2006 in Krakow, Poland. A Network of Excellence funded by the European Commission ”s Sixth Framework Program, CoreGRID aims to strengthen and advance scientific and technological excellence in the area of Grid and Peer-to-Peer technologies by bringing together a critical mass of well-established researchers from 41 European research institutions. Designed for a professional audience of industry practitioners and researchers, the volume is also suitable for advanced-level students in computer science. |
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Across the Secular Abyss: From Faith to Wisdom $75.27 Across the Secular Abyss draws upon the best social-scientific evidence to understand profound religious changes occurring in advanced societies today, as previously separate fields of science converge, leaving progressively less room for faith. It finds that the positive functions of religion have been exaggerated, are declining, and are replaceable by benefits from new Transhumanist technologies; however, serious concerns are raised whether atheism is compatible with long-term survival of the human species, given falling birth rates. |
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Adolescents and Adults With Learning Disabilities and ADHD $27 Most of the literature on learning disabilities and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) focuses on the needs of elementary school-age children, but older students with these conditions also require significant support. Comprehensive and authoritative, this book helps educators and clinicians navigate the maze of laws, policies, and scientific research relating to diagnostic and intervention decision making for adolescents and adults. Leading expert Noel Gregg provides clear guidance on how to conduct and document evidence-based assessments and select appropriate instructional and testing accommodations. Featuring helpful case vignettes, decision-making flowcharts, and coverage of the latest assistive technologies, the book gives special attention to supporting students during the crucial transition from high school to higher education or vocational settings. |
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Adolescents and Adults with Learning Disabilities and ADHD $55 Most of the literature on learning disabilities and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) focuses on the needs of elementary school-age children, but older students with these conditions also require significant support. Comprehensive and authoritative, this book helps educators and clinicians navigate the maze of laws, policies, and scientific research relating to diagnostic and intervention decision making for adolescents and adults. Leading expert Noel Gregg provides clear guidance on how to conduct and document evidence-based assessments and select appropriate instructional and testing accommodations. Featuring helpful case vignettes, decision-making flowcharts, and coverage of the latest assistive technologies, the book gives special attention to supporting students during the crucial transition from high school to higher education or vocational settings. |
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Advanced Combustion and Aerothermal Technologies: Environmental Protection and Pollution Reductions $61.16 Here readers will find a summary of proceedings at a highly important NATO workshop. The ARW Advanced Combustion and Aerothermal Technologies: Environmental Protection and Pollution Reductions, was held in Kiev, May 2006. The workshop was co-directed by Profs. N. Syred and A.Khalatov, winners of the NATO Scientific Prize 2002, and was organized by the Institute of Thermophysics (Ukraine) and Cardiff University, UK. The primary workshop objective was to assess the existing knowledge on advanced combustion and aerothermal technologies providing reduced environmental impact. |
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Agriculture in Developing Countries: Technology Issues $23.64 This volume emphasizes that demands for new agricultural sustainable technologies may not be realized merely by the application scientific knowledge, but would require a combination of scientific inputs and the indigenous knowledge of the farming community. |
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Ancient Science $14.05 There is an incredible timeline of scientific development that occurred before we could record our history. Walled communities, calendars to track time, early irrigation systems, and domestication of animals all occurred in prehistory. Readers will be taken on a journey of scientific discovery of very ancient timeslearning that a great deal of our lasting technologies stem from a not-so-primitive past. Sidebars and timelines support the main narrative. |
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Ancient Science $31.95 There is an incredible timeline of scientific development that occurred before we could record our history. Walled communities, calendars to track time, early irrigation systems, and domestication of animals all occurred in prehistory. Readers will be taken on a journey of scientific discovery of very ancient timeslearning that a great deal of our lasting technologies stem from a not-so-primitive past. Sidebars and timelines support the main narrative. |
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Aquaculture Genome Technologies $199.95 Genomics is a rapidly growing scientific field with applications ranging from improved disease resistance to increased rate of growth. Aquaculture Genome Technologies comprehensively covers the field of genomics and its applications to the aquaculture industry. This volume looks to bridge the gap between a basic understanding of genomic technology to its practical use in the aquaculture industry. |
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Basics of Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Technology $152 This easy-to-read and pragmatic book offers a systematic treatment of solid and hazardous waste management technology. Encouraging self-learning, with a focus on current technical and scientific fundamentals, it covers all the basic concepts and tools needed for making decisions. Chapter topics include environmental legislation and regulations; sources; composition and characteristics; physical, chemical, and biological properties; storage, collection and transportation; processing technologies; source reduction and reuse; disposal; and management and control of landfill leachate and gas. For civil engineers and scientists facing a first time involvement in any aspect of solid and hazardous waste management, this book will be a valuable reference. |
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Beet-Sugar Handbook $307.34 The first all-in-one reference for the beet-sugar industry Beet-Sugar Handbook is a practical and concise reference for technologists, chemists, farmers, and research personnel involved with the beet-sugar industry. It covers: Basics of beet-sugar technology Sugarbeet farming Sugarbeet processing Laboratory methods of analysis The book also includes technologies that improve the operation and profitability of the beet-sugar factories, such as: Juice-softening process Molasses-softening process Molasses-desugaring process Refining cane-raw sugar in a beet-sugar factory The book ends with a review of the following: Environmental concerns of a beet-sugar factory Basics of science related to sugar technology Related tables for use in calculations Written in a conversational, engaging style, the book is user friendly and practical in its presentation of relevant scientific and mathematical concepts for readers without a significant background in these areas. For ease of use, the book highlights important notes, defines technical terms, and presents units in both metric and British systems. Operating problem-solving related to all stations of sugarbeet processing, frequent practical examples, and given material/energy balances are other special features of this book. |
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Beyond the Image Machine $31.92 Beyond the Image Machine is an eloquent and stimulating argument for an alternative history of scientific and technological imaging systems. Drawing on a range of hitherto and marginalised examples from the world of visual representation and the work of key theorists and thinkers, such as Latour, de Certeau, McLuhan and Barthes, David Tomas offers a disarticulated and deviant view of the relationship between archaic and new representations, imaging technologies and media induced experience. Rejecting the possibility of absolute forms of knowledge, Tomas shows how new media technologies have changed the nature of established disciplines. |
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Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton $119.95 Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton is the market-leading reference on the scientific analysis of human skeletal remains recovered from archaeological sites. Now, featuring scores of new or thoroughly revised content, this Second Edition provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the topic available. Select new features include: techniques in the analysis of human skeletal and dental remains; extensive coverage of new technologies, including modern morphometric techniques; and advances in the field of forensic anthropology. |
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Biology of the Mammary Gland $149 Proceedings of the European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST 825) Symposium on Mammary Gland Biology, held September 16-18, 1999, in Tours, France. It is difficult to overstate the evolutionary and functional significance of mammary tissue in biology. Substantial progress has been made by researchers in various disciplines, particularly over the last fifteen years, towards realizing the potential of this tissue to yield powerful experimental models for morphogenesis and tissue development; for cellular differentiation; for the biosynthesis and secretion of proteins, lipids, small molecules and inorganic salts; and for the coordination and regulation of these processes. More recently, the possibility of exploiting the secretory epithelial cells of mammary tissue as cell factories’ has become a reality and the recombinant production by lactating animals of an increasing number of proteins, valuable both in the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical’ fields, is in progress or under development.Also in this sphere of agricultural production, genetic as well as nutritional technologies are under investigation and exploitation to optimize milk composition for various end-uses – for instance in food process and manufacture. The possibilities of deriving health benefit from the bioactive properties of some of the minor constituents of milk are emerging to counter the highly-publicized negative health impact of excessive consumption of saturated animal fats. In human nutrition and medicine, the mammary gland is both a source of nutrition to the neonate and a potential health threat to the adult female – breast cancer remains the major single cause of female mortalityin most developed countries.This volume provides a unique glimpse into our understanding, at the cutting edge of a variety of disciplines, of this versatile and extraordinary tissue, at the birth of the twenty-first century. |
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Biomass for Renewable Energy, Fuels, and Chemicals $210.47 Biomass for Renewable Energy, Fuels, and Chemicals serves as a comprehensive introduction to the subject for the student and educator, and is useful for researchers who are interested in the technical details of biomass energy production. The coverage and discussion are multidisciplinary, reflecting the many scientific and engineering disciplines involved. The book will appeal to a broad range of energy professionals and specialists, farmers and foresters who are searching for methods of selecting, growing, and converting energy crops, entrepreneurs who are commercializing biomass energy projects, and those involved in designing solid and liquid waste disposal-energy recovery systems. Key Features* Presents a graduated treatment from basic principles to the details of specific technologies* Includes a critical analysis of many biomass energy research and commercialization activities* Proposes several new technical approaches to improve efficiencies, net energy production, and economics* Reviews failed projects, as well as successes, and methods for overcoming barriers to commercialization* Written by a leader in the field with 40 years of educational, research, and commercialization experience |
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Biomedical Ethics $24.95 Today, advances in medicine and biotechnology occur at a rapid pace and have a profound impact on our lives. Mechanical devices can sustain an injured person’s life indefinitely. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the body and brain can reveal disordersbefore symptoms appear. Genetic testing of embryos can predict whether people will have diseases earlier or later in life. It may even become possible to clone human beings. These and other developments raise difficult ethical questions. Biomedical Ethics is an engaging philosophical introduction to the most important ethical positions and arguments in six areas of biomedicine: the patient-doctor relationship, medical research on humans, reproductive rights and technologies, genetics, medical decisions at the end of life, andthe allocation of scarce medical resources. Concisely capturing the historical, contemporary, and future-oriented aspects of the field, author Walter Glannon discusses both perennial issues in medicine, such as doctors’ duties to patients, and recent and emerging issues in scientific innovation, including gene therapy and cloning. Ideal for undergraduate courses in contemporary moral problems, introduction to ethics, and introduction to bioethics, Biomedical Ethics is accessible to students who have little or no background in ethical theory, medicine, or biotechnology. |
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Biophysics of Electron Transfer and Molecular Bioelectronics $199.53 This comprehensive guide to the biophysics of metalloproteins and the mechanisms of charge transfer through systems involving them, aims to outline a summary of scientific results obtained by the world-wideresearch in recent years. The volume appears at a time of significant progress within the field, when technologies derived from it are granted central recognition for their role in the development of biotechnology, electronics and material sciences. |
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Bodies of Evidence: The Fascinating World of Forensic Science and How It Helped Solved More Than 100 True Crimes $2.22 A true crime page-turner, Bodies of Evidence is a compelling look at the way scientific techniques have helped investigators solve some of the most famous crimes in history.From determining the cause of a suspicious death to analyzing minute bits of physical evidence found at crime scenes, forensic scientists play a key role in police work.This fast-packed, authoritative book offers a close-up look at how crime solvers work.– Forensic technologies used to identify victims, uncover invisible causes of death, pinpoint murder weapons, and distinguish between accidents and intentional mayhem.– The analysis of dues left by the guilty parties — including everything from the examination of fingerprints and bits of hair and fiber to such sophisticated techniques as voice printing and DNA testing.– The role of forensic evidence in establishing new parameters in the justice system, including such landmarks as the first guilty verdict obtained in a murder case without a body and the first successful use of DNA analysis to gain a conviction. |
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Brain Culture $74.32 Brain Culture investigates the American obsession with the health of the brain. Davi Johnson Thornton looks at familiar messages, tracing how brain science and colorful brain images produced by scientific technologies are taken up and distributed in popular media. She tracks the message that, you are your brain across multiple contemporary contexts, analyzing its influence on child development, family life, education, and public policy. Our fixation on the brain is not simply a reaction to scientific progress, but a cultural phenomenon tied to values of individualism and limitless achievement. |
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Brain Culture $24.95 Brain Culture investigates the American obsession with the health of the brain. Davi Johnson Thornton looks at familiar messages, tracing how brain science and colorful brain images produced by scientific technologies are taken up and distributed in popular media. She tracks the message that, you are your brain across multiple contemporary contexts, analyzing its influence on child development, family life, education, and public policy. Our fixation on the brain is not simply a reaction to scientific progress, but a cultural phenomenon tied to values of individualism and limitless achievement. |
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Building Robust Learning Environments in Undergraduate Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics $29 Acknowledging the growing national need for a well-equipped talent pool from which the scientific, technical, and engineering workforce in the twenty-first century will be drawn, this volume examines ways that trustees, presidents, provosts, and deans can commit to national objectives and translate them into action at the local level. It challenges academic leaders to take immediate and informed action to guarantee undergraduate access to programs of the highest quality that prepare them for life and work in the world beyond the campus. All undergraduates in these early decades of the twenty-first century need access to robust and engaging learning experiences that provide a deep understanding of the nature of science and the scientific process, alert them to the power and potential of science and technology in their world, make them facile with numbers and data and the use of technologies, and prepare them for responsible citizenship in a world dominated by science and technology. All students, no matter what their background, need access to a research-rich, discovery-based learning environment in which they are motivated to consider a career using scientific and technological capabilities, perhaps as a K-12 teacher, an academic scientist or engineer, or in the high-tech industrial community. This is the 119th issue in the Jossey-Bass higher education series New Directions for Higher Education. |
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Bullets and Bacilli: The Spanish-American War and Military Medicine $39.92 For each soldier killed in combat during the Spanish-American War, more than seven died from diseases such as typhoid fever and malaria-a rate higher than that of the Civil War. During a time of rapid medical innovation and discovery, why did these soldiers die so needlessly? Bullets and Bacilli: The Spanish-American War and Military Medicine is the first book to focus primarily on military medicine during this conflict. Historian Vincent J. Cirillo argues that there is a universal element of military culture that stifles medical progress. This war gave army medical officers an opportunity to introduce to the battlefield new medical technologies, including the X-ray, aseptic surgery, and sanitary systems derived from the germ theory. With few exceptions, however, their recommendations were ignored almost completely. Scientific knowledge was not sufficient; putting these ideas into military practice required the cooperation of line officers and volunteer soldiers as well as a restructuring of military education. The influence of military experiences on the history of American medicine is often overlooked. Cirillo shows how preventable deaths during the Spanish-American War led to reforms that continue to save the lives of both soldiers and civilians to the present day. |
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CM2 Nitrate 240 caps $28.95 Creatine Nitrate CM2 enhanced with Beta-Alanine and di-L-Arginine L-Malate. Dietary Supplement. CM2 Nitrate represents the latest scientific breakthroughs in creatine sbquo; arginine and carnosine delivery technologies and is unsurpassed by its competition in saturating the muscle cells with NO (Nitric Oxide) sbquo; creatine phosphate and carnosine stores. SAN products are manufactured under GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) standards with stringent quality control guidelines. Additionally each lot produced by SAN is independently tested for purity and potency by HPLC analysis to ensure only the highest quality ingredients in our innovative formulas. (These statements have not been evaluated by the food and drug administration. This product is not intended to diagnose sbquo; treat or prevent any disease. Before beginning any program of weight management sbquo; consult your health care practitioner). |
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Cancer $102.1 We live in an era in which scientific information grows by the day and is so specialized that no one person can possibly absorb and kept abreast of the literature. Substantial developments in science and medicine, powered by developing technologies such as genetic sequencing, proteomics, and nanobiology, have driven cancer research forward, and a review of where we are now is desperately needed. Cancer: The Outlaw Cell is a collection of twenty-five focused chapters written by leading researchers at the forefront of cancer research. Authors present the current state of knowledge in chapters on the role of heredity, cancer and telomeres, tumor resistance, and microRNAs in the pathogenesis of cancer, and map out areas of future research and advancement. |
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Cardiac Cell and Gene Transfer $21.71 A panel of leading scientific experts detail novel techniques and strategies for the cellular and genetic modification of heart function. The highly experienced authors provide step-by-step protocols for vector production and purification, for gene and cell delivery techniques, and for physiological assessment in vivo and in vitro. Timely, authoritative, and state-of-the-art, Cardiac Cell and Gene Transfer: Principles, Protocols, and Applications constitutes an invaluable guide to all the new cellular and gene-based technologies needed by basic and clinical investigators working to illuminate today’s unanswered questions about heart disease and ultimately to improve the heart performance in all their patients. |
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Cinema, Technologies of Visibility, and the Reanimation of Desire $85 Exploring the dead/alive figure in such films as The Ring, American Beauty, and The Elephant Man, Vincent Hausmann charts the spectacular reduction of psychic life and assesses calls for shoring up psychic/social spaces that transfer bodily drives to language. Drawing on expansive histories of cinema–including its relation to scientific/medical visual culture”s tracking of the human/animal body, psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and sexuality studies, the book demonstrates that conceptions of psychic (re)animation remain interwoven with notions of cinematic motion, and emerge, embedded, in narratives of relations among analog and digital arts/technologies. |
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Clinical Cancer Genetics: Risk Counseling and Management $149.95 With a Foreword by Richard D. Klausner, M.D., Director, National Cancer Institute and an Introduction by Henry T. Lynch, M.D., President, Hereditary Cancer Institute and Director, Creighton Cancer Center, Creighton University. When ordering a genetic test to determine whether a patient is susceptible to genetically transmitted cancers, physicians must be prepared to cope with profound medical, psychological, and ethical consequences. They, along with genetic counselors, nurses, psychologists, and other health professionals, must ensure that interpretations of test results are accurate, risk assessments are appropriate, and the communication of risk information is clear, helpful, and productive. Clinical Cancer Genetics: Risk Counseling and Management is a comprehensive practical guide for health professionals responding to the growing demand for clinical cancer genetic services. Using examples drawn from actual cases and emphasizing fundamental principles throughout, this book outlines the scope of clinical cancer genetics and its underlying scientific concepts, reviews the most prevalent syndromes of cancer predisposition, and addresses major issues associated with genetic testing, including: Use of quantitative methods in risk counseling Methodologies of genetic testing Genetic testing of patients with cancer Reproductive risk counseling of cancer patients Special psychological, ethical, and legal challenges in clinical cancer genetics Supplemented with practical materials used in cancer genetic counseling programs and an annotated table of selected human cancer predisposition syndromes, Clinical Cancer Genetics: Risk Counseling and Management equips health care professionalswith a complete understanding of the benefits and limitations of genetic testing technologies and the ability to integrate genetic information into the management of patients who are at risk or already affected by cancer. |
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Colonial Technology: Science and the Transfer of Innovation to Australia $106.24 Technological Change is at the heart of much industrial and economic development, but the conversion of scientific and technical research into economic success stories is not automatic. Australia has always imported overseas technology, largely out of necessity, but has this been exploitative, fostering a relationship of dependence, or used to Australia’s advantage? This book explores such questions in the context of nineteenth-century Australian science. In her important study, Jan Todd argues that the situation was far more complex than has been widely acknowledged. In the context of on-going debates, she shows that technology systems reflect national characteristics, institutions and priorities, drawing general conclusions about Australian science and technology in an imperial context. Much of the book is devoted to two fascinating cases of technology transfer, that is, importing technology from one country to another. The first looks at the transfer of anthrax vaccination, a French innovation, into the pastoral industry, mainly in New South Wales. The second considers the transfer of the cyanide process of gold extraction, which originated in Britain, into the mining industry across Australia. In both cases, considering a range of economic, political and cultural factors, she traces a process of creative adaptation to these technologies. |
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Combinatorial Scientific Computing $92.85 This is the first book to provide an overview of combinatorial scientific computing (CSC). Bringing together a diverse group of researchers, it addresses many of the challenges faced in high-performance computing (HPC) by setting the stage for accelerated development and deployment of fundamental enabling technologies in HPC. The text focuses on load balancing and parallelization on high-performance computers, large-scale optimization, automatic differentiation of numerical simulation code, and sparse matrix software tools. It also discusses key topics in CSC, important software tools, and special topics and applications. |
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Communities and Technologies 2005: Proceedings of the Second Communities and Technologies Conference, Milano 2005 $3.34 This book includes 23 papers dealing with the impact of modern information and communication technologies that support a wide variety of communities: local communities, virtual communities, and communities of practice, such as knowledge communities and scientific communities. The volume is the result of the second multidisciplinary Communities and Technologies Conference, a major event in this emerging research field. The various chapters discuss how communities are affected by technologies, and how understanding of the way that communities function can be used in improving information systems design. This state of the art overview will be of interest to computer and information scientists, social scientists and practitioners alike. |
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Composition of Embedded Systems: Scientific and Industrial Issues: 13th Monterey Workshop 2006 Paris, France, October 16-18, 2006 Revised Selected Pap $69.94 This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 13th International Monterey Workshop on Composition of Embedded Systems: Scientific and Industrial Issues, held in Paris, France, in October 2006. The 12 revised full papers presented were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement from numerous submissions for inclusion in the book. The workshop discussed a range of challenges in embedded systems design that require further major advances in software and systems composition technology. The papers are organized in topical sections on model driven development and embedded systems, software engineering for embedded systems, and composition technologies. |
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Computational Earthquake Science, Part 1 $69.2 Exciting developments in earthquake science have benefited from new observations, improved computational technologies, and improved modeling capabilities. Designing models of the earthquake of the earthquake generation process is a grand scientific challenge due to the complexity of phenomena and range of scales involved from microscopic to global. Such models provide powerful new tools for the study of earthquake precursory phenomena and the earthquake cycle. Through workshops, collaborations and publications the APEC Cooperation for Earthquake Simulations (ACES) aims to develop realistic supercomputer simulation models for the complete earthquake generation process, thus providing a virtual laboratory to probe earthquake behavior.Part I of the book covers microscopic simulations, scaling physics and earthquake generation and cycles. This part also focuses on plate processes and earthquake generation from a macroscopic standpoint. |
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Control of Complex Systems $158.3 The world of artificial systems is reaching hitherto undreamed-of levels of complexity. Surface traffic, electricity distribution, mobile communications, etc., demonstrate that problems are arising that are beyond classical scientific or engineering knowledge. In order that our ability to control such systems should not be hindered by lack of comprehension, there is an on-going effort to understand them.This book is an example of the types of approach that European researchers are using to tackle problems derived from systems’ complexity. It has grown out of activities in the Control of Complex Systems (COSY) research program the goals of which are to promote multi-disciplinary activity leading to a deeper understanding and further development of control technologies for complex systems and if possible, to develop the theory underlying such systems. The material in this book represents a selection of the results of the COSY program and is organised as a collection of essays of varying nature: surveys of essential areas, discussion of specific problems, case studies, and benchmark problems.Topics covered include: Modelling complex physical systems; Passivity-based control of non-linear systems; Aspects of fault identification and fault tolerance; Control design; Learning control; Satellite attitude control.Complex systems appear in many different fields and for this reason this book should be of interest to scientists, researchers and industrial engineers with a broad spectrum of experience. |
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Controversies in Perinatal Medicine: The Fetus as a Patient $91.02 The introduction of new diagnostic technologies such as Doppler technology and three-dimensional ultrasonography has changed the nature of perinatal medicine. However, the rush to introduce new procedures has sometimes compromised the rigor necessary in the initial analyses of their uses. With expert editorial direction and contributions from leaders in the field, the book guides readers through the maze of new technologies and procedures and explores the issues they raise in terms of scientific methodology. It gives readers a clear picture of the developments in diagnosis and treatment made possible by new technologies and the insight to resolve the issues involved in using them. |
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Countering Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism $170.4 With the dissolution of the Soviet Union the nuclear threats facing the world are constantly evolving and have grown more complex since the end of the Cold War. The diversion of complete weapon systems or nuclear material to rogue nations and terrorist organizations has increased and new nuclear powers (e.g. Iran, Korea, Pakistan and India) have further complicated global proliferation issues. The events of the past years have proved the necessity to reevaluate these threats on a level never before considered. In recognition that no single country possesses all of the answers to the critical scientific, institutional and legal questions associated with combating nuclear and radiological terrorism, the 2005 Workshop and this proceeding was structured to promote wide-ranging, multi-national exploration of critical technology needs and underlying scientific challenges to reducing the threat of nuclear/radiological terrorism; to illustrate through country-specific presentations how resulting technologies were used in national programs; and to outline the role of legal, policy and institutional frameworks in countering nuclear/radiological terrorism. One key outcome of this book is better understanding of the independent contributions from across the international community of the scientific and technological components and the legal, policy and institutional components to combating nuclear/radiological terrorism. The book can serve as a tool for communicating the outcomes of the workshop not only to the multi-national scientific communities engaged in combating nuclear/radiological terrorism, but also to those working at governmental and policy levels whose actions affect the directionsscience takes and how the technology is incorporated into country-specific national systems for combating nuclear/radiological terrorism. |
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Countering Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism $115.78 With the dissolution of the Soviet Union the nuclear threats facing the world are constantly evolving and have grown more complex since the end of the Cold War. The diversion of complete weapon systems or nuclear material to rogue nations and terrorist organizations has increased and new nuclear powers (e.g. Iran, Korea, Pakistan and India) have further complicated global proliferation issues. The events of the past years have proved the necessity to reevaluate these threats on a level never before considered. In recognition that no single country possesses all of the answers to the critical scientific, institutional and legal questions associated with combating nuclear and radiological terrorism, the 2005 Workshop and this proceeding was structured to promote wide-ranging, multi-national exploration of critical technology needs and underlying scientific challenges to reducing the threat of nuclear/radiological terrorism; to illustrate through country-specific presentations how resulting technologies were used in national programs; and to outline the role of legal, policy and institutional frameworks in countering nuclear/radiological terrorism. One key outcome of this book is better understanding of the independent contributions from across the international community of the scientific and technological components and the legal, policy and institutional components to combating nuclear/radiological terrorism. The book can serve as a tool for communicating the outcomes of the workshop not only to the multi-national scientific communities engaged in combating nuclear/radiological terrorism, but also to those working at governmental and policy levels whose actions affect the directions thescience takes and how the technology is incorporated into country-specific national systems for combating nuclear/radiological terrorism. |
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Culture Clash: Law and Science in America $59.78 It is an article of faith in America that scientific advances will lead to wondrous progress in our daily lives. Americans proudly support scientific research that yields stunning breakthroughs and Nobel prizes. We relish the ensuing debate about the implications – moral, ethical, practical – of these advances. Will genetic engineering change our basic nature? Will artificial intelligence challenge our sense of human uniqueness? And yet the actual implementation of these technologies is often sluggish and much delayed. In this controversial book, Steven Goldberg provides a compelling look at the intersection of two of America’s most powerful communities – law and science – to explain this apparent contradiction. Rarely considered in tandem, law and science highlight a fundamental paradox in the American character, the struggle between progress and process. Science, with its ethic of endless progress, has long fit beautifully with America’s self image. Law, in accordance with the American ideal of giving everyone a fair say, stresses process above all else, seeking an acceptable, rather than a scientifically correct, result. This characteristic has been especially influential in light of the explosive growth of the legal community in recent years. Exposing how the legal system both supports and restricts American science and technology, Goldberg considers the role and future of three projects – artificial intelligence, nuclear fusion, and the human genome initiative – to argue for a scientific vision that infuses research with social goals beyond the pure search for truth. Certain to provoke debate within a wide range of academic and professional communities, Culture Clash reveals one ofthe most important and defining conflicts in contemporary American life. |
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Data Mining for Association Rules and Sequential Patterns: Sequential and Parallel Algorithms $151.18 Recent advances in data collection, storage technologies, and computing power have made it possible for companies, government agencies and scientific laboratories to keep and manipulate vast amounts of data relating to their activities. This state-of-the-art monograph discusses essential algorithms for sophisticated data mining methods used with large-scale databases, focusing on two key topics: association rules and sequential pattern discovery. This will be an essential book for practitioners and professionals in computer science and computer engineering. |
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Designing Surveys $58 The Second Edition of Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures accounts for changes in telephone, Internet, and email surveying and provides a more comprehensive treatment on questionnaire testing. Despite changing technologies, however, the principles of scientific survey design remain unchanged, including the selection of the sample, the writing of questions to solicit an unbiased response, and the ethical treatment of human subjects. This new edition addresses these issues in the context of new and emerging technologies and their relationship to survey design and the social sciences. Designing Surveys provides an accurate account of how modern survey research is actually conducted, but with the needs and goals of a novice researcher in mind. |
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Designing Surveys $116 The Second Edition of Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures accounts for changes in telephone, Internet, and email surveying and provides a more comprehensive treatment on questionnaire testing. Despite changing technologies, however, the principles of scientific survey design remain unchanged, including the selection of the sample, the writing of questions to solicit an unbiased response, and the ethical treatment of human subjects. This new edition addresses these issues in the context of new and emerging technologies and their relationship to survey design and the social sciences. Designing Surveys provides an accurate account of how modern survey research is actually conducted, but with the needs and goals of a novice researcher in mind. |
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Disorders Of Desire $28.95 Disorders of Desire is the only book to tell the story of the development and impact of sexology?the scientific study of sex?in the United States. In this era of sex scandals, culture wars, Sex in the City, and new sexual enhancement technologies (like erectile dysfunction drugs), its critique of sexology is even more relevant than it was when the book was first published in 1990. This revised and expanded edition features new chapters addressing: * The diagnosis of sex addiction in the 1970s and its social and political implications. * New developments within the field of sexology, including the Viagra Revolution that began in the 1990s. * The pharmaceutical industry’s role in the development of sexual enhancements and the search for the female equivalent of Viagra. |
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Drought Assessment, Management and Planning: Theory and Case Studies $259.68 This book is dedicated to furthering scientific understanding of drought assessment and management and the policy issues associated with drought preparedness worldwide. The authors invited to contribute to the volume are uniquely qualified to address their respective topics. The book is divided into two parts. Part One emphasizes theoretical aspects of drought assessment, management, and preparedness; it also includes a discussion of the concept of drought. These chapters are aimed at improving the reader’s understanding and awareness of drought; appropriate technologies to monitor drought’s onset, development and termination; emerging methodologies to estimate impacts; adjustment strategies to alleviate drought effects; and a methodology for countries to follow in the development of a national drought policy and plan. Part One concludes with an insightful examination of how changes in climate may alter climatic variability and the frequency and intensity of extreme events, particularly drought. The successes and failures of previous assessment and response efforts are highlighted in Part Two through case studies in Israel, India, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, the United States, and China. Several of these case studies provide insight into the difficulties inherent in the provision of timely and effective drought assistance by government in both a developed and developing country setting. The lessons learned in these instances provide both an extraordinary opportunity and challenge to other drought-prone nations to learn from these experiences and avoid some of the mistakes of the past. Some of the case studies in Part Two illustrate remarkable progress in drought preparedness andare examples for other nations to follow. |
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Dry Scrubbing Technologies for Flue Gas Desulfurization $247 Dry sulfurization processes offer the significant advantages of low capital and low operating costs when compared to wet desulfurization. They hold great potential for the economical reduction of sulfur emissions from power utilities that use high-sulfur coal.Dry Scrubbing Technologies for Flue Gas Desulfurization represents a body of research that was sponsored by the State of Ohio’s Coal Development Office for the development of technologies that use coal in an economic, environmentally-sound manner. One of the project’s major goals was the development of dry, calcium-based sorption processes for removing sulfur dioxide from the combustion gases produced by high-sulfur coal.Dry Scrubbing Technologies for Flue Gas Desulfurization highlights a number of fundamental research findings that have had a significant and lasting impact in terms of scientific understanding. For example, the experimental investigation of the upper-furnace sulfur capture obtained time-resolved kinetic data in less than 100 millisecond time-scales for the first time ever, thereby revealing the true nature of the ultra-fast and overlapping phenomena. This was accomplished through the development of a unique entrained flow reactor system. The authors also identify a number of important areas for future research, including reaction mechanisms, sorbent material, transport effects, modeling, and process development. Dry Scrubbing Technologies for Flue Gas Desulfurization will appeal to both chemical and environmental engineers who examine different ways touse coal in a more environmentally benign manner. It will make an essential reference for air pollution control researchers from coal, lime, cement, and utilityindustries; for government policy-makers and environmental regulatory agencies; and for those who teach graduate courses in environmental issues, pollution control technologies, and environmental policy. |
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E-Content: Technologies and Perspectives for the European Market $56.9 Technologies develop rapidly and reach hurricane levels of velocity but quality E-Content and innovative applications lag behind. This book addresses the question how content industries change within a digital environment and what role information and communication technologies play in transforming the competitive landscape. The authors argue that post-industrial societies tend to pay substantial amounts for equipment and gadgets but invest far too little in the quality of the content. As a result, much effort is and has to be spent on the enhancement of E-Content. The contributions give an elaborate overview of: – the specifics, challenges and prospects of content in the network economy; – market developments of digital media services; – paid content business models; – impacts on scientific publishing; – developments in the field of E-Learning; – the interplay between technology and content with the example of interactive digital TV; – the mobile games market; – emerging new cross media markets; – the need to enhance the usability of websites and mobile applications; – how digital applications might be used to capture and store our personal experiences. A final chapter shows the prospects of the European E-Content market and gives an overview of valuable initiatives and resources dealing with the topic of E-Content. |
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E-Crit $27.95 ”E-Crit is a bold attempt to redefine scholarly communication in an era characterized by the arrival of digital media. The problem that the author addresses is this: New technologies of communication and representation (the Internet, computer graphics) seem to be implicated in fundamental shifts in popular media forms and in the delivery of scientific and even scholarly texts. Many critics in the humanities are exploring these issues in their work. However, the form of the work itself remains largely unchanged and unexplored. This is the paradox that O”Gorman seeks to confront, and his approach is both radical and practical. He attempts both explain and exemplify his E-Crit approach – to understand how digital writing can be different from linear writing for print, and to train his students in a new form of digital representation.”-Jay Bolter |
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E-Crit: Digital Media, Critical Theory, and the Humanities $59 ”E-Crit is a bold attempt to redefine scholarly communication in an era characterized by the arrival of digital media. The problem that the author addresses is this: New technologies of communication and representation (the Internet, computer graphics) seem to be implicated in fundamental shifts in popular media forms and in the delivery of scientific and even scholarly texts. Many critics in the humanities are exploring these issues in their work. However, the form of the work itself remains largely unchanged and unexplored. This is the paradox that O”Gorman seeks to confront, and his approach is both radical and practical. He attempts both explain and exemplify his E-Crit approach – to understand how digital writing can be different from linear writing for print, and to train his students in a new form of digital representation.”-Jay Bolter |
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Emerging Technologies in Surgery $9.08 This book discusses the effects of emerging disruptive technologies on surgeons and surgical practice. Discussion ranges from an overview of economic, scientific, ethical and social implications, to expert analysis of emerging robotics, virtual reality training, nanotechnology and stem cell therapies. |
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Empirical Methods and Studies in Software Engineering: Experiences from Esernet $66.84 Nowadays, societies crucially depend on high-quality software for a large part of their functionalities and activities. Therefore, software professionals, researchers, managers, and practitioners alike have to competently decide what software technologies and products to choose for which purpose.For various reasons, systematic empirical studies employing strictly scientific methods are hardly practiced in software engineering. Thus there is an unquestioned need for developing improved and better-qualified empirical methods, for their application in practice and for dissemination of the results.This book describes different kinds of empirical studies and methods for performing such studies, e.g., for planning, performing, analyzing, and reporting such studies. Actual studies are presented in detail in various chapters dealing with inspections, testing, object-oriented techniques, and component-based software engineering. |
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Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology $288.35 The Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology is a comprehensive resource describing the influence of ICT in scientific knowledge construction and spreading, with emphasis on the roles of product technologies, process technologies, and context technologies. |
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Endings and Beginnings $93.49 As society struggles to cope with the many repercussions of assisted life and death, the evening news is filled with stories of legal battles over frozen embryos and the possible prosecution of doctors for their patients’ suicide. Using an institutional approach as an alternative to the prevailing rights based analysis of problems in law and medicine, this study explains why society should resist the tendency to look to science and law for a resolution of intimate matters, such as how our children are born and how we die. Palmer’s institutional approach demonstrates that legislative analysis is often more important than judicial analysis when it comes to issues raised by new reproductive technologies and physician-assisted suicide. A reliance on individual rights alone for answers to the complex ethical questions that result from society’s faith in scientific progress and science’s close alliance with medicine will be insufficient and ill-advised. Palmer predicts that the key role of the family as a societal institution will mean that questions of assisted reproduction will be resolved more in response to market forces than through legal intervention. However, he does support a strong role for legislatures in decisions involving the physicians’ role in our deaths. These findings are based on the differing views of the Supreme Court justices in these matters: a tendency to protect family formation from state interference (as in abortion decisions), but support of a legislative obligation to control medicine (assisted suicide). According to Palmer, recent Supreme Court decisions on physician assisted suicide usher in a new era in how legal institutions will resolve biomedical dilemmas. |
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Energize 84 tabs $20.35 Dietary Supplement. All Day Energy Pill. Sustained energy formula. Relieves exhaustion. Improves mental clarity. Increases energy levels. After devoting 10 years of scientific research into mental and physical performance sbquo; Dr. Mark Tallon sbquo; PhD worked in tandem with iSatori Technologies and created Energize to help: Relieve exhaustion; Combat mental and physical fatigue; Improve mental clarity and focus; Increase and sustain energy levels. (These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose sbquo; treat sbquo; cure or prevent disease.)Proprietary Energize Formula: 1.6 g (L-Tyrosine sbquo; Glucuronolactone sbquo; Natural Caffeine sbquo; Theobromine sbquo; Rhodiola Extract(aerial part)(Standardized for Rosavins and Salidrosides) sbquo; Asian Ginseng (root) sbquo; Octacosanol (from Polycosanol) |
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Energy, Sustainability and the Environment $114.19 The complexity of carbon reduction and economic sustainability is significantly complicated by competing aspects of socioeconomic practices as well as legislative, regulatory, and scientific requirements and protocols. By writing an easy-to-read-and-understand guide, the authors move through the maze of carbon reduction methods and technologies, providing steps and insights to meet carbon reduction requirements and maintaining the health and welfare of the firm. |
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Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody $14 In 25 illustrated, hilariously fear-inducing essays, Brockway introduces us to the incredible but very real scientific experiments, dangerous emerging technologies, and terrifying natural disasters that could bring about the end of all humanity. |
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Evolutionary Algorithms in Engineering and Computer Science: Recent Advances in Genetic Algorithms, Evolution Strategies, Evolutionary Programming, Ge $315 Evolutionary Algorithms in Engineering and Computer Science Edited by K. Miettinen, University of Jyvdskyld, Finland M. M. Mdkeld, University of Jyvdskyld, Finland P. Neittaanmdki, University of Jyvdskyld, Finland J. Piriaux, Dassault Aviation, France What is Evolutionary Computing? Based on the genetic message encoded in DNA, and digitalized algorithms inspired by the Darwinian framework of evolution by natural selection, Evolutionary Computing is one of the most important information technologies of our times. Evolutionary algorithms encompass all adaptive and computational models of natural evolutionary systems – genetic algorithms, evolution strategies, evolutionary programming and genetic programming. In addition, they work well in the search for global solutions to optimization problems, allowing the production of optimization software that is robust and easy to implement. Furthermore, these algorithms can easily be hybridized with traditional optimization techniques. This book presents state-of-the-art lectures delivered by international academic and industrial experts in the field of evolutionary computing. It bridges artificial intelligence and scientific computing with a particular emphasis on real-life problems encountered in application-oriented sectors, such as aerospace, electronics, telecommunications, energy and economics. This rapidly growing field, with its deep understanding and assesssment of complex problems in current practice, provides an effective, modern engineering tool. This book will therefore be of significant interest and value to all postgraduates, research scientists and practitioners facing complex optimization problems. |
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Expecting Trouble: The Myth of Prenatal Care in America $153.38 Prenatal care in America does not work and much of it lacks a solid scientific base. We spend more for it and provide more of it than any other nation on earth. Yet in return our prematurity and low birthweight rates are among the worst in the world.So argues Thomas H. Strong, Jr., a second generation obstetrician whose entire professional career has centered around prenatal care. Expecting Trouble calls into question many of the prevailing assumptions which have driven our country’s maternity healthcare for decades.While the general understanding of prenatal care as crucial to the wellbeing of mothers and their babies is now enshrined in American culture, Strong draws upon scientific research to show that few procedures are actually as helpful as we imagine. Much of what passes for prenatal care is unduly expensive, unnecessarily high-tech, and surprisingly unsupported by medical research. New — and unproven — technologies are adopted by obstetricians seeking to appear cutting-edge in order to attract patients while procedures which could potentially detect problems, such as ultrasound, have taken on the status of fads, becoming virtually ubiquitous in obstetricians’ offices rather than remaining in the hands of those specialists who have extensive and proper training.Strong dispels widespread misconceptions about the effectiveness of prenatal care in its current form and explains ways in which mothers themselves can affect their pregnancy outcomes to a greater degree than their obstetricians.Expecting Trouble exposes the glaring deficiencies of American prenatal care and outlines what can be done to remedy it. In addition, it provides specific questions that parentsshould be asking their health care providers to ensure that they and their babies receive the best care possible. |
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Expedition Mars: How We Are Going to Get to Mars $10.11 The technical challenges of a human expedition to Mars are the principal theme to be explored by Martin Turner in Expedition Mars. The author begins by describing how the very latest rocket propulsion and spacecraft technology, and planned developments in nuclear and electric propulsion technologies, are the key factors which will enable a human expedition to Mars to take place. Of particular importance are the challenges of transporting cargo to Mars and in providing necessary life support for the crew, including the supply of consumables, such as food, water, air and fuel, for the return journey. In this regard the author considers how the International Space Station fits into the strategy for a human journey to the Red Planet, in its preparation of astronauts for long-duration spaceflight and the possible hazards posed by space radiation and prolonged weightlessness. The author discusses the relative merits of fast and slow journeys to Mars, i.e. is quicker also safer and cheaper? Also of importance is the role of unmanned robotic explorers in preparing the ground for human activities on Mars and in defining what the surface of Mars is like. The means by which future explorers will live and work on Mars are also explored, including issues such as habitation, modules, Mars buggies, spacesuits, scientific experiments and communications with Earth. He concludes by looking at the possible political obstacles to such a journey, but points out that sooner or later humans will have to make a choice; stay here on Earth or explore the Solar System beyond. One route takes us nowhere, the other leads to the stars. |
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Explorations in Physics $187.81 Helps students to: * Increase their scientific literacy and improve their critical thinking abilities.* acquire mastery of a diverse subset of scientific concepts.* develop positive attitudes about science.* become comfortable reading graphs and interpreting their meaning.* learn to use computers and other modern technologies with skill and confidence. |
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Far Field $51.61 Human understanding of the rapidly changing environments of the North and South Poles–and the realities of climate change–has been radically transformed by a host of innovations afforded by the digital technologies. Far Field presents essays from artists and scholars who address the shift in our collective cultural understanding through a selection of the most significant artistic, scientific, technological, and philosophical interpretations of the poles over the past decade. Amply illustrated and including fascinating first person accounts of projects at the poles, this cutting-edge volume will have important implications for contemporary cultural studies and the critical study of climate change. |
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Fermented Beverage Production $99 Fermented Beverage Production, Second Edition is an essential resource for any company producing or selling fermented alcoholic beverages. In addition it would be of value to anyone who needs a contemporary introduction to the science and technology of alcoholic beverages. This authoritative volume provides an up-to-date, practical overview of fermented beverage production, focusing on concepts and processes pertinent to all fermented alcoholic beverages, as well as those specific to a variety of individual beverages. The second edition features three new chapters on sparkling wines, rums, and Latin American beverages such as tequila, as well as thorough updating of information on new technologies and current scientific references. |
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Fire and Polymers IV: Materials and Concepts for Hazard Prevention $184.17 Worldwide loss of life and property from fire is a huge problem. In addition to education of consumers to use smoke detectors and to use common sense in the household where potential fires may occur, scientists are developing new technologies to enhance fire safety. This book describes some of the key scientific advances in all areas of fire retardancy and has contributions from almost all of the leading worldwide groups who are active in this area. |
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Fluorescence Imaging Spectroscopy and Microscopy $216 In recent years, the introduction of the combined use of flourescence spectroscopy and microscopy has opened up exciting new arenas of scientific investigation. The combination of spectroscopic techniques and video microscopy enables acquisition of quantitative data about dynamic processes. It allows the investigation of molecular activity as it occurs – at the level of a single, intact, living cell – and provides extraordinary detail regarding biological organization and function. This new work covers emerging technologies and their applications in a variety of disciplines, including chemistry, biology, physics, computer science, engineering, medicine, and pharmacology. Each chapter is devoted to a new, unique, or otherwise novel application of the combination of imaging techniques and flourescence spectroscopy. In addition to covering established methods and instrumentation, the contributors also identify potential new applications in a number of areas. Throughout, they emphasize the multifunctional and multidimensional uses of the marriage of flourescence imaging spectroscopy and digital imaging microscopy. They show how these technologies can be used in combination to obtain distinct yet complimentary information, allowing two- and three-dimensional measurements, as well as manipulations of the sample under study in real time. This book makes the field of flourescence imaging spectroscopy and microscopy accessible to scientists in a variety of research fields. It is also an excellent text for graduate students, a reference to the latest techniques, and a source of ideas to stimulate future investigation. |
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Focusing Telescopes in Nuclear Astrophysics $27.57 This volume is the first of its kind on focusing gamma-ray telescopes. Forty-eight refereed papers provide a comprehensive overview of the scientific potential and technical challenges of this nascent tool for nuclear astrophysics. The book features articles dealing with pivotal technologies such as grazing incident mirrors, multilayer coatings, Laue- and Fresnel-lenses – and even an optic using the curvature of space-time. |
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Foods $116 Foods: Experimental Perspectives, Seventh Edition will help students pursuing food-related careers broaden and deepen their scientific knowledge of food and its safe preparation. It clearly explains food science”s foundational principles and most important emerging technologies. The text first surveys the consumer marketplace, career opportunities, and basic food research techniques. Next, it discusses food”s physical aspects and preparation, and thoroughly explains carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. Finally, it presents up-to-date coverage of food safety, preservation, and additives. Learning is promoted through Food for Thought boxes, photos, objectives, margin notes, definitions, charts, web links, and study questions. Updated throughout, this edition includes extensively revised coverage of food safety, GMOs, trans fats, alternative sweeteners, and much more. Also Available – Experimental Foods Labratory Manual ( ISBN 013 215 808 6) |
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Forbidden Science: From Ancient Technologies to Free Energy $18 There is a war going on between the established scientific community and those who would explore new theories, realities, energy, and dynamics. J. Douglas Kenyon explains the reasons for this conflict and presents the cutting-edge research of 19 scientists who challenge the status quo. |
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Fossil Fuels $17.58 With easy-to-read text, full-color photos, and captivating graphics, this book examines the background, pros and cons, and future of oil, coal, and natural gas as power sources. Readers will learn how fossil fuels were formed and how they are obtained, transported, and used for energy. New technologies, the importing and exporting of fossil fuels, and the Kyoto Protocol are also discussed. Scientific beliefs about carbon dioxide emissions, pollution, and global warming are also addressed, as well as the greenhouse effect. In addition, easy ways to conserve energy are presented to readers. Informative sidebars, bold glossary terms, and an index accompany engaging text and interactive graphic elements. |
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Foundations of Environmental Physics $77.42 Foundations of Environmental Physics is designed to focus students on the current energy and environmental problems facing society, and to give them the critical thinking and computational skills needed to sort out potential solutions.The text begins by exploring how changes in world population impact all aspects of the environment, particularly with respect to energy use. It then discusses what the first and second laws of thermodynamics tell us about renewable and nonrenewable energy; how current energy use is changing the global climate; and how alternative technologies can be evaluated through scientific risk assessment. In approaching real-world problems, students come to understand the physical principles that underlie scientific findings. |
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From DNA to Diversity $101.27 From the Publisher:In this landmark work, the author team led by Dr. Sean Carroll presents the general principles of the genetic basis of morphological change through a synthesis of evolutionary biology with genetics and embryology. In this extensively revised second edition, the authors delve into the latest discoveries, incorporating new coverage of comparative genomics, molecular evolution of regulatory proteins and elements, and microevolution of animal development.An accessible text, focusing on the most well-known genes, developmental processes and taxa.Builds logically from developmental genetics and regulatory mechanisms to evolution at different genetic morphological levels.Adds major insights from recent genome studies, new evo-devo biology research findings, and a new chapter on models of variation and divergence among closely related species.Provides in-depth focus on key concepts through well-developed case studies.Features clear, 4-color illustrations and photographs, chapter summaries, references and a glossary.Presents the research of Dr. Carroll, a pioneer in the field and the past president of the Society for Developmental Biology.About the Author:Sean B. Carroll is currently an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of Wisconsin. His research for the past twenty years has focused on the genetics of animal development and evolution, and yielded many original discoveries as to the mechanisms underlying the making and evolution of animal form.Jennifer K. Grenier is currently a senior scientist in the Microarray Group at Mirus Corporation in Madison, Wisconsin. Her scientific interests include the evolution of development, comparative genomics, and innovative technologies for functional genomics research.Scott D. Weatherbee is a research fellow at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He studies the dev |
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From Monkey Brain to Human Brain: A Fyssen Foundation Symposium $44.37 The extraordinary overlap between human and chimpanzee genomes does not result in an equal overlap between human and chimpanzee thoughts, sensations, perceptions, and emotions; there are considerable similarities but also considerable differences between human and nonhuman primate brains. From Monkey Brain to Human Brain uses the latest findings in cognitive psychology, comparative biology, and neuroscience to look at the complex patterns of convergence and divergence in primate cortical organization and function.Several chapters examine the use of modern technologies to study primate brains, analyzing the potentials and the limitations of neuroimaging as well as genetic and computational approaches. These methods, which can be applied identically across different species of primates, help to highlight the paradox of nonlinear primate evolution — the fact that major changes in brain size and functional complexity resulted from small changes in the genome. Other chapters identify plausible analogs or homologs in nonhuman primates for such human cognitive functions as arithmetic, reading, theory of mind, and altruism; examine the role of parietofrontal circuits in the production and comprehension of actions; analyze the contributions of the prefrontal and cingulate cortices to cognitive control; and explore to what extent visual recognition and visual attention are related in humans and other primates.The Fyssen Foundation is dedicated to encouraging scientific inquiry into the cognitive mechanisms that underlie animal and human behavior and has long sponsored symposia on topics of central importance to the cognitive sciences. |
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From Space To Earth $39.99 Fifty years have changed our view of space. The spin-off technologies from the world”s space programs have an ever increasing influence on our daily lives. While early spaceflights were mainly nationalistic demonstrations of power, today a wide range of scientific or technological objectives are carried out in space through international cooperation. Commercial missions are also funded by the private sector. Space is now a scientific laboratory, a marketplace, and a workplace. This book describes the latest developments in spaceflight and looks toward humanity”s future beyond earth. Over 400 vivid color photos and illustrations present spaceflight”s past, present, and future. Complex scientific and technical aspects of the world”s space programs are explained in understandable terms. Current research and trends, along with new applications, are discussed. Welcome to the very real final frontier and all the possibilities for its productive, cooperative use. |
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Genetics $181.68 Perfect for an upper level seminar or course, this casebook traces the legal impacts of genetics across the legal spectrum–from family law to medical law to forensics. It addresses international and federal regulation of genetic research; medical applications including prenatal testing, pharmacogenomics, and gene therapy; paternity testing; intellectual property rights; and the use of genetic technologies by social institutions, including law enforcement, courts, insurers, employers and schools. The 3rd edition newly covers Octomom and President Obama”s stem cell directive. No scientific background on the part of the students or professor is required. |
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Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Berries $103.17 Recent interest in the health-related, culinary, and biological properties of berries is stimulating new initiatives in berry breeding and production. Breakthroughs in molecular technologies allow genomics-enabled approaches to augment research efforts. This volume documents the basic botany and culture of four major berry crops and follows the scientific milestones that have ushered these systems into the modern genomics era. Leading researchers in each crop system detail the recent findings in genetics, genomics, and breeding that seek to improve sustainable cultivation, fruit quality, and availability. |
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God, Science, and Designer Genes $56.72 A biologist and a Christian theologian examine the scientific and philosophical implications and potential impacts of genetic technologies. |
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Handbook of Discourse Processes $150.16 This Handbook is a comprehensive overview of the multidisciplinary field of discourse processes. The editors hope to foster a more interdisciplinary approach to discourse processing with this Handbook, while simultaneously developing an appreciation within the field for multiple methods of establishing rigorous scientific claims. The field of discourse processes is currently fueled by seven dominant approaches: * discourse psychology; * corpus analysis; * computational discourse; * discourse technologies; * conversation analysis; * hybrid qualitative and quantitative approaches; and * cultural foundations. The contributors also discuss future trends in research, including corpus analyses, the integration of neuroscience with discourse research, and the development of more advanced computer technologies for analyzing discourse. |
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Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering $613.54 Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering incorporates the most recent technological advances and research developments in photovoltaics. All topics relating to the photovoltaic (PV) industry are discussed and each chapter has been written by an internationally-known expert in the field. Detailed treatment covers: scientific basis of the photovoltaic effect and solar cell operation the production of solar silicon and of silicon-based solar cells and modules the science and technology of up-and-coming thin film PV technologies how choice of semiconductor materials and their production influence costs and performance high-performance approaches for concentrators and space applications new types of organic dye-based solar cells making measurements on solar cells and modules and how to relate results under standardised test conditions to real outdoor performance photovoltaic system installation and operation of components such as inverters and batteries. architectural applications of building-integrated PV finance and the role of investors: public funding and policy in promoting PV world-wide Each chapter is written to be partially accessible to beginners while providing detailed information of the physics and technology for experts. Encompassing a review of past work and the fundamentals in solar electric science, this outstanding reference provides an invaluable resource to practitioners, consultants, researchers and students in the PV engineering industry. |
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Handbook of Semantic Web Technologies $664.37 This is the first dedicated reference work in this field, collecting contributions about both the technical foundations of the Semantic Web and their main usage in other scientific fields like life sciences, engineering, business, or education. |
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Health Physics in the 21st Century $162.57 Presents emerging and maturing radiation-generating technologies that will affect the health physics and radiation protection professionSummarizes the relevant technology and scientific basisExtracts the relevant health physics issues to provide a unified, first-of-a-kind presentation of 21st century radiation generating systemsContains twelve appendices that add background material and provide supporting information and enrichment to topics addressed in the text |
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High-pressure Physics $134.14 With contributions from an international group of leaders, this book examines the range of experimental and theoretical techniques in high pressure physics and includes computational methods. With applications in a range of physics disciplines, from novel materials synthesis to planetary interiors, it cuts across many areas and provides a solid grounding in techniques and applications. The authors focus on scientific challenges in condensed matter under extreme conditions of pressure and temperature, synthesis and characterization of novel materials, and state-of-the-art experimental facilities and technologies. |
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Hitachi Ultrastar 15K147 HUS151414VL3800 147 GB 3.5 Internal Hard Drive – Ultra320 SCSI – 15000 rpm – 16 MB Buffer $157.95 Performance and reliability are key requirements for enterprise-class hard drives. The mature design of the Ultrastar 15K147 ensures greater reliability which helps enable shorter qualification times. Several key technologies are designed into Ultrastar drives to ensure high reliability, enhance performance and protect customer data. The Ultrastar 15K147 incorporates Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) technology to maintain drive performance in multi-drive systems where rotational vibration is likely to occur. Fluid dynamic bearing (FDB) motors deliver quieter drives with improved data integrity. Hitachi offers the only enterprise-class hard drive utilizing a head load/unload ramp which helps minimize drive failures caused by handling damage during integration. Applications: Online transaction processing RAID Storage Area Network (SAN) Network Attached Storage (NAS) Scientific engineering and data analysis Imaging systems Media streaming Data warehousing |
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Hitachi Ultrastar 15K147 HUS151473VL3800 73.40 GB 3.5 Internal Hard Drive – Ultra320 SCSI – 15000 rpm – 16 MB Buffer $157.95 Performance and reliability are key requirements for enterprise-class hard drives. The mature design of the Ultrastar 15K147 ensures greater reliability which helps enable shorter qualification times. Several key technologies are designed into Ultrastar drives to ensure high reliability, enhance performance and protect customer data. The Ultrastar 15K147 incorporates Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) technology to maintain drive performance in multi-drive systems where rotational vibration is likely to occur. Fluid dynamic bearing (FDB) motors deliver quieter drives with improved data integrity. Hitachi offers the only enterprise-class hard drive utilizing a head load/unload ramp which helps minimize drive failures caused by handling damage during integration. Applications: Online transaction processing RAID Storage Area Network (SAN) Network Attached Storage (NAS) Scientific engineering and data analysis Imaging systems Media streaming Data warehousing |
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Hubris and Hybrids: A Cultural History of Technology and Science $143 Human societies have not always taken on new technology in appropriate ways. Innovations are double-edged swords that transform relationships among people, as well as between human societies and the natural world. Only through successful cultural appropriation can we manage to control the hubris that is fundamental to the innovative, enterprising human spirit; and only by becoming hybrids, combining the human and the technological, will we be able to make effective use of our scientific and technological achievements. This broad cultural history of technology and science provides a range of stories and reflections about the past, discussing areas such as film, industrial design, and alternative environmental technologies, and including not only European and North American, but also Asian examples, to help resolve the contradictions of contemporary high-tech civilization. |
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Hydrogen Materials Science and Chemistry of Carbon Nanomaterials: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Hydrogen Materials Science an $144.9 The 2003 International Conference Hydrogen Materials Science and Chemistry of Carbon Nanomaterials was held in September 2003. In the tradition of the earlier ICHMS conferences, this meeting served as aninterdisciplinary forum for the presentation and discussion of the most recent research on transition to hydrogen-based energy systems, technologies for hydrogen production, storage, utilization, materials, energy andenvironmental problems. The aim of the volume is to provide an overview of the latest scientific results on research and development in the different topics cited above. The representatives from industry, public laboratories, universities and governmental agencies have presented the most recent advances in hydrogen concepts, processes and systems, to evaluate current progress in these areas of investigations and to identify promising researchdirections for the future. |
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Imagining Science $34.95 Imagining Science brings together internationally recognized artists, scientists, and social commentators to feature a body of original artwork and essays which explores the complex legal, ethical, and social concerns about advances in biotechnology, such as stem cell research, cloning, and genetic testing. Many important questions and themes emerge from this exchange, highlighting the linkages between scientific and creative research. This collaboration also stresses the vital role art can play in critiquing these biomedical technologies, particularly as advancements in science begin to challenge our ethical boundaries. |
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Improving Patient Care $88.12 In the field of health care, a very large number of valuable insights, procedures and technologies become available each year. These come from well planned scientific research or careful experiments and evaluation in everyday practice. As many of these innovations are not adopted into daily practice, at the expense of improved patient care, it is crucial to understand how sucessful implementation can be achieved. This book examinines the process of introducing change and innovation into practice. With chapters on identifying problems in the implementation, selecting strategies, effective implementation of policies, and evaluation of the success of the changes, this book provides a comprehensive overview of all of the elements involved in the successful implementation of change. |
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Integrated Research in GRID Computing: CoreGRID Integration Workshop 2005 (Selected Papers) November 28-30, Pisa, Italy $141.99 The aim of CoreGRID is to strengthen and advance scientific and technological excellence in the area of Grid and Peer-to-Peer technologies. This will help to overcome the current fragmentation and duplication of effort in this area. |
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Interface Cultures $107.25 From media art archeology to contemporary interaction design -the term interface culture is based on a vivid and ongoing discourse in the fields of interactive art, interaction design, game design, tangible interfaces, auditory interfaces, fashionable technologies, wearable devices, intelligent ambiences, sensor technologies, telecommunication and new experimental forms of human-machine, human-human and machine-machine interactions and the cultural discourse surrounding them. This books aim is to give an overview of the current state of interactive art and interface technology as well as an outlook on new forms of hybridiation in art, media, scientific research and everyday media applications. |
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Introduction to Bioanalytical Sensors $114.24 Gain the basic knowledge you need to utilize modern technologies for biosensors quickly and efficiently Biosensors have become virtually indispensable components in the analytical scientist’s toolkit. Increasingly, researchers are called upon to design and adapt them for customized applications. Yet, surprisingly, most young scientists graduate without having acquired an integrated working knowledge of the cross-disciplinary principles underlying biosensing strategies. This book was prepared to fill that critical educational gap. Introduction to Bioanalytical Sensors presents to readers a broad view of scientific concepts and principles informing the design and use of biosensing devices and systems. While it offers an integrated presentation of foundational information from an array of related scientific disciplines, the emphasis throughout is on applications rather than theory. Only as much basic science is covered as is necessary for an analytical scientist to use or customize biosensing devices for fulfilling experimental objectives. Major topics covered include: Biosensors and bioanalytical challenges Designing for performance Developing bioselective layers Fundamentals of electroanalytical sensors Optically based energy transduction Thermal and acoustic-wave transduction Introduction to Bioanalytical Sensors, written as a self-teaching guide, assumes that readers have only a bachelor’s degree in chemistry or a related field utilizing analytical and physical chemistry, and biochemistry. |
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Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology $78.95 Wiley Survival Guide to Nanotechnology: Tiny Structure, Big Ideas and Grey Goo explains nanotechnology to an audience that does not necessarily have a scientific background. It covers all aspects, including the new areas of biomedical applications and the use of nanotechnology to probe the quantum vacuum. After discussing the present state of the art in nanotechnology, the book makes estimates of where these technologies are going and what will be possible in the future. |
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Introduction to Physics in Modern Medicine $143.19 The medical applications of physics are typically not covered in introductory physics courses. This volume fills that gap by explaining the physical principles behind technologies such as surgical lasers or computed tomography (CT or CAT) scanners. Each chapter contains a short, self-contained explanation of the necessary scientific background, making this book highly accessible to those without an advanced knowledge of physics. Introduction to Physics in Modern Medicine is intended for students in the field of medicine/health studies requiring an elementary background in physics. But it can also serve as a relatively non-mathematical introduction to this important area of applied physics for undergraduate physics students. |
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Living with the Genie: Essays on Technology and the Quest for Human Mastery $38.27 A group of remarkably penetrating, frank, and expert scientists, techno-wizards, activists, and writers raise provocative questions about what is gained and what is lost in a world enthralled by technology in this wonderfully soulful forum on life in the ‘Wired World.’ -BOOKLIST Biotechnology, Cloning, Robotics, Nanotechnology… At a time when scientific and technological breakthroughs keep our eyes focused on the latest software upgrades or the newest cell-phone wizardry, a group of today’s most innovative thinkers are looking beyond the horizon to explore both the promise and the peril of our technological future. Human ingenuity has granted us a world of unprecedented personal power — enabling us to communicate instantaneously with anyone anywhere on the globe, to transport ourselves in both real and virtual worlds to distant places with ease, to fill our bellies with engineered commodities once available to only a privileged elite. Through our technologies, we have sought to free ourselves from the shackles of nature and become its master. Yet science and technology continually transform our experience and society in ways that often seem to be beyond our control. Today, different areas of research and innovation are advancing synergistically, multiplying the rate and magnitude of technological and societal change, with consequences that no one can predict. Living with the Genie explores the origins, nature, and meaning of such change, and our capacity to govern it. As the power of technology continues to accelerate, who, this book asks, will be the master of whom? In Living with the Genie, leading writers and thinkers come together to confront this questionfrom many perspectives, including: Richard Powers’s whimsical investigation of the limits of artificial intelligence; Philip Kitcher’s confrontation of the moral implications of science; Richard Rhodes’s exploration of the role of technology in reducing violence; Shiv Visvanathan’s analys |
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Localized Waves $123.62 Localized Waves brings together the world”s most productive researchers in this emerging area to present a thorough review of the theoretical foundation and historical aspects of localized waves; explore the interconnections of the subject with other technologies and scientific areas; analyze the effect of arbitrary anisotropies on both continuous-wave and pulsed non-diffracting fields; describe the physical nature and experimental implementation of localized waves; and provide a general overview of wave localization. |
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Marine and Coastal Geographical Information Systems $73.54 Marine and coastal applications of GIS are finally gaining wide acceptance in scientific as well as GIS communities, and cover the fields of deep sea geology, chemistry, and biology, and coastal geology, biology, engineering, and resource management. Comprising rigorous contributions from a group of leading scholars in marine and coastal GIS, this book will inspire and stimulate continued research in this important new application domain of GIS.A timely publication for the UN International Year of the Ocean, Marine and Coastal Geographical Information Systems covers progress and research in the marine and coastal realm, in the areas of theory applications and empirical results. It is the first book of its kind to address basic and applied scientific problems in deep sea and coastal science using GIS and remote sensing technologies. It is designed for GIS and remote sensing specialists, but also for those with and interest in oceans, lakes, and shores. Coverage ranges from seafloor spreading centers to Exclusive Economic Zones to microscale coastal habitats; and techniques include spatial- and acoustic-based technologies such as multibeam bathymetry, sidescan sonar, ROVs, submersibles, computer modeling, image display, and 3-D visualization. It illustrates the broad usage of GIS, image processing, and computer modeling in deep sea and coastal environments. |
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Metal and Ceramic Based Composites $381 Modern scientific and technological fields are frequently of an interdisciplinary nature, and the field of fibrous composites is no exception. Unlike fibre-reinforced plastics, the family of metal- and ceramic-based composites is still quite a new group of materials with a large variety of mechanical and physical properties. Up until now it has been difficult to produce these materials as the necessary technical information has not been well documented.The main purpose of this book is to link together fabrication, structure and properties chains, so as to clarify which structure provides the necessary properties, and how one can attain the correct composite structure. To this end, the book not only contains topics of a purely technical nature, but also a description of the failure mechanics of metal- and ceramic-matrix composites, as this is the key to understanding the structure-properties segment of the chain mentioned.The book is divided into three parts. Part I presents a general view of composites with the accent on metal- and ceramic-matrix composites. It also contains a brief description of modern fibres and composites and can be considered, at least for beginners, as a starting point for further study. Part II looks at the composite microstructures considered to be either optimal or reasonable in resisting a particular loading. Finally Part II describes a variety of mechanical, physical, and chemical potential for organizing these microstructures. Experimental data on technologies, material structures, and material properties are used throughout the book to support theoretical conclusions or to obtain important physical parameters. |
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Microwave-Enhanced Polymer Chemistry and Technology $210.64 While polymer technology forms one of the largest areas of application of microwave technology, and the methods and procedures used therein are among the most developed, there is still a relative lack of published information on the subject. Microwave-Enhanced Polymer Chemistry and Technology describes novel approaches to polymer processing using microwave technologies. Coverage includes background and scientific data, analysis of processes and product properties in comparison with existing technology, applications that are being used in various approaches, and the status of current research. Features of microwave irradiation, i.e., solvent-free reactions, low waste, energy efficiency, high yield, short reaction time, and possible use of alternative solvents, can play an important role in the development of green chemistry methods. |
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Missions for Science $36.27 Missions for Science traces the development and transfer of technology in four Atlantic regions with populations of predominantly African ancestry: the southern United States, the Panama Canal Zone, Haiti, and Liberia. David McBride explores how the pursuit of the scientific ideal, and the technical and medical outgrowths of this pursuit, have shaped African diaspora populations in these areas, asking: — What specific technologies and medical resources were transferred by U.S. institutions to black populations centers and why?– How did the professed aims of U.S. technical projects, public health, and military activities differ from their actual effects and consequences?– Did the U.S. technical transfer amount to a form of political hegemony?– What lessons can we learn from the history of technology and medicine in these key geographic regions?Missions for Science is the first book to explain how modern industrial and scientific advances shaped black Atlantic population centers. McBride is the first to provide a historical analysis of how shifting environmental factors and disease-control aid from the United States affected the collective development of these populations. He also discusses how independent black Atlantic republics with close historical links to the United States independently envisioned and attempted to use science and technology to build their nations. |
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Model Organisms in Drug Discovery $183.25 Fruit flies are little people with wings goes the saying in the scientific community, ever since the completion of the Human Genome Project and its revelations about the similarity amongst the genomes of different organisms. It is humbling that most signaling pathways which define humans are conserved in Drosophila, the common fruit fly. Feed a fruit fly caffeine and it has trouble falling asleep; feed it antihistamines and it cannot stay awake. A C. elegans worm placed on the antidepressant flouxetine has increased serotonin levels in its tiny brain. Yeast treated with chemotherapeutics stop their cell division. Removal of a single gene from a mouse or zebrafish can cause the animals to develop Alzheimer s disease or heart disease. These organisms are utilized as surrogates to investigate the function and design of complex human biological systems. Advances in bioinformatics, proteomics, automation technologies and their application to model organism systems now occur on an industrial scale. The integration of model systems into the drug discovery process, the speed of the tools, and the in vivo validation data that these models can provide, will clearly help definition of disease biology and high-quality target validation. Enhanced target selection will lead to the more efficacious and less toxic therapeutic compounds of the future. This book will be of interest to geneticists, bioinformaticians, pharmacologists, molecular biologists and people working in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly genomics. |