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Transitioning to Sustainable Life on Land

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Report copyright infringementby Volker Beckmann (Editor)Sustainable Life on Land, the fifteenth UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 15), calls for the protection, restoration and promotion of the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems. Among others, it requires societies to sustainably manage forests, halt and reverse land degradation, combat desertification, and halt biodiversity loss. Despite the fact that protection of terrestrial ecosystems is on the rise worldwide and forest loss has...

gods and Geometry, The Intersection of Myth, Medicine, and Built Spaces

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Report copyright infringementby Emmanuel Joseph Joseph (Author)Book Description: Gods and Geometry: The Intersection of Myth, Medicine, and Built SpacesJourney through the ancient world where myths intertwine with geometry to shape the very foundation of human civilization. In "Gods and Geometry: The Intersection of Myth, Medicine, and Built Spaces," explore how geometric principles and mythological narratives guided the construction of sacred spaces, healing centers, and urban landscapes in ...

Innovative Methods of Teaching and Learning Chemistry in Higher Education: Rsc

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Report copyright infringementby Ingo Eilks (Editor), Bill Byers (Editor)A unique publication from the ECTN, giving a comprehensive overview of innovations in university chemistry teaching from a broad European perspective.Back JacketTwo recent initiatives from the EU, namely the Bologna Process and the Lisbon Agenda are likely to have a major influence on European Higher Education. It seems unlikely that traditional teaching approaches, which supported the elitist system of the past, will pro...

Why Life Events Are Predestined and How Our Universe Originated

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Report copyright infringementby Pia Pikwah Fields (Author)In this book, author Pia Fields tells you how a Chinese astronomer Shao Kang Jie predicts one's life, including the birth years of the person's direct family members, his personality, careers as well as his parents' through one's birth time. Everything was printed in the book Shao wrote one thousand years ago. Shao obviously finished what Newton could not do.Base on the Ying, Yang five-element theory, Pia explained the predestined of l...

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Report copyright infringementby Radhika Vijay (Author)Has studying Pharmacology been a Catch-22 for you? Does it seem a closed book, something nigh to impossible? Now that this book is in your hands, It is for sure you are interested in the subject and trying to decipher it out.Well, You have got your hands on the right book!The book is a second edition with few added chapters to denote the closing of season 1 of my podcast, hence it covers a part of the subject, the "General Pharmacology".Be...

Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space - Hardcover

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by Bleddyn E. Bowen (Author)Space technology was developed to enhance the killing power of the state. The Moon landings and the launch of the Space Shuttle were mere sideshows, drawing public attention away from the real goal: military and economic control of space as a source of power on Earth. Today, as Bleddyn E. Bowen vividly recounts, thousands of satellites work silently in the background to provide essential military, intelligence and economic capabilities. No major power can do withou...

The Longevity Diet: Discover the New Science Behind Stem Cell Activation and Regeneration to Slow Aging, Fight Disease, and Optimize Weight

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Report copyright infringementby Valter Longo (Author)The internationally renowned, clinically tested, revolutionary diet program to lose weight, fight disease, and live a longer, healthier life. Can what you eat determine how long, and how well, you live? The clinically proven answer is yes, and The Longevity Diet is easier to follow than you'd think. The culmination of 25 years of research on aging, nutrition, and disease across the globe, this unique program lays out a simple solution to li...

Failing Families, Failing Science: Work-Family Conflict in Academic Science

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Report copyright infringementby Elaine Ecklund (Author), Anne E. Lincoln (Author)Work life in academia might sound like a dream: summers off, year-long sabbaticals, the opportunity to switch between classroom teaching and research. Yet, when it comes to the sciences, life at the top U.S. research universities is hardly idyllic. Based on surveys of over 2,000 junior and senior scientists, both male and female, as well as in-depth interviews, Failing Families, Failing Science examines how the r...

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Hartshorne (Author), Andrew H. Clark (Editor), Edward a. Ackerman (Foreword by)""Perspectives on the Nature of Geography"" is a book written by Richard Hartshorne, a prominent geographer, which offers a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the nature of geography as a discipline. The book is divided into five parts, each of which focuses on a different aspect of geography. The first part provides an overview of the history of geography and discusse...

Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, Third Grade

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Report copyright infringementby Emily Morgan (Author), Karen Ansberry (Author)Author BiographyEmily Morgan is the science leader for the High AIMS Consortium in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a former elementary science lab teacher at Mason City Schools in Mason, Ohio, and a seventh-grade science teacher at Northridge Local Schools in Dayton, Ohio. She has a bachelor of science in elementary education from Wright State University and a master of science in education from the University of Dayton. E...

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Report copyright infringementby Henry Pollack (Author), Al Gore (Foreword by)A clear-eyed explanation of the impact of ice on Earth, its climate, and its residents. Much has been written about global warming, but the crucial relationship between people and ice has received little focus, until now - and there is a fierce urgency as the problem accelerates. With clarity and insight, geophysicist and a co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, Henry Pollack, paints a compelling portrait of the ...

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Report copyright infringementby John McPhee (Author)The Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 billion yearsTwenty years ago, when John McPhee began his journeys back and forth across the United States, he planned to describe a cross section of North America at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the style of the geologists he traveled with. The structure of the book n...

From Rough Stones to Wow: Turn Your Rocks & Minerals Into Beautiful Gems

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Report copyright infringementby Jim Magnuson (Author)Take rock collecting to the next level: create gemstones that glisten and shine with beginner instructions that yield professional results.Beautifully cut, polished, and shaped gemstones are marvelous treasures. They can be very expensive to purchase, but have you ever wondered how to create your own? You might be surprised at how quickly you can learn to do it--and how affordable it is, especially when compared with many other popular hobb...

Man's Selection: Charles Darwin's Theory of Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design

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Report copyright infringementby Marc a. Watson (Author), Barbara Angle (Contribution by)Man's Selection sets the scientific record straight by taking a fresh look at Charles Darwin's phenomenal theories regarding Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design. In The Origin of Species, Darwin stated that "the Creator" originated one or more forms of life, that "the Creator" established the laws governing nature, and that "the works of the Creator" were superior to those of man. Darwin also addre...

A New Science of Heaven: How the New Science of Plasma Physics Is Shedding Light on Spiritual Experience - Paperback

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by Robert Temple (Author)'This book is an important contribution, and I hope it will open many minds. What is particularly important in it are the discussions of David Bohm, of bioplasma, biophotons, and bioelectronics.' - PROFESSOR ZBIGNIEW WOLKOWSKI, Sorbonne University, Paris "Answers so many questions, scientific and esoteric, about the true nature of our reality... A seminal work... Will revolutionise how we frame reality and the thinking of everyone on this planet. Kudos to Professor Te...

Latin for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored

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Report copyright infringementby Lorraine Harrison (Author)Since Latin became the standard language for plant naming in the eighteenth century, it has been intrinsically linked with botany. And while mastery of the classical language may not be a prerequisite for tending perennials, all gardeners stand to benefit from learning a bit of Latin and its conventions in the field. Without it, they might buy a Hellebores foetidus and be unprepared for its fetid smell, or a Potentilla reptans with the...

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World - Library Binding

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by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Author) Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN Publication Date: January 08, 2025 Large Print: Yes

Texas Rocks!: A Guide to Geologic Sites in the Lone Star State

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Report copyright infringementby Nathalie N. Brandes (Author), Paul T. Brandes (Photographer)Unearth the secrets of Texas's billion-year history with this captivating guide to 80 easily accessible geologic sites. With geology as diverse as the state, the sites include dinosaur tracks embedded in limestone, thick lava flows cut by vertical columns, sand dunes composed entirely of gypsum, and blue quartz crystals sparkling in llanite, an unusual rock found only in the Llano region. Beautiful col...

Chemistry in Theatre: Insuffi, Phalla ..

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Report copyright infringementby Djerassi Carl (Author)This book examines the questions "What can science do for the theatre?" and "What can the theatre do for science?" which raise challenges for both theatre professionals and scientists. Unusually, this book deals with plays first and foremost as reading material -- as texts to be read alone or in dramatic readings -- rather than emphasizing performances on the stage. Concrete examples are given to demonstrate the potential pedagogic value o...

Go Forth and Forage: A Guide to Foraging Over 50 of the Most Common Edible & Medicinal North American Mushrooms

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Report copyright infringementby Whitney Johnson (Author)Let expert forager and Appalachian native Whitney Johnson (@appalachian_forager) be your friendly guide to foraging over 50 North American species of edible and medicinal fungi. Go Forth and Forage is a detailed field guide to identifying, harvesting, and preparing wild-foraged mushrooms through all four seasons. From spring treasures such as morels and woodears, to summer finds like black trumpets, chicken of the woods, and boletes, st...

The Clays of the State of Washington, Their Geology, Mineralogy, and Technology

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Report copyright infringementby Solon Shedd (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important en...

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Report copyright infringementby Moheb Costandi (Author)The real story of how our brains and nervous systems change throughout our lifetimes--with or without "brain training."Fifty years ago, neuroscientists thought that a mature brain was fixed like a fly in amber, unable to change. Today, we know that our brains and nervous systems change throughout our lifetimes. This concept of neuroplasticity has captured the imagination of a public eager for self-improvement--and has inspired countless I...

Applications of Social Media and Social Network Analysis

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Report copyright infringementby Przemyslaw Kazienko (Editor), Nitesh Chawla (Editor)Back JacketThis collection of contributed chapters demonstrates a wide range of applications within two overlapping research domains: social media analysis and social network analysis. Various methodologies were utilized in the twelve individual chapters including static, dynamic and real-time approaches to graph, textual and multimedia data analysis. The topics apply to reputation computation, emotion detecti...

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Report copyright infringementby Gordon Seidoh Worley (Author)How do you know what's true? And what happens when you can't be sure?We use truth every day-to make decisions, settle arguments, and understand the world. But most of us have never looked closely at how we know what we know. When we do, we find something unsettling: the foundations of our knowledge rest on assumptions we can't justify.In Fundamental Uncertainty, Gordon Seidoh Worley traces this problem from its roots in ancient phil...

The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

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Report copyright infringementby Ray Kurzweil (Author)AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTUAL PEOPLE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE The noted inventor and futurist's successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have spawned a worldwide movement. Kurzweil's predictio...

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Report copyright infringementby C. W. Kilmister (Editor)Approach your problems from the right end It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is and begin with the answers. Then one day, that they can't see the problem. perhaps you will find the final question. G. K. Chesterton. The Scandal of Father 'The Hermit Clad in Crane Feathers' in R. Brown 'The point of a Pin'. van Gulik's The Chif1ese Maze Murders. Growing specialization and diversification have brought a host of monographs and tex...

The CMS Silicon Strip Tracker: Concept, Production and Commissioning

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Report copyright infringementby Oliver Pooth (Author)Back JacketWith the start of the Large Hadron Collider LHC at CERN near Geneva, Switzerland, and the huge detectors along this particle accelerator, the largest high energy physics experiments ever are underway. One of the experiments is the CMS detector (Compact Muon Solenoid). With this experiment over 3,000 scientists and engineers worldwide will search for answers to fundamental questions in high energy physics. Oliver Pooth describes t...

Management and Applications of Complex Systems

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Report copyright infringementby G. Rzevski (Editor), S. Syngellakis (Editor) Number of Pages: 174 Dimensions: 0.44 x 10 x 7 IN Publication Date: March 05, 2019

Discrete and Topological Models in Molecular Biology

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Report copyright infringementby Natasa Jonoska (Editor), Masahico Saito (Editor)Methods allow researchers to "zoom in" on processes at a molecular level Contributing authors are among the leading scientists in this field Reference for researchers in mathematics, theoretical computer science, mathematical biology and bioinformaticsBack JacketTheoretical tools and insights from discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, and topology now play essential roles in our understanding of vita...

Geoinformatics for Intelligent Transportation

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Report copyright infringementby Igor Ivan (Editor), Itzhak Benenson (Editor), Bin Jiang (Editor)Back JacketThe aim of the book is to present and discuss new methods, issues and challenges involved in geoinformatics' contribution to making transportation more intelligent, efficient and human-friendly. It covers a wide range of topics related to transportation and geoinformatics. The themes are divided into four main sections: Transport modeling, Sensor data and services, Intelligent transport ...

Hierarchical Device Simulation: The Monte-Carlo Perspective

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Report copyright infringementby Christoph Jungemann (Author), Bernd Meinerzhagen (Author)This book summarizes the research of more than a decade. Its early motivation dates back to the eighties and to the memorable talks Dr. C. Moglestue (FHG Freiburg) gave on his Monte-Carlo solutions of the Boltzmann transport equation at the NASECODE conferences in Ireland. At that time numerical semiconductor device modeling basically implied the application of the drift-diffusion model. On the one hand, ...

Mapmatics: A Mathematician's Guide to Navigating the World

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Report copyright infringementby Paulina Rowińska (Author)An "original" (Nature) and "expansive journey through time and place" (Guardian) that uncovers the surprising connections between math and maps--and the myriad ways they've shaped our world and us. Why are coastlines and borders so difficult to measure? How does a UPS driver deliver hundreds of packages in a single day? Where do elusive serial killers hide? The answers lie in the crucial connection between maps and math. In Mapmatics, ...