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An Introduction to Color Forms of the Domestic Fowl: A Look at Color Varieties and How They Are Made - Paperback

$47.45

by Brian Reeder (Author)In this introduction to the genetics of color and pattern in the domestic fowl you will find a direct and straightforward method that allows anyone to understand the process through which the varieties of the domestic fowl are made. Beginning with a discussion of pigment distribution, then adding the genes which modify the melanin pigments or add patterns to it, an understanding of the "layers" that are implicit in any variety is revealed. The focus in this volume is t...

Quantum Consciousness And Your Immortality - Hardcover

$41.83

by James L. Forberg (Author)QUANTUM CONSCIOUSNESS AND YOUR IMMORTALITY, is a full length book by James L. Forberg, and is a scientific analysis of our physical reality and of the metaphysical possibilities based on currently emerging concepts in quantum physics. Jim was an Engineer by profession who has for over 30 years explored the scientific literature on the leading edge of Physics. He demonstrates startling possibilities from this new science of Quantum Consciousness, and explains the ne...

The Fascinated God: What Science Says to Faith and Faith to Scientists - Paperback

$44.30

by Robert E. Zinser (Author) Number of Pages: 652 Dimensions: 1.59 x 9 x 6.16 IN Publication Date: October 09, 2003

When Healthcare Hurts: An Evidence Based Guide for Best Practices In Global Health Initiatives - Hardcover

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by Greg Seager (Author)Any and all proceeds from this book are used to support the work of Christian Health Service Corps missionaries serving in hospitals and health programs around the world. Number of Pages: 296 Dimensions: 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 15, 2012

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by Andrew H. Knoll (Editor), Don E. Canfield (Editor), Kurt O. Konhauser (Editor)2012 PROSE Award, Earth Science: Honorable Mention For more than fifty years scientists have been concerned with the interrelationships of Earth and life. Over the past decade, however, geobiology, the name given to this interdisciplinary endeavour, has emerged as an exciting and rapidly expanding field, fuelled by advances in molecular phylogeny, a new microbial ecology made possible by the molecular revolutio...

An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology - Paperback

$170.91

by Nicholas B. Davies (Author), John R. Krebs (Author), Stuart a. West (Author)This textbook helped to define the field of Behavioural Ecology. In this fourth edition the text has been completely revised, with new chapters and many new illustrations and full colour photographs. The theme, once again, is the influence of natural selection on behaviour - an animal's struggle to survive and reproduce by exploiting and competing for resources, avoiding predators, selecting mates and caring for of...

Underwater Forensics Research: Commercial Scientific Diving - Paperback

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by Mack S. Jr. House (Author)Although there have been several books written on the subject of "Body" and weapon/evidence "Recovery", none have focused on diver safety and human anatomy to the degree that this book has. The author has focused on diver safety issues that include safety practices found in the commercial diving industry as well as OSHA and the United States Coast Guard. The information base is not only diverse but very informative to the reader/student. This book covers issues re...

How to Build a Cat From Scratch - Paperback

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by Robert Greene (Author)How to build a Cat From Scratch is an instruction manual intended to guide the person wishing to enhance an awareness of biological concepts. It represents a collaborative effort on the part of 72 freshmen and sophomores enrolled in the 2017-18 Biology Honors classes at Cranbrook Kingswood. Number of Pages: 154 Dimensions: 0.36 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: April 26, 2018

Material Politics: Disputes Along the Pipeline - Paperback

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by Andrew Barry (Author)In Material Politics, author Andrew Barry reveals that as we are beginning to attend to the importance of materials in political life, materials has become increasingly bound up with the production of information about their performance, origins, and impact. Presents an original theoretical approach to political geography by revealing the paradoxical relationship between materials and politics Explores how political disputes have come to revolve not around objects in ...

Hexagonal Graph Paper Notebook, 110 pages 8.5 x 11 inches, 21.59 x 27.94 cm - Paperback

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by Studio 13 Designs (Author)Hexagonal Graph Paper Notebook includes 110 pages of hexagonal paper. Also called honeycomb paper, each page is a grid of lightly lined small hexagons. Ideal for paper for chemistry notes and practice, drawing organic chemistry structures, IUPAC naming and drawing out organic structures, quilt planning, english paper piecing design, mapmaking for board and video games, architecture, chemistry class, mosaics, floor tile plans, or even just some fun calming zen arti...

Fundamentals of Solid-State Phase Transitions, Ferromagnetism and Ferroelectricity - Hardcover

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by Yuri Mnyukh (Author) Number of Pages: 376 Dimensions: 1.15 x 9.3 x 6.34 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: June 01, 2001

The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Explores Myth, Medicine, and the Human Body - Paperback

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by Sherwin B. Nuland (Author)*A New York Times Notable Book* From the author of the National Book Award-winning How We Die comes a blend of "fascinating stories...about human anatomy and the surgeon's complicated profession" (Chicago Tribune). Dr. Sherwin Nuland, "a gifted and deeply intelligent writer" (San Francisco Chronicle), combines knowledge, compassion, and elegance of expression to shed light on the workings of our bodies from the perspective of a surgeon. Dr. Nuland recounts age-ol...

Race to the Sea: The Autobiography of a Marine Biologist - Hardcover

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by Dayton L. Alverson (Author)Dr Alverson's story covers his early life experiences, through high school, World War II, his education and his involvement in State, Federal and International fisheries science and management. His career and story cover the period (1950-2000) during which world fisheries would explode from small boat coastal activities to distant water fleets of large vessels. World catches would increase over 300% after WWII and most of the worlds oceans and seas would be heavi...

World Wide Waste: How Digital Is Killing Our Planet-and What We Can Do About It - Paperback

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by Gerry McGovern (Author)Speaking out when it's unpopular. Back in the day, Henry David Thoreau raged at the robber barons-the big shots of their age, despoiling the environment in the name of progress. Deep in the throes of the seemingly unstoppable growth of tech, a modern-day Thoreau has emerged in the guise of Gerry McGovern-decrying the massive, hidden negative impacts of tech on the environment. McGovern has thoroughly documented in World Wide Waste how tech damages the Earth-and what ...

Geography for Kids Continents, Places and Our Planet Quiz Book for Kids Children's Questions & Answer Game Books - Paperback

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by Dot Edu (Author)Here's a workbook that will test your child's knowledge on continents, landmarks and Earth's geography. Question and answer game books are ideal learning tools because the information they present is direct. It is recommended that 2 or more people make use of this workbook. Throw questions to each other and get answers back. Find out who scores the highest. Good luck! Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.17 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: Ma...

Life Indoors: How Our Homes Are Shaping Our Bodies and Our Planet - Paperback

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by Rachael Wakefield-Rann (Author)In this timely and expansive book, Wakefield-Rann investigates how emerging disease ecologies are undermining definitions of health and immunity that have persisted since the 19th century, and had a formative influence over the design of not only homes, but entire cities. This wide-ranging account traces the links between the history of medicine, modernist design and architecture, the rise of inflammatory disease, the microbiomes of buildings and humans, anti...

Metamorphosis: How Insects Are Changing Our World - Hardcover

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by Erica McAlister (Author), Adrian Washbourne (Author)An accessible, beautifully illustrated celebration of insects--and their extraordinary contributions to humankind--from the hosts of the BBC Radio's Metamorphosis Insects outnumber humans 200 million to one, and their impact on people and the planet boasts a similar magnitude. Metamorphosis: How Insects Are Changing Our World investigates how modern entomological wonders contribute to the prosperity of humankind. Featuring more than 80 co...

Medical Meditation: How to Reduce Pain, Decrease Complications and Recover Faster from Surgery, Disease and Illness - Paperback

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by Richard Nongard (Author)There is a secret to healing faster and this book is your guide Over 191 independent studies show that those who practice meditation recover faster and experience fewer complications and reduced pain following surgery. This book provides the research-driven simple exercises and tools of medical meditation that provide positive results. Even if you have no prior experience or interest in meditation, you can begin using these methods for natural healing - today. Lear...

Gravity's Arc: The Story of Gravity from Aristotle to Einstein and Beyond - Hardcover

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by David Darling (Author)Advance Praise for Gravity's Arc ""A beautifully written exposition of the still mysterious force that holds our universe together--and the even more mysterious dark twin that may blow it apart.""--Joshua Gilder, coauthor of Heavenly Intrigue ""A lucid book as up-to-date as the effect of gravity on the bones of astronauts.""--Denis Brian, author of The Unexpected Einstein How did they do it? How did one of the greatest geniuses who ever lived retard the study of gravi...

Vulture Culture 101: A Book For People Who Like Dead Things - Paperback

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by Lupa (Author)What compels so many other people to fill their homes with the preserved remains of animals, and how can you join in the fun? Vulture Culture 101: A Book For People Who Like Dead Things explores the modern revival in acquiring, preserving and creating art with these natural specimens.Written by author and artist Lupa, this is the first full-length guide to Vulture Culture, a subculture that in recent years has grown up around the appreciation of hides, bones and other animal s...

Introduction to Electrodynamics - Hardcover

$119.68

by David J. Griffiths (Author) Number of Pages: 650 Dimensions: 1.26 x 10.08 x 7.09 IN Publication Date: November 30, 2023

Anecdotes and Antidotes: A Medieval Arabic History of Physicians - Paperback

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by Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah (Author), Henrietta Sharp Cockrell (Editor), Geert Jan Van Gelder (Author)To my knowledge...no one...has ever written a comprehensive book dealing with physicians through the ages and recounting their history in a coherent fashion. So wrote Syrian physician Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah, circa 1243, as he embarked on the first world history of medicine ever attempted. Many physicians served at the royal courts of their time and were firmly part of the intellectual and cultural scene,...

Birds of Arizona and New Mexico - Paperback

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by Melissa Fratello (Author), Steven Prager (Author)Identify and discover the inner lives of birds with this easy to use full-color guidebook. Birds of Arizona and New Mexico is a comprehensive field guide to commonly found birds in the American Southwest. Authors Melissa Fratello and Steven Prager speak to a new generation of birders, offering a unique perspective and approach to birding that prioritizes accessibility and inclusion. They also cover the region's unique issues, such as birdin...

Achilles Awakens: Informational Warfare Series Volume One - Paperback

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by Damien M. Cross (Author)What if every myth, legend, fairy tale, lie, and conspiracy theory, were the actual truth? What if everything you've been led to believe is obviously reality, was the carefully constructed deception?A false prophet leads a global cabal to purposefully break the first four seals of the book of Revelation and try to kill off most of the Earth's population. This fictional spin on reality unfolds with Victor Konig, a billionaire inventor, recruiting a young quadriplegic...

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by Marilyn J. Roossinck (Author)A comprehensive and richly illustrated introduction to the world of viruses As parasites that are often hundreds of times smaller than bacteria, viruses exist in and on everything, everywhere. Rapidly evolving, they are highly opportunistic and relentlessly efficient. While some viruses are obviously agents of disease, as the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded the world only too well, others can be beneficial, helping to protect their hosts from other microbes, or ...

The Parrot in the Mirror: How Evolving to Be Like Birds Makes Us Human - Hardcover

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by Antone Martinho-Truswell (Author)How similar are your choices, behaviours, and lifestyle to those of a parrot? We humans are not like other mammals. We look like them, but we don't act like them. In fact, many of our defining human traits: our longevity, intelligence, monogamy and childrearing, and learning and language, all deep parts of what it means to be human, are far more similar to birds than to our fellow mammals. These similarities originate not from shared ancestors but from para...

The Incomparable Monsignor: Francesco Bianchini's World of Science, History, and Court Intrigue - Hardcover

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by J. L. Heilbron (Author)Through Francesco Bianchini, the 'greatest Italian of his time' this book explores the exciting meeting of science, history, and politics in early modern Europe. Born in a time where entry into the church granted power, privilege, and access to the most exciting ideas of his time, the magnificent Monsignor Francesco Bianchini was an accomplished player in the political, scientific, and historical arenas of early modern Europe. Among his accomplishments were writing a...

Travel Around The World Coloring Book: Europe Version, Educational Geography and History Activity Book for Teens, Travel Coloring Book for Relaxation - Paperback

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by Tanitatatiana (Author)Set out on your own creative journey with the Travel Around the World Coloring Book.Our coloring book highlights the Europe Continent along with countries, capitals, well-known structures, buildings, statues, architecture, and landmarks from across the continent. Nevertheless, our designs combined with the creativity page placed after each design, makes a unique and rewarding experience.This entertaining and educational coloring book is ideal for home or classroom use...

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by J. J. Sakurai (Author), Jim Napolitano (Author)Modern Quantum Mechanics is a classic graduate level textbook, covering the main concepts from quantum mechanics in a clear, organized and engaging manner. The original author, J. J. Sakurai, was a renowned particle theorist. This third edition, revised by Jim Napolitano, introduces topics that extend its value into the twenty-first century, such as modern mathematical techniques for advanced quantum mechanical calculations, while at the same ...

Uncertainty in Acoustics: Measurement, Prediction and Assessment - Paperback

$103.66

by Robert Peters (Editor)This guide to estimating uncertainties in the measurement, prediction and assessment of noise and vibration applies across environmental noise and vibration, occupational noise and vibration exposure, and building and architectural acoustics.The book collates information from the various Standards and from research, with explanation, examples and case studies. It enables estimation of uncertainty in the measurement and prediction of acoustic quantities, suitable for u...

King's Vibrato: Modernism, Blackness, and the Sonic Life of Martin Luther King Jr. - Hardcover

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by Maurice O. Wallace (Author)In King's Vibrato Maurice O. Wallace explores the sonic character of Martin Luther King Jr.'s voice and its power to move the world. Providing a cultural history and critical theory of the black modernist soundscapes that helped inform King's vocal timbre, Wallace shows how the qualities of King's voice depended on a mix of ecclesial architecture and acoustics, musical instrumentation and sound technology, audience and song. He examines the acoustical architectur...

Introduction to Development Engineering: A Framework with Applications from the Field - Hardcover

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by Temina Madon (Editor), Ashok J. Gadgil (Editor), Richard Anderson (Editor)This open access textbook introduces the emerging field of Development Engineering and its constituent theories, methods, and applications. It is both a teaching text for students and a resource for researchers and practitioners engaged in the design and scaling of technologies for low-resource communities. The scope is broad, ranging from the development of mobile applications for low-literacy users to hardware and ...