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by Andr?a Belliger (Author), David J. Krieger (Author)This book documents a paradigm shift, not only in the sciences but also in society. Everywhere in society systems are becoming networks. This implies not only a new understanding of social science but also of society and ourselves. The book describes the systems model based on Luhmann's theory of social systems and compares this to Latour's actor-network theory. It argues that present day society cannot be successfully modeled as a system ...

Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Environmental Imagination - Paperback

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by Giulia Sissa (Editor), Anna Collar (Editor), Francesca Martelli (Editor)This book positions Ovid's Metamorphoses as a foundational text in the western history of environmental thought. The poem is about new bodies. Stones, springs, plants and animals materialize out of human origins to create a world of hybrid objects, which retain varying degrees of human subjectivity while taking on new physical form. In bending the boundaries of known categories of being, these hybrid entities reveal bo...

Pacific Northwest Coastal Environments: Earthquakes and Sea Level Rise - Hardcover

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by Ronald C. Chaney (Author)Pacific Northwest Coastal Environments: Earthquakes and Sea Level Rise investigates the potential impacts of changes in global sea level by examining historical sea and land levels, projected future levels, and by determining how those changes may affect future tides and storm surges to inform their potential to cause harmful impacts. This region has a unique interaction of land, sea, and tectonics. Climate and tectonic change can initiate issues ranging from an in...

Crop Nutrient Requirements and Advanced Fertilizer Management Strategies - Hardcover

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by Christos Noulas (Guest Editor), Shahram Torabian (Guest Editor), Ruijun Qin (Guest Editor)This Special Issue reprint provides updates on relevant knowledge about the usefulness of improving fertilizer use efficiency in crops, thus ensuring enough food of acceptable quality for the rising world population while taking into account environmental considerations. Plant nutrient requirements and nutrition are complex issues, with 17 known nutrients necessary for plant growth and this field bein...

The Quizzer's Guide to the Cosmos: 500 Questions about the Universe (with Answers) - Paperback

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by Stephen Webb (Author)Have you ever gazed up at the night sky and wondered how many stars you can see? Whether the universe is infinite? Or, more prosaically, what the chances are of you being hit by a rock from space? The Quizzer's Guide to the Cosmos is here to satisfy your curiosity by offering an overview of the history of astronomy, from the earliest beginnings through to the most recent discoveries. This isn't a typical astronomy book, however -- it's packed with a 500-question multip...

Freshwater Sponges of Tennessee - Paperback

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by John Copeland (Author), Stan Kunigelis (Author)Authors John E. Copeland and Stan C. Kunigelis explore a unique but important class of animals that may be unfamiliar to many readers: freshwater sponges. Freshwater Sponges of Tennessee provides comprehensive information about sponges in Tennessee waterways, vastly updating both the scientific community and the reading public on sponge biodiversity and conservation. Copeland and Kunigelis offer compelling reasons for studying freshwater spon...

The Power of Fungal Enzymes: Exploring Laccase in Pleurotus ostreatus - Paperback

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by Soumya P. S. (Author)"The Power of Fungal Enzymes: Exploring Laccase in Pleurotus ostreatus" dives into the intriguing world of fungal enzymes, focusing on the versatile laccase derived from the oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus. This comprehensive book explores the enzyme's biochemical properties, production methods, and its critical role in lignin degradation and environmental sustainability.Guiding readers through a detailed exploration, the book examines the molecular structure and ...

Bioinformatics: Drug Discovery - Paperback

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by Anil K. Sharma (Editor), Varruchi Sharma (Editor) Quantitative tools are becoming increasingly important in order to understand complex cascade of signal transduction events, pathways or biochemical reactions. The book showcases how computational techniques and algorithms are applied to biological data analysis, interpretation, and modelling. It covers applications in drug design and discovery, immune systems, phylogenetic analysis and protein structures. Author Biography Anil K. Sharma, A...

The Great Upshift: Humanity's Coming Advance Toward Peace and Harmony on the Planet - Hardcover

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by Ervin Laszlo (Author)35 of the World's Leading Thinkers Map Your Path Forward to a Bright Future This vital book leads us beyond today's crisis- and conflict-prone world to a higher stage of our evolution. We have reached a historic turning point - a "point of bifurcation" - at which we must find new ways to upshift our individual and collective consciousness to ensure the desired resolution of these crises. Ervin Laszlo and David Lorimer drawing on their holistic expertise and global net...

Beyond Space and Time: The Science and Spirit of Distance Healing in Reiki - Paperback

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by Robert T. Yarborough (Author)In Beyond Space and Time: The Science and Spirit of Distance Healing in Reiki, discover the transformative power of Reiki's distance healing-an ancient practice that transcends the physical boundaries of time and space. By blending the wisdom of spirituality with cutting-edge insights from quantum physics, this book explores how distance healing works on energetic, emotional, and spiritual levels.From understanding the fractal nature of the universe to uncoveri...

Hudud Al-'Alam - The Regions of the World: A Persian Geography 372 A.H/982 A.D - Paperback

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by V. Minorsky (Translator)"The Regions of the World: A Persian Geography (372 A.H.-982 A.D.)" by V. Minorsky offers a profound exploration of medieval Muslim geography, shedding light on the intellectual endeavors of early Islamic scholars. This masterpiece provides a meticulous study of the world's regions, offering valuable insights into the socio-political and cultural landscapes of the era.The preface sets the stage by detailing the historical context of the manuscript's discovery and th...

The Place of Story and the Story of Place: An Earthed Faith: Telling the Story Amid the Anthropocene, Volume 3 - Paperback

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by Ernst M. Conradie (Editor), Willie James Jennings (Editor)This book is the third in a series titled An Earthed Faith: Telling the Story Amid the Anthropocene. The series aims to offer collaborative, constructive contributions to understanding the content and significance of the Christian faith from the perspective of Christian ecotheology, given the challenges associated with the Anthropocene. The focus of this volume is on creation theology. The book addresses the following question: "Wha...

Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth's Past and Will Shape Our Future - Hardcover

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by Stephen Porder (Author)An ecologist explores how life itself shapes Earth using the elemental constituents we all share It is rare for life to change Earth, yet three organisms have profoundly transformed our planet over the long course of its history. Elemental reveals how microbes, plants, and people used the fundamental building blocks of life to alter the climate, and with it, the trajectory of life on Earth in the past, present, and future. Taking readers from the deep geologic past t...

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by James Crichton-Browne (Author)The book titled ""Sir James Dewar"" by James Crichton-Browne is a comprehensive biography of the Scottish chemist and physicist, Sir James Dewar. The book covers Dewar's life from his birth in 1842 to his death in 1923, and explores his many contributions to the fields of chemistry and physics.Dewar is perhaps best known for his work on the liquefaction of gases, which led to the development of the vacuum flask, also known as the Dewar flask. He also made impo...

Laser Experiments for Chemistry and Physics, Second Edition - Paperback

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by Robert N. Compton (Author), Michael A. Duncan (Author)Lasers are employed throughout science and technology, in fundamental research in chemistry, physics and engineering, the remote sensing and analysis of atmospheric gases or pollutants, communications, medical diagnostics and therapies, and in various forms of manufacturing, including microelectronic devices. Understanding the principles of the operation of lasers which underlies all of these areas is essential for a modern scientific e...

Urania's Star Charts: The Original Astronomical Illustrations - Hardcover

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by Jehoshaphat Aspin (Illustrator), Emily Gillis (Editor), Richard Bloxham (Illustrator)Discover the wonders of the heavens in this beautifully illustrated star atlas featuring over 70 astronomical constellations.Urania's Star Charts is a brilliant testament to centuries of celestial observation. First published in 1825, its 32 illustrated cards present heavenly figures sprawled across the stars in stunning detail. Showcasing key constellations like Ursa Major and the twelve zodiacs, it encap...

Community Data: Creative Approaches to Empowering People with Information - Hardcover

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by Rahul Bhargava (Author)Community Data offers a new toolkit for data storytelling in community settings, one purpose-built for goals like inclusion, empowerment, and impact. Data science and visualization has spread into new domains it was designed for - community organizing, education, journalism, civic governance, and more. The dominant computational methods and processes, which have not changed in response, are causing significant discriminatory and harmful impacts, documented by leading...

A Portable Cosmos: Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World - Paperback

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by Alexander Jones (Author)From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Terracotta Army, ancient artifacts have long fascinated the modern world. However, the importance of some discoveries is not always immediately understood. This was the case in 1901 when sponge divers retrieved a lump of corroded bronze from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea near the Greek island of Antikythera. Little did the divers know they had found the oldest known analog computer in the world, an astonishing de...

Mormonism, Medicine, and Bioethics - Hardcover

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by Courtney S. Campbell (Author)Mormonism, Medicine, and Bioethics provides the first comprehensive treatment of principles and positions on questions of bioethics encountered by members, professionals, and ecclesiastical leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon). The book addresses three fundamental features of a coherent religious bioethics: precepts for practical decision-making, general ethical principles, and core religious convictions that give a distinc...

Milliped Zoology: Husbandry and Diversity of the Class Diplopoda - Hardcover

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by Orin A. McMonigle (Author)The foundation of Orin McMonigle's expansive guide to the practical husbandry and reproduction of milliped species from around the world rests on decades of hands-on research. Milliped Zoology directs both enthusiastic amateur naturalist and professional laboratory animal caretaker to those species which are best suited to thrive in and populate a captive environment. Building on the 2012 Millipedes in Captivity, this updated volume includes numerous species that...

Art of the Grimoire: An Illustrated History of Magic Books and Spells - Hardcover

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by Owen Davies (Author)A copiously illustrated global history of magic books, from ancient papyri to pulp paperbacks "A beautiful production: a typographic and calligraphic treat as treasurable as a rare magical text itself. Almost every page is filled with wonder."--Suzi Feay, The Spectator Grimoires, textbooks of magic and occult knowledge, have existed through the ages alongside other magic and religious texts in part because of the need to create a physical record of magical phenomena, ...

The Theory of Almost Everything: The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumph of Modern Physics - Paperback

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by Robert Oerter (Author)There are two scientific theories that, taken together, explain the entire universe. The first, which describes the force of gravity, is widely known: Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. But the theory that explains everything else--the Standard Model of Elementary Particles--is virtually unknown among the general public.In The Theory of Almost Everything, Robert Oerter shows how what were once thought to be separate forces of nature were combined into a single t...

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by Ioan James (Author)Following on from the success of his two previous books, Remarkable Mathematicians and Remarkable Physicists, Ioan James now profiles 38 remarkable biologists from the last 400 years. The emphasis is on their varied life-stories, not on the details of their achievements, but when read in sequence their biographies, which are organised chronologically, convey in human terms something of the way in which biology has developed over the years. Scientific and biological detai...

Climate Change: The Facts 2025 - Paperback

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by John Abbot (Editor), Jennifer Marohasy (Editor)Dr Marohasy and co-editor Dr John Abbot have assembled scientists and researchers from across the globe whose conclusions challenge prevailing narratives surrounding climate change. This book explores the natural variability of the Earth's climate, and the impact humanity has upon it. Some, but not all authors, believe we have an influence on global temperatures. All provide evidence that climate has always changed and will continue to do so, ...

Symmetry Relationships Between Crystal Structures: Applications of Crystallographic Group Theory in Crystal Chemistry - Hardcover

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by Ulrich M?ller (Author), Gemma de la Flor (Author)In crystal chemistry and crystal physics, the relations between the symmetry groups (space groups) of crystalline solids are of particular importance. Part I of this book presents the necessary mathematical foundations and tools: the fundamentals of crystallography with special emphasis on symmetry, the theory of the crystallographic groups, and the formalisms of the needed crystallographic computations. Part II gives an insight into applica...

Genetic Alchemy: The Dark Art of Alien Engineering - Paperback

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by Miguel Salazar (Author)Genetic Alchemy: The Dark Art of Alien Engineering by Miguel Salazar delves into the enigmatic world of genetic manipulation and extraterrestrial influence. This groundbreaking work explores the concept of genetic alchemy, where human DNA intertwines with alien genetics to create hybrid beings. Salazar takes readers on a journey through historical accounts of alien encounters, the science behind hybridization, and the psychological and ethical implications of such pr...

An Introduction to Astrobiology - Paperback

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by David A. Rothery (Editor), Iain Gilmour (Editor), Mark A. Sephton (Editor)How did life on Earth begin? How common is it elsewhere in the Universe? Written and edited by planetary scientists and astrobiologists, this undergraduate-level textbook provides an introduction to the origin and nature of life, the habitable environments in our solar system and the techniques most successfully used for discovery and characterisation of exoplanets. This third edition has been thoroughly revised to e...

Quantum Computation and Quantum Information - Hardcover

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by Michael A. Nielsen (Author), Isaac L. Chuang (Author)One of the most cited books in physics of all time, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information remains the best textbook in this exciting field of science. This 10th anniversary edition includes an introduction from the authors setting the work in context. This comprehensive textbook describes such remarkable effects as fast quantum algorithms, quantum teleportation, quantum cryptography and quantum error-correction. Quantum mechanics a...

UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record - Paperback

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by Leslie Kean (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Impeccably researched, this riveting journalistic investigation separates fact from fiction, and documents the existence of--and government reactions to--actual UFOs. "A treasure trove of insightful and eye-opening information."--Michio Kaku, PH.D., bestselling author of Physics of the Future Leslie Kean, a veteran investigative reporter who has spent the past ten years studying the still-unexplained UFO phenomenon, reviewed hundreds of gove...

Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness - Hardcover

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by Jamil Zaki (Author)Cynicism is making us sick; Stanford Psychologist Dr. Jamil Zaki has the cure--a "ray of light for dark days" (Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author). In 1972, half of Americans agreed that most people can be trusted; by 2018, only a third did. Different generations, genders, religions, and political parties all think human virtue is evaporating. Cynicism is an understandable response to a world full of injustice and inequality. But in many cases, it is mispla...

The Weird and Wonderful World of Bats: Demystifying These Often-Misunderstood Creatures - Paperback

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by Alyson Brokaw (Author)In this fascinating science book, a behavioral and bat ecologist reintroduces readers to bats, redeeming their historically bad reputation. These woefully misunderstood creatures dwell in darkness, inspire fear, and threaten danger. They've been viewed as the pawns of evil deities and taken the undeserved blame for the spread of deadly viruses. The Weird and Wonderful World of Bats provides a fresh introduction to these curious flying mammals, explaining how they exp...

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by Pamela Hobart Carter (Author), Lana Hechtman Ayers (Selected by)The poems in Pamela Hobart Carter's Earth at Perihelion hold luminous visions of "our immense home." Earth itself is a leading character. The deep past-of geology, mythology, and cosmology-returns to the present as music and insight. Creeks mumble in their own language; persons sit among fat marmots. Family intimacies include a mother's love poem to her daughter and an aunt as entranced with polliwogs as the poet is. A wondrou...