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Technology Platforms for 3D Cell Culture: A Users Guide points to the options available to perform 3D culture, shows where such technology is available, explains how it works, and reveals how it can be used by scientists working in their own labs. Of…

Studying Captive Animals outlines the methods that may be used to study the behaviour, welfare and ecology of animals living under the control of humans, including companion animals, feral populations, and those living on farms and in zoos. This book…

The only book series to summarize the latest progress on organic reaction mechanisms, Organic Reaction Mechanisms, 2011 surveys the development in understanding of the main classes of organic reaction mechanisms reported in the primary scientific lit…

Build an intuitive understanding of the principles behind quantum mechanics through practical construction and replication of original experiments With easy-to-acquire, low-cost materials and basic knowledge of algebra and trigonometry, Exploring Qua…

The stepping-stone text for students with a preliminary knowledge of organic chemistry looking to move into organic synthesis research and graduate-level coursework Organic synthesis is an advanced but important field of organic chemistry, however re…

This book explores chemical bonds, their intrinsic energies, and the corresponding dissociation energies which are relevant in reactivity problems. It offers the first book on conceptual quantum chemistry, a key area for understanding chemical princi…

This book will provide insight into the principles and applications of nonlinear effects in fibers for students, researchers, and developers who have a basic understanding of electromagnetic theory under their belts. It will explore the physics, limi…

Helps to develop new perspectives and a deeper understanding of organic chemistry Instructors and students alike have praised Perspectives on Structure and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry because it motivates readers to think about organic chemistry i…

Quickly Engages in Applying Algorithmic Techniques to Solve Practical Signal Processing Problems With its active, hands-on learning approach, this text enables readers to master the underlying principles of digital signal processing and its many appl…

A hundred years ago, the Viennese satirist Karl Kraus was among the most penetrating and prophetic writers in Europe: a relentless critic of the popular media’s manipulation of reality, the dehumanizing machinery of technology and consumerism, and th…

How could a relatively simple chemical code give rise to the complexity of a human being? How could our human genome have evolved? And how does it actually work?Over the past 50 years we have deciphered the inner workings of the human genome. From th…

The sea surrounds us. It gives us life, provides us with the air we breathe and the food we eat. It is where we came from, and it carries our commerce. It represents home and migration, ceaseless change and constant presence. It covers two-thirds of …

Fritjof Capra’s groundbreaking exploration of the parallels between modern physics and eastern mysticism.‘It is probably true quite generally that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments frequently take place at those points w…

Критическое мышление – одна из ключевых компетенций человека будущего. Умение подвергать сомнению и анализу любую информацию это отличный способ защитить себя от обмана и манипуляций. Том Чатфилд призывает анализировать все и везде: на работе, в учеб…

Представленный сборник предлагает увлекательное и познавательное путешествие в мир лекарственных растений. Автор предлагает читателю чётко структурированную информацию о растениях. В каждой статье приведены официальное, латинское и народные названия …

A cutting-edge science book in the style of ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’ and ‘Chaos’ from an exciting and accessible voice in popular science writing.Bio-inspiration is a form of engineering but not in the conventional sense. Extending beyond our establis…

Steve Jones’s highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep. ’An essential sightseer’s guide to our own genetic terrain.’ Peter Tallack, …

–Incluye nuevo material sobre nebulosas planetarias.- El Génesis, los siete días, la Creación… ¿de dónde procede el texto que compone la primera parte de La Biblia? ¿Es su texto sólo un poema introductorio… o es una narración? ¿Que hay detrás de su…

Se analiza el relato de la creación del Génesis y se lo compara con la ciencia en base a los últimos descubrimientos científicos partiendo de la base de que el Génesis lo pudo haber escrito un observador sobre la superficie de la tierra. El Génesis h…

В настоящей книге авторы продолжают увлекательное исследование старинных зодиаков, позволяющее приподнять завесу над многими тайнами нашей истории. Кем на самом деле была знаменитая Роксолана? Какой художник скрывается под именем Рафаэля и когда он ж…