For courses in General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (2 - Semester) A Clear, Flexible Approach to Chemistry for the Modern Classroom Active learning, an increased focus on clinical examples, updates based on current teaching and research findings... Zobraziť viac
The fun, easy way to get up to speed on biophysics concepts, principles, and practices One of the most diverse of modern scientific disciplines, biophysics applies methods and technologies from physics to the study of biological systems and phenomena,... Zobraziť viac
Compact treatment highlights logic and simplicity of the mathematical structure of quantum mechanics. Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, it treats the language of quantum mechanics as expressed in mathematics of linear... Zobraziť viac
With a wave of our medical magic wand, it`s possible that stem cells could be used to effectively treat (even cure) diseases such as Parkinson`s disease, diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune disorders, and even baldness. But should scientists be allowed... Zobraziť viac
The New York Times bestselling author of How to Make a Spaceship presents the remarkable, uplifting story of a life-saving medical breakthrough.Good Blood is a powerful narrative nonfiction tale of discovery and invention, the progress and pitfalls of... Zobraziť viac
***AMAZON BEST BOOK OF DECEMBER******A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR******LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER***A young queer science writer on some of the ocean's strangest creatures and what they can teach us about human empathy and survival'A miraculous,... Zobraziť viac
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How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is “really” like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In Theory and Reality, Peter Godfrey-Smith addresses these questions by taking the reader on a grand tour of... Zobraziť viac
Paul Craddock's Spare Parts offers an original look at the history of medicine itself through the rich, compelling, and delightfully macabre story of transplant surgery from ancient times to the present day.How did an architect help pioneer blood... Zobraziť viac
A history of shells and the creatures that make them, revealing their outsized role in human affairs and what they have to tell us about the changing oceans. Zobraziť viac
Learn fascinating history and trivia you never knew about things we use on a daily basis from the host of highly popular THE STORY BEHIND podcast. Zobraziť viac
Placing twenty first-century climate change in deep context, A Brief History of Earth is an indispensable look at where we’ve been and where we’re going.Features original illustrations depicting Earth history and nearly 50 figures (maps, tables,... Zobraziť viac
Mathematics is fundamental to our daily lives. Science, computing, economics—all aspects of modern life rely on some kind of maths. But how did our ancestors think about numbers? How did they use mathematics to explain and understand the world around... Zobraziť viac
Bestselling author Marcus Chown explains the one thing you need to know to understand some of the most important and mind-blowing concepts of the twenty-first century in twenty-one accessible and engaging chapters. Zobraziť viac
SAGE Comapanion SiteBookmark and ShareDiscovering Statistics Using RAndy Field University of SussexJeremy Miles RAND CorporationZoë Field University of Sussex© 2012 992 pages SAGE Publications LtdLecturersIndividual PurchasersPaperback ISBN:... Zobraziť viac
Wolves are some of the world's most charismatic and controversial animals, capturing the imaginations of their friends and foes alike. Highly intelligent and adaptable, they hunt and play together in close-knit packs, sometimes roaming over hundreds of... Zobraziť viac
Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system can be subject to chaos, denying us accurate predictions of its behavior, and sometimes giving rise to astonishing structures of large-scale order. Here, Leonard Smith shows that we all... Zobraziť viac
* Provides a comprehensive coverage of both the deterministic and stochastic models of life contingencies, risk theory, credibility theory, multi-state models, and an introduction to modern mathematical finance... Zobraziť viac
Over 300 million years ago, an early land vertebrate developed an egg that contained the embryo in an amnion, allowing it to be deposited on land. This moment marked the first step in the fascinating and complex evolutionary journey of the reptiles. In... Zobraziť viac
Gauss's law for electric fields, Gauss's law for magnetic fields, Faraday's law, and the Ampere-Maxwell law are four of the most influential equations in science. In this guide for students, each equation is the subject of an entire chapter, with... Zobraziť viac
