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Why have island ecosystems always suffered such high rates of extinction Over the past eight years, David Quammen has followed the threads of island biogeography on a globe-encircling journey of discovery.

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No other research organization dominates the field of science in its country to the degree that the Soviet Academy of Sciences does. The coming to power of the Bolsheviks in 1917 presented Russian science with a new governmental attitude toward the place of science in national life. The Soviet Union's first five-year plan, the period of this study,

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Assuming power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party was soon faced with a crucial problem: how to construct the socialist 'New Man' Using Foucault's theory of 'technologies of the self', Lynteris examines the conflict between self-cultivation and the abolition of the self in the biopolitically neuralgic field of 'socialist medicine'.

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A handbook on how comprehensive statistical information on how technology affects all areas of our lives.

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A state-of-the-art survey of both classical and quantum lattice gas models, this two-volume work will cover the rigorous mathematical studies of such models as the Ising and Heisenberg, an area in which scientists have made enormous strides during the past twenty-five years. This first volume addresses, among many topics, the mathematical backgroun

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From the tiniest microchip to the information superhighway, the modern world is dominated by and dependent upon science. This title examines the relationship between science and religion across time, beginning with the primitive worship of early ancestors and concluding with a vivid portrait of faith in the modern world.

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Learning the basic laws of physics - mechanics, thermodynamics, relativity, quantum mechanics - can be a struggle. This title presents Holmes, Dr Watson, Professor Challenger of "Lost World" fame, and other favourite Conan Doyle characters to solve a Baker Street dozen baffling science mysteries.

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Traditionally a scientific theory is viewed as based on universal laws of nature that serve as axioms for logical deduction. In analyzing the logical structure of evolutionary biology, Elisabeth Lloyd argues that the semantic account is more appropriate and powerful. This book will be of interest to biologists and philosophers alike.

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Gives a presentation of the complete proof of the classification of Bruhat-Tits buildings first completed by Jacques Tits in 1986. This book includes numerous results about automorphisms, completions, and residues of these buildings.

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A wide-ranging summer science beach read describing the sun's profound effects on our lives, our history and our future.

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Astronomers believe that a supernova is a massive explosion signaling the death of a star, causing a cosmic recycling of the chemical elements and leaving behind a pulsar, black hole, or nothing at all. This book tells how early astronomers identified supernovae, and how later scientists came to their current understanding.

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Therefore, this volume puts forth a new descriptive and normative model of technological choice and offers a critical analysis of efforts to improve decision making through technological assessment or risk analysis.

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In this eye-opening book, author Lloyd J. Dumas argues that our capacity for developing ever more powerful technologies and the unavoidable fallibility of both machine and man will lead us towards a disaster of an unprecedented scale.

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In this eye-opening book, author Lloyd J. Dumas argues that our capacity for developing ever more powerful technologies and the unavoidable fallibility of both machine and man will lead us towards a disaster of an unprecedented scale.

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We are at the beginning of a scientific revolution. Dramatic life extension has moved from science fiction to real possibility. The Telomerase Revolution reveals the latest research on human aging and the enzyme telomerase which is starting to be used to slow the rate at which our cells - and we - age.

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Tells the stories of ten beautiful experiments which changed the world.

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The development of physical theory is one of our greatest intellectual achievements. Its products - the prevailing theories of physics, astronomy, and cosmology - have proved themselves to possess intrinsic beauty and to have enormous explanatory and predictive power. This anthology chronicles the birth and maturation of five such theories.

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