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«Человек – существо общественное», – утверждал Аристотель. Жить вне общества может лишь изгой, отщепенец, или «сверхчеловек», но большинство людей нуждается в объединении, высшей формой которого является государство. Вслед за своим учителем Платоном, Аристотель подробно описывает, каким оно должно быть, какие основные формы имеет – демократию, олигархию, тиранию и другие, – почему демократия часто…
Сьюзан Барри даёт ответы на вопросы, простым языком объясняя механизмы работы мозга и самих органов чувств – наших глаз и ушей. Сьюзан Р. Барри – почётный профессор в колледже Маунт Хольок и доктор биологических наук. С раннего детства, страдая от сильного косоглазия, она видела мир двумерным, и даже после хирургического исправления недуга мир для неё не стал объёмным. Однако она продолжала попытк…
A comprehensive resource for information about different technologies and methods to measure and analyze contamination of air, water, and soil. * Serves as a technical reference in the field of environmental science and engineering * Includes information on instrumentation used for measurement and control of effluents and emissions from industrial facilities that can directly influence the environ…
1,2,3-Thiadiazoles are a group of heterocycles whose derivatives are important in industry, medicine, and agriculture. This volume provides a complete treatment of this group of heterocycles with an emphasis on syntheses, structural data, properties, reactions, and applications.
Since the events crucial to plant photosynthesis are now known in molecular detail, this process is no longer nature's secret, but can for the first time be mimicked by technology. Broad in its scope, this book spans the basics of biological photosynthesis right up to the current approaches for its technical exploitation, making it the most complete resource on artificial photosynthesis ever publi…
The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.
Filling a gap in the literature, leading expert editors and top international authors present the field of biooxidation from an academic and industrial point of view, taking many examples from modern pharmaceutical research. Topics range from the application of different monooxygenases to applications in the pharmaceutical industry, making this volume of high interest not only for those working in…
This Second Edition is the premier name resource in the field. It provides a handy resource for navigating the web of named reactions and reagents. Reactions and reagents are listed alphabetically, followed by relevant mechanisms, experimental data (including yields where available), and references to the primary literature. The text also includes three indices based on reagents and reactions, sta…
A highly informative and brilliant contribution to the growing sustainability literature. -Dr. Brian and Mary Nattrass Managing Partners of Sustainability Partners and authors of The Natural Step for Business and Dancing with the Tiger The goal of sustainable development, a recent focus in the corporate world, is to «ensure a better quality of life for everyone today and in generations to come.» T…
Considerable recent research has focused on the topic of chemical speciation in the environment. It is increasingly realised that the distribution, mobility and biological availability of chemical elements depend not simply on their concentrations but, critically, on the forms in which they occur in natural systems. Continuing developments in analytical chemistry have made speciation practicable e…
Iron plays a crucial role in many biochemical processes. In recent years intensive research has led to a better understanding of the function of iron in cellular metabolism. In more than twenty articles internationally renowned experts give a thorough account of the recent developments of this fascinating field. The book focuses on the central questions, e.g. transport, storage, and utilization of…
Correlative Learning: A Basis for Brain and Adaptive Systems provides a bridge between three disciplines: computational neuroscience, neural networks, and signal processing. First, the authors lay down the preliminary neuroscience background for engineers. The book also presents an overview of the role of correlation in the human brain as well as in the adaptive signal processing world; unifies ma…
A unique resource for the next generation of biotech innovators Enabling everything from the deciphering of the human genome to environmentally friendly biofuels to lifesaving new pharmaceuticals, biotechnology has blossomed as an area of discovery and opportunity. Modern Biotechnology provides a much-needed introduction connecting the latest innovations in this area to key engineering fundamental…
Книга «Пиво в Средневековье» посвящена истории и развитию пивоварения в средневековой и ренессансной Европе. В эпоху ожесточенных войн и крестовых походов пиво было частью повседневной жизни и напитком для людей всех возрастов и социальных групп: его пили практически в любое время дня и ночи. В раннее Новое время пенный напиток, который сначала варили в домашних условиях, стал экспортным товаром и…
Джон Скотт – автор книги и главный герой отправился в далекий Советский Союз отчаявшись найти работу в США в годы Великой депрессии. Молодой, энергичный и неравнодушный человек предусмотрительно получил в США рабочую специальность сварщика и очень пригодился на строительстве Магнитогорского металлургического комбината и города Магнитогорска. Джон Скотт с полным правом написал «я помогал строить го…