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Author: Timothy E. PowellPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Catalogue of the Papers and Correspondence of Andrew Keller FRS (1925-1999) : [physicist]
Catalogue of the Papers and Correspondence of Andrew Keller FRS (1925-1999) : [physicist]: Section F: Visits and conferences ; Section G: Societies, organisations and consultancies ; Section H: Correspondence ; Section J: References and recommendations ; Section K: Non-textual material ; Appendix
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Author: Timothy E. PowellMusic: A Mathematical Offering
Author: Dave BensonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521853877
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
This book explores the interaction between music and mathematics including harmony, symmetry, digital music and perception of sound.
The United States Geological Survey, 1879-1989
Author: Mary C. RabbittPublisher:
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Category : Geological surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A history of the relation of geology during the first 110 years of the US Geological Survey to the development of public-land, federal-science, and mapping policies and the development of mineral resources in the United States.
Report of the Librarian of Congress
Author: Library of CongressThe Century of the Gene
Author: Evelyn Fox KELLERPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674039432
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
In a book that promises to change the way we think and talk about genes and genetic determinism, Evelyn Fox Keller, one of our most gifted historians and philosophers of science, provides a powerful, profound analysis of the achievements of genetics and molecular biology in the twentieth century, the century of the gene. Not just a chronicle of biology’s progress from gene to genome in one hundred years, The Century of the Gene also calls our attention to the surprising ways these advances challenge the familiar picture of the gene most of us still entertain. Keller shows us that the very successes that have stirred our imagination have also radically undermined the primacy of the gene—word and object—as the core explanatory concept of heredity and development. She argues that we need a new vocabulary that includes concepts such as robustness, fidelity, and evolvability. But more than a new vocabulary, a new awareness is absolutely crucial: that understanding the components of a system (be they individual genes, proteins, or even molecules) may tell us little about the interactions among these components. With the Human Genome Project nearing its first and most publicized goal, biologists are coming to realize that they have reached not the end of biology but the beginning of a new era. Indeed, Keller predicts that in the new century we will witness another Cambrian era, this time in new forms of biological thought rather than in new forms of biological life.
The Chemical Industry in Europe, 1850–1914
Author: Ernst HomburgPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780792348894
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Europe is the cradle of the modem international chemical industry. From the middle of the nineteenth century until the outbreak of World War I, the European chemical industry influenced not only the production and control of science and technology, but also made significant contributions towards economic development, as well as bringing about profound changes in working and living enviromnents. It is a highly complex heritage, both rich and threatening, that calls for close scrutinity. Fortunately, a unique opportunity to explore the historical development of the European chemical industry from a variety of novel standpoints, was made possible during 1993 as part of the European Science Foundation (ESF) programme called 'The Evolution of Chemistry in Europe, 1789-1939.' This process of exploration has taken place through three workshops, each dealing with different time periods. The workshop concerned with the period 1850-1914, which corresponds roughly to the so-called Second Industrial Revolution, was held in Maastricht, The Netherlands, on 23-25 March 1995. This volume is the outcome of that workshop. The other workshops dealing with European chemical industry were held in Liege in 1994, covering the First Industrial Revolution period, 1789-1850, and Strasbourg in 1996, covering the period between the two World Wars.
The Dada Painters and Poets
Author: Robert MotherwellPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674185005
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Presents a collection of essays, manifestos, and illustrations that provide an overview of the Dada movement in art, describing its convictions, antics, and spirit, through the words and art of its principal practitioners.
Abolishing Nuclear Weapons
Author: George PerkovichPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351225960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Nuclear disarmament is firmly back on the international agenda. But almost all current thinking on the subject is focused on the process of reducing the number of weapons from thousands to hundreds. This rigorous analysis examines the challenges that exist to abolishing nuclear weapons completely, and suggests what can be done now to start overcoming them. The paper argues that the difficulties of 'getting to zero' must not preclude many steps being taken in that direction. It thus begins by examining steps that nuclear-armed states could take in cooperation with others to move towards a world in which the task of prohibiting nuclear weapons could be realistically envisaged. The remainder of the paper focuses on the more distant prospect of prohibiting nuclear weapons, beginning with the challenge of verifying the transition from low numbers to zero. It moves on to examine how the civilian nuclear industry could be managed in a nuclear-weapons-free world so as to prevent rearmament. The paper then considers what political-security conditions would be required to make a nuclear-weapons ban enforceable and explores how enforcement might work in practice. Finally, it addresses the latent capability to produce nuclear weapons that would inevitably exist after abolition, and asks whether this is a barrier to disarmament, or whether it can be managed to meet the security needs of a world newly free of the bomb.
United States Geological Survey Yearbook
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description