Author: Mela Barrows Bennett
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483488217
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Pathologist Janis Saunders heads up an investigation into a devastating plane crash. Everything adds up, with one exception: A passenger is missing from the wreckage. Saunders' obsession to solve the mystery of what happened to this beautiful young lady is driving a wedge between her and her new husband. But, no matter the cost, Saunders will either find the missing woman or prove she is dead.
Double Helix: DNA Never Lies
Author: Mela Barrows Bennett
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483488217
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Pathologist Janis Saunders heads up an investigation into a devastating plane crash. Everything adds up, with one exception: A passenger is missing from the wreckage. Saunders' obsession to solve the mystery of what happened to this beautiful young lady is driving a wedge between her and her new husband. But, no matter the cost, Saunders will either find the missing woman or prove she is dead.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483488217
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Pathologist Janis Saunders heads up an investigation into a devastating plane crash. Everything adds up, with one exception: A passenger is missing from the wreckage. Saunders' obsession to solve the mystery of what happened to this beautiful young lady is driving a wedge between her and her new husband. But, no matter the cost, Saunders will either find the missing woman or prove she is dead.
DNA
Author: James D. Watson
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307521486
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Fifty years ago, James D. Watson, then just twentyfour, helped launch the greatest ongoing scientific quest of our time. Now, with unique authority and sweeping vision, he gives us the first full account of the genetic revolution—from Mendel’s garden to the double helix to the sequencing of the human genome and beyond. Watson’s lively, panoramic narrative begins with the fanciful speculations of the ancients as to why “like begets like” before skipping ahead to 1866, when an Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel first deduced the basic laws of inheritance. But genetics as we recognize it today—with its capacity, both thrilling and sobering, to manipulate the very essence of living things—came into being only with the rise of molecular investigations culminating in the breakthrough discovery of the structure of DNA, for which Watson shared a Nobel prize in 1962. In the DNA molecule’s graceful curves was the key to a whole new science. Having shown that the secret of life is chemical, modern genetics has set mankind off on a journey unimaginable just a few decades ago. Watson provides the general reader with clear explanations of molecular processes and emerging technologies. He shows us how DNA continues to alter our understanding of human origins, and of our identities as groups and as individuals. And with the insight of one who has remained close to every advance in research since the double helix, he reveals how genetics has unleashed a wealth of possibilities to alter the human condition—from genetically modified foods to genetically modified babies—and transformed itself from a domain of pure research into one of big business as well. It is a sometimes topsy-turvy world full of great minds and great egos, driven by ambitions to improve the human condition as well as to improve investment portfolios, a world vividly captured in these pages. Facing a future of choices and social and ethical implications of which we dare not remain uninformed, we could have no better guide than James Watson, who leads us with the same bravura storytelling that made The Double Helix one of the most successful books on science ever published. Infused with a scientist’s awe at nature’s marvels and a humanist’s profound sympathies, DNA is destined to become the classic telling of the defining scientific saga of our age.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307521486
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Fifty years ago, James D. Watson, then just twentyfour, helped launch the greatest ongoing scientific quest of our time. Now, with unique authority and sweeping vision, he gives us the first full account of the genetic revolution—from Mendel’s garden to the double helix to the sequencing of the human genome and beyond. Watson’s lively, panoramic narrative begins with the fanciful speculations of the ancients as to why “like begets like” before skipping ahead to 1866, when an Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel first deduced the basic laws of inheritance. But genetics as we recognize it today—with its capacity, both thrilling and sobering, to manipulate the very essence of living things—came into being only with the rise of molecular investigations culminating in the breakthrough discovery of the structure of DNA, for which Watson shared a Nobel prize in 1962. In the DNA molecule’s graceful curves was the key to a whole new science. Having shown that the secret of life is chemical, modern genetics has set mankind off on a journey unimaginable just a few decades ago. Watson provides the general reader with clear explanations of molecular processes and emerging technologies. He shows us how DNA continues to alter our understanding of human origins, and of our identities as groups and as individuals. And with the insight of one who has remained close to every advance in research since the double helix, he reveals how genetics has unleashed a wealth of possibilities to alter the human condition—from genetically modified foods to genetically modified babies—and transformed itself from a domain of pure research into one of big business as well. It is a sometimes topsy-turvy world full of great minds and great egos, driven by ambitions to improve the human condition as well as to improve investment portfolios, a world vividly captured in these pages. Facing a future of choices and social and ethical implications of which we dare not remain uninformed, we could have no better guide than James Watson, who leads us with the same bravura storytelling that made The Double Helix one of the most successful books on science ever published. Infused with a scientist’s awe at nature’s marvels and a humanist’s profound sympathies, DNA is destined to become the classic telling of the defining scientific saga of our age.
Molecular Biology of the Gene
Author: James D. Watson
Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780321762436
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Now completely up-to-date with the latest research advances, the Seventh Edition retains the distinctive character of earlier editions. Twenty-two concise chapters, co-authored by six highly distinguished biologists, provide current, authoritative coverage of an exciting, fast-changing discipline.
Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780321762436
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Now completely up-to-date with the latest research advances, the Seventh Edition retains the distinctive character of earlier editions. Twenty-two concise chapters, co-authored by six highly distinguished biologists, provide current, authoritative coverage of an exciting, fast-changing discipline.
The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix
Author: James D. Watson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476715513
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
On the fiftieth anniversary of Watson and Crick receiving the Nobel Prize, a freshly annotated and illustrated edition of The Double Helix provides new insights into a scientific revolution. Published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Nobel Prize for Watson and Crick’s discovery of the structure of DNA, an annotated and illustrated edition of this classic book gives new insights into the personal relationships between James Watson, Frances Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin, and the making of a scientific revolution.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476715513
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
On the fiftieth anniversary of Watson and Crick receiving the Nobel Prize, a freshly annotated and illustrated edition of The Double Helix provides new insights into a scientific revolution. Published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Nobel Prize for Watson and Crick’s discovery of the structure of DNA, an annotated and illustrated edition of this classic book gives new insights into the personal relationships between James Watson, Frances Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin, and the making of a scientific revolution.
Murder in Exam Room Three
Author: Mela Barrows Bennett
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 130014999X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Internist Dr. David Hunter was in Green Valley's police station. He had not planned to spend his evening giving a statement or being fingerprinted. He had only gone to his office that Saturday to pick up a file. Instead, he found a dead body in exam room three. David tells his wife, hospital pathologist Dr. Janis Saunders, that the body is that of JM Davenport, the hospital's ex-CEO. Why Davenport would even be there is as much of a mystery as his death. There is no shortage of suspects, as most of the town hated Davenport. After leaving Green Valley, he became head of the University's HMO, specializing in claims denial. One of David's partners, Dr. Jason Burd, publicly wished him dead. The evidence mounts. Jason is arrested. Can David and Janis clear their fellow doc?
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 130014999X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Internist Dr. David Hunter was in Green Valley's police station. He had not planned to spend his evening giving a statement or being fingerprinted. He had only gone to his office that Saturday to pick up a file. Instead, he found a dead body in exam room three. David tells his wife, hospital pathologist Dr. Janis Saunders, that the body is that of JM Davenport, the hospital's ex-CEO. Why Davenport would even be there is as much of a mystery as his death. There is no shortage of suspects, as most of the town hated Davenport. After leaving Green Valley, he became head of the University's HMO, specializing in claims denial. One of David's partners, Dr. Jason Burd, publicly wished him dead. The evidence mounts. Jason is arrested. Can David and Janis clear their fellow doc?
Life at the Speed of Light
Author: J. Craig Venter
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143125907
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
“Venter instills awe for biology as it is, and as it might become in our hands.” —Publishers Weekly On May 20, 2010, headlines around the world announced one of the most extraordinary accomplishments in modern science: the creation of the world’s first synthetic lifeform. In Life at the Speed of Light, scientist J. Craig Venter, best known for sequencing the human genome, shares the dramatic account of how he led a team of researchers in this pioneering effort in synthetic genomics—and how that work will have a profound impact on our existence in the years to come. This is a fascinating and authoritative study that provides readers an opportunity to ponder afresh the age-old question “What is life?” at the dawn of a new era of biological engineering.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143125907
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
“Venter instills awe for biology as it is, and as it might become in our hands.” —Publishers Weekly On May 20, 2010, headlines around the world announced one of the most extraordinary accomplishments in modern science: the creation of the world’s first synthetic lifeform. In Life at the Speed of Light, scientist J. Craig Venter, best known for sequencing the human genome, shares the dramatic account of how he led a team of researchers in this pioneering effort in synthetic genomics—and how that work will have a profound impact on our existence in the years to come. This is a fascinating and authoritative study that provides readers an opportunity to ponder afresh the age-old question “What is life?” at the dawn of a new era of biological engineering.
Blueprint
Author: Robert Plomin
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262357763
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
A top behavioral geneticist argues DNA inherited from our parents at conception can predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses. This “modern classic” on genetics and nature vs. nurture is “one of the most direct and unapologetic takes on the topic ever written” (Boston Review). In Blueprint, behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin describes how the DNA revolution has made DNA personal by giving us the power to predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses from birth. A century of genetic research shows that DNA differences inherited from our parents are the consistent lifelong sources of our psychological individuality—the blueprint that makes us who we are. Plomin reports that genetics explains more about the psychological differences among people than all other factors combined. Nature, not nurture, is what makes us who we are. Plomin explores the implications of these findings, drawing some provocative conclusions—among them that parenting styles don't really affect children's outcomes once genetics is taken into effect. This book offers readers a unique insider’s view of the exciting synergies that came from combining genetics and psychology.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262357763
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
A top behavioral geneticist argues DNA inherited from our parents at conception can predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses. This “modern classic” on genetics and nature vs. nurture is “one of the most direct and unapologetic takes on the topic ever written” (Boston Review). In Blueprint, behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin describes how the DNA revolution has made DNA personal by giving us the power to predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses from birth. A century of genetic research shows that DNA differences inherited from our parents are the consistent lifelong sources of our psychological individuality—the blueprint that makes us who we are. Plomin reports that genetics explains more about the psychological differences among people than all other factors combined. Nature, not nurture, is what makes us who we are. Plomin explores the implications of these findings, drawing some provocative conclusions—among them that parenting styles don't really affect children's outcomes once genetics is taken into effect. This book offers readers a unique insider’s view of the exciting synergies that came from combining genetics and psychology.
Pragmatism: A Guide for the Perplexed
Author: Robert B. Talisse
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826498574
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
A student's guide to the historical context, key thinkers and central themes of pragmatism, a concept central to American philosophy.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826498574
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
A student's guide to the historical context, key thinkers and central themes of pragmatism, a concept central to American philosophy.
Stochastic Models, Information Theory, and Lie Groups, Volume 2
Author: Gregory S. Chirikjian
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0817649441
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
This unique two-volume set presents the subjects of stochastic processes, information theory, and Lie groups in a unified setting, thereby building bridges between fields that are rarely studied by the same people. Unlike the many excellent formal treatments available for each of these subjects individually, the emphasis in both of these volumes is on the use of stochastic, geometric, and group-theoretic concepts in the modeling of physical phenomena. Stochastic Models, Information Theory, and Lie Groups will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practitioners working in applied mathematics, the physical sciences, and engineering. Extensive exercises, motivating examples, and real-world applications make the work suitable as a textbook for use in courses that emphasize applied stochastic processes or differential geometry.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0817649441
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
This unique two-volume set presents the subjects of stochastic processes, information theory, and Lie groups in a unified setting, thereby building bridges between fields that are rarely studied by the same people. Unlike the many excellent formal treatments available for each of these subjects individually, the emphasis in both of these volumes is on the use of stochastic, geometric, and group-theoretic concepts in the modeling of physical phenomena. Stochastic Models, Information Theory, and Lie Groups will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practitioners working in applied mathematics, the physical sciences, and engineering. Extensive exercises, motivating examples, and real-world applications make the work suitable as a textbook for use in courses that emphasize applied stochastic processes or differential geometry.
Biomolecules
Author: Shikha Kaushik
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110794152
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Biochemistry is the study of the structure and functions of biological macromolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. The book is organized in five chapters which covers the basic concepts and fascinating chemistry of biomolecules. It also exposes students to different metabolic pathways and concept of energy in biological system, and provides valuable material for the students of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioscience.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110794152
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Biochemistry is the study of the structure and functions of biological macromolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. The book is organized in five chapters which covers the basic concepts and fascinating chemistry of biomolecules. It also exposes students to different metabolic pathways and concept of energy in biological system, and provides valuable material for the students of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioscience.