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The Global Lab tells the story of a group of organizations and
corporations using low-income countries as a laboratory. It reveals
experiments with untested technologies, biometric humanitarian
solutions, and radical methodologies for social change. The book
maps out the political, institutional, and ethical coordinates of
emergent transnational practices of experimentation, asking where
and how this movement works, while unfolding the human,
philosophical, and political consequences of its ideas and
interventions. The book takes the reader through Silicon Valley,
Africa, and Asia to understand the tangible and transformative
implications of contemporary human experimentation. It follows a
set of main protagonists, from the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation to experimental economists known as the randomistas, to
humanitarian organizations and pharmaceutical companies. These
actors form a movement inspired by the logic of Silicon Valley
about the need for fast-paced radical change and societal
disruption, technological innovation as progress, and the
privatization and commercialization of the human mind and body.
Ultimately, the book examines the inequality of experimentation
that is found in the erection of walls between us and them, and the
imagined universal and often unquestioned value of scientific and
technological progress.
This textbook helps you to prepare for your next exams and
practical courses by combining theory with virtual lab simulations.
The "Labster Virtual Lab Experiments" series gives you a unique
opportunity to apply your newly acquired knowledge in a learning
game that simulates exciting laboratory experiments. Try out
different techniques and work with machines that you otherwise
wouldn't have access to.In this book, you'll learn the fundamental
concepts of basic biochemistry focusing on: Ionic and Covalent
Bonds Introduction to Biological Macromolecules Carbohydrates
Enzyme Kinetics In each chapter, you'll be introduced to one
virtual lab simulation and a true-to-life challenge. Following a
theory section, you'll be able to play the relevant simulation that
includes quiz questions to reinforce your understanding of the
covered topics. 3D animations will show you molecular processes not
otherwise visible to the human eye. If you have purchased a printed
copy of this book, you get free access to five simulations for the
duration of six months. If you're using the e-book version, you can
sign up and buy access to the simulations at
www.labster.com/springer. If you like this book, try out other
topics in this series, including "Basic Biology", "Basic Genetics",
and "Genetics of Human Diseases". Please note that the simulations
in the book are not virtual reality (VR) but 2D virtual
experiments.
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Statistics is a key characteristic that assists a wide variety of
professions including business, government, and factual sciences.
Companies need data calculation to make informed decisions that
help maintain their relevance. Design of experiments (DOE) is a set
of active techniques that provides a more efficient approach for
industries to test their processes and form effective conclusions.
Experimental design can be implemented into multiple professions,
and it is a necessity to promote applicable research on this
up-and-coming method. Design of Experiments for Chemical,
Pharmaceutical, Food, and Industrial Applications is a pivotal
reference source that seeks to increase the use of design of
experiments to optimize and improve analytical methods and
productive processes in order to use less resources and time. While
highlighting topics such as multivariate methods, factorial
experiments, and pharmaceutical research, this publication is
ideally designed for industrial designers, research scientists,
chemical engineers, managers, academicians, and students seeking
current research on advanced and multivariate statistics.
In its eerie likeness to Earth, Mars has long captured our
imaginations,both as a destination for humankind and as a possible
home to extraterrestrial life. It is our twenty-first century New
World its explorers robots, shipped 350 million miles from Earth to
uncover the distant planet's secrets.Its most recent scout is
Curiosity,a one-ton, Jeep-sized nuclear-powered space
labouratory,which is now roving the Martian surface to determine
whether the red planet has ever been physically capable of
supporting life. In Red Rover , geochemist Roger Wiens, the
principal investigator for the ChemCam laser instrument on the
rover and veteran of numerous robotic NASA missions, tells the
unlikely story of his involvement in sending sophisticated hardware
into space, culminating in the Curiosity rover's amazing journey to
Mars.In so doing, Wiens paints the portrait of one of the most
exciting scientific stories of our time: the new era of robotic
space exploration. Starting with NASA's introduction of the
Discovery Program in 1992, scrappier, more nimble missions became
the order of the day, as manned missions were confined to Earth
orbit, and behemoth projects went extinct. This strategic shift
presented huge scientific opportunities, but tight budgets meant
that success depended more than ever on creative engineering and
human ingenuity. Beginning with the Genesis mission that launched
his career, Wiens describes the competitive, DIY spirit of these
robotic enterprises, from conception to construction, from launch
to heart-stopping crashes and smooth landings.An inspiring account
of the real-life challenges of space exploration, Red Rover vividly
narrates what goes into answering the question: is there life
elsewhere in the universe?
Research powers innovation and technoscientific advance, but it is
due for a rethink, one consistent with its deeply holistic nature,
requiring deeply human nurturing. Research is a deeply human
endeavor that must be nurtured to achieve its full potential. As
with tending a garden, care must be taken to organize, plant, feed,
and weed-and the manner in which this nurturing is done must be
consistent with the nature of what is being nurtured. In The
Genesis of Technoscientific Revolutions, Venkatesh Narayanamurti
and Jeffrey Tsao propose a new and holistic system, a rethinking of
the nature and nurturing of research. They share lessons from their
vast research experience in the physical sciences and engineering,
as well as from perspectives drawn from the history and philosophy
of science and technology, research policy and management, and the
evolutionary biological, complexity, physical, and economic
sciences. Narayanamurti and Tsao argue that research is a
recursive, reciprocal process at many levels: between science and
technology; between questions and answer finding; and between the
consolidation and challenging of conventional wisdom. These
fundamental aspects of the nature of research should be reflected
in how it is nurtured. To that end, Narayanamurti and Tsao propose
aligning organization, funding, and governance with research;
embracing a culture of holistic technoscientific exploration; and
instructing people with care and accountability.
Author of the best-selling book "The Elements" Theodore Gray
demonstrates essential scientific principles through thrilling
daredevil experiments.
"What a magnificent book. It's gorgeous, playful, and draws you
in." Adam Savage, cohost of "Mythbusters"
"Theodore Gray has attained a level of near superhuman geekery
that the rest of us can only mutely admire." Cecil Adams, ""The"
"Straight Dope""
"Gray's encyclopedic knowledge and contagious enthusiasm transport
us to deep intellectual realms while never sacrificing a sense of
wonder and, above all, fun." Oliver Sacks, author of "Awakenings,"
"Musicophilia," and "Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical
Boyhood"
In "Mad Science," Theodore Gray launches a toy rocket using the
energy released from an Oreo cookie, ignites a phosphorus sun by
suspending half a gram of white phosphorus in a globe filled with
pure oxygen and creates a homemade hot tub by adding 500 pounds of
quicklime to water. These are just a few of the 54 experiments
included in this astonishing book that demonstrates essential
scientific principles in ways you were likely never exposed to in
school.
Every experiment in "Mad Science" is accompanied by full-color
photographs that provide a front-row seat to rarely seen chemical
reactions and glorious subatomic activity. To further enhance the
hands-on experience, Gray includes step-by-step instructions for
nearly every experiment. Following all of the safety guidelines,
readers can even re-create some of the experiments in the book.
"Mad Science" is the perfect book for anyone fascinated by all
things chemical, electrical, or explosive, and who loves a
vicarious thrill.
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