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For more than four decades, Molecular Biology of the Cell has
distilled the vast amount of scientific knowledge to illuminate
basic principles, enduring concepts and cutting-edge research. The
Seventh Edition has been extensively revised and updated with the
latest research, and has been thoroughly vetted by experts and
instructors. The classic companion text, The Problems Book, has
been reimagined as the Digital Problems Book in Smartwork, an
interactive digital assessment course with a wide selection of
questions and automatic-grading functionality. The digital format
with embedded animations and dynamic question types makes the
Digital Problems Book in Smartwork easier to assign than ever
before-for both in-person and online classes.
As the amount of information in biology expands dramatically, it
becomes increasingly important for textbooks to distill the vast
amount of scientific knowledge into concise principles and enduring
concepts.As with previous editions, Molecular Biology of the Cell,
Sixth Edition accomplishes this goal with clear writing and
beautiful illustrations. The Sixth Edition has been extensively
revised and updated with the latest research in the field of cell
biology, and it provides an exceptional framework for teaching and
learning. The entire illustration program has been greatly
enhanced.Protein structures better illustrate structure-function
relationships, icons are simpler and more consistent within and
between chapters, and micrographs have been refreshed and updated
with newer, clearer, or better images. As a new feature, each
chapter now contains intriguing openended questions highlighting
"What We Don't Know," introducing students to challenging areas of
future research. Updated end-of-chapter problems reflect new
research discussed in the text, and these problems have been
expanded to all chapters by adding questions on developmental
biology, tissues and stem cells, pathogens, and the immune system.
This text features lively, clear writing and exceptional
illustrations, making it the ideal textbook for a first course in
both cell and molecular biology. Thoroughly revised and updated,
the Fifth Edition maintains its focus on the latest cell biology
research. For the first time ever, Essential Cell Biology will come
with access to Smartwork5, Norton's innovative online homework
platform, creating a more complete learning experience.
For more than four decades, Molecular Biology of the Cell has
distilled the vast amount of scientific knowledge to illuminate
basic principles, enduring concepts, and cutting-edge research. The
Seventh Edition has been extensively revised and updated with the
latest research, and has been thoroughly vetted by experts and
instructors. The classic companion text, The Problems Book, has
been reimagined as the Digital Problems Book in Smartwork, an
interactive digital assessment course with a wide selection of
questions and automatic-grading functionality. The digital format
with embedded animations and dynamic question types makes the
Digital Problems Book in Smartwork easier to assign than ever
before-for both in-person and online classes.
As the amount of information in biology expands dramatically, it
becomes increasingly important for textbooks to distill this vast
amount of scientific knowledge into concise principles and enduring
concepts. Molecular Biology of the Cell, Sixth Edition accomplishes
this goal with clear writing and beautiful illustrations. The Sixth
Edition has been extensively revised and updated with the latest
research in cell biology and it provides an exceptional framework
for teaching and learning.
The 10th anniversary edition A Guardian Best Book about
Deforestation A New Scientist Best Book of the Year A Taipei Times
Best Book of the Year “A perfectly grounded account of what it is
like to live an indigenous life in communion with one’s personal
spirits. We are losing worlds upon worlds.” —Louise Erdrich,
New York Times Book Review “The Yanomami of the Amazon, like all
the indigenous peoples of the Americas and Australia, have
experienced the end of what was once their world. Yet they have
survived and somehow succeeded in making sense of a wounded
existence. They have a lot to teach us.” —Amitav Ghosh, The
Guardian “A literary treasure…a must for anyone who wants to
understand more of the diverse beauty and wonder of existence.”
—New Scientist A now classic account of the life and thought of
Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami, The Falling
Sky paints an unforgettable picture of an indigenous culture living
in harmony with the Amazon forest and its creatures, and its
devastating encounter with the global mining industry. In richly
evocative language, Kopenawa recounts his initiation as a shaman
and first experience of outsiders: missionaries, cattle ranchers,
government officials, and gold prospectors seeking to extract the
riches of the Amazon. A coming-of-age story entwined with a rare
first-person articulation of shamanic philosophy, this impassioned
plea to respect indigenous peoples’ rights is a powerful rebuke
to the accelerating depredation of the Amazon and other natural
treasures threatened by climate change and development.
Der "kleine" Alberts gilt als das beliebteste einfuhrende Lehrbuch
der Zellbiologie: wie die vierte, komplett uberarbeitete Auflage
zeigt, auch vollig zu Recht. Wieder ist besonders viel Wert auf
eine anschauliche Prasentation in Text und Bild gelegt worden. Ein
ausgefeiltes didaktisches Konzept vereinigt Bewahrtes mit vollig
Neuem:
- inklusive CD-ROM "Essential Cell Biology Interactive" mit uber
100 Video Clips, Molekulstrukturen und mikroskopischen
Aufnahmen
- 20 Tafeln zu klassischen und modernen Experimenten der
Biologie
- mit zwei neuen Kapiteln zu "Genetik, Meiose und die molekularen
Grundlagen der Vererbung" sowie "Wie sich Gene und Genome
entwickeln"
- Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten Inhalte und Schlusselbegriffe am
Kapitelende
- durchgehend vierfarbige Illustrationen und ubersichtstafeln, die
die grundlegenden Konzepte anschaulich darstellen
- mit uber 400 Verstandnisfragen, ubungsaufgaben und deren
Losungen
- um mehr als 10 % erweitertes, illustriertes Glossar mit 600
Ausdrucken
Aus der Fulle der neuen und neuesten Erkenntnisse wurden die
unentbehrlichen Grundlagen der molekularen Zellbiologie sowie ihre
Anwendungen in Medizin, Gen- und Biotechnologie herausgearbeitet -
ein Plus, das dieses Buch, zusammen mit seinem unverwechselbaren
Stil, fur Lehrende und Lernende gleichermaen faszinierend und
verlasslich macht.
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Trees (Hardcover)
Bruce Albert, Francis Halle, Stefano Mancuso
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R1,414
R1,095
Discovery Miles 10 950
Save R319 (23%)
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Accompanies an exhibition at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemparain offering artistic and scientific visions on trees
Omnipresent and essential to life, trees have been underestimated by biologists. But in recent years, they have been the subject of scientific discoveries that have allowed us to see these oldest and largest members of the community of living beings in a new light. Capable of sensory perception, showing complex communication skills, living in symbiosis with many other species and influencing the climate, trees are equipped with unexpected faculties whose discovery confirms what indigenous, traditional and local communities had long acknowledged.
Featuring works by contemporary artists including forest people, scientific imagery, films, photographs and sound installations, the exhibition at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, strives to highlight the beauty, ingenuity and biological richness of trees, allowing us to see and hear these impressive protagonists of the living world that now find themselves also under increasing threat. Through paintings, drawings, photographs, scientific images, maps and texts by specialists, the catalogue published to accompany the exhibition invites the reader to dive into the fascinating and beautiful world of trees.
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Fabrice Hyber, The Valley (Hardcover)
Fabrice Hyber; Interview by Bruce Albert, Emanuele Coccia; Contributions by Pascal Rousseau, Olivier Schwartz
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R1,207
Discovery Miles 12 070
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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"Yanomami" raises questions central to the field of
anthropologyOCoquestions concerning the practice of fieldwork, the
production of knowledge, and anthropology's intellectual and
ethical vision of itself. Using the Yanomami controversyOCoone of
anthropology's most famous and explosive imbrogliosOCoas its
starting point, this book draws readers into not only reflecting on
but refashioning the very heart and soul of the discipline. It is
both the most up-to-date and thorough public discussion of the
Yanomami controversy available and an innovative and searching
assessment of the current state of anthropology. The Yanomami
controversy came to public attention through the publication of
Patrick Tierney's best-selling book, "Darkness in El Dorado, " in
which he accuses James Neel, a prominent geneticist who belonged to
the National Academy of Sciences, as well as Napoleon Chagnon,
whose introductory text on the Yanomami is perhaps the best-selling
anthropological monograph of all time, of serious human rights
violations. This book identifies the ethical dilemmas of the
controversy and raises deeper, structural questions about the
discipline. A portion of the book is devoted to a unique roundtable
in which important scholars on different sides of the issues debate
back and forth with each other. This format draws readers into
deciding, for themselves, where they stand on the
controversyOCOsOCoand many of anthropologyOCOsOCocentral concerns.
All of the royalties from this book will be donated to helping the
Yanomami improve their healthcare."
The National Institute of Standards and Technology supplies
calibrated photodiode standards and special tests of photodetectors
for absolute spectral responsivity from 200 nm to 1800 nm. (This
service will soon be expanded to 20 m in the infrared.) The scale
of absolute spectral responsivity is based solely on detector
measurements traceable to the High Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometer
maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Silicon photodiode light-trapping detectors are used to transfer
the optical power unit from this cryogenic radiometer to
monochromator-based facilities where routine measurements are
performed. The transfer also involves modeling the quantum
efficiency of the silicon photodiode light-trapping detectors. A
description of current measurement services is given along with the
procedures, equipment, and techniques used to perform these
calibrations. Detailed estimates and procedures for determining
uncertainties of the reported values are also presented."
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