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This book uses a black/white interracial lens to examine the lives
and careers of eight prominent American-born actresses from the
silent age through the studio era, New Hollywood, and into the
present century: Josephine Baker, Nina Mae McKinney, Fredi
Washington, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, Lonette McKee, Jennifer
Beals and Halle Berry. Combining biography with detailed film
readings, the author fleshes out the tragic mulatto stereotype,
while at the same time exploring concepts and themes such as racial
identity, the one-drop rule, passing, skin color, transracial
adoption, interracial romance, and more. With a wealth of
background information, this study also places these actresses in
historical context, providing insight into the construction of
race, both onscreen and off.
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) highlights major developments
in this area, with results being set into the context of earlier
work and presented as a set of critical yet coherent overviews. The
topics covered describe contrasting types of application, ranging
from biological areas such as EPR studies of free-radical reactions
in biology and medically-related systems, to experimental
developments and applications involving EPR imaging, the use of
very high fields, and time-resolved methods. Critical and
up-to-the-minute reviews of advances involving the design of
spin-traps, advances in spin-labelling, paramagnetic centres on
solid surfaces, exchange-coupled oligomers, metalloproteins and
radicals in flavoenzymes are also included. As EPR continues to
find new applications in virtually all areas of modern science,
including physics, chemistry, biology and materials science, this
series caters not only for experts in the field, but also those
wishing to gain a general overview of EPR applications in a given
area.
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Volume 21 highlights major
developments in this area, with results being set into the context
of earlier work and presented as a set of critical yet coherent
overviews. The topics covered describe contrasting types of
application, ranging from biological areas such as EPR studies of
free-radical reactions in biology and medically-related systems, to
experimental developments and applications involving EPR imaging,
the use of very high fields, and time-resolved methods. Critical
and up-to-the-minute reviews of advances involving the design of
spin-traps, advances in spin-labelling, paramagnetic centres on
solid surfaces, exchange-coupled oligomers, metalloproteins and
radicals in flavoenzymes are also included. As EPR continues to
find new applications in virtually all areas of modern science,
including physics, chemistry, biology and materials science, this
series caters not only for experts in the field, but also those
wishing to gain a general overview of EPR applications in a given
area. Volume 21 cover literature published during 2005 and 2006.
Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and critical
review coverage in major areas of chemical research. Compiled by
teams of leading authorities in the relevant subject, the series
creates a unique service for the active research chemist with
regular critical in-depth accounts of progress in particular areas
of chemistry. Subject coverage of all volumes is very similar and
publication is on an annual or biennial basis. As EPR continues to
find new applications in virtually all areas of modern science,
including physics, chemistry, biology and materials science, this
series caters not only for experts in the field, but also those
wishing to gain a general overview of EPR applications in a given
area.
For nearly a half century, Dr. Simons has dominated the study of
primate evolution. This volume summarizes the current state of
knowledge in many aspects of primate and human evolution that have
been studied by Simons and his colleagues and place it in a broader
paleontological and historical perspective. The book contains the
results of new research as well as reviews of many of the critical
issues in primate and human evolution during the last half of the
twentieth century.
Elwyn Simons has held professional appointments at Yale University
(1960-1977), Duke University (1977-present), and was the Director
of the Duke Primate Center (1977-1991) and Scientific Director
(1991-2001). He has authored nearly 300 scientific publications and
is the holder of many high honors. He is a member of the United
States National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical
Society, as well as many other professional associations. He was
elected a Knight of the National Order by the government of
Madagascar and has been the recipient of many awards including the
prestigious Charles R. Darwin Award for Lifetime Achievement from
the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. For nearly a
half century, Dr. Simons has dominated the study of primate
evolution. The volume summarizes the current state of knowledge in
many aspects of primate and human evolution that have been studied
by Simons and his colleagues and place it in a broader
paleontological and historical perspective. Elwyn Simons: A Search
for Origins contains the results of new research and reviews of
many of the critical issues in primate and human evolution during
the last half of the twentieth century as well as aspects of
African paleontology and primate conservation in Madagascar. The
authors are an extremely distinguished group of international
authorities on all aspects of primate and human evolution and
primate behavior. Although linked primarily by their connection to
Simons? own career, the chapters include a wide range of important
new works that are valuable contributions to the field of physical
anthropology and paleontology and are certain to be widely cited
and used in teaching.Several of the papers (Simons et al., Wing et
al., Seiffert et al., Gingerich, O?Conner) are broad reviews of the
history of research and discoveries in the fossil deposits of the
Fayum, Egypt that have formed the background of our understanding
of anthropoid evolution for over a century and will be important
researchers for students and researchers in primate evolution and
African paleontology. Similarly, broad reviews of the history of
primate paleontology and human evolution (Rasmussen, Pilbeam, Wood;
Sussman and Hart) will be essential reading in courses in primate
and human evolution as well as the history of physical
anthropology. Other authors describe new research results on early
anthropoid fossils from Egypt (Kay and Simons) Tanzania (Stevens)
and Myanmar (Gunnell and Ciochon). The chapter by John Oakley,
Professor of Law at the University of California addresses the
challenges to the teaching of evolution in schools- both public and
universities world wide. Another major focus of several chapters
are the primates of Madagascar. Two chapters are reviews of the
extraordinary radiation of fossil lemurs (Godfrey et al, Jungers et
al.). Two review the behavior and conservation of living lemurs
(Taylor and Wright) and the chapter by Tattersall bridges the two
major sections of the book by discussing about the biogeographic
history of Malagasy mammals.
Data science is a highly interdisciplinary field, incorporating
ideas from applied mathematics, statistics, probability, and
computer science, as well as many other areas. This book gives an
introduction to the mathematical methods that form the foundations
of machine learning and data science, presented by leading experts
in computer science, statistics, and applied mathematics. Although
the chapters can be read independently, they are designed to be
read together as they lay out algorithmic, statistical, and
numerical approaches in diverse but complementary ways. This book
can be used both as a text for advanced undergraduate and beginning
graduate courses, and as a survey for researchers interested in
understanding how applied mathematics broadly defined is being used
in data science. It will appeal to anyone interested in the
interdisciplinary foundations of machine learning and data science.
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