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Advance in Barley Sciences
Proceedings of 11th International Barley Genetics Symposium
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Advance in barley sciences presents the latest developments in barley sciences. It collects 39 papers submitted to the 11th International Barley Genetics Symposium, and covers all presentation sessions of the conference, i.e., barley development and economy, utilization
of germplasm, genetic resources...
by Derek K. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
A rich and multi-faceted history of heroes and villains interwoven with the profound changes in human knowledge that took place between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment.
Spanning some of the most vibrant and fascinating eras in European history, Cambridge historian Derek Wilson reveals...
A Beginner's Guide to Immortality
Extraordinary People, Alien Brains, and Quantum Resurrection
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2009
A Beginner's Guide to Immortality is a celebration of unusual lives and creative thinkers who punched through ordinary cultural norms while becoming successful in their own niches. In his latest and greatest work, world-renowned science writer Cliff Pickover studies such colofrul characters as Truman...
Thought Symbols Magick Guide Book: Manifest Your Desires in Life using the Secret Power of Sigil Magic and Thought Forms
Witchcraft Books, #1
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2016
What if having everything you desire was as simple as visualising it. What would you do if you could manifest your desires into reality? Who would you become? How would your life change for the better?
You may find it impossible to believe, but it is possible to make the visions and dreams...
Economic Foundations for Social Complexity Science
Theory, Sentiments, and Empirical Laws
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
This book focuses on how important massive information is and how sensitive outcomes are to information. In this century humans now are coming up against the massive utilization of information in various contexts. The advent of super intelligence is drastically accelerating the evolution of the socio-economic...
by Anastassia Lauterbach, Andrea Bonime-Blanc
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Artificial intelligence has arrived, and it's coming to a business near you. The disruptive impact of AI on the global economy—from health care to energy, financial services to agriculture, and defense to media—is enormous. Technology literacy is a must for traditional businesses, their boards,...
African Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories and Mitigation Options: Forestry, Land-Use Change, and Agriculture
Johannesburg, South Africa 29 May – June 1995
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
As atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases continue to increase, so does the potential for atmospheric warming and associated climate change. In an effort to address the threat of global climate change, 155 countries signed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change at the Earth Summit in...
Lively Capital
Biotechnologies, Ethics, and Governance in Global Markets
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
Lively Capital is an urgent and important collection of essays addressing the reconfigured relations between the life sciences and the market. Exploring the ground where social and cultural anthropology intersect with science and technology studies, prominent scholars investigate the relationship...
The GMO Deception
What You Need to Know about the Food, Corporations, and Government Agencies Putting Our Families and Our Environment at Risk
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Seventy-five percent of processed foods on supermarket shelves-from soda to soup, crackers to condiments-contain genetically engineered ingredients. The long-term effects of these foods on human health and ecology are still unknown, and public concern has been steadily intensifying.
This new...
by Stephen Neidle
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
The study of G-quadruplexes has emerged in recent years as an important focus of research in nucleic acids. This is now a rapidly growing area, not least because of its potential as a novel approach to cancer therapeutics, and there is much current activity on the design of quadruplex-selective small-molecule...
Nonregular Nanosystems
Theory and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
This book presents a systemic view of nanophenomena in terms of disordered condensed media with characteristics arising at various hierarchical levels from nanoagents/nanoparticles through multiple technological interfaces to the creation of micro- or mesostructures with essential nanodimensional...
Two Bits
The Cultural Significance of Free Software
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2008
In Two Bits, Christopher M. Kelty investigates the history and cultural significance of Free Software, revealing the people and practices that have transformed not only software but also music, film, science, and education. Free Software is a set of practices devoted to the collaborative creation...
by Richard D. Easton
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
GPS Declassified examines the development of GPS from its secret, Cold War military roots to its emergence as a worldwide consumer industry. Drawing on previously unexplored documents, the authors examine how military rivalries influenced the creation of GPS and shaped public perceptions about its...
by Holly Zurich
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
Channel the power of the full moon to focus your intent and guide your manifestations. Light on lore and heavy on practical ceremony, this book is an ideal reference guide for both novices and experienced practitioners. Each full moon spell contains traditional correspondences, a complete ritual and...