Gatorbytes imprint: 12 books

The Wind Engineers

Building a Hurricane-Safe House

by Jeff Klinkenberg, University of Florida
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015

The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society's most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world. Hurricanes and tornadoes--and the devastation they...

The Shark Attack Files

Investigating the World's Most Feared Predator

by Jeff Klinkenberg, University of Florida
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016

The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society’s most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world. In 1958, a panel funded by the Office of Naval...

Building a Better Tomato

The Quest to Perfect "The Scandalous Fruit"

by Jeff Klinkenberg, University of Florida
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015

In the search for a superior alternative to bland and mealy grocery-store tomatoes, horticultural scientist Harry Klee and renowned taste researcher Linda Bartoshuk teamed up and are hot on the trail of a specimen that will have you thinking you just picked it in your own back yard. Gatorbytes highlight...

Plugged In

Cybersecurity in the Modern Age

by Jon Silman, University of Florida
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016

The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society’s most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world. Cybersecurity is the most pressing issue of our increasingly...

When the Seas Rise

Global Changes and Local Impacts

by Heather Dewar, University of Florida
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016

University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society's most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world. Sea levels are rising around the globe, and in Florida--with...

The Democracy Machine

How One Engineer Made Voting Possible For All

by Jon Silman, University of Florida
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015

Driven to make it possible for people with disabilities to vote like everyone else, engineer Juan Gilbert, a specialist in human-centered computing, spent 10 years perfecting Prime III, software that does just that. His creation has already been tested in the real world and is earning rave reviews...

No Student Left Behind

Transforming Education in the Online Classroom

by Jon Silman, University of Florida
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015

The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society's most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world. For many years, higher education was mostly limited...

Born to Learn

Innovations in Early Childhood Studies

by University of Florida
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018

The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society’s most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world. The human brain’s largest and most important developmental...

Microbes to Ecosystems

Charting Biodiversity through Informatics

by Blake D. Edgar, University of Florida
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017

The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society’s most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world. In Microbes to Ecosystems, follow the scientists, researchers,...

Tapping the Source

Inside UF's Water Institute

by Terry Tomalin, University of Florida
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016

The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society’s most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world. Florida has 51,858 miles of rivers and streams,...

The Diabetes Epidemic

Controlling, Curing, and Prevention

by Leonora LaPeter Anton, University of Florida
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016

The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society’s most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world. The Diabetes Epidemic explores the complicated...

The Disease Detectives

Unraveling How Viruses Go Viral

by Kris Hundley, University of Florida
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015

The experts at UF’s Emerging Pathogens Institute make it their mission answering baffling questions such as how is a pig-borne disease transmitted in a Muslim country, what kinds of parasites do Florida ticks carry and how has a cholera strain from Nepal evolved in Haiti? Gatorbytes highlight for...
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