Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire: A Visionary Naturalist

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A professor at twenty-one and member of the Napoleon's Egyptian expedition at twenty-six, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire was a man of one idea, which he formulated when he was twenty-four. Nature, he thought, had formed all living beings with one single plan.

This was a revolutionary idea—and one vigorously opposed by Geoffroy's colleague Georges Cuvier, a great anatomist and one of the giants of French science. In 1830, their long-running disagreement erupted into furious public debate. Geoffroy argued that all vertebrates shared the same basic body plan not just with each other but with insects as well. Cuvier strenuously disputed this idea, which he saw as tantamount to a belief in "transformism"—arguing instead that each species had its own special and permanent form.

With Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Hervé Le Guyader provides an analysis not only of that infamous debate but also of Geoffroy's bold intuitions about anatomy and development. Featuring Geoffroy's published version of the 1830 debates—translated into English for the first time—the book also illustrates how Geoffroy's prescient insights foreshadowed some of the most recent discoveries in evolutionary and developmental biology.

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The real history of evolutionism.......2004-05-02

The history of biology and evolutionary theory is rarely told properly or in full and the myths surrounding Darwin tend to drive out the complex development of the idea of evolution beginning in the eighteenth century. Beside Lamarck there is also the figure of Geoffroy Saint- Hilaire whose early intimations of embryological themes is only now being confirmed in the age of the genome and homeobox genes. This detailed history of the period of the early nineteenth century, including the account of the debate with Cuvier, should hopefully induce the writing of more accurate histories of the development of evolutionary biology. Perhaps someday it will dawn on someone that Darwin's theory was, if anything, a reductionist oversimplification that most biologists were too savvy to fall for.

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A concise course on molecular spectroscopy

The Spectra and Structures of Simple Free Radicals: An Introduction to Molecular Spectroscopy (The George Fisher Baker non-resident lectureship in chemistry at Cornell University)
Gerhard Herzberg
Manufacturer: Cornell Univ Pr
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Molecular Vibrations: The Theory of Infrared and Raman Vibrational Spectra

ASIN: 080140584X

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Written by a Nobel Laureate, this excellent introduction to the essentials of molecular spectroscopy covers rotational, vibrational, and electronic energy levels of diatomic molecules and ions; linear and nonlinear polyatomic radicals and ions; predissociation and pre-ionization; recombination; and more. 106 illustrations.

1971 edition.

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A concise course on molecular spectroscopy.......2000-08-21

This is the result of a visit of professor Herzberg to Cornell. He built a complet course on the fundamental aspects of molecular spectroscopy using free radicals. Excelent.

Chemistry of beta-ester radicals: Evidence supporting ion pair processes : (Dissertation)

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Chemistry of beta-ester radicals: Evidence supporting ion pair processes : (Dissertation)
Laurent Bagnol
Manufacturer: ProQuest Information and Learning
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Electron Paramagnetic Resonance: Elemntry Thry & Practical App/Radicals and Ion Radicals, and Triplets: The Spin-Bearing Intermediates of Organic Chemistry

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Electron Paramagnetic Resonance: Elemntry Thry & Practical App/Radicals and Ion Radicals, and Triplets: The Spin-Bearing Intermediates of Organic Chemistry
Nathan L. Bauld
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Electronic Absorption Spectra of Radical Ions (Physical Science Data, Vol 34)

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Electronic Absorption Spectra of Radical Ions (Physical Science Data, Vol 34)
Tadamasa Shida
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Metal Ions in Biological Systems

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This volume is devoted solely to the research area of metalloenzymes involving amino acid-residue and related radicals. Topics covered include: general considerations; structure, function and engineering of peroxidases; and ribonucleotide reductase in mammalian systems.

Organic Ion Radicals: Chemistry and Applications

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Organic Ion Radicals: Chemistry and Applications
Zory Vlad Todres
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Examining the formation, transformation, and application of ion radicals in typical conditions of organic synthesis, Organic Ion Radicals: Chemistry and Applications explains the reactions and principles of ion radical chemistry. The author addresses methods of determining ion- radical mechanisms and controlling ion radical reactions, issues relating to ecology and biology, and inorganic participants in ion radical organic reactions. Applications discussed include the roles of ion radicals in biological systems and their uses in optoelectronics, organic metals, and the manufacture of paper.

Radical and Ion Reactions: Problems and Ways of Their Solution

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Radical and Ion Reactions: Problems and Ways of Their Solution

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Radical Ionic Systems: Properties in Condensed Phases (Topics in Molecular Organization and Engineering)

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Radical Ionic Systems: Properties in Condensed Phases (Topics in Molecular Organization and Engineering)

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Radical ions, (Reactive intermediates in organic chemistry)

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Radical ions, (Reactive intermediates in organic chemistry)
Emil Thomas Kaiser
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Radicals, Ion Radicals, and Triplets: The Spin-Bearing Intermediates of Organic Chemistry

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Radicals, Ion Radicals, and Triplets: The Spin-Bearing Intermediates of Organic Chemistry
Nathan L. Bauld
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Written by an internationally acknowledged expert in the field, this book provides an overview of all major types of spin-bearing radicals, important intermediates in organic reactions. Many new synthetic methods involving radicals have been developed and discussed in the past five years; this is the only source book that focuses on the physical-organic aspects of radical chemistry.

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This book describes the remarkable connections that exist between the classical differential geometry of surfaces and modern soliton theory. The authors also explore the extensive body of literature from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by such eminent geometers as Bianchi, Darboux, Bäcklund, and Eisenhart on transformations of privileged classes of surfaces which leave key geometric properties unchanged. Prominent amongst these are Bäcklund-Darboux transformations with their remarkable associated nonlinear superposition principles and importance in soliton theory.

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Backlund and Darboux Transformations: The Geometry of Solitons (Crm Proceedings & Lecture Notes, V. 29)

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Backlund and Darboux Transformations: The Geometry of Solitons (Crm Proceedings & Lecture Notes, V. 29)
Aarms-Crm Workshop , and A. A. Coley
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ASIN: 0821828037

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This book is devoted to a classical topic that has undergone rapid and fruitful development over the past 25 years, namely Bäcklund and Darboux transformations and their applications in the theory of integrable systems, also known as soliton theory.

The book consists of two parts. The first is a series of introductory pedagogical lectures presented by leading experts in the field. They are devoted respectively to Bäcklund transformations of Painlevé equations, to the dressing method and Bäcklund and Darboux transformations, and to the classical geometry of Bäcklund transformations and their applications to soliton theory. The second part contains original contributions that represent new developments in the theory and applications of these transformations.

Both the introductory lectures and the original talks were presented at an International Workshop that took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada). This volume covers virtually all recent developments in the theory and applications of Bäcklund and Darboux transformations.

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Backlund and Darboux Transformations: The Geometry of Solitons: Aarms-Crm Workshop, June 4-9, 1999, Halifax, N. S., Canada
A. Coley
Manufacturer: American Mathematical Society
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MHITAE

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Packaged with a free copy of ARIEL on CD-ROM, this paperback version of Robert DiYanni's Literature: Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama presents 55 stories; 334 poems; 16 plays and offers the refreshing New Voices of authors who are writing today, in addition to classic works, eight Authors in Context, and an engaging Transformations chapter.

Arguing through Literature: A Thematic Anthology and Guide to Academic Writing with free ARIEL CD-ROM

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Arguing through Literature: A Thematic Anthology and Guide to Academic Writing with free ARIEL CD-ROM
Judith Ferster
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Literature with Free ARIEL CD-ROM
Robert DiYanni
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ASIN: 0072996242

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Now packaged with the free ARIEL CD-ROM, this anthology offers a lively introduction to the study of fiction, poetry, and drama, and is appropriate for introduction to literature courses as well as literature-based composition courses.

Known for its clear presentation of the formal elements of literary analysis, DiYanni's Literature effectively balances classical, modern, and contemporary works across the three major genres, blending well-known writers with a diverse gathering of newer, international figures. This literary breadth is supplemented by extensive coverage of writing about literature, making DiYanni an excellent resource for literature instructors who want a full-featured anthology.

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Retellings with Free ARIEL CD-ROM
Arlene Clarke , and Marlene B. Clarke
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ASIN: 0072996250

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Now packaged with the free ARIEL CD-ROM, this four-genre, thematically-arranged collection groups together selections that retell the same story or events: three interpretations of Cinderella from Walt Disney, The Brothers Grimm, and a Chinese folktale, for example, or the myth of Oedipus as told by Sophocles, Rita Dove, Randall Jarrell, and Sigmund Freud. Retellings includes many frequently taught works of fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, as well as visual texts, and offers a complete introduction to reading, interpreting, and writing about literature.

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Arguing through Literature: A Thematic Anthology and Guide to Academic Writing with free ARIEL CD-ROM
FERSTER
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Literature : Approaches (Paperback) with Free ARIEL CD-ROM

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Literature : Approaches (Paperback) with Free ARIEL CD-ROM
Robert DiYanni
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