Natural Enemies: The Population Biology of Predators, Parasites and Diseases

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This book is about disease and death! An international team of experts has been gathered together from the very best names in Zoology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology to present a complete description of the evolution and ecology of all carnivorous organisms from whales and lions, down to virus and bacteria. This is the first volume to to give a complete description of all carnivorous organisms and the first synthesis of the population biology of this diverse group of organisms to tackle the following questions: How do natural enemies affect the distribution and abundance of their prey, and how have natural enemies functioned as agents of natural selection effecting the evolution of behaviour and morphology in their prey?

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Written for organic chemists, this all-new second edition offers an easy entry into the field of organotransition metal chemistry without requiring a background in inorganic chemistry. The book first covers the basics of transition metal chemistry and gives a practical introduction to the mechanisms by which organometallic reactions occur. The organic chemistry of transition metals is then presented by class of metal complex, with many examples of applications in the synthesis of natural products, pharmaceuticals, polymers, and materials. Ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as all practicing synthetic organic chemists.

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An excellent textbook for chemists & graduated students.......2000-11-05

The growth of organometallics is amazing, so we want a systematic book to introduce the developments, and this one is very suitable. Hegedus introduced many new synthetic technology in this book, and they are very useful for chemists research work.

A great book.......2000-05-10

Hegedus has blended theory perfectly with synthetic utility of transition metals. The second addition has a lot more updated, state-of-art examples in synthesis.

Definitely an excellent resource.......2000-05-10

Hegedus does an excellent job of outlining the broad field of organometallic chemistry. He covers a vast range of topics, providing the reader with a strong background in the subject area. He utilizes current literature examples to demonstrate the use and importance of the topics presented. Overall, this is a very well written book, and a great reference.

Transition Metals in Organic Synthesis: A Practical Approach (The Practical Approach in Chemistry Series)

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Transition Metals in Organic Synthesis: A Practical Approach (The Practical Approach in Chemistry Series)

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This volume is designed to disseminate practical expertise in this important but practically demanding area of chemistry to undergraduate and postgraduate students in Universities and to researchers working in the chemical industry. The Chapter authors have considerable practical experience in the areas they cover and they are all intimately involved in the teaching of practical chemistry to University students. Topics include transition metal-promoted oxidations, palladium-catalysed carbon-carbon bond formation, ferrocene chemistry, applications of organoiron complexes in organic synthesis, applications of titanocene and zirconocene complexes in organic synthesis and arene chromium tricarbonyl chemistry. A Chapter on Schlenk techniques for handling air-sensitive compounds is also included.

Organic Synthesis Using Transition Metals (Postgraduate Chemistry)

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Organic Synthesis Using Transition Metals (Postgraduate Chemistry)
Roderick Bates
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This volume considers the ways in which transition metals, as catalysts and reagents, can be used in organic synthesis. It concentrates on the bond-forming reactions that set transition metal chemistry apart from classical organic chemistry.Transition metals open up new opportunities for synthesis, because their means of bonding and their reaction mechanisms differ from those of the elements of the s and p blocks. In the last decade, the subject has mushroomed. Established reactions are seeing both technical improvements and increasing numbers of applications. New reactions are being developed. The practicality of the subject is demonstrated by the large number of publications coming from the process development laboratories of pharmaceutical companies.The book is extensively referenced and so provides a convenient point of entry to the research literature.

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New Pathways for Organic Synthesis
H.M. Colquhoun , J. Holton , D.J. Thompson , and M.V. Twigg
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Alkene Metathesis in Organic Synthesis (Topics in Organometallic Chemistry)

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Alkene Metathesis in Organic Synthesis (Topics in Organometallic Chemistry)

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The tremendous progress in olefin metathesis achieved during the last decade can hardly be overestimated. Due to the development of a new generation of well defined and high-performance organometallic catalysts, this reaction is rapidly evolving into one of the most versatile tools for advanced organic chemistry, natural product synthesis, fine chemical production and polymer sciences. Written by some of the leading experts in this field, this monograph intends to familiarize the reader with the most exciting developments and frontiers in this flourishing field of chemistry research.

Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry II : Transition Metal Organometallics in Organic Synthesis (Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry II)

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Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry II : Transition Metal Organometallics in Organic Synthesis (Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry II)

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ASIN: 0080423191

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This is a completely new volume, which comprehensively treats the use of transition metals in organic synthesis, with real emphasis on synthetically useful transformations on highly functionalized substrates. It is complete through to mid-1993 and each section has been written by an author who was responsible for the development of the chemistry involved.

Synthetic Methods of Organometallic and Inorganic Chemistry, Volume 10: Transition Metals, Part 4

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Synthetic Methods of Organometallic and Inorganic Chemistry, Volume 10: Transition Metals, Part 4

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Synthetic Methods of Organometallic And Inorganic Chemistry: Transition Metals (Synthetic Methods of Organic Chemistry (Theilheime)

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Synthetic Methods of Organometallic And Inorganic Chemistry: Transition Metals (Synthetic Methods of Organic Chemistry (Theilheime)

Manufacturer: Georg Thieme Verlag
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Transition Metal Arene Pi-complexes In Organic Synthesis And Catalysis (Topics in Organometallic Chemistry)

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Transition Metal Arene Pi-complexes In Organic Synthesis And Catalysis (Topics in Organometallic Chemistry)

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Metal-arene pi-complexes show a rich and varied chemistry. The metal adds a third dimension to the planar aromatic compounds and coordination of a metal to an arene thus not only altering the reactivity of ring-carbons and substituents but also makes possible reactions that lead to chiral non-racemic products. This book, organized in nine chapters and written by leading scientists in the field provides the reader with an up-to-date treatise on the subject organized according to reaction type and use. It covers the wide spectrum of arene activation: from the electrophilic activation of h ⁶-bound arene by pi-Lewis acid metal complex fragments, to reactions of nucleophilic h ²-coordinated arene complexes. The preparation of complexes is detailed, as are the scope, limitations and challenges of reactions in contemporary pi-arene metal chemistry with special attention given to asymmetric transformations. The emphasis of the book is on transformations of interest to organic synthesis and on the use of the complexes as catalysts or as chiral ligands.
The book is written for academic and industrial researchers in organic, organometallic, and inorganic chemistry as well as for advanced chemistry students.

Transition Metal Organometallics for Organic Synthesis

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Transition Metal Organometallics for Organic Synthesis
F. J. McQuillin , D. G. Parker , and G. R. Stephenson
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This study covers comodules, rational modules and bicomodules; cosemisimple, semiperfect and co-Frobenius algebras; bialgebras and Hopf algebras; actions and coactions of Hopf algebras on algebras; finite dimensional Hopf algebras, with the Nicholas-Zoeller and Taft-Wilson theorems and character theory; and more.

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Introduction to affine algebraic groups
Gerhard P Hochschild
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Introduction to the Quantum Yang-Baxter Equation and Quantum Groups:An Algebraic Approach (Mathematics and Its Applications)

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Introduction to the Quantum Yang-Baxter Equation and Quantum Groups:An Algebraic Approach (Mathematics and Its Applications)
L.A. Lambe , and D.E. Radford
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The quantum Yang-Baxter equation is an important equation to solve for applications in physics and topology. This book treats the equation in the context of algebraic systems and as a problem for computer algebra. An up-to-date account of the theoretical foundations of solving the equation is given. The book contains new material which is described in the preface. Audience: The book can be used by graduate students and specialists. Over 200 exercises guide the reader from basic principles to research areas.

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A classic fable of German literature, Till Eulenspiegel is a cheerfully scatological collection of 95 loosely related vignettes depicting the life and times of a famous roving jester. The trickster hero devotes his life to deflating the pompous, the rich, and the smug. The book includes the entire set of 87 sixteenth-century woodcuts, possibly by Albrecht Duerer. It also contains an introduction that establishes the historical context of the tales, discusses the use of satire in the late Medieval and early Renaissance literature.

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Completely awful.......2006-08-25

"Till Eulenspiegel" consists of a series of vignettes about a young man who roams through Germany and other countries having adventures, playing tricks on people and goofing off. It seems like the punchline of every single story has to do with Euelenspiegel defecating on or in something or someone. That's it. That's the book's running joke. I suppose if you were an illiterate German peasant sitting around a hearth fire in the 1500s, you'd find these tales of feces and bad puns hilarious, but I didn't. Dumb humor doesn't become entertaining just because it's old. Of course, since a good majority of modern Americans are probably less sophisticated than an illiterate German peasant from 400 years ago, perhaps Till Eulenspiegel is due for a comeback. Hollywood could cast Johnny Knoxville as this retarded crapped crusader, and he could crap all over American audiences, who will double over with laughter at every fart noise.

A uniquely European take on the trickster myth.......2000-05-15

A classic of German literature which spawned a thousand watered-down progeny, _Till Eulenspiegel_ is a cheerfully scatalogical (but never raunchy) collection of loosely related fablieux-like vignettes depicting the life and times of the eponymous hero. It's little-known in the English-speaking world, largely because of the lack of a good, faithful translation, and this edition is obviously intended to remedy the situation.

It's a worthy goal, and the translation itself is lively and fluid without straying too far from its Germanic roots. The story itself is a good read, which moves too quickly from scene to scene to ever get boring. The trickster hero more or less devotes his life to deflating the pompous, the rich, the smug, the petty, and anyone else who dares obstruct his merry path through life. He does this largely by interpreting figurative or idiomatic phrases literally, like an infuriating younger sibling, but there are a good many tales that centre around more complex and witty scams, and it's these which make the book worth considering as a read. And, like other books in the _World's Classics_ series, the introductory essay is broad-ranging and stimulating.

It's not _Gulliver's Travels_ or _The Decameron_, but it's a very respectable cousin to both.

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Till Eulenspiegel His Adventures
Paul Oppenheimer
Manufacturer: Garland
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Till Eulenspiegel, his Adventures; translated, with introduction and notes, by Paul Oppenheimer
Paul, translator Oppenheimer
Manufacturer: Garland
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ASIN: B000N3PBFI

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