Endocrine Interactions of Insect Parasites and Pathogens (Experimental Biology Reviews)

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Endocrine Interactions of Insect Parasites and Pathogens is one of the first books to concentrate specifically on the endocrine aspects of host/parasite and host/pathogen reactions. Written by well-known researchers in the field, the book is an up-to-date compendium and provides a thorough review of the current research.

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Energy levels of silicon, Si i through Si xiv (Reprint no. 222 from Journal of physical and chemical reference data)
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This textbook takes an innovative approach to the teaching of classical mechanics, emphasizing the development of general but practical intellectual tools to support the analysis of nonlinear Hamiltonian systems. The development is organized around a progressively more sophisticated analysis of particular natural systems and weaves examples throughout the presentation. Explorations of phenomena such as transitions to chaos, nonlinear resonances, and resonance overlap to help the student to develop appropriate analytic tools for understanding. Computational algorithms communicate methods used in the analysis of dynamical phenomena. Expressing the methods of mechanics in a computer language forces them to be unambiguous and computationally effective. Once formalized as a procedure, a mathematical idea also becomes a tool that can be used directly to compute results.

The student actively explores the motion of systems through computer simulation and experiment. This active exploration is extended to the mathematics. The requirement that the computer be able to interpret any expression provides strict and immediate feedback as to whether an expression is correctly formulated. The interaction with the computer uncovers and corrects many deficiencies in understanding.

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The tragedy is.......2004-08-16

that despite being a brilliant book, the best part, the executable code is
extremely difficult to run as it works only on an obscure MIT scheme implementation. It would easily earn 5 stars if it ran in PLT scheme for instance.

Expensive book... worth a look online.......2002-04-20

If you're reading this review now, you're considering whether this text is worthy of your [money]. Well, stop the guessing, and just read the darn thing for free at [the website]

I've found the first part of it is the same classical stuff I've seen over and over, but in a new light, differently perceived, and worthy of, sometimes, just closing the book and thinking about the implications. Take what I say with a grain of salt, as I've not nearly read everything. See for yourself, as well. There'll be no mystery.

(The famed "sister text," SICP, is also online as well at the appropriate address)

New milestone.......2001-10-17

I can't rave enough -- by page 27, Sussman crisply solves a fundamental problem that I noticed as a schoolboy decades ago, and for which I never found a satisfactory solution despite discussing it with generations of the world's finest physicists, and that is, how, in Lagrange's equation, can @L/@q be treated independently of @L/@q_dot when q_dot depends on q through dq/dt=q_dot by assumption? Having had a lifelong mystery dispatched in a footnote, I am breathlessly working my way through the rest. I expect this will be a book I revisit every few years or so, like SICP, Abelson & Sussman's book on Computer Programs.

EDIT: As noted by another reviewer, it is a shame that one needs to be a Linux sys-admin to run the software as it stands. However, it is possible to rewrite the programs in Haskell or Mathematica on more commonplace platforms. It is also not actually necessary to run the programs as they stand -- the book is good just to read.

Structure and Interpretation of a Great Text.......2001-06-04

Among the horrors of modern education is the production of vast quantities of poorly written, error ridden science text books. This is in spite of the fact that many if not most of the great scientists of the 20th century have been excellent writers and lecturers. Einstein and Feynman are important examples: brilliant in their discoveries, they were equally brilliant in their abilities to describe and explain some of the most difficult concepts of science. We should be asking why these people can write about their work with such perfection while the "professionally produced" text books in our high schools and colleges are so mediocre.

The MIT Press stands among those publishers producing the very best work. Sussman's and Wisdom's text, "The Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics", provides a wonderful example. Here is a book providing further proof that (a) great science necessarily includes excellent writing and communications, (b) brilliant scientists tend to be the best writers in their fields, and (c) a text book on a difficult subject can be remarkably enjoyable as well as informative when well conceived and well written.

The very first chapter, "Lagrangian Mechanics", is worth the price of admission. It has all the attributes which make the entire book a gem: it is concise, efficient, clear, compact, full, and rewarding. Every sentence contains important ideas and information, yet each sentence is clear and direct. These are attributes usually associated with poetry, and one could argue that this text book approaches that level of literature. In the first three pages of the chapter, the authors present as complete a discussion as I've read on the relationship of mathematics to natural phenomena, the basic project of classical mechanics, and the "remarkable discovery that the same mathematical tools used to describe the motions of the planets can be used to describe the motion of the juggling pin." Furthermore, the chapter introduces and describes the concepts of configuration paths, variational formulation (and why that has some advantages over the classical Newtonian formulation), generalized coordinates, and the relationship of these formulations to a computer program in Scheme.

By the end of the chapter, students will be immersed in the subject out of interest, and will fully appreciate the themes and likely outcomes of the book. Classical mechanics will essentially "come to life" through a well structured use of computers to achieve a very deep understanding of classical systems.

Jump next to the book's Appendices, which present an introduction to the computer programming language of Scheme and a full explanation of the authors' adaptation of functional mathematical notation. Scheme is wonderfully crafted language for exploring, describing, and demonstrating science and mathematics. The mergence of Scheme, functional notation, and classical mechanics in a single text while retaining almost luminescent clarity ranks among great educational achievements!

This is almost too incredible to say, but the truth is that an entire semester could be dedicated to the first chapter and the two appendices, and everyone involved --- teacher and students --- would be entirely satisfied. But in this text, and in a course based on this text, these sections would serve as appetizers, and we would all want more. Fortunately, there is plenty more.

The authors write that they prefer using functional notation to traditional mathematical notation because, "In functional notation mathematical expressions are unambiguous and self-contained." This statement is, in fact, the best description of the entire book.

I believe that the book could be used effectively in high school, if there was some capacity for integrated curriculum planning. Students could be learning Scheme --- an excellent language to learn if programming is a major interest or even hobby --- and physics and math. Not least importantly, students would also learn the importance of good writing.

Some will argue that the book is more a college text, although I think we tend to underestimate the powerful minds and interests of younger learners. In either case, this book belongs in those places promoting good science and quality education, and, if you simply enjoy learning and reading, it has a place on your home bookshelf.

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My Review of "A Hazard of New Fortunes"

Howells' and Realsim

A Hazard Of New Fortunes

If You Admire James, Twain, Tolstoy, or Zola--Read This!

A Hazard of New Fortunes (Modern Library Classics)
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Centering on a conflict between a self-made millionaire and an idealistic reformer in turn-of-the-twentieth-century New York, A Hazard of New Fortunes insightfully renders the complexities of the American experience at a time of great social and economic upheaval and transformation. In its depiction of wealth, poverty, and New York City life, it remains a strikingly contemporary work.

Reproduced here is the authoritative Indiana University Press Edition edited and annotated by David J. Nordloh, with full scholarly commentary and extensive textual apparatus.

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Book Review.......2007-02-06

Unless you took a good American Literature survey course, you probably never heard of or remember the author, William Dean Howles. After reading A Hazard of New Fortunes, you will both remember him and recommend the book and may want to read his other work.

My Review of "A Hazard of New Fortunes".......2004-07-21

A Hazard of New Fortunes
In the book, A Hazard of New Fortunes, written by William Dean Howells, you can see that he was aiming to reach realism. You will not find any ghosts, talking animals, or magical things anywhere in this story, but you will find everyday things like house hunting, marital spats and business. I think this book had both good and bad qualities to it. I did enjoy the book, however, in my opinion, there were many parts that could be left out without taking away from the general theme. The book is set, first in Boston, but the majority takes place in New York.
We are first introduced to the main characters, Mr. and Mrs. March, and then to Fulkerson. Fulkerson is a very ambitious character who is trying to start a bi-weekly magazine and wants his good friend Basil March to move to New York and become his editor. Fulkerson said the magazine had to be made in New York because, ?There?s only one city that belongs to the whole country, and that?s New York.? He wants his magazine to be unlike any other, one that would offer great literature with short stories, articles with the ?must haves? of society along with work from fresh new artists. March is interested, but does not want to move his whole life and family. As it turns out he has no other choice when he is let go from his present job, so they all set off for New York.
This is where the story really starts to develop . Howells now introduces the readers to the rest of the characters in a way that I think is very smart. He introduces them all separately and then throughout the story he intertwines all the main characters lives to one another. For example we are told about the character Beaton as he is being talked about by ?the widow? and Alma. Then we come to find out Beaton is the new art editor for Fulkerson?s magazine ?Every Other Week.? I think that character development is one of Howells strong points. The way he describes all of the people in this book really gives the reader an idea of what they are like, so much so that we can picture them in our minds.
This novel is very realistic and it deals with many important ideas, not only for it?s time, but some that are still important today. It deals with death, grief, marriages, money, greed, social class and social acceptance. Many times throughout this book, the characters express how much they just want to fit in. One of the most obvious parts to see this is through the March?s. When they are talking to one another about moving the things she says really shows how much she cares how she is viewed in society. She says one reason she does not want to move is because she will not know where to shop at. This is really important because it really helps to show the need of acceptance in a specific class. When looking for a house or flat to live in New York she comes up with guidelines and even boundaries of where they can stay to make sure they were with others of their class. The narrator writes, ?She found that there was an east and west line beyond which they could not go if they wished to keep their self respect.? When talking to her husband about the requirements for their new flat, Mrs. March says, ?It must not be higher than the third floor; it must have an elevator, steam heat, hall boy and a pleasant janitor.?
The Dryfoos?s are another example of the struggle to be accepted. They are the ?new money? in the book, and Mr. Dryfoos is the financial backer for the magazine. He comes to New York with his wife, two daughters and his son to try and invest and add to his growing fortunes. The daughters, Christine and Mela, feel that because their father is so rich, that they are at the top of the social class. When really they are looked down upon by the rest of the society because in the upper class, the people are smart, well rounded and know how to present themselves accordingly. So the girls do not make many friends. Conrad Dryfoos is the son, and also publisher of the magazine. His character goes through a different kind of struggle, because he does not care about being rich or popular, he wanted to become a priest and dedicate his life to helping the poor. So he has to continually defend his beliefs and try to make his father happy by staying in the business.
Another important issue in this book is the ?role of the woman.? At the time, women were still viewed as second best to the males. They were still supposed to be married off, cook, clean, have children and take care of the family. Because of this, they were viewed as not having much power; however this is very wrong. Women might not have been very active in the stock market or other businesses yet, but their influence was felt everywhere. They influenced what was read, purchased and what was popular. Fulkerson is very aware of this and says, ?We want to make a magazine that will go for the women?s fancy every time. We?ve got to recognize that women form three fourths of the reading public in this country.? And by having the art and literature donations being anonymous in his magazine, it helped to get women some money and recognition for their work. Everyone in the society who knows Alma knows she is talented, but many feel that because she is a women, and will never get recognized for it, then she should just give it up. Her art teacher says, ?The girl has some notion of it, there?s no doubt about that. But-she?s a woman.? But with this magazine, she gets the opportunity for thousands to see her work. Mrs. March is another example of the power. She may not be the breadwinner of the family, but she is still very smart, and knows what to say and do to influence her husband. She tells him what she likes and dislikes, and helps him by providing support and confidence in his choices. The final decision to move was made by her, and a few other important decisions were also suggested by Mrs. March.
I think this is a good book, one with great character developments and details, and important issues such as greed, money and social status. Though it is in the realism genre, there are many things left out, such as the working and lower class people as well as diversity in the characters race or religion. But even with the things left out, it is still a well written book.

Howells' and Realsim .......2004-07-21

Jennifer Green
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A Review for Howells? A Hazard of New Fortunes

William Dean Howells? novel, A Hazard of New Fortune, is an excellent example of realism in prose. Howells? text is so descriptive, that you can see the characters as though they were standing in front of you. He accurately describes nineteenth century New York, down to the exact streets that a middle class person should never cross. It is in part, his description, which makes the book such a quick read. Yet, to those readers who lose themselves within description, this novel may be hard to follow. Howells? spends more than ten pages describing a house hunt; he describes each house and the person who is attempting to sell it in great detail, which at times can cause the reader to wonder if they missed the point in the last few pages. Depending upon how the reader is able to deal with the descriptive prose, determines the readers response to this particular novel.
His characters are very human, flawed and selfish like any person one may meet while walking on the street. It is this quality that makes their decisions easy to follow and their thoughts easy to understand. His characters are the most important part of the novel, as opposed to the plot, and the reader must watch what each does very closely. His categories and descriptions of characters are very in depth and must have close attention paid, or the reader will miss crucial points. His characters roles, and the impact each has on the other was what made the book so engaging. The Marches are the first characters the reader is introduced to, and they are the main focus of this book. They are a middle class family currently living in Boston, and are faced with the notion of starting a new business in New York. Howells? accurately describes their inner most thoughts, and has the reader very informed in what they are feeling.
Howells? uses dialect so strongly within his novel that the reader is able to tell which character is speaking without their names. Each character is given a distinct personality, and in doing this readers easily identify with them. The Dryfoos family is a prominent example of his use with dialect and personality. They are from the south, and have just struck it rich by natural gas. They have come to live in New York and have sold their farm to live amongst the higher classes. Every one of them is homesick for their old way of life and is very uncomfortable in their new found glory. They are ignorant of proper behavior, and often make a fool of themselves with their speech and arrogance. When one of them is speaking within the text it is easy for a reader to pick up which one of the Dryfoos family it is. Each member have such a distinct personality, Mr. Dryfoos is a hard old man, Mrs. Dryfoos is a lonely sad old women, Conrad is a compassionate young man, Christine is a shrewd young woman, and Mela is a frivolous young lady. Howells? skill is so strong that the reader is not only able to picture them talking, but to almost hear them in their head. The only misuse of dialect is the in the Woodburn family. His idea of this accent is so atrocious it?s laughable. This is not an accurate account for they way people talk in the south, and his ridiculous adaptation of the language makes the Woodburn?s unrealistic as characters. They are held at arms length, and not a true credible source for southern habits. Colonel Woodburn is a southerner who strongly believed that the north interfered with the south and had they not; the slavery issue could have been perfected into a better system. He has an entire novel that he has written dedicated to showing the north the error of their ways. These characters are often shown talking to more significant characters, which in turn shoves their credibility and their ideas farther away from what the reader will utilize from the novel.
Howells? book places women in the work place at a time where it was very uncommon to do so. Miss Alma Leighton is an artist and she and her mother moved to New York so she could advance her skill. Her art is the most used for the project the Marches have under taken, which was quite unusual at that time. Alma stands on her own, and is confident enough in herself to make all decisions affecting her life. She seems almost to be a type of heroine in the novel, as the only unmarried female character who doesn?t alter herself for society.
Howells? novel is an excellent prose ad keeps the reader guessing as to its end all the way through. It has a voice through its characters and develops that voice as the characters evolve into society. The novel does not correctly reflect every type of person; the working class is hardly seen and never speaks, showing once again the realism of a human writer. He is just as flawed as any of his characters, he cannot please or include everyone and neither can any other human being. His novel is an excellent read, and will be a valuable use of any reader?s time.

A Hazard Of New Fortunes.......2004-07-15

A Hazard Of New Fortunes, by William Dean Howells is an excellent novel about the lives of a middle class family in the late nineteenth century. The novel follows a family through a move, a house hunt, and a new business. Howells does a wonderful job capturing the scenes in this book and making them come to life. This book also can be related to our everyday life. The only change that is necessary is to update the social aspect. Howells uses description, language and women to really reveal the lives of his characters, through this he makes them into individuals.
The use of language in this novel is a marker of people and a class distinction. There are specific characters that don't need to be named, they just need to talk and the reader can pick them out from the others. These distinctions are made mostly through the use of dialect. Dryfoos has a very particular southern accent. He is rich and is thinks himself to be high society. Though the people around him look down on him because of his speech and his behaviors. Another character with a different dialect is Lindau, who is a German-speaking friend of the March's. He is very difficult to understand, but by reading his speech the reader can almost hear him saying his lines.
Women also play a very large role in this novel. Howells shows almost every type of women that any of the men might have encountered. He shows a strong domestic power through Mrs. March, while also showing power and artistic ability through Alma Leighton. Each woman seems to illustrate a different element of what makes a whole woman. One of the characters doesn't have a great deal of money but she has excellent manners and performs good deeds, so she is looked on as high society. Another character that has a great deal of money but not much class is looked down on for being wild and unrefined. Not all of these women see themselves as other do, but they do act on their instincts.
Howells makes notable use of description in this novel. He goes to great lengths to show the reader how a scene is conducted. For some readers this description may be too much and for other it helps to sharpen the image of the event. Near the beginning of the book the reader encounters a house hunt. In this pursuit the reader is given a description of every house they look at and a description of the people who work there. This shows the reader the exact detail of the structures and allows them to picture it just as the March's do. Another usage of description in this novel is through the movement of the characters. There is a conversation between two of the characters in which Howells describes how the one man smiles. This gives the reader a look into the mind of the character, it helps them to get a feel for what kind of person he is. All of these pieces help the reader to picture the story and to know each of the characters not only by name but by action as well.
A Hazard Of New Fortunes is a very good book if you enjoy deep descriptions and the use of dialect. You will also find it appealing if you are interested in looking at women's issues. There are of course some negative aspects of this book, such as, no individual representative of the working class or the high society. Also there is not much mention of African Americans in the book. So Howells representation of everyday life is slightly flawed. All the same I think this book is well worth reading and can be quite enjoyable.

If You Admire James, Twain, Tolstoy, or Zola--Read This!.......2003-03-03

This title should be on the syllabus of every American lit class. Read it and you'll realize that the canon is as full of holes as a chuck of swiss cheese.

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Arnus Beaton's studio looked at first glance like many other painters' studios. A gray wall quadrangularly vaulted to a large north light; casts of feet, hands, faces hung to nails about; prints, sketches in oil and water-color stuck here and there lower down; a rickety table, with paint and palettes and bottles of varnish and siccative tossed comfortlessly on it; an easel, with a strip of some faded mediaeval silk trailing from it; a lay figure simpering in incomplete nakedness.

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"Oh, you did, did you?" said the girl, scarcely less insolently than she had spoken to Mrs. Mandel. "I should like to know what you did it for? I'd like to know what made you think I wasn't able to take care of myself. I just knew somebody had been meddling, but I didn't suppose it was you. I can manage my own affairs in my own way, if you please, and I'll thank you after this to leave me to myself in what don't concern you.

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Oh, you did, did you? said the girl, scarcely less insolently than she had spoken to Mrs. Mandel. "I should like to know what you did it for? I'd like to know what made you think I wasn't able to take care of myself. I just knew somebody had been meddling, but I didn't suppose it was you. I can manage my own affairs in my own way, if you please, and I'll thank you after this to leave me to myself in what don't concern you.

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"No, I know that," he said; and with this a perverse desire to tempt her to the impossibility awoke in him, though he was really quite cold about the affair himself now. "Fulkerson thought we could get a nice flat in New York for about what the interest and taxes came to here, and provisions are cheaper. But I should rather not experiment at my time of life.

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No, I know that, he said; and with this a perverse desire to tempt her to the impossibility awoke in him, though he was really quite cold about the affair himself now. "Fulkerson thought we could get a nice flat in New York for about what the interest and taxes came to here, and provisions are cheaper. But I should rather not experiment at my time of life.

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