The Human Fossil Record, Terminology and Craniodental Morphology of Genus I Homo/I (Europe) (The Human Fossil Record)

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The Human Fossil Record
Volume one
Terminology and Craniodental Morphology of Genus Homo (Europe)
Jeffrey H. Schwartz
Ian Tattersall

The Human Fossil Record series is the most authoritative and comprehensive documentation of the fossil evidence relevant to the study of our evolutionary past. This first volume covers the craniodental remains from Europe that have been attributed to the genus Homo. Here the authors also clearly define the terminology and descriptive protocol that is applied uniformly throughout the series. Organized alphabetically by site name, each entry includes clear descriptions and original, expertly taken photographs, as well as:

Morphology
Location information
History of discovery
Previous systematic assessments of the fossils
Geological, archaeological, and faunal contexts
Dating
References to the primary literature

The Human Fossil Record series is truly a must-have reference for anyone seriously interested in the study of human evolution.

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Handy Reference Work.......2003-11-14

"...a handsomely produced volume which will make a handy reference work for paleoanthropologists studying fossil cranial morphology." (American Journal of Human Biology, Vol. 15, No. 5, September/October 2003)

Excellent Resource.......2003-07-07

I was attracted to the clear photographs and the concise information in this book. This is an excellent reference with a collection of the major finds in Europe. As a student I would read about a find in an article. With this book I was able to quickly look the fossils up. This book allows the reader to either become familiar with certain remains or gain specific information about bone dimensions. Either way, this book will prove to be an important part of any physical anthropologist's library for years to come. It is certainly worth the investment.

BRILLIANT STUDY.......2002-01-14

An incredible and essential source for all scholars in this field as well as interested lay people.
Presented beautifully.
Shelf life is forever.

The Human Fossil Record, Terminology and Craniodental Morphology of Genus I Homo/I (Europe) (The Human Fossil Record)

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The Human Fossil Record, Terminology and Craniodental Morphology of Genus I Homo/I (Europe) (The Human Fossil Record)
Jeffrey H. Schwartz
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The replacement of hydrogen with fluorine in organic molecules can profoundly influence their chemical and physical properties, leading to a range of compounds with highly desirable properties. These molecules are of interest across the wide spectrum of industrial and academic organic chemistry, so that organofluorine chemistry is economically highly important.Organofluorine Chemistry will help chemists to develop a systematic knowledge of the chemistry of fluorine with a view towards its application in the design of new reactions and syntheses, and the creation of novel fluorinated molecules and materials. With initial chapters focusing on why fluorine creates such unique properties in organic compounds, the book then covers general reactions of fluorine. Coverage is chosen from the recent research literature, concentrating on the development of novel bioactive compounds and catalytic ligands, and explaining, in the context of the initial chapters, how and why fluorine is so effective. With a final chapter covering the general synthetic chemistry of organofluorine compounds, the book is a cohesive summary of the fundamental principals of organofluorine chemistry.

Fluorine-carbon and Fluoride-carbon Materials

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Fluorine-carbon and Fluoride-carbon Materials

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"This outstanding reference presents the latest scientific findings concerning the synthesis, structure, thermodynamics, and physical and chemical properties of fluorine- and fluoride-carbon compounds elucidating their practical applications in lithium batteries, superhydrophobic composites, and the electrolytic production of elemental fluorine."

Fluorinated Surfactants: Synthesis, Properties, Applications (Surfactant Science Series, Vol 50)

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Fluorinated Surfactants: Synthesis, Properties, Applications (Surfactant Science Series, Vol 50)
Erik Kissa
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Fluorinated Surfactants and Repellents, Second Edition, (Surfactant Science)

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Fluorinated Surfactants and Repellents, Second Edition, (Surfactant Science)

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A discussion of the synthesis, problems, theories and applications of fluorinated surfactants, this second edition is updated with four new chapters on repellency and protection against soiling and staining and over 2900 references, equations, and drawings (800 more than the previous edition). It lists alphabetically and explores numerous applications of fluorinated surfactants. Called "…a most useful introduction to these fascinating materials" by the Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology and "...a coherent and stimulating handbook...the most useful book in the fluorinated surfactants field to date. Recommended." by the Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions - this book is a source of factual data, methods of manufacture, and chemical structures for the surfactant scientist and user.

Chemistry of Organic Fluorine Compounds II: A Critical Review (Acs Monograph)

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Chemistry of Organic Fluorine Compounds II: A Critical Review (Acs Monograph)

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Provides complete coverage of the chemistry of organic fluorine compounds. Topics include fluorinating agents, fluorination processes, reactions of fluorinated compounds, modern analytical methods, and properties and applications of fluorinated compounds. Offers a critical review of the literature and provides over 4,500 references. Updates the 1976 volume Chemistry of Organic Fluorine Compounds.

Inorganic Fluorine Chemistry: Toward the 21st Century (Acs Symposium, No 555)

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Inorganic Fluorine Chemistry: Toward the 21st Century (Acs Symposium, No 555)

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Offers an up-to-date account of fundamental and applied research and points to future directions in inorganic fluorine chemistry. Reviews the major advances in fluorine-containing substituent groups. Provides a critical examination of coordination numbers greater than six among fluorides and oxofluorides. Discusses attempts to control chemical reactivity and stability through the use of more nucleophilic sources of fluoride or, conversely, more weakly coordinating anions. Features chapters on new fluorine-containing ligands in organometallic, transition metal, solid state, lanthanide and actinide chemistry.

Asymmetric Fluoroorganic Chemistry: Synthesis, Applications, and Future Directions (Acs Symposium Series)

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Asymmetric Fluoroorganic Chemistry: Synthesis, Applications, and Future Directions (Acs Symposium Series)

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The substitution of fluorine in an organic molecule increases its chemical stability and changes its reactivity, sometimes leading to substantially more effective medicines, pesticides, and herbicides. This book collects current work on the synthesis of these compounds.

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Banks Organofluorine
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Biochemistry involving carbon-fluorine bonds: A symposium sponsored by the Divisions of Fluorine and Biological Chemistry, at the 170th meeting of the ... Aug. 26, 1975 (ACS symposium series ; 28)

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Biochemistry involving carbon-fluorine bonds: A symposium sponsored by the Divisions of Fluorine and Biological Chemistry, at the 170th meeting of the ... Aug. 26, 1975 (ACS symposium series ; 28)

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Biomedical Frontiers of Fluorine Chemistry (Acs Symposium Series)

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Biomedical Frontiers of Fluorine Chemistry (Acs Symposium Series)

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Reviews recent research on fluorine-containing, biologically relevant molecules in biology and medicinal chemistry. Reports applications of bioactive organofluorine compounds as enzyme inhibitors, antithrombotics, anticancer agents, antiviral agents, antibacterials, central nervous system agents, and antifungals and antimalarial agents. Discusses the use of fluorine-containing amino acids as probes for investigating biomedical problems, including applications in fluorine-19 NMR, neurotransmission investigations, and fluorine-18 labeled tracers for positron emission tomography.

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This is a first course on quantum mechanics and describes simple applications to physical phenomena that are of immediate and everyday interest. The first five chapters introduce the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and are followed by a quiz so readers can test themselves. The remaining chapters describe applications, including the physics of lasers, molecular binding, simple properties of crystalline solids arising from their band structure, and the operation of junction transistors. This new expanded edition now includes a chapter on the theory of spin and its application to magnetic resonance imaging, as well as a description of the WKB approximation and its application to alpha decay. Ideal either as a course text or a self-study text, the book contains nearly 100 exercises and hints to their solution.

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an easy introduction.......2001-03-18

As the editorial says it is a first course introduction to Quantum Physics book. It is not a narrative book about Quantum Physics, it has Mathematical formulas and problems as well as some practical applications yet you do not need to know more than a good calculus to understand what is goung on. It starts with Schrodinger's equation and shows few applications and solutions and than Quantum Physical practical applications such as lasers etc. Although it is relatively easy to follow the book, a lot of logical steps and physical foundations of Quantum Physics are introduces as set of postulates without any hint of reasons for it. Unless you know those things from other sources it is not easy to catch those that authors have between the lines. I recommend it as an easy work book but not necessairly the one that takes you from Classical Physics and leads into Quantum Physics. The book fails to show the short comings of the Classical Physics and efforts of Quantum Physics to respond to problems. Suddenly we have the Schrodinger's equations and solves all your problems just like that.

This is the best book of the elemental quantum physics ........1999-01-25

It is very concise, easy reading and clear. It is valuable for any student just touching the quantum physics

Quantum Physics (Essential Science Series)

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Nice try, but most readers are better off skipping this book
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Quantum Physics (Essential Science Series)
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Making science more accessible than ever before! The Essential Science series makes the difficult and fascinating world of cutting-edge science accessible to everyone with a stimulating mix of lively illustrations and jargon-free text. Important scientific theories are explained clearly in these authoritative guides that feature cross-references, glossaries, and thorough indexes.

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Nice try, but most readers are better off skipping this book.......2006-06-25

The only audience which should consider this book is those who have a sincere interest in science but very little or no knowledge of quantum mechanics. Such readers can casually browse through this book and get a feel for how bizarre and interesting quantum mechanics is, thus whetting their appetite for further study. However, the book is very short, and it therefore lacks the depth and details needed to provide a meaningful understanding of the subject even at the popular science level. Most novices would therefore be better off skipping this book entirely and, instead, reading a more substantial book at the popular level, of which there are many. Readers beyond the novice level would definitely be better off skipping this book -- even for review purposes, they would find the book to be too superficial to be useful.

Next to useless.......2006-03-24

Was looking for a really patient basic book that would be as passionate as it was informative.... this volume was neither....

Disappointed.......2006-01-10

If this is the first time you've heard the words "quantum physics," then maybe you will get something out of this book. If you have the slightest familiarity with the subject, such as having read a science periodical article about it, this book is probably a waste of your time. Much of it is not very useful graphics and text blocks, and the actual narrative is sparse and overly simplistic. I have enjoyed most of Gribben's books, which is why I bought this one, it was a real disappointment...and a waste of money.

So little and so much.......2002-12-22

I have read several books on Quantum physics and I have never come accross such clear explanations on some strange concepts ranging from black body radiation to QED and Quantum teleportation. And in only 70 pages! I think Gribbin's strength is in its ability to explain advanced concepts from the layman's point of view.

Scattering and Structures: Essentials and Analogies in Quantum Physics

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Scattering and Structures: Essentials and Analogies in Quantum Physics
Bogdan Povh , and Mitja Rosina
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Quantum physics may appear complicated, especially if one forgets the "big picture" and gets lost in the details. However, it can become clearer and less tangled if one applies a few fundamental concepts so that simplified approaches can emerge and estimated orders of magnitude become clear. Povh and Rosina’s Scattering and Structures presents the properties of quantum systems (elementary particles, nucleons, atoms, molecules, quantum gases, quantum liquids, stars, and early universe) with the help of elementary concepts and analogies between these seemingly different systems. The original German-language edition of this book was written for students preparing for their final oral examination in physics. By and large, the scope of the book in English has been essentially enlarged and thus may also be of interest for physicists in general.

Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher

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Six Easy Pieces: Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher is a publishing first. This set couples a book containing the six easiest chapters from Richard Feynman's landmark work, "Lectures on Physics"- specifically designed for the general, non-scientist reader- with the actual recordings of the late, great physicist delivering the lectures on which the chapters are based. Nobel Laureate Feynman gave these lectures just once, to a group of Caltech undergraduates in 1961 and 1962, and these newly released recordings allow you to experience one of the Twentieth Century's greatest minds- as if you were right there in the classroom. Set includes 6 CD's and 1 hardcover book.

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In these six chapters, Feynman introduces the general reader to the following topics: atoms, basic physics, the relationship of physics to other topics, energy, gravitation, and quantum force. With his inimitable wit, Feynman presents each discussion without equations or technical jargon. With interesting photos and/or illustrations to enhance the text.

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Essential Quantum Mechanics
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Quantum mechanics - central not only to physics, but also to chemistry, materials science, and other fields - is notoriously abstract and difficult. Essential Quantum Mechanics is a uniquely concise and explanatory book that fills the gap between introductory and advanced courses, between popularizations and technical treatises. By focusing on the fundamental structure, concepts, and methods of quantum mechanics, this introductory yet sophisticated work emphasizes both physical and mathematical understanding. A modern perspective is adopted throughout - the goal, in part, being to gain entry into the world of 'real' quantum mechanics, as used by practicing scientists. With over 60 original problems, Essential Quantum Mechanics is suitable as either a text or a reference. It will be invaluable to physics students as well as chemists, electrical engineers, philosophers, and others whose work is impacted by quantum mechanics, or who simply wish to better understand this fascinating subject.

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They Forged the Signature of God is an enthralling, if somewhat uneven, fictionalized account of the recent and tumultuous history of the Dominican Republic. The story follows three seminary students trying to divine their proper paths in life amid a social climate marked by political repression and instability. Virato Senciòn delivers an exacting take on his country's recent political history, and his book has become a bestseller in Latin America. They Forged the Signature of God received the Dominican Republic's National Fiction Award when it was first published, only to have the prize withdrawn when the sting of Senciòn's criticism grew too irritating to the ruling class.

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Necessary and entertaining novel on The Dominican Rep........2004-03-29

This novel, of the Dominican writer Viriato Sencion, reflects the interests and anguished of the Trujillo/Balaguer reign through a host of lively characters and their contempt of the political reality. It presents us with the two important figures of those times, Trujillo and Balaguer, and the somber reality of Dominican politics of the time are presented in a frank manner. Because of this reasons in 1993 a jury awarded unanimously to Mr. Sencion the Dominican National prize of Literature sponsored by the Education Secretary of State's 'Secretaria de Estado de Educación, Bellas Artes y Cultos'. But by a decision of the Dominican government (in these times headlined by the PRSC under the constant command of Balaguer), through the Minister of State of in that era, they awarding of the prize was recalled. In other words, the government robbed from Mr. Sencion the justly won prize, because it displeased the Head of State. This book is not the first and will not be the last time where the Dominican government, or for that matter any other Latin Government, those as it pleases, crushing the rights of its citizens. You want more examples of such disgusting actions, buy this book. Every Latino, Dominicans in particular should read this novel to understand the lack of liberty and excess of abuse that existed and continuous in the Dominican Republic and the world.

Intense Authenticity Woven Throughout.......2003-10-16

Imagine in modern times a novel so powerfully authentic that the author's very life is placed in danger. Or that having initially won the nation's prestigious National Fiction Award upon publication, the prize is immediatley snatched away by the President because of its perceived personal offense to that president. What serious reader of good literature could possibly resist such excitement (however frightening) surrounding a first novel? Such is only part of the sordid history of Viriato Sencion's sensational novel They Forged the Signature of God.
The story is straightforward and uncomplicated. It narrates the maturation of three seminary students as they try to understand life against the nightmarish socio-political backdrop dominated by the monstruous dictator Tirano and his enigmatic cohort and successor Dr. Mario Ramos. The author skillfully incorporates real-life individuals and places under fictitious names. Thus, it isn't difficult to unmask Tirano as the diabolical and ruthless dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, Ramos as Dr. Joaquin Balaguer, and the nameless Caribbean island-nation is the Dominican Republic. The student Arturo is Sencion's own alter ego. But we must be careful not to catagorize this novel as either a political expose or political biography; it is more correctly a brilliantly crafted and unique artistic text. The author's only dilemma, I suggest, is the problematic element of fusing literature and reality. The striking dominance of authenticity seduces the reader into sharing the intensity of "lo dominicano" --that is, the Dominican Experience in all its essence and intensity. Sencion, for example, effectively captures the language and its distinct subtleties of orality as spoken and heard on the Island. For this reason among many others, I personally preferred the original Spanish version [Los que falsificaron la firma de Dios, 1992]. I agree totally with the renown Dominican intellectual giant and literary critic Silvio Torres-Saillant when he observes that "Sencion's artistry is one of the most important contributions in recent years to Dominican Letters." Sencion's prose resonates in elegance.
A Highly Recommended Novel.

Alan Cambeira, Author of AZUCAR! The Story of Sugar (a novel)

ahora, despues de tanto tiempo es que vengo a leerlo.......2000-10-04

Los q ue falsificaron la firma de Dios

PERSONAJES: Antonio Bell Arturo Gonzalo ( alias Viriato Sencion) Frank Bolaño

Tres jóvenes cuyas vidas se juntan alguna vez, para luego tomar destinos separados

Y PERSONAJE INVITADO: EL Doctor Mario Ramos, que firma la orden y esconde la mano.

Archimalo de la novela, hombre enigmático, callado, de maneras suaves y andar pausado.

Una novela muy buena aunque los personajes están afectados de cierto acartonamiento y no sean del todo creíbles. Pero el libro es excelente en todo lo demás. En verdad merece el premio de literatura que le arrebataron en el 93.la historia trata del autoritarismo en días de libertad y de ese extraño personaje el doctor Mario Ramos, un hombre malvado, impulsado por quien sabe que sueños y que ilusiones. Como una maquina de manejar a la gente se desenvuelve el doctor ramos, que pasa de simple títere a real arbitro de la vida nacional aun cuando esta fuera del poder; Su presencia gravita en la vida del país.

Paréntesis ( el gallo, Juanito, pierde si quieres, de Ramos pa arriba coño, un hombre frio y calculador, nadie como ella para apagar el calor de una hembra, el autor esta en la novela, esta adentro,es la novela, es el es el es el ....... =?====?????????) Esos muchachos tan imbuidos de sueños como los presenta el autor, nunca he tenido el gusto de conocerlos. Quizás la juventud de esta época sea más mercurial, mas material, que en ese entonces. Hay pocas personas preocupadas seriamente por lo que les pase a los pobres de este país y casi todo lo que se hace es pantalla para ganar votos o afectos del pueblo en un determinado momento; un pueblo con tan mala memoria que no recuerda la cara de los verdugos a los que elige para ser oprimido. Tengo la confianza de que algún día la gente no necesitara de este tipo de obras, pues ya no habrá más tiranos que derrocar y doctores ramos a quienes descifrar y a quienes alabar. Algún día los pensamientos no serán perseguidos y en que tendremos paz y seguridad social. Bueno basta de soñar. Es un buen libro y basta....

NOTA: el comentario anterior se basa en la obra escrita por Viriato Sención y los personajes ahí descritos. Cualquier parecido con personas de carne y hueso es pura coincidencia y queda el autor de este escrito libre de toda culpa por difamación. Ja ja ja

LUIS MENDEZ

ahora, despues de tanto tiempo es que vengo a leerlo.......2000-10-04

Los q ue falsificaron la firma de Dios

PERSONAJES: Antonio Bell Arturo Gonzalo ( alias Viriato Sencion) Frank Bolaño

Tres jóvenes cuyas vidas se juntan alguna vez, para luego tomar destinos separados

Y PERSONAJE INVITADO: EL Doctor Mario Ramos, que firma la orden y esconde la mano.

Archimalo de la novela, hombre enigmático, callado, de maneras suaves y andar pausado.

LUIS MENDEZ

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