The Mycota: A Comprehensive Treatise on Fungi as Experimental Systems for Basic and Applied Research, Volume VIII: Biology of the Fungal Cell

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Biology of the Fungal Cell offers a select sampling of current knowledge and direction of fundamental research into the cellular structure, morphogenesis and development of fungi. Topics range from the mechanisms of invasive growth and controls of polarity, to the nature of extracellular matrices and the various connections through the cell wall to the cytoskeleton and beyond. The fungal cell is considered in the context of colony formation, as well as from a molecular point of view - from signal transduction to the vast tubular matrix that comprises the vacuole system - with an over-riding emphasis on biology. The volume concludes with a forward-looking consideration of genomics as perhaps the most powerful tool available for studies of the fungal cell. Each chapter, some lavishly illustrated, authored by highly respected scientists in the field, offers an in-depth review of the subject that is key to a basic understanding on how these organisms develop as cells, colonies and pathogens.

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This volume reviews the theory, preparation, and applications of imprinted polymers in the detection, determination, and separation of important molecular and ionic species.

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Detailed view on imprinted polymer research.......2000-04-11

This book presents an excellent overview on the advances in molecularly imprinted polymers. It focuses on the research of some of the most influencial groups in the field today. This is an excellent reference book for anyone in polymer chemistry of interested in imprinting.

Ionic Liquids in Polymer Systems: Solvents, Additives, and Novel Applications (Acs Symposium Series)

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Ionic Liquids in Polymer Systems: Solvents, Additives, and Novel Applications (Acs Symposium Series)

Manufacturer: An American Chemical Society Publication
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This book includes manuscripts from well-recognized international research groups that have taken different approaches to using ionic liquids in a variety of polymer applications. The chapters on polymer synthesis cover traditional free radical polymerizations, which have been shown to progress rapidly and yield high molecular weight polymers, and reverse atom transfer polymerizations. The ability to tune molecular weights and synthesize block copolymers has been attributed to long free radical lifetimes in ionic liquids. Other chapters cover a variety of uses for ionic liquids in polymer processing, designing specific material properties, and creating novel composites, such as ion gels and ionic liquid-carbon nanotube constructs. This book represents a new and exciting field in polymer chemistry and physics, and is growing rapidly as more fundamental knowledge of ionic liquids is uncovered.

Structure Formation in Solution : Ionic Polymers and Colloidal Particles

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Structure Formation in Solution : Ionic Polymers and Colloidal Particles
Norio Ise , and Ikuo Sogami
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This book is designed to critically review experimental findings on ionic polymers and colloidal particles and to prove a theoretical framework based on the Poisson-Boltzmann approach. Structure formation in ionic polymer solutions has attracted attention since the days of H. Staudinger and J. D. Bernal. An independent study on ionic colloidal dispersions with microscopy provided a compelling evidence of structure formation. Recent technical developments have made it possible to accumulate relevant information for both ionic polymers and colloidal particles in dilute systems. The outstanding phenomenon experimentally found is microscopic inhomogeneity in the solute distribution in macroscopically homogeneous systems.To account for the observation, the present authors have invoked the existence of the counterion-mediated attraction between similarly charged solute species, in addition to the widely accepted electrostatic repulsion.

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Ionic Polymers (Eur)
Leslie Holliday
Manufacturer: Applied Science Publishers
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Developments in Ionic Polymers

Manufacturer: Elsevier Science Publishing Company
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Ionic Polymerization And Living Polymers

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Ionic Polymerization And Living Polymers
M. Szwarc , and M. van Beylen
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More than simply an up-to-date review of ionic polymerization, this book presents an in-depth and critical comparison of the anionic and cationic polymerization of vinyl monomers and heterocyclic compounds. These different modes of ionic polymerization are examined with regard to their capacity for producing living polymers. The concept of living polymers is re-examined and redefined in light of current knowledge of ionic polymerization and possible side reactions. Throughout, the authors offer perceptive insights into the basic concepts of polymerization chemistry and polymerization reaction mechanisms. The book begins with a review of ionic and radical polymerizations, the development of ionic polymerization, living and dormant polymers, and polymerizability. It goes on to consider important aspects of the structure and properties of ionic species; initiation and propagation of ionic polymerization; polymerization steps other than initiation or propagation, such as termination, isomerization, transfer, backbiting, and degraduation; and ionic copolymerization. Ionic Polymerization and Living Polymers is a much needed advanced text that will be widely read and referred to by polymer scientists, macromolecular chemists, and materials scientists.

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Ionic Polymerization Fundamentals
Michael Szwarc
Manufacturer: Hanser Gardner Publications
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Ionic Polymerizations and Related Processes (NATO Science Series E:)

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Ionic Polymerizations and Related Processes (NATO Science Series E:)
Christophe Paulo
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In Ionic Polymerization and Related Processes, internationally recognised academic and industrial researchers discuss and debate the latest developments in the field. The major focus is on cationic polymerizations, but related anionic and controlled radical processes are also discussed.

Iupac International Conference on Ionic Polymerization: IP'01, Crete, October 2001 (Macromolecular Symposia)

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Iupac International Conference on Ionic Polymerization: IP'01, Crete, October 2001 (Macromolecular Symposia)

Manufacturer: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
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The IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization (IP'01), fourth in series after Istanbul (1995), Paris (1997) and Kyoto (1999), was held in Crete, Greece, in October 2001. The major topics of the symposium included anionic and cationic polymerization, both vinyl and ring-opening, as well as living radical, metathesis, metal-coordination, template and enzymatic polymerization. One day of the Symposium was devoted to polymer physical chemistry and physics. Most of the invited contributions are compiled in this issue of Macromolecular Symposia which provides an excellent overview of current research in this area.

Macromolecular Symposia 157: Ionic Polymerization

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Macromolecular Symposia 157: Ionic Polymerization

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The International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization (IP'99) was held in Kyoto, Japan, July 1999. It was sponsored by IUPAC, the Chemical Society of Japan, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan and the Japan Chemical Innovation Institute. The research areas covered were directed at the traditional fields of cationic, anionic and ring-opening polymerization, as well as polymer synthesis, including radical, metal catalyzed, and enzymatic polymerization, plus polycondensation and new polymer architecture. The papers in this volume of Macromolecular Symposia cover a broad range of topics illustrative of the symposium.

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A Really Enjoyable Introduction to Astronomy.......2007-09-19

It's been a long coming, but it's finally here! Astronomy instructors and authors have produced a wonderfully readable and thoroughly comprehensible introduction to the science of astronomy. Each topic in this book really is a mini-tutorial as proclaimed by the cover title. The book format is actually written in a laboratory worksheet fashion (the sheets can be detached from the book along their perforated edges) with each worksheet dedicated to a specific astronomy concept (e.g., position, motion, Keplar's Third Law, etc.). One pass through this ingeniously designed "book of tutorials" and the beginner to the wonderful world of the cosmo is truly ready to move on to more advanced astronomy books and/or astronomy courses. My congratulations (and gratitude) to the Pearson Addison-Wesley Publishing Company for making the concept of learning enjoyable once again.

If you are at all interested in astronomy, but recoiled away from the subject after opening a typical "introductory" college textbook, then you would do yourself a tremendous favor by purchasing this book. You won't be disappointed!

Excellent.......2007-08-04

This item was in excellent condition and came in a timely manner. It helped a lot with my class.

Excellent Hands-On Suppliment.......2006-06-27

Adam's "Lecture Tutorials" collection is an excellent suppliment to any astronomy textbook. While most text books include a couple of introductory chapters on naked-eye astronomy the material included is often surface deep at best and downright confusing at worst. Much of this is because the topics covered (i.e.-the celestial sphere, daily and yearly motions of the stars, sun and moon, etc) are highly abstract and require activities that force the student to move away from memorization towards an understand of the apparent motions and what causes them.

The Lecture Tutorials are a test ed set of just such activities based on a wealth of astronomy education research. They can be used in both large scale classes and smaller groups to get students to work through the difficult misconceptions and misunderstands that oftentimes beset the subjects being studied.

The activities range throughout the standard astronomy curriculum but, in my opinion, the best activites are those that focus on the apparent motions of the Sun, Moon and stars.

I recommend this to any student trying to better understand the subject and for any educator who wants help moving their students from "fun facts" to deeper understanding.

Tutorials In Introductory Physics and Homework Package

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extremely helpful learning tool
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A Wonderful Learning Tool
VERY challenging...

Tutorials In Introductory Physics and Homework Package
Lillian C. McDermott , and Peter S. Shaffer
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Tutorials in Introductory Physics

ASIN: 0130970697

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extremely helpful learning tool.......2006-07-16

I am a student at the University of Washington, where the tutorial books were developed. Most students naturally have common-sense misconceptions or difficulties in certain areas of introductory physics and the tutorial exercises are specifically designed to focus on these problem areas. They often guide the student by starting out with a simple physical situation and asking the student to predict what will happen, which exposes what biases/beliefs the student already holds. Then, the rest of the tutorial reveals whether these beliefs are mistaken or accurate and why. The tutorial homework provides an opportunity to practice what was learned in the tutorial class-work and solidifies the student's understanding of the material.

The questions are extremely clear, well-written, and unambiguous, in large part because the Physics Education Group constantly revises the tutorials based on how the students respond. They are usually simple and relatively easy if you know what you are doing; the goal of the tutorials is not to be "busy work" but to make sure students truly understand the topic. They are mostly conceptual and qualitative rather than calculation-driven.

Another reviewer said that the tutorials were extremely challenging because there was no textbook to refer to. The thing is, the tutorials aren't meant to stand alone. At the UW, there are three components to the introductory physics courses: lecture, lab, and tutorial. Lecture involves a heavy, "official" physics textbook. Students are supposed to learn the basic material from the textbook, and use the tutorials as a supplementary way to explore the topics and to make sure they really understand the "dry" reading in the textbook. The tutorial books are also definitely not supposed to guide labs, so I'm not surprised the reviewer found them hard to use.

Another important component of tutorials is that the class has about 24 students working in groups of 4. Then there are 2 tutorial instructors per class specifically trained in guiding the students through the work. They are an integral part of the tutorial system, because they are really familiar with the tutorial and are able to talk you through any issue you don't understand. They also help you see the significance of the tutorial. Tutorial class-work isn't meant to be solitary, with one student just trying to flounder their way through the stuff.

In all, the tutorial books are excellent, but they have to be used in the right context. They are really meant to be a supplementary part of the educational process, not a substitute for the textbook. Also, I doubt the books would be as effective without the class structure/tutorial instructors they are used with; they have to be fully integrated into the curriculum for their potential to be realized.

Excellent, even for review.......2003-10-21

I used this book as a junior-year physics major, while I coached (kinda like TA'd) for the introductory calculus-based mechanics course. Although I'd taken this course myself two years before, I found this book enormously helpful for review, and the students also seemed to learn very well from it, too. It doesn't give you or ask for the answers right away, but leads you through your own intuition to find the correct answer as well as the correct ways of thinking. I wish they had similar books for more advanced courses like quantum mechanics!

A Wonderful Learning Tool.......2002-12-07

These books are a GREAT tool for any physics teacher! It is true that they are very challenging, and sometimes not very pleasurable for the students as they are working through the tutorials, but the reward in the end IS worth it! It is very apparent that the physics education research team at UW spent many semesters putting together these sets of tutorials. I have seen my students retain earlier concepts much better after using the tutorials. This is a must have in any college physics class.
Just a warning... these tutorials are ment to be performed in small groups, and typically need a lot of guidence from an instructor or a lab aid. In a class of 24 studnets, there should be at least 2 "instructors" or an instructor or and a helper that can guide groups through the process.

VERY challenging..........2002-04-10

These are the books I use for my physics lab - I find them very hard/challenging to use. I think the fact that there is no set textbook to refer to makes it difficult. Some of the tutorials & homework are relatively easy and quick, while others are hard and take a long time to complete.

Activity-Based Tutorials: Introductory Physics, The Physics Suite (Activity-Based Tutorials)

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Activity-Based Tutorials: Introductory Physics, The Physics Suite (Activity-Based Tutorials)
Michael C. Wittmann , Richard N. Steinberg , and Edward F. Redish
Manufacturer: Wiley
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ASIN: 0471487767

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The Activity-Based Tutorials are designed to accompany and enhance lecture instruction. They have been developed using a cycle of physics education research, including investigations into student learning on a given topic, development of materials, and revision of the materials based on evaluation after use in the classroom. Activity-Based Tutorials, Volume 1: Introductory Physics presents tutorials for topics in kinematics dynamics, oscillations, waves, heat and temperature, electrostatics, and circuits.

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Great for introducing new topics

Tutorials in Introductory Physics
Lillian C. McDermott , and Peter S. Shaffer
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall College Div
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Great for introducing new topics.......2000-08-04

These tutorials are good for introducing new topics in Classic Mechanics and E&M. No solutions are provided, so it is best used in a class-room environment. Most problems are of conceptual nature; calculations are trivial.

Tutorials in Introductory Physics: Homework

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Tutorials in Introductory Physics: Homework
Lillian C. McDermott , and Peter S. Shaffer
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Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy - Preliminary Version

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Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy - Preliminary Version
Jeffrey P. Adams , Edward E. Prather , Timothy F. Slater , and CAPER
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Lecture-Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy were developed to integrate the needs of busy, research-focused faculty who teach in challenging environments with existing, effective teaching strategies. Chapter topics include the Solar System, stellar magnitudes, techniques in astronomy, moon phases, stellar evolution, and more. For college professors, instructors and other professionals who are interested in a lively, engaging method of teaching introductory astronomy.

A custom edition of tutorials in introductory physics: With accompanying homework

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A custom edition of tutorials in introductory physics: With accompanying homework
Lillian C McDermott
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Tutorial in Introductory Physics (Homework)

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Tutorial in Introductory Physics (Homework)
Lillian C. McDermott
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Book of homework assignments that accompanies the book TUTORIALS IN INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS.

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Tutorials in Introductory Physics
Lillian C. McDermott
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Tutorials in Introductory Physics and Homework Manual Package

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Lillian C. McDermott , and Peter S. Shaffer
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First published in 1990 and now available only from University of New Mexico Press, this volume collects twenty-six of Aldo Leopold's little-known essays and articles published between 1915 and 1948. Leopold worked for the United States Forest Service in New Mexico and Arizona from 1909 to 1924. While employed as a forester in the Southwest, he developed his ecological ideas in articles written for newspapers, newsletters, magazines, and journals. Hitherto unavailable to the general public, these pieces show that Leopold was not born an ecologist. On a daily basis, the young forester grappled with concrete ecological problems and groped for practical solutions. He made mistakes and learned hard lessons from them. The sum of his experience is the ecological wisdom of his classic A Sand County Almanac, first published in 1949.

The volume editors have arranged this collection to show Leopold evolving from a naive forester to a mature professional and finally to a passionate environmental advocate. They follow each article with useful commentaries on its significance to the development of Leopold's philosophy.

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Learning about Leopold.......2000-03-17

This book provides an excellent chance to learn more about Aldo Leopold, one of the most important conservationists ever. The editors have assembled a highly instructive sample of Leopold's essays and articles written throughout his career. The essays provide insights into Leopold's development from a predator-destroying wildlife manager to world-class conservationist. The editors' introductory essays to sets of Leopold's writings are themselves first-rate. Brown and Carmony provide the reader with the historical context for understanding the significance of Leopold's essays as his career unfolded. Highly recommended.

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