Variability in Human Fertility (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology)

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Many wrongly believe that reproductive cycles are very similar among human females. In actuality, there are considerable variations among individuals and within the reproductive life of any given female. "Normal" reproductive cycles cover a wide range of examples, and the likelihood of successful monthly egg release and ensuing pregnancy can be modified by many factors. In this book, the variability of human fertility is examined by looking first at the physiological processes regulating reproduction. Interpopulation variation in normal ovarian function is then discussed, covering the importance of factors such as age and disease in the modification of ovarian function. The final part of this text covers issues of metabolic effects on reproduction. Researchers will welcome this definitive compilation of observations on fertility.

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Research reports
William M Mason
Manufacturer: University of Michigan, Population Studies Center
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00070ZYOU

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Aimed at young research students, this book emphasizes simple expression and a minimum of mathematical analysis. Stressing underlying physical ideas, it encompasses a wide range of topics: elastic properties of crystals, elastic spectra, static distortions of lattices, more. Realistic problems permit students to carry out analysis of experimental data. 1962 edition.

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Like having a private coach at their elbows, this introduction to algebra-based physics involves readers actively in a guided learn-by-doing process—sensing when they need a very patient exposition and when they need only minimal reinforcement, when they need to focus on concepts and when they need an opportunity to practice their quantitative skills. At the heart of the volume are worked examples in a unique, two-column format that focuses on the basic strategies and step-by-step thought processes involved in problem solving—with an emphasis on the relationship between the physical concepts and their mathematical expression. Color-coded drawings help readers visualize physics problems, and companion photographs show the same principle at work in different physical contexts, or juxtapose situations in which contrasting principles are at work. Real-world physics applications abound. Volume 2 includes Chs. 19-32 of the main volume: Electric Charges, Forces, and Fields; Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy; Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits; Magnetism; Magnetic Flux and Faraday's Law of Induction; Alternating-Current Circuits; Electromagnetic Waves; Geometrical Optics; Optical Instruments; Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction; Relativity; Quantum Physics; Atoms, Molecules, and Solids; Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Radiation. For anyone needing an introduction to, or refresher of, algebra-based physics.

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A good first course.......2005-12-30

I first had physics in college twenty years ago. I was studying (at that time) astronomy and mathematics, so the first college-level physics class I took fully incorporated calculus and advanced mathematics. It was not until recently, as I took a position as tutor at a local community college, that I discovered a rigourous introductory physics text that did not involve calculus (only one semester of calculus is offered at the college, and usually taken concurrently with or after physics).

Walker's text, second edition, is the text we currently use. We offer one semester of physics, so we only get half-way through the text, which seems designed for a two-semester sequence. As the main focus of the college is technical, so the sections on mechanics, thermal physics and electromagnetism are the most essential sections for our degree programmes.

While this text does not assume calculus, it does assume basic trigonometry and analytic geometry. Dealing with angles and graphing are important skills to know here; dealing with vectors is introduced very early in the text, and continues to be very important throughout.

The book is well organised, with chapter summaries, problem-solving techniques summarised at the end of chapter, high concept questions, drawings, photographs, and real-world applications that relate the theory back to actual experience. From the light refraction in raindrops to the workings of the Global Positioning System, students will learn more about the interactions of the world from this text.

The examples follow a format that shows not only the worked solutions, but also the strategies employed to get to the solutions. Problems are pictured (after all, physics deals with real, substantial things), and conceptual considerations are explained (physics is largely story problems that need to be set up properly, after all). The insights and further considerations from the solutions are explored, and other practice problems are suggested (physics is always about going on to the next problem). The examples follow different categories - there are active examples, conceptual checkpoints, and real-world physics exercises.

The book is divided into five primary sections: Mechanics; Thermal Physics; Electromagnetism; Light and Optics; and Modern Physics. Mechanics largely deals with motion, introducing near the end ideas of gravity, sound, fluids and energy. This leads into Thermal Physics, the study of heat, temperature, and the laws of thermodynamics. Electromagnetism looks at electric force, charge, current, potential/potential energy, magnetism and flux. Light and Optics continues this with electromagnetic waves, proceeding to optical instruments and issues of interference and diffraction. The final section on Modern Physics deals with `fun stuff' like relativity, quantum physics, atomic and nuclear physics and radiation.

Like most texts, it comes with various supplements for students and teachers, computer-based and web-based. There are pocket companions and workbooks with solutions that can also be obtained, related to the text.

This is a good text for classroom study, and also a text for independent study. Some of the exercises are difficult to work through, but there are literally dozens (sometimes hundreds) after each chapter, so there is plenty on which to practice, and all the odd-numbered exercises have answers supplied.

Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, Vol. 2 (Second Edition)

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Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, Vol. 2 (Second Edition)
Douglas C. Giancoli
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall College Div
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0136666604

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Physics for Scientists and Engineers combines outstanding pedagogy with a clear and direct narrative and applications that draw the reader into the physics. The new edition features an unrivaled suite of media and on-line resources that enhance the understanding of physics. Many new topics have been incorporated such as: the Otto cycle, lens combinations, three-phase alternating current, and many more. New developments and discoveries in physics have been added including the Hubble space telescope, age and inflation of the universe, and distant planets. Modern physics topics are often discussed within the framework of classical physics where appropriate. For scientists and engineers who are interested in learning physics.

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Set at the Jolly Roger, a posh vacation resort for the rich and famous on the southern coast of England, Evil Under the Sun is one of Agatha Christie’s most intriguing mysteries. When a gorgeous young bride is brutally strangled to death on the beach, only Hercule Poirot can sift through the secrets that shroud each of the guests and unravel the macabre mystery at this playground by the sea.

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One of Christie's Very Best.......2007-08-17

Evil Under the Sun takes place at a secluded seaside resort in England. Arlena Stuart Marshall, is young and beautiful and one of those Agatha Christie characters who seems to inspire all she meets to wish her dead. So it is small surprise when she is killed and none other than Hercule Poirot is called upon to solve the case using little more than his famous little grey cells.

This is a very typical Christie novel in many ways. It happens in a "bottle" environment where no one else comes and goes, it has an eclectic cast of characters almost all of whom seem to have a motive, and the crime seems impossible to solve. It is, however, different from many of Dame Agatha's works in the sense that it is executed so very well. Not to say that most of her novels are poor, but this one really shines. The suspects are both interesting and entertaining. Poirot is at his best as he works through things in his fashion with his little remarks raining dry humor at just the right moments. And the mystery itself definitely kept me engaged from start to finish.

I've read a number of Hercule Poirot novels, and found some very good and a few not so good. Evil Under the Sun is an excellent mystery novel that I would recommend as a great starting point to readers new to Agatha Christie as well as established fans of her work. It's both funny and compelling and features one of the best fictional detectives at his very best.

Murder at a seaside resort.......2007-04-12

The notorious Arlena Stuart Marshall is found strangled on an empty beach, and Hercule Poirot sets about identifying the killer. It is not an easy task; there is no shortage of suspects, beginning with the dead woman's cuckolded husband and the young wife of Arlena's latest conquest. As the investigation continues, more questions arise. Was Arlena being blackmailed? Was she involved with drug smuggling? And is there a mad clergyman roaming the countryside intent on bringing scarlet women to divine justice?

This is classic Agatha Christie. Reading it reminds you why she is the master of mystery genre.

AGATHA CHRISTIE IS THE TRUE MYSTERY WRITER........2007-03-16

The book is fabulous. I have read all of her mysteries since early childhood and reacquainting myself with her work was refreshing from most of the dreck that is written today.

Evil under the Sun (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)

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Classic Christie
Christie? DISAPPOINTING? How the heck do those words come together??
Poirot uncovers more than shells on the beach
Evil at the Jolly Roger Hotel
Classic Agatha Christie Whodunnit!

Evil under the Sun (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
Agatha Christie
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ASIN: 0425129608
Release Date: 2004-02-03

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The fabulous tourist spot of Leathercombe Bay is the perfect place for spoiled heiress Arlena Marshall to be desired by handsome men, envied by jealous women, doted upon by her slavish husband...and strangled to death on the beach. Pity there are so many suspects.

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Classic Christie.......2007-07-28

Classic Christie abounds in this Hercule Poirot mystery. Sex, violence, wealth and murder all hidden behind a veneer of civility at the tranquil English seaside getaway the Jolly Roger. The usual suspects abound; a beautiful, egocentric, enchanting woman, another woman's husband who's enamored with her, a frustrated, jealous wife, the adoring husband who seems oblivious to his wife's naughty behavior and the step daughter who loathes her. Throw this dangerous cocktail together with some eccentric secondary characters and the result is murder. Only Hercule Poirot can solve this one, because nothing is as it really seems. The "little gray cells" do not disappoint with a particularly unseen twist that satisfies and shocks readers once again proving that Agatha Christie is the queen of mystery.

Christie? DISAPPOINTING? How the heck do those words come together??.......2007-02-28

Having already read the excellent MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, and being slapped in the face with one of the biggest twists I've ever read in any novel, I was really looking forward to another good mystery from this legendary author, and featuring the underrated and entertaining Inspector Hercule Poirot. Sadly, however, I was actually disappointed with this one, and as a result, I was disappointed - disappointed that I was actually disappointed with an Agatha Christie novel. How did--how *could*--THAT happen??

The mystery took so long to really start dropping clues, and by the time I was nearly done with it, things started to actually getting mysterIOUS. A major (though false) lead appeared halfway through, and while there was speculation as to how it tied in to everything, there was no real resolution to it. And when the revelation happened, it was done in a sort of offbeat way, and the last chapter was just a giant, lengthy explanation from Poirot as to what actually happened and why, which was interesting...until the last page and a half were taken up by a conversation between two characters that really could have been a lot shorter.

Why am I even breaking down the book into the reasons I didn't like it?? How could I have this much negative stuff to say about an Agatha Christie novel? She's AGATHA CHRISTIE!

Hopefully this was, much like Poirot's vacation in the novel, a sort of temporary lull in the bigger adventures. I'll still read other novels, but sadly, my second Christie read left much to be desired.

Poirot uncovers more than shells on the beach.......2005-08-07

Hercule Poirot, Belgian mystery solver extroindinare, seems to be a magnet for non-violent murders. At a fun seaside resort, Poirot is in the midst of relaxing among the gossiping guests (what else have they got to do?), with the main subject being stunning ex actor Arlena Marshall, who beguiles men and sucks them dry. Cruel and gorgeous, she may be useless, but that doesn't mean she had to die. So Poirot begins investigating the death of the strangled woman (she really was drop-dead gorgeous). And thus begins my first ever Christie novel, and I enjoyed it through and through. Christie gives dozen of red herrings and has you guessing who-dun-it constantly, each time differently, and by the time it was over, I was still wrong. Really, really enjoyable.

Evil at the Jolly Roger Hotel.......2005-02-02

Set at an English seaside summer resort, EVIL UNDER THE SUN is one of several Hercule Poirot mysteries involving a "love triangle" that is not quite what it appears to be (DEATH ON THE NILE is another and the most famous). In EVIL UNDER THE SUN, beautiful but brainless Arlena Marshall is strangled on a beach, and the most obvious suspect appears to be Captain Marshall, her husband, who was jealous of her relationship with young, handsome Patrick Redfern. While the police are eager to convict Marshall, Poirot (as usual) concerns himself with the case's psychological aspect, asking himself who at the resort is the true focus of evil: Arlena (as everyone else assumes) or somebody else? When Poirot finds the answer to this question, then he will have found Arlena's killer. As always, Poirot's logic is brilliant; in fact, the dialogue contains a very funny line about Poirot's eternal competition with the dim-witted "local police." Agatha Christie's one flaw is neglecting to explain the drug-smuggling thread of the mystery in tying up the loose ends of the plot in the novel's final pages. Two bits of trivia: EVIL UNDER THE SUN was filmed in 1982, with Peter Ustinov as Poirot, and the more recent TV adaptation of "Triangle at Rhodes" - another "love triangle" story - starring David Suchet as Poirot, borrows some dialogue from EVIL UNDER THE SUN.

Classic Agatha Christie Whodunnit!.......2004-10-06

The beautiful and flirtatious Arlena Stewart is holidaying in the South West Coast of England with her husband, Captain Marshall and her stepdaughter Linda, staying at the Jolly Roger Hotel on an exclusive island. There she carries out a not too discreet affair with the handsome Patrick Redfern, husband of poor quiet Christine Redfern. Amongst the hotel guests are an American couple, a retired priest, a longwinded army chap, a spinster, a female friend of Captain Marshall and Hercule Poirot.

One bright sunny morning, Arlena is found dead, strangled at Pixy Cove. Hercule Poirot and the local police are called in to investigate the matter. Could the jealous husband have murdered her or perhaps it was the long suffering wife. Could it be that Arlena was blackmailed by some unscrupulous cad? Could she have stumbled across a smuggling operation at the cove? Hercule Poirot fits the pieces of the puzzle together. Amongst the clues are a pair of scissors found at the scene of the crime, pieces of a green calendar and wax in the fire grate in one of the guests rooms, an empty bottle thrown out of a window, the sound of bath water draining from a tub at midday.

This is classic Agatha Christie at her best. The scene is set, the characters introduced, the clues planted. As always the reader wil be left wondering right up to the end of the book as to who comitted the crime. As with all Agatha Christie novels, there are as many twists and turn in the plot to keep you changing your mind as to the identity of the killer. Agatha Christie is always a joy to read and this is no exception.

Lea Ling Tsang

Five Complete Novels of Murder and Detection (Peril at End House / The Murder at Hazelmoor / Easy to Kill / Ten Little Indians / Evil Under the Sun)

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Five Complete Novels of Murder and Detection (Peril at End House / The Murder at Hazelmoor / Easy to Kill / Ten Little Indians / Evil Under the Sun)
Agatha Christie
Manufacturer: Wings
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0517037505
Release Date: 1991-02-25

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Evil Under the Sun (Poirot)
Agatha Christie
Manufacturer: Harper
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Binding: Paperback

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Evil Under the Sun
Agatha Christie
Manufacturer: Macmillan Audio Books
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ASIN: 1405088443

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Hercule Poirot is enjoying a well-deserved break on Smugglers Island and, through habit, paying close attention to his fellow holidaymakers. When glamorous actress Arlena Stuart is found strangled on the beach of a small cove Poirot becomes embroiled in a murder investigation. With his sharp observations, he discovers that nearly all the guests have connections to Arlena. But which of these suspects felt strongly enough about Arlena Stuart to kill her?

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Evil Under the Sun
Agatha Christie
Manufacturer: Pocket
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0671832379

6 Titles By Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot Series (23-28) : 23. Evil Under the Sun 24. Murder in Retrospect 25. The Hollow 26. The Labours of Hercules 27. There Is a Tide 28. Mrs McGinty's Dead

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6 Titles By Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot Series (23-28) : 23. Evil Under the Sun 24. Murder in Retrospect 25. The Hollow 26. The Labours of Hercules 27. There Is a Tide 28. Mrs McGinty's Dead
Agatha Christie
Manufacturer: various
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000V0B2WE

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Agatha Christie Crime Collection: Evil Under The Sun; Death Comes As The End; The Sittaford Mystery

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Agatha Christie Crime Collection: Evil Under The Sun; Death Comes As The End; The Sittaford Mystery
Agatha Christie
Manufacturer: Lansdowne Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0701814586

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Crime Collection: Evil Under the Sun. Death Comes as the End. The Sittaford Mystery.
Agatha Christie
Manufacturer: Paul Hamlyn
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Evil Under The Sun
Agatha Christie
Manufacturer: Fontana
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