The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology

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The Dictionary of Cell & Molecular Biology provides straightforward definitions for over 7,000 terms in the exciting and fast moving fields of modern cell and molecular biology. It is aimed at students and professional biologists who encounter new terms in this expanding area.

Key Features
* 2000 new entries bringing the total to 7000 entries
* Obsolete terms have been dropped and old ones revised
* Wider coverage of relevant molecular and neurobiological terms
* Each entry has short, clear definitions that will be easily understood by people at all levels and from a diverse range of backgrounds
* More comprehensive cross-referencing of synonyms and from the text
* Presentation of certain information in tabular format for clearer and easier reference
* New tabular material
* Third edition is nearly double the size of the first edition
* Content reflects suggestions and comments from readers and users of the on-line version of the second edition
* Handy appendices section at back of book
* Builds on the success of the first and second editions which were both highly praised and received many glowing reviews

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A high topic guide.......2000-05-27

This is a not only word means dictionary, it gives an explanation of the significative word, with a text that interact with the molecular biology.

The Facts on File Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (Facts on File Science Dictionaries)

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The Facts on File Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (Facts on File Science Dictionaries)

Manufacturer: Checkmark Books
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A great help to student or researcher

The Dictionary of Cell Biology
J. M. Lackie
Manufacturer: Academic Pr
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A great help to student or researcher.......1998-10-14

I found this book a great help to someone who has a biology background but not necessarily a lot of knowledge on certain topics. With all the information available about genes and pathways through Medline and other websites, it is a great reference to have when you are not familiar with terms or subjects mentioned in abstracts, etc... So far I have always been able to find at least some information on the entry I'm looking up. Its very helpful that common acronyms are included too.

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Dictionary of Genetics and Cell Biology
Norman Maclean
Manufacturer: New York University Press
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Concise Illustrated Dictionary of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology

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Concise Illustrated Dictionary of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology
Joe B. Harford
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Binding: Hardcover

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The World of Science Volume 3 : Biology 2 The Cell, Reproduction and Development - Biochemistry - Physiology

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The World of Science Volume 3 : Biology 2 The Cell, Reproduction and Development - Biochemistry - Physiology
Illustrated Science Dictionary
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ASIN: B000JX0UXA

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New Theory of the Formation of Veins: With Its Application to the Art of Working Mines. Translated from the German. To Which is Added, an Appendix, Containing ... of the Subject; by Charles Anderson
Abraham Gottlob Werner
Manufacturer: Adamant Media Corporation
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ASIN: 1402164106
Release Date: 2005-12-01

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This Elibron Classics edition is a facsimile reprint of a 1809 edition by The Encyclopædia Britannica Press, Edinburgh.

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Symplectic geometry, well known as the basic structure of Hamiltonian mechanics, is also the foundation of optics. In fact, optical systems (geometric or wave) have an even richer symmetry structure than mechanical ones (classical or quantum). The symmetries underlying the geometric model of light are based on the symplectic group. Geometric Optics on Phase Space develops both geometric optics and group theory from first principles in their Hamiltonian formulation on phase space. This treatise provides the mathematical background and also collects a host of useful methods of practical importance, particularly the fractional Fourier transform currently used for image processing. The reader will appreciate the beautiful similarities between Hamilton's mechanics and this approach to optics. The appendices link the geometry thus introduced to wave optics through Lie methods. The book addresses researchers and graduate students.

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A Mathematical & Biograpical Gem

King of Infinite Space

Yes, there's math, but there's a whole lot more too

The Geometer's Geometer

Unfashionable math

King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, the Man Who Saved Geometry
Siobhan Roberts
Manufacturer: Walker & Company
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ASIN: 0802714994
Release Date: 2006-09-19

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“There is perhaps no better way to prepare for the scientific breakthroughs of tomorrow than to learn the language of geometry.” —Brian Greene, author of The Elegant Universe

The word “geometry” brings to mind an array of mathematical images: circles, triangles, the Pythagorean Theorem. Yet geometry is so much more than shapes and numbers; indeed, it governs much of our lives—from architecture and microchips to car design, animated movies, the molecules of food, even our own body chemistry. And as Siobhan Roberts elegantly conveys in The King of Infinite Space, there can be no better guide to the majesty of geometry than Donald Coxeter, perhaps the greatest geometer of the twentieth century.

Many of the greatest names in intellectual history—Pythagoras, Plato, Archimedes, Euclid— were geometers, and their creativity and achievements illuminate those of Coxeter, revealing geometry to be a living, ever-evolving endeavor, an intellectual adventure that has always been a building block of civilization. Coxeter’s special contributions—his famed Coxeter groups and Coxeter diagrams—have been called by other mathematicians “tools as essential as numbers themselves,” but his greatest achievement was to almost single-handedly preserve the tradition of classical geometry when it was under attack in a mathematical era that valued all things austere and rational.

Coxeter also inspired many outside the field of mathematics. Artist M. C. Escher credited Coxeter with triggering his legendary Circle Limit patterns, while futurist/inventor Buckminster Fuller acknowledged that his famed geodesic dome owed much to Coxeter’s vision. The King of Infinite Space is an elegant portal into the fascinating, arcane world of geometry.

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A Mathematical & Biograpical Gem.......2007-07-10

Siobhan Roberts first book is a gem. This is up there with Hofstadter's books in terms of the content. I was very impressed with the depth the author went to in describing mathematical objects. I was introduced to interesting characters such as George Odom, a life long fan of Coxeter.

This is a book all fans of math beyond the textbook must read!

King of Infinite Space.......2007-06-13

As I very rarely read biographies and almost never books about math, this book, recommended to me my father, a geometry and coxeter enthusiast, came both as a pleasant surprise and a nice change in my reading habits. First of all, I must admit that it upsets some of the stereotypes we may have about mathematicians being rigid minded reasoners, inclined to reduce reality to barren numbers and calculations. This, as we are shown, is not the case for Coxeter.

In King of Infinite Space, Siobhan Roberts depicts Coxeter as a veritable artist: driven by esthetic impulses and indifferent to scientific utility, we are shown Coxeter's geometry as being inspired overall by a sense of beauty . Roberts also shows how Coxeter's work, in spite of all this, has a significant place in the history of mathematics, as well as its current developments, and how it has found practical applications in many scientific fields.

Avoiding tedious technical descriptions that could weigh down the book and providing adequate clarification when needed (usually indexed), the writing is accessible and engaging; it is written in an intelligent yet unacademic style which is inviting to all types readers, mathematicians and biography enthusiasts alike .

One thing I especially enjoyed about this book is that we are given an image of the artistic, imaginative side of mathematics much different from the pencil and paper problems and encumbering calculations that many of us are put off by. Coxeter's mathematical world is replete with dynamic, rotating shapes and multi-dimensional figures, kaleidoscopes and mirrors, honeycombs and reflections; all of these are of interest not for their scientific utility or practical purposes but rather because they satisfy Coxeter's penchant for symmetry, harmony, and beauty. No matter how indifferent you may be to the math, what comes across in this book is something undeniably appealing in Coxeter's romantic quest for higher spaces and heroic in his attempt to 'save geometry'. Really, what is there not to like about an aloof mathematician whose primary tools are folding mirrors, kaleidoscopes, and escher paintings?

In the end, we can make no claims of understanding Coxeter's math or individual work, a special privilege afforded only to geometers, career specialists, or die-hard enthusiasts (my father); however, what we can appreciate is the spirit and nature of his thought, its scope and importance, his esthetic approach to the subject and his humble outlook regarding his own work. This book, written for a popular audience, excels at informing us of just that.

Yes, there's math, but there's a whole lot more too.......2007-04-21

In the interest of full disclosure, I must admit from the start that I started to read this book because of the tireless promotion of Glenn Smith, my father-in-law, friend of Coxeter and passionate geometer (who also happens to be quoted in the book). I even went to U of T, even if my studies kept me far from the mathematics department. But although geometry was my least favorite of all the maths in school, with Glenn's passion for this book there was no way I could continue to ignore my husband's copy lying in the living room. I had to pick it up and see for myself just what his excitement was all about.

I expected to be in over my head, possibly bored, reading it more out of curiosity than intrinsic interest. But after the first few pages I was hooked. This book, while delineating the history of geometrical inquiry, is also a captivating narrative of Coxeter's life. This is the story of a man who pursued his passion with his own quirks and habits, told in a way that rendered him human to me even as it allowed me to fully understand why he is considered a genius in his field.

Yes, there were certain paragraphs full of mathematical explanations where I had to simply breath deep and hope that whatever on earth that meant had no direct impact on the unfolding of the narrative at large. The abundance of footnotes were also awkward at first, a sign that the author wasn't sure if her audience would be academic or popular, but after a while they faded from my attention as I became engrossed in Coxeter's story.

By the end, I was ready to pull out the Zome tools and mirrors so that I could start building models and see if I, too, could see in four dimensions or more. So far I'm still stuck in the regular three, but with the inspiration of Coxeter to guide me there's always hope.

The Geometer's Geometer.......2007-04-16

Siobhan Roberts' King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, The Man Who Saved Geometry is by far one of the best math related books I have read in years. Admittedly I am a geometer at heart, but it was far more than the mathematical content of the book which excited me. First of all, the author provides a detailed and very human look at the life of a world class mathematician. We follow Coxeter's career from Trinity College to the University of Toronto with stops along the way at Berkeley and the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton. Secondly, we get a good look at how and why geometry fell out of favor in the twentieth century, thanks in good part to efforts of Bourbaki, the French mathematics critical montoring group. Thirdly, we see how Coxeter developed many of his important results in a way that is accessible to anyone with a decent secondary mathematical background. The book contains seven appendices and an extensive set of endnotes all of which I found to be both very readable and very helpful. The author does a nice job of showing how the concept of symmetry was central to Coxeter's work in second, third, fourth, and higher dimensions. I found particularly interesting Coxeter's admiration for the work of M. C. Escher but as hard as Coxeter tried he could not get Escher to understand the mathematical significance of his own art work. During the later part of the book, the author shows how Coxeter's work has been used in a variety of fields both inside and outside of mathematics: Buckminster Fuller, in his work with geodesic structures, was inspired by Coxeter's polyhedral theories; Macarthur Fellow Jeff Weeks employed Coxeter's work with higher dimensional polytopes in developing his theories on the shape of the universe.

One theme that occurs again and again throughout the book is that Coxeter's work was always characterized by his excellent taste, his sense of beauty, and the exquisite simplicity of his mathematics. I hope that anyone who reads this book will run out and get copies of Coxeter's three wonderful books: Introduction to Geometry (2nd edition 1989), Regular Polytopes( 1973 ), and Geometry Revisited ( 1967 ) (co-authored with Samuel Grietzer ) . Finally, the author has shown how Coxeter's efforts have helped rekindle people's interest in geometry. Many prominent people in the mathematics community, such as Douglas Hofstadter and John Conway, have been inspired by Coxeter's work and are helping to revive interest in this beautiful subject. This is a book that should be read by everyone who teaches geometry and by anyone who has any interest in the way in which some of the most elegant work in mathematics during the last century evolved.

Siobhan Roberts has been working with members of the York University Mathematics Department to put together a web site for the book. The site is still under construction but an early version can be found at [...]

Unfashionable math.......2007-03-02

Is geometry dead? For most of us, geometry is but a faint memory of school days, an old-fashioned toy collecting dust cast in a corner of our childhood memories. So old-fashioned indeed that geometry was indeed pronounced dead by a group of French mathematicians, Bourbaki. In fact we find in this first book by Siobhan Roberts that geometry was already falling out of fashion when the protagonist of her work, Dr. Donald Coxeter, chose the subject to be his lifelong pursuit. What he made out of it for his extremely long and fruitful academic career, therefore, is an indispensable lesson that one's passion and talent would eventually lead to extraordinary achievements regardless of the trendiness of the nature of one's target subject.

"King of Infinite Space" is about a mathematician who reinvented and reinvigorated geometry. It will be a delight to anyone with basic understanding of geometry, but readers' enjoyment does not depend on it. It can be read also as an arresting biography of a lonely scholar who sought solace in the beauty of mathematics while being emotionally alienated by his family. Instead of his wife, it seems as if geometry was his partner of life, bringing him many joys and even unexpected interactions with artists such as M.C. Escher or with George Odom, an admirer and a resident in the Hudson River Psychiatric Center in upstate New York who kept sending Dr. Coxeter numerous models.

For the rest of us less endowed with mathematical talent, this book offers a glimpse to life and mind of a genius. The unfashionableness of his research subject seems to have been compensated by the longevity of his academic career -- he was writing new papers well into his nineties. Offering also a digested and concise version of the rich history of geometry, Roberts' work is a wonderful choice to a wide range of readers.

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Cubicle zombies meet whining academic loser.
A fantastic read
Lots of fun
Are we not men? . . . Apparently not.
Humor meets the macabre.

Kings of Infinite Space: A Novel
James Hynes
Manufacturer: Picador
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ASIN: 0312319665
Release Date: 2005-02-10

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"Immensely witty....thoroughly entertaining."-The Washington Post Book WorldPaul Trilby is having a bad day. If he were to be honest with himself, Paul Trilby would have to admit that he's having a bad life. His wife left him. Three subsequent girlfriends left him. He's fallen from a top-notch university teaching job, to a textbook publisher, to, eventually, working as a temp writer for the Texas Department of General Services. And even here, in this land of carpeted partitions and cheap lighting fixtures, Paul cannot escape the curse his life has become. For it is not until he begins a tentative romance with the office's sassy mail girl that he begins to notice things are truly wrong. Strange sounds come from the air conditioning vents, the ceiling bulges, a body disappears. Mysterious men lurk about town, wearing thick glasses and pocket protectors....Kings of Infinite Space is a hilarious and horrifying spoof on our everyday lives and gives true voice to the old adage, "Work is Hell."

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Cubicle zombies meet whining academic loser........2007-01-09

I really have no idea what book the other reviewers read. I should have put this book away at the very beginning, but I just kept chugging along hoping that a clever twist or maybe a little character growth on the protagonist. Nope. Ultimately, I was left hollow like the caverns the zombies worked in.

Paul Trilby is an academic loser who couldn't complete his book, cheated on his wife and lover, and then kills a cat. I am supposed to sympathize with this guy? He actually gets into another relationship that seems to be based solely on sex, and all he can do is whine about his life and deny everything bad as a dream. On top of this screwed up protagonist, you are faced with a lack of suspense (unless you are as dimwitted as Paul Trilby), and a complete lack of any sense of real or imaginary action that could possibly happen. A barbecue grill going into water is supposed to make some kind of tidal wave and steam up a cavern holding 37 people... please!

I wasted 12 hours 10 minutes and 13 seconds of my life listening to this awful Recorded Books venture. Don't make the same mistake!

A fantastic read.......2006-07-09

This book perfectly captures the eccentricities of both Texas and academia. Anyone who's ever experienced either universe will LOVE this book. I also commend the author on the unpredictability of the plot --- I never could have guessed how it ended. It's the best book I've read in sometime. Highly recommended!

Lots of fun.......2005-07-07

I enjoyed this book quite a bit. It's scary, but the descriptions of the work environment and co-workers hits pretty close to home, sorta like the movie "Office Space." I love his writing, which is quirky and intelligent. For instance, he throws out tough words that 1% of the readers would know, but it doesn't matter because it seems to be for the effect of the unintelligible word and pronunciation more than the meaning. Anyways, it gets sorta spooky and almost sci-fi and towards the end a little over the top, but what the hell. I definitely recommend the book, especially if you work in a cubeland setting or a big company. But I'm sure anyone who enjoys funky, modern and intelligent literature would love it...

Are we not men? . . . Apparently not........2005-05-14

How many of us sit in our cubicle or at our desk wondering what has happened to our lives? How have we been imprisoned so? Have we made it come to pass ourselves?

I believe this was written by such a man wondering these types of things, and he thought: what would make this more interesting? How can I keep from running away while screaming and tearing at my hair? This novel was given birth by those ideas. It is good but at most it seems like a daydream.

I hope Hynes made it out of his cubicle, as for the rest of us we must make our own dreams; read this book and get some good ideas.

Humor meets the macabre........2005-03-12

Think Mike Judge's "Office Space" as being re-written by Stephen King, paying homage to "Night of the Living Dead." Throw in some H.G. Wells (the author frequently alludes to "The Island of Dr. Moreau," and the relationship between the Eloi and Mordocks in the "Time Machine") and add some steamy love scenes, and you can get an approximation of James Hyne's off-the-wall "Kings of a Infinite Space."

Paul Trilby, a failed professor with a troubling past (especially with women and a cat named Charlotte) finds himself as a temp at the Texas Department of General Services, with some of the wackiest co-workers you will ever meet. Along the way, he finds a fiery lover in Callie, the mail room girl. Almost right from the start, Paul notices that things are not quite what they seem. Paul attempts to distance himself from his unsettling surroundings, but gets increasingly drawn into it, especially by the bogus "Colonel" who, at one point, forces Paul to paticipate in a surrealistic Karaoke contest.

I felt that the author's frequent use of allegory was sometimes heavy handed, and the last portion of the book seemed too far over the top, as if Hynes were trying to convert a generally humorous novel into horror. However, Hynes is a fine writer who has created something truly unique (although Stephen King and Clive Barker, to name two, could probably have written a similar book). Therefore, I recommend "Kings of the Infinite Space," and suggest you hold on tightly for the ride.

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Eh. . .
Mediocre Near-Space Story
The best novel in the Near Space series
An engaging read!
Great book ... until the end.

A King of Infinite Space
Allen M. Steele
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Welcome to Heaven. Here's a mop.

It's not that simple, of course. First you have to die. Grunge rock, bad acid, and an eighteen-wheeler will do that. Then you have to survive. Not too complicated, toward the century's end, for a neglected rich kid with guilt-ridden parents and cryogenics. Then there's the resurrection. That's more complex, involving runaway nanotechnology, a neutral interface in the brain, an asteroid named for Jerry Garcia, and a castle that needs cleaning. Hence, the mop.

Death for William Alec Tucker III is a gateway to the future, and a second chance to accomplish what he's left undone: which is just about everything. Life after death is almost pleasant. Until Alec finds out that he's a pawn in a systemwide struggle for power and embarks on an odyssey of discovery that takes him from the far reaches of the asteroid belt to the fleshpots of Clarke County, Space. And even father, to the beckoning stars.

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Eh. . . .......2007-08-08

This book started as a fun look into the world of entitle-brats who wind up in the future. I thought the author's grasp of youth in the 90's was funny and insightful. Once everyone wakes up, this novel takes a definite turn for the dull and diluted. It never felt like there was much of a point to Alec's cause since he was as nasty and unlikable as everyone else around him. I kept reading because I thought there might be something to the story only to find out that no, there really wasn't, except that if you're going to make it in this particular universe you have to have extremely long toes.

Mediocre Near-Space Story.......2005-10-24

To quote another reviewer, who gave the book five stars:

"This is not a great piece of literature, and if it were in a different genre, I wouldn't have given it five stars."

Amen. This is not great literature. Call it like it is, regardless of the genre: paper-thin speculative fiction about near-space exploration set about a hundred years from now. The nanites and cryogenic storage are rather standard. The history lessons are uniformly pessimistic, but may match your world view.

On the flip side, I appreciated the homo-superior race and their dialogue. I also found the near-space setting to be intriguing. The story was just engaging enough to keep me turning the pages, although the subject matter was occasionally dry enough to make me skim past certain pieces.

All in all, an OK read, but there are certainly better SF books out there to read.

The best novel in the Near Space series.......2004-06-26

A King of Infinite Space is the culminating work in Allen Steele's Near Space series, which began with Orbital Decay in the late 80's and concluded with this novel roughly ten years later. Although the name of Steele's universe is a tongue-in-cheek reference to Larry Niven's Known Space series, I personally find Steele's work to be much more compelling than Niven's. Whereas Niven's characters will traverse hundreds of light years with the flip of a single switch, Steele's Near Space series is perhaps the most satisfying attempt by a contemporary sci-fi author to envision a realistic history of humanity's expansion throughout the solar system over the next few decades. Steele never forgets that people, no matter where they are and what level of technology they have at their disposal, will always be people. A King of Infinite Space is basically an overview of this universe from the perspective of a Gen Xer revived on the cusp of the twenty-second century after his death in 1995. As such it's probably a good place to start for anyone new to Allen Steele. The beginning of the novel, which depicts Alec's death and subsequent rebirth on the asteroid colony of Mr. Chicago, is particularly well-written and engaging. I would go ahead and agree with other reviewers by saying the ending is a little too pat, but it hardly destroys the overall story. Highly recommended.

An engaging read!.......2004-04-18

A King of Infinite Space is a strong book. It is well written and grabs you from the very first page. And, while they say every story has been told, this one managed to put some unique twists on the "what if science could allow is to live again" story.

WARNING: This paragraphy gives clues about the ending! The ending was a bit too tidy. Alec's world had been getting worse and worse and then, in one fell swoop, he entire life comes together (anyone have a magic wand?). But, that didn't really bother me. The reality is that by that point in the book, I wanted things to go right for Alec. I liked Alec and I wanted things to work out for him. And, really, so what if the ending is a little forced. I read this book for fun and it was fun. I have no problem at all with everyone living happily ever after in a light scifi novel!

This book was a fun story that I enjoyed immensely. As long as you don't read this book looking for something deeply intellectual (and you enjoy science fiction) you'll enjoy it too.

Great book ... until the end........2002-08-29

I thought this book was great and it kept me up late into the night reading. However, the ending was illogical and stupid. I would have given the book 5 stars if the ending was anywhere near as good as the rest.

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Kings of Infinite Space: Frank Lloyd Wright and Michael Graves
Charles Jencks
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A KING OF INFINITE SPACE
Allen Steele
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A KING OF INFINITE SPACE

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This book can easily be read and enjoyed more than once.
A 4+. A real find!
This is a great read from a first time fiction writer
You can't put this book down! It is a great 'whodunit'
a must read

King Of Infinite Space
David Wolf
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ASIN: 0965930823

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Nothing bad ever happens in Fairhaven, Ohio. Not since the mysterious murder of little Samantha Baxter twenty-five years ago. Until, on a sultry July morning, a young Air Force officer, Sally Jastrow, dies in a secret experiment at the University.

Sheriff Alan Schneider and Air Force fighter pilot Toni Ashcroft team up to investigate the strange death which they suspect was not an accident. Soon, they discover some highly unusual facts about the scientific experiment: five young, ambitious, and extremely bright women are locked up in giant water-filled egg shells, sharing and exposing their most intimate thoughts and dreams through a top secret laboratory computer system.

The two investigators face steep challenges in their quest to solve the mystery. Not only do they have to delve deep into Fairhaven's secrets, they must also deal with the ghosts of their own personal past, including Toni's memory loss after a terrible plane crash in the Iraqi desert only six months ago. Almost magnetically attracted to one another, Alan and Toni know that peace will not return to Fairhaven unless they are willing to risk their own lives, and their own happiness.

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This book can easily be read and enjoyed more than once........1999-10-22

Once I started reading King of Infinite Space, it was hard to stop. It is full of mystery, suspense, tender love relationships, as well as elements of science fiction (or futuristic stuff). This is a great story for a screenplay and movie. Furthermore, I hope there is a continuation of the love story with Toni Ashcroft, Sheriff Alan Schneider, and Amy.

A 4+. A real find!.......1999-03-24

The quite town of Fairhaven, Ohio has little crime and that is mostly confined to an occasional DUI or bar fight. The biggest crime to rock the town occurred twenty-five years ago when Samantha Baxter disappeared at a Fourth of July celebration. Her body was found many years later in the John's Fairhaven Caverns, but the case remains open even today.

Fairhaven's long stretch between deadly crimes ends when someone murders Sally Jastrow while she participated in a government sponsored medical experiment. The case is virtually a closed door mystery that means either an insider, or a computer whiz who could overcome the lock codes, had to do the crime. Sheriff Alan Schneider and Captain Toni Ashcroft of Air Force security investigate the murder. As they make their inquiries, a strong attraction develops between them. However, first they must solve an ugly killing that has threads reaching back to the child's murder over a quarter of a century ago.

David Wolf has written an entertaining contemporary closed door who-done-it. The numerous viable suspects leave readers struggling to select the culprit. The police procedural also includes a strong romance that Mr. Wolf fully integrates with the main story line. Reminiscent of the powerful works of Sandra Brown, KING OF INFINITE SPACE has cross-genre appeal that romance and mystery readers will find quite enjoyable.

Harriet Klausner

This is a great read from a first time fiction writer.......1999-02-03

This book was simple and easy to read and kept your attention throughout. King of Infinite Space has a little of everything which makes it appealing to all types of readers. It has murder, mystery & suspense, humor, romance, a touch of science, and military action. A must read. Check it out. I highly recommend it!

Steve Carr

You can't put this book down! It is a great 'whodunit'.......1999-02-01

David Wolf crafted an excellent mystery story and also created 'real' multi-dimensional characters. I very much hope to see the story's main characters in a sequel.

a must read.......1998-12-07

King of infinite space is the kind of book that makes want to read more. You just can't wait to get back into it again. It has everything. Suspense, excitement, love, humor, sadness, and all woven into one fine read. You will do yourself a favour by reading it!!!!!!

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A King of Infinite Space: A Novel
Allen; Steele, Allen M. Steele
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KINGS OF INFINITE SPACE
Nigel Balchin
Manufacturer: Collins
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Binding: Hardcover
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KINGS OF INFINITE SPACE
Nigel Balchin
Manufacturer: Curtis
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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