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Biology, Take Note!: Understanding Life
Sandra Alters , and Brian Alters Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0471701688 |
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Designed for a one or two semester non-majors course in introductory biology taught at most two and four-year colleges. This course typically fulfills a general education requirement, and rather than emphasizing mastery of technical topics, it focuses on the understanding of biological ideas and concepts, how they relate to real life, and appreciating the scientific methods and thought processes. Given the authors' work in and dedication to science education, this text's writing style, pedagogy, and integrated support package are all based on classroom-tested teaching strategies and learning theory. The result is a learning program that enhances the effectiveness & efficiency of the teaching and learning experience in the introductory biology course like no other before it.
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Sediments, Diagenesis, and Sedimentary Rocks, Volume 7: Treatise on Geochemistry
Manufacturer: Elsevier Science ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0080448496 |
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This volume covers the formation and biogeochemistry of a variety of important sediment types from their initial formation through their conversion (diagenesis) to sedimentary rocks. The volume deals with the chemical, mineralogical, and isotopic properties of sediments and sedimentary rocks and their use in interpreting the environment of formation and subsequent events in the history of sediments, and the nature of the ocean-atmosphere system through geological time.
Reprinted individual volume from the acclaimed Treatise on Geochemistry,
(10 Volume Set, ISBN 0-08-043751-6, published in 2003)
* Comprehensive and authoritative scope and focus
* Reviews from renowned scientists across a range of subjects, providing both overviews and new data, supplemented by extensive bibliographies
* Extensive illustrations and examples from the field
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Siliciclastic Diagenesis And Fluid Flow: Concepts & Applications (Nolpe Monograph Series)
Laura J. Crossey Manufacturer: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1565760328 |
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Systematics of Fluid Inclusions in Diagenetic Minerals (Schot Course Notes Series : No 31)
Robert H. Goldstein Manufacturer: Sepm Society for Sedimentary ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1565760085 |
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Diagenesis, IV (Developments in Sedimentology)
Manufacturer: Elsevier Science ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 044488517X |
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The present volume continues the philosophy of gathering contributions on diagenesis on behalf of those requiring such periodic literary surveys, namely, academics and practitioners (teachers, researchers, and oil and ore explorationists).
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Diagenesis, III (Developments in Sedimentology)
Manufacturer: Elsevier ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0444885161 |
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The present volume is an intellectual agglomeration covering a variety of topics in diagenesis. It starts with the diagenesis of marine pore waters and soft-sediment deformations, followed by two chapters on sandstones - one on climatic influence in terrestrial sandstone diagenesis and the other on the deep-sea volcaniclastic sandstones. Diagenesis of carbonates is treated next, with one chapter on compactional diagenesis and another devoted to a case study (Aymestry Limestone Beds, UK). There are two chapters on the origin and migration of oil: (a) maturation of organic matter, and (b) relation of diagenesis to mineralization and hydrocarbon reservoir development, followed by a chapter on sedimentary ore genesis - banded iron-formation. In conclusion there are two chapters on paleosols. This book will be of interest to geologists, geochemists and petroleum engineers.
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Early Diagenesis
Robert A. Berner Manufacturer: Princeton University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 069108260X |
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Marine Geochemistry
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 3540321438 |
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Since 1980 a considerable amount of scientific research dealing with geochemical processes in marine sediments has been carried out. This textbook summarizes the state of the art in this field of research. The topics comprise the examination of sedimentological and physical properties of the sedimentary solid phase, of pore water and pore water constituents, organic matter as the driving force of most microbiological processes, biotic and abiotic redox reactions, carbonates and stable isotopes as proxies for paleoclimate reconstruction, metal enrichments in ferromanganese nodules and crusts as well as in hot vents and cold seeps on the seafloor. A new chapter describes properties, occurrence and formation of gas hydrates in marine sediments. The textbook ends with a chapter on model conceptions and computer models to quantify processes of early diagenesis.
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Carbonate Sediments and Their Diagenesis (Developments in Sedimentology)
Robin G C Bathurst Manufacturer: Elsevier ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0444413510 |
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Paperback.Customer Reviews:
Essential to the Study of Carbonates.......2001-04-25
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Applied Carbonate Research Program. Technical series. Contribution
Mary Jo Klosterman Manufacturer: Applied Carbonate Research Program ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00072FH0Y |
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Applied Sandstone Diagenesis: Practical Petro-Graphic Solutions for a Variety of Common Exploration
Manufacturer: Sepm Society for Sedimentary ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1565760743 |
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Computer Simulation of Materials at Atomic Level with CD-ROM
Manufacturer: Wiley-VCH ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 352740290X |
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Combining theory and applications, this book deals with the modelling of materials properties and phenomena at atomic level.Customer Reviews:
Graduate level solid state physics.......2004-08-06
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Escape from Empire: The Developing World's Journey through Heaven and Hell
Alice H. Amsden Manufacturer: The MIT Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0262012340 |
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The American government has been both miracle worker and villain in the developing world. From the end of World War II until the 1980s poor countries, including many in Africa and the Middle East, enjoyed a modicum of economic growth. New industries mushroomed and skilled jobs multiplied, thanks in part to flexible American policies that showed an awareness of the diversity of Third World countries and an appreciation for their long-standing knowledge about how their own economies worked. Then during the Reagan era, American policy changed. The definition of laissez-faire shifted from "Do it your way" to an imperial "Do it our way." Growth in the developing world slowed, income inequalities skyrocketed, and financial crises raged. Only East Asian economies resisted the strict prescriptions of Washington and continued to boom. Why?
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Escape from Heaven
J. Neil Schulman Manufacturer: Pulpless.com ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 1584451920 |
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"This is Duj Pepperman and you're on 680 K-TALK.""Duj, this is God, calling from Heaven. I can't believe I got through. I'm one of your biggest fans!"
With this first-ever call-in from God, an L.A. radio talk-show host is sent on a mission from God that takes him to Heaven - then back to earth - on a rollercoaster adventure that includes meetings with the most famous celebrities in Heaven and on earth. Along the way he learns the origins of our universe, the meaning of life, and how the War between God and Satan will turn out. A comic journey that is bound to be compared to Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Shaw's Back to Methuselah.
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Madcap, Manic, Midrashic, and Fun!.......2003-02-03
Soon Duj is involved in the climactic battle of God and Satan, conducted as a political campaign, with assistance from some of the greatest minds in history, not least of which is a man author Schulman has always admired--Robert Heinlein. All this is related in snappy, irreverent dialogue that will keep you laughing. But there is more.
In fact, there is lots more, and I won't spoil it for you. Schulman turns all the major religions upside down and shakes them. His ideas about God, Jesus, Satan, Adam and Eve, are totally unorthodox. What is he doing? It sounds a lot like midrash--a kind of teaching story that Jewish scholars use to teach theological principles. What is he saying? That God is really, really good. That God took a tremendous risk in creation, and in giving us free will. That God wants us, his children to be free and creative and--well--godlike.
Is Schulman a mystic, teaching us Kabbalah or Gnosis? Is he doing midrash cloaked in outrageous humor? Or is he just having fun? You will have to decide for yourself. And I hope you will. This is a marvelous book and I hope you will read it. Maybe more than once. Reviewed by Louis N. Gruber
The Old Diety Peddler.......2002-12-17
He gives the kids free samples,
Because he knows full well
That today's young innocent faces
Will be tomorrow's clientele.
I'm not complaining, though. I just had to read the rest, because it was such a rollicking good story and funny as, uh, hell. I especially appreciated the little inside jokes and references for science fiction fans, libertarians and gunnies. It kept me glued to the screen until I had read it "cover" to "cover."
A couple of caveats; if you think you don't like anything but "hardcore" science fiction, this is probably not the J. Neil Schulman book for you. (Though I strongly recommend you give it a chance--hey, it's free.) Ditto, if you take your religion too seriously. (Schulman seems to agree with Heinlein's observation "One man's theology is another man's belly laugh." ESCAPE FROM HEAVEN has something to offend everyone's religious sensibilities, therefore plenty of belly laughs.
Journeymanlike.......2002-12-08
The Gospel according to J. Neil Schulman.......2002-08-31
This story is full of good humor, interesting twists, and gives an interesting look at how things might have been misinterpreted in religious texts. If you are the sort to be offended by this sort of book, you probably aren't reading this review anyway, so I won't bother cautioning the easily offended--they've long since burned their local libraries and bookstores and authors anyway.
But, should you actually read this and be offended by it, I will give you Mr. Schulman's own words regarding another of his books: "Feel free to buy this book and burn it...and remember that hard cover books burn longer and brighter."
Egos are software.......2002-08-04
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Escape from Armageddon
Samuel E. West Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1553694171 Release Date: 2006-07-06 |
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Through a study of Biblical teachings, commentaries, and ecclesiastical histories, this book leads you through what Apocalyptic events are coming on the earth, when they are coming, why God is bringing such judgments, who will be most affected, and what escape has been provided by God. Learn about the beast and Satanic church of Revelations, image of the beast, mark of the beast, number of the beast; and antichrist.
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Escape from Suicide: A Living Witness to the Realities of Life After Death-Heaven and Hell
Arnold Beckwith Manufacturer: Arnold Beckwith Pubns ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0962439800 |
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Escape Stories: Narratives and Native Americans in Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.(Critical Essay): An article from: Yearbook of English Studies
Andrew Dix Manufacturer: Modern Humanities Research Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008IP9E6 Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Yearbook of English Studies, published by Modern Humanities Research Association on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 6249 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Books:
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