Advanced Drying Technologies

Book Description

"Presents the most recent breakthroughs in thermal dehydration, drying, and dewatering. Emphasizes emerging equipment, innovative techniques, and cost-effective strategies for a variety of industrial and agricultural applications. Offers classification and selection criteria for new and advanced drying systems."

Freeze Drying and Advanced Food Technology (Food Science and Technology)

Average customer rating:

Freeze Drying and Advanced Food Technology (Food Science and Technology)

Manufacturer: Academic Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Food Science | Agricultural Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0122884507

Average customer rating:

Advanced Drying Technologies
Tadeusz Kudra
Manufacturer: Marcel Dekker
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MBSVSK

Book Description

Endorsed by William Dembski, Ph.D., the scientist at the forefront of the intelligent–design movement.

Darwin might have thought twice about publishing his theories if he had had access to today’s medical and microbiological discoveries. Drawing on years of research, Dr. Simmons demonstrates that the almost infinite complexity of the human anatomy simply could not have developed by chance. For example:

the body runs on “battery power”...from the hundreds of mitochondria in each cell
the two sexes—evolutionary theory cannot explain why they exist
every cell is its own pharmacist, chemist, and metallurgist

Accessible, clearly presented, and utterly fascinating, What Darwin Didn’t Know shows the human body to be a marvelous system constructed by an infinitely wise Designer.

Customer Reviews:

A Misguided Read.......2007-07-18

First of all, this book received two stars from me as opposed to one because it was very interesting to read about some of the intricacies of the human body. However, I could have just as easily gone to an anatomy text for such a purpose. For that reason, I say that it is misguided.

Dr. Simmons, while writing passionately and eloquently, does absolutely nothing to discredit or bring to doubt evolution. In a nutshell, the book largely consists of a pattern that first describes an intricacy of the human body, and then fallaciously states in one manner or another that 'it can't be imagined' how something of such complexity could possibly arrived through evolution; i.e. the argument from personal incredulity, which is extremely popular among creationists and apologetics.

Additionally, I found it quite interesting that though the concept of evolution clearly applies to all living beings - macro and micro alike - Dr. Simmons curiously decides to ignore the rest of life by focusing only on humans to myopically imply that humans are the divine exception to biology.

I feel that this book was 'designed' for those who are already staunch supporters of Intelligent Design and have no wish to learn the actual science behind evolution. This book will no doubt be very successful in reinforcing creationist belief, but for those who have an actual grasp on the specifics of evolution as a whole, this book in actuality fails to dispute any of the key cornerstones such as random mutation coupled with non-random natural selection over a geological timespan to produce complexity.

If someone is interested in learning about evolution as opposed to human body complexity, they are urged to search elsewhere, because any actual discussion of it within this book is sorely lacking.

Those wishing for a true expose on the shortcomings of Dr. Simmons' book need only to read a general evolution text such as Richard Dawkins' "The Blind Watchmaker".

Fascinating journey into the human body........2007-03-17

The ancients had it all wrong. They dubbed the Pyramid of Giza, and Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Colossus of Rhodes, etc to be the Seven wonders of the world. Little did they know that to find the biggest wonder in the world, all they had to do was look inside themselves. That ability had to wait for the technology that would allow humans to discover what a marvel they really are. As the wonders of what transpires under my skin were skillfully unfolded, my mind was filled with awe. There is no part of the body I will take for granted again. Who can not be impressed that their blood vessels laid out end to end would circle the globe twice? How about the fact one cell is more complex than the space shuttle? Those stories and more await discovery between the covers.

Dr. Simmons tells the story with humor and clear, precise language. He is the tour guide on this ultimate, incredible journey. At each stop in the human machine, he reveals in detail the complexity of that particular part of the body and how it relates to the whole. The chapter on reproduction is absolutely mind boggling. The chapter on the development of an embryo gives the reader a play by play account of the development of a new human being. All the major systems of the body are explained in language that makes it fun to read this book. Dr. Simmons is a writer who is also a scientist. This is one of the most edifying books I have ever read.

If you home school your children or teach science in a private school, this book is an excellent resource to augment your curriculum.

What This Doctor and This Mathematician Don't Know.... If They Prevail, Medicine Will Return to the Dark Ages.......2006-08-16

For more than fourteen hundred years, Western medicine returned to the Dark Ages due in no small measure to religious superstition and faith-based adherence to Roman doctor Galen's medical text on anatomy. It wasn't until the advent of the Renaissance, with such leading figures as Leonardo Da Vinci and William Harvey, that Western medicine once more became a rigorous discipline based entirely on serious, extensive scientific study of human anatomy and the origins of infectious diseases such as smallpox and cholera. Geoffrey Simmons, a doctor, and William Dembski, a philosopher and mathematician (I might add too, a strident Fundamentalist Protestant Christian ideologue, whose philosophical point of view isn't too far removed from Osama bin Laden's.) have sought to recast modern medicine as offering evidence in support of Intelligent Design; an invalid hypothesis claiming to be scientific which was rejected originaly back in the 18th and 19th centuries by scientists, and most recently, has been determined to be a religious doctrine masquerading as science by Republican Federal judge John Jones in his landmark, historic December 22, 2005 ruling in the Kitzmiller vs. Dover Board of Education trial (htttp://www2.ncseweb.org/kvd/all_legal/2005-12-20_kitzmiller_decision.pdf) - claiming that the complex nature of human anatomy is sufficient proof of the concept of irreducible complexity stated by biochemist Michael Behe in his book "Darwin's Black Box".

If one were to follow Simmons' and Dembski's tortuous, sloppy logic, then the concept of irreducible complexity would explain why African-Americans are susceptible to sickle cell anemia. Unfortunately, not only does Intelligent Design fail to explain the existence of sickle cell anemia, it also casts into question whether an "Intelligent Designer" would seek to create this disease. On the other hand, evolutionary biology has demonstrated conclusively that sickle cell anemia arose as a means of insuring immunity from insect-borne diseases carried by the tsetse fly and other insects within native African populations. Once Africans were transported to the New World - which had a different suite of insect-borne diseases - then sickle cell anemia was no longer a beneficial trait, but instead, became a serious medical condition within African-American populations.

Over the past year and a half major American medical organizations and journals have issued statements in praise of evolutionary theory and condemning Intelligent Design, echoing Judge Jones' decision by noting that Intelligent Design isn't a valid scientific theory, but rather, a religious doctrine masquerading as science. One notable example was published recently by Stanford University's medical school: http://mednews.stanford.edu/stanmed/2006summer/. Those interested in rigorous, contemporary medical research should not think of acquiring this book, unless they wish to see medical practice return quickly back to the Dark Ages of Western civilization (EDITORIAL NOTE: Of the comments listed below, Stewart Thorne's are the most thoughtful and persuasive, and are indeed, a rather insightful commentary on my own eloquent points made in this review.).

A Harsh Review From An ID Supporter.......2006-07-31

This book is possibly THE worst book of its kind...at least of all that I have read. Off the bat, let it be known that I am an ID proponent and a critic of Darwinism. I'm not an atheist/materialist out to criticize a book for questioning evolution. That said, this book has alot of problems. First, it seems like information is repeated more often than necessary. This book could have been one-fourth of the size it is now. Second, there are far too many questions posed and far too few questions answered. "How could evolution..? Why would evolution...?" Mere speculation abounds in this book and will not be helpful to any reader. Third, there is also inaccurate and pointless information all over the pages of this book. The chapter "Gifts" is so non-sensical it was amazing to me that it was included in the book. ID is real science, but this book does it no justice. This book is fodder for materialists who are critical of ID. I'm a supporter of ID and I found plenty of reason to criticize it. If you want to read about ID, there are much better sources of information than this book.

Evolution: chance or necessity? .......2005-10-27

The problem is not so much what Darwin didn't know, since it is clear by now that most of what he said about evolution has really nothing to do with it, much less is able to explain it. Actually this applies, "mutatis mutandis", to all present evolutionists. Let me tell you what Darwinists still don't know. Although they have lots of models and theories, they really can't explain: 1) the origin of the Universe; 2) the origin of the first stars; 3) the origin of the first galaxies; 4) the origin of the solar system; 5) the origin of the Earth and the Moon; 6) the origin of the oceans; 7) the origin of life; 8) particles-to-people evolution; 9) the origin of the sexes; 10) the origin of language, etc, etc. They can't even demonstrate that random mutations and natural selection are responsible for all the complex specified information we see all around us. So don't ask only what Darwin didn't know; ask also what Darwinists still don't know.

The real problem is that universities have been "programmed" with the wrong "software" ever since the historical emergence of "scientist anti-metaphysical positivism".

How can universities detect design if they were "programmed" not to do so? The main reason why all scientific disciplines agree with evolution is because they cannot but agree with evolution. They have no choice. The "system" doesn't allow any other option. This is not a scientific problem: it is a systemic problem.

Most modern universities have excluded arguments based on design and teleology a priori, as non scientific. Because of that, their "systemic code" can only detect random, natural and accidental causes and processes. Agreement with evolution has been pre-programmed into the system, and as the saying goes: garbage in, garbage out.

That's why I am not really impressed with the argument according to which all disciplines of science agree that evolution took place. That should not be considered a valid argument in favour of evolution, since that "conclusion" is really nothing more than the assumption from which they start reasoning in the first place and from which they approach the facts. No alternative assumptions or interpretations are allowed, no matter how well they are able to explain and predict.

This means that all current certainties about evolution are nothing more than circular reasoning. In fact, that translates in to the methodologies and arguments of all the scientific disciplines: when they deal with evolution they do so in terms of tautology and fallacy. We see that in geology, palaeontology, biology, genetics, chemistry, astrophysics, etc.

The conclusion in favour of evolution is necessary, because the assumption of evolution is mandatory. In "scientific" circles evolution is not so much a matter of chance, but a matter of necessity.

The Dover trial on evolution and intelligent design is a good example: if scientists dismiss design arguments a priori as non scientific, it should be no surprise to anyone that evolution becomes the only game in town. Evolution becomes "scientific" by definition and design becomes "religious" by decree.

If evidence of creation and intelligent design is ruled out, the only option is naturalistic evolution. The same is true in a court of law: if all evidence of criminal intent is ruled out as non-legal, than the court will have to conclude that an accident took place and was responsible for the existing dead body. What a surprise!! All the "circumstantial evidence", all the "coincidences" and all the "patterns" that might lead a judge to an inference of intent beyond reasonable doubt were not presented nor assessed in court. They were dismissed a priori as non-legal, as irrelevant from the point of view of the "code" of the legal system.

That's why evidence of design and creation has to come from those who work outside the system, that is, outside the mainstream "pre-programmed" naturalist "scientific" circles. That's why we observe the creation and evolution of many creationist and intelligent design web sites, publications and other materials.

The same phenomenon is true about the legal system. If the judges in a court arbitrarily rule out relevant evidence in a case, it is for the press, who works outside of the legal system, to try to denounce cases of gross miscarriage of justice.

That's what creationists and design theorists are doing when they put forward evidence of creation and design in nature and try to persuade those who are willing to open their minds to other kinds of arguments, and demonstrate that the observed evidence fits much better within a creationist and design model. Evidence of design in nature is not hard to find, because, as even atheist Richard Dawkins admits, it is simply overwhelming.

Of course, creationists and intelligent design theorists will have a hard time convincing mainstream scientists, because they are pre-programmed to listen and recognize only those arguments that don't allow for design and teleology. The problem is not about the quality and quantity of the evidence of design. The problem is that, no matter how good or how much, design evidence is simply ruled out as inadmissible. The current scientific paradigm is one sided from the start.

Creationism and intelligent design are being judged by the court of science without "due process" rights. When a court is not independent and impartial in a given question, the best way to solve the problem and get a fair hearing is to do away with it and replace it altogether. The only way out is to break the naturalistic "code" and reprogram the "systemic code" by which science defines itself. That's why many have been saying, even outside creationist circles, that we need a new kind of science.

Book Description

This fascinating book is an investigation of scientific creativity. Following the research pathways of outstanding scientists over the past three centuries, it finds common features in their careers and their landmark discoveries and sheds light on the nature of long-term experimental research. Frederic Lawrence Holmes begins by discussing various approaches to the historical study of scientific practice. He then explains three kinds of analysis of the individual scientific life: broad-scale, which examines the phases of a scientist's career-apprenticeship, mastery, distinction, and maturity-over a lifetime; middle-scale, which explores the episodes within such a career; and fine-scale, which scrutinizes laboratory notebooks and other data to focus on the daily interplay between thought and operation. Using these analyses, Holmes presents rich examples from his studies of six preeminent scientists: Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Claude Bernard, Hans Krebs, Matthew Meselson, Franklin Stahl, and Seymour Benzer. The similar themes that he finds in their work and careers lead him to valuable insights into enduring issues and problems in understanding the scientific process.

Medical Odysseys: The Different and Sometimes Unexpected Pathways to Twentieth-Century Medical Discoveries

Average customer rating:

Medical Odysseys: The Different and Sometimes Unexpected Pathways to Twentieth-Century Medical Discoveries
Allen B., M.D. Weisse
Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Science | Subjects | Books

General | Mathematics | Science | Subjects | Books

History | Special Topics | Medicine | Subjects | Books

General | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 081351617X

Biochips as Pathways to Drug Discovery (Drug Discovery Series)

Average customer rating:

A Sheer Delight

Biochips as Pathways to Drug Discovery (Drug Discovery Series)

Manufacturer: CRC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Science | Subjects | Books

General | Pharmacology | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Pharmacy | Pharmacology | Medicine | Subjects | Books

All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
ASIN: 1574444506

Book Description

In the fiercely competitive pharmaceutical marketplace, your organization cannot afford to spend excess dollars developing drugs that will fail to get FDA approval or have profoundly poor characteristics. Biochips as Pathways to Drug Discovery takes a comprehensive look at how the industry faces these challenges, using new technologies such as biochips to reduce the cost of drug discovery and improve drug safety. The book explores the tools and skills required at each step of the discovery process when using biochips to determine biological outcomes. The authors provide an in-depth review of the clinical and pharmacogenomic relevance of biochips, ChIP-chip assays, and high-throughput approaches. They discuss how biochips are used to develop biomarkers in the drug discovery process, primarily for gene expression profiling and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) analysis. The book includes coverage of experimental theory, quality control, clinical laboratory sampling considerations, database concepts, industrial laboratory design, and the analysis of the resultant large data sets. It discusses the application of biochips to the study of malaria, toxicogenomics, and SNPs, as well as intellectual property and market overviews. The book concludes with a comprehensive overview of how these chips are employed from early target discovery through preclinical toxicology and on through to pharmacogenomic and proof of concept studies in humans. Written in an easily accessible style, the breadth of coverage introduces the subject to those new to the field, while the depth of coverage forms a foundation for future work. The book gives you the knowledge required to leverage the technology into bona fide discoveries.

Customer Reviews:

A Sheer Delight.......2006-12-06

Features a wealth of useful information about a number of things relating to microarray technology and its utility in drug discovery. Thus, it hinges on the fact that this field is actively evolving at a rapid pace, and as the title suggests, is going to impact ( if not already ) the Pharmaceutical Industry by minimizing the failure rate of early stage drug developments in drug discovery.

There is so much info packed into this compilation that this review in no way can do it justice. But let me just say it offers an excellent selection of contributing authors providing fundamental reviews in areas of interest for those running a Core Facility, such as laboratory automation, quality control, and amplification stratagies. It also offers many good selections of case studies for Cancer Drug Discovery, ChIP-on-Chip, Multiplexed Platforms, Toxigenomics, and Malaria Antiparasitic Discovery, and Protein Arrays to name a few.

In particular, I enjoyed the coverage of the Industry as a sector with chapters discussing the evolution of the science itself, the platforms available, the future directions, and the market shares and trends of the companies involved. I would say one of strengths of this book lies in its ability to present the biological meaning of the concepts presented e.g. "the use of biochips for elucidating the mechansims of drug action" and "vaccine developments". The other great thing is that it covers the bleeding edge information of the field, so you are getting the most current stuff from those on the front-lines actively using, developing, and shaping the future direction of the field itself. I give it five stars without blinking an eye :)

Computational Discovery of Scientific Knowledge: Introduction, Techniques, and Applications in Environmental and Life Sciences (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Average customer rating:

Computational Discovery of Scientific Knowledge: Introduction, Techniques, and Applications in Environmental and Life Sciences (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Manufacturer: Springer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Data Mining | Databases | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books

Beginning & Introductory | Databases | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books

Bioinformatics | Biological Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books

Book Description

Advances in technology have enabled the collection of data from scientific observations, simulations, and experiments at an ever-increasing pace. For the scientist and engineer to benefit from these enhanced data collecting capabilities, it is becoming clear that semi-automated data analysis techniques must be applied to find the useful information in the data. Computational scientific discovery methods can be used to this end: they focus on applying computational methods to automate scientific activities, such as finding laws from observational data. In contrast to mining scientific data, which focuses on building highly predictive models, computational scientific discovery puts a strong emphasis on discovering knowledge represented in formalisms used by scientists and engineers, such as numeric equations and reaction pathways.

This state-of-the-art survey provides an introduction to computational approaches to the discovery of scientific knowledge and gives an overview of recent advances in this area, including techniques and applications in environmental and life sciences. The 15 articles presented are partly inspired by the contributions of the International Symposium on Computational Discovery of Communicable Knowledge, held in Stanford, CA, USA in March 2001. More representative coverage of recent research in computational scientific discovery is achieved by a significant number of additional invited contributions.

Donald J. Cram: From Design to Discovery (Profiles, Pathways, and Dreams)

Average customer rating:

Donald J. Cram: From Design to Discovery (Profiles, Pathways, and Dreams)
Donald J. Cram
Manufacturer: An American Chemical Society Publication
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books

Scientists | Professionals & Academics | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books

General & Reference | Chemistry | Science | Subjects | Books

General | Science | Subjects | Books

General | History & Philosophy | Science | Subjects | Books

History of Technology | Technology | Science | Subjects | Books

Book Description

Donald J. Cram is recipient of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on Host-Guest Complexes. A pioneer in physical organic chemistry, Dr. Cram developed early concepts for asymmetric synthesis ("Cram's rule"). His book is an interesting and lively account of this scientific research.

Pharmacogenomics in Drug Discovery and Development (Methods in Molecular Biology)

Average customer rating:

Pharmacogenomics in Drug Discovery and Development (Methods in Molecular Biology)

Manufacturer: Humana Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Genetics | Evolution | Science | Subjects | Books

General | Pharmacology | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Book Description

Since each human is genetically distinctive, responding differently to disease-causing factors as well as drugs, the field pharmacogenomics arose to develop personalized medicine, or medicine that deals with the complexity of the human body. In Pharmacogenomics in Drug Discovery and Development, leading experts present methodical, state-of-the-art contributions covering topics from individual molecules to systemic diseases, examining both fundamental concepts and advanced technologies. Divided into three sections, the volume begins by exploring cutting-edge technologies used to pursue systems-based pharmacogenomics, followed by extensive chapters on gene-drug interactions and the use of pharmacogenomics in therapeutics of diseases.

Comprehensive and up-to-date, Pharmacogenomics in Drug Discovery and Development is an ideal volume for scientists striving to transform disease treatment into disease prevention.

Average customer rating:

Science Pathways of Discovery

Science Pathways of Discovery

Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Cosmology | Astronomy | Science | Subjects | Books

General | Science | Subjects | Books

General | History & Philosophy | Science | Subjects | Books

History of Science | History & Philosophy | Science | Subjects | Books

Cosmology | Physics | Science | Subjects | Books

General | Physics | Science | Subjects | Books

Essays & Commentary | Science | Subjects | Books

Book Description

A sweeping overview of the most exciting areas in science, from the most respected scientific journal in the United States
This volume contains twelve essays commissioned by Science magazine to mark the dawn of the new millennium. Here, the world's leading scientists present historical overviews of the most exciting areas in science today, while also speculating on the future for each field. Topics range from planetary science and genomics to quantum physics, neuroscience, and cosmology. Along with the articles are detailed chronologies and introductions setting the tone for each chapter. The stellar cast of contributors includes Stephen Jay Gould, Nobel laureates Eric Kandel and Joshua Lederberg, Robert A. Weinberg, and Sir Martin Rees. This authoritative science history offers something for everyone interested in the story of science, past, present, and future.

Customer Reviews:

Science Pathways of Discovery.......2002-02-23

This book gives a historical overviews of the most exciting areas in science today from the perspective of current, leading scientists. Also, you'll read their speculations on the future of each field and topics range from planetary science and genomics to quantum physics. This history offers insight into scientific past, present and future that you won't want to miss.

Tissue Proteomics: Pathways, Biomarkers, and Drug Discovery (Methods in Molecular Biology)

Average customer rating:

Tissue Proteomics: Pathways, Biomarkers, and Drug Discovery (Methods in Molecular Biology)

Manufacturer: Humana Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Biochemistry | Biological Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books

ASIN: 1588296792

Book Description

With the completion of human genome sequencing, the field of proteomics has grown vital to biomedical research. Among the array of protocols developed to study the human proteome, many protocols examine proteins derived specifically from cell lines, body fluids or human tissues - not necessarily compatible with the full range of protein sources commonly used in the laboratory. Tissue Proteomics constitutes in one volume useful and innovative protocols developed specifically for the proteomic profiling of human tissues. A unique resource for researchers, Tissue Proteomics provides high-throughput gel-based techniques, microarrays and a number of other methods used in proteomic research, a field still in its early stages. This important book will prove indispensable to investigators of biomarker discovery and therapeutic response profiling, as well as those forging new paths in the fields of theranostics and personalized medicine.

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books