Studies in Natural Product Chemistry : Stereoselective Synthesis, Part F

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Hardbound. This tenth volume is the sixth in the series devoted to stereoselective synthesis. Review articles by leading exponents in the field covering the synthesis of cembranes, vitamin D, isoquinolinequinone antibiotics, medium ring ethers, didemnins, C-glycosides, blood group I and i active oligosaccharides, glycosidase and glycosyl transferase inhibitors, novel nucleosides, macrocyclic oligopeptides and chiral alkaloids should provide a wealth of information to a large number of organic chemists. Articles on additions to polyunsaturated carbonyl compounds, novel ring transformations and Claisen rearrangements applied to carbohydrate precursors are also included and should be interesting as well as stimulating to scientists in biology and natural products chemistry.

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The example books published as part of the Numerical Recipes, Second Edition series are source programs that demonstrate all of the Numerical Recipes subroutines. Each example program contains comments and is prefaced by a short description of how it functions. The books consist of all of the material from the original edition, as well as new material from the Second Edition. They will be valuable for readers who wish to incorporate procedures and subroutines into their own source programs. They are available in both Fortran and C.

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A great recipe.......2001-05-10

This is really a great book of numerical examples. It teaches you on how to use those "abstract" numerical recipes. From here you will be a good commander of both numerical recipes and numerical programming. You will learn a lot of practical experience. You can not miss it! enjoy it.

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Intermediate Russian: The Twelve Chairs
Slava Paperno , Alice Stone Nakhimovsky , Alexander D. Nakhimovsky , and Richard Leed
Manufacturer: Slavica Pub
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Ho-ho
The Twelve Chairs and the movies
Translation not wonderful
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The Twelve Chairs (European Classics)
Ilya Ilf , and Evgeny Petrov
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Ho-ho.......2006-11-25

Ho-ho. I have changed my mind about this ghastly translation. Just imagine! I'm not telling you how to live. You will be all white at the back when you finish. Oho!

The Twelve Chairs and the movies.......2006-06-20

In 1970 Mel Brooks did a movie adaptation of this book. It starred Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise and Mel himself.
It is one of those obscure classics that show how great Mel Brooks was at the time. It predates Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles and the others.
There are a lot of jokes about the idiocy of the communist government. Naturally the comedy is broader and more slapstick than the book.

Translation not wonderful.......2006-06-04

I have read the book in Russian and in this translation. Should be no need to say how great a book the original is. My main gripe with the translation is the awful job the translator does on the "Grandmaster" chapter no. 34 when Bender pretends to be a chess player. The translator obviously has no idea about chess terminology (e.g. Spanish Gambit should be Ruy Lopez or the Spanish Opening, pass pawn should be passed pawn, the translator has no concept of what "the exchange" is, etc.) - although Bender is only pretending to be a player, all the chess language is correct in the original (one of the authors was a good player and knew what he was talking about). I work as a translator myself and if I showed such a lamentable lack of knowledge of the subject matter my client would haul me over the coals for it.

No other book opens the door to so many private Russian jokes as this one (they quote it the way we might quote lines from Monty Python)and if this translation is your only access to it, go ahead and read it, it is still worth it.

Feast of Bellylaughs.......2006-01-07

[Mild SPOILERS ahead, and please note that my comments do not relate to any translation, as I have only read the book in Russian.] Absolutely magnificent. Particularly admirable is the authors' ability to conclude this novel, more or less a loose series of episodes, with a meaningful, tragic, moving ending! It was chilling and terrifying; I definitely didn't expect it to end on this note. Well, the authors have shown they are masters on more than just one level, that of humour, which surely offers dozens of unforgettable moments throughout the book. The masterful command of the Russian language is shown throughout. Now what is the timeless appeal of _The Twelve Chairs_? It is, first, that there is no bad person in which there wouldn't be certain qualities that are highly admirable, if not redeeming: see the inexhaustible energy and cheerfulness of the evil Ostap Bender. Secondly, the novel excellently shows how the quest for material goods turns humans into, literally, animals: the action concludes with a wolfish howl by the absurd Ippolit, and who could forget the mercenary priest, preaching to the birds at the top of a mountain cliff?

A cutting satire.......2005-07-26

Firstly, I read the book in Russian so I make no claims about this particular translation.

Ilf and Petrov were two satirical writers who were very popular in the Soviet Union. Of course during the writing of this book (and its sequel the Golden Calf), it was impossible to satirise life in the 20s and 30s in the USSR directly without losing your life. They managed to write two books that satisfied both the officials and the readers. The books are incredibly funny and absurd dissections of almost every aspect of Soviet society, but often the most punchy parts aren't said explicitly. They also make fun of the pre-Soviet mindset just as well.

In The Twelve Chairs we meet Ostap Bender - a quick-witted con artist who is a trickster and generally a loveable embellisher. He teams up with Hippolite - a greedy former aristocrat - in the search of the twelve chairs of one lady who they find out hid her diamonds in one of them during the revolution. Off they go on a hunt for the set, chair by chair (obviously the set was scattered) that leads them to Moscow and beyond, into the various regional towns in Russia. Their encounters are very funny. What was most memorable for me were Elle the Cannibal (an ultrahip woman who has a vocabulary of only 30 words) and when Bender cons the citizens of Vasiuki that he is a great chess champion.

A fierce, sharp but warmhearted satire on early Soviet and pre-Soviet society - make sure to read the sequel too!

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Diamonds to Sit On (The Twelve Chairs)
Ilya and Petrov, Eugene Ilf
Manufacturer: Harper
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Ilf & Petrov's the complete adventures of Ostap Bender;: Consisting of the two novels: The twelve chairs and The golden calf

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Ilf & Petrov's the complete adventures of Ostap Bender;: Consisting of the two novels: The twelve chairs and The golden calf
Ilia Ilf
Manufacturer: Random House
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Thanks for the Share ...: Thanks for the Chair

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Thanks for the Share ...: Thanks for the Chair
Taylor Samuel Lyen
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After his daughter suggests he find help for his anger and drinking issues, author Taylor Lyen visits a therapist. The therapist persuades him to enter an eight-week early recovery chemical dependency program and a twelve-year follow-up chemical dependency program, both of which will address rage and anger issues and help normalize his behavior.

The eight-week Kaiser program works exceptionally well for Lyen, as he learns effective ways to extinguish his anger before it escalates out of control. After he completes this program, he graduates to the long-term therapy program that he will attend once a week for twelve years. He also joins Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-centered general addiction recovery ministry. But other than not adjusting well to life, Lyen has little in common with his alcoholic friends since he never craves alcohol. When he tells the group that he drank a margarita after playing golf, they become angry. Shaken but not stirred to fury, Lyen realizes that he has broken a sacred pact of the recovery group. To continue with them he must attend ninety Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings in ninety days. He agrees and reluctantly begins the sobering journey into AA, only to undergo a striking change of heart.

Thanks for the Share. Thanks for the Chair shares the power of AA's remarkable recovery program and how it helped one man dramatically change his life.

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TWELVE CHAIRS
Ilf and Petrov
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The Twelve Chairs, 1928 (IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE) / (Dvenadtsat Stulev / )

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The Twelve Chairs, 1928 (IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE) / (Dvenadtsat Stulev / )
Ilf and Petrov , Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg , Yevgeny Petrov , Yevgeniy Petrovich Kataev , Yevgeniy Petrovich Katayev , Ilya Ilf , Evgeny Petrov , , and
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This page was created by "Russian-Books".

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Twelve Chairs, the

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Twelve Gold Chairs
Mary Cockett
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