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Book Paul Ehrlich centennial

Download or read book Paul Ehrlich centennial written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Construction of Analogy Based Research Programs

Download or read book The Construction of Analogy Based Research Programs written by Rebecca Mertens and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the German chemist Emil Fischer presented his lock-and-key hypothesis in 1899, his analogy to describe the molecular relationship between enzymes and substrates quickly gained vast influence and provided future generations of scientists with a tool to investigate the relation between chemical structure and biological specificity. Rebecca Mertens explains the appeal of the lock-and-key analogy by its role in model building and in the construction of long-term, cross-generational research programs. She argues that a crucial feature of these research programs, namely ascertaining the continuity of core ideas and concepts, is provided by a certain way of analogy-based modelling.

Book Biographies of Scientists for Sci Tech Libraries

Download or read book Biographies of Scientists for Sci Tech Libraries written by Tony Stankus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1991, is an invaluable guide to biographies of scientists from a wide variety of scientific fields. The books selected for this highly descriptive bibliography help librarians shatter readers’ stereotypes of scientists as monomaniacal and uninteresting people by providing interesting and provocative titles to capture the interest of students and other readers. The biographies included in this very special bibliography were carefully selected for their humour and human insights to give future scientists encouragement, inspiration, and an understanding of the origins of particular scientific fields. These biographies are unique in that they explore the whole personality of the scientist, giving students a glimpse at the variety and drama of the lives beyond well-known contributions or Nobel prize accomplishments.

Book THERAPEUTIC REVOLUTION The History of Medical Oncology from Early Days to the Creation of the Subspecialty

Download or read book THERAPEUTIC REVOLUTION The History of Medical Oncology from Early Days to the Creation of the Subspecialty written by Pierre R. Band and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer is a disease responsible for several million annual deaths among humans, worldwide. However, advances in healthcare - which include breakthroughs in science and medicine as well as access to medical treatment - have improved the survival rate of cancer patients over the last few decades. Therapeutic Revolution relates the story of one of the great scientific tales of the twentieth century: how the field of medical oncology was created and its development owing to medical and scientific breakthroughs. The book unfolds the pre-clinical and clinical concepts and innovations that led to the creation of the medical subspecialty now known as medical oncology. Therapeutic Revolution is the first book ever written on the events that led to this subspecialty of internal medicine. It relates the recollection of key events obtained from interviews of the pioneers who laid the foundations of medical oncology, as well as the author's own experience of the pre-specialty era of medical practice. The book is essential reading for medical oncologists and for all readers interested in the history of cancer treatment and also serves as a historical primer for medical students learning oncology.

Book Science  Technology   Society in the Time of Alfred Nobel

Download or read book Science Technology Society in the Time of Alfred Nobel written by Carl Gustaf Bernhard and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers contained in this volume were presented at the Nobel Symposium which marked the eightieth anniversary of the first award of the Nobel prizes in 1901. Leading scholars from many different fields of science and technology exchange viewpoints across interdisciplinary boundaries. Participants were chosen for their special knowledge of science and technology in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and papers cover the period from the 1860s to the outbreak of the First World War.

Book Genius Unmasked

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  • Author : Roberta Ness
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2013-05-17
  • ISBN : 0199976619
  • Pages : 236 pages

Download or read book Genius Unmasked written by Roberta Ness and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-17 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genius can seem incomprehensible even to seasoned researchers. Einstein's theory of special relativity, Rutherford's glimpse into the invisible heart of the atom--such astonishing breakthroughs seem almost magical--like bolts of insight arising from nowhere. Genius Unmasked reveals the true nature of genius, taking the reader on a journey through the lives and minds of more than a dozen brilliant scientists, ranging from Darwin, Einstein, Edison, and Pasteur, to such lesser known but important innovators as Maria Montessori. Their stories are truly compelling, and at time inspiring, but, more important, Roberta Ness uses these stories to highlight a cognitive tool box that anyone can employ. Ness, an authority on innovation, outlines eleven basic strategies--including finding the right question, observation, analogy, changing point of view, dissection, reorganization, the power of groups, and frame shifting. Beginning with Charles Darwin, who left behind a voluminous trail of writing that preserved his thinking process, Ness illuminates his use of all eleven tools. Indeed, for each genius, she combines a fascinating narrative of their creative work with an astute analysis of how they used particular tools to achieve their breakthroughs. We see how Ancel Keys, the father of the Mediterranean diet, used the "power of groups"--enlisting a team of statisticians, nutritionists, physiologists, and physicians--to track the health benefits of exercise and diet. How Paul Baran conceived packet switching--the idea that made the internet possible--through analogy with the neurological networks of the brain. And how Maria Montessori overturned the conventional frame of thinking about the role of children in education. Genius Unmasked shows how the most creative minds in science used tools that can help us improve our creative abilities. Geniuses are not omnipotent. They are just very skilled at employing the creativity toolbox highlighted in this book.

Book Selective Toxicity

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  • Author : Adrien Albert
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 2013-11-22
  • ISBN : 1489968326
  • Pages : 671 pages

Download or read book Selective Toxicity written by Adrien Albert and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-22 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences

Download or read book Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences written by New York Academy of Sciences and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Chemotherapy of Protozoan Diseases

Download or read book The Chemotherapy of Protozoan Diseases written by Edgar Alfred Steck and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Biochemistry of Sulfur

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ryan J. Huxtable
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2013-11-11
  • ISBN : 147579438X
  • Pages : 454 pages

Download or read book Biochemistry of Sulfur written by Ryan J. Huxtable and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There can be few elements with a biochemistry as coherent as that of sulfur. This important element is crucial to myriad aspects of metabo lism, catalysis, and structure. The plurality of functions in which sulfur is involved derives squarely from the numerous oxidation states in which it may exist, some having great stability, some being capable of ready redox interconversions, and yet others having great instability. As a result, the flux of sulfur from the geosphere through the various kingdoms of life leaves few biochemical processes unaffected. Although there are large gaps in the fabric of our basic knowledge of sulfur biochemistry, it is sufficiently framed to allow a unified and organized story, a story which many of the best-known names in bio chemistry have helped to write. It has been both a task and a privilege to try and summarize this story, one that is enormous, complex, fast moving, still developing and, above all, exciting. I suppose that no mo nographer of such a vast subject could be satisfied with his efforts. It is unfortunately probable that in attempting this task I have made as many errors as a Stilton cheese has blue streaks, and as many omissions as a Swiss cheese has holes. Perfection is not to be achieved in a monograph. Inasmuch as I have succeeded, the credit belongs to those whose efforts gave us the knowledge we have. Where I have failed, the fault is only mine.

Book The Wildness Within

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  • Author : Kenneth Brower
  • Publisher : Heyday Books
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 9781597141864
  • Pages : 291 pages

Download or read book The Wildness Within written by Kenneth Brower and published by Heyday Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Brower, "the Archdruid," as writer John McPhee called him, shaped the modern environmental movement. He directed or founded organizations including the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, and the Earth Island Institute and staffed them with young activists whom he inspired with his passion for the land and whose lives he transformed by his belief in their capacity for greatness. In celebration of the hundredth anniversary of Brower's birth, his son Kenneth Brower interviewed nineteen environmental leaders, disciples, and friends about his father's impact on them personally as well as on the larger community. Amid tales of how David Brower pulled them from oblivion, sometimes drank them under the table, and often set them on courses for the rest of their lives, a nuanced portrait emerges not just of a complex man but of a movement still suffused with his spirit. Book jacket.

Book Iron Metabolism

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert Crichton
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2016-03-30
  • ISBN : 1118925637
  • Pages : 576 pages

Download or read book Iron Metabolism written by Robert Crichton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-03-30 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iron is indispensable for the growth, development and well-being of almost all living organisms. Biological systems from bacteria, fungi and plants to humans have evolved systems for the uptake, utilisation, storage and homeostasis of iron. Its importance for microbial growth makes its uptake systems a natural target for pathogenic microorganisms and parasites. Uniquely, humans suffer from both iron deficiency and iron overload, while the capacity of iron to generate highly reactive free radicals, causing oxidative stress, is associated with a wide range of human pathologies, including many neurodegenerative diseases. Whereas some essential metal ions like copper and zinc are closely linked with iron metabolism, toxic metals like aluminium and cadmium can interfere with iron metabolism. Finally, iron metabolism and homeostasis are key targets for the development of new drugs for human health. The 4th edition of Iron Metabolism is written in a lively style by one of the leaders in the field, presented in colour and covers the latest discoveries in this exciting area. It will be essential reading for researchers and students in biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, cell biology, nutrition and medical sciences. Other interested groups include biological inorganic chemists with an interest in iron metabolism, health professionals with an interest in diseases of iron metabolism, or of diseases in which iron uptake systems are involved (eg. microbial and fungal infections, cancer, neurodegenerative disorders), and researchers in the pharmaceutical industry interested in developing novel drugs targeting iron metabolism/homeostasis.

Book U S  Armed Forces Medical Journal

Download or read book U S Armed Forces Medical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Neoplastic Hematopathology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dan Jones
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2010-01-24
  • ISBN : 1607613840
  • Pages : 636 pages

Download or read book Neoplastic Hematopathology written by Dan Jones and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-01-24 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fulfilling the void with a Hematopathology book that integrates clinical and experimental studies with diagnostic criteria, Neoplastic Hematopathology: Experimental and Clinical Approaches provides an overview of the discipline of hematopathology that connects the field with recent advances in immunology research and current clinical practice in the treatment of lymphomas and leukemias. Designed for both trainees and specialists in pathology and hematology-oncology, Neoplastic Hematopathology: Experimental and Clinical Approaches has separate sections on laboratory techniques, diagnostic hematopathology, treatment and stem cell transplantation. Expert chapter authors address both myeloid and lymphoid tumors, and provide much needed coverage in transplant biology. A study guide highlights key chapter points, making the text suitable for boards review in hematopathology and hematology-oncology.

Book Principles and Practice of Clinical Research

Download or read book Principles and Practice of Clinical Research written by John I. Gallin and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 797 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of this innovative work again provides a unique perspective on the clinical discovery process by providing input from experts within the NIH on the principles and practice of clinical research. Molecular medicine, genomics, and proteomics have opened vast opportunities for translation of basic science observations to the bedside through clinical research. As an introductory reference it gives clinical investigators in all fields an awareness of the tools required to ensure research protocols are well designed and comply with the rigorous regulatory requirements necessary to maximize the safety of research subjects. Complete with sections on the history of clinical research and ethics, copious figures and charts, and sample documents it serves as an excellent companion text for any course on clinical research and as a must-have reference for seasoned researchers. - Incorporates new chapters on Managing Conflicts of Interest in Human Subjects Research, Clinical Research from the Patient's Perspective, The Clinical Researcher and the Media, Data Management in Clinical Research, Evaluation of a Protocol Budget, Clinical Research from the Industry Perspective, and Genetics in Clinical Research - Addresses the vast opportunities for translation of basic science observations to the bedside through clinical research - Delves into data management and addresses how to collect data and use it for discovery - Contains valuable, up-to-date information on how to obtain funding from the federal government

Book Contact Point

Download or read book Contact Point written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: