The Alfred Russel Wallace Reader: A Selection of Writings from the Field (Center Books in Natural History)

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Long overshadowed by his contemporaries Charles Darwin and Thomas H. Huxley, Alfred Russel Wallace was an English naturalist and pioneer evolutionist who researched biological diversity through extensive exploration and travel. Independent of Darwin, Wallace developed a theory of evolution through natural selection, which ultimately spurred Darwin to complete and publish his own Origin of Species. Famous for drawing "Wallace's Line," the boundary line separating the Asian and Australian zoological regions, Wallace's studies of the distribution of plants and animals pioneered an evolutionary approach to global and island biogeography. The Alfred Russel Wallace Reader: A Selection of Writings from the Field is the first book to reintroduce Wallace to a general readership beyond the cadre of scientists and historians familiar with his work.

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Historic Justice for A.R. Wallace.......2002-05-21

Jane Camerini has performed a great service to all who are
interested in evolutionary theory. Wallace deserves to be
regarded as the co-founder of the modern theory of evolution.
He also wrote on a wide range of scientific and social topics.
Camerini's introductory remarks to each of the essays in this
collection help put them in their context.

a Wallace reader for the layperson.......2002-03-05

Jane Camerini's slender anthology of Wallace's writings (and writings about him) is intended to provide an introduction to the great naturalist, primarily through his adventures in the field. Camerini has chosen a format for presenting this information very similar to that provided by another Wallace scholar, Barbara Beddall, whose "Wallace and Bates in the Tropics" was published way back in 1969. Camerini supplements excerpts from four books with her own introductory commentaries and a few additional Wallace essays, hoping that this will give the reader unfamiliar with his accomplishments some feel for them. I think she succeeds in this endeavor. The book is well organized and presented, including a number of interesting photos and figures, and Camerini's editorial commentaries are mostly right on target. Yet I cannot help but feel the brevity of the treatment will leave some readers puzzled. I'm not sure that the decision to include several essays of a more technical nature in a 200 page work was well advised; the gap between the fieldwork studies and Wallace's thought is considerable--not unfathomable, but not straightforward either--and the average reader may need more help than Camerini gives to appreciate the transition. Alternately, it might have been interesting to dwell strictly on the field studies--incorporating a greater diversity of excerpts--and then merely to refer to his future philosophical directions in a page or two of editorial comment at the end. Still, an interesting contribution to Wallace studies, and one which is likely to both complement and not duplicate the several others that will be appearing over the next months.

A naturalist in paradise. (Scientists' Bookshelf).(Alfred Russel Wallace: A Life; The Alfred Russel Wallace Reader: A Selection of Writings from the Field): An article from: American Scientist

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THE ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE READER: A SELECTION OF WRITINGS FROM THE FIELD. Edited by Jane R. Camerini, Foreword by David Quammen. Center Books in Natural History

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THE ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE READER: A SELECTION OF WRITINGS FROM THE FIELD. Edited by Jane R. Camerini, Foreword by David Quammen. Center Books in Natural History
Alfred Russel. Wallace
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Applied Mathematics: Body & Soul is a mathematics education reform project developed at Chalmers University of Technology and includes a series of volumes and software. The program is motivated by the computer revolution opening new possibilitites of computational mathematical modeling in mathematics, science and engineering. It consists of a synthesis of Mathematical Analysis (Soul), Numerical Computation (Body) and Application. Volumes I-III present a modern version of Calculus and Linear Algebra, including constructive/numerical techniques and applications intended for undergraduate programs in engineering and science. Further volumes present topics such as Dynamical Systems, Fluid Dynamics, Solid Mechanics and Electro-Magnetics on an advanced undergraduate/graduate level.

Volume I (Derivatives and Geometry in R3) presents basics of Calculus starting with the construction of the natural, rational, real and complex numbers, and proceeding to analytic geometry in two and three space dimensions, Lipschitz continuous functions and derivatives, together with a variety of applications.

Volume II (Integrals and Geomtery in Rn) develops the Riemann integral as the solution to the problem of determining a function given its derivative, and proceeds to generalizations in the form of initial value problems for general systems of ordinary differential equations, including a variety of applications. Linear algebra including numerics is also presented.

Volume III (Calculus in Several Dimensions) presents Calculus in several variables including partial derivatives, multi-dimensional integrals, partial differential equations and finite element methods, together with a variety of applications modeled as systems of partial differential equations.

The authors are leading researchers in Computational Mathematics who have written various successful books.

Further information on Applied Mathematics: Body and Soul can be found at http://www.phi.chalmers.se/bodysoul/.

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Calculus + Linear Algebra in One Series.......2005-01-05

I wish Amazon would put a text list of the "Table of Contents" for books.

Sorry about the length: Amazon does not allow postings for each volume in a series!

Volume 1: Derivatives and Geometry in R^3
1. What is Mathematics?
2. The Mathematics Library
3. Introduction to Modeling
4. A Very Short Calculus Course
5. Natural Numbers and Integers
6. Mathematical Induction
7. Rational Numbers
8. Pythagoras and Euclid
9. What is a Function?
10. Polynomial Functions
11. Combinations of Functions
12. Lipschitz Continuity
13. Sequences and Limits
14. The Square Root of Two
15. Real Numbers
16. The Bisection Algorithm for f(x) = 0
17. Do Mathematicians Quarrel?
18. The Function y = x^r
19. Fixed Points and Contraction Mappings
20. Analytic Geometry in R^2
21. Analytic Geometry in R^3
22. Complex Numbers
23. The Derivative
24. Differentiation Rules
25. Newton's Method
26. Galileo, Newton, Hooke, Malthus and Fourier

Volume 2: Integrals and Geometry in R^n
27: The Integral
28: Properties of the Integral
29. The Logarithm log(x)
30. Numerical Quadrature
31. The Exponential Function exp(x) = e^x
32. Trigonometric Functions
33. The Functions exp(z), log(z), sin(z) and cos(z) for z e C
34. Techniques of Integration
35. Solving Differential Equations Using the Exponential
36. Improper Integrals
37. Series
38. Scalar Autonomous Initial Value Problems
39. Separable Scalar Initial Value Problems
40. The General Initial Value Problem
41. Calculus Tool Bag I
42. Analytic Geometry in R^n
43. The Spectral Theorem
44. Solving Linear Algebraic Systems
45. Linear Algebra Tool Bag
46. The Matrix Exponential exp(xA)
47. Lagrange and the Principle of Least Action
48. N-Body Systems
49. The Crash Model
50. Electrical Circuits
51. String Theory
52. Piecewise Linear Approximation
53. FEM for Two-Point Boundary Value Problems

Volume 3: Calculus in Several Dimensions
54. Vector-Valued Functions of Several Real Variables
55. Level Curves/Surfaces and the Gradient
56. Linearization and Stability of Initial Value Problems
57. Adaptive Solvers for IVPs
58. Lorenz and the Essence of Chaos
59. The Solar System
60. Optimization
61. The Divergence, Rotation and Laplacian
62. Meteorology and Coriolis Forces
63. Curve Integrals
64. Double Integrals
65. Surface Integrals
66. Multiple Integrals
67. Gauss' Theorem and Green's Formula in R^2
68. Gauss' Theorem and Green's Formula in R^3
69. Stoke's Theorem
70. Potential Fields
71. Center of Mass and Archimedes' Principle
72. Newton's Nightmare
73. Laplacian Models
74. Chemical Reactions
75. Calculus Tool Bag II
76. Piecewise Linear Polynomials in R^2 and R^3
77. FEM for Boundary Value Problems in R^2 and R^3
78. Inverse Problems
79. Optimal Control
80. Differential Equations Tool Bag
81. Applications Tool Bag
82. Analytic Functions
83. Fourier Series
84. Fourier Transforms
85. Analytic Functions Tool Bag
86. Fourier Analysis Tool Bag
87. Incompressible Navier-Stokes: Quick and Easy

This book/series has some problems; however, the attempt to wed Mathematical Analysis, Numerical Computation, and Application AND to also talk about Calculus and Linear Algebra at the same time -- makes these three books worth a look.

Chemistry of Inorganic Ring Systems Volume 1

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Chemistry of Inorganic Ring Systems Volume 1
Ionel Haiduc
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Comprehensive Glycoscience, Four-Volume Set, Volume 1-4: from Chemistry to Systems Biology

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Comprehensive Glycoscience, Four-Volume Set, Volume 1-4: from Chemistry to Systems Biology

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Carbohydrates are an important part of life and are present in bacteria, fungi, viruses, yeast, plants, animals and humans.

The rapid expansion of chemistry and glycobiology over the last few years has provided many new, imaginative and efficient techniques which provide further insight into the structures and biological interactions of carbohydrates and glycostructures.

This work has a very broad scope and will appeal to a wide audience as it explores the interactions between biology, chemistry and molecular biology towards understanding, synthesising and developing glycoproteins, glycolipids, proteoglyans and polysaccharides, which are important molecules in nature for controlling health and disease and food and feed.

Glycocompounds reviewed include: oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, glycoproteins, glycolipids, glycoconjugates, lectins, cellulose, pectins and starch.

Topics covered include: spectroscopy, nomenclature, structures, synthesis, biosynthesis, molecular interactions, degradation, biochemistry, glycobiology, glycotherapeutics and diseases.

· Combines multiple aspects of glycoscience in one comprehensive work
· Documents the new and rapid expansion of carbohydrate chemistry and glycobiology over the last few years
· Highlights the many new, imaginative and efficient techniques for providing insights into carbohydrates and glycostructures

Computer Simulation of Biomolecular Systems: Theoretical and Experimental Applications Volume 1 (Computer Simulations of Biomolecular Systems)

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Computer Simulation of Biomolecular Systems: Theoretical and Experimental Applications Volume 1 (Computer Simulations of Biomolecular Systems)

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This book is the third volume in this highly successful series. Since the first volume in 1989 and the second in 1993, many exciting developments have occurred in the development of simulation techniques and their application to key biological problems such as protein folding, protein structure prediction and structure-based design, and in how, by combining experimental and theoretical approaches, very large biological systems can be studied at the molecular level. This series attempts to capture that progress.
Volume 3 includes contributions that highlight developments in methodology which enable longer and more realistic simulations (e.g. multiple time steps and variable reduction techniques), a study of force fields for proteins and new force field development, a novel approach to the description of molecular shape and the use of molecular shape descriptors, the study of condensed phase chemical reactions, the use of electrostatic techniques in the study of protonation, equilibria and flexible docking studies, structure refinement using experimental data (X-ray, NMR, neutron, infrared) and theoretical methods (solvation models, normal mode analysis, MD simulations, MC lattice dynamics, and knowledge-based potentials). There are several chapters that show progress in the development of methodologies for the study of folding processes, binding affinities, and the prediction of ligand-protein complexes.
The chapters, contributed by experienced researchers, many of whom are leaders in their field of study, are organised to cover developments in:

simulation methodology
the treatment of electrostatics
protein structure refinement
the combined experimental and theoretical approaches to the study of very large biological systems
applications and methodology involved in the study of protein folding
applications and methodology associated with structure-based design.

Cyclodextrin Materials Photochemistry, Photophysics and Photobiology, Volume 1 (Chemical, Physical and Biological Aspects of Confined Systems)

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Cyclodextrin Materials Photochemistry, Photophysics and Photobiology provides to the scientific community the state-of-the art on photochemistry, photophysics and photobiology of cyclodextrin complexes in one book, and the chapters material will trigger further research in applied science connected to these small nanocapsules.

The chapters contain a large number of information of value not only to readers working in the field of cyclodextrins, but also to researchers working on related areas like those of supramolecular chemistry, nanochemistry, and in general in nano- and biotechnology.

* 14 Chapters reviewed by specialists working in the field
* Chapters are ordered from simple to more complex systems and techniques providing developments in the field and its future
* Of interest to a multidisciplinary audience working in confined nanostructures

Electroresponsive Molecular and Polymeric Systems: Volume 1: (Electroresponsive Molecular and Polymeric Systems)

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Electroresponsive Molecular and Polymeric Systems: Volume 1: (Electroresponsive Molecular and Polymeric Systems)
Skotheim
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Human Hypothalamus: Basic and Clinical Aspects, Part 1: Handbook of Clinical Neurology Series, Volume 79 (Handbook of Clinical Neurology)

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Human Hypothalamus: Basic and Clinical Aspects, Part 1: Handbook of Clinical Neurology Series, Volume 79 (Handbook of Clinical Neurology)
D. F. Swaab
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ASIN: 0444513574

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This monograph is the first handbook on the human hypothalamus. The human hypothalamus is an extremely complex structure and consists of a large number of very different functional units (nuclei) that are not included in the standard neuropathological investigation of the human brain. In fact, on the basis of their chemical nature, many of these functional systems have only recently been distinguished through modern neurobiological techniques. Since the finding that the hypothalamus contributes to memory and attention deficits in the dementias, that a disorder of the orexin/hypocretin system is the cause of narcolepsy, that hypothalamic hamartomas are responsible for gelastic epilepsy, that the subthalamic structure where depth electrodes are placed in parkinsonian patients is a hypothalamic structure, and that the source of cluster headache is situated in the hypothalamus, this perception of the hypothalamus as a neuroendocrine structure, of limited interest to neurologists and psychiatrists, is rapidly changing. Moreover, the hypothalamus now appears to be the basis of many signs and symptoms of disorders situated on the border between neurology and psychiatry, such as depression, eating disorders, aggression, and mental retardation. As a consequence, the hypothalamus has become a meeting point for neuroscientists, neurologists and psychiatrists, endocrinologists, and pediatricians, and as such is an important starting point for the new (3rd) series of the Handbook of Clinical Neurology.

Micro Total Analysis Systems 2002: Volume 1

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Micro Total Analysis Systems 2002: Volume 1

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Micro Total Analysis Systems 2002: Volume 1; Volume 2

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ASIN: 1402010117

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The International Conference on Miniaturized Chemical and Biochemical Analysis Systems - muTAS - is an annual meeting focusing on the research, development and application of micro fabricated devices and systems for chemical and biochemical measurements. The technology encompasses extensive areas of application in clinical diagnostics, genomics and proteomics, environmental assays, separation science, cellular analysis or drug discovery.
This volume contains the proceedings of the muTAS2002 held in Nara, Japan, November 3-7, 2002. The collection of all invited and contributed papers represents the latest state-of-the-art in devices and microsystems for chemical and biochemical applications. These proceedings will be a valuable tool for the researches in MEMS, nanotechnology chemical/biochemical, medical and pharmaceutical fields.

New Trends in Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics - Volume 1 Basic Problems and Model Systems Paris, France, 1999 (Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, Volume 6)

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New Trends in Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics - Volume 1 Basic Problems and Model Systems Paris, France, 1999 (Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, Volume 6)

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This is one of two volumes which together comprise about forty papers coming from the most outstanding contributions to the fourth European Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics workshop held in Marly, France, in 1999. These books cover a very broad spectrum of scientific research work from quantum-mechanical many-body methods to important applications and computational developments, and from atoms and molecules to condensed matter.
The first volume is subtitled Basic Problems and Model Systems, which includes the following topics: density matrices and density functionals, electron correlation effects, relativistic formulations and effects, valence theory and nuclear motion. The second volume is subtitled Advanced Problems and Complex Systems and covers the following topics: response theory, reactive collisions and chemical reactions and condensed matter.

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