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"The leading text in the field, Animal Behavior shows how researchers use scientific logic to study the underlying mechanisms and evolutionary bases of behavior. The 12th edition provides a comparative and integrative overview of how and why animals as diverse as insects and humans behave the way that they do, linking behaviors to the brain, genes, and hormones, as well as to the surrounding ecological and social environments"-- Provided by publisher.

• Form and function
• Flight and echolocation
• Food and feeding
• Breeding and old age
• Roosts
• Migration
• Predators
• Classification
• Bats and humans
• Conservation.

"In this illuminating introduction to the world of bats, Tony Hutson reveals the secrets of these extraordinary creatures. Beginning with their anatomy, Hutson explores how bats' unique characteristics have enabled them to evolve to fill a wide variety of habitats and niches. He examines their different life cycles, dietary strategies, migration patterns, and unique feats of echolocation. And he also discusses their predators, parasites, the man-made threats to their ecosystem, and how the viruses harbored by bats can have an impact on humans. Bats also features an appendix of bat families that details the number of genera and species and their distribution and diet." -- Amazon.

• Machine generated contents note:
• pt. One The Pre-Darwinians
• ch. One The Fossil Finder
• ch. Two Aristotle and Design
• ch. Three Evolution's Poet
• ch. Four Of Mermaids and Men
• ch. Five Saint-Malo's Mathematician
• ch. Six Diderot's Dream
• ch. Seven A Slow-Moving Ocean
• ch. Eight It's Only Skin Deep
• ch. Nine From the Sea
• ch. Ten Blind Moles and Dodos
• ch. Eleven Of Poor Timber
• ch. Twelve An Absent Creator
• ch. Thirteen The Gardener's Peas
• ch. Fourteen Anticipating Darwin
• pt. Two Darwin Steps In
• ch. Fifteen Darwin before the Beagle
• ch. Sixteen HMS Beagle
• ch. Seventeen The Calm before the Storm
• ch. Eighteen On the Origin of Species
• ch. Nineteen Alfred Russel Wallace
• ch. Twenty Darwin's Doubts
• ch. Twenty-One A Question of Design
• ch. Twenty-Two God
• ch. Twenty-Three Natural Selection Simplified
• pt. Three Evolution Tales
• ch. Twenty-Four The Beginning
• ch. Twenty-Five Cyanobacteria
• ch. Twenty-Six Reproduction
• ch. Twenty-Seven Multicellular
• ch. Twenty-Eight An Arms Race
• ch. Twenty-Nine Out of the Sea
• ch. Thirty Is Everything Related?
• ch. Thirty-One Mistakes Were Made
• ch. Thirty-Two A Whale of a Tale
• ch. Thirty-Three Putting the Selection in Sex
• ch. Thirty-Four Altruism
• ch. Thirty-Five Coevolution
• ch. Thirty-Six Brains
• ch. Thirty-Seven Convergence
• ch. Thirty-Eight Genetic Drift
• pt. Four The Wonder of It All
• ch. Thirty-Nine Self-Directed Evolution
• ch. Forty Are We Unique?
• ch. Forty-One Are We Still Evolving?
• ch. Forty-Two Just a Theory
• ch. Forty-Three Evolutionary Psychology
• ch. Forty-Four The Predictive Power of Evolution
• ch. Forty-Five We Are Unique
• ch. Forty-Six An Endless Tale.

"Based on the popular podcast of the same name, Evolution Talk reveals how the theory of evolution came to be and how it explains the world around us"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction and overview
• DNA and RNA structure
• Nucleosides and nucleotides
• Genes and genomes
• RNA transcription, processing, modification and translation
• Noncoding RNA
• Synthesis of nucleic acids
• DNA and RNA sequencing
• Nucleic acid therapeutics
• In vitro evolution and aptamers
• Covalent modifications of nucleic acids and their repair
• Reversible small molecule–nucleic acid interactions
• Protein–DNA interactions
• RNA–protein interactions
• Online content: Physical and structural techniques applied to nucleic acids.

"The structure, function and reactions of nucleic acids are central to molecular biology and medicine and are crucial for understanding of the ever-expanding range of complex biological processes involved which are central to life. Revised, extended, updated and lavishly illustrated, this 4th Edition of Nucleic Acids in Chemistry and Biology is a long-awaited standard text for teaching and research in nucleic acids science. It maintains the close integration of chemistry and biology that characterised the earlier editions and contains a major expansion largely focused on the burgeoning growth of RNA science. Written by an international team of leading experts, all with extensive teaching experience, this 4th Edition provides up-to-date and extended coverage of the reactions and interactions of RNA and DNA with proteins and drugs. A brief history of the discovery of nucleic acids is followed by a molecule-based introduction to the structure and biological roles of DNA and RNA and the basics of Genes and Genomes. New key chapters are devoted to non-coding RNA, nucleic acids sequencing, nucleic acid therapeutics, in vitro evolution and aptamers, and protein-RNA interactions. The text is linked to an extensive list of references to make it a definitive reference source. This authoritative volume presents topics in an integrated manner and readable style with full colour illustrations throughout. It is ideal for graduate and undergraduate students of chemistry and biochemistry, biophysics and biotechnology, and molecular biology and medicine. It will be a guidebook for new researchers to the field of nucleic acids science."-- Provided by publisher.

• Some Smaller Orders
• Rodents
• Bats
• Carnivores
• Hoofed Mammals
• Marine Mammals.

"Guide to all the terrestrial and marine mammals of Costa Rica (a total of 241). Includes illustrations, photos, range maps, and box topics with natural history information. The book is arranged taxonomically, with most attention given to species rather than higher orders"-- Provided by publisher.

• Proceedings of ECSOC-1, The First International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry, (Sept. 1-30, 1997)
• Proceedings of ECSOC-2, The Second International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry, (Sept. 1-30, 1998)
• Molecules 1997 Volume 2 Annual CD-ROM
• Molecules 1998 Volume 3 Annual CD-ROM
• MDPI available samples CD-ROM.

• Preface
• Part I. The Tools of Astronomy: 1. The celestial sphere
• 2. Celestial mechanics
• 3. The continuous spectrum of light
• 4. The theory of special relativity
• 5. The interaction of light and matter
• 6. Telescopes
• Part II. The Nature of Stars: 7. Binary systems and stellar parameters
• 8. The classification of stellar spectra
• 9. Stellar atmospheres
• 10. The interiors of stars
• 11. The Sun
• 12. The interstellar medium and star formation
• 13. Main sequence and post-main-sequence stellar evolution
• 14. Stellar pulsation
• 15. The fate of massive stars
• 16. The degenerate remnants of stars
• 17. General relativity and black holes
• 18. Close binary star systems
• Part III. The Solar System: 19. Physical processes in the solar system
• 20. The terrestrial planets
• 21. The realms of the giant planets
• 22. Minor bodies of the solar system
• 23. Formation of planetary systems
• Part IV. Galaxies and the Universe: 24. The Milky Way Galaxy
• 25. The nature of galaxies
• 26. Galactic evolution
• 27. The structure of the Universe
• 28. Active galaxies
• 29. Cosmology
• 30. The early Universe
• Appendix A. Astronomical and physical constants
• Appendix B. Unit conversions
• Appendix C. Solar system data
• Appendix D. The constellations
• Appendix E. The brightest stars
• Appendix F. The nearest stars
• Appendix G. Stellar data
• Appendix H. The Messier catalog
• Appendix I. Constants, a programming module
• Appendix J. Orbit, a planetary orbit code
• Appendix K. TwoStars, a binary star code
• Appendix L. StatStar, a stellar structure code
• Appendix M. Galaxy, a tidal interaction code
• Appendix N. WMAP Data
• Suggested reading
• Index.
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An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics is a comprehensive, well-organized and engaging text covering every major area of modern astrophysics, from the solar system and stellar astronomy to galactic and extragalactic astrophysics, and cosmology. Designed to provide students with a working knowledge of modern astrophysics, this textbook is suitable for astronomy and physics majors who have had a first-year introductory physics course with calculus. Featuring a brief summary of the main scientific discoveries that have led to our current understanding of the universe; worked examples to facilitate the understanding of the concepts presented in the book; end-of-chapter problems to practice the skills acquired; and computational exercises to numerically model astronomical systems, the second edition of An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics is the go-to textbook for learning the core astrophysics curriculum as well as the many advances in the field.
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• Existence.- Small Ramsey Numbers.- Basic Probalistic Method.- Random Graph.- Lovasz Local Lemma.- Constructive Lower Bounds.- Turan Number and Related Ramsey Number.- Communication Channels.- Dependent Random Choice.- Quasi-Random Graphs.- Regularity Lemma and van der Waerden Number.- More Ramsey Linear Functions.- Various Ramsey Problems.
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This book is intended to provide graduate students and researchers in graph theory with an overview of the elementary methods of graph Ramsey theory. It is especially targeted towards graduate students in extremal graph theory, graph Ramsey theory, and related fields, as the included contents allow the text to be used in seminars. It is structured in thirteen chapters which are application-focused and largely independent, enabling readers to target specific topics and information to focus their study. The first chapter includes a true beginner's overview of elementary examples in graph Ramsey theory mainly using combinatorial methods. The following chapters progress through topics including the probabilistic methods, algebraic construction, regularity method, but that's not all. Many related interesting topics are also included in this book, such as the disproof for a conjecture of Borsuk on geometry, intersecting hypergraphs, Turan numbers and communication channels, etc.
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• 1. Level Set methods and Lagrangian interfaces.-
• 2. Mathematical tools for continuum mechanics.-
• 3. Interaction of an incompressible fluid with an elastic membrane.-
• 4. Immersed bodies : the case of elastic bodies.-
• 5. Immersed bodies : the case of rigid bodies.-
• 6. Interaction between bodies by the Level Set method.-
• 7. Appendix.-
• 8. References. .
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This monograph is devoted to Eulerian models for fluid-structure interaction by applying the original point of view of level set methods. In the last 15 years, Eulerian models have become popular tools for studying fluid-structure interaction problems. One major advantage compared to more conventional methods such as ALE methods is that they allow the use of a single grid and a single discretization method for the different media. Level set methods in addition provide a general framework to follow the fluid-solid interfaces, to represent the elastic stresses of solids, and to model the contact forces between solids. This book offers a combination of mathematical modeling, aspects of numerical analysis, elementary codes and numerical illustrations, providing the reader with insights into the applications and performance of these models. Assuming background at the level of a Master's degree, Level Set Methods for Fluid-Structure Interaction provides researchers in the fields of numerical analysis of PDEs, theoretical and computational mechanics with a basic reference on the topic. Its pedagogical style and organization make it particularly suitable for graduate students and young researchers.
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• Basic concepts Lattices Unary and binary operations Fundamental algebraic results Unique factorization Bibliography Additional bibliography List of errata Table of notation Index of names Index of terms.
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• Finite algebras and their clones Abstract clone theory Commutator theory Bibliography Index.
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• The classification of varieties Equational logic Rudiments of model theory Bibliography Index.
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This book is the third of a three-volume set of books on the theory of algebras, a study that provides a consistent framework for understanding algebraic systems, including groups, rings, modules, semigroups and lattices. Volume I, first published in the 1980s, built the foundations of the theory and is considered to be a classic in this field. The long-awaited volumes II and III are now available. Taken together, the three volumes provide a comprehensive picture of the state of art in general algebra today, and serve as a valuable resource for anyone working in the general theory of algebraic systems or in related fields. The two new volumes are arranged around six themes first introduced in Volume I. Volume II covers the Classification of Varieties, Equational Logic, and Rudiments of Model Theory, and Volume III covers Finite Algebras and their Clones, Abstract Clone Theory, and the Commutator. These topics are presented in six chapters with independent expositions, but are linked by themes and motifs that run through all three volumes.
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This book presents the foundations of a general theory of algebras. Often called ``universal algebra'', this theory provides a common framework for all algebraic systems, including groups, rings, modules, fields, and lattices. Each chapter is replete with useful illustrations and exercises that solidify the reader's understanding. The book begins by developing the main concepts and working tools of algebras and lattices, and continues with examples of classical algebraic systems like groups, semigroups, monoids, and categories. The essence of the book lies in Chapter 4, which provides not only basic concepts and results of general algebra, but also the perspectives and intuitions shared by practitioners of the field. The book finishes with a study of possible uniqueness of factorizations of an algebra into a direct product of directly indecomposable algebras. There is enough material in this text for a two semester course sequence, but a one semester course could also focus primarily on Chapter 4, with additional topics selected from throughout the text.
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• Categories Representations Classical covering theory Basics of 2-categories 2-categorical covering theory under pseudo-actions of a group Computations of orbit categories and smash products Relationships between module categories 2-categorical covering theory under colax actions of a category Set theory for the foundation of category theorem Supplement to the original version Bibliography Index.
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This book gives a self-contained account of applications of category theory to the theory of representations of algebras. Its main focus is on 2-categorical techniques, including 2-categorical covering theory. The book has few prerequisites beyond linear algebra and elementary ring theory, but familiarity with the basics of representations of quivers and of category theory will be helpful. In addition to providing an introduction to category theory, the book develops useful tools such as quivers, adjoints, string diagrams, and tensor products over a small category; gives an exposition of new advances such as a 2-categorical generalization of Cohen-Montgomery duality in pseudo-actions of a group; and develops the moderation level of categories, first proposed by Levy, to avoid the set theoretic paradox in category theory. The book is accessible to advanced undergraduate and graduate students who would like to study the representation theory of algebras, and it contains many exercises. It can be used as the textbook for an introductory course on the category theoretic approach with an emphasis on 2-categories, and as a reference for researchers in algebra interested in derived equivalences and covering theory.
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• Introduction.- Integration of Smooth Periodic Functions.- Constructions of Lattice Rules.- Modified Construction Schemes.- Discrepancy of Lattice Point Sets.- Extensible Lattice Point Sets.- Lattice Rules for Nonperiodic Integrands.- Intrgration with Respect to Probability Measures.- Integration of Analytic Functions.- Korobov's p-Sets.- Lattice Rules in the Randomized Setting.- Stability of Lattice Rules.- L2-Approximation Using Lattice Rules.- L -Approximation Using Lattice Rules.- Multiple Rank-1 Lattice Point Sets.- Fast QMC Matrix-Vector Multiplication.- Partial Diffeential Equations With Random Coefficients.- Numerical Experiments for Lattice Rule Construction Algorithms.- References.- Index.
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Lattice rules are a powerful and popular form of quasi-Monte Carlo rules based on multidimensional integration lattices. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject with detailed explanations of the basic concepts and the current methods used in research. This comprises, for example, error analysis in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces, fast component-by-component constructions, the curse of dimensionality and tractability, weighted integration and approximation problems, and applications of lattice rules.
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• 1. Introduction.-
• 2. Read Me.-
• 3. Geodesic Currents.-
• 4. Train Tracks.-
• 5. Radallas.-
• 6. Subconvergence of Measures.-
• 7. Approximating the Thurston Measure.-
• 8. The Main Theorem.-
• 9. Counting Curves.-
• 10. Counting Square Tiled Surfaces.-
• 11. Statistics of Simple Curves.-
• 12. Smoergasbord.- A. Radon Measures.- B. Computing Thurston Volumes.- References.- Index.
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This monograph presents an approachable proof of Mirzakhani's curve counting theorem, both for simple and non-simple curves. Designed to welcome readers to the area, the presentation builds intuition with elementary examples before progressing to rigorous proofs. This approach illuminates new and established results alike, and produces versatile tools for studying the geometry of hyperbolic surfaces, Teichmuller theory, and mapping class groups. Beginning with the preliminaries of curves and arcs on surfaces, the authors go on to present the theory of geodesic currents in detail. Highlights include a treatment of cusped surfaces and surfaces with boundary, along with a comprehensive discussion of the action of the mapping class group on the space of geodesic currents. A user-friendly account of train tracks follows, providing the foundation for radallas, an immersed variation. From here, the authors apply these tools to great effect, offering simplified proofs of existing results and a new, more general proof of Mirzakhani's curve counting theorem. Further applications include counting square-tiled surfaces and mapping class group orbits, and investigating random geometric structures. Mirzakhani's Curve Counting and Geodesic Currents introduces readers to powerful counting techniques for the study of surfaces. Ideal for graduate students and researchers new to the area, the pedagogical approach, conversational style, and illuminating illustrations bring this exciting field to life. Exercises offer opportunities to engage with the material throughout. Basic familiarity with 2-dimensional topology and hyperbolic geometry, measured laminations, and the mapping class group is assumed.
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• Introduction.- Geometric Measure Theory.- Calderon-Zygmund Theory for Boundary Layers in UR Domains.- Boundedness and Invertibility of Layer Potential Operators.- Controlling the BMO Semi-Norm of the Unit Normal.- Boundary Value Problems in Muckenhoupt Weighted Spaces.- Singular Integrals and Boundary Problems in Morrey and Block Spaces.- Singular Integrals and Boundary Problems in Weighted Banach Function Spaces.
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This monograph provides a state-of-the-art, self-contained account on the effectiveness of the method of boundary layer potentials in the study of elliptic boundary value problems with boundary data in a multitude of function spaces. Many significant new results are explored in detail, with complete proofs, emphasizing and elaborating on the link between the geometric measure-theoretic features of an underlying surface and the functional analytic properties of singular integral operators defined on it. Graduate students, researchers, and professionals interested in a modern account of the topic of singular integral operators and boundary value problems - as well as those more generally interested in harmonic analysis, PDEs, and geometric analysis - will find this text to be a valuable addition to the mathematical literature.
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• Part I The Elementary Theory of Simplicial and Dendroidal Sets.- 1 Operads.- 2 Simplicial Sets.- 3 Dendroidal Sets.- 4 Tensor Products of Dendroidal Sets.- 5 Kan Conditions for Simplicial Sets.- 6 Kan Conditions for Dendroidal Sets.- Part II The Homotopy Theory of Simplicial and Dendroidal Sets.- 7 Model Categories.- 8 Model Structures on the Category of Simplicial Sets.- 9 Three Model Structures on the Category of Dendroidal Sets.- Part III The Homotopy Theory of Simplicial and Dendroidal Spaces.- 10 Reedy Categories and Diagrams of Spaces.- 11 Mapping Spaces and Bousfield Localizations.- 12 Dendroidal Spaces and -Operads.- 13 Left Fibrations and the Covariant Model Structure.- 14 Simplicial Operads and -Operads.- Epilogue.- References.- Index.
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This open access book offers a self-contained introduction to the homotopy theory of simplicial and dendroidal sets and spaces. These are essential for the study of categories, operads, and algebraic structure up to coherent homotopy. The dendroidal theory combines the combinatorics of trees with the theory of Quillen model categories. Dendroidal sets are a natural generalization of simplicial sets from the point of view of operads. In this book, the simplicial approach to higher category theory is generalized to a dendroidal approach to higher operad theory. This dendroidal theory of higher operads is carefully developed in this book. The book also provides an original account of the more established simplicial approach to infinity-categories, which is developed in parallel to the dendroidal theory to emphasize the similarities and differences. Simplicial and Dendroidal Homotopy Theory is a complete introduction, carefully written with the beginning researcher in mind and ideally suited for seminars and courses. It can also be used as a standalone introduction to simplicial homotopy theory and to the theory of infinity-categories, or a standalone introduction to the theory of Quillen model categories and Bousfield localization.
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• 1. Introduction Hussam Zaher and David J. Gower
• Part I. The Squamate and Snake Fossil Record: 2. The origin and early diversification of squamates Susan E. Evans
• 3. The first 80 million years of snake evolution: the Mesozoic fossil record of snakes and its implications for origin hypotheses, biogeography, and mass extinction Jason J. Head, Alexandra F. C. Howard and J Johannes Muller
• 4. The diversity and distribution of Palaeogene snakes: a review, with comments on vertebral sufficiency Krister T. Smith and Georgios L. Georgalis
• 5. Miocene snakes of Eurasia: A review of the evolution of snake communities Martin Ivanov
• Part II. Palaeontology and the Marine-Origin Hypothesis: 6. Sea-serpentism Olivier Rieppel
• 7. Reassessing the morphological foundations of the Pythonomorph Hypothesis Michael J. Polcyn, Bruno G. Augusta and Hussam Zaher
• 8. A review of non mosasaurid (dolichosaur and aigialosaur) mosasaurians and their relationships to snakes Bruno G. Augusta, Hussam Zaher, Michael J. Polcyn, Anthony R. Fiorillo and Louis L. Jacobs
• 9. A review of the skull anatomy and phylogenetic affinities of marine pachyophiid snakes Hussam Zaher, Bruno G. Augusta, Rivka Rabinovich, Michael J. Polcyn and Paul Tafforeau
• Part III. Genomic Perspectives: 10. Using comparative genomics to resolve the origin and early evolution of snakes Sara Ruane and Jeffrey W. Streicher
• 11. The evolution of squamate chitinase genes (CHIAs) supports an early insectivory-carnivory transition during the origin of snakes Christopher A. Emerling
• 12. Origin and early diversification of the enigmatic squamate venom cocktail Vivek Suranse, Ashwin Iyer, Timothy N. W. Jackson and Kartik Sunagar
• Part IV. Neurobiological Perspectives: 13. Using adaptive traits in the inner ear to estimate ecology of early snakes Hongyu Yi
• 14. A glimpse into the evolution of the ophidian brain Agustin Scanferla
• 15. Eyes, vision and the origins and early evolution of snakes David J. Gower, Einat Hauzman, Bruno F. Simoes and Ryan K. Schott
• Part V. Anatomical and Functional Morphological Perspectives: 16. Diversity and evolution of the squamate hemipenis: An overview with particular reference to the origin and early history of snakes Giovanna G Montingelli, David J. Gower and Hussam Zaher
• 17. The evolution of sperm-storage location in Squamata, with particular reference to snakes Henrique B. Braz and Selma M. Almeida-Santos
• 18. An overview of the morphology of oral glands in snakes Leonardo de Oliveira and Hussam Zaher
• 19. Macrostomy macrophagy and snake phylogeny David Cundall and Frances Irish
• Index.
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Snakes comprise nearly 4,000 extant species found on all major continents except Antarctica. Morphologically and ecologically diverse, they include burrowing, arboreal, and marine forms, feeding on prey ranging from insects to large mammals. Snakes are strikingly different from their closest lizard relatives, and their origins and early diversification have long challenged and enthused evolutionary biologists. The origin and early evolution of snakes is a broad, interdisciplinary topic for which experts in palaeontology, ecology, physiology, embryology, phylogenetics, and molecular biology have made important contributions. The last 25 years has seen a surge of interest, resulting partly from new fossil material, but also from new techniques in molecular and systematic biology. This volume summarises and discusses the state of our knowledge, approaches, data, and ongoing debates. It provides reviews, syntheses, new data and perspectives on a wide range of topics relevant to students and researchers in evolutionary biology, neontology, and palaeontology.
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"In this learned romp of science writing, Cambridge professor Simon Conway Morris cheerfully challenges six assumptions--what he calls 'myths'--that too often pass as unquestioned truths amongst the evolutionary orthodox. His convivial tour begins with the idea that evolution is boundless in the kinds of biological systems it can produce. Not true, he says. The process is highly circumscribed and delimited. Nor is it random. This popular notion holds that evolution proceeds blindly, with no endgame. But Conway Morris suggests otherwise, pointing to evidence that the processes of evolution are "seeded with inevitabilities." If that is so, then what about mass extinctions? Don't they steer the development of life in radically new directions? Rather the reverse, claims Conway Morris. Such cataclysms simply accelerate evolutionary developments that were going to happen anyway. And what about that other evolutionary canard: the "missing link"? Plenty to choose from in the fossil record but what is persistently over-looked is that in any group there is not one but a phalanx of "missing links". Once again we under-score the near-inevitability of evolutionary outcomes. Turning from fossils to minds, Conway Morris critically examines the popular tenet that the intelligences of humans and animals basically are the same thing, a difference of degree not kind. A closer scrutiny of our minds shows that in reality an unbridgeable gulf separates us from even the chimpanzees, so begging questions of consciousness and Mind. Finally, Conway Morris tackles the question of extraterrestrials. Surely, the size and scale of the universe suggest that alien life must exist somewhere beyond Earth and our tiny siloed solar system? After all, evolutionary convergence more than hints that human-like forms are universal. But Dr. Conway Morris has serious doubts. The famous Fermi Paradox ("Where are they?") appears to hold: Alone in the cosmos--and unique, but not quite in the way one might expect." -- from publisher's website

• 1. A history of narrative phylogenetics
• 2. From archetypes to ancestors
• 3. The emergence of lineage thinking
• 4. Ernst Haeckel's evolutionary storytelling
• 5. The epistemic rise of hypothetical ancestors
• 6. Intuiting evolution
• 7. Telling straight stories with fossils
• 8. Seeing animal ancestors in embryos
• 9. Ancestral attractions and phylogenetic folklore
• 10. Narrative shortcuts and phylogenetic faux pas
• 11. Taxic distortions of lineage thinking
• 12. Making sense with stories.
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Phylogenetics emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as a speculative storytelling discipline dedicated to providing narrative explanations for the evolution of taxa and their traits. It coincided with lineage thinking, a process that mentally traces character evolution along lineages of hypothetical ancestors. Ancestors in Evolutionary Biology traces the history of narrative phylogenetics and lineage thinking to the present day, drawing on perspectives from the history of science, philosophy of science, and contemporary scientific debates. It shows how the power of phylogenetic hypotheses to explain evolution resides in the precursor traits of hypothetical ancestors. This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the topic of ancestors, which is central to modern biology, and is therefore of interest to graduate students, researchers, and academics in evolutionary biology, palaeontology, philosophy of science, and the history of science.
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• Impact of Genome Reduction in Microsporidia / Nathan Jespersen, Leonardo Monrroy, and Jonas Barandun
• Comparative Genomics of Microsporidia / Bryony A. P. Williams, Tom A. Williams, and Jahcub Trew
• Insights into Microsporidia Evolution from Early Diverging Microsporidia / Daniele Corsaro
• Factors That Determine Microsporidia Infection and Host Specificity / Alexandra R. Willis and Aaron W. Reinke
• Insights from C. elegans into Microsporidia Biology and Host-Pathogen Relationships / Eillen Tecle and Emily R. Troemel
• Advances in the Genetic Manipulation of Nosema bombycis / Tian Li, Junhong Wei, and Guoqing Pan
• Nosema apis and N. ceranae Infection in Honey bees : A Model for Host-Pathogen Interactions in Insects / Jonathan W. Snow
• The Function and Structure of the Microsporidia Polar Tube / Bing Han, Peter M. Takvorian, and Louis M. Weiss
• Mechanics of Microsporidian Polar Tube Firing / Paltana Jaroenlak, Mahrukh Usmani, Damian C. Ekiert, and Gira Bhabha
• Microsporidian Pathogens of Aquatic Animals / Jamie Bojko and Grant D. Stentiford
• Recent Advances with Fish Microsporidia / Corbin J. Schuster, Justin L. Sanders, Claire Couch, and Michael L. Kent
• Chronic Infections in Mammals Due to Microsporidia / Bohumil Sak and Martin Kváč
• Immune Response to Microsporidia / Magali M. Moretto and Imtiaz A. Khan
• A Perspective on the Molecular Identification, Classification, and Epidemiology of Enterocytozoon bieneusi of Animals / Anson V. Koehler, Yan Zhang, and Robin B. Gasser

This book provides an up-to-date overview on the biology of microsporidia, focusing on areas where significant progress has been made in recent years. In particular, our understanding of the evolutionary position and the role of genome reduction in the biology of these enigmatic intracellular pathogens is discussed. This book also offers important updates on the mechanisms used by these organisms to modify the host cell biology of mammals, insects, nematodes, and aquatic animals, as well as the mechanisms controlling infection and host specificity. Readers gain a detailed overview of the structure and function of the polar tube, the unique invasion apparatus of microsporidia, as well as the physics and dynamics of spore firing. Particular attention is given to chronic infections in mammals caused by microsporidia, as well as common immune responses. Written by an international team of authors representing the main research groups working on microsporidian biology, this book is a valuable resource for health management professionals, experienced microbiologists, and early career scientist alike who want to learn more about these fascinating parasites. The ideas and latest finding covered in this book contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being. Chapter "Impact of Genome Reduction in Microsporidia" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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• 1. Preliminaries. -
• 2. Completeness Theorems for Compact Hilbert Space Operators. -
• 3. Compact Hilbert Space Operators of Order One. -
• 4. Completeness for a Class of Banach Space Operators. -
• 5. Characteristic Matrix Functions for a Class of Operators. -
• 6. Finite Rank Perturbations of Volterra Operators. -
• 7. Finite Rank Perturbations of Operators of Integration. -
• 8. Discrete Case: Infinite Leslie Operators. -
• 9. Semi-Separable Operators and Completeness. -
• 10. Periodic Delay Equations. -
• 11. Completeness Theorems for Period Maps. -
• 12. Completeness for Perturbations of Unbounded Operators. -
• 13. Applications to Dynamical Systems. -
• 14. Results from the Theory of Entire Functions. - Epilogue.
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This monograph presents necessary and sufficient conditions for completeness of the linear span of eigenvectors and generalized eigenvectors of operators that admit a characteristic matrix function in a Banach space setting. Classical conditions for completeness based on the theory of entire functions are further developed for this specific class of operators. The classes of bounded operators that are investigated include trace class and Hilbert-Schmidt operators, finite rank perturbations of Volterra operators, infinite Leslie operators, discrete semi-separable operators, integral operators with semi-separable kernels, and period maps corresponding to delay differential equations. The classes of unbounded operators that are investigated appear in a natural way in the study of infinite dimensional dynamical systems such as mixed type functional differential equations, age-dependent population dynamics, and in the analysis of the Markov semigroup connected to the recently introduced zig-zag process.
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• Introduction to the inverse eigenvalue problem of a graph and zero forcing: Introduction to an motivation for the IEP-$G$ Zero forcing and maximum eigenvalue multiplicity Strong properties, theory, and consequences: Implicit function theorem and strong properties Consequences of the strong properties Theoretical underpinnings of the strong properties Further discussion of ancillary problems: Ordered multiplicity lists of a graph Rigid linkages Minimum number of district eigenvalues Zero forcing, propagation time, and throttling: Zero forcing, variants, and related parameters Propagation time and capture time Throttling Appendix A. Graph terminology and notation Bibliography Index.
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This book provides an introduction to the inverse eigenvalue problem for graphs (IEP-$G$) and the related area of zero forcing, propagation, and throttling. The IEP-$G$ grew from the intersection of linear algebra and combinatorics and has given rise to both a rich set of deep problems in that area as well as a breadth of ""ancillary'' problems in related areas. The IEP-$G$ asks a fundamental mathematical question expressed in terms of linear algebra and graph theory, but the significance of such questions goes beyond these two areas, as particular instances of the IEP-$G$ also appear as major research problems in other fields of mathematics, sciences and engineering. One approach to the IEP-$G$ is through rank minimization, a relevant problem in itself and with a large number of applications. During the past 10 years, important developments on the rank minimization problem, particularly in relation to zero forcing, have led to significant advances in the IEP-$G$. The monograph serves as an entry point and valuable resource that will stimulate future developments in this active and mathematically diverse research area.
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It is more than a thousand years since the exploitation of the elephant began.
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"This volume is one of six that together comprise the text materials for Six Ideas That Shaped Physics, a unique approach to the two- or three-semester calculusbased introductory physics course. I have designed this curriculum (for which these volumes only serve as the text component) to support an introductory course that combines three elements: Inclusion of 20th-century physics topics, A thoroughly 21st-century perspective on even classical topics, and Support for a student-centered and active-learning-based classroom"-- Provided by publisher

• Vectors and scalars
• The dot and cross product
• Vector differentiation
• Gradient, divergence, curl
• Vector integration
• Divergence theorem, Stokes' theorem, and related integral theorems
• Curvilinear coordinates
• Tensor analysis

The guide to vector analysis that helps students study faster, learn better, and get top grades

• Warm-up
• The discrete GFF
• Loop-soups and the discrete GFF
• The continuum GFF
• The Markov property and local sets in the continuum
• Topography of the continuum Gaussian Free Field
• Quick review of further related results

"The Gaussian Free Field (GFF) in the continuum appears to be the natural generalisation of Brownian motion, when one replaces time by a multidimensional continuous parameter. While Brownian motion can be viewed as the most natural random real-valued function defined on R+ with B(0)=0, the GFF in a domain D of Rd for d≥2 is a natural random real-valued generalised function defined on D with zero boundary conditions on ∂D. In particular, it is not a random continuous function.The goal of these lecture notes is to describe some aspects of the continuum GFF and of its discrete counterpart defined on lattices, with the aim of providing a gentle self-contained introduction to some recent developments on this topic, such as the relation between the continuum GFF, Brownian loop-soups and the Conformal Loop Ensembles CLE4.This is an updated and expanded version of the notes written by the first author (Wendelin Werner) for graduate courses at ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich) in 2014 and 2018. It has benefited from the comments and corrections of students, as well as of a referee. The exercises that are interspersed in the first half of these notes mostly originate from the exercise sheets prepared by the second author (Ellen Powell) for this course in 2018." - publisher

• List of Contributors
• 1. Introduction Alexandre K. Monro
• 2. Cryptic species: A product of the paradigm difference between taxonomic and evolutionary species Simon J. Mayo
• 3. Species circumscription in cryptic clades: A Nihilist's view Richard M. Bateman
• 4. Multilevel organismal diversity in an ontogenetic framework as a solution for the species concept Alexander Martynov and Tatiana Korshunova
• 5. Diagnosability and cryptic nodes in Angiosperms: A case study from Ipomoea Pablo Munoz-Rodriguez, John. R. I. Wood and Robert W. Scotland
• 6. Connecting micro- and macro-evolutionary research - extant cryptic species as systems to understand macro-evolutionary stasis Torsten H. Struck and Jose Cerca
• 7. Coexisting cryptic species as a model system in integrative taxonomy Cene Fiser and Klemen Koselj
• 8. Non-monophyletic species are common in plants: An ecological evolutionary perspective Matt Lavin and R. Toby Pennington
• 9. Guerrilla taxonomy and discriminating cryptic species - is quick also dirty? Paul H. Williams
• 10. Cryptic lineages among Seychelles herpetofauna Jim Labisko, Simon T. Maddock, Sara Rocha, David J. Gower
• 11. Cryptic diversity in European terrestrial flatworms of the genus Microplana (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Geoplanidae) Marta Alvarez-Presas, Eduardo Mateos, Ronald Sluys and Marta Riutort.
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Cryptic species are organisms which look identical, but which represent distinct evolutionary lineages. They are an emerging trend in organismal biology across all groups, from flatworms, insects, amphibians, primates, to vascular plants. This book critically evaluates the phenomenon of cryptic species and demonstrates how they can play a valuable role in improving our understanding of evolution, in particular of morphological stasis. It also explores how the recognition of cryptic species is intrinsically linked to the so-called 'species problem', the lack of a unifying species concept in biology, and suggests alternative approaches. Bringing together a range of perspectives from practicing taxonomists, the book presents case studies of cryptic species across a range of animal and plant groups. It will be an invaluable text for all biologists interested in species and their delimitation, definition, and purpose, including undergraduate and graduate students and researchers.
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• 1 The Big (Bayesian) Picture 2 Bayes' Rule 3 The Beta-Binomial Bayesian Model 4 Balance and Sequentiality in Bayesian Analyses 5 Conjugate Families 6 Approximating the Posterior 7 MCMC Under the Hood 8 Posterior Inference and Prediction 9 Simple Normal Regression 10 Evaluating Regression Models 11 Extending the Normal Regression Model 12 Poisson and Negative Binomial Regression 13 Logistic Regression 14 Naive Bayes Classification 15 Hierarchical Models are Exciting 16 (Normal) Hierarchical Models Without Predictors 17 (Normal) Hierarchical Models With Predictors 18 Non-Normal Hierarchical Regression & Classification 19 Adding More Layers.
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Utilizes data driven examples and exercises. Emphasizes the iterative model building and evaluation process. Surveys an interconnected range of multivariable regression and classification models. Presents fundamental Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation techniques for Bayesian models.
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• The sky from home
• The moon
• The solar system
• Stars
• Stellar deaths
• Galaxies
• The universe

"Looking up at the night sky, we see not only stars twinkling in their constellations and planets caught mid-orbit but our cosmic family tree. We are here on Earth because billions of years ago the Big Bang created the atoms that, over unimaginable periods of time, formed the stars and galaxies. Generations of stars that burned, exploded, or collided long before our planet was formed created the carbon of our bodies and the iron in our blood. In Astroquizzical, astrophysicist Jillian Scudder takes readers on a curiosity-driven journey through outer space, traveling back in time from Earth to the stars and galaxies to the cosmic explosions of the Big Bang. Scudder proceeds--astroquizzically--question by question, answering and explaining such queries as "What color is the universe?," "Do all planets spin the same way?," and "How many galaxies are there?" Along the way, she proposes a series of thought experiments, including "What would happen if we split the sun in half?" and "What happens to time dilation at the speed of light?" She covers meteors, the aurora, and the Moon (Earth's cosmic companion); Jupiter's stripes and Pluto's mountains; red dwarfs, brown dwarfs, and white dwarfs; the deaths of stars and the abundance of galaxies; and much more. Striking color images illustrate astrophysical marvels." -- Back Cover

Black holes. What even are they? In brief, a black hole is a region of spacetime so curved by gravity that even light cannot escape it. They're peculiar objects - and notoriously difficult to understand - but are actually a fascinating fusion of the simple and the complex. Although the mathematics describing their behaviour is fiendishly difficult, we can explore the subject by starting with basic principles and straightforward thought experiments. Read on to uncover what's inside a black hole, how scientists discovered this amazing phenomena, even what to do if you find yourself falling into one... and since no one is likely to turn up and help (you'll find out why), what you need to do to escape! Common myths about black holes are dispelled, there is guidance on how to win several Nobel prizes, and the eventual fate of the entire Universe is revealed (maybe)... A little bit of time travel might also be involved!.
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• Preface to the first edition
• Preface to the second edition
• Preface to the third edition
• Preface to the fourth edition
• 1. Background
• 2. Fourier transforms
• 3. Spectroscopic tools
• 4. Light detectors
• 5. Radiation terms and definitions
• 6. The black body and its radiation
• 7. Energy transport in stellar photospheres
• 8. The continuous absorption coefficient
• 9. The model photosphere
• 10. Analysis of stellar continua
• 11. The line absorption coefficient
• 12. The measurement of spectral lines
• 13. The behavior of spectral lines
• 14. The measurement of stellar radii and temperatures
• 15. The measurement of surface gravity
• 16. The measurement of chemical composition
• 17. Velocity fields in stellar photospheres
• 18. Stellar rotation
• Appendix A. Useful constants
• Appendix B: Approximate physical parameters of stars
• Appendix C. Atomic data
• Appendix D. The strongest lines in the solar spectrum
• Appendix E. Computation of random errors
• Index.
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This textbook describes the equipment, observational techniques, and analysis used in the investigation of stellar photospheres. Now in its fourth edition, the text has been thoroughly updated and revised to be more accessible to students. New figures have been added to illustrate key concepts, while diagrams have been redrawn and refreshed throughout. The book starts by developing the tools of analysis, and then demonstrates how they can be applied. Topics covered include radiation transfer, models of stellar photospheres, spectroscopic equipment, how to observe stellar spectra, and techniques for measuring stellar temperatures, radii, surface gravities, chemical composition, velocity fields, and rotation rates. Up-to-date results for real stars are included. Written for starting graduate students or advanced undergraduates, this textbook also includes a wealth of reference material useful to researchers. eBook formats include color imagery while print formats are greyscale only; a wide selection of the color images are available online.
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• Introduction
• Hedgehog
• Grey long-eared bat
• Red squirrel
• Hazel dormouse
• Bottlenose dolphin
• Wildcat
• Nightingale
• Hen harrier
• Swift
• Turtle dove
• Puffin
• Skylark
• Barn owl
• Common frog
• Slow worm
• Adder
• Seahorse
• Eel
• Basking shark
• White-clawed crayfish
• Large blue
• Small tortoiseshell
• Garden tiger
• Shrill carder bee
• Stag beetle
• Horrid ground weaver
• Pink sea fan
• Earthworm
• Cornflower
• Yellow rattle

Whether you would like to learn how to build a bird box, dig a hedgehog tunnel or implement broader environmental changes in your community, this practical guide to saving our most endangered species will teach you how you can help on an individual, local and national level. Focusing on thirty of our most loved and most 'at risk' inhabitants, this uplifting and hopeful book will give naturalists of any age the tools to respond to the SOS calls heard from their garden, local park and beyond. Featured species include: * Hedgehog * Shrill Carder Bee * Red Squirrel * Skylark * Puffin * Barn Owl * Seahorse * Bottle-nose Dolphin.
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• Morphological and Perceptual Adaptations to Habitat and Society
• Tactical Forward Vagrancy: The Ringlet Coenonympha tullia inornata
• Fortuitous Site-Fidelity? The Eyed Brown Satyroides eurydice
• Setting and Running a Trapline: The Great Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele
• Defining and Defending a Territory: The Viceroy Limenitis archippus
• Sociology at a Singles' Bar: The Pearly Eye Enodia anthedon
• Do Butterflies Make Decisions?
• Life-History Consequences of Individual Behavior
• Summary and Speculations

An ecologist's investigation of the social lives of butterflies Throughout his career, Henry Horn took a unique approach to the study of butterflies. This book brings together his findings with recent advances in behavioral ecology to provide an incomparable look at the social lives of butterflies, illuminating for the first time the marvelously diverse range of butterfly behaviors across several species. Social Butterflies features in-depth studies of five sympatric species-the Plain Ringlet, the Eyed Brown, the Great Spangled Fritillary, the Viceroy, and the Pearly Eye-showing how their social interactions span much of the range of behaviors observed in vertebrates. Drawing on decades of his own keen observations in the field, Horn describes the natural history and behavioral peculiarities of each species and develops models to explain characteristic aspects of their behaviors. He then emphasizes key departures from these models to challenge the notion that butterflies are simply preconditioned to react to stimuli, showing how some make decisions by observing how other butterflies interact with the landscape and each other. Along the way, he sheds light on butterfly territoriality, mating tactics, vagrancy, feeding strategies, and more. Charting new directions for future research, Social Butterflies poses intriguing questions about the complex and sometimes mystifying social behaviors of these marvelous creatures, making it essential reading for lepidopterists, ecologists, and anyone interested in the social behaviors of invertebrate species.
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• Preface
• Part I. Overview: 1. Why analytical mechanics?
• 2. Ways of looking at a pendulum
• Part II. Equations of Motion: 3. Constraints and d'Alembert's principle
• 4. Lagrangian mechanics
• 5. Samples from Lagrangian mechanics
• 6. Hamiltonian mechanics
• Part III. Methods of Solution: 7. Hamilton-Jacobi theory
• 8. Action-Angle variables
• 9. More applications of analytical mechanics
• Further reading
• Index.
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Analytical mechanics is a set of mathematical tools used to describe a wide range of physical systems, both in classical mechanics and beyond. It offers a powerful and elegant alternative to Newtonian mechanics; however it can be challenging to learn due to its high degree of mathematical complexity. Designed to offer a more intuitive guide to this abstract topic, this guide explains the mathematical theory underlying analytical mechanics; helping students to formulate, solve and interpret complex problems using these analytical tools. Each chapter begins with an example of a physical system to illustrate the theoretical steps to be developed in that chapter, and ends with a set of exercises to further develop students' understanding. The book presents the fundamentals of the subject in depth before extending the theory to more elaborate systems, and includes a further reading section to ensure that this is an accessible companion to all standard textbooks.
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• Preface. Table of Aims. 1. Introduction
• 2. The axioms
• 3. Length contraction and time dilation
• 4. Spacetime and geometry
• 5. The Lorentz transformation
• 6. Vectors and kinematics
• 7. Dynamics
• A. An overview of general relativity
• B. Relativity's contact with experimental fact
• C. Maths revision
• D. How to do calculations - a recipe. Bibliography. Index.
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This compact yet informative Guide presents an accessible route through Special Relativity, taking a modern axiomatic and geometrical approach. It begins by explaining key concepts and introducing Einstein's postulates. The consequences of the postulates - length contraction and time dilation - are unravelled qualitatively and then quantitatively. These strands are then tied together using the mathematical framework of the Lorentz transformation, before applying these ideas to kinematics and dynamics. This volume demonstrates the essential simplicity of the core ideas of Special Relativity, while acknowledging the challenges of developing new intuitions and dealing with the apparent paradoxes that arise. A valuable supplementary resource for intermediate undergraduates, as well as independent learners with some technical background, the Guide includes numerous exercises with hints and notes provided online. It lays the foundations for further study in General Relativity, which is introduced briefly in an appendix.
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• Notes on illustrations
• Vegetal transmutation / Eduardo Navarro & Michael Marder
• Before roots / Merlin Sheldrake
• Self-portrait as a mushroom in the damp and leafy forest / Abi Palmer
• Strange soil / Rebecca Tamás
• Plants know / Emanuele Coccia
• Wilder flowers / Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
• Bitter barks: legacies and futures of the famous fever tree / Kim Walker & Nataly Allasi Canales
• How to study the mosses / Jessica J. Lee
• A planet without flowers / Surmana Roy
• Eco revenge / Susie Orbach
• Nature as health / Araceli Camargo
• What the wind can bring / Amanda Thomson
• Upirngasaq (Arctic spring) / Sheila Watt-Cloutier
• Braiding sweetgrass / Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Acknowledgements
• About the authors
• Rooted Beings

We've become used to thinking of plants as things for us to use: as food, tools, resources, or just as an attractive background to our own lives. But it's time to change our minds. New research shows that plants can think, plan - and may even have memories. We share our planet with beings whose potential we have only glimpsed. Featuring the writing of Robin Wall Kimmerer, Susie Orbach and Merlin Sheldrake, This Book is a Plant will be your handbook to the new reality: showing you a pathway to completely reimagine your relationship with a different kind of natural world. Delve into a world of moss and fungi: Sheila Watt-Cloutier transports us to the Arctic Spring, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan discovers the pleasures of painting trees, and Rebecca Tamas puts roots down through earth and soil. This Book is a Plant is made from paper: it was once part of a tree. But it's also a seed: the first shoots of a radical new way of seeing the world around you. Featuring stunning illustrations by Eduardo Navarro, and accompanying a major 2022 Wellcome Collection exhibition, Rooted Beings.
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New York Times bestseller Journey into the universe through the most spectacular sights in astronomy in stereoscopic 3D Welcome to the Universe in 3D takes you on a grand tour of the observable universe, guiding you through the most spectacular sights in the cosmos-in breathtaking 3D. Presenting a rich array of stereoscopic color images, which can be viewed in 3D using a special stereo viewer that folds easily out of the cover of the book, this book reveals your cosmic environment as you have never seen it before. Astronomy is the story of how humankind's perception of the two-dimensional dome of the sky evolved into a far deeper comprehension of an expanding three-dimensional cosmos. This book invites you to take part in this story by exploring the universe in depth, as revealed by cutting-edge astronomical research and observations. You will journey from the Moon through the solar system, out to exoplanets, distant nebulas, and galaxy clusters, until you finally reach the cosmic microwave background radiation (or CMB), the most distant light we can observe. The distances to these celestial wonders range from 1.3 light-seconds to 13.8 billion light-years. Along the way, the authors explain the fascinating features of what you are seeing, including how the 3D images were made using the same technique that early astronomers devised to measure distances to objects in space. The dramatic 3D images in this one-of-a-kind book will astonish you, extending your vision out to the farthest reaches of the universe. You will never look up into the night sky the same way again.
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New mathematical research in arithmetic dynamics In The Arithmetic of Polynomial Dynamical Pairs, Charles Favre and Thomas Gauthier present new mathematical research in the field of arithmetic dynamics. Specifically, the authors study one-dimensional algebraic families of pairs given by a polynomial with a marked point. Combining tools from arithmetic geometry and holomorphic dynamics, they prove an "unlikely intersection" statement for such pairs, thereby demonstrating strong rigidity features for them. They further describe one-dimensional families in the moduli space of polynomials containing infinitely many postcritically finite parameters, proving the dynamical Andre-Oort conjecture for curves in this context, originally stated by Baker and DeMarco. This is a reader-friendly invitation to a new and exciting research area that brings together sophisticated tools from many branches of mathematics.
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• 1. Mitochondrial polyP production Prof. Dr. Andrey Y. Abramov, University College London, London, UK a.abramov@ucl.ac.uk
• 2. Polyphosphate in thrombosis and inflammation Prof. Dr. James H. Morrissey and Dr. Stephanie Smith, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor MI, USA jim@tf7.org or jhmorris@umich.edu
• 3. Polyphosphate in mitochondrial energy metabolism and pathology Prof. Dr. Evgeny Pavlov, NYU College of Dentistry, New York NY, USA ep37@nyu.edu
• 4. Polyphosphate in plasma and human pathologies Prof. Dr. Felix Ruiz, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain felix.ruiz@uca.es
• 5. PolyP in neurodegeneration and aging Prof. Dr. Maria E. Solesio, Rutgers University, Camden NJ, USA m.solesio@rutgers.edu
• 6. Effects of polyphosphate on function of leukocytes Dr. Patrick Suess, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor MI, USA psuess@med.umich.edu
• 7. PolyP and Vtc complex Prof. Dr. Andreas Mayer, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland andreas.mayer@unil.ch
• 8. PolyP in antiviral protection Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Werner E. G. Muller, Prof. Dr. Xiaohong Wang, Prof. Dr. Dr. Heinz C. Schroeder, University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz wmueller@uni-mainz.de
• 9. Polyphosphate in biomimetic implant materials Prof. Dr. Dr. Heinz C. Schroeder, Prof. Dr. Xiaohong Wang, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Werner E. G. Muller, University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz wmueller@uni-mainz.de.
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This volume focuses on the biomedical aspects of inorganic polyphosphates, a family of unique bio-inorganic polymers. In recent years, great advances have been made in understanding the development, metabolism, and physiological role of inorganic polyphosphates. These energy-rich polymers, which consist of long chains of phosphate units, are evolutionary old molecules. The acidocalcisomes, conserved organelles from bacteria to humans, as well as the mitochondria play a central role in polyphosphate production and storage. Polyphosphates have been assigned multiple functions, some of which are closely related to medically important processes, such as blood coagulation and fibrinolysis, energy metabolism, cell cycle regulation, apoptosis, chaperon function, microvascularization, stress response, neurodegeneration and aging. The development of bioinspired polyphosphate particles, in combination with suitable hydrogel-forming polymers enabled the development of new strategies in regenerative medicine, in particular for hard and soft tissue repair, but also in drug delivery and antimicrobial defense. This book not only highlights the basic research in this area, but also discusses possible applications. Therefore, it appeals to scientists working in cell biology, biochemistry, and biomedicine and practicioners alike.
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The electrophoresis techniques are used in medicine, biochemistry, analytical chemistry, and biology to separate soluble and insoluble proteins, nucleic acids, chromosomes, viruses, as well as lysosomes, mitochondria, ribosomes and other cell organelles, red cells, tissue cells, and parasites. This book provides a view over the old electrophoresis techniques, as well as the recent developments in electrophoresis. Electrophoresis Fundamentals is based on the recent book Electrophoresis: Theory and Practice published in 2020 by De Gruyter. The previous book combines theory and technical applications with troubleshooting and problem solving. While Electrophoresis is intended for specialists, Electrophoresis Fundamentals is a book for laboratory technicians, students, biochemists, general practitioners, and more.
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• Probability and Counting. Conditional Probability. Random Variables and Their Distributions. Expectation. Continuous Random Variables. Moments. Joint Distributions. Transformations. Conditional Expectation. Inequalities and Limit Theorems. Markov Chains. Markov Chain Monte Carlo. Poisson Processes.
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Developed from celebrated Harvard statistics lectures, Introduction to Probability provides essential language and toolsfor understanding statistics, randomness, and uncertainty. The book explores a wide variety of applications and examples, ranging from coincidences and paradoxes to Google PageRank and Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). Additional application areas explored include genetics, medicine, computer science, and information theory. The authors present the material in an accessible style and motivate concepts using real-world examples. Throughout, they use stories to uncover connections between the fundamental distributions in statistics and conditioning to reduce complicated problems to manageable pieces. The book includes many intuitive explanations, diagrams, and practice problems. Each chapter ends with a section showing how to perform relevant simulations and calculations in R, a free statistical software environment. The second edition adds many new examples, exercises, and explanations, to deepen understanding of the ideas, clarify subtle concepts, and respond to feedback from many students and readers. New supplementary online resources have been developed, including animations and interactive visualizations, and the book has been updated to dovetail with these resources. Supplementary material is available on Joseph Blitzstein's website www. stat110.net. The supplements include: Solutions to selected exercises Additional practice problems Handouts including review material and sample exams Animations and interactive visualizations created in connection with the edX online version of Stat 110. Links to lecture videos available on ITunes U and YouTube There is also a complete instructor's solutions manual available to instructors who require the book for a course.
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• Introduction : Matter, energy, and measurement
• Atoms, molecules, and ions
• Chemical reactions and reaction stoichiometry
• Reactions in aqueous solutions
• Thermochemistry
• Electronic structure of atoms
• Periodic properties of the elements
• Basic concepts of chemical bonding
• Molecular geometry and bonding theories
• Gases
• Liquids and intermolecular forces
• Solids and modern materials
• Properties of solutions
• Chemical kinetics
• Chemical equilibria
• Additional aspects of aqueous equilibria
• Chemistry of the environment
• Chemical thermodynamics
• Electrochemistry
• Nuclear chemistry
• Chemistry of the nonmetals
• Transition metals and coordination chemistry
• The chemistry of life : Organic and biological chemistry

• Contents
• 1. Light-matter interaction
• 2. Optical nonlinearity
• 3. Optical susceptibilities
• 4. Propagation of optical waves
• 5. Nonlinear optical interactions
• 6. Coupled-wave analysis
• 7. Nonlinearly coupled waveguide modes
• 8. Nonlinear propagation equations
• 9. Phase matching
• 10. Optical frequency conversion
• 11. Electro-optic modulation
• 12. All-optical modulation
• 13. Stimulated raman and brillouin scattering
• 14. Multiphoton absorption
• 15. Optical saturation
• 16. Optical bistability
• 17. Generation of laser pulses
• 18. Propagation of optical pulses
• 19. Supercontinuum generation
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Appendix D.
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Suitable for both graduate and senior undergraduate students, this textbook offers a logical progression through the underlying principles and practical applications of nonlinear photonics. Building up from essential physics, general concepts, and fundamental mathematical formulations, it provides a robust introduction to nonlinear optical processes and phenomena, and their practical applications in real-world devices and systems. Over 45 worked problems illustrate key concepts and provide hands-on models for students, and over 160 end-of-chapter exercises supply students with plenty of scope to master the material. Accompanied by a complete solutions manual for instructors, including detailed explanations of each result, and drawing on the author's 35 years of teaching experience, this is the ideal introduction to nonlinear photonics for students in electrical engineering.
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"This volume is one of six that together comprise the text materials for Six Ideas That Shaped Physics, a unique approach to the two- or three-semester calculusbased introductory physics course. I have designed this curriculum (for which these volumes only serve as the text component) to support an introductory course that combines three elements: Inclusion of 20th-century physics topics, A thoroughly 21st-century perspective on even classical topics, and Support for a student-centered and active-learning-based classroom"-- Provided by publisher

"This volume is one of six that together comprise the text materials for Six Ideas That Shaped Physics, a unique approach to the two- or three-semester calculusbased introductory physics course. I have designed this curriculum (for which these volumes only serve as the text component) to support an introductory course that combines three elements: Inclusion of 20th-century physics topics, A thoroughly 21st-century perspective on even classical topics, and Support for a student-centered and active-learning-based classroom"-- Provided by publisher

"This volume is one of six that together comprise the text materials for Six Ideas That Shaped Physics, a unique approach to the two- or three-semester calculusbased introductory physics course. I have designed this curriculum (for which these volumes only serve as the text component) to support an introductory course that combines three elements: Inclusion of 20th-century physics topics, A thoroughly 21st-century perspective on even classical topics, and Support for a student-centered and active-learning-based classroom"-- Provided by publisher

One hundred fifty years ago, Texas was very different. A rural population was spread thinly across the eastern and central parts of the state, and vast lands in the western regions were still undisturbed. Texas's habitats and biota changed dramatically as its population increased and people spread across the landscape. In Texas Natural History: A Century of Change (2002), David Schmidly chronicled the changes that occurred during the twentieth century. In this second edition, Schmidly is joined by colleagues Robert and Lisa Bradley of Texas Tech University to extend that story over the first two decades of the twenty-first century. The focus of Texas Natural History in the 21st Century continues to be on the mammalian fauna of the state, and it includes a reprinting of Vernon Bailey's 1905 "The Biological Survey of Texas" with new annotations and updates. In the rest of the book, the authors discuss changes in landscapes, land use, and the status of Texas mammals in the last hundred years. The authors present current challenges to conserving the natural history of Texas and suggest long-term solutions to those challenges, including actions focused on both private and public lands. As Texas approaches the daunting challenge of conserving its wildlife, Texas Natural History in the 21st Century serves as a rallying cry for addressing the scenarios imperiling Texas's natural history in our present day and in the future.
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• The first germs of amenability: paradoxical decompositions
• Elementary amenable groups
• The topological full group of a Cantor minimal system
• Lamplighter actions and extensive amenability
• Amenability of topological full groups
• Subgroups of topological full groups of intermediate growth
• An amenability criterion via actions
• Groups acting on Bratteli diagrams
• Groups acting on rooted trees
• Definitions of amenability and basic facts

The main topic of the book is amenable groups, i.e., groups on which there exist invariant finitely additive measures. It was discovered that the existence or non-existence of amenability is responsible for many interesting phenomena such as, e.g., the Banach-Tarski Paradox about breaking a sphere into two spheres of the same radius. Since then, amenability has been actively studied and a number of different approaches resulted in many examples of amenable and non-amenable groups. In the book, the author puts together main approaches to study amenability. A novel feature of the book is that the exposition of the material starts with examples which introduce a method rather than illustrating it. This allows the reader to quickly move on to meaningful material without learning and remembering a lot of additional definitions and preparatory results; those are presented after analyzing the main examples. The techniques that are used for proving amenability in this book are mainly a combination of analytic and probabilistic tools with geometric group theory.
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• Introduction In the Beginning: The Birth of a Solar System Navigating Our Solar System Small but Mighty: The Rocky Planets Serene Giants: The Outer Planets Everything Left Over: Dwarf Planets, Comets, Asteroids and Meteoroids Alien Worlds: Our Search for Exoplanets A Final Note: Is There Life in the Universe Other Than on Earth? Glossary.
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From a planet with a hexagonal storm to the home of the Solar System's largest volcano, our neighbouring bodies are unique and fascinating places. Where else would you find somewhere with days longer than its years? Humanity's understanding of planets has changed drastically since ancient times when early astronomers mistook the lights they saw in the sky for wandering stars. We've come a long way since then, but there's still so much we don't know. Could there be life on Mars? How many planets exist outside the Solar System? Is there another 'Earth' out there? And why can't we call Pluto a planet anymore? Discover more in this essential guide to planets in the Solar System and beyond by astronomer Dr Emily Drabek-Maunder of Royal Observatory Greenwich.
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• Introduction Our Sun: A Model Star? So a Failed Analogue? The Nuclear Furnace The Births of Stars The (Mostly Boring) Lives of Stars The (Mostly Exciting) Deaths of Stars Why Nothing in Science is Ever That Easy Glossary.
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Whether stargazing with the naked eye or observing deep space with the largest telescopes in the world, humans have a seemingly neverending fascination with the stars. Our ancestors saw patterns in their random arrangement, inventing both tales of legendary heroes and the pastime of dot-to-dot in one fell swoop. But it's only in the last century or so that the natures of these distant lights have been revealed - and it's more incredible than any legend. How are stars born? How long do they live? And just how many times can you read the word 'trillion' before it starts sounding made up? Find out as astronomer Dr Greg Brown of Royal Observatory Greenwich takes a short diversion from obsessing over black holes to illuminate us about the lives of stars - ending in black holes, naturally.
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• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Physics Background for Ecohydrology
• 3. The Soil
• 4. The Plant
• 5. The Atmosphere
• 6. Stochastic Tools for Ecohydrology
• 7. Stochastic Soil Moisture Dynamics
• 8. From Plant Water Stress to Ecosystem Structure
• 9. Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles
• 10. Ecohydrology of Agroecosystems
• Index.
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Ecohydrology is a fast-growing branch of science at the interface of ecology and geophysics, studying the interaction between soil, water, vegetation, microbiome, atmosphere, climate, and human society. This textbook gathers the fundamentals of hydrology, ecology, environmental engineering, agronomy, and atmospheric science to provide a rigorous yet accessible description of the tools necessary for the mathematical modelling of water, energy, carbon, and nutrient transport within the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. By focusing on the dynamics at multiple time scales, from the diurnal scale in the soil-plant-atmospheric system, to long-term stochastic dynamics of water availability responsible for ecological patterns and environmental fluctuations, it explains the impact of hydroclimatic variability on vegetation and soil microbial systems through biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems under different socioeconomical pressures. It is aimed at advanced students, researchers and professionals in hydrology, ecology, Earth science, environmental engineering, environmental science, agronomy, and atmospheric science.
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Physiological rhythms are central to life. Mammalian behavior and metabolism are organized around the day and night by the regulated action of cell-autonomous clocks that exist throughout our bodies. At the core of this molecular clockwork are multiple coupled feedback loops that generate sustained circadian rhythms in gene expression to ultimately orchestrate mammalian physiology. In this work we provide evidence for the role of metabolism in regulating the core clock. We present genes involved in energetic and redox pathways which we identified to be essential for the robustness of cellular timekeepers to temperature fluctuations. We developed the first computational model for circadian redox oscillations that contributes to the understanding of how cellular redox balance might adjust circadian rates in response to perturbations and convey timing information to the core molecular oscillator. Moreover, we show that our mathematical model can be coupled with prior published models of the transcriptional clockwork resulting in 1:1 entrainment. This experimental-theoretical approach exemplifies the need of a dynamic analysis at the system level to understand complex biological processes and provides insights into how basic timekeeping mechanisms are integrated into cellular physiology. Such knowledge might highlight new ways by which functional consequences of circadian timekeeping can be explored in the context of human health and disease

"This volume is one of six that together comprise the text materials for Six Ideas That Shaped Physics, a unique approach to the two- or three-semester calculusbased introductory physics course. I have designed this curriculum (for which these volumes only serve as the text component) to support an introductory course that combines three elements: Inclusion of 20th-century physics topics, A thoroughly 21st-century perspective on even classical topics, and Support for a student-centered and active-learning-based classroom"-- Provided by publisher

• Introduction
• How did space exploration begin?
• The first satellites in space
• Racing to achieve human spaceflight
• Preparing for crewed moon missions
• Human exploration of the moon
• Space stations through the decades
• The future of space missions

Space is far bigger than humanity can conceive. Although our ancestors visually examined the skies to make sense of the Universe, space exploration in its truest sense is just a moment in this historical timeline, yet it is how we've significantly improved our understanding of the cosmos. Space Exploration begins with the evolution of astronomy, including notable characters, scientific breakthroughs and pinnacle moments. It delves into the development of robotic spacecraft and what uncrewed and crewed missions above and beyond our planet have uncovered. It questions how this knowledge will aid us in our future space endeavours, and the myriad questions that remain unanswered.
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• Sacred sun
• Making connections
• The invisible sun
• Space weather
• Big unanswered questions

An enthralling exploration of the star on our doorstep, charting the journey from ancient superstition to the deep scientific mysteries yet to be resolved. The Sun examines how we've come to understand the features and processes at work in our star, starting with the earliest observations of mysterious sunspots and ending with the rich and complex investigation of the connected Sun-Earth system. It reveals the interconnected sciences involved in finding out more about the Sun and the practical importance of doing so for our modern world. It's a slow-burn tale of scientific discovery!.
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• Introduction Part I Change over Time
• Chapter 1 Introducing Difference Equations
• Chapter 2 Duckweed on a Pond: Exponential Growth
• Chapter 3 Throwing Shade I: Logistic Growth
• Chapter 4 Throwing Shade II: Lotka-Volterra Competition
• Chapter 5 Rabies Removal: SIR Models Part II Understanding Uncertainty
• Chapter 6 Introducing Probability
• Chapter 7 A Bird in the Cam I: Single-Variable Probability
• Chapter 8 A Bird in the Cam II: Two-Variable Probability
• Chapter 9 Picking Ticks: Bayes's Rule
• Chapter 10 Rabbit Rates: Probability Distributions Part III Modeling Multiple States
• Chapter 11 Introducing Matrix Models
• Chapter 12 Imagine All the Beetles: Age-Structured Models
• Chapter 13 The Road to Succession: Transition Matrices
• Chapter 14 A Pair of Populations: Absorption
• Chapter 15 Fish Finders: Diffusion Part IV Explaining Data
• Chapter 16 Introducing Statistics
• Chapter 17 Seedling Counts I: Maximum Likelihood
• Chapter 18 Seedling Counts II: Model Selection
• Chapter 19 Flattened Frogs I: Generalized Linear Models
• Chapter 20 Flattened Frogs II: Hypothesis Testing Part V Expanding the Toolbox
• Chapter 21 Other Techniques
• Chapter 22 Bird Islands: Graphical Thinking
• Chapter 23 Max Plant Institute: Optimization
• Chapter 24 Bears with Me: Stochastic Simulation
• Chapter 25 Natives in the Neighborhood: Cellular Automata References Index.
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An essential guide to quantitative research methods in ecology and conservation biology, accessible for even the most math-averse student or professional. Quantitative research techniques have become increasingly important in ecology and conservation biology, but the sheer breadth of methods that must be understood-from population modeling and probabilistic thinking to modern statistics, simulation, and data science-and a lack of computational or mathematics training have hindered quantitative literacy in these fields. In this book, ecologist Justin Kitzes addresses those challenges for students and practicing scientists alike. Requiring only basic algebra and the ability to use a spreadsheet, Handbook of Quantitative Ecology is designed to provide a practical, intuitive, and integrated introduction to widely used quantitative methods. Kitzes builds each chapter around a specific ecological problem and arrives, step by step, at a general principle through the process of solving that problem. Grouped into five broad categories-difference equations, probability, matrix models, likelihood statistics, and other numerical methods-the book introduces basic concepts, starting with exponential and logistic growth, and helps readers to understand the field's more advanced subjects, such as bootstrapping, stochastic optimization, and cellular automata. Complete with online solutions to all numerical problems, Kitzes's Handbook of Quantitative Ecology is an ideal coursebook for both undergraduate and graduate students of ecology, as well as a useful and necessary resource for mathematically out-of-practice scientists.
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"Examines more than eighty avian families, including an overview of plumage, behavior, distribution, taxonomy, and conservation, and describes all 962 species, covering identification, similar species, voice, status, and distribution." -- Publisher

• Prologue: Once upon a time in physics
• Information theory: Of passwords and probabilities
• Quantum physics: Everything at once, or, one thing at a time?
• Quantum computation: Everything at once
• Thermodynamics: "May I drive?"
• A fine merger: Thermodynamics, information theory, and quantum physics
• The physics of yesterday's tomorrow: The landscape of quantum steampunk
• Pedal to the metal: Quantum thermal machines
• Tick tock: Quantum clocks
• Unsteady as she goes: Fluctuation relations
• Entropy, energy, and a tiny possibility: One-shot thermodynamics
• Resource theories: A ha'penny of a quantum state
• The unseen kingdom: When quantum observables don't cooperate
• All over the map: Rounding out our tour
• Stepping off the map: Quantum steampunk crosses borders
• Epilogue: Where to next?: The future of quantum steampunk

The Industrial Revolution meets the quantum-technology revolution! A steampunk adventure guide to how mind-blowing quantum physics is transforming our understanding of information and energy. Victorian era steam engines and particle physics may seem worlds (as well as centuries) apart, yet a new branch of science, quantum thermodynamics, reenvisions the scientific underpinnings of the Industrial Revolution through the lens of today's roaring quantum information revolution. Classical thermodynamics, understood as the study of engines, energy, and efficiency, needs reimagining to take advantage of quantum mechanics, the basic framework that explores the nature of reality by peering at minute matters, down to the momentum of a single particle. In her exciting new book, intrepid Harvard-trained physicist Dr. Nicole Yunger Halpern introduces these concepts to the uninitiated with what she calls "quantum steampunk, " after the fantastical genre that pairs futuristic technologies with Victorian sensibilities. While readers follow the adventures of a rag-tag steampunk crew on trains, dirigibles, and automobiles, they explore questions such as, "Can quantum physics revolutionize engines?" and "What deeper secrets can quantum information reveal about the trajectory of time?" Yunger Halpern also describes her own adventures in the quantum universe and provides an insider's look at the work of the scientists obsessed with its technological promise. Moving from fundamental physics to cutting-edge experimental applications, Quantum Steampunk explores the field's aesthetic, shares its whimsy, and gazes into the potential of a quantum future. The result is a blast for fans of science, science fiction, and fantasy.
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• Preliminary concepts
• Hydrogen
• Radiative transitions
• The shell model and alkali spectra
• Angular momentum
• Helium and exchange symmetry
• Fine structure and nuclear effects
• External fields: the Zeeman and Stark effects
• Stimulated emission and lasers
• Cold atoms
• Atomic physics applied to the solid state
• Atomic physics in astronomy

This concise and accessible book provides a detailed introduction to the fundamental principles of atomic physics at an undergraduate level. Concepts are explained in an intuitive way and the book assumes only a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics and electromagnetism. With a compact format specifically designed for students, the first part of the book covers the key principles of the subject, including the quantum theory of the hydrogen atom, radiative transitions, the shell model of multi-electron atoms, spin-orbit coupling, and the effects of external fields. The second part provides an introduction to the four key applications of atomic physics: lasers, cold atoms, solid-state spectroscopy and astrophysics. This highly pedagogical text includes worked examples and end of chapter problems to allow students to test their knowledge, as well as numerous diagrams of key concepts, making it perfect for undergraduate students looking for a succinct primer on the concepts and applications of atomic physics.
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• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Vectors, tensors and functions
• 3. Manifolds, vectors and differentiation
• 4. Energy, momentum and Einstein's equations
• Appendix A. Special relativity - a brief introduction
• Appendix B. Solutions to Einstein's equations
• Appendix C. Notation
• Bibliography
• Index.
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This compact guide presents the key features of general relativity, to support and supplement the presentation in mainstream, more comprehensive undergraduate textbooks, or as a re-cap of essentials for graduate students pursuing more advanced studies. It helps students plot a careful path to understanding the core ideas and basics of differential geometry, as applied to general relativity, without overwhelming them. While the guide doesn't shy away from necessary technicalities, it emphasises the essential simplicity of the main physical arguments. Presuming a familiarity with special relativity (with a brief account in an appendix), it describes how general covariance and the equivalence principle motivate Einstein's theory of gravitation. It then introduces differential geometry and the covariant derivative as the mathematical technology which allows us to understand Einstein's equations of general relativity. The book is supported by numerous worked exampled and problems, and important applications of general relativity are described in an appendix.
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• On risk
• On replication
• On going viral
• On private writing
• On HIV and Truvada
• On war / with Patrick Nathan
• On mentors
• On whiteness
• On activism and the archives
• On endings
• On evolution

Invisible in the food we eat, the people we kiss, and inside our own bodies, viruses flourish-with the power to shape not only our health, but our social, political, and economic systems. Drawing on his expertise in microbiology, Joseph Osmundson brings readers under the microscope to understand the structure and mechanics of viruses and to examine how viruses like HIV and COVID-19 have redefined daily life. Osmundson's buoyant prose builds on the work of the activists and thinkers at the forefront of the HIV/AIDS crisis and critical scholars like Jose Esteban Munoz to navigate the intricacies of risk reduction, draw parallels between queer theory and hard science, and define what it really means to "go viral." This dazzling multidisciplinary collection offers novel insights on illness, sex, and collective responsibility. Virology is a critical warning, a necessary reflection, and a call for a better future.
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• 1. A brief introduction to hot desert environments : climate, geomorphology, habitats and soils / Frank D. Eckardt, Gillian Maggs-Kölling, Eurgene Marais, and Pieter C. de Jager
• 2. Novel methods for studying the structure and function of hot desert microorganisms and their communities / Marc W. Van Goethem, Estelle Couradeau, and Trent R. Northen
• 3. Phototrophic mats of the desert : the bacteria of the biological soil crust community / Blaire Steven
• 4. Microbial ecology of hot desert soils / Jean-Baptiste Ramond and Don Cowan
• 5. Biology of desert endolithic habitats / Evan B. Qu, Emine Ertekin, and Jocelyne DiRuggiero
• 6. Journey of a thousand miles : the evolution of our understanding of viruses in hot deserts / Leonardo Joaquim van Zyl, Laura Martinez Alvarez, and Marla Trindade
• 7. C, N and P nutrient cycling in drylands / Karen Jordaan, Karina Stucken, and Beatriz Díez
• 8. Diversity and plant growth promoting properties of microbiomes associated with plants in desert soils / Ramona Marasco, Maria J. Mosqueira, Ameur Cherif, and Daniele Daffonchio
• 9. Insights of extreme desert ecology to the habitats and habitability of Mars / K. Warren-Rhodes, M. Phillips, A. Davila, and C. P. McKay
• 10. Survival under stress : microbial adaptation in hot desert soils / Clément Coclet, Don Cowan, and Pedro H. Lebre
• 11. The response of soil microbial communities to hydration and desiccation cycles in hot desert ecosystems / Adam Štovícek and Osnat Gillor
• 12. Hot desert microbiology : perspectives in a warming world / Jean-Baptiste Ramond and Don A. Cowan

This book covers the wider aspects of the microbiology of hot desert soil ecosystems, compiling disparate information from a range of relevant desert soil microbial fields. The reader learns about microbial ecology of the more dominant and possibly most important desert habitats, detailing the phylogenetic and functional diversity of these different habitats as well as their potential role in desert ecosystem ecology. Particular attention is also given to microbial stress adaptation in hot desert soils. Furthermore, it is the first volume in this particular field to cover modern metagenomics technologies that can be applied to studies of all aspects of desert microbial communities. Additionally, the book explores viruses and viral communities, which are among the least studied (and little understood) components of desert soil microbial communities. Particular attention is also given to the roles of desert microbial communities in biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus. Through this book the reader discovers how desert microbiology has been at the forefront of Astrobiology and how it may be used conceptually in future terraforming strategies. Desert ecosystems are increasingly coming into focus given the impacts of climate change and desertification trends, making this volume particularly timely. Each of the chapters is authored by leading international researchers and is a must-read for microbial ecologists. .
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• Volume I. Foliations, surfaces and differential geometry
• vol. II. 3-manifolds, complexity and geometric group theory
• vol. III. Dynamics, computer science and general interest
• vol. IV. The geometry and topology of three-manifolds

This set contains the Collected Works of William P. Thurston with Commentary, Volumes I-III, and The Geometry and Topology of Three-Manifolds. William Thurston's work has had a profound influence on mathematics. He connected whole mathematical subjects in entirely new ways and changed the way mathematicians think about geometry, topology, foliations, group theory, dynamical systems, and the way these areas interact. His emphasis on understanding and imagination in mathematical learning and thinking are integral elements of his distinctive legacy. This four-part collection brings together in one place Thurston's major writings, many of which are appearing in publication for the first time. Volumes I-III contain commentaries by the Editors. Volume IV includes a preface by Steven P. Kerckhoff.
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William Thurston's work has had a profound influence on mathematics. He connected whole mathematical subjects in entirely new ways and changed the way mathematicians think about geometry, topology, foliations, group theory, dynamical systems, and the way these areas interact. His emphasis on understanding and imagination in mathematical learning and thinking are integral elements of his distinctive legacy. This four-part collection brings together in one place Thurston's major writings, many of which are appearing in publication for the first time. Volumes I-III contain commentaries by the Editors. Volume IV includes a preface by Steven P. Kerckhoff. Volume III contains William Thurston's papers on dynamics and computer science, and papers written for general audiences. Additional miscellaneous papers are also included, such as his 1967 New College undergraduate thesis, which foreshadows his later work.
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Completion problems for operator matrices are concerned with the question of whether a partially specified operator matrix can be completed to form an operator of a desired type. The research devoted to this topic provides an excellent means to investigate the structure of operators. This book provides an overview of completion problems dealing with completions to different types of operators and can be considered as a natural extension of classical results concerned with matrix completions. The book assumes some basic familiarity with functional analysis and operator theory. It will be useful for graduate students and researchers interested in operator theory and the problem of matrix completions.
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• 1: History and foundations of applied ecology and conservation
• 2: Environmental pollution and perturbations
• 3: Wildlife and conservation biology
• 4: Restoration biology and habitat management
• 5: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries management
• 6: Pest, weed and disease management
• 7: Urban ecology and waste management
• 8: Global environmental change and biodiversity loss
• 9: Environmental and wildlife law and policy
• 10: Environmental assessment, monitoring and modelling
• 11: Answers.
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An understanding of applied ecology and conservation is an important requirement of a wide range of programmes of study including applied biology, ecology, environmental science and wildlife conservation. This book is a study and revision guide for students following such programmes. It contains 600 multiple-choice questions (and answers) set at three levels - foundation, intermediate and advanced - and grouped into 10 major topic areas: History and foundations of applied ecology and conservation Environmental pollution and perturbations Wildlife and conservation biology Restoration biology and habitat management Agriculture, forestry and fisheries management Pest, weed and disease management Urban ecology and waste management Global environmental change and biodiversity loss Environmental and wildlife law and policy Environmental assessment, monitoring and modelling The book has been produced in a convenient format so that it can be used at any time in any place. It allows the reader to learn and revise the meaning of terms used in applied ecology and conservation, study the effects of pollution on ecosystems, the management, conservation and restoration of wildlife populations and habitats, urban ecology, global environmental change, environment law and much more. The structure of the book allows the study of one topic area at a time, progressing through simple questions to those that are more demanding. Many of the questions require students to use their knowledge to interpret information provided in the form of graphs, data or photographs.
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• 1.1 Metal/Metal Dual Catalysis 1.1.1 General Principles of Metal/Metal Dual Catalysis 1.1.2 Palladium/Copper and Palladium/Nickel Dual Catalysis 1.1.3 Rhodium/Palladium Dual Catalysis 1.1.4 Iridium/Zinc and Iridium/Copper Dual Catalysis 1.1.5 Gold/Iron Dual Catalysis 1.1.6 Gold Dual Catalysis with Palladium, Nickel, or Rhodium 1.1.7 Gold/Gold Dual Catalysis 1.2 Transition-Metal/Photocatalyst Dual Catalysis 1.2.1 General Principles of Transition-Metal/Photocatalyst Dual Catalysis 1.2.2 Nickel/Photocatalyst Dual Catalysis 1.2.3 Palladium/Photocatalyst Dual Catalysis 1.2.4 Gold/Photocatalysis Dual Catalysis.
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• 2.1 Metal/Organocatalyst Dual Catalysis 2.1.1 General Principles of Metal/Organocatalyst Dual Catalysis 2.1.2 Palladium/Organocatalyst Dual Catalysis 2.1.3 Gold/Organocatalyst Dual Catalysis 2.1.4 Rhodium/Organocatalyst Dual Catalysis 2.2 Metal/Biocatalyst Dual Catalysis 2.3 Dual Catalysis with Two Organocatalysts 2.4 Organocatalyst/Photocatalyst Dual Catalysis 2.5 Organocatalyst/Biocatalyst Dual Catalysis 2.6 Dual Catalysis with Two or More Biocatalysts.
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The field of dual catalysis has developed rapidly over the last decade, and these volumes define its impact on organic synthesis. The most important, basic concepts of synergistic, dual catalytic cycles are introduced, providing newcomers to the field with reliable information on this new approach to facilitating the synthesis of organic molecules. Background information and reliable procedures for challenging transformations in synthesis are presented, applying the concept of cooperative dual catalysis as a means of increasing molecular complexity in the most efficient manner. The most useful, practical, and reliable methods for dual catalysis combining metal catalysts, organocatalysts, photocatalysts, and biocatalysts are presented.
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• Volume I. Préface
• Introduction
• Résumés section par section
• Réflexions Mathématiques
• Pursuing Stacks
• The Modelizing Story
• I. The take-off
• II. Test categories
• III. Homotopy structures
• IV. Asphericity structures
• Définition des principales notations
• Index des notations
• Index des principaux thèmes
• Index terminologie
• Index des personnes citées par Grothendieck
• Commentaires
• Glossaire des principaux termes
• Bibliographie

• Everyone's a Scientist: Students, Industry, and Partners in Space
• Working in the Space Environment
• Safety, Science, and Operational Medicine: Shuttle and Station in the 1980s and 1990s
• Science and Scientists: Peer Review, EDOMP, Neurolab, and a Station Centrifuge
• Organizing in the 1980s-90s: Ethics, Institutes, and Biological Modeling
• Radiation and the Science of Risk Reduction
• Design and Redesign: The Many Space Stations of NASA
• The Cold War and Its Aftermath: Scientific Exchange, Social Change
• More People, Less Science, Less NASA?: International Participants, Centrifuge, and NGOs
• The Vision for Space Exploration

Life in Space explores the many aspects and outcomes of NASA's research in life sciences, a little-understood endeavor that has often been overlooked in histories of the space agency. Maura Mackowski details NASA's work in this field from spectacular promises made during the Reagan era to the major new directions set by George W. Bush's Vision for Space Exploration in the early twenty-first century. At the first flight of NASA's space shuttle in 1981, hopes ran high for the shuttle program to achieve its potential of regularly transporting humans, cargo, and scientific experiments between Earth and the International Space Station. Mackowski describes different programs, projects, and policies initiated across NASA centers and headquarters in the following decades to advance research into human safety and habitation, plant and animal biology, and commercial biomaterials. Mackowski illuminates these ventures in fascinating detail by drawing on rare archival sources, oral histories, interviews, and site visits. While highlighting significant achievements and innovations such as space radiation research and the Neurolab Spacelab Mission, Mackowski reveals frustrations-lost opportunities, stagnation, and dead ends-stemming from frequent changes in presidential administrations and policies. For today's dreams of lunar outposts or long-term spaceflight to become reality, Mackowski argues, a robust program in space life sciences is essential, and the history in this book offers lessons to help prevent leaving more expectations unfulfilled.
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• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Prairie, People, and Perceptions A Prairie Education
• Chapter 2. Where the Prairie Begins The Next Prairie Visit
• Chapter 3. Where the Prairie Ends Personal Geographies
• Chapter 4. Historic Prairie Fires Prairie Wilderness
• Chapter 5. A Stable, Balanced, Cooperative Equilibrium Conversing with the Dead
• Chapter 6. Prairie Flora What We Know
• Chapter 7. Modern Fires, Plant Community, and Productivity Ashes to Ashes
• Chapter 8. Prairie Remnants Prairies I've Known
• Chapter 9. Prairie Belowground Only Gravel Ridges Are Poor Enough
• Chapter 10. Prairie Beasts An Acceptable Substitute
• Chapter 11. Prairie Feathers Counting Chickens
• Chapter 12. Prairie Insects Two Worlds
• Chapter 13. Patches, Mosaics, and Management Through a Lens
• Chapter 14. Prairie Trees Lawns of God
• Chapter 15. Prairie Restoration Keeping the Cogs and Wheels
• Chapter 16. New Advocates for Prairie Conservation Prairie Spring Conclusion Bibliography Index.
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The tallgrass prairie once stretched from Indiana to Kansas to Minnesota. Most of this land is now growing corn and soybeans. In To Find a Pasqueflower, Greg Hoch shows us that the tallgrass prairie is the most endangered ecosystem on the continent, but it's also an ecosystem that people can play an active role in restoring. Hoch blends history, culture, and science into a unified narrative of the tallgrass prairie, with an emphasis on humans' participation in its development and destruction. Hoch also demonstrates how variable and dynamic the prairie is, creating both challenges and opportunities for those who manage and restore and appreciate it.
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• Part 1. Introduction to probability: Bayesian thinking and everyday reasoning ; Measuring uncertainty ; The logic of uncertainty ; Creating a binomial probability distribution ; The beta distribution
• Part 2. Bayesian probability and prior probabilities: Conditional probability ; Bayes' theorem with LEGO ; The prior, likelihood, and posterior of Bayes' theorem ; Bayesian priors and working with probability distributions
• Part 3. Parameter estimation: Introduction to averaging and parameter estimation ; Measuring the spread of our data ; The normal distribution ; Tools of parameter estimation: the PDF, CDF, and Quantile function ; Parameter estimation with prior probabilities
• Part 4. Hypothesis testing: the heart of statistics: From parameter estimation to hypothesis testing: building a Bayesian A/B test ; Introduction to the Bayes factor and posterior odds: the competition of ideas ; Bayesian reasoning in the twilight zone ; When data doesn't convince you ; From hypothesis testing to parameter estimation
• Appendix A. A quick introduction to R
• Appendix B. Enough calculus to get by

Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way gets you understanding the theory behind data analysis without making you slog through a load of dry concepts first - with no programming experience necessary. You'll learn about probability with LEGO, statistics through Star Wars, distributions with bomb fuses, estimation through precipitation, and come away with some strong mathematical reasoning skills. This is a super approachable book for people who need to do data science and probability work in their lives, but never got a good grip on the underlying theory.
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An unprecedented two-volume exploration of the fungi of temperate Europe Fungi of Temperate Europe is one of the most comprehensive mycological guides ever published. Featuring more than 7,000 photographs, this lavish two-volume set treats more than 2,800 species of fungi across the region. Including agarics, boletes, chanterelles and morels but also more obscure groups such as cyphelloids, cup fungi, pyrenomycetous fungi and hysterioids, this guide takes an unprecedentedly broad approach to communicating fungal diversity. All species are illustrated with one or more photographs and information is given on morphology, ecology and distribution within temperate Europe. Furthermore, 1,500+ species are discussed as potential look-alikes. The books are divided into eighty "form groups, " each starting with an innovative comparison wheel with guiding photos, distinguishing characteristics and drawings of essential microscopic features. Poisonous and edible species are colour coded within the text. Revealing the world of fungi in all its splendour, Fungi of Temperate Europe is a must-have resource for any amateur or professional mycologist. * 7,000+ photographs across 1,700 pages * Colourful, up-close photos unrivaled by other mycological guides * Coverage for 2,800+ fungal species * Innovative and accessible system of identification.
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• Discussion
• Preface
• Quick guide
• Introduction to manzanitas. The California Floristic Province ; Origin, ecology, and diversification in Arctostaphylos ; Conservation implications ; Beyond the California Floristic Province
• Regional Keys to Species and Subspecies. Manzanita characteristics
• Regional keys : Klamath Mountain ; San Francisco Bay Region ; Central Coast Region ; Sierra Nevada Region ; Southern California Region ; Baja California Region ; Outside the California Floristic Province
• Manzanita Treatments
• Destinations. Northwest California
• Northern Sierra Nevada
• San Francisco Bay
• Monterey Bay
• Central California Coast
• Southern California
• Baja California
• Tying a bow around it... Manzanita Lists by Region. By California counties ; In Baja California ; Outside California
• Glossary
• Suggested reading
• Manzanita relatives
• Photographers and authors

"Manzanita’s center of biodiversity is in the California Floristic Province, where they are the "rock stars" of woody shrub diversity. Ranging from the Sierra Nevada mountains to Pacific coastal bluffs, from temperate rainforests along the North Coast to the arid mountain slopes of Southern California, a wealth of manzanita species and subspecies can be found in an astonishing array of environments. This book includes : color plates for identifying all 107 taxa ; accurate and detailed range maps ; descriptions of 28 destinations to explore manzanita diversity in the field ; spectacular pots fro across North America."--taken from back cover

• Why quantum field theory?
• Quanta
• Developing free field theory
• Interactions
• Feynman rules
• Calculating
• Introduction to renormalization
• Path integrals
• A short guide to the rest of the story

A concise, beginner-friendly introduction to quantum field theory Quantum field theory is a powerful framework that extends quantum mechanics in ways that are essential in many modern applications. While it is the fundamental formalism for the study of many areas of physics, quantum field theory requires a different way of thinking, and many newcomers to the subject struggle with the transition from quantum mechanics. A Prelude to Quantum Field Theory introduces the key concepts of quantum field theory in a brief and accessible manner while never sacrificing mathematical rigor. The result is an easy-to-use textbook that distills the most general properties of the theory without overwhelming beginning students with more advanced applications. Bridges quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, emphasizing analogies and differences Emphasizes a "quantum field theoretical mindset" while maintaining mathematical rigor Obtains quantum fields as the continuum limit of a quantized system of many particles Highlights the correspondence between wave function-fundamental in quantum mechanics-and the formalism of second quantization used in quantum field theory Provides a step-by-step derivation of Feynman rules for the perturbative study of interacting theories Introduces students to renormalization, path integrals techniques, and more Discusses more modern topics like effective field theories Ideal for both undergraduate and graduate students Proven in the classroom.
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Comprehensive description of rainforest trees of South-Eastern Australia

• Volume 1. Statistical physics
• Volume 2. Optics
• Volume 3. Elasticity & fluid dynamics
• Volume 4. Plasma physics
• Volume 5. Relativity & cosmology

"Kip Thorne and Roger Blandford's monumental Modern Classical Physics is now available in five stand-alone volumes that make ideal textbooks for individual graduate or advanced undergraduate courses on statistical physics; optics; elasticity and fluid dynamics; plasma physics; and relativity and cosmology. Each volume teaches the fundamental concepts, emphasizes modern, real-world applications, and gives students a physical and intuitive understanding of the subject. Relativity and Cosmology is an essential introduction to the subject, including remarkable recent advances. Written by award-winning physicists who have made fundamental contributions to the field and taught it for decades, the book differs from most others on the subject in important ways. It highlights recent transformations in our understanding of black holes, gravitational waves, and the cosmos; it emphasizes the physical interpretation of general relativity in terms of measurements made by observers; it explains the physics of the Riemann tensor in terms of tidal forces, differential frame dragging, and associated field lines; it presents an astrophysically oriented description of spinning black holes; it gives a detailed analysis of an incoming gravitational wave's interaction with a detector such as LIGO; and it provides a comprehensive, in-depth account of the universe's evolution, from its earliest moments to the present. While the book is designed to be used for a one-quarter or full-semester course, it goes deep enough to provide a foundation for understanding and participating in some areas of cutting-edge research. Includes many exercise problems Features color figures, suggestions for further reading, extensive cross-references, and a detailed index Optional "Track 2" sections make this an ideal book for a one-quarter or one-semester course An online illustration package is available to professors The five volumes, which are available individually as paperbacks and ebooks, are Statistical Physics; Optics; Elasticity and Fluid Dynamics; Plasma Physics; and Relativity and Cosmology." --Amazon.com

"This volume is one of six that together comprise the text materials for Six Ideas That Shaped Physics, a unique approach to the two- or three-semester calculusbased introductory physics course. I have designed this curriculum (for which these volumes only serve as the text component) to support an introductory course that combines three elements: Inclusion of 20th-century physics topics, A thoroughly 21st-century perspective on even classical topics, and Support for a student-centered and active-learning-based classroom"-- Provided by publisher

• Part I: Background.- Sequence Analysis.- The SeqAn library (version 1 & 2).- Modern C++.- Part II: SeqAn3.- The design of SeqAn3.- Library structure and small modules.- The Alphabet module.- The Range module.- The Input/Output module.- The Search module.- The Alignment module.- Part III: Lambda.- Lambda: an application built with SeqAn.- Part IV: Conclusion and appendix.- Conclusion.- Appendix.- References.
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This is a book about software engineering, bioinformatics, the C++ programming language and the SeqAn library. In the broadest sense, it will help the reader create better, faster and more reliable software by deepening their understanding of available tools, language features, techniques and design patterns. Every developer who previously worked with C++ will enjoy the in-depth chapter on important changes in the language from C++11 up to and including C++20. In contrast to many resources on Modern C++ that present new features only in small isolated examples, this book represents a more holistic approach: readers will understand the relevance of new features and how they interact in the context of a large software project and not just within a "toy example". Previous experience in creating software with C++ is highly recommended to fully appreciate these aspects. SeqAn3 is a new, re-designed software library. The conception and implementation process is detailed in this book, including a critical reflection on the previous versions of the library. This is particularly helpful to readers who are about to create a large software project themselves, or who are planning a major overhaul of an existing library or framework. While the focus of the book is clearly on software development and design, it also touches on various organisational and administrative aspects like licensing, dependency management and quality control.
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• Distributions and Analyticity in Euclidean Space
• Functions and Differential Operators in Euclidean Space
• Basic Notation and Terminology
• Smooth, Real-analytic, Holomorphic Functions
• Differential Operators with Smooth Coefficients
• Distributions in Euclidean Space
• Basics on Distributions in Euclidean Space
• Sobolev Spaces
• Distribution Kernels
• Fundamental Solutions, Parametrix, Hypoelliptic PDOs
• Analytic Tools in Distribution Theory
• Analytic Parametrices, Analytic Hypoellipticity
• Ehrenpreisʼ Cutoffs and Analytic Regularity of Distributions
• Distribution Boundary Values of Holomorphic Functions
• The FBI Transform of Distributions : An Introduction
• The Analytic Wave-Front Set of a Distribution
• Analyticity of Solutions of Linear PDEs : Basic Results
• Analyticity of Solutions of Elliptic Linear PDEs
• Degenerate Elliptic Equations : Influence of Lower Order Terms
• A Generalization of the Harmonic Oscillator
• Appendix : Hermite's Functions and the Schwartz Space
• The Cauchy-Kovalevskaya Theorem
• A Nonlinear Ovsyannikov Theorem
• Application : the Nonlinear Cauchy-Kovalevskaya Theorem
• Applications to Linear PDE
• Application to Integrodifferential Cauchy Problems
• Hyperfunctions in Euclidean Space
• Analytic Functionals in Euclidean Space
• Analytic Functionals in Complex Domains
• Analytic Functionals in Cn
• Analytic Functionals in Rn as Cohomology Classes
• Hyperfunctions in Euclidean Space
• The Sheaf of Hyperfunctions in Euclidean Space
• Boundary values of holomorphic functions in wedges
• The FBI Transform of Analytic Functionals
• Analytic Wave-front Set of a Hyperfunction
• Edge of the Wedge
• Microfunctions in Euclidean space
• Hyperdifferential Operators
• Action on Holomorphic Functions and on Hyperfunctions
• Local Representation of Hyperfunctions
• Elliptic Hyperdifferential Operators
• Solvability of Constant Coefficients Hyperdifferential Equations
• Geometric Background
• Elements of Differential Geometry
• Regular Manifolds
• Fibre Bundles, Vector Bundles
• Tangent and Cotangent Bundles of a Manifold
• Differential Complexes and Grassman Algebras
• A Primer on Sheaf Cohomology
• Basics on Sheaf Cohomology
• Fine Sheaves and Fine Resolutions
• Relative Sheaf Cohomology
• Edge of the Wedge in (Co)homological Terms
• Distributions and Hyperfunctions on a Manifold
• Distributions and Currents on a Manifold
• Plurisubharmonic functions and pseudoconvex domains
• Hyperfunctions and Microfunctions in an Analytic Manifold
• Lie Algebras of Vector Fields
• The Lie Algebra of Smooth Vector Fields
• Integral Manifolds : Frobeniusʼ Theorem
• Local Flow of a Regular Vector Field
• Foliations Defined By Analytic Vector Fields
• Systems of Vector Fields Generating Special Lie Algebras
• Elements of Symplectic Geometry
• Elements of Symplectic Algebra
• The Metaplectic Group
• Symplectic Manifolds
• Involutive Systems of Functions of Principal Type
• Real and Imaginary Symplectic Structures in C2n
• Real and Imaginary Symplectic Structures on Complex Manifolds
• Stratification of Analytic Varieties and Division of Distributions by Analytic Functions
• Analytic Stratifications
• Analytic Stratifications and Stratifiable Sets
• Analytic Subvarieties
• The Weierstrass Theorems
• Local Partitions of a Complex Hypersurface
• Local Stratifications of a Real-Analytic Variety
• Semianalytic Sets
• Division of Distributions by Analytic Functions
• The Lojasiewicz Inequality
• Division of Distributions by Analytic Functions
• Desingularization and Applications
• Appendix
• Analytic Pseudodifferential Operators and Fourier Integral Operators
• Elementary Pseudodifferential Calculus in the ... Class
• Standard Pseudodifferential Operators
• Symbolic Calculus
• Classical symbols and classical pseudodifferential operators
• The Weyl Calculus in Euclidean Space
• Analytic Pseudodifferential Calculus
• Analytic Pseudodifferential Operators
• Symbolic Calculus
• Analytic Microlocalization In Distribution Theory
• Action on Singularity Hyperfunctions
• Microdifferential Operators
• Fourier Integral Operators
• Fourier Distribution Kernels in Euclidean Space
• The Lagrangian Manifold Associated to a Phase-function
• Fourier Integral Operators : Basics
• Reduction of the Fiber Variables
• Composition and Continuity of Fourier Integral Operators
• Globally Defined Fourier Integral Operators
• Principles of Analytic Fourier Integral Operators
• Appendix : Stationary Phase Formal Expansion
• Complex Microlocal Analysis
• Classical Analytic Formalism
• Formal Analytic Series
• Classical Analytic Differential Operators of Infinite Order
• The Complex Stationary Phase Formula
• Symbolic Calculus and the KdV Hierarchy
• Germ Fourier Integral Operators in Complex Space
• Analytic Symbols
• Contours and Function Spaces
• Sjöstrand Pairs
• Germ Fourier-like Transforms
• Sjöstrand Triads and Germ Fourier Integral Operators
• Germ Pseudodifferential Operators in Complex Space
• Germ Pseudodifferential Operators
• Classical Germ Pseudodifferential Operators
• Action on distributions
• Action on Hyperfunctions and Microfunctions
• Germ FBI Transforms
• Germ FBI Transforms
• Germ FBI Transforms of Distributions
• The Equivalence Theorem for Distributions
• Analytic Pseudodifferential Operators of Principal Type
• Analytic PDEs of Principal Type : Local Solvability
• Pseudodifferential Operators of Principal Type
• Local Solvability of Analytic PDEs of Principal Type
• Analytic PDEs of Principal Type : Regularity of the Solutions
• A New Concept : Subellipticity
• Statement of the Main Theorem
• Hypoellipticity Implies (Q)
• Property (Q) Implies Subellipticity
• Analytic Hypoellipticity Implies (Q)
• Property (Q) Implies Analytic Hypoellipticity
• The ... Situation
• Propagation of Analytic Singularities
• Appendix : Properties of Real Polynomials in a Single Variable
• Appendix : Analytic Estimates of Exponential Amplitudes
• Solvability of Constant Vector Fields of Type (1,0)
• C-Convexity and Global Solvability
• Local Solvability at the Boundary : First Steps
• Local Solvability at the Boundary : Final Characterization
• The Differential Complex : Generalities
• Appendix : Minima of Families of Plurisubharmonic Functions
• Pseudodifferential Solvability and Property (...)
• Solvability : the Difference between Differential and Pseudodifferential
• Property (...)
• Microlocal Solvability in Distributions
• Pseudodifferential Complexes in Tube Structures
• Pseudodifferential Complexes of Principal Type
• Tube Pseudodifferential Complexes
• Phase-function and Amplitude
• Approximate Homotopy Formulas
• Homotopy Formulas
• Poincaré Lemmas
• References
• Notation Index
• Index

This book provides a coherent, self-contained introduction to central topics of Analytic Partial Differential Equations in the natural geometric setting. The main themes are the analysis in phase-space of analytic PDEs and the Fourier-Bros-Iagolnitzer (FBI) transform of distributions and hyperfunctions, with application to existence and regularity questions. The book begins by establishing the fundamental properties of analytic partial differential equations, starting with the Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem, before presenting an integrated overview of the approach to hyperfunctions via analytic functionals, first in Euclidean space and, once the geometric background has been laid out, on analytic manifolds. Further topics include the proof of the Lojaciewicz inequality and the division of distributions by analytic functions, a detailed description of the Frobenius and Nagano foliations, and the Hamilton-Jacobi solutions of involutive systems of eikonal equations. The reader then enters the realm of microlocal analysis, through pseudodifferential calculus, introduced at a basic level, followed by Fourier integral operators, including those with complex phase-functions (a la Sjoestrand). This culminates in an in-depth discussion of the existence and regularity of (distribution or hyperfunction) solutions of analytic differential (and later, pseudodifferential) equations of principal type, exemplifying the usefulness of all the concepts and tools previously introduced. The final three chapters touch on the possible extension of the results to systems of over- (or under-) determined systems of these equations-a cornucopia of open problems.This book provides a unified presentation of a wealth of material that was previously restricted to research articles. In contrast to existing monographs, the approach of the book is analytic rather than algebraic, and tools such as sheaf cohomology, stratification theory of analytic varieties and symplectic geometry are used sparingly and introduced as required. The first half of the book is mainly pedagogical in intent, accessible to advanced graduate students and postdocs, while the second, more specialized part is intended as a reference for researchers.
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This text provides an introduction to partial differential equations and boundary value problems, including Fourier series. The treatment offers students a smooth transition from a course in elementary ordinary differential equations to more advanced topics in a first course in partial differential equations. This widely adopted and successful book also serves as a valuable reference for engineers and other professionals. The approach emphasizes applications, with particular stress on physics and engineering applications. Rich in proofs and examples, the treatment features many exercises in each section. Relevant Mathematica files are available for download from author Nakhle; Asmar's website; however, the book is completely usable without computer access. The Students' Solutions Manual can be downloaded for free from the Dover website, and the Instructor's Solutions Manual is available upon request for professors and potential teachers. The text is suitable for undergraduates in mathematics, physics, engineering, and other fields who have completed a course in ordinary differential equations

• Contents
• Preface
• 1. A refresher on the integers
• 2. A first look at groups
• 3. Groups acting on sets
• 4. Basics on rings-mostly commutative
• 5. Primes and unique factorization
• 6. Algebraic field extensions
• 7. Applications of galois theory
• 8. Modules over principal ideal domains
• 9. Division algorithms
• Appendix A: Infinite sets.
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Through this book, upper undergraduate mathematics majors will master a challenging yet rewarding subject, and approach advanced studies in algebra, number theory and geometry with confidence. Groups, rings and fields are covered in depth with a strong emphasis on irreducible polynomials, a fresh approach to modules and linear algebra, a fresh take on Groebner theory, and a group theoretic treatment of Rejewski's deciphering of the Enigma machine. It includes a detailed treatment of the basics on finite groups, including Sylow theory and the structure of finite abelian groups. Galois theory and its applications to polynomial equations and geometric constructions are treated in depth. Those interested in computations will appreciate the novel treatment of division algorithms. This rigorous text 'gets to the point', focusing on concisely demonstrating the concept at hand, taking a 'definitions first, examples next' approach. Exercises reinforce the main ideas of the text and encourage students' creativity.
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• 1. Introduction to Insect Flight.-
• 2. Flight a Retrospect a Brief Review.-
• 3. Aerodynamic Considerations.-
• 4. Flight Morphology and Flight Muscles.-
• 5. Types of Textures in Insect Wings and Classification.-
• 6. Theories on Hovering Flight of Insects-A Brief Review.-
• 7. Moment of Inertia and Mutilation Studies of Insect Wing.-
• 8. Chitinous Membranes and Analogous Materials.-
• 9. Aeroelasticity.-
• 10. Insect Migration.-
• 11. MAV Design Aspects and MEMS.
• 12. Bio-mimicking MAVs and Insect Flight.-
• 13. Navigation - A General Overview.-
• 14. WINGBEAT FREQUENCY THEORIES- A Mathematical Approach.-
• 15. Comments on Bio-physics of Insect Flight (Present and Future).- Bibliography.- Index.
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This book basically involves the study of flight parameters, wing beat frequency, moment of inertia, and wing movements for developing various aerodynamic forces which have been calculated. The book is intended for biologists, physicists, nanotechnologists, and aerospace engineers. Resilin, an elastic polymer (4 ) which is present at the base of insect, plays a major role in Neurogenic and Myogenic insect flyers and influences the physiology of flight muscles. Leading edge vortex (LEV) is a special feature of insect flight. Insect wings have stalling angle above 60 degrees as compared to a man-made aeroplane stalling angle which is 16 degree. Reynolds number, the knowledge of LEV, and detailed study of moment of inertia help in developing flapping flexible wings for micro-aerial-vehicles. This book serves as an interface between biologists and engineers interested to develop biomimicking micro-aerial-vehicles. The contents of this book is useful to researchers and professionals alike.
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• The main construction and outline of the proof
• Preliminary estimates
• The nonlinearities N^h/[infinity][beta] and n^[psi]
• Improved energy estimates
• Improved profile bounds
• The main theorems

A definitive proof of global nonlinear stability of Minkowski space-time as a solution of the Einstein-Klein-Gordon equations This book provides a definitive proof of global nonlinear stability of Minkowski space-time as a solution of the Einstein-Klein-Gordon equations of general relativity. Along the way, a novel robust analytical framework is developed, which extends to more general matter models. Alexandru Ionescu and Benoit Pausader prove global regularity at an appropriate level of generality of the initial data, and then prove several important asymptotic properties of the resulting space-time, such as future geodesic completeness, peeling estimates of the Riemann curvature tensor, conservation laws for the ADM tensor, and Bondi energy identities and inequalities. The book is self-contained, providing complete proofs and precise statements, which develop a refined theory for solutions of quasilinear Klein-Gordon and wave equations, including novel linear and bilinear estimates. Only mild decay assumptions are made on the scalar field and the initial metric is allowed to have nonisotropic decay consistent with the positive mass theorem. The framework incorporates analysis both in physical and Fourier space, and is compatible with previous results on other physical models such as water waves and plasma physics.
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• 1. About this book Urban Larsson
• 2. Temperatures of games and coupons Elwyn Berlekamp
• 3. Wythoff visions Eric Duchene, Aviezri Fraenkel, Vladimir Gurvich, Nhan Ho, Clark Kimberling and Urban Larsson
• 4. Scoring games: the state of play Urban Larsson, Richard Nowakowski and Carlos Pereira dos Santos
• 5. Restricted developments in partizan misere game theory Rebecca Milley and Gabriel Renault
• 6. Unsolved problems in combinatorial games Richard Nowakowski
• 7. Misere games and misere quotients Aaron Siegel
• 8. An historical tour of binary and tours David Singmaster
• 9. A note on polynomial profiles of placement games J. I. Brown, D. Cox, A. Hoefel, Neil McKay, Rebecca Milley, Richard Nowakowski and Angela A. Siegel
• 10. A PSPACE-complete Graph Nim Kyle Burke and Olivia George
• 11. A nontrivial surjective map onto the short Conway group Alda Carvalho and Carlos Pereira dos Santos
• 12. Games and complexes I: transformation via ideals Sara Faridi, Svenja Huntemann and Richard Nowakowski
• 13. Games and complexes II: weight games and Kruskal-Katona type bounds Sara Faridi, Svenja Huntemann and Richard Nowakowski
• 14. Chromatic Nim finds a game for your solution Mike Fisher and Urban Larsson
• 15. Take-away games on Beatty's theorem and the notion of k-invariance Aviezri Fraenkel and Urban Larsson
• 16. Geometric analysis of a generalized Wythoff game Eric Friedman, Scott M. Garrabrant, Ilona Phipps-Morgan, Adam S. Landsberg and Urban Larsson
• 17. Searching for periodicity in officers J. P. Grossman
• 18. Good pass moves in no-draw HyperHex: two proverbs Ryan Hayward
• 19. Conjoined games: Go-Cut and Sno-Go Melissa Huggan and Richard Nowakowski
• 20. Impartial games whose rulesets produce continued fractions Urban Larsson and Mike Weimerskirch
• 21. Endgames in bidding chess Urban Larsson and Johan Wastlund
• 22. Phutball draws Sucharit Sarkar
• 23. Scoring play combinatorial games Fraser Stewart
• 24. Generalized misere play Mike Weimerskirch.
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This book surveys the state-of-the-art in the theory of combinatorial games, that is games not involving chance or hidden information. Enthusiasts will find a wide variety of exciting topics, from a trailblazing presentation of scoring to solutions of three piece ending positions of bidding chess. Theories and techniques in many subfields are covered, such as universality, Wythoff Nim variations, misere play, partizan bidding (a.k.a. Richman games), loopy games, and the algebra of placement games. Also included are an updated list of unsolved problems, extremely efficient algorithms for taking and breaking games, a historical exposition of binary numbers and games by David Singmaster, chromatic Nim variations, renormalization for combinatorial games, and a survey of temperature theory by Elwyn Berlekamp, one of the founders of the field. The volume was initiated at the Combinatorial Game Theory Workshop, January 2011, held at the Banff International Research Station.
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• Part I. "g small"-- Refinements of Weil's bound
• The case of genus 2
• The case g= 3
• Part II. "g large"
• General results
• Optimization in the explicit formulas
• The case q = 2

"In 1985, Jean-Pierre Serre gave a series of lectures at Harvard University on the number of points of curves over finite fields. Based on notes taken at that time by F.Q. Gouvêa, the present revised and completed document provides an insightful introduction to this beautiful topic and to most of the ideas that have been developed in this area during the last 30 years"--Back cover

• Background The distance problem The Iosevich-Rudnev bound Wolff's exponent Rings and generalized distances Configurations and group actions Combinatorics in finite fields Bibliography Index.
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Erdos asked how many distinct distances must there be in a set of $n$ points in the plane. Falconer asked a continuous analogue, essentially asking what is the minimal Hausdorff dimension required of a compact set in order to guarantee that the set of distinct distances has positive Lebesgue measure in $R$. The finite field distance problem poses the analogous question in a vector space over a finite field. The problem is relatively new but remains tantalizingly out of reach. This book provides an accessible, exciting summary of known results. The tools used range over combinatorics, number theory, analysis, and algebra. The intended audience is graduate students and advanced undergraduates interested in investigating the unknown dimensions of the problem. Results available until now only in the research literature are clearly explained and beautifully motivated. A concluding chapter opens up connections to related topics in combinatorics and number theory: incidence theory, sum-product phenomena, Waring's problem, and the Kakeya conjecture.
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• Introduction
• Chapter 1: A framework for human-wildlife coexistence in the Tarangire Ecosystem Chapter 2: The ecohistory of the Maasai Ecosystem
• The human dimension of conservation
• Chapter 3: Spatial conservation and social-ecological systems: changes to local livelihoods, tenure, and wildlife conservation in Tanzania's Tarangire Ecosystem Chapter 4: Political ecology of the Tarangire Chapter 5: A conservationist political ecology of the Tarangire Ecosystem Chapter 6: Human livelihoods in a changing climate Chapter 7: Well-being and the Maasai of Simanjiro Chapter 8: Community attitudes towards conservation areas in the Maasai Steppe
• The wildlife dimension of conservation
• Chapter 9: Ungulate population dynamics in the Tarangire Chapter 10: Metapopulation dynamics of giraffes in the Tarangire Ecosystem Chapter 11: The history of the Tarangire elephant Chapter 12: Large carnivores in the Tarangire Ecosystem
• Human-wildlife coexistence
• Chapter 13: Wildlife movements and landscape connectivity in the Tarangire Ecosystem Chapter 14: Effects of roads on the distribution of wildlife, livestock, settlements and pollution Chapter 15: Human-carnivore conflicts and coexistence in the Tarangire Ecosystem Chapter 16: Funding conservation in the Anthropocene - Investing in nature-based climate solutions in Makame Wildlife Management Area Chapter 17: Education as a tool to live in harmony with natur Synthesis
• Chapter 18: Shaping human-wildlife coexistence: a synthesis .
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This edited volume summarizes multidisciplinary work on wildlife conservation in the Tarangire Ecosystem of northern Tanzania. By drawing together human-centered, wildlife-centered, and interdisciplinary research, this book contributes to furthering our understanding of the often complex mechanisms underlying human-wildlife interactions in dynamic landscapes. By synthesizing the wealth of knowledge generated by anthropologists, ecologists, conservationists, entrepreneurs, geographers, sociologists, and zoologists over the last decades, this book also highlights practicable and locally adapted solutions for shaping human-wildlife interactions towards coexistence. Readers will discover the reciprocal and often unexpected direct and indirect dynamics between people and wildlife. While boundaries (e.g. between people and wildlife, between protected and un-protected areas, and between different groups of people) are a common theme throughout the different chapters, this book stresses the commonalities, links, and synergies between seemingly disparate disciplines, opinions, and conservation approaches. The chapters are divided into clear sections, such as the human dimension, the wildlife dimension and human-wildlife interactions, representing a detailed summary of anthropological, ecological, and interdisciplinary research projects that have been conducted in the Tarangire Ecosystem over the last decades. Beyond, this work contributes to the debate about land-sharing versus land-sparing and provides an in-depth case study for understanding the complexities associated with human-wildlife coexistence in one of the few remaining ecosystems that supports migratory populations of large mammals. The topic of this book is particularly relevant for students, scholars, and practitioners who are interested in reconciling the needs of human populations with those of the environment in general and large mammal populations in particular. .
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• Prologue
• An intricate dance
• Winners and losers
• "Zero insect days"
• The peak of the pesticide
• In the teeth of the climate emergency
• The labor of honeybees
• A monarch's journey
• The inaction plan
• A human emergency

From ants scurrying under leaf litter to bees able to fly higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, insects are everywhere. Three out of every four of our planet's known animal species are insects. In The Insect Crisis, acclaimed journalist Oliver Milman dives into the torrent of recent evidence that suggests this kaleidoscopic group of creatures is suffering the greatest existential crisis in its remarkable 400-million-year history. What is causing the collapse of the insect world? Why does this alarming decline pose such a threat to us? And what can be done to stem the loss of the miniature empires that hold aloft life as we know it? With urgency and great clarity, Milman explores this hidden emergency, arguing that its consequences could even rival climate change. He joins the scientists tracking the decline of insect populations across the globe, including the soaring mountains of Mexico that host an epic, yet dwindling, migration of monarch butterflies; the verdant countryside of England that has been emptied of insect life; the gargantuan fields of U.S. agriculture that have proved a killing ground for bees; and an offbeat experiment in Denmark that shows there aren't that many bugs splattering into your car windshield these days. These losses not only further tear at the tapestry of life on our degraded planet; they imperil everything we hold dear, from the food on our supermarket shelves to the medicines in our cabinets to the riot of nature that thrills and enlivens us. Even insects we may dread, including the hated cockroach, or the stinging wasp, play crucial ecological roles, and their decline would profoundly shape our own story. By connecting butterfly and bee, moth and beetle from across the globe, the full scope of loss renders a portrait of a crisis that threatens to upend the workings of our collective history. Part warning, part celebration of the incredible variety of insects, The Insect Crisis is a wake-up call for us all.
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Microbiology is the study of the invisible world of microorganisms, organisms so small that microscopes and other special equipment are needed to directly observe them. They play a crucial role in maintaining the Earth's atmosphere and help decompose organic matter. Microbiology plays a role in a great variety of areas, including optimizing soil for agriculture, developing preservatives and pharmaceuticals, genetic engineering, and developing climate change models. The discovery of microbes was instrumental in controlling infectious disease outbreaks that had, for centuries, wiped out entire populations.
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• Preface. Follow Your Nose
• Chapter 1. The Most Ancient and Fundamental Sense
• Chapter 2. Following the Bird's Nose
• Chapter 3. Deciphering the Secrets of Smells
• Chapter 4. What Does Sexy Smell Like?
• Chapter 5. Making Scents of Bacteria
• Chapter 6. Thanks for Sharing
• Chapter 7. MHC: Magical Happiness Controller?
• Chapter 8. Girl Power Afterword. A Breath of Fresh Air Acknowledgments Glossary References Index.
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The untold story of a stunning discovery: not only can birds smell, but their scents may be the secret to understanding their world. The puzzling lack of evidence for the peculiar but widespread belief that birds have no sense of smell irked evolutionary biologist Danielle Whittaker. Exploring the science behind the myth led her on an unexpected quest investigating mysteries from how juncos win a fight to why cowbirds smell like cookies. In The Secret Perfume of Birds-part science, part intellectual history, and part memoir-Whittaker blends humor, clear writing, and a compelling narrative to describe how scent is important not just for birds but for all animals, including humans. Whittaker engagingly describes how emerging research has uncovered birds' ability to produce complex chemical signals that influence their behavior, including where they build nests, when they pick a fight, and why they fly away. Mate choice, or sexual selection-a still enigmatic aspect of many animals' lives-appears to be particularly influenced by smell. Whittaker's pioneering studies suggest that birds' sexy (and scary) signals are produced by symbiotic bacteria that manufacture scents in the oil that birds stroke on their feathers when preening. From tangerine-scented auklets to her beloved juncos, redolent of moss, birds from across the world feature in Whittaker's stories, but she also examines the smelly chemicals of all kinds of creatures, from iguanas and bees to monkeys and humans. Readers will enjoy a rare opportunity to witness the twisting roads scientific research can take, especially the challenging, hilarious, and occasionally dangerous realities of ornithology in the wild. The Secret Perfume of Birds will interest anyone looking to learn more about birds, about how animals and humans use our senses, and about why it can sometimes take a rebel scientist to change what we think we know for sure about the world-and ourselves.
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• Introduction: Haliaeetus Leucocephalus: the species
• Part One: A bird for a new nation
• Part Two: Predator, symbol, and divine messenger
• Part Three: New science and new attitudes
• Part Four: Restoration
• Epilogue: Reconciliation

The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you're not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as "majestic" and "noble" yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies. Taking us from before the United States' founding through inconceivable resurgences of this enduring all-American species, Jack E. Davis contrasts the age when native peoples lived beside it peacefully with that when others, whether through hunting bounties or DDT pesticides, twice pushed Haliaeetus leucocephalus to the brink of extinction. Filled with spectacular stories of Founding Fathers, rapacious hunters, heroic bird rescuers and the lives of bald eagles themselves-monogamous creatures, considered among the animal world's finest parents-The Bald Eagle is a much-awaited cultural and natural history that demonstrates how this bird's wondrous journey may provide inspiration today, as we grapple with environmental peril on a larger scale.
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• Introduction
• Biography of Egypt and the Middle East
• Migration
• How to use this book
• Glossary
• Species descriptions
• Checklist of the Birds
• References and future reading
• Index