Science and Technics / Science

Kinetics of Enzyme Action: Essential Principles for Drug Hunters

by Ross L. Stein

Few scientists have the knowledge to perform the studies that are necessary to discover and characterize enzyme inhibitors, despite the vested interest the pharmaceutical industry has in this field. Beginning...

Chiral Drugs: Chemistry and Biological Action

by Guo-Qiang Lin, Qi-Dong You & Jie-Fei Cheng

An integrated view of chiral drugs—from concept and synthesisto pharmaceutical properties

Chirality greatly influences a drug's biological and pharmacological properties. In an effort to achieve more predictable...

Cellular Domains

by Ivan R. Nabi

Cellular domains play vital roles in a wide range of cellular functions. Defining cellular domains and understanding the molecular basis of their formation is essential to the study of cell functionality. This...

Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers

by Mario F. Ferreira

This book will provide insight into the principles and applications of nonlinear effects in fibers for students, researchers, and developers who have a basic understanding of electromagnetic theory under their...

Advances in Chemical Physics

by Stuart A. Rice

The Advances in Chemical Physics series—the cutting edge of research in chemical physics

The Advances in Chemical Physics series provides the chemical physics and physical chemistry fields with a forum for critical,...

Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America

by Philip Dray

“We forget, living in this era of heavily patented research and closely guarded results, how wonderfully exciting the scientific world used to be. In Stealing God’s Thunder, the story of Benjamin Franklin’s...

Sex, Genes & Rock 'n' Roll: How Evolution Has Shaped the Modern World

by Rob Brooks

An evolutionary biologist looks at diverse environmental and social problems to show how the basic evolutionary imperative of survival and adaptation shapes our world

I R Physics

by Aaron W. Wemple

Transformational energy concepts (I R Physics) is a known, but currently unexplainable aspect of reality, society, economy, physics, etc.. To better understand and further the classical laws of physics for applied...

Easy Mathematics Step-by-Step

by Sandra Luna McCune & William D. Clark

Take it step-by-step for math success!

The quickest route to learning a subject is through a solid grounding in the basics. So what you won’t find in Easy Mathematics Step-by-Step is a lot of endless drills....

Our Genes, Our Choices: How genotype and gene interactions affect behavior

by David Goldman

Our Genes, Our Choices: How Genotype and Gene Interactions Affect Behavior explains how the complexity of human behavior, including concepts of free will, derives from a relatively small number of genes, which...

The Earth Moved

by Amy Stewart

“Engrossing” (The Christian Science Monitor), “fascinating” (TimeOut New York), “delightfully nuanced” (Entertainment Weekly), “terrific” (New York Newsday), “inspiring” (Bust magazine)....

An Introduction to Applied Multivariate Analysis

by Tenko Raykov & George A. Marcoulides

This comprehensive text introduces readers to the most commonly used multivariate techniques at an introductory, non-technical level. By focusing on the fundamentals, readers are better prepared for more advanced...

Urban Geography

by Tim Hall & Heather Barrett

This extensively revised and updated fourth edition not only examines the new geographical patterns forming within and between cities, but also investigates the way geographers have sought to make sense of this...

Tourism Supply Chain Management

by Haiyan Song

Fierce global competition in the tourism industry is now focused on integral parts of supply chains rather than on individual firms. The highly competitive environment has forced tourism firms to look for ways...

Urban Theory Beyond the West

by Tim Edensor & Mark Jayne

Since the late eighteenth century, academic engagement with political, economic, social, cultural and spatial changes in our cities has been dominated by theoretical frameworks crafted with reference to just...

Judgement, Decision Making and Risk

by Baruch Fischhoff

Behavioral decision research offers a distinctive approach to understanding and improving decision making. It combines theory and method from multiple disciples (psychology, economics, statistics, decision theory,...

A Handbook of Global Freshwater Invasive Species

by Robert A. Francis

Invasive non-native species are a major threat to global biodiversity. Often introduced accidentally through international travel or trade, they invade and colonize new habitats, often with devastating consequences...

Numbers and Other Math Ideas Come Alive

by Theoni Pappas

Most people don’t think about numbers, or take them for granted. For the average person numbers are looked upon as cold, clinical, inanimate objects. Math ideas are viewed as something to get a job done or...

Mathematical Footprints: Discovering Mathematics Everywhere

by Theoni Pappas

MATHEMATICAL FOOTPRINTS takes a creative look at the role mathematics has played since prehistoric times, and will play in the future, and uncovers mathematics where you least expect to find it from its many...

Math Stuff

by Theoni Pappas

Whether it's stuff in your kitchen or garden, stuff that powers your car or your body, stuff that helps you work, communicate or play, or stuff that you've never heard of you can bet that mathematics is there....