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International scientific volume 17
Publisher
D. Appleton
Pub. Date
1875
Language
English
Description
Series title also at head of t.p.
Author
Series
The international scientific series [American ed volume Vol. LIII
Publisher
D. Appleton and Company
Pub. Date
1886
Language
English
Author
Series
Scientific American Library volume no. 6
Publisher
Distributed by W.H. Freeman
Pub. Date
©1983
Language
English
Description
Presents current photographs of the solar system, and discusses its evolution, the origins of life, and the future of the solar system.
Author
Series
Scientific American Library volume no. 16
Language
English
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Description
In this splendidly lucid and profusely illustrated book, a Nobel laureate relates the fascinating story of Einstein, the general and special theories of relativity, and the scientists before and since who influenced relativity's genesis and development. Eschewing technical terms in favor of ordinary language, the book offers a perfect introduction to relativity for readers without specialized knowledge of mathematics and science. The author follows...
9) Islands
Author
Series
Scientific American Library volume no. 17
Publisher
Distributed by W.H. Freeman
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
10) Sun and Earth
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Series
Scientific American Library volume no. 15
Publisher
Distributed by W.H. Freeman
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
Author
Series
Scientific American Library volume no. 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
Similarly, the most critical property of biological clocks-which rhythmically organize the processes of life-is their ability to reset on cue.
This ability allows enables biological clocks to regain synchrony with a changing environment (as when we travel across time zones) or to maintain the alignment between certain physiological rhythms and the natural solar day.
In The Timing of Biological Clocks, Winfree explores circadian rhythms. In reporting...
12) Extinction
Author
Series
Scientific American Library volume no. 20
Publisher
Distributed by W.H. Freeman
Pub. Date
c1987
Language
English
Description
The author introduces the basic concepts of geology and paleobiology that are necessary to understand mass extinction and addresses individual crises in chronological order, describing them and showing how temporal, geographic, and biological patterns offer clues to help pinpoint the agents of extinction.
13) Molecules
Author
Series
Scientific American Library volume no. 21
Publisher
Scientific American Library
Pub. Date
1987
Language
English
Author
Series
Scientific American Library volume no. 22
Publisher
Distributed by W.H. Freeman
Pub. Date
©1988
Language
English
Description
Shows how science is constructing a wiring diagram of the visual path, shows about the structure of receptors in the retina, through the peanut-size clusters of cells known as the lateral geniculate bodies, to the striate cortex-- the first of many higher areas devoted to vision and the part of the brain that is now best understood. Introduces the remarkable geometric patterns that result from the surprising tendency of cells with related functions...
15) The honey bee
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Scientific American Library volume no. 25
Publisher
Distributed by W.H. Freeman
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
16) Sand
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Series
Scientific American Library volume no. 24
Publisher
Distributed by W.H. Freeman
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Author
Series
Scientific American Library volume no. 23
Publisher
Scientific American Library
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Author
Series
Scientific American Library volume no. 26
Publisher
Distributed by W.H. Freeman
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Author
Series
Scientific American Library volume no. 28
Publisher
Distributed by W.H. Freeman
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
20) Sleep
Author
Series
Scientific American Library volume no. 27
Publisher
Distributed by W.H. Freeman
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
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