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Biotectonics

Author : Malte C. Ebach
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303051773X
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Biotectonics written by Malte C. Ebach and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tectonic plates are constantly moving, either crashing into one another creating a mosaic of mountains and shallow seas, or tearing apart and isolating large swathes of land. In both cases plate tectonics separates populations leading to the evolution of biota. Tectonics is also responsible for the destruction life, for instance when large coral reefs or shallow seas are compressed to form mountain peaks. Could recent research into these processes provide enough evidence to show that tectonics may be the ultimate driver of life on Earth? Our book delves into the current research in tectonics, particularly neotectonics, and its impact on rapid changes on biogeographical classification, also known as bioregionalisation. We also introduce a new term biotectonics that studies the impact of tectonics on biogeoregionalisation. The question we ask is how tectonics directly influences the distribution of biota in four case studies: the Mesozic and early Palaeogene Australides, which spans the Proto-Pacific coast of the South America, Antaractica and Australiasia; and the Neogene of Australia. To conclude we examine the role of neotectonics on tranistion zones and the Amazon Basin and make a case for biotectonic extinction.

The New Age Dictionary

Author : Alex Jack
Publisher : Kodansha
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The New Age Dictionary written by Alex Jack and published by Kodansha. This book was released on 1990 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defines major terms, teachings, and concepts of the New Age movement, includes biographical entries from ancient to modern times, and provides tables, charts, and more.

Lectures in Astrobiology

Author : Bernard Barbier
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783540290056
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Lectures in Astrobiology written by Bernard Barbier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-01-13 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first of a divided two-part softcover edition of the "Lectures in Astrobiology Volume I" containing the sections "General Introduction", "The Early Earth and Other Cosmic Habitats for Life" and "Appendices" including an extensive glossary on Astrobiology. "Lectures in Astrobiology" is the first comprehensive textbook at graduate level encompassing all aspects of the emerging field of astrobiology. Volume I of the Lectures in Astrobiology gathers a first set of extensive lectures that cover a broad range of topics, from the formation of solar systems to the quest for the most primitive life forms that emerged on the Early Earth.

Modified Clay and Zeolite Nanocomposite Materials

Author : Mariano Mercurio
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128146184
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Modified Clay and Zeolite Nanocomposite Materials written by Mariano Mercurio and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modified Clay and Zeolite Nanocomposite Materials: Environmental and Pharmaceutical Applications retraces the most important knowledge gaps that the scientific community is facing, including a drawback of real-world applications. This valuable resource explores the novel applications of this group of nanomaterials that can be suitably surface-modified to obtain properties that can be applied in environmental and pharmaceutical fields. For example, modification with surfactants has given new motivation to the study of these materials by producing an inversion in the ion exchange behavior from cationic to anionic. This strategy has paved the way for new uses highlighted in this timely resource. - Explores the combination of both minerals (clay and zeolite) together, with their application in two broad areas of emerging research - Explains better utilization and applications for modified clay and zeolite through detailed comparative studies - Consolidates information on the modification and tuning of clay and zeolite materials for novelty applications - Helps users in the selection of materials, surface features, and other functionalization for diverse applications

The Inhabitable Flesh of Architecture

Author : Marcos Cruz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351887688
Total Pages : 741 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book The Inhabitable Flesh of Architecture written by Marcos Cruz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 741 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s architecture has failed the body with its long heritage of purity of form and aesthetic of cleanliness. A resurgence of interest in flesh, especially in art, has led to a politics of abjection, completely changing traditional aesthetics, and is now giving light to an alternative discussion about the body in architecture. This book is dedicated to a future vision of the body in architecture, questioning the contemporary relationship between our Human Flesh and the changing Architectural Flesh. Through the analysis and design of a variety of buildings and projects, Flesh is proposed as a concept that extends the meaning of skin, one of architecture’s most fundamental metaphors. It seeks to challenge a common misunderstanding of skin as a flat and thin surface. In a time when a pervasive discourse about the impact of digital technologies risks turning the architectural skin ever more disembodied, this book argues for a thick embodied flesh by exploring architectural interfaces that are truly inhabitable. Different concepts of Flesh are investigated, not only concerning the architectural and aesthetic, but also the biological aspects. The latter is materialised in form of Synthetic Neoplasms, which are proposed as new semi-living entities, rather than more commonly derived from scaled-up analogies between biological systems and larger scale architectural constructs. These ’neoplasmatic’ creations are identified as partly designed object and partly living material, in which the line between the natural and the artificial is progressively blurred. Hybrid technologies and interdisciplinary work methodologies are thus required, and lead to a revision of our current architectural practice.

Mortal City

Author : Peter Lang
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568981598
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Mortal City written by Peter Lang and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heightened perception of urban violence increasingly dominates public discourse, but, as current events seem to demonstrate, these crises continue without immanent resolution. The very definitions of the city and of violence are constantly being reevaluated: the site of the city is shifting across real and imagined space; violence has been exposed outside the traditional areas of social conflict. Mortal City, published With StoreFront for Art and Architecture, is comprised of a series of essays investigating direct and indirect forms of violence and the city. Mortal City presents several different approaches to the subject. Articles by Donald Albrecht, Diane Ghirardo, Herbert Muschamp, Richard Plunz, and Lebbeus Woods, among others, are accompanied by photo essays by Warchitecture and Camilo Vergara and an interview with Mark Wigley. "We have gone from fearing the death of the city to fearing the city of death, and this traumatic change is reflected passionately in this book". -- A.D.

Pre-Mesozoic Ice Ages

Author : John C. Crowell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813711928
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Pre-Mesozoic Ice Ages written by John C. Crowell and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient ice ages are revealed by distinctive stratal facies that tell us much about the times of coolness and how the climate system works. Several strong ice ages were recorded in the late Paleozic time and during transitions from the Devonian in to the Carboniferous and from the Ordovician in to the Silurian. In Precambrian time, several are documented for both the late and early Proterozoic age. This title explores findings on the pre-Mesozoic ice ages, examining climate in relation to tectonobiogeochemical activities rooted in the changing earth-air-ocean system.

Acta biologica Debrecina

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Acta biologica Debrecina written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lectures in Astrobiology

Author : Muriel Gargaud
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540262296
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis Lectures in Astrobiology by : Muriel Gargaud

Download or read book Lectures in Astrobiology written by Muriel Gargaud and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2016-01-23 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First comprehensive, beginning graduate level book on the emergent science of astrobiology.

Proceedings ... Annual Meeting, Microscopy Society of America

Author : Microscopy Society of America. Meeting
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1136 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings ... Annual Meeting, Microscopy Society of America written by Microscopy Society of America. Meeting and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Environmental Challenges in Civil Engineering II

Author : Zbigniew Zembaty
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031268792
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Challenges in Civil Engineering II written by Zbigniew Zembaty and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers a selection of papers presented at the 5th International Scientific Conference “Environmental Challenges in Civil Engineering”, ECCE 2022, held on September 26-28, 2022, in Opole, Poland. Written by an international group of experts, it reports on findings concerning structural material behavior, and new methods and technologies in constructions. A special emphasis is given to sustainable constructions practices, including material recycling and reuse, renovation and restoration of historical building and to those fostering sustainable development of cities and rural areas, and a better integration of buildings with the environment. Offering a good balance of theory and practice, and covering both technical and organizational aspects in civil engineering and architectural projects, this book offers extensive information on solutions and current challenges in construction projects and structural interventions in the context of environmental protection and earthquake prevention.

Daily Report

Author : United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 846 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Daily Report written by United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Modeling Biomaterials

Author : Josef Málek
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030880842
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Modeling Biomaterials written by Josef Málek and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-21 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The investigation of the role of mechanical and mechano-chemical interactions in cellular processes and tissue development is a rapidly growing research field in the life sciences and in biomedical engineering. Quantitative understanding of this important area in the study of biological systems requires the development of adequate mathematical models for the simulation of the evolution of these systems in space and time. Since expertise in various fields is necessary, this calls for a multidisciplinary approach. This edited volume connects basic physical, biological, and physiological concepts to methods for the mathematical modeling of various materials by pursuing a multiscale approach, from subcellular to organ and system level. Written by active researchers, each chapter provides a detailed introduction to a given field, illustrates various approaches to creating models, and explores recent advances and future research perspectives. Topics covered include molecular dynamics simulations of lipid membranes, phenomenological continuum mechanics of tissue growth, and translational cardiovascular modeling. Modeling Biomaterials will be a valuable resource for both non-specialists and experienced researchers from various domains of science, such as applied mathematics, biophysics, computational physiology, and medicine.

Environmental Ethics

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Ethics written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Science and Religion

Author : Holmes Rolston
Publisher : Templeton Foundation Press
ISBN 13 : 1599474069
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Science and Religion written by Holmes Rolston and published by Templeton Foundation Press. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark book, first published in 1987, is now back in print, with a new introduction by its award-winning author. An interdisciplinary approach to the central themes of scientific and religious thought, this book was widely heralded upon its publication for the richness and depth of its contribution to the science and religion dialogue. “notable for its breadth and depth . . . filled with admirably argued and powerfully presented treatments of critical issues.”—Joseph Pickle, Colorado College, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science “a superb and subtle book.”—David Foxgrover, Christian Century “a monumental work . . . [T]he book is truly outstanding.”—John H. Wright, Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, Theological Studies “Rolston’s presentation of the methods of science, along with up-to-date summaries of the main achievements of the various sciences, is commendable for its clarity and critical acumen.”—Choice According to Holmes Rolston III, there are fundamental questions that science alone cannot answer; these questions are the central religious questions. He uses the scientific method of inquiry to distill key issues from science, and then he integrates them in a study that begins with matter and moves through life, mind, culture, history, and spirit. Incorporating religious and scientific worldviews, he begins with an examination of two natural sciences: physics and biology. He then extrapolates examples from two human sciences: psychology and sociology. Next, he moves to the storied universe and world history, raising and addressing religious questions. “Never in the histories of science and religion have the opportunities been greater for fertile interaction between these fields, with mutual benefits to both,” states Rolston. The re-publication of this book provides current researchers and students in the field an invaluable, timeless methodological resource.The new introduction offers updated insights based on new scientific research.

New Scientist

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book New Scientist written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Investigating Seafloors and Oceans

Author : Antony Joseph
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128093633
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Investigating Seafloors and Oceans written by Antony Joseph and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigating Seafloors and Oceans: From Mud Volcanoes to Giant Squid offers a bottom-to-top tour of the world's oceans, exposing the secrets hidden therein from a variety of scientific perspectives. Opening with a discussion of the earth's formation, hot spots, ridges, plate tectonics, submarine trenches, and cold seeps, the text goes on to address such topics as the role of oceans in the origin of life, tidal bore, thermal effects, ecosystem services, marine creatures, and nutraceutical and pharmaceutical resources. This unique reference provides insight into a wide array of questions that researchers continue to ask about the vast study of oceans and the seafloor. It is a one-of-a-kind examination of oceans that offers important perspectives for researchers, practitioners, and academics in all marine-related fields. - Includes chapters addressing various scientific disciplines, offering the opportunity for readers to gain insights on diverse topics in the study of oceans - Provides scientific discussion on thermo-tolerant microbial life in sub-seafloor hot sediments and vent fields, as well as the origin of life debates and the puzzles revolving around how life originated - Includes detailed information on the origin of dreaded episodes, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, internal waves and tidal bores - Contains information on the contribution of the oceans in terms of providing useful nutraceutical and pharmaceutical products