Science

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A uniquely accessible way of looking at recent major advances in the science of embryonic development

Looks at the techniques criminals use to commit cybercrimes, including hacking, viruses, spyware, and spamming.

Examines how the quest for incontrovertible answers to questions about climate change and mass extinctions leads to a failure to address extreme risks to the environment.

Explores the nonviolent philosophy and environmental activism of India's Sunderlal Bahuguna.

Future Bright introduces a radical view of human intelligence: it is not a fixed trait, present at birth, but modifiable through experience. Intelligence can be learned. This vision of human potential suggests that an innovative and creative future will result from developing intelligence through experience and education today.

A Quick Start Guide to Google Adwords outlines the background to google, reveals the secret behind pay per click advertising and what sells online and gives vital tips on how to create a great campaign.

Although breaches of information security are not a new phenomenon, the methods used to perpetrate such breaches have changed considerably over the years. This pocket guide outlines a process and its elements for the treatment of severe breaches, and places them in the context of the associated ISO27001 controls.

This text is a resource for practitioners requiring detailed molecular genetic information on the subject of haematological diseases. It focuses on understanding the basis of a disease at the genetic level and correlating disease pathophysiology.

The soft path for water is a management strategy that frees up water by curbing water waste. This book presents and applies the water soft path approach. It aims to bring to a wider audience the concept and the potential of water soft paths.

Presents an up-to-date account of medical microbiology. The book explains microbiological concepts that apply to the health-related professions It covers: Fundamentals of Microbiology, Immunology for Microbiology, Systemic Bacteriology, Miscellaneous Microbes and Fungal Pathogens, Applied Medical Microbiology and Pathogenic Viruses and Associated Diseases and Diagnostic Technology.

While understanding the human mind, to some, remains as elusive as the outer reaches of space, author John Taylor considers the brain nothing more than a highly complex machine--with parts and working processes that can be understood scientifically.

* "An engaging tale of five organs, the stomach, liver, spleen, heart (his favourite) and uterus and the history of those who tried to understand them." Laurie Tarkan, The New York Times

Climate change, driven by the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, poses serious, wide-ranging threats to human societies and natural ecosystems around the world. The largest overall source of greenhouse gas emissions is the burning of fossil fuels. The global atmospheric concentration ...

Arguing that modern medicine is finally a story of individual talent - and the revelatory "moment of truth" - that transforms both scientist and the science of medicine, this fascinating book focuses on four figures who, at critical times during the course of a century, brought medicine a quantum leap forward.

This workbook for practitioners and students deals with the ethical implications of clinical genetics, as well as ethical issues involved in genetic screening, the research of populations, and the use of genetic information for access to insurance and the workplace. Suggestions for activities and qu

Looks at how a variety of health providers are perceived - from traditional healers to physicians, from diviners to nursing home providers. This title aims to demonstrate how class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, or state policy may all play formative roles in shaping the definition of health and wellbeing and how they are delivered.

Provides an overview of the social, political, economic and population problems of countries in what is usually referred to as the Third World. Emphasis in this volume is placed on the interrelation of major social institutions, their impact on economic and social development, and the effect of rapidly expanding industrialization on the ecosystem.