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Stardust

Supernovae and Life-- the Cosmic Connection

By: John Gribbin,Mary Gribbin

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Stardust

Supernovae and Life-- the Cosmic Connection

By: John Gribbin,Mary Gribbin

The Gribbins relate the developments in 20th-century astronomy that have led to the shattering realization that all life is made of stardust scattered across the universe in great stellar explosions from supernovae. The authors eloquently explain how the physical structure of the universe has produced conditions ideal for life. 22 illustrations.

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Yale University Press

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0300090978

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9780300090970

Rocks, Radio And Radar: The Extraordinary Scientific, Social And Military Life Of Elizabeth Alexander

By: Mary Elizabeth Harris

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Rocks, Radio And Radar: The Extraordinary Scientific, Social And Military Life Of Elizabeth Alexander

By: Mary Elizabeth Harris

Many women scientists, particularly those who did crucial work in two world wars, have disappeared from history. Until they are written back in, the history of science will continue to remain unbalanced. This book tells the story of Elizabeth Alexander, a pioneering scientist who changed thinking in geology and radio astronomy during WWII and its aftermath.Building on an unpublished diary, recently declassified government records and archive material adding considerably to knowledge about radar developments in the Pacific in WWII, this book also contextualises Elizabeth's academic life in Singapore before the war, and the country's educational and physical reconstruction after it as it moved towards independence.This unique story is a must-read for readers interested in scientific, social and military history during the WWII, historians of geology, radar, as well as scientific biographies.

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614

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World Scientific

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1786346664

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9781786346667

Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers)

By: Margery Post Abbott,Mary Ellen Chijioke,Pink Dandelion,John W. Oliver Jr.

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Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers)

By: Margery Post Abbott,Mary Ellen Chijioke,Pink Dandelion,John W. Oliver Jr.

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) is small by anyone's definition, with only about 300,000 members worldwide, but its impact has been widely felt. Unlike other historical dictionaries, the authors present a series of worldwide essays on Quaker theology, history, and practice as well as the lives of individuals who have made this faith their life. The entries prove the variety among Friends today and also gives a clear sense of unity despite their diverse membership and their periodic disagreements and divisions.

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466

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Scarecrow Press

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081086603X

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9780810866034

Quiet Hours. A Collection of Poems

By: Mary Wilder Tileston

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Quiet Hours. A Collection of Poems

By: Mary Wilder Tileston

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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238

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385468728

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9783385468726

The Trouble with Normal

Postwar Youth and the Making of Heterosexuality

By: Mary Louise Adams

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The Trouble with Normal

Postwar Youth and the Making of Heterosexuality

By: Mary Louise Adams

In the years after the Second World War, economic and social factors combined to produce an intense concern over the sexual development and behaviour of young people. In a context where heterosexuality and 'normality' were understood to be synonymous and assumed to be necessary for social and national stability, teenagers were the target of a range of materials and practices meant to turn young people into proper heterosexuals. In this study, Mary Louise Adams explores discourses about youth and their place in the production and reproduction of heterosexual norms. She examines debates over juvenile delinquency, indecent literature, and sex education to show not why heterosexuality became a peculiar obsession in English Canada following the Second World War as much as how it came to hold such sway. Drawing on feminist theory, cultural studies, and lesbian/gay studies, The Trouble with Normal is the first Canadian study of 'youth' as a sexual and moral category. Adams looks not only at sexual material aimed at teenagers but also at sexual discourses generally, for what they had to say about young people and for the ways in which 'youth,' as a concept, made those discourses work. She argues that postwar insecurities about young people narrowed the sexual possibilities of both young people and adults. While much of the recent history of sexuality examines sexuality 'from the margins,' The Trouble with Normal is firmly committed to examining the 'centre,' to unpacking normality itself. As the first book-length study of the history of sexuality in postwar Canada, it will make an important contribution to the growing international literature on sexual regulation.

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256

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University of Toronto Press

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080208057X

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9780802080578

Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series of the reign of Charles II. 1665-1666

By: Mary Anne E. Green

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Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series of the reign of Charles II. 1665-1666

By: Mary Anne E. Green

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.

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3752583428

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9783752583427

Quiet Hours

By: Mary Wilder Tileston

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Quiet Hours

By: Mary Wilder Tileston

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

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197

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3385562988

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The Essential Darwin

By: John Gribbin,Mary Gribbin

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The Essential Darwin

By: John Gribbin,Mary Gribbin

Charles Darwin was the epitome of the Victorian gentleman amateur scientist, living entirely off inherited wealth and the income from his books. At the same time, however, he was the most professional scientist of his day. Darwin's life is full of contrast. In his youth, he seemed likely to become a wastrel, yet he became a hard-working and renowned scientist. His family life in a small Kentish village was mostly idyllically happy; but the loss of his favourite daughter, Annie, brought him intense misery that lasted long after her death. Darwin shunned publicity; but he became the most famous scientist of his time, for an idea which shook the foundations of Victorian society. Even today, some people reject his idea - evolution by natural selection - without bothering to find out what Darwin said. But it is one of those great achievements of the human intellect with which everyone should be acquainted.

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Constable

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1472116038

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9781472116031

Fire in the Hole!

By: Mary Cronk Farrell

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Fire in the Hole!

By: Mary Cronk Farrell

A first-time author crafts a gripping historical novel based on a true event that occurred at the turn of the 20th century, as a boy and his family are divided when their western mining town erupts in violence.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0618446346

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9780618446346

Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series of the Commonwealth, 1656-7

By: Mary Anne Everett Green

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Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series of the Commonwealth, 1656-7

By: Mary Anne Everett Green

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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3385378443

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9783385378445

Genealogies of Virginia Families

From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine

By: William and Mary College Quarterly Staff

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Genealogies of Virginia Families

From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine

By: William and Mary College Quarterly Staff

From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806309555

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9780806309552

The Physiology of Characean Cells

By: Mary J. Beilby,Michelle T. Casanova

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The Physiology of Characean Cells

By: Mary J. Beilby,Michelle T. Casanova

This book describes the unique characean experimental system, which provides a simplified model for many aspects of the physiology, transport and electrophysiology of higher plants. The first chapter offers a thorough grounding in the morphology, taxonomy and ecology of Characeae plants. Research on characean detached cells in steady state is summarised in Chapter 2, and Chapter 3 covers characean detached cells subjected to calibrated and mostly abiotic types of stress: touch, wounding, voltage clamp to depolarised and hyperpolarised potential difference levels, osmotic and saline stress. Chapter 4 highlights cytoplasmic streaming, cell-to-cell transport, gravitropism, cell walls and the role of Characeae in phytoremediation. The book is intended for researchers and students using the characean system and will also serve as an invaluable reference resource for electrophysiologists working on higher plants.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642402887

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9783642402883

The Essential Galileo

By: John Gribbin,Mary Gribbin

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The Essential Galileo

By: John Gribbin,Mary Gribbin

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was the first scientist in the modern use of the term. Instead of relying on the works of Aristotle, he actually carried out experiments to test theories – legend has it that one of his experiments involved throwing weights off the Leaning Tower of Pisa. His astronomical observations with the telescope shattered the idea that the Earth was at the centre of the Universe, and led to his trial for heresy. He had a great lust for life, three children by a woman he never married, a biting, sarcastic with and the friendship of princes and (in spite of his run in with Pope Urban VIII) cardinals. An introduction, afterword and clear chronological table place Galileo’s work in the context of the development of scientific knowledge.

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1472116054

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A Consumer's Guide to Archaeological Science

Analytical Techniques

By: Mary E. Malainey

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A Consumer's Guide to Archaeological Science

Analytical Techniques

By: Mary E. Malainey

Many archaeologists, as primarily social scientists, do not have a background in the natural sciences. This can pose a problem because they need to obtain chemical and physical analyses on samples to perform their research. This manual is an essential source of information for those students without a background in science, but also a comprehensive overview that those with some understanding of archaeological science will find useful. The manual provides readers with the knowledge to use archaeological science methods to the best advantage. It describes and explains the analytical techniques in a manner that the average archaeologist can understand, and outlines clearly the requirements, benefits, and limitations of each possible method of analysis, so that the researcher can make informed choices. The work includes specific information about a variety of dating techniques, provenance studies, isotope analysis as well as the analysis of organic (lipid and protein) residues and ancient DNA. Case studies illustrating applications of these approaches to most types of archaeological materials are presented and the instruments used to perform the analyses are described. Available destructive and non-destructive approaches are presented to help archaeologists select the most effective technique for gaining the target information from the sample. Readers will reach for this manual whenever they need to decide how to best analyze a sample, and how the analysis is performed.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1441957049

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9781441957047

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Stardust

Stardust

Rocks, Radio And Radar: The Extraordinary Scientific, Social And Military Life Of Elizabeth Alexander

Rocks, Radio And Radar: The Extraordinary Scientific, Social And Military Life Of Elizabeth Alexander

Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers)

Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers)

Quiet Hours. A Collection of Poems

Quiet Hours. A Collection of Poems

The Trouble with Normal

The Trouble with Normal

Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series of the reign of Charles II. 1665-1666

Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series of the reign of Charles II. 1665-1666

Quiet Hours

Quiet Hours

The Essential Darwin

The Essential Darwin

Fire in the Hole!

Fire in the Hole!

Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series of the Commonwealth, 1656-7

Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series of the Commonwealth, 1656-7

Genealogies of Virginia Families

Genealogies of Virginia Families

The Physiology of Characean Cells

The Physiology of Characean Cells

The Essential Galileo

The Essential Galileo

A Consumer's Guide to Archaeological Science

A Consumer's Guide to Archaeological Science

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