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The Conifers: Genomes, Variation and Evolution

By: David B. Neale,Nicholas C. Wheeler

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The Conifers: Genomes, Variation and Evolution

By: David B. Neale,Nicholas C. Wheeler

This book is the first comprehensive volume on conifers detailing their genomes, variations, and evolution. The book begins with general information about conifers such as taxonomy, geography, reproduction, life history, and social and economic importance. Then topics discussed include the full genome sequence, complex traits, phenotypic and genetic variations, landscape genomics, and forest health and conservation. This book also synthesizes the research included to provide a bigger picture and suggest an evolutionary trajectory. As a large plant family, conifers are an important part of economic botany. The group includes the pines, spruces, firs, larches, yews, junipers, cedars, cypresses, and sequoias. Of the phylum Coniferophyta, conifers typically bear cones and evergreen leaves. Recently, there has been much data available in conifer genomics with the publication of several crop and non-crop genome sequences. In addition to their economic importance, conifers are an important habitat for humans and animals, especially in developing parts of the world. The application of genomics for improving the productivity of conifer crops holds great promise to help provide resources for the most needy in the world.

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Springer

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3319468073

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Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution

By: Nicholas A. Lambert

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Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution

By: Nicholas A. Lambert

This volume explores the intrigue and negotiations between the Admiralty and domestic politicians and social reformers before World War I. It also explains how Britain's naval leaders responded to non-military, cultural challenges under the direction of Adimiral Sir John Fisher.

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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1570034923

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Modern Data Science with R

By: Benjamin S. Baumer,Daniel T. Kaplan,Nicholas J. Horton

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Modern Data Science with R

By: Benjamin S. Baumer,Daniel T. Kaplan,Nicholas J. Horton

From a review of the first edition: "Modern Data Science with R... is rich with examples and is guided by a strong narrative voice. What’s more, it presents an organizing framework that makes a convincing argument that data science is a course distinct from applied statistics" (The American Statistician). Modern Data Science with R is a comprehensive data science textbook for undergraduates that incorporates statistical and computational thinking to solve real-world data problems. Rather than focus exclusively on case studies or programming syntax, this book illustrates how statistical programming in the state-of-the-art R/RStudio computing environment can be leveraged to extract meaningful information from a variety of data in the service of addressing compelling questions. The second edition is updated to reflect the growing influence of the tidyverse set of packages. All code in the book has been revised and styled to be more readable and easier to understand. New functionality from packages like sf, purrr, tidymodels, and tidytext is now integrated into the text. All chapters have been revised, and several have been split, re-organized, or re-imagined to meet the shifting landscape of best practice.

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CRC Press

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0429577508

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9780429577505

The Neptune Factor

Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Concept of Sea Power

By: Nicholas A. Lambert

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The Neptune Factor

Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Concept of Sea Power

By: Nicholas A. Lambert

The Neptune Factor is the biography of an idea—the concept of “Sea Power,” a term first coined by Capt. A.T. Mahan and the core thread of his life’s work. His central argument was that the outcome of rivalries on the seas have decisively shaped the course of modern history. Although Mahan’s scholarship has long been seen as foundational to all systematic study of naval power, Neptune Factor is the first attempt to explain how Mahan’s definition of sea power shifted over time. Far from presenting sea power in terms of combat, as often thought, Mahan conceptualized it in terms of economics. Proceeding from the conviction that international trade carried across the world’s oceans was the single greatest driver of national wealth (and thus power) in history, Mahan explained sea power in terms of regulating access to ‘the common’ and influencing the flows of trans-oceanic trade. A nation possessing sea power could not only safeguard its own trade and that of its allies but might also endeavor to deny access to the common to its enemies and competitors. A pioneering student of what is now referred to as the first era of globalization, lasting from the late nineteenth century until the First World War, Mahan also identified the growing dependence of national economies upon uninterrupted access to an interconnected global trading system. Put simply, access to ‘the common’ was essential to the economic and political stability of advanced societies. This growing dependence, Mahan thought, increased rather than decreased the potency of sea power. Understanding the critical relationship between navies and international economics is not the only reason why Mahan’s ideas remain—or rather have once again become—so important. He wrote in, and of, a multi-polar world, when the reigning hegemon faced new challenges, and confusion and uncertainty reigned as the result of rapid technological change and profound social upheaval. Mahan believed that the U.S. Navy owed the American people a compelling explanation of why it deserved their support—and their money. His extensive, deeply informed, and highly sophisticated body of work on sea power constituted his attempt to supply such an explanation. Mahan remains as relevant—and needed—today as he was more than a century ago.

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Naval Institute Press

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1612511597

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Planning Armageddon

British Economic Warfare and the First World War

By: Nicholas A. Lambert

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Planning Armageddon

British Economic Warfare and the First World War

By: Nicholas A. Lambert

Before the First World War, the British Admiralty conceived a plan to win rapid victory in the event of war with Germany-economic warfare on an unprecedented scale.This secret strategy called for the state to exploit Britain's effective monopolies in banking, communications, and shipping-the essential infrastructure underpinning global trade-to create a controlled implosion of the world economic system. In this revisionist account, Nicholas Lambert shows in lively detail how naval planners persuaded the British political leadership that systematic disruption of the global economy could bring about German military paralysis. After the outbreak of hostilities, the government shied away from full implementation upon realizing the extent of likely collateral damage-political, social, economic, and diplomatic-to both Britain and neutral countries. Woodrow Wilson in particular bristled at British restrictions on trade. A new, less disruptive approach to economic coercion was hastily improvised. The result was the blockade, ostensibly intended to starve Germany. It proved largely ineffective because of the massive political influence of economic interests on national ambitions and the continued interdependencies of all countries upon the smooth functioning of the global trading system. Lambert's interpretation entirely overturns the conventional understanding of British strategy in the early part of the First World War and underscores the importance in any analysis of strategic policy of understanding Clausewitz's "political conditions of war.

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Harvard University Press

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0674061497

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9780674061491

Essential Skills for 3D Modeling, Rendering, and Animation

By: Nicholas Bernhardt Zeman

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Essential Skills for 3D Modeling, Rendering, and Animation

By: Nicholas Bernhardt Zeman

The Key to Fully Understanding the Basics of a 3D WorldProminently used in games, movies, and on television, 3D graphics are tools of creation used to enhance how material and light come together to manipulate objects in 3D space. A game-changer written for the non-technical mind, Essential Skills for 3D Modeling, Rendering, and Animation examines

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CRC Press

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1482224143

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Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines

Our Lifelong Relationship with Fungi

By: Nicholas Money

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Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines

Our Lifelong Relationship with Fungi

By: Nicholas Money

From beneficial fungi that keep bacteria under control and consume dead cells to toxic molds that cause disease, our bodies are constantly navigating a fungus-filled world. And our interactions with fungi are not limited to what happens in our bodies as we interact with these microbes via our diet and as a source of medicines. In short, there exists an incredible range of interactions between humans and fungi. In this book, Nicolas Money describes this relationship between fungi and humans in the context of our health. Readers learn how the field of mycology has been advancing, from studies that reveal the diversity of yeasts that grow on the skin to research on the use of psychedelic mushrooms in the treatment of depression. The book is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on how fungi operate in our bodies from spores in the lungs to the yeasts and filaments that can infect our internal organs. In particular, Money focuses on the mycobiome, which is the fungal part of the larger microbiome, and explains what is and isn't known about the significance of fungi in the health of the gut. In the second half of the book, Money shifts his focus to our relationship with fungi outside the body, including in food, medicine, and agriculture -- and he pulls no punches when it comes to countering misguided notions when it comes to the medicinal powers of mushrooms. Throughout the book, Money explains how the human-fungi relationship is symbiotic, meaning that it is sometimes beneficial and sometimes harmful. Ultimately, the reader comes away with a broad understanding of what scientists are learning about the fascinating role of fungi inside and outside of our bodies"--

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Princeton University Press

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0691236305

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9780691236308

The Logic of Securities Law

By: Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos

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The Logic of Securities Law

By: Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos

This book explains both financial markets and securities regulation in simple yet sophisticated terms.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107158508

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Planning Armageddon

British Economic Warfare and the First World War

By: Nicholas A. Lambert

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Planning Armageddon

British Economic Warfare and the First World War

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Harvard University Press

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0674063066

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In Silico

3D Animation and Simulation of Cell Biology with Maya and MEL

By: Jason Sharpe,Charles John Lumsden,Nicholas Woolridge

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In Silico

3D Animation and Simulation of Cell Biology with Maya and MEL

By: Jason Sharpe,Charles John Lumsden,Nicholas Woolridge

In Silico introduces Maya programming into one of the most fascinating application areas of 3D graphics: biological visualization. In five building-block tutorials, this book prepares animators to work with visualization problems in cell biology. The book assumes no deep knowledge of cell biology or 3D graphics programming. An accompanying DVD-ROM includes code derived from the tutorials, the working Maya computer files, and sample animated movies. - Teaches artists and scientists to create realistic digital images of humans and nature with the popular CG program, Maya - This self-contained study guide includes background, foundations, and practice - Step-by-step example programs and end-result demonstrations help readers develop their own portfolios - Gorgeous four-color screen shots throughout

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Morgan Kaufmann

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008087925X

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British Warships, 1860–1906

A Photographic Record

By: Nicholas Dingle

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British Warships, 1860–1906

A Photographic Record

By: Nicholas Dingle

Illustrated with 200 official admiralty photographs, many of them previously unpublished, this book traces the development of Royal Naval ship design in a period of immense change. Opening with the Crimean War, this period saw the gradual transition from sail to steam and screw propulsion; from wood to steel construction; from fixed broadside armaments of bronze muzzle-loaders to turret-mounted steel breech-loaders and torpedoes. The period covered in this volume closes with the launch of HMS Dreadnought, which overnight rendered all existing ships obsolete and signalled the start in earnest of the Anglo-German naval arms race which contributed to the outbreak of WW1. Each photograph is accompanied by full specifications (where available) and a caption detailing anysignificant design features, while the main text gives an overview of naval developments across the period under discussion, setting the selected ships in context.

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Casemate Publishers

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1783469447

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En Camino!

A Cultural Approach to Beginning Spanish

By: Robert L. Nicholas

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En Camino!

A Cultural Approach to Beginning Spanish

By: Robert L. Nicholas

With culturally thematic chapters and a traditionally organized grammar sequence, this is a solid and complete introductory course. It is ideal for instructors who want a balanced, contemporary course but not necessarily an innovative methodology. Although chapter changes in the new edition include an overall shortening, a trimming of grammar detail, and adding more visually-based activities, the basic methodology remains unchanged.

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McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages

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0070461899

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9780070461895

The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster

How Globalized Trade Led Britain to Its Worst Defeat of the First World War

By: Nicholas A. Lambert

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The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster

How Globalized Trade Led Britain to Its Worst Defeat of the First World War

By: Nicholas A. Lambert

An eye-opening interpretation of the infamous Gallipoli campaign that sets it in the context of global trade. In early 1915, the British government ordered the Royal Navy to force a passage of the Dardanelles Straits-the most heavily defended waterway in the world. After the Navy failed to breach Turkish defenses, British and allied ground forces stormed the Gallipoli peninsula but were unable to move off the beaches. Over the course of the year, the Allied landed hundreds of thousands of reinforcements but all to no avail. The Gallipoli campaign has gone down as one of the great disasters in the history of warfare. Previous works have focused on the battles and sought to explain the reasons for the British failure, typically focusing on First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill. In this bold new account, Nicholas Lambert offers the first fully researched explanation of why Prime Minister Henry Asquith and all of his senior advisers--the War Lords--ordered the attacks in the first place, in defiance of most professional military opinion. Peeling back the manipulation of the historical record by those involved with the campaign's inception, Lambert shows that the original goals were political-economic rather than military: not to relieve pressure on the Western Front but to respond to the fall-out from the massive disruption of the international grain trade caused by the war. By the beginning of 1915, the price of wheat was rising so fast that Britain, the greatest importer of wheat in the world, feared bread riots. Meanwhile Russia, the greatest exporter of wheat in the world and Britain's ally in the east, faced financial collapse. Lambert demonstrates that the War Lords authorized the attacks at the Dardanelles to open the straits to the flow of Russian wheat, seeking to lower the price of grain on the global market and simultaneously to eliminate the need for huge British loans to support Russia's war effort. Carefully reconstructing the perspectives of the individual War Lords, this book offers an eye-opening case study of strategic policy making under pressure in a globalized world economy.

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Oxford University Press

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019754522X

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The Neptune Factor

Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Concept of Sea Power

By: Nicholas A. Lambert

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Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Concept of Sea Power

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The Conifers: Genomes, Variation and Evolution

The Conifers: Genomes, Variation and Evolution

Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution

Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution

Modern Data Science with R

Modern Data Science with R

The Neptune Factor

The Neptune Factor

Planning Armageddon

Planning Armageddon

Essential Skills for 3D Modeling, Rendering, and Animation

Essential Skills for 3D Modeling, Rendering, and Animation

Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines

Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines

The Logic of Securities Law

The Logic of Securities Law

Planning Armageddon

Planning Armageddon

In Silico

In Silico

British Warships, 1860–1906

British Warships, 1860–1906

En Camino!

En Camino!

The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster

The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster

The Neptune Factor

The Neptune Factor

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