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World at the Crossroads

Towards a sustainable, equitable and liveable world

By: Philip B. Smith,Samuel E. Okoye,Jaap de Wilde,Priya Deshingkar

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World at the Crossroads

Towards a sustainable, equitable and liveable world

By: Philip B. Smith,Samuel E. Okoye,Jaap de Wilde,Priya Deshingkar

Thirty years ago the Russell-Einstein Manifesto warned humanity that our survival is imperilled by the risk of nuclear war.In the spirit of that Manifesto, we now call on all scientists to expand our concerns to a broader set of interrelated dangers: destruction of the environment on a global scale, and denial of basis needs for a growing majority of humankind. The Dagomys Declaration (1988) of the Pugwash Council. Originally published in 1994

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Routledge

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1134046227

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9781134046225

Essential Reagents for Organic Synthesis

By: Philip L. Fuchs,André B. Charette,Tomislav Rovis,Jeffrey W. Bode

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Essential Reagents for Organic Synthesis

By: Philip L. Fuchs,André B. Charette,Tomislav Rovis,Jeffrey W. Bode

From Boron Trifluoride to Zinc, the 52 most widely used reagents in organic synthesis are described in this unique desktop reference for every organic chemist. The list of reagents contains classics such as N-Bromosuccinimide (NBS) and Trifluoromethanesulfonic Acid side by side with recently developed ones like Pinacolborane and Tetra-n-propylammonium Perruthenate (TPAP). For each reagent, a concise article provides a brief description of all important reactions for which the reagent is being used, including yields and reaction conditions, an overview of the physical properties of the reagent, its storage conditions, safe handling, laboratory synthesis and purification methods. Advantages and disadvantages of the reagent compared to alternative synthesis methods are also discussed. Reagents have been hand-picked from among the 5000 reagents contained in EROS, the Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. Every organic chemist should be familiar with these key reagents that can make almost every reaction work.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119279879

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9781119279877

The Poets of Tin Pan Alley

By: Philip Furia,Laurie J. Patterson

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The Poets of Tin Pan Alley

By: Philip Furia,Laurie J. Patterson

Mrs. Oscar Hammerstein, so the story goes, once overheard someone praise "Ol' Man River" as a "great Kern song." "I beg your pardon," she said, "But Jerome Kern did not write 'Ol' Man River.' Mr. Kern wrote dum dum dum da; my husband wrote ol' man river." It's easy to understand her frustration. While the years between World Wars I and II have long been hailed as the "golden age" of American popular song, it is the composers, not the lyricists, who always usually get top billing. "I love a Gershwin tune" too often means just that-the tune-even though George Gershwin wrote many unlovable tunes before he began working with his brother Ira in 1924. Few people realize that their favorite "Arlen" songs each had a different lyricist-Ted Koehler for "Stormy Weather," Yip Harburg for "Over the Rainbow," Johnny Mercer for "That Old Black Magic." Only Broadway or Hollywood buffs know which "Kern" songs get their wry touch from Dorothy Fields, who would flippantly rhyme "fellow" with "Jello," and which of Kern's sonorous melodies got even lusher from Otto Harbach, who preferred solemn rhymes like "truth" and "forsooth." Jazz critics sometimes pride themselves on ignoring the lyrics to Waller and Ellington "instrumentals," blithely consigning Andy Razaf or Don George to oblivion"--

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Oxford University Press

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0190906464

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9780190906467

Korean Atrocity!

By: Philip D. Chinnery

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Korean Atrocity!

By: Philip D. Chinnery

As there was no clear victor at the conclusion of the Korean War, no war crime trials were held. But, as this book reveals, there is evidence of at least 1,600 atrocities and war crimes perpetrated against troops serving with the United Nations command in Korea. The bulk of the victims were Americans but many British servicemen were tortured, killed or simply went missing. Much of the carefully researched material in this book is horrific but the stark truth is that those North Koreans and Chinese responsible went unpunished for their shameful deeds. Korean Atrocity examines the three phases of this little known but bitter conflict from the POWs perspective the first phase when the two warring factions fought themselves to a stalemate, next, the treatment of POWs in North Korea and China, and finally the repatriation/post active conflict period. During the third phase it was realised that a staggering 7956 Americans and 100 British servicemen were unaccounted for. Many POWs were not released until two years after the end of hostilities. Bizarrely the US Government insisted on a news black-out on those left behind which raises questions as to what has been done to find the missing. This is a shocking, sobering and thought-provoking book.

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Pen and Sword

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1848841094

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9781848841093

Applying Statistics in the Courtroom

A New Approach for Attorneys and Expert Witnesses

By: Philip Good

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Applying Statistics in the Courtroom

A New Approach for Attorneys and Expert Witnesses

By: Philip Good

This publication is directed at both attorneys and statisticians to ensure they will work together successfully on the application of statistics in the law. Attorneys will learn how best to utilize the statistician's talents, while gaining an enriched understanding of the law relevant to audits, jury selection, discrimination, environmental hazards, evidence, and torts as it relates to statistical issues. Statisticians will learn that the law is what judges say it is and to frame their arguments accordingly. This book will increase the effectiveness of both parties in presenting and attacking statistical arguments in the courtroom. Topics covered include sample and survey methods, probability, testing hypotheses, and multiple regression.

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CRC Press

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1420035401

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9781420035407

Lord's Firsts

200 Years of Making History at Lord’s Cricket Ground

By: Philip Barker

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Lord's Firsts

200 Years of Making History at Lord’s Cricket Ground

By: Philip Barker

A history of the ground related in a series of 'firsts

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445633299

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9781445633299

Fundamentals of Cancer Epidemiology

By: Philip C. Nasca,Harris Pastides

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Fundamentals of Cancer Epidemiology

By: Philip C. Nasca,Harris Pastides

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0834217767

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9780834217768

Economics Unmasked

From power and greed to compassion and the common good

By: Manfred Max-Neef,Philip B. Smith

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Economics Unmasked

From power and greed to compassion and the common good

By: Manfred Max-Neef,Philip B. Smith

An inspiring outline of a new economics system, where justice, human dignity, compassion and reverence for life are the guiding values. The economic system under which we live not only forces the great majority of humankind to live their lives in indignity and poverty but also threatens all forms of life on Earth. Economics Unmasked presents a cogent critique of the dominant economic system, showing that the theoretical constructions of mainstream economics work mainly to bring about injustice. The merciless onslaught on the global ecosystem of recent decades, brought about by the massive increase in the production of goods and the consequent depletion of nature's reserves, is not a chance property of the economic system. It is a direct result of neoliberal economic thinking, which recognizes value only in material things. The growth obsession is not a mistaken conception that mainstream economists can unlearn, it is inherent in their view of life. But a socio-economic system based on the growth obsession can never be sustainable. This book outlines the foundations of a new economics, where we are not ruled by greed and injustice. Contrary to the absurd assumption of mainstream economists that economics is a value-free science, a new economics must make its values explicit.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857840320

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9780857840325

VCD Spectroscopy for Organic Chemists

By: Philip J. Stephens,Frank J. Devlin,James R. Cheeseman

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VCD Spectroscopy for Organic Chemists

By: Philip J. Stephens,Frank J. Devlin,James R. Cheeseman

Stimulated by the increasing importance of chiral molecules as pharmaceuticals and the need for enantiomerically pure drugs, techniques in chiral chemistry have been expanded and refined, especially in the areas of chromatography, asymmetric synthesis, and spectroscopic methods for chiral molecule structural characterization. In addition to synthetic chiral molecules, naturally occurring molecules, which are invariably chiral and generally enantiomerically enriched, are of potential interest as leads for new drugs. VCD Spectroscopy for Organic Chemists discusses the applications of vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy to the structural characterization of chiral organic molecules. The book provides all of the information about VCD spectroscopy that an organic chemist needs in order to make use of the technique. The authors, experts responsible for much of the existing literature in this field, discuss the experimental measurement of VCD and the theoretical prediction of VCD. In addition, they evaluate the advantages and limitations of the technique in determining molecular structure. Given the availability of commercial VCD instrumentation and quantum chemistry software, it became possible in the late 1990s for chemists to use VCD in elucidating the stereochemistries of chiral organic molecules. This book helps organic chemists become more aware of the utility of VCD spectroscopy and provides them with sufficient knowledge to incorporate the technique into their own research.

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CRC Press

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1439821712

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9781439821718

Methods in Animal Proteomics

By: Philip Whitfield,David Eckersall

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Methods in Animal Proteomics

By: Philip Whitfield,David Eckersall

The study of proteomics provides researchers with a better understanding of disease and physiological processes in animals. Methods in Animal Proteomics will provide animal scientists and veterinarians currently researching these topics in domestic animals a firm foundation in the basics of proteomics methodology, while also reviewing important advances that will be of interest to established researchers in the field. Chapters will provide practical information on a range of topics including protein identification and separation, bioinformatics, and applications to disease and reproduction research. This text will be written by leading international proteomics experts and essential for researchers in the fields of animal biology and veterinary medicine.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470960647

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9780470960646

A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800

By: Philip H. Highfill,Kalman A. Burnim,Edward A. Langhans

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A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800

By: Philip H. Highfill,Kalman A. Burnim,Edward A. Langhans

Like the works already published, these latest volumes of the Biographical Dictionary deal with theatre people of every ilk, ranging from dressers and one-performance actors to trumpeter John Shore (inventor of the tuning fork) and the incomparable Sarah Siddons. Also prominent is Susanna Rowson, a novelist, actress, and early female playwright. Although born into a British military family, Rowson often wrote plays that dealt with patriotic American themes and spent much of her career on the American stage. The theatrical jewel of these volumes is the "divine Sarah" Siddons: "She raised the tragedy to the skies," wrote William Hazlitt, and "embodied to our imagination the fables of mythology, of the heroic and dignified mortals of elder time." She endured much tragedy herself, including a crippling debilitating illness and the deaths of five of her seven children. Siddons played major roles in both comedy and tragedy, not the least of which was a performance as Hamlet.

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SIU Press

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0809315262

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9780809315260

French Horn Solos, Level 1

French Horn Part

By: Lenard B. Smith,Philip Farkas,James D. Ployhar,Franz Behr,John Philip Sousa,Gruber,Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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French Horn Solos, Level 1

French Horn Part

By: Lenard B. Smith,Philip Farkas,James D. Ployhar,Franz Behr,John Philip Sousa,Gruber,Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

An overview of the most popular contest and recital pieces written for French horn. The material has been carefully selected to match the technical capabilities of the younger advancing player. Levels 1 & 2 are available for each instrument (flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, F horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, drum), both with supplementary piano accompaniment volumes. Correlated to the First Division Band Course.

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Alfred Music

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1457455749

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9781457455742

The Complete Films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

By: Philip Castanza

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The Complete Films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

By: Philip Castanza

Brief biographies, stills, and film synopses and credits help chronicle the careers of the Hollywood stars who became America's Singing Sweethearts.

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Citadel Press

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0806507713

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9780806507712

A History of Law in Canada, Volume One

Beginnings to 1866

By: Philip Girard,Jim Phillips,R. Blake Brown

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A History of Law in Canada, Volume One

Beginnings to 1866

By: Philip Girard,Jim Phillips,R. Blake Brown

A History of Law in Canada is an important three-volume project. Volume One begins at a time just prior to European contact and continues to the 1860s, Volume Two covers the half century after Confederation, and Volume Three covers the period from the beginning of the First World War to 1982, with a postscript taking the account to approximately 2000. The history of law includes substantive law, legal institutions, legal actors, and legal culture. The authors assume that since 1500 there have been three legal systems in Canada – the Indigenous, the French, and the English. At all times, these systems have co-existed and interacted, with the relative power and influence of each being more or less dominant in different periods. The history of law cannot be treated in isolation, and this book examines law as a dynamic process, shaped by and affecting other histories over the long term. The law guided and was guided by economic developments, was influenced and moulded by the nature and trajectory of political ideas and institutions, and variously exacerbated or mediated intercultural exchange and conflict. These themes are apparent in this examination, and through most areas of law including land settlement and tenure, and family, commercial, constitutional, and criminal law.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487530595

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9781487530594

Natural Resource Economics

By: Philip A. Neher

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Natural Resource Economics

By: Philip A. Neher

Applies the theory of the firm to solving problems in resource economics.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521311748

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9780521311748

The H5N1 Virus

Seeking Knowledge Justice in an (In)Secure World

By: Philip R. Egert

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The H5N1 Virus

Seeking Knowledge Justice in an (In)Secure World

By: Philip R. Egert

This book is the first study of its kind that reveals the social justice linkages between three unique characteristics of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus: namely, veterinary scourge, public health contagion fear, and potential bioterrorist weapon. With its extensive referencing, it will be invaluable for scholars of security studies, global public health, and international relations, as well as for professionals, diplomats, and practitioners with an interest in the relationship between global health security and social justice. Comprised of two major sections, the book examines the various representations of knowledge about the H5N1 virus. The first part explores the three major narratives that were used to describe the virus during its 20-year journey from 1996 to 2016. During this time, the virus multiplied its ontological status through narratives that described a localized animal virus, a global public health crisis, and finally an irrational contagion fear. The text’s second section describes in detail a unique aspect of the H5N1 virus’s journey as an emerging infectious disease—its representation as a potential weapon for bioterrorists. As a result, the US government attempted to secure knowledge about the H5N1 virus. This attempt produced a global debate between scientists and policy makers over how to balance the nation-state’s desire for security with the life sciences’ tradition of openly shared research. Known as the dual-use dilemma, this debate set up binaries of impossible reconciliation between the scientific and security communities. This book argues that the H5N1 dual-use dilemma obscures larger questions of justice, and proposes a new concept of justice, knowledge justice, as an alternate, more globally inclusive framework for exploring a socially just way out of the dilemma.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527543676

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Korean Atrocity!

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Applying Statistics in the Courtroom

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Lord's Firsts

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Fundamentals of Cancer Epidemiology

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Economics Unmasked

Economics Unmasked

VCD Spectroscopy for Organic Chemists

VCD Spectroscopy for Organic Chemists

Methods in Animal Proteomics

Methods in Animal Proteomics

A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800

A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800

French Horn Solos, Level 1

French Horn Solos, Level 1

The Complete Films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

The Complete Films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

A History of Law in Canada, Volume One

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Natural Resource Economics

Natural Resource Economics

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