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The Selected Papers of Sir John Meurig Thomas

By: John Meurig Thomas

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The Selected Papers of Sir John Meurig Thomas

By: John Meurig Thomas

John Meurig Thomas is a former Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, a former head of the Department of Physical Chemistry and former Master of Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. A world-renowned solid-state, materials and surface chemist, he has been an educator, researcher, academic administrator, author of university texts, government advisor, industrial consultant and trustee of national museums in a career spanning over 50 years. Recipient of many international awards, including the Linus Pauling, Willard–Gibbs, Kapitza, Natta, Stokes, Davy and Faraday medals, he is also a fellow of the Royal Society (1977), of the American Philosophical Society (1993) and of ten other national academies. He is best known for his fundamental work in heterogeneous catalysis, chemical electron microscopy and in the popularisation of science, for which, in conjunction with his services to chemistry, he was knighted (1991). He is also founding editor of three scientific journals and editor or co-editor of some 30 monographs. A new mineral, meurigite, was named in his honour (1995). Most recently in 2016, Sir John was awarded the Royal Medal for Physical Sciences by the Royal Society. Drawn from over 1200 publications, this volume contains a summarised account of Sir John's work, with a selection of the new techniques pioneered and discovered by him and his colleagues. Also included are popular science articles, and various illustrations of techniques which have enhanced our knowledge of many facets of condensed matter science. Contributions from 80 peers, colleagues, former co-workers, students and friends worldwide who have interacted with or been influenced by him are a tribute to the professional and personal life of Sir John, making this book a unique reflective summary of the work of one of the greatest achievers in modern British physical science.

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1786341875

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Principles and Practice of Heterogeneous Catalysis

By: John Meurig Thomas,W. John Thomas

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Principles and Practice of Heterogeneous Catalysis

By: John Meurig Thomas,W. John Thomas

This long-awaited second edition of the successful introduction to the fundamentals of heterogeneous catalysis is now completely revised and updated. Written by internationally acclaimed experts, this textbook includes fundamentals of adsorption, characterizing catalysts and their surfaces, the significance of pore structure and surface area, solid-state and surface chemistry, poisoning, promotion, deactivation and selectivity of catalysts, as well as catalytic process engineering. A final section provides a number of examples and case histories. With its color and numerous graphics plus references to help readers to easily find further reading, this is a pivotal work for an understanding of the principles involved.

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John Wiley & Sons

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352731458X

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Fundamental Concepts in Heterogeneous Catalysis

By: Jens K. Nørskov,Felix Studt,Frank Abild-Pedersen,Thomas Bligaard

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Fundamental Concepts in Heterogeneous Catalysis

By: Jens K. Nørskov,Felix Studt,Frank Abild-Pedersen,Thomas Bligaard

This book is based on a graduate course and suitable as a primer for any newcomer to the field, this book is a detailed introduction to the experimental and computational methods that are used to study how solid surfaces act as catalysts. Features include: First comprehensive description of modern theory of heterogeneous catalysis Basis for understanding and designing experiments in the field Allows reader to understand catalyst design principles Introduction to important elements of energy transformation technology Test driven at Stanford University over several semesters

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118888952

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Avoiding Attack

The Evolutionary Ecology of Crypsis, Aposematism, and Mimicry

By: Graeme D. Ruxton,William L. Allen,Thomas N. Sherratt,Michael P. Speed

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Avoiding Attack

The Evolutionary Ecology of Crypsis, Aposematism, and Mimicry

By: Graeme D. Ruxton,William L. Allen,Thomas N. Sherratt,Michael P. Speed

Avoiding Attack discusses the diversity of mechanisms by which prey avoid predator attacks and explores how such defensive mechanisms have evolved through natural selection. It considers how potential prey avoid detection, how they make themselves unprofitable to attack, how they communicate this status, and how other species have exploited these signals. Using carefully selected examples of camouflage, mimicry, and warning signals drawn from a wide range of species and ecosystems, the authors summarise the latest research into these fascinating adaptations, developing mathematical models where appropriate and making recommendations for future study. This second edition has been extensively rewritten, particularly in the application of modern genetic research techniques which have transformed our recent understanding of adaptations in evolutionary genomics and phylogenetics. The book also employs a more integrated and systematic approach, ensuring that each chapter has a broader focus on the evolutionary and ecological consequences of anti-predator adaptation. The field has grown and developed considerably over the last decade with an explosion of new research literature, making this new edition timely.

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Oxford University Press

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0191002631

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Chemistry of Renewables

An Introduction

By: Arno Behr,Thomas Seidensticker

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Chemistry of Renewables

An Introduction

By: Arno Behr,Thomas Seidensticker

This textbook introduces the industrial production and processing of natural resources. It is divided into six major topics (fats and oils, carbohydrates, lignin, terpenoids, other natural products, biorefinery), which are divided into a total of 20 chapters. Each chapter is self-contained and therefore a compact learning unit, which can be worked on by students in self-study or presented by lecturers. Clear illustrations, flow diagrams, apparatus drawings and photos facilitate the understanding of the subject matter. All chapters end with a succinct summary, the "Take Home Messages". Each chapter is supplemented by ten short test questions, which can be solved quickly after working through the chapter; the answers are at the end of the book. All chapters contain bibliographical references that focus on essential textbooks and reference works. As a prior knowledge, only basic knowledge of chemistry is required.

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Springer Nature

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3662614308

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Scripture, Interpretation, or Authority?

Motives and Arguments in Jesus' Halakic Conflicts

By: Thomas Kazen

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Scripture, Interpretation, or Authority?

Motives and Arguments in Jesus' Halakic Conflicts

By: Thomas Kazen

In this study of motives and arguments in Jesus' halakic conflicts, Thomas Kazen suggests a way beyond the use of traditional criteria of authenticity. Employing results from recent research on the development of halakah during the Second Temple period, which outlines trajectories and areas of tension within and between various Jewish movements, the author revisits the Synoptic conflict narratives about Sabbath observance, purity rules and divorce practices. Kazen disentangles theological motives from reasonable historical explanations and suggests relative dates and contexts for motives and arguments often ascribed to Jesus. He questions interpretations which focus on unique authority and suggests that Jesus' stance is better explained within the framework of prophetic criticism and a traditional Israelite understanding of Torah. With this study, he contributes as much to our understanding of halakic development during the Second Temple period as he does to our understanding of the historical Jesus and his relationship to contemporary movements.

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Mohr Siebeck

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316152893X

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Design And Applications Of Single-site Heterogeneous Catalysts: Contributions To Green Chemistry, Clean Technology And Sustainability

By: John Meurig Thomas

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Design And Applications Of Single-site Heterogeneous Catalysts: Contributions To Green Chemistry, Clean Technology And Sustainability

By: John Meurig Thomas

For far too long chemists and industrialists have relied on the use of aggressive reagents such as nitric and sulphuric acids, permanganates and dichromates to prepare the massive quantities of both bulk and fine chemicals that are needed for the maintenance of civilised life — materials such as fuels, fabrics, foodstuffs, fertilisers and pharmaceuticals. Such aggressive reagents generate vast quantities of environmentally harmful and often toxic by-products, including the oxides of nitrogen, of metal oxides and carbon dioxide.Now, owing to recent advances made in the synthesis of nanoporous solids, it is feasible to design new solid catalysts that enable benign, mild oxidants to be used, frequently without utilising solvents, to manufacture the products that the chemical, pharmaceutical, agro- and bio-chemical industries require. These new solid agents are designated single-site heterogeneous catalysts (SSHCs). Their principal characteristics are that all the active sites present in the high-area solids are identical in their atomic environment and hence in their energy of interaction with reactants, just as in enzymes.Single-site heterogeneous catalysts now occupy a position of growing importance both academically and in their potential for commercial exploitation. This text, the only one devoted to such catalysts, dwells both on principles of design and on applications, such as the benign synthesis of nylon 6 and vitamin B3. It equips the reader with unifying insights required for future catalytic adventures in the quest for sustainability in the materials used by humankind.Anyone acquainted with the language of molecules, including undergraduates in the physical and biological sciences, as well as graduates in engineering and materials science, should be able to assimilate the principles and examples presented in this book. Inter alia, it describes how clean technology and ‘green’ processes may be carried out in an environmentally responsible manner.

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World Scientific Publishing Company

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1848169299

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9781848169296

Thomas Jefferson: Writings (LOA #17)

Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters

By: Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson: Writings (LOA #17)

Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters

By: Thomas Jefferson

The most comprehensive collection of the Founding Father’s famous writings, including drafts of the Declaration of Independence At the moment of our nation's birth, Thomas Jefferson defined the issues that still direct our political life. Displaying his extraordinary variety of interests and powerful and precise style, Jefferson’s writings are an invaluable and incisive record of the landscape, inhabitants, life, and daily customs of America in the Revolutionary and early national eras. This book is the most comprehensive one-volume selection of Jefferson ever published. It contains such famous works as "Autobiography" and "Notes on the State of Virginia." A series of addresses, 287 letters, and public and private writings—including the original and revised drafts of the Declaration of Independence—round out the collection, painting not only a portrait of the early days of America but of one of the most influential and controversial figures in our nation's history. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

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Library of America

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1598533487

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Reading Virgil and His Texts

Studies in Intertextuality

By: Richard F. Thomas

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Reading Virgil and His Texts

Studies in Intertextuality

By: Richard F. Thomas

Dynamic textual interplay: inherent and inherited

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University of Michigan Press

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0472108972

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9780472108978

Stochastic Interacting Systems: Contact, Voter and Exclusion Processes

By: Thomas M. Liggett

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Stochastic Interacting Systems: Contact, Voter and Exclusion Processes

By: Thomas M. Liggett

Interactive particle systems is a branch of probability theory with close connections to mathematical physics and mathematical biology. This book takes three of the most important models in the area, and traces advances in our understanding of them since 1985. It explains and develops many of the most useful techniques in the field.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3662039907

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History of the Roman Empire

By: Thomas Keightley

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History of the Roman Empire

By: Thomas Keightley

Reprint of the original, first published in 1841.

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3368888870

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Significant Pharmaceuticals Reported in US Patents

By: Thomas F. DeRosa

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Significant Pharmaceuticals Reported in US Patents

By: Thomas F. DeRosa

Significant Pharmaceuticals Reported in US Patents identifies the next generation of pharmaceuticals reported in US Patents. This "hands-on" title provides explicit laboratory methods for preparing the most recent and effective medications. Each entry documents the biological testing protocols used to evaluate a drug and the significance of the current treatment agent over previous methods. Pharmaceuticals are included in this review only if at least two of the following criteria were met: Effectiveness in treating an illness, Innovative, ease of preparation, synergy with existing Medications. Pharmaceuticals are reported for 27 separate classes of illness, including: AIDS, Alzheimer's Disease, Cardiovascular Disorders, Diabetes, Epilepsy, Hepatitis C, Osteoporosis, Obesity and Sleep Disorders. Significant Pharmaceuticals Reported in US Patents has been designed to be used as both a reference and synthetic guide for pharmaceutical, medicinal and organic chemists and graduate students. Researchers working in other areas will also find the information valuable as in many instances intermediates or the next generation pharmaceutical are readily convertible into other industrial products including: anti-oxidants, chemical additives, herbicides, polymer precursors, water purification agents. Clear structural depictions of reagents and chemical transformations have been supplied to permit the identification of other future applications. Identifies next generation pharmaceuticals Provides practical preparation methods for each active agent and derivatives Documents the analytical characterization and biological testing results of active agents

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Elsevier

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0080480918

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Just Technology

The Quest for Cultural, Economic, Environmental, and Technical Sustainability

By: Thomas J. Siller,Gearold Johnson

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Just Technology

The Quest for Cultural, Economic, Environmental, and Technical Sustainability

By: Thomas J. Siller,Gearold Johnson

To address the complexity of today's global challenges requires new ways of thinking. The idea that technology is always the best, maybe only, approach worth taking needs to be reconsidered. Sustainable approaches must also draw from non technological areas. To that end, this book introduces the idea of just technology by rephrasing the idea of just war in order to include concepts of sustainability in future engineering design. The book begins by defining justice and relating these definitions to technology. This is followed by illustrating several notions of sustainability and the awareness that needs to be focused on societal challenges due to the finite resources available in the natural world. Four questions are enumerated to be addressed in order to qualify as a just use of technology: (1) Is the harm being inflicted by the problem on the community, the environment, or humanity, in general lasting, serious, and certain? (2) Have all alternative solutions been investigated first, including non-technology-based solutions? Technology is the last choice, not the first! (3) Do we have confidence in the successful implementation of this technological solution? and (4) Is the potential harm from the technological solution potentially worse than the issue being addressed? Have all unintended consequences been considered that could arise from the technological solution? The book ends with a description for implementing these questions into the traditional engineering design process. Examples are included for reflection and help to understand how the design process proceeds.

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3031795008

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Foye's Principles of Medicinal Chemistry

By: Victoria Roche,William S. Zito,Thomas Lemke,David A. Williams

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Foye's Principles of Medicinal Chemistry

By: Victoria Roche,William S. Zito,Thomas Lemke,David A. Williams

With expert contributions from experienced educators, research scientists and clinicians, Foye’s Principles of Medicinal Chemistry, Eighth Edition is an invaluable resource for professional students, graduate students and pharmacy faculty alike. This ‘gold standard’ text explains the chemical basis of drug action, emphasizing the structure-activity relationships, physicochemical-pharmacokinetic properties, and metabolic profiles of the most commonly used drugs.

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149638587X

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9781496385871

Critical and Miscellaneous Essays

Vol. III

By: Thomas Carlyle

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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays

Vol. III

By: Thomas Carlyle

Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.

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3375020139

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Sustainable Stormwater Management

A Landscape-Driven Approach to Planning and Design

By: Thomas W. Liptan

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Sustainable Stormwater Management

A Landscape-Driven Approach to Planning and Design

By: Thomas W. Liptan

An essential addition to the landscape design library Nature devises ingenious systems for the management and delivery of water in all its phases. No additional infrastructure is required—the water systems are in place, naturally. But once the natural environment has been disrupted by human development, stormwater becomes an issue that requires intervention and ongoing management. Sustainable Stormwater Management, by leading expert Tom Liptan, provides landscape students and professionals with a green approach to landscape design. The hardworking book includes comprehensive information on how to design, install, and maintain a landscape for sustainable stormwater management. It addresses stormwater in the urban environment, relevant environmental and economic policies, and shares case studies of exemplary projects from around the world.

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1604694866

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The Selected Papers of Sir John Meurig Thomas

The Selected Papers of Sir John Meurig Thomas

Principles and Practice of Heterogeneous Catalysis

Principles and Practice of Heterogeneous Catalysis

Fundamental Concepts in Heterogeneous Catalysis

Fundamental Concepts in Heterogeneous Catalysis

Avoiding Attack

Avoiding Attack

Chemistry of Renewables

Chemistry of Renewables

Scripture, Interpretation, or Authority?

Scripture, Interpretation, or Authority?

Design And Applications Of Single-site Heterogeneous Catalysts: Contributions To Green Chemistry, Clean Technology And Sustainability

Design And Applications Of Single-site Heterogeneous Catalysts: Contributions To Green Chemistry, Clean Technology And Sustainability

Thomas Jefferson: Writings (LOA #17)

Thomas Jefferson: Writings (LOA #17)

Reading Virgil and His Texts

Reading Virgil and His Texts

Stochastic Interacting Systems: Contact, Voter and Exclusion Processes

Stochastic Interacting Systems: Contact, Voter and Exclusion Processes

History of the Roman Empire

History of the Roman Empire

Significant Pharmaceuticals Reported in US Patents

Significant Pharmaceuticals Reported in US Patents

Just Technology

Just Technology

Foye's Principles of Medicinal Chemistry

Foye's Principles of Medicinal Chemistry

Critical and Miscellaneous Essays

Critical and Miscellaneous Essays

Sustainable Stormwater Management

Sustainable Stormwater Management

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