Product Description: The Works of Archimedes Edited in Modern Notation With Introductory Chapters by T.L. Heath, Sc.D.

Analyzes selected physical laws, demonstrating the interaction of physics and mathematics and revealing the incredible order of nature.

States the evidence for a theory of evolution, explains how evolution takes place, and discusses instinct, hybrids, fossils, distribution, and classification. (view table of contents)

Brought to trial before a corrupt lunar court for opposing Peace Eternal--a corporation whose proposed solution to overpopulation is a program of mass murder--billionaire philanthropist Michael Dore is ordered to set Jupiter on fire or face death

HPLC: A Practical User's Guide is essential for chromatographers needing a proven training manual for setting up and running an HPLC system, for optimizing and cleaning columns and separations, and for obtaining separations and maximizing information from their system. Relying upon 15 years of laboratory and field troubleshooting experience, the author explains the basic techniques and shows how to use them to optimize separations. Proven methods are provided for starting up and maintaining HPLC systems, cleaning and troubleshooting column to the system problems, and systematic column treatment and methods development, both manual and automated. Coverage includes preparative HPLC, Diode Array, UV detectors, recent advances in HPLC/mass spectrometry, and a discussion of hardware configurations and interfacing to computers and data acquisition devices. A guide to separations, a glossary of terms, and a programmed self-learning guide are also included.

Covering such broad topics as science, politics, history, and nature, presents essays that explore the human struggle with moral and ethical problems in today's world (view table of contents)

Product Description: Although best known for his revolutionary scientific ideas, Albert Einstein was also an impassioned social critic, who challenged social and philosophical orthodoxies and championed individual liberty and dignity in the face of persecution and war...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: It's no secret: The best way to ace the Regents exams is by practicing on real tests.  This guide includes 7 actual full-length Earth Science Regents exams with answers and complete explanations.Let the Regents experts at The Princeton Review teach you the simple test-taking techniques you'll need to know...read more

A budget travel guide to the region covers Istanbul, Eastern Anatolia, and Northern Cyprus and includes information on accommodations, attractions, and restaurants (view table of contents)

A youthful Charles Darwin records his impressions of the flora, fauna, and geology of the South American coasts. (view table of contents)

This text deals with inter-relationships among businesses, government and society, and how this relationship affects business managers. It includes the latest thinking on the ethical implications of business and its relation to society. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The aim of this book is to provide guidelines for preparing papers and presentations so that your message can be transmitted clearly and concisely to the reader or listener. Techniques for improving your writing, literature searching and training students in communication are also discussed...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is a book that sings about the beauty of the fundamental laws of nature. Clear, accurate descriptions for general science readers (no equations in sight!) are punctuated with original, scintillating verses. The reader is taken on a journey through the contemporary understanding of the building blocks of nature and their interactions — the current status of that age-old, intriguing quest...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Collects top articles from numerous publications to cover the full range of scientific inquiry, including biochemistry, physics, astronomy, genetics, evolutionary theory, and cognition to represent the year's most significant scientific developments.

Product Description: Fifteen readable essays examine topics such as editorial policy in the early journals, the economic side of scientific publishing in the 17th and 18th centuries, aspects of journal indexing, early modern scientific networks, and the issues of authorship and authority...read more

A latest collection in the annual series features a selection of the year's most significant writings on key scientific developments in genetics, physics, cognition, evolutionary theory, astronomy, and other fields and is complemented by an accessible overview. Original. 30,000 first printing.

Explanations of everyday science are offered in a study that covers everything from vitamin supplements to acupuncture to the chemistry behind the Stradivarius violin.