Albert Einstein Books Collection

- Ether and the theory of relativity
- On the theory of relativity
- Physics of Illusion
- Principles of research
- Principles of theoretical Physics
- Relativity
- The world as I see it
- What is the theory of relativity
- Why socialism
- Einstein A - Z
- Words on spirituality and religion


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Hands on Environmentalism

Encounter Books / September 27, 2005 | 180 pages | ISBN: 1594030855 | PDF | 1.8 Mb

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When the first Earth Day catapulted environmental awareness onto the global mindset in 1970, average citizens felt that they finally could have a stake in protecting their surroundings from the ravages of pollution, overpopulation, and resource depletion that were bringing the planet to the brink of ecological catastrophe. What developed instead was a quagmire of government bureaucracy, political expediency, and legal strategy that espoused a reactive rather than proactive approach that Haglund and Still dub "command-and--control." Promoting an alternative concept called "civic environmentalism," the authors outline a fundamental paradigm shift in the way concerned citizens, elected officials, and industrial leaders can wrest responsibility away from the regulatory professionals. By focusing on results rather than retribution, and looking toward the future rather than the past, this dynamic method of addressing local, national, and global environmental challenges boasts impressive success stories. Offering practical advice for individuals and grassroots organizations, this guidebook furnishes proven strategies and positive messages designed to invigorate the environmental movement.

Book Description
Shows that is is possible to reach voluntary, enduring solutions to pressing environmental problems without heavy-handed government intervention.

About the Author
Brent M. Haglund is president of the Sand County Foundation, an international conservation organization based in Wisconsin. Thomas W. Still is president of the Wisconsin Technology Council. ”

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Cannabis: The Genus Cannabis (Medicinal & Aromatic Plants)

CRC | ISBN9057022915 | 1998-11-19 | PDF | 286pages | 2.65 Mb

Cannabis sativa has provided man with a source of fuel, textiles, paper, rope, medicines and intoxication for over 5000 years. This book contains a series of expert dissertations, supported by over 700 references on the history, ethnobotany, chemistry and analysis, and cultivation and processing of cannabis. The medicinal and non-medicinal uses of the plant and its derivatives are viewed in the context of national and international legislation to define and control its use. Developments in cannabinoid pharmacology research and receptor theory are also discussed.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of cannabis use and abuse and will be an invaluable reference source for anyone with an interest in the wide range of applications of this fascinating plant and its therapeutic and commercial potential.

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Pathology And Genetics of Tumours of the Soft Tissues And Bones

Book author: Who | Publisher: Not Avail (January, 2003) | ISBN: 9283224132 | 427 pages pdf | 11.8 Mb

This book is an authoritative, concise reference, prepared by 147 authors from 28 countries. It contains more than 800 colour photographs, numerous MRIs, ultrasound images, CT scans, charts and approximately 2000 references. Diagnostic criteria, pathological features and associated genetic alterations are described in a strictly disease-oriented manner. Sections on all recognized neoplasms and their variants include new ICD-O codes, incidence, age and sex distribution, location, clinical signs and symptoms, pathology, genetics and predictive factors.

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Steen Knudsen, A Biologist’s Guide to Analysis of DNA Microarray Data

ISBN-10: 0471224901 | Wiley-Liss | (2002/3/22) | Pp. 125 | Djvu | 4 mb

A great introductory book that details reliable approaches to problems met in standard microarray data analyses. It provides examples of established approaches such as cluster analysis, function prediction, and principle component analysis. Discover real examples to illustrate the key concepts of data analysis. Written for those without any advanced background in math, statistics, or computer sciences, this book is essential for anyone interested in harnessing the immense potential of microarrays in biology and medicine.

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Marc De Ley, Cytokine Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology)

248 pages | Publisher: Humana Press Inc.,U.S. (1 Jun 2002) | Language English | ISBN-10: 089603948X | pdf | 2 mb

Katholieke Univ.. Leuven, Belgium. Offers concise information on the principles of cytokine research. Also features reproducible techniques for the production, isolation, and characterization of cytokines. Describes the protocols for antisense-RNA and RT-PCR of small amounts of mRNA. For researchers

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Textbook of Receptor Pharmacology

CRC Press| English | 302 Pages | Date: 2002-08-28 (2nd edition) | ISBN: 0849310296 | PDF | 7.11 Mb

The bestselling first edition of Textbook of Receptor Pharmacology originated from a renowned course in receptor pharmacology taught at the University College of London for the past three decades. Its innovative format united four major approaches to the study of receptors: molecular biology, quantitative functional studies of agonists and antagonists, ligand binding, and signal transduction systems. The second edition builds on this foundation. This edition streamlines the material and focuses on cell membrane receptors along with their immediate signal transducers. The section on the molecular structure of receptors reflects the advances in this area. This edition also includes two restructured new chapters, one on G-proteins and one on tyrosine kinases, as signal transductors. Several chapters also contain problems for students to solve as well as worked-out solutions. The book contains over one hundred useful diagrams and tables to aid illustration of concepts and a helpful appendix explaining the simple mathematics used in the text. A time-saving resource and comprehensive textbook, Textbook of Receptor Pharmacology, Second Edition provides in-depth, up-to-date coverage of this still rapidly expanding research area that is both fundamental to the science of pharmacology and on the cutting edge of new drug development.

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DNA Chromatography

Wiley-VCH | English | 239 Pages | Date: 2002-05-06 | ISBN: 3527302441 | PDF | 1.72 Mb

This book describes a powerful and effective tool for the molecular biologist researcher. Readers will discover how DNA chromatography can be used in their own work. Intended as an introduction for the molecular biologist reader, this will also serve as a practical guide for the experienced user. The clear and concise writing style is also attractive to the chemist who wants to learn more about molecular biology.

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DNA Protein Interactions: Principles and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology)

Humana Press | Number Of Pages: 656 | Publication Date: 2001-04-15 | ISBN : 0896036251 | 3.54 Mb

Dr. Tom Moss assembles the new standard collection of cutting-edge techniques to identify key protein-DNA interactions and define their components, their manner of interaction, and their manner of function, both in the cell and in the test tube. The techniques span a wide range, from factor identification to atomic detail, and include multiple DNA footprinting analyses, including in vivo strategies, gel shift (EMSA) optimization, SELEX, surface plasmon resonance, site-specific DNA-protein crosslinking, and UV laser crosslinking. Comprehensive and broad ranging, DNA-Protein Interactions: Principles and Protocols, 2nd Edition, offers a stellar array of over 100 up-to-date and readily reproducible techniques that biochemists and molecular, cellular, and developmental biologists can use successfully today to understand DNA-protein interactions.

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Solid State NMR Spectroscopy for Biopolymers: Principles and Applications

Solid State NMR Spectroscopy for Biopolymers: Principles and Applications
Springer | English | 465 Pages | Date: 2006-08-18 | ISBN: 1402043023 | PDF | 3.28 Mb

When considering the biological significance and industrial and medical applications of biopolymers, it is crucial to know details of their secondary structure, dynamics and assembly. The biopolymers include globular, membrane and fibrous proteins, polypeptides, nucleic acids, polysaccharides and lipids. Solid state NMR spectroscopy has proved to be the most suitable and unrivaled means for investigations of biopolymers. The major advantage of solid state NMR spectroscopy is that the resulting line widths can be manipulated experimentally and are not influenced by motional fluctuation of proteins under consideration as a whole. Solid State NMR Spectroscopy for Biopolymers: Principles and Applications provides a comprehensive account on how the conformation and dynamics of such biopolymers can be revealed by solid state NMR spectroscopy. Special efforts have been made towards the historical and chronological consequences of a variety of applications and the dynamic aspects of the biopolymer system. In particular, the authors emphasise how important it is to record the most simple DD-MAS (one pulse excitation with high power decoupling) as a mean of locating very flexible portions of membrane proteins and membrane associated peptides. The authors also demonstrate that dynamic features of membrane proteins with a timescale of fast (108 Hz) and intermediate (104 -105 Hz) fluctuation motions can be revealed easily by specific suppression of peaks.

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The Cell: Evolution of the First Organism

Joseph, Ph.D. Panno, "The Cell: Evolution of the First Organism"
Facts on File | 186 pages | 2004-08 | ISBN: 0816049467 | PDF | 17.0 MB

Clear, concise, interesting... The Cell: Evolution of the First Organism by Joseph Panno, Ph.D., offers an excellent, concise and interesting introduction on the cell and its evolution. Panno opens with a brief overview of theories related to life's origin, then moves to prokaryotes and how they laid a foundation for eukaryotes. Next, he offers an examination of the cell cycle, followed by genes, multicellular organisms, and neurons. Panno does a stellar job of communicating a complex subject clearly (better than many texts as I see it) and sans oversimplification. The black-and-white graphics and glossary are exemplary and useful to the student. This is my first experience with Panno and the publisher Facts On File, Inc. I am most intrigued. Highly recommended. The book professes to be targeted at high school or first-year biology students. As I see it, those students would be serious. While it may not be enough for someone with a good deal of biology education, it is excellent orientation for newcomers. Another wonderful book that offers more of a prose take on biology and is very rich in a wholly different way is The Epic History of Biology by Anthony Serafini.

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Charles Darwin: And the Evolution Revolution

Rebecca Stefoff, Charles Darwin: And the Evolution Revolution (Oxford Portraits in Science)
Oxford University Press | ISBN 0195089960 | 1996 | PDF | 1 MB | 129 pages

ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES, published in 1858, transformed our view of the world and made Charles Darwin one of the most controversial figures in science. This new biography looks at the person behind the controversy whose earth-shaking discoveries and ideas remain as exciting and interesting as today's headlines.

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Genetics: Principles and Analysis

Gareth Stevens Publishing| ISBN: 076370489X | 1998-01-15 | PDF | 840 pages | 30 Mb

In recent decades, few disciplines have experienced the explosion of knowledge and research that genetics has. Inspired in part by controversies and the publicity that this new information generates, many of today's students come to a course in genetics with great enthusiasm. Sustaining this enthusiasm while at the same time teaching students about the beauty, logical clarity, and unity of the subject can be a challenge for any teacher. In the fourth edition of Genetics: Principles and Analysis, Dan Hartl and Beth Jones have written a text that will provide you and your students with a clear, comprehensive, rigorous, and balanced introduction to genetics at the college level. It is a guide to learning a critically important and sometimes difficult subject. But the tools for learning extend beyond the confines of the textbook. Your students will have the opportunity to become active participants in the learning process by making full use of today's teaching and learning technology. Developed as an integrated and unified program, no other textbook will engage your students and connect them to the subject of genetics like Hartl/Jones!

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Bioactive Marine Natural Products

Springer | ISBN: 1402034725 | English | Date: 2005-09-27 | 400 Pages | PDF | 2.78 Mb

Marine natural products have attracted the attention of biologists and chemists the world over for the past five decades. As a result of the potential for new drug discovery, marine natural products have attracted scientists from different disciplines, such as organic chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, pharmacology, biology and ecology. This interest has led to the discovery of over 16,000 marine natural products to date and many of the compounds have shown very promising biological activity. The ocean is considered to be a great source of potential drugs. Bioactive Marine Natural Products is the first book available that covers all aspects of bioactive marine natural products. It fills the void in the literature for bioactive marine natural products. The book covers various aspects of marine natural products and it is hoped that all the major classes of bioactive compounds are included. Different classes of marine organisms and the separation and isolation techniques are discussed. The chemistry and biology of marine toxins, peptides, alkaloids, nucleosides and prostanoids are discussed in detail. Biological, toxicological and clinical evaluations are also dealt with to ensure that the book may be adopted at any stage by any practicing organic chemist or biologist, working in academia or in R&D divisions of pharmaceutical companies. Each chapter in the book includes an abstract to highlight the major points discussed in the text and concluding remarks are given. References to books, monographs, review.

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The Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution

Larry L. Mai Marcus Young Owl M. Patricia Kersting, The Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution
Cambridge University Press | ISBN 0521662508 | 2005 | PDF | 4.55 MB | 670 pages

This compilation is intended to define and elaborate on the more important terms used in human biology and evolution. For readers with little background in these subjects, it identifies and provides definitions of core terms most frequently used in these areas. In addition, we have attempted to define, and occasionally annotate or expand on, subjects of interest to advanced students and professionals, such as fossil specimens, paleontological sites, and primate genera.


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Transcription Factors - Normal and Malignant Development of Blood Cells

Transcription Factors - Normal and Malignant Development of Blood Cells - K. Ravid, J. Licht
Wiley, 2001 | ISBN: 0471350540 | English | PDF | 640p. | 11 MB

Transcription Factors: Normal and Malignant Development of Blood Cells focuses on those major transcription factors involved in activation of lineage-specific gene expression during normal versus malignant development of specific blood lineages, as revealed from gene promoter studies, knockout of transcription factors in mice models, and the identification and characterization of chromosomal rearrangement in human blood leukemia

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Immunoinformatics: Predicting Immunogenicity In Silico

Immunoinformatics: Predicting Immunogenicity In Silico
Humana Press | ISBN: 1588296997 | Edition - June 21, 2007 | PDF | 416 pages | 12.8 MB

Immunoinformatics: Predicting Immunogenicity In Silico is a primer for researchers interested in this emerging and exciting technology and provides examples in the major areas within the field of immunoinformatics. This volume both engages the reader and provides a sound foundation for the use of immunoinformatics techniques in immunology and vaccinology.

The volume is conveniently divided into four sections. The first section, Databases, details various immunoinformatic databases, including IMGT/HLA, IPD, and SYEPEITHI. In the second section, Defining HLA Supertypes, authors discuss supertypes of GRID/CPCA and hierarchical clustering methods, Hla-Ad supertypes, MHC supertypes, and Class I Hla Alleles. The third section, Predicting Peptide-MCH Binding, includes discussions of MCH binders, T-Cell epitopes, Class I and II Mouse Major Histocompatibility, and HLA-peptide binding. Within the fourth section, Predicting Other Properties of Immune Systems, investigators outline TAP binding, B-cell epitopes, MHC similarities, and predicting virulence factors of immunological interest.

Immunoinformatics: Predicting Immunogenicity In Silico merges skill sets of the lab-based and the computer-based science professional into one easy-to-use, insightful volume.

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Electron Microscopy: Methods and Protocols

(Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol 369)
Humana Press | ISBN:1588295737 | Edition -2007 | PDF | 670 pages| 11.5 MB | Rapidshare

Biological Aging: Methods and Protocols investigates the various processes that are affected by the age of an organism. Several new tools for the analysis of biological aging have been introduced recently, and this volume provides methods and protocols for these new techniques in addition to its coverage of established procedures. The editors have carefully selected only those topics that are considered mainstays of the field or are showing promise in revolutionizing this relatively new science. The three main areas of focus in this cutting-edge compendium of biological aging research are: methods that are basic to understanding the fundamental mechanisms of cellular aging; techniques used to intervene in the aging process; and approaches to analyzing the many molecular processes of biological aging. Researchers seeking new technology and techniques will find this volume of tremendous benefit as they move towards new directions in the exciting and expanding field of biological aging.

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Biological Aging: Methods and Protocols

(Methods in Molecular Biology, Volume 371)
Humana Press | ISBN:158829658X | Edition -2007 | PDF | 414 pages| 6.6 MB | Rapidshare

Biological Aging: Methods and Protocols investigates the various processes that are affected by the age of an organism. Several new tools for the analysis of biological aging have been introduced recently, and this volume provides methods and protocols for these new techniques in addition to its coverage of established procedures. The editors have carefully selected only those topics that are considered mainstays of the field or are showing promise in revolutionizing this relatively new science. The three main areas of focus in this cutting-edge compendium of biological aging research are: methods that are basic to understanding the fundamental mechanisms of cellular aging; techniques used to intervene in the aging process; and approaches to analyzing the many molecular processes of biological aging. Researchers seeking new technology and techniques will find this volume of tremendous benefit as they move towards new directions in the exciting and expanding field of biological aging.

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Careers in Biotech & Pharmaceuticals

The demand is high for scientists with backgrounds ranging from molecular biology and biochemistry to combinational chemistry, informatics, and statistics, and for scientists with management experience. In genomics, jobs are particularly plentiful for the scientists who produce proteins and bioinformaticists who have both science and computer skills. Major Pluses about Careers in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals

You work for a company whose products can improve or save lives, and sometimes even eradicate terrible diseases.

Choose your own adventure: Those who seek stability and structure can find it in pharmaceutical firms; those pursuing a wilder ride can sign up with a small biotech outfit.

For scientists, the industry offers an alternative to the low pay of academia;for MBAs, it requires fewer hours than consulting or banking demands.

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