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Alex Carter novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
Fresh off her wolverine study in Montana, wildlife biologist Alex Carter lands a job studying a threatened population of polar bears in the Canadian Arctic. Embedded with a small team of Arctic researchers, she tracks the majestic bears by air, following them over vast, snowy terrain, spending days leaning precariously out of a helicopter with a tranquilizer gun, until she can get down on the ice to examine them up close. But as her study progresses,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The discovery of cells--and the reframing of the human body as a cellular ecosystem--announced the birth of a new kind of medicine based on the therapeutic manipulations of cells. A hip fracture, a cardiac arrest, Alzheimer's, dementia, AIDS, pneumonia, lung cancer, kidney failure, arthritis, COVID--all could be viewed as the results of cells, or systems of cells, functioning abnormally. And all could be perceived as loci of cellular therapies. In...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This story of science, the Cold War, Nazi research, atomic anxieties, secret spy planes and the space race draws on original archival research, declassified documents and interviews to present a narrative history of humanity's hunt for alien life, including the military and CIA's secret, decades-long quest to study UFOs.
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Language
English
Description
"Flight Paths is the never-before-told story of how a group of migration-obsessed scientists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries engaged nearly every branch of science to understand bird migration--from where and when they take off to their flightpaths and behaviors, their destinations and the challenges they encounter getting there."--
5) The deep
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A strange plague called the 'Gets' is decimating humanity on a global scale. It causes people to forget--small things at first, like where they left their keys...then the not-so-small things like how to drive, or the letters of the alphabet. Then their bodies forget how to function involuntarily...and there is no cure. But now, far below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, deep in the Marianas Trench, an heretofore unknown substance hailed as "ambrosia"...
Author
Publisher
Pearson
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Business Research Methods, 2e, provides students with the knowledge, understanding and necessary skills to conduct business research. The reader is taken step-by-step through a range of contemporary research methods, while numerous worked examples and real-life case studies enable students to relate with the context and thus grasp concepts effectively. Keeping in mind the developments in the subject area and necessary feedback from the users of this...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A neurologist regales readers with extraordinary stories of the brain under siege. Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: The very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. Here are true accounts of unruly molecules and the diseases that form in their wake, from total loss of inhibitions to florid psychosis to compulsive lying. Cognitive neurologist Sara Manning Peskin demystifies...
10) Vitals
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Language
English
Description
Blending fierce, fast plots with vivid characters and mind-bending ideas, Greg Bear has mastered a powerful alchemy of suspense, science, and action in his gripping thrillers. Darwin's Radio was hailed across the country as one of the best books of the year. His newest novel, Vitals, begins with a harrowing descent to a netherworld at the very bottom of the sea--and then explodes to the surface in sheer terror.
Hal Cousins...
Hal Cousins...
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Qualitative Researcher Vulnerability provides conceptual, experiential, and practical insights into the vulnerability of the qualitative researcher. Compared to participants' vulnerability, researcher vulnerability has seen limited attention in the qualitative research process, but yet it is an important consideration. Drawing on an interdisciplinary group of authors--across criminology, education, feminisms, geography, health, kinesiology, nursing,...
Author
Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"Long-term success in scientific research requires skills that go well beyond technical prowess. This book is aimed at students and early career professionals who want to achieve the satisfaction of performing creative and impactful research in any area of science or engineering. Both entertaining and thought-provoking, this essential work supports advanced students and early career professionals across a variety of technical disciplines to thrive...
Author
Publisher
Pearson Education
Pub. Date
Ã2016
Physical Desc
1 online resource (600 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
The subject of Management Research Methodology is enthralling and complex. A student or a practitioner of management research is beguiled by uncertainties in the search and identification of the research problem, intrigued by the ramifications of research design, and confounded by obstacles in obtaining accurate data and complexities of data analysis. This book seeks a balanced treatment of all these aspects and blends problem-solving techniques,...
16) Random acts of medicine: the hidden forces that sway doctors, impact patients, and shape our health
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Language
English
Description
A book at the intersection of health and economics reveals the hidden side of medicine and how unexpected -- but predictable -- events can profoundly affect our health.
Author
Publisher
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis
Pub. Date
2013, ©2014
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvii, 272 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Provides an accessible, example-driven introduction to the emerging field of analytics. Shows how to interpret data and identify trends across a range of fields.
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Experiments are the most effective way to learn about the world. By cleverly interfering with something to see how it reacts we are able to find out how it works. In contrast to passive observation, experimenting provides us with data relevant to our research and thus less time and effort is spent separating relevant from irrelevant information. The art of experimentation is often learnt by doing, so an intuitive understanding of the experimental...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
©2010
Edition
3rd ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xx, 396 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Managing Research, Development, and Innovation, Third Edition covers the management skills and leadership theories essential to generating products and excelling in today's global economy. Topics of interest include how to design jobs, organize hierarchies, resolve conflicts, motivate employees, and create an innovative work environment. Discover how superior management skills can increase funding, generate profit, and improve the effectiveness of...
Author
Language
English
Description
The "Queen of Suspense," Mary Higgins Clark, delivers a gripping tale of deception and tantalizing twists that could have been ripped from today's headlines.
When Nicholas Spencer, the charismatic head of a company that has developed an anticancer vaccine, disappears without a trace, reporter Marcia "Carley" DeCarlo is assigned the story. Word that Spencer, if alive, has made off with huge sums of money—including the life savings of...
When Nicholas Spencer, the charismatic head of a company that has developed an anticancer vaccine, disappears without a trace, reporter Marcia "Carley" DeCarlo is assigned the story. Word that Spencer, if alive, has made off with huge sums of money—including the life savings of...
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