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Author
Series
Helium-3 novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the twenty-second century, sixteen-year-old Crater Trueblood, who mines the moon for Helium-3 to produce energy for a desperate, war-torn Earth, undertakes a deadly mission that could mean the difference between life and death for every inhabitant of the moon.
Author
Publisher
FTPress Delivers
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource ([7] pages)
Language
English
Description
"This Element is an excerpt from Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today (ISBN: 9780137019960) by David P. Clark. Meet the "opportunists": the microbes that are poised on the edge of invading you right now. Consider disease from the microbe's viewpoint. Infectious agents vary greatly in their ability to cause harm. Before discussing "professional" diseases, don't forget the "opportunists." When a person is weakened by injury,...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Johannes Krause, director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, and journalist Thomas Trappe offer a new way of understanding our past, present, and future. Krause is a pioneer in the revolutionary new science of archaeogenetics, archaeology augmented by revolutionary DNA sequencing technology, which has allowed scientists to uncover a new version of human history reaching back more than 100,000 years. Using this technology to...
49) Morgan
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inside a remote, top-secret lab, scientists are working on an experiment that is leading the way for the next steps in human evolution. But when the experiment's subject -- a genetically designed "human" -- triggers a terrifying event, those involved must decide if the promise of infinite potential outweighs the incalculable danger.
Author
Series
Publisher
FTPress Delivers
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource ([9] pages)
Language
English
Description
"This Element is an excerpt from Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today (ISBN: 9780137019960) by David P. Clark. When a virulent epidemic rages, some humans survive and some die. Before vaccination, antibiotics, and modern medical technology, what decided who was fortunate and who was not? In addition to sheer luck, both social and biological factors affect the chances of catching a disease, as well as the likelihood of...
Author
Series
Publisher
FTPress Delivers
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource ([4] pages).
Language
English
Description
"This Element is an excerpt from Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today (ISBN: 9780137019960) by David P. Clark. Why it's wishful thinking to believe that diseases will eventually evolve into milder forms--and what the hard truth means for humanity"--Resource description page.
Author
Series
Publisher
FTPress Delivers
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource ([11] pages).
Language
English
Description
This Element is an excerpt from Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today (9780137019960) by David P. Clark. Available in print and digital formats. ¿ Is there a "good" side to epidemics? It all depends on how you look at it... ¿ The way epidemics have intervened in history shows that disease is not uniformly negative. An epidemic's long-term outcome may be quite complex. Whether we regard any particular outcome as "good"...
Author
Series
Publisher
FTPress Delivers
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource ([4] pages)
Language
English
Description
"This Element is an excerpt from Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today (ISBN: 9780137019960) by David P. Clark. The crucial role of vectors in disease virulence--and the best place to focus disease prevention efforts"--Resource description page.
Author
Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xix, 347 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language
English
Description
For decades biology has focused on decoding cellular processes one gene at a time, but many of the most pressing biological questions, as well as diseases such as cancer and heart disease, are related to complex systems involving the interaction of hundreds, or even thousands of gene products and other factors. How do we begin to understand this complexity? Fundamentals of Systems Biology: From Synthetic Circuits to Whole-cell Models introduces methods...
Author
Series
Publisher
FTPress Delivers
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource ([5] pages)
Language
English
Description
"This Element is an excerpt from Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today (ISBN: 9780137019960) by David P. Clark. From hunter-gatherers to agricultural societies and beyond: How humans and disease have evolved together"--Resource description page.
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