1.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIASUN0033900

Autore

Bowersock, Glen W.

Titolo

Julian the Apostate / G. W. Bowersock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Duckworth, 1978

ISBN

07-15-61554-8

Descrizione fisica

XII, 135 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Disciplina

937'.08'0924

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910806165803321

Titolo

Phosphorus in the environment : its chemistry and biochemistry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North Holland, 1978

ISBN

9786613694089

9781280783692

1280783699

9780470720387

0470720387

9780470718070

0470718072

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium (new series) ; ; 57

Disciplina

574.5/2

Soggetti

Phosphorus - Environmental aspects

Phosphorus

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on the Economy and Chemistry of Phosphorus held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 13-15th September, 1977"--Participants



page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Phosphorus in the Environment: its chemistry and biochemistry; Contents; Phosphorus: a general introduction; Phosphorus and mankind's problems today; Discussion; World resources of phosphorus; Discussion; Some economic and technical factors affecting use of phosphate raw materials; Discussion; Modern mankind's influence on the natural cycles of phosphorus; Discussion; Phosphorus biochemistry; Discussion; The organic chemistry of phosphate transfer; Discussion; The biological importance of organophosphorus compounds containing a carbon-phosphorus bond; Discussion

Metabolic factors and the utilization of phosphorus by plants Discussion; Phosphorus cycles of forest and upland grassland ecosystems and some effects of land management practices; Discussion; Phosphorus and the eutrophication of lakes-a personal view; Discussion; The dissipation of phosphorus in sewage and sewage effluents; Discussion; Balance sheet for phosphorus in the UK; Discussion; The use of phosphate in detergents and possible replacements for phosphate; Discussion; The rationale for a ban on detergent phosphate in the Great Lakes Basin; Discussion

Can the availability of phosphorus be critical for mankind?Discussion; Biographies of the participants; Index to contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.