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UNINA9910452305903321 |
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Autore |
Loadman John |
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Titolo |
Tears of the tree [[electronic resource] ] : the story of rubber-a modern marvel / / John Loadman |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005 |
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1-281-34638-1 |
9786611346386 |
0-19-152451-4 |
1-4356-0682-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (367 p.) |
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Rubber - History |
Rubber industry and trade - History |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-318) and index. |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Outline; Introduction; 1. The Mesoamericans and the 'all-American ball game'; 2. Europe goes west; 3. What's in a name?; 4. The battles of the giants-Charles Goodyear; 5. The battles of the giants-Thomas Hancock; 6. Rubber goes east; 7. The King and the Congo; 8. Slaves to rubber; 9. Competition!; 10. The heavy mob; 11. Chemicals and curatives; 12. Padding or performance enhancer?; 13. The rot sets in; 14. Death and destruction; 15. Timeline; Bibliography; Index |
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This unique book tells the fascinating story of four thousand years of rubber as seen through the lives of the adventurers and scientists who promoted it, lusted after it and eventually tamed it into the ubiquitous, yet crucial material of our lives today. - ;Imagine a world without rubber - neither tyres for motoring or flying, nor bouncing balls for sports, neither seals for washing machines and dishwashers, nor medical gloves - no elastics. This unique book tells the fascinating story of four thousand years of rubber - from its significance in Mayan religious rituals and culture to its pivo |
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UNISALENTO991002086199707536 |
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Autore |
Oraison, Marc |
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Il caso e la vita / Marc Oraison |
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Torino : Società editrice internazionale, 1971 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Trad. G. Franceschetti |
Tit. orig.: Le hasard et la vie |
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UNINA9910971363703321 |
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Titolo |
Microbial evolution and co-adaptation : a tribute to the life and scientific legacies of Joshua Lederberg : workshop summary / / rapporteurs, David A. Relman ... [et al.] |
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Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2009 |
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9780309177313 |
0309177316 |
9780309131223 |
0309131227 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (329 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LederbergJoshua |
RelmanDavid A |
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Microorganisms - Evolution |
Communicable diseases |
Evolution |
Adaptation (Biology) |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Workshop overview -- Appendix: WO-1. Infectious history / Joshua Lederberg -- The life and legacies of Joshua Lederberg -- Reflections on the career of Joshua Lederberg / David A. Hamburg -- Joshua Lederberg remembered / Stephen S. Morse -- The life and impact of a legend-Joshua Lederberg / Adel Mahmoud -- Microbial ecology and ecosystems -- War and peace: humans and their microbiome / David A. Relman -- Deciphering the complex molecular dialogue of symbiosis: Esperanto or polyglot? / Margret McFall-Ngai -- Pathogen evolution -- Bacterial pathogenicity: an historical and experimental perspective / Stanley Falkow -- Evolution of bacterial-host interactions: virulence and the immune overresponse / Elisa Margolis and Bruce R. Levin -- Antibiotic resistance: origins and countermeasures -- Antibiotic resistance and the future of antibiotics / Julian Davies -- Microbial drug resistance: an old problem in need of new solutions / Stanley N. Cohen -- Expanding the microbial universe: metagenomics and microbial |
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community dynamics / Jo Handelsman -- Infectious disease emergence: past, present, and future -- Emerging infections: condemned to repeat? / Stephen S. Morse -- Ecological origins of novel human pathogens / Mark Woolhouse and Eleanor Gaunt -- Genomic evolvability and the origin of novelty: studying the past, interpreting the present, and predicating the future / Jonathan A. Eisen -- Can we predict future trends in disease emergence? / Peter Daszak -- Appendices: A. Agenda -- B. Acronyms -- C. Glossary -- D. Forum member biographies. |
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"Dr. Joshua Lederberg - scientist, Nobel laureate, visionary thinker, and friend of the Forum on Microbial Threats - died on February 2, 2008. It was in his honor that the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats convened a public workshop on May 20-21, 2008, to examine Dr. Lederberg's scientific and policy contributions to the marketplace of ideas in the life sciences, medicine, and public policy. The resulting workshop summary, Microbial Evolution and Co-Adaptation, demonstrates the extent to which conceptual and technological developments have, within a few short years, advanced our collective understanding of the microbiome, microbial genetics, microbial communities, and microbe-host-environment interactions." |
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