1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459568603321

Autore

Lang Kenneth R.

Titolo

The Cambridge guide to the solar system / / Kenneth R. Lang [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-107-21514-5

1-139-06341-3

1-283-11254-X

9786613112545

1-139-07573-X

0-511-66746-9

1-139-08256-6

1-139-07799-6

1-139-08028-8

1-139-06998-5

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 475 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

523.2

Soggetti

Solar system

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Changing views and fundamental concepts : Evolving perspectives: a historical prologue ; The new, close-up view from space ; Atmospheres, magnetospheres, and the solar wind -- The inner solar system: rocky worlds : Restless Earth: third rock from the Sun ; The Earth's Moon: stepping stone to the planets ; Mercury: a dense battered world ; Venus: the veiled planet ; Mars: the red planet -- The giant planets, their satellites and their rings: worlds of liquid, ice and gas : Jupiter: a giant primitive planet ; Saturn: lord of the rings ; Uranus and Neptune -- Remnants of creation: small worlds in the solar system : Asteroids and meteorites ; Colliding worlds ; Comets ; Beyond Neptune -- Origin of the solar system and extrasolar planets : Brave new worlds.

Sommario/riassunto

Richly illustrated with full-color images, this book is a comprehensive, up-to-date description of the planets, their moons, and recent



exoplanet discoveries. This second edition of a now classic reference is brought up to date with fascinating new discoveries from 12 recent Solar System missions. Examples include water on the Moon, volcanism on Mercury's previously unseen half, vast buried glaciers on Mars, geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus, lakes of hydrocarbons on Titan, encounter with asteroid Itokawa, and sample return from comet Wild 2. The book is further enhanced by hundreds of striking new images of the planets and moons. Written at an introductory level appropriate for undergraduate and high-school students, it provides fresh insights that appeal to anyone with an interest in planetary science. A website hosted by the author contains all the images in the book with an overview of their importance. A link to this can be found at www.cambridge.org/solarsystem.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910144560103321

Titolo

Genetics of criminal and antisocial behaviour

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1996

ISBN

9786612347931

9781282347939

1282347934

9780470514825

0470514825

9780470514832

0470514833

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Collana

Ciba foundation symposium ; ; 194

Altri autori (Persone)

BockGregory

GoodeJamie

Disciplina

364.2/4

Soggetti

Criminal behavior - Genetic aspects

Antisocial personality disorders - Genetic aspects

Behavior genetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the Symposium on Genetics of Criminal and Antisocial Behaviour, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, Feb. 14-16, 1995.



Editors: Gregory R. Bock and Jamie A. Goode.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

GENETICS OF CRIMINAL AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR; Contents; Participants; Introduction : concepts of antisocial behaviour, of cause, and of genetic influences; Issues in the search for candidate genes in mice as potential animal models of human aggression; General discussion I; Aggression from a developmental perspective: genes, environments and interactions; A twin study of self-reported criminal behaviour; Heterogeneity among juvenile antisocial behaviours: findings from the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioural Development; General discussion II

Predisposition to criminality: Swedish adoption studies in retrospect Assessing the role of genetics in crime using adoption cohorts; General discussion III; Direct analysis of candidate genes in impulsive behaviours; MAOA deficiency and abnormal behaviour: perspectives on an association; Serotonin in alcoholic violent offenders; Evolutionary adaptationism: another biological approach to criminal and antisocial behaviour; General discussion IV; Chronic problems in understanding tribal violence and warfare

The implications for responsibility of possible genetic factors in the explanation of violenceLegal implications of genetics and crime research; Concluding remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a fresh perspective on the controversial topic of criminal and antisocial behavior. It synthesizes findings from behavioral and population genetics, evolutionary biology and criminology and presents the latest findings in twin studies, adoption cohort studies, molecular genetics and animal models for human aggression. Also included is a detailed analysis of the legal implications of genetics and crime research and strategies for rehabilitation.