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UNISA996208615303316 |
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Advanced optical materials |
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Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, , [2013]- |
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Optical materials |
Photonics |
Periodicals. |
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UNINA9910557473403321 |
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Autore |
Lee Harry F |
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Climate Change, Climatic Extremes, and Human Societies in the Past |
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Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
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1 online resource (140 p.) |
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Research & information: general |
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Monografia |
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Nowadays, more and more people realize the importance of global sustainability. Also, there has been an increasing number of quantitative studies investigating the connection between climate |
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change and human societies in academia. Given this background, the Atmosphere Special Issue "Climate Change, Climatic Extremes, and Human Societies in the Past" aimed to highlight the major aspects of the climate-society nexus in ancient and recent human history. There are eight papers based on quantitative approaches to illustrate different forms of climate-society nexus in ancient, historical, and contemporary periods. Regarding ancient periods, the interconnection among climate, agriculture, and human societies is focused. Regarding historical periods, the non-linear and complex relationship between climate change and the positive checks (wars, famines, and epidemics) in historical China and pre-industrial Europe is revealed. Regarding contemporary periods, the papers focus on weather-related phenomena that significantly affect human societies. The complexity of those phenomena is also highlighted. The associated findings can help human societies to mitigate the adverse impacts of weather extremes better. This special issue contributes to the field of quantitative analysis of the climate-society nexus, both theoretically and methodologically, which could facilitate a more fruitful discussion about the climate-society nexus. |
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UNINA9910969413803321 |
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Autore |
Bishop J. Michael <1936-> |
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How to win the Nobel Prize : an unexpected life in science. / / J. Michael Bishop |
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Cambridge, MA ; ; London, : Harvard University Press, 2004 |
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[1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.] |
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The Jerusalem-Harvard lectures |
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Medical scientists - United States |
Oncogenes |
Nobel Prizes |
Biographies. |
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Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. The Phone Call -- 2. Accidental Scientist -- 3. People and Pestilence -- 4. Opening the Black Box of Cancer -- 5. Paradoxical Strife -- Notes -- Credits -- Index |
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In 1989 Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus were awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery that normal genes under certain conditions can cause cancer. In this book, Bishop tells us how he and Varmus made their momentous discovery. More than a lively account of the making of a brilliant scientist, How to Win the Nobel Prize is also a broader narrative combining two major and intertwined strands of medical history: the long and ongoing struggles to control infectious diseases and to find and attack the causes of cancer. Alongside his own story, that of a youthful humanist evolving into an ambivalent medical student, an accidental microbiologist, and finally a world-class researcher, Bishop gives us a fast-paced and engrossing tale of the microbe hunters. It is a narrative enlivened by vivid anecdotes about our deadliest microbial enemies--the Black Death, cholera, syphilis, tuberculosis, malaria, smallpox, HIV--and by biographical sketches of the scientists who led the fight against these scourges. Bishop then |
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provides an introduction for nonscientists to the molecular underpinnings of cancer and concludes with an analysis of many of today's most important science-related controversies--ranging from stem cell research to the attack on evolution to scientific misconduct. How to Win the Nobel Prize affords us the pleasure of hearing about science from a brilliant practitioner who is a humanist at heart. Bishop's perspective will be valued by anyone interested in biomedical research and in the past, present, and future of the battle against cancer. |
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