1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143705703321

Titolo

Biomineralization [[electronic resource] ] : medical aspects of solubility / / [edited by] Erich Königsberger and LanChi Königsberger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : J. Wiley, c2006

ISBN

1-280-51928-2

9786610519286

0-470-09212-2

0-470-09211-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KönigsbergerErich

KönigsbergerLanChi

Disciplina

572.51

612.01524

612/.01524

Soggetti

Biomineralization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Solubility phenomena related to normal and pathological biomineralization processes / Erich Königsberger and LanChi Königsberger -- Mechanisms of renal and salivary calculi formation and development / Félix Grases and Antonia Costa-Bauzá -- Calcium and magnesium phosphates : normal and pathological mineralization / Clara F. Magalhães, Paula A.A.P. Marques, and Rui N. Correia -- Relevance of a polymer-induced liquid-precursor (PILP) mineralization process to normal and pathological biomineralization / Fairland F. Amos ... [et al.] -- Pathological biomineralization of iron / Wanida Chua-anusorn and Timothy G. St. Pierre.

Sommario/riassunto

This title takes an interdisciplinary approach to the central role of solubility in pathological biomineralisation, ranging from traditional thermodynamics and kinetics to unusual concepts such as the PILP process. The scientific background and expertise of the contributors, ranges accordingly from solubility modelling and database development, renal stone and bone implant research, Mössbauer



spectroscopy and structural chemistry to biochemistry and crystallisation. The chapters all have a quantitative, physico-chemical component rather than giving purely phenomenological descriptions. The con

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792896203321

Autore

French Dan (Historian)

Titolo

When they hid the fire [[electronic resource] ] : a history of electricity and invisible energy in America / / Daniel French

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-8229-8193-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 pages)

Collana

Intersections: environment, science, technology

Disciplina

333.79320973

Soggetti

Electric utilities - United States - History

History

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Introduction -- 1. English roots, utopia found and lost -- 2. The energy revolution and the ascendancy of coal -- 3. The conundrum of smoke and visible energy -- 4. Technology and energy in the abstract -- 5. Of fluids, fields, and wizards -- 6. Energy, utopia, and the American mind -- 7. Turbines, coal, and convenience -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

When They Hid the Fire examines the American social perceptions of electricity as an energy technology that were adopted between the mid-nineteenth and early decades of the twentieth centuries. Arguing that both technical and cultural factors played a role, Daniel French shows how electricity became an invisible and abstract form of energy in American society. As technological advancements allowed for an increasing physical distance between power generation and power consumption, the commodity of electricity became consciously



detached from the environmentally destructive fire and coal that produced it. This development, along with cultural forces, led the public to define electricity as mysterious, utopian, and an alternative to nearby fire-based energy sources. With its adoption occurring simultaneously with Progressivism and consumerism, electricity use was encouraged and seen as an integral part of improvement and modernity, leading Americans to culturally construct electricity as unlimited and environmentally inconsequential--a newfound "basic right" of life in the United States.