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Libby Loves Science: Mix and Measure (I Can Read Level 3)
by Kimberly Derting Shelli R. JohannesLibby loves science! In this STEM-themed Level 3 I Can Read! title, Libby and her friend Rosa learn about mixing and measuring to bake a delicious treat for a puppy party. A great choice for aspiring scientists, emerging readers, and fans of Andrea Beaty’s Ada Twist, Scientist. Includes activities, a glossary, and a cupcake recipe. Libby loves science—and experimenting! In this Level 3 I Can Read! title, Libby hosts a puppy party for her friends and their dogs. With the help of her friend Rosa and little brother, Libby decorates, stuffs goody bags and bakes delicious cupcakes. But when they realize they’ve forgotten an important ingredient, they use science to solve the problem—just in the nick of time. The Loves Science books introduce readers to girls who love science, as well as basic concepts of science, technology, engineering, and math. This Level 3 I Can Read! focuses on basic chemistry and friendship. A great pick for newly independent readers and an ideal companion to Cece Loves Science: Push and Pull.
Libby Loves Science: States of Matter (I Can Read Level 3)
by Kimberly Derting Shelli R. JohannesLibby loves science! In this STEM-themed Level 3 I Can Read! title, Libby and her friends learn about solids, liquids, and gases. A great choice for aspiring scientists, new readers, and fans of Andrea Beaty’s Ada Twist, Scientist. Includes activities, a glossary, and a fun science experiment to do at home.Libby loves science—and experimenting! In this Level 3 I Can Read! title, Libby and her classmates are excited to welcome a new student into their classroom. When the ice cream for the welcome party melts, Libby is curious to see how the three states of matter can save the celebration. Experiment with Libby and find out!The Loves Science books introduce readers to girls who love science, as well as basic concepts of science, technology, engineering, and math. This Level 3 I Can Read! explores how solids, liquids, and gases are all around us, and includes two experiments to try at home or school, as well as a glossary. A great pick for newly independent readers and an ideal companion to Cece Loves Science: Push and Pull, Libby Loves Science: Mix and Measure, Vivi Loves Science: Sink or Float, and Vivi Loves Science: Wind and Water.
Liberal Eugenics: In Defence of Human Enhancement
by Nicholas AgarPublic debate about the use of genetic technology is dominated by fears of a Huxleyan 'Brave New World' or a return to the fascist eugenics of the past. In this controversial book, philosopher Nicholas Agar defuses these anxieties and defends the idea that parents should be allowed to enhance their children's genetic characteristics. Agar describes three technologies that may soon make liberal eugenics a practical possibility - cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer, genomics, and genetic engineering - and argues that parents can use these technologies to realize their procreative goals without harming the people they will bring into existence. He rejects the idea that eugenics need divide society into genetic haves and have-nots, and denies that social pressures need force eugenic choices to converge on a single view of human excellence, suggesting that these threats to liberal social arrangements can be resisted.
Liberating Energy from Carbon: Introduction to Decarbonization
by Nazim MuradovLiberating Energy from Carbon analyzes energy options in a carbon-constrained world. Major strategies and pathways to decarbonizing the carbon-intensive economy are laid out with a special emphasis on the prospects of achieving low-risk atmospheric CO2 levels. The opportunities and challenges in developing and bringing to market novel low and zero-carbon technologies are highlighted from technical, economic and environmental viewpoints. This book takes a unique approach by treating carbon in a holistic manner--tracking its complete transformation chain from fossil fuel sources to the unique properties of the CO2 molecule, to carbon capture and storage and finally, to CO2 industrial utilization and its conversion to value-added products and fuels. This concise but comprehensive sourcebook guides readers through recent scientific and technological developments as well as commercial projects that aim for the decarbonization of the fossil fuel-based economy and CO2 utilization that will play an increasingly important role in the near- and mid-term future. This book is intended for researchers, engineers, and students working and studying in practically all areas of energy technology and alternative energy sources and fuels.
Liberty and the Ecological Crisis: Freedom on a Finite Planet (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies #1)
by Christopher J. Orr Kaitlin Kish Bruce JenningsThis book examines the concept of liberty in relation to civilization’s ability to live within ecological limits. Freedom, in all its renditions – choice, thought, action – has become inextricably linked to our understanding of what it means to be modern citizens. And yet, it is our relatively unbounded freedom that has resulted in so much ecological devastation. Liberty has piggy-backed on transformations in human–nature relationships that characterize the Anthropocene: increasing extraction of resources, industrialization, technological development, ecological destruction, and mass production linked to global consumerism. This volume provides a deeply critical examination of the concept of liberty as it relates to environmental politics and ethics in the long view. Contributions explore this entanglement of freedom and the ecological crisis, as well as investigate alternative modernities and more ecologically benign ways of living on Earth. The overarching framework for this collection is that liberty and agency need to be rethought before these strongly held ideals of our age are forced out. On a finite planet, our choices will become limited if we hope to survive the climatic transitions set in motion by uncontrolled consumption of resources and energy over the past 150 years. This volume suggests concrete political and philosophical approaches and governance strategies for learning how to flourish in new ways within the ecological constraints of the planet. Mapping out new ways forward for long-term ecological well-being, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of ecology, environmental ethics, politics, and sociology, and for the wider audience interested in the human–Earth relationship and global sustainability.
Liberty Bell 7
by Colin BurgessNASA's Mercury astronauts were seven highly skilled professional test pilots. Each of them seemed to possess the strength of character and commitment necessary to overcome apparently insurmountable obstacles as the United States entered into a Cold War space race with the Soviet Union. This was never more evident than on the epic suborbital MR-4 flight of Liberty Bell 7 with astronaut Virgil ('Gus') Grissom piloting the spacecraft to a successful splashdown, followed by the premature blowing of the craft's explosive hatch. After a hurried exit and struggling to stay afloat, he could only watch helplessly as the recovery helicopter pilot valiantly fought a losing battle to save the sinking capsule. That day NASA not only lost a spacecraft but came perilously close to losing one of its Mercury astronauts, a decorated Korean fighter pilot from Indiana who might one day have soared to the highest goal of them all, as the first person to set foot on the Moon. For the first time, many of those closest to the flight of Liberty Bell 7 and astronaut Gus Grissom offer their stories and opinions on the dramatic events of July 21, 1961, and his later pioneering Gemini mission. They also tell of an often controversial life cut tragically and horrifically short in a launch pad fire that shocked the nation.
The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener's Companion: Essential Writings
by Liberty Hyde Bailey"Every family can have a garden." -Liberty Hyde BaileyFinally, the best and most accessible garden writings of perhaps the most influential literary gardener of the twentieth century have been brought together in one book. Philosopher, poet, naturist, educator, agrarian, scientist, and garden-lover par excellence Liberty Hyde Bailey built a reputation as the Father of Modern Horticulture and evangelist for what he called the "garden-sentiment"—the desire to raise plants from the good earth for the sheer joy of it and for the love of the plants themselves. Bailey's perennial call to all of us to get outside and get our hands dirty, old or young, green thumb or no, is just as fresh and stirring today as then.Full of timeless wit and grace, The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener's Companion collects essays and poems from Bailey's many books on gardening, as well as from newspapers and magazines from the era. Whether you've been gardening for decades or are searching for your first inspiration, Bailey's words will make an ideal companion on your journey.
The Liberty to Take Fish: Atlantic Fisheries and Federal Power in Nineteenth-Century America
by Thomas Blake EarleIn The Liberty to Take Fish, Thomas Blake Earle offers an incisive and nuanced history of the long American Revolution, describing how aspirations to political freedom coupled with the economic imperatives of commercial fishing roiled relations between the young United States and powerful Great Britain. The American Revolution left the United States with the "liberty to take fish" from the waters of the North Atlantic. Indispensable to the economic health of the new nation, the cod fisheries of the Grand Banks, the Bay of Fundy, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence quickly became symbols of American independence in an Atlantic world dominated by Great Britain. The fisheries issue was a near-constant concern in American statecraft that impinged upon everything, from Anglo-American relations, to the operation of American federalism, and even to the nature of the marine environment. Earle explores the relationship between the fisheries and the state through the Civil War era when closer ties between the United States and Great Britain finally surpassed the contentious interests of the fishing industry on the nation's agenda.The Liberty to Take Fish is a rich story that moves from the staterooms of Washington and London to the decks of fishing schooners and into the Atlantic itself to understand how ordinary fishermen and the fish they pursued shaped and were, in turn, shaped by those far-off political and economic forces. Earle returns fishing to its once-central place in American history and shows that the nation of the nineteenth century was indeed a maritime one.
Liberty's Grid: A Founding Father, a Mathematical Dreamland, and the Shaping of America
by Amir AlexanderThe surprising history behind a ubiquitous facet of the United States: the gridded landscape. Seen from an airplane, much of the United States appears to be a gridded land of startling uniformity. Perpendicular streets and rectangular fields, all precisely measured and perfectly aligned, turn both urban and rural America into a checkerboard landscape that stretches from horizon to horizon. In evidence throughout the country, but especially the West, the pattern is a hallmark of American life. One might consider it an administrative convenience—an easy way to divide land and lay down streets—but it is not. The colossal grid carved into the North American continent, argues historian and writer Amir Alexander, is a plan redolent with philosophical and political meaning. In 1784 Thomas Jefferson presented Congress with an audacious scheme to reshape the territory of the young United States. All western lands, he proposed, would be inscribed with a single rectilinear grid, transforming the natural landscape into a mathematical one. Following Isaac Newton and John Locke, he viewed mathematical space as a blank slate on which anything is possible and where new Americans, acting freely, could find liberty. And if the real America, with its diverse landscapes and rich human history, did not match his vision, then it must be made to match it. From the halls of Congress to the open prairies, and from the fight against George III to the Trail of Tears, Liberty’s Grid tells the story of the battle between grid makers and their opponents. When Congress endorsed Jefferson’s plan, it set off a struggle over American space that has not subsided. Transcendentalists, urban reformers, and conservationists saw the grid not as a place of possibility but as an artificial imposition that crushed the human spirit. Today, the ideas Jefferson associated with the grid still echo through political rhetoric about the country’s founding, and competing visions for the nation are visible from Manhattan avenues and Kansan pastures to Yosemite’s cliffs and suburbia’s cul-de-sacs. An engrossing read, Liberty’s Grid offers a powerful look at the ideological conflict written on the landscape.
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
by Kathryn LaskyA biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference.
El libro de la luna
by Gail GibbonsThis up-to-date, clear, and interesting introduction to our magnificent moon from award-winning author Gail Gibbons is now available in Spanish!Shining light on all kinds of fascinating facts about our moon, this newly translated Spanish edition of Gail Gibbons&’ simple, introductory book includes information on how the moon affects the oceans' tides, why the same side of the moon always faces earth, why we have eclipses, and more.The translation is derived from the newly revised edition, which incorporates new, up-to-date information based on recent discoveries, and includes an updated map of the moon's surface. Thoroughly vetted by an astrophysics expert, The Moon Book is a perfect introduction lunar phases, orbit, the history of space exploration, and more.Using Gibbons&’ signature colorful and clear illustrations to support the accessible Spanish text, this book introduces important Spanish vocabulary with simple explanations, perfect for budding astronomers. Legends about the moon, trivia, and facts about the moon landing are also included.
El libro de las bacterias: Feos gérmenes, virus malos y espantosos hongos (The Science Book Series)
by Steve MouldBacterias, virus, hongos y otros microbios encantadoramente asquerososPrepárate para descubrir las bacterias que hacen que te tires pedos, los ácaros que viven en tus pestañas y el hongo que transforma las hormigas en zombis.En este fascinante libro para niños, el científico Steve Mould revela datos divertidos e interesantes sobre el invisible mundo de los microbios. El libro de las bacterias explora por qué necesitamos bacterias en nuestro día a día e introduce a los lectores a sus amigos: los virus, los hongos, las algas, los protozoos y las arqueas.Las baterías son los organismos vivos más importantes en la Tierra. Algunas son dañinas pero su gran mayoría son imprescindibles. Sin ellas, no podríamos comer yogur o queso, y algunas incluso ayudan a limpiar el petróleo que vierten los barcos en el mar.¡Los microbios nunca fueron de tanta actualidad!Descubre los tipos de microbios que existen, cuáles son dañinos y cuáles beneficiosos, cómo se multiplican, cuáles son nuestras defensas, su historia y los personajes como Alexander Fleming que la marcaron.El libro de las bacterias es el libro perfecto para facilitar conversaciones con tus hijos sobre el coronavirus, las vacunas, las medidas de higiene y actual pandemia. Los niños aprenderán la diferencia entre un resfriado y una gripe, cómo se transmiten y qué pueden hacer.Con un texto accesible e imágenes divertidas, este libro explica los microbios a niños de 7 años en adelante y es el regalo perfecto para pequeños biólogos.El libro de las bacterias es una introducción ideal para niños de todas las edades: • ¡Hola, microbios! • ¿Qué son las bacterias? • Pero ¿dónde están? • ¿Sepias que brillan? • En tu cuerpo • Defensas del cuerpo • Los antibióticos • Bacterias útiles • ¿Qué es un virus? • Pillar un resfriado • Combatir un virus • Virus de plantas • ¿Qué son los hongos? • Megamoho • Microchefs • ¡Hormigas zombis! • ¿Qué son las algas? • Energía verde • ¿Qué son los protozoos? • ¿Qué son las arqueas? • Cronología de los microbios El libro de las bacterias es un libro en español para niños que pertenece a nuestro catálogo infantil, donde encontrarás libros de referencia que fomentan la curiosidad, el aprendizaje y el desarrollo de los niños.
El libro de los poderes: Descubre y expande tu potencial e influencia
by Ramon Fauria¿Qué harías si pudieras leer la mente de los demás? Antes de empezar a leer esta sinopsis, te reto a poner a prueba tu pensamiento: Observa la portada y elige una X sin pensarlo. Ahora sigue leyendo. Encontrarás la solución al final del texto. ---------- Los mentalistas que vemos en escenarios, series o películas nos dejan boquiabiertos con sus artes. ¿Y quién no ha imaginado alguna vez cómo le cambiaría la vida si dispusiera de esos poderes? Ramon Fauria, mentalista, conferenciante y formador, nos demuestra que todos disponemos de ciertos poderes. Algunos los conocemos pero no los utilizamos; otros los utilizamos pero no somos conscientes de su potencial; y otros simplemente los desconocemos porque la ciencia los ha revelado recientemente. Son valores, actitudes, habilidades y competencias que podemos incorporar, desarrollar y mejorar. A partir de su experiencia en distintos escenarios y empresas, Ramon Fauria muestra cómo muchos de los principios y herramientas que utiliza como mentalista pueden ser también muy efectivos en entornos profesionales y ámbitos como el liderazgo, las ventas, el aprendizaje, la comunicación o el rendimiento. Además, comparte con amenidad técnicas para comunicar más eficazmente, leer a los demás o explotar el poder de la emoción para mover a personas y generar experiencias únicas. ---------- Solución al enigma: ¿Qué X elegiste? Si fue la tercera de la segunda fila -de izquierda a derecha-, ¡enhorabuena! ¡Has percibido mi pensamiento! Pero si has elegido cualquier otra X, también te felicito, pues demuestras tener un pensamiento positivamente divergente. Reseñas:«Ramón Fauria aporta las claves para desarrollar nuestro propio poder de influencia. Una guía básica para relacionarnos y comunicar de una forma más efectiva. Ameno, y lleno de ideas y consejos fáciles de llevar a la práctica, este libro ya es un clásico.»Fernando Botella, CEO de Think&Action, escritor y conferenciante «¿Es este un libro de mentalismo o de transformación? Nace de la fe en lo imposible, de un futuro sin límites. En el mundo de la restauración, como en el del mentalismo, sabemos que nuestro oficio "no va de trucos o juegos, va de comunicar y transmitir poderosamente". Y sabemos que para que el comensal viva la experiencia diseñada desde la cocina, para que esa orfebrería emocional en forma de plato sea recibida como hemos querido proyectar, es imprescindible un buen dominio de la comunicación verbal y no verbal.»Joan Roca, chef de El celler de Can Roca «El Libro de los Poderes es excepcional porque cubre un área de las relaciones personales desde una perspectiva distinta, la de Ramon Fauria, un mentalista que utiliza sus capacidades para hablar de las emociones, de la comunicación y de las actitudes. Y todo ello con un lenguaje cercano, comprensible y motivador. Recomiendo mucho este libro.»Luis Bassat
El libro del clima
by Varios autores Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg une a científicos, expertos, activistas y escritores como Thomas Piketty, Margaret Atwood, David Wallace-Wells o Naomi Klein para ofrecernos la información más veraz y actualizada sobre la emergencia climática y las soluciones que todavía están en nuestras manos «Un imprescindible en cualquier librería igual que Breve historia del tiempo de Stephen Hawking y Sapiens de Yuval Noah Harari».Caitlin Moran Ha llegado la hora de que contemos esta historia y, quizá, hasta de que le cambiemos el final. Cómo funciona el clima, cómo está cambiando nuestro planeta, cómo nos afecta, qué hemos hecho al respecto y qué debemos hacer ahora: son las preguntas que este libro trata de responder. Greta Thunberg, que logró dar un vuelco a la lucha contra el cambio climático con su huelga escolar de los viernes y es candidata al Nobel de la Paz, se convierte ahora en su embajadora, con el aval de la comunidad científica mundial, al crear una obra de referencia para comprender la crisis de sostenibilidad que nos aqueja. Una «Biblia del clima» en la que han colaborado los más destacados científicos, expertos, epidemiólogos, activistas, economistas, periodistas, pensadores y narradores, desde el director general de la OMS, Tedros Adhanom, hasta Thomas Piketty, Margaret Atwood, David Wallace-Wells o Naomi Klein, dando a conocer sus investigaciones y experiencias individuales, y urgiéndonos a pasar a la acción si queremos conservar la esperanza. La crítica ha dicho...«Una lectura aleccionadora, el tipo de libro que, una vez terminas, no puedes olvidar».Hannah Nathanson, Elle «Greta Thunberg está de vuelta, pero esta vez no quiere que todo el protagonismo recaiga en ella sino en el movimiento por el clima y, especialmente, en las personas directamente afectadas por la crisis climática. [...] Pese a los contratiempos, el optimismo es una constante en [su] discurso».Elena G. Sevillano, El País «Me ha explotado la cabeza. Felicidades. Tu libro me ha inspirado y me ha entristecido mucho, pero nos anima a todos a actuar».Björk «Un trabajo asombroso y esencial que defiende [...] una causa increíble y conmovedora. [...] Todo aquel que lo lea obtendrá un regalo diferente».Rowan Hooper, New Scientist «Una lectura contundente: Greta Thunberg ha juntado a algunas de las mentes más brillantes en la lucha contra el calentamiento global -algunas de líderes inesperados, como Margaret Atwood-».Press Association «Greta arde de autenticidad, es un puro aullido de desesperación y de incredulidad ante nuestra ceguera».Rosa Montero «Greta habla para ella, para su generación, pero también para sus hijos y, más allá de los seres humanos, para la Tierra entera, en su preciosa y frágil belleza. Escuchémosla. Tal vez todavía estemos a tiempo».J. M. G. Le Clézio, Premio Nobel de Literatura «¿Estamos a la altura de los desafíos? ¿Podemos afrontar las tareas que nos esperan? ¿O preferimos ir a la deriva, pensando que alguien o algo bajará del cielo para salvarnos? [...] Un viejo refrán dice: "La suerte la creamos nosotros". Así pues, creémosla».Margaret Atwood «La Juana de Arco del siglo XXI, la Agustina de Aragón de todo el planeta, la nueva María Pita. De vez en cuando aparece en la historia la figura de una joven sin mácula que revoluciona su entorno por su lucha sin descanso por su causa justa».Rosa Martí, Esquire «La generación posmilenial tiene un nombre y una autora clave a la que seguir».El ojo crítico (RNE 1)
El libro del Sistema Solar (Space Explorers)
by Sophie AllanUn increíble viaje al espacio en el que los niños aprenderán todo sobre el Sol y los planetas a través de información detallada e increíbles ilustraciones y fotografías. ¿Listo para viajar al espacio exterior? Explora el origen del Sistema Solar y recorre sus planetas, empezando por Mercurio, el más pequeño y cercano al Sol, pasando por Venus, el más caliente, y Marte, formado por volcanes y capas de hielo. ¡Pero la aventura no acabará aquí! Sigue pasando las páginas para llegar a conocer a los llamados planetas gigantes también: Júpiter, Saturno, Urano y Neptuno.En el interior de este libro educativo en español, encontrarás: Información detallada y datos curiosos sobre el espacio, los cuerpos que lo componen y las misiones espaciales más famosas.Contenido dividido de manera super sencilla para que aprendas directamente lo que buscas de forma práctica.Bonitas ilustraciones de Dawn Cooper y fotografías de agencias espaciales como la NASA y la ESA.Llamativos diagramas y esquemas claros para aprender de manera amena y visual.Escrito por Sophie Allen, experta en educación espacial y física, este libro de referencia para niños de 7 a 10 años es un gran recurso de apoyo para estudiar ciencias, además del regalo perfecto para los amantes de la astronomía y la astronáutica. ¡Inicia un viaje interestelar sin igual!A spectacular reference book for children ages 7-9 that explores our sun and the planets that surround it.This incredible guide to the solar system launches 7- to 9-year-olds on a breathtaking journey into space through stunning illustrations, photographs, and fascinating information.The perfect introduction for young readers who want to learn about our local star—the sun—and the planets that orbit it. Starting with the birth of the sun and the solar system, readers continue a journey through space, traveling from planet to planet. They discover the smallest planet, rocky Mercury, which is closest to the sun, and Venus, the hottest planet. There is also Mars, with its polar ice caps and volcanoes, and Jupiter, with its swirling storm clouds. Then readers venture farther into space to explore the icy giants of outer space. The Solar System covers space in thrilling detail. Packed with eye-popping facts and visual delights, this is the perfect book for space lovers everywhere.Boasting beautiful illustrations by artist Dawn Cooper, combined with up-to-date images from space agencies such as NASA and ESA, information panels, and diagrams, this is a fantastic introduction to space for young readers.
El libro verde
by El RotoLa recopilación de las viñetas de El Roto sobre una de sus preocupaciones fundamentales: la incompatibilidad entre el modo de vida occidental y la naturaleza, imágenes con el efecto visual de provocar una carcajada sorda y una reflexión preocupada. Andrés Rábago («El Roto») es Premio Leyenda 2015, un galardón concedido por el Gremio de Libreros de Madrid. Los dibujos de El Roto son desde hace tiempo el mejor comentario sobre la sociedad contemporánea, a mitad de camino entre el editorial y la denuncia. Una de sus preocupaciones fundamentales es la incompatibilidad entre el modo de vida occidental y la naturaleza, y a ello ha dedicado muchas viñetas brillantísimas. El libro verde reúne la mayoría de ellas. «Las escenas de El Roto poseen esta virtud: nos remiten a lo esencial y, de una sola ojeada, desbrozan el enredo y acceden al sentido. Bajo la desmesura de los discursos y las proclamas, los informes y los dictámenes, subsiste un meollo de veracidad, y ésta es la que retrata con sobria lucidez nuestro autor.»Del prólogo de Basilio Baltasar
Licensed to Practice: The Supreme Court Defines the American Medical Profession
by James C. MohrHow did American doctors come to be licensed on the terms we now take for granted?Licensed to Practice begins with an 1891 shooting in Wheeling, West Virginia, that left one doctor dead and another on trial for his life. Formerly close friends, the doctors had fallen out over the issue of medical licensing. Historian James C. Mohr calls the murder "a sorry personal consequence of the far larger and historically significant battle among West Virginia’s physicians over the future of their profession."Through most of the nineteenth century, anyone could call themselves a doctor and could practice medicine on whatever basis they wished. But an 1889 U.S. Supreme Court case, Dent v. West Virginia, effectively transformed medical practice from an unregulated occupation to a legally recognized profession. The political and legal battles that led up to the decision were unusually bitter—especially among physicians themselves—and the outcome was far from a foregone conclusion.So-called Regular physicians wanted to impose their own standards on the wide-open medical marketplace in which they and such non-Regulars as Thomsonians, Botanics, Hydropaths, Homeopaths, and Eclectics competed. The Regulars achieved their goal by persuading the state legislature to make it a crime for anyone to practice without a license from the Board of Health, which they controlled. When the high court approved that arrangement—despite constitutional challenges—the licensing precedents established in West Virginia became the bedrock on which the modern American medical structure was built. And those precedents would have profound implications. Thus does Dent, a little-known Supreme Court case, influence how Americans receive health care more than a hundred years after the fact.
Lichen-Derived Products: Extraction and Applications
by Mohd YusufThe purpose of this book is to provide reference material that includes current developments along with a future outlook on the topic. It is divided into two sections; “Morphological Overview and Extraction Prospects” and “Trends and Applications”. Part I contains four chapters that provide an overview and systematically discuss the physical morphology, suitability and extraction aspects of lichens and their secondary metabolites. Part II includes eight chapters that give in-depth insights on recent and valuable applications of lichen and their obtained products in several applied sectors, including ethnopharmacology, therapeutics, paper and dye, nutraceuticals, cosmetics, herbal industries, etc.
The Lichen Museum (Art After Nature)
by Laurie A. PalmerA radical proposal for how a tiny organism can transform our understanding of human relations Serving as both a guide and companion publication to the conceptual art project of the same name, The Lichen Museum explores how the physiological characteristics of lichens provide a valuable template for reimagining human relations in an age of ecological and social precarity. Channeling between the personal, the scientific, the philosophical, and the poetic, A. Laurie Palmer employs a cross-disciplinary framework that artfully mirrors the collective relations of lichens, imploring us to envision alternative ways of living based on interdependence rather than individualism and competition.Lichens are composite organisms made up of a fungus and an alga or cyanobacteria thriving in a mutually beneficial relationship. The Lichen Museum looks to these complex organisms, remarkable for their symbiosis, diversity, longevity, and adaptability, as models for relations rooted in collaboration and nonhierarchical structures. In their resistance to fast-paced growth and commodification, lichens also offer possibilities for humans to reconfigure their relationship to time and attention outside of the accelerated pace of capitalist accumulation.Drawing together a diverse set of voices, including personal encounters with lichenologists and lichens themselves, Palmer both imagines and embodies a radical new approach to human interconnection. Using this tiny organism as an emblem through which to navigate environmental and social concerns, this work narrows the gap between the human and natural worlds, emphasizing the notion of mutual dependence as a necessary means of survival and prosperity.
Lichen Secondary Metabolites
by Branislav RankovićThe present book discusses in detail the nature and bioactive properties of lichen secondary metabolites. Their therapeutic potential ranges from antibiotic to antioxidant and from anticarcinogenic to antiviral activity. It further discusses their use in traditional medicine and highlights possible future directions in the study of their pharmaceutical potential.
Lichen Secondary Metabolites: Bioactive Properties and Pharmaceutical Potential
by Branislav RankovićThis revised and extended edition provides in-depth insights into the benefits and untapped potential of lichen-derived bioactive compounds. The whole spectrum of these compounds’ biological and medical functions, from antibiotic to antiviral and anti-carcinogenic properties, is presented. In addition, a new chapter discusses the anti-neurodegenerative and anti-diabetic activities of lichenic secondary metabolites. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable asset for students and researchers in this field.
Lichenpedia: A Brief Compendium (Pedia Books #11)
by Kay HurleyAn illustrated mini-encyclopedia about the weird and wonderful world of lichensLichenpedia is a delightfully entertaining and beautifully illustrated A–Z treasury about the strange, obscure, and remarkable world of lichens, from their unique and essential roles in nature and the ways they are used in dyeing, brewing, and drug-making to how they have inspired writers and artists, from Henry David Thoreau to modern painters.In 100 brief entries written in a vivid, lively style, Kay Hurley introduces key aspects of lichen biology, environmental roles, emerging uses, scientific history, and myth. She describes the variety of forms that lichens take, from leafy to filamentous to things reminiscent of skin diseases, with imaginative names like witch&’s hair. She explains the surprising ways that birds and beasts—from reindeer and moose down to tiny tardigrades—use lichens, and how lichens survive in extreme environments, from deserts to Antarctica to outer space. Hurley also introduces some of the innovators who have advanced the knowledge of lichens, from the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus to today&’s professional lichenologists.With charming drawings by Susan Adele Edwards, Lichenpedia promises to put you in touch with the natural world in a new way by opening your eyes to these vital organisms, which are all around us, hidden in plain sight.Features a cloth cover with an elaborate foil-stamped design
Lichens to Biomonitor the Environment
by Rajesh Bajpai Upreti D. K. Vertika ShuklaThe book embodies the detailed account about unique symbionts i.e. LICHENS in ecosystem monitoring. The first chapter deals with unique characteristics features of lichens which facilitate their survival in extreme climates and makes them an ideal organism for ecosystem monitoring. Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites are known to protect lichens against increasing environmental stresses therefore second chapter provides insight into various chromatographic and modern spectroscopic techniques involved in separation and characterization of lichen substances. The third chapter elaborates the criteria for selection of biomonitoring species and characters of host plant that influences lichen diversity and details about different lichen species utilized for biomonitoring. One can retrieve preliminary information about the air quality based on the lichen community structure and distribution of bioindicator species as lichen communities/indicator species provides valuable information about the natural/anthropogenic induced changes in the microclimate and land-use changes due to human activity. Therefore, for identification of species, a key to genera and species provides concise information to identify the lichen species based on their morphological and anatomical characters and chemicals present. Keys provided in Chapter 4 will help the beginners to identify some common lichen species based on the distribution in different climatic zones of India. The section also provides comprehensive information about the bioindicator communities and bioindicator species from India. Chapter 5 provides the details of factors affecting the ecosystem (natural as well as anthropogenic disturbances) and role of lichens in ecosystem monitoring in India has been discussed in detail. Chapter 6 discusses the need and utility of indicator species especially lichen biomonitoring data in sustainable forest management and conservation. The content about lichens in biomonitoring will be a valuable resource for researchers from different fields and will provide an essential reference for people interested in lichens and its role in ecosystem monitoring. The book will also hopefully popularize lichenological studies in India and will generate more active participation of lichen biomonitoring studies in management and conservation of natural resources in India.
Licht: Ideen zu seiner Natur und Nutzung von der Antike bis zur modernen Wissenschaft
by Martin PohlUnsere wohl am weitesten entwickelten Sinnesorgane sind die Augen. Direkt mit dem Gehirn verbunden, speisen die hundert Millionen Lichtrezeptoren unserer Netzhaut geschätzte zehn Megabits pro Sekunde in unser Gehirn ein. So erlaubt uns das visuelle System seit frühester Kindheit, unsere Umwelt zu erfassen und zu interpretieren. Bereits die antiken Naturphilosophen haben sich mit Licht und dem Sehvorgang beschäftigt. Die Entwicklung der Wissenschaft, wie wir sie heute kennen, lässt sich anhand des Leitmotivs Licht gut nachzeichnen. Licht und verwandte Boten geben Auskunft über so faszinierende Phänomene wie die Babyjahre des Universums, Vergangenheit und Gegenwart entfernter Himmelskörper und die Beschaffenheit der mikroskopischen Welt. Sie sind ein Werkzeug in Kosmologie, Astronomie, Teilchenphysik und Medizin. Das Buch analysiert Ideen über Licht – seine Natur, Entstehung und Wirkung – von der griechischen Antike bis heute. Die Wechselwirkung zwischen Theorien, Methodologie, Instrumenten und mathematischen Werkzeugen der jeweiligen Zeit wird beleuchtet. Feuilletonistische Schlaglichter auf Kunst und Kultur machen den Zeitgeist lebendig, vor dessen Hintergrund diese Entwicklungen stattgefunden haben.
Licht in der Welt der Nanotechnologie: Ein verständlicher Einstieg in die Grundlagen und Anwendungen (essentials)
by Christian SchneiderDieses essential gibt einen #65533;berblick #65533;ber die der Nanotechnologie zugrunde liegenden physikalischen Prinzipien, die es heute erm#65533;glichen, mikroskopische Effekte technologisch zu nutzen. Es werden Methoden vorgestellt, welche die Herstellung von Nanostrukturen mit h#65533;chster Pr#65533;zision erlauben. Im letzten Kapitel gibt der Autor einen #65533;berblick #65533;ber spannende technologische Anwendungen, angefangen vom Einsatz von auf Nanotechnologie basierenden Effekten bei Kirchenglasfenstern bis hin zu Solarzellen und CCD-Chips.