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The PhD Application Handbook
McGraw-Hill Education 2007; US$ 140.00A PhD is one of the most ambitious and exciting things you can do in your life. Upon successful completion you will be a doctor ¿ and a world authority in your chosen area. Each year several thousand graduate students apply to do a PhD at universities in the UK. Many are not successful ¿ they are unable to find a suitable university, or a supervisor,... more...
One Family's Journey
D & M Publishers 2011; US$ 28.00Peter Bentley recounts the exciting journey shared with his esteemed father, Leopold "Poldi" Bentley, and his uncle in the building of a major forest products company. Bentley has a unique perspective on the rise and fall - and the subsequent reinvention - of western Canada's forest industry in all its complexity. He does not avoid controversy in... more...
Digital Biology
Simon & Schuster 2010; US$ 18.95Imagine a future world where computers can create universes -- digital environments made from binary ones and zeros. Imagine that within these universes there exist biological forms that reproduce, grow, and think. Imagine plantlike forms, ant colonies, immune systems, and brains, all adapting, evolving, and getting better at solving problems. Imagine... more...
Elements of Pharmacology
Cambridge University Press 1981; US$ 41.00Written primarily for students of medicine, pharmacy, and pharmacology, this introductory book provides a concise summary of the principles that underlie the science of pharmacology. It presents the basic concepts required for understanding the use, mechanisms of action, toxicity and side effects, and therapeutic application of drugs in man. Thus the... more...
Digitized
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 21.99There's a hidden science that affects every part of your life. You are fluent in its terminology of email, WiFi, social networking, and encryption. You use its results when you make a telephone call, access the Internet, use any factory-produced product, or travel in any modern car.The discipline is so new that some prefer to call it a branch of... more...
On Growth, Form and Computers
Elsevier Science 2003; US$ 145.95Conceived for both computer scientists and biologists alike, this collection of 22 essays highlights the important new role that computers play in developmental biology research. Essays show how through computer modeling, researchers gain further insight into developmental processes. Featured essays also cover their use in designing computer algorithms... more...
Creative Evolutionary Systems
Elsevier Science 2001; US$ 113.95The use of evolution for creative problem solving is one of the most exciting and potentially significant areas in computer science today. Evolutionary computation is a way of solving problems, or generating designs, using mechanisms derived from natural evolution. This book concentrates on applying important ideas in evolutionary computation to... more...
Job Satisfaction around the Academic World
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99Higher education systems have changed all over the world, but not all have changed in the same ways. Although system growth and so-called massification have been worldwide themes, there have been system-specific changes as well. It is these changes that have an important impact on academic work and on the opinions of the staff that work in higher education.... more...
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