Gems and Crystals: From the American Museum of Natural History (Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones)

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Good book for school projects.......2005-11-21

I desperatly needed to find info on Tourmaline and this book gave me all the info i needed to write my paper

An Unbeatable Reference Source for Gems and Minerals!.......2001-04-17

This oversized "coffee table" style book, contains some of the most impressive gem and mineral photography in print. The photos were taken by Erica and Harold Van Pelt who are the most revered gemological photographers in the world. In addition, the text is well organized and flawlessly researched. Gems and Crystals really captures the magic responsible for mankind's obsession with gem minerals. I highly recommend this book to anyone with a passion for gems.

GEMS & CRYSTALS FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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GEMS & CRYSTALS FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Anna S. and George E. Harlow Sofianides
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J3NZ6E

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This digital document is an article from Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2006. The length of the article is 4749 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cleavage pattern of Volvox aureus (Volvocales).
Author: Daniel E. Wujek
Publication: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 109 Issue: 3-4 Page: 139(10)

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Physiological characterization of Dunaliella sp. (Chlorophyta, Volvocales) from Yucatan, Mexico [An article from: Bioresource Technology]

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Physiological characterization of Dunaliella sp. (Chlorophyta, Volvocales) from Yucatan, Mexico [An article from: Bioresource Technology]
F. Garcia , Y. Freile-Pelegrin , and D. Robledo
Manufacturer: Elsevier
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000PDSF2M

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This digital document is a journal article from Bioresource Technology, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Physiological responses of Dunaliella salina and Dunaliella viridis, isolated from solar saltworks on the Yucatan Peninsula, were studied. Optimal growth temperature for D. salina was 22^oC (3.06x10^6 cellsmL^-^1) and 26^oC for D. viridis (4.04x10^6cellsmL^-^1). Total carotenoid content in D. salina increased with temperature to a maximum of 35.14pgcell^-^1 at 38^oC. Dunaliella salina @a-carotene and @b-carotene content was 0.083+/-0.003 and 0.598+/-0.020mg 100g dry wt^-^1 respectively, whereas lower values were found in D. viridis cultured under same experimental conditions (0.018+/-0.002 and 0.136+/-0.012mg 100g dry wt^-^1 respectively). The highest specific growth rate in D. salina was obtained at 10% NaCl (0.28d^-^1), while its cell volume increased from 524 to 2066.93@mm^3 when cultured from 10% to 35% NaCl. Maximum photosynthetic rates were attained when increasing from optimal growing temperature to 30^oC for D. viridis (108nmol O"2@mgchlah^-^1) and D. salina (139nmol O"2@mgchl ah^-^1). Photosynthetic responses to temperature variations indicated physiological adjustments in both species, with higher acclimation in D. salina. Evaluation of physiological attributes of these species will be used for to carry out mass cultivation.

Corone,: A new genus of colonial Volvocales (C̆eská spoleo-nost nauk, Prague. Tr̆ída matematicko-pr̆íro-vĕdecká. Vĕstnik)

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Corone,: A new genus of colonial Volvocales (CÌ†eskaÌ spoleo-nost nauk, Prague. TrÌ†iÌda matematicko-prÌ†iÌro-veÌ†deckaÌ. VeÌ†stnik)
Bohuslav Fott
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007JV57G

Die Susswasserflora Deutschlands, Osterreichs und der Schweiz: Heft 4: Volvocales = Phytomonadinae; Flagellatae IV.= Chlorophyceae I (Mit dem Allgemeinen Teile zu den Chlorophyceen)

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Die Susswasserflora Deutschlands, Osterreichs und der Schweiz: Heft 4: Volvocales = Phytomonadinae; Flagellatae IV.= Chlorophyceae I (Mit dem Allgemeinen Teile zu den Chlorophyceen)
A. Pascher
Manufacturer: Gustav Fischer Verlag
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GR8G4E

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Noe Higinbotham
Manufacturer: Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007GPNGS

Studies on the taxonomy and ecology of the Rumanian volvocales I, (Nova Hedwigia)

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Studies on the taxonomy and ecology of the Rumanian volvocales I, (Nova Hedwigia)
Leontin S Peterfi
Manufacturer: J. Cramer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007ITNE4

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Volvocales
M. O. P Iyengar
Manufacturer: Indian Council of Agricultural Research
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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When the two old white ladies come to live in the Peruvian jungle village of Poincushmana, everyone makes a fuss--everyone but Alicia, who is baffled by the reaction of her tribe, the Isabo. But as the days pass, she too is drawn in--because the ladies (who are really in their twenties, and anthropologists) are stingy, stupid, and fun to watch. They don't understand the Isabo. Someone needs to set them straight. And that someone, surprisingly, is Alicia.

"Abelove seamlessly constructs a culture that may feel more real to readers than their own."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"A startling, vibrant read." --Booklist, starred review

"Compelling . . . The spirited heroine evokes Karen Cushman's [Newbery Honor Book] Catherine, Called Birdy."--School Library Journal, starred review

"Reading this novel is like feeling wind rush through a stuffy room."--BCCB, starred cover review

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( ALA Notable Book
( ALA Best Book for Young Adults
( Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
( Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
( Horn Book Fanfare Book
( School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
( Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book
( Booklist Editor's Choice
( American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists"

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Weird? No. Different? Definitely........2007-09-15

Students I teach tend to think that the world they live, their customs, beliefs, is the "right" way. Everyone else is "weird" or "strange". To get them to rethink their world view, this is the first book I use during the year to expose them to elements of world culture. Through Alicia we learn her culture and way of doing things. Students are baffled that Alicia thinks what the two old ladies do (or don't do) are "weird" or "strange". By the end of the book, students realize we are all just "different" and develop their respect for other cultures.

recommended related reading: article on "Nacirema"

Reverse Point of View.......2007-06-03

Alicia is a teenaged girl living in a small village in Peru. She thinks her life is pretty uninteresting and unremarkable. So she, along with her neighbors, is surprised when two white women from New York show up and ask to stay there for a year to study the people and their culture.

These white women seem very strange and stupid to Alicia and the other members of her village. They don't seem to know anything about charity, about sharing the things they have brought with them. They are seen as very rude for some of the things they do, but Alicia and her friend Elena gradually are able to make them aware of some of their biggest mistakes.

Over the course of the year, Alicia warms up to these anthropologists and is able to help them learn all there is to know about her village and the customs of the people who live there.

I liked that this was a book about a different culture but it was told from their point of view instead of from the American point of view. I really enjoyed reading about the customs and ways of life in an isolated village in Peru; I was surprised at how the attitudes and customs of the people there differed from us. I didn't like that nobody gave the American women a chance. Nobody tried to understand them or to accept that their culture was different; they just assumed the women were rude and stingy.

There is no word for good-bye.......2004-12-16

This wonderful story is told in the first person narrative of Alicia, a teenaged girl in a small village in the Amazonion jungle of Peru. Two anthropologists from New York City come to observe and take notes for an entire year on the way of life of the Isabo people. Margarita is there to study the village agriculture and Joanna is to study the children. Alicia thinks that these two women are stingy because they do not follow the Isabo's custom of sharing all their food with everyone in the village immediately. The two anthropologists are also perceived as being unclean and unsociable because they only bathe once a day and relieve themselves in private. The humorous tone of this book kept the pace moving. The cultural differences are many and Alicia explains things in a matter of fact way, such as the Isabo's views on sex compared to the two American anthropologists...married women have boyfriends, teenagers have sex and couples invent reasons to slip off in the bushes. As the year progresses the two women are taught about customs and traditions of the tribe. They also learn about the subtleties of the language and the fact that there is no word for good-bye in Isabo. When two people take leave of each other, they say "Catanhue", which means go and come back. I enjoyed the differences in both cultures and feel this was a wonderful way to learn about anthropology in the Amazon jungle.

This book wuz sorry.......2002-04-11

I think this book was horrible it didnt make any sense to me I thought the people from Peru were greedy and not thankful for anything they recieved form the anthropologists I think they just wanted them to stay in the in their area because they thought that they would bring them gifts and bow down to them just because they were from the states. I thought these people were disguisting and sick how can you have a husband and still have bofriends the only time that I felt any remorse for these people is when Cami died....... I think this book is not for readers that are interested in fictional stories.

THIS BOOK WAS INTERESTING.......2002-02-07

I REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOK IT HAD A GOOD FLOW AND TELLS YOU ABOUT OTHER CULTURES AND SHOWS THAT PEOPLE ARE VERY DIFFERENT THEN THEY ARE IN AMERICA

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Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly
David Niven
Manufacturer: Dell Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Contemporary | General | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
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Dr. Seuss 10 titles Beginner Books Cat in the Hat, Cat in the Hat Comes Back, The Best Mistake Ever, Green Eggs and Ham, One fish two fish red fish blue fish, I saw that on Mulberry Street, Go Dog Go, Put Me in the Zoo, ABC, Arthur's Reading Race (I can read all by myself)
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Go and Come Back
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Go and Come Back

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GO SLOWLY COME BACK QUICKLY

Manufacturer: New York: Double Day and Company, 1981
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Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly
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Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly
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This is a fascinating account of the history, geology and biology of Macquarie Island, a speck of land rising from the Southern Ocean, about 1,000 km southeast of Tasmania. The wild and beautiful island was declared a nature reserve in 1933 and possesses immense scientific interest because of its unique geological and biological features. A brief description of the island, its setting, the history of its discovery and subsequent human occupation precedes more detailed accounts of the geomorphology and Quaternary history, the vegetation, avifauna, mammals, microbiology, and marine and freshwater environment. In the concluding chapter the authors discuss past mismanagement and future management strategies, with a view to conserving the island's unique environment and biology. This informative account will be essential reading for polar scientists, island biologists and geologists, and conservationists.

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Complexation in analytical chemistry: A guide for the critical selection of analytical methods based on complexation reactions
Anders Ringbom
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"Are there common phenomena and laws in the dynamic behavior of granular materials, traffic, and socio-economic systems?" The answers given at the international workshop "Traffic and Granular Flow '99" are presented in this volume. From a physical standpoint, all these systems can be treated as (self)-driven many-particle systems with strong fluctuations, showing multistability, phase transitions, non-linear waves, etc. The great interest in these systems is due to several unexpected new discoveries and their practical relevance for solving some fundamental problems of today's societies. This includes intelligent measures for traffic flow optimization and methods from "econophysics" for stabilizing (stock) markets.

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Ayurveda, the ancient art of healing, has been practiced in India for more than two thousand years and survives today as a living medical tradition whose principles are at the heart of many "alternative" therapies now used in the West. This "science of longevity" has parallels with Buddhist thought, and advocates a life of moderation through which the three humors of the body will be brought into balance. The writings selected for this volume are taken from Sanskrit medical texts written by the first Ayurvedic physicians, who lived between the fifth century b.c. and the fourteenth century a.d. Here readers will find wide-ranging and fascinating advice on the benefits of garlic therapy, prayers for protection against malevolent disease deities, surgical techniques, exercise regimens, the treatment of poisons, the interpretation of dreams, and more.

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Roots Of Ayurveda (penguin Classics)
D. Wujastyk
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The Roots of Ayurveda (Penguin Classics)

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The Roots of Ayurveda (Penguin Classics)
Various
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