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How do you measure uncertainty in an ecological risk assessment? Uncertainty Analysis in Ecological Risk Assessment presents a consensus from a SETAC Pellston Workshop on Uncertainty Analysis in Ecological Risk Assessment held in Pellston, Michigan. The workshop objectives were to improve the understanding of uncertainty analysis within the ecological risk assessment framework, to address the appropriate use of specific methods for estimating and expressing uncertainty in all facets of a risk analysis, and to disseminate methods and procedures to enhance communication of the results of uncertainty analysis to decision- makers and the public. These proceedings fulfill those objectives.
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There Is No Uncertainty In This Review.......2007-04-08
This is by far the most intelligent and compressive book ever written on ecological risk assessment. This literary and mathematical masterpiece turns a subject that was widely considered dull or at times boring into a captivating and intriguing read. Warren-Hicks is the King of ecological risk assessment. LONG LIVE THE KING!
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Handbook of European Sphagna
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Handbook of European Sphagna
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Today's London is a dynamic city that blends historic splendor with a thriving contemporary urban scene: people flock here from across the globe to partake of its energizing nightlife, world-renowned restaurants, and dizzying array of attractions. From the buzzing restaurants of Soho to the hip clubs of the Hoxton area to the classic charms of Mayfair, Night+Day London gives cosmopolitan travelers the edge they need to discover this world-class city. With opinionated listings, insightful descriptions, and witty, intelligent writing, travelers rely on this smart guide to get the insider information they need to make the most of their time. From the trendiest tables, hippest hotels, top shops and galleries and coolest classic attractions, this guide is packed with expert recommendations and insider tips. For discerning travelers, it's the details that make the difference. That's why Night+Day London emphasizes what you really need to know: the right hotel rooms to request, the best seat at restaurants, bars and clubs, and the prime time to be there, with equal billing for both nighttime and daytime activities. Night+Day's signature sections include the 99 Best of the city, three unique Perfect Plan itineraries, the Cheat Sheet of essentials, Black Book index, Leaving Town recommendations and maps, making Night+Day London the essential guide for today's urbane traveler.
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London Insight Day&Night Guide
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Insight Night and Day Guides let you plan your daily itinerary with reliable information that will make finding your way easy. Expert recommendations help you visit a museum, shop, or see the sights in the day and paint the town red at night. The perfect travel companion, Insight Night and Day guides allow you to make the most of your trip without the stress of negotiating unknown terrain. .Information is presented by day and night activities .Listings are cross-referenced on detailed maps .Illustrated with colour photographs .Reviews of the top 10 sights .Laminated accordion-style format makes it durable, portable, and easy to use. .Attractive plastic cap for ease of display and closure
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Moving..........2001-08-18
I read this close to ten years ago now. It was so sad to read. You really feel for Megan and her family, and you sincerely hope that her mother would hang on as long as she could. This is extremely moving, and if you happen to come across a copy somewhere, I strongly encourage you to read this.
Mother, Please Don't Die.......1999-12-05
I read this book about five years ago, and I don't remember much about it. What I do remember is that it was great and very heart moving. It was my first book I think I cried about. I thought her family stuck together well through thick and thin.
GREAT BOOK FOR STARTING THE TEENAGE LIFE.......1999-09-14
IM THE KIND OF PERSON THAT DOES NOT LIKE TO READ. BUT WHEN I WENT TO A BOOK FAIR SOMETHING ABOUT THE TITLE THAT DREW MY ATTENTION. WHEN I READ THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOK, I WAS NOT TO SCARED TO GO TO JUNOIR HIGH SCHOOL. YOU COULD SAY THAT THE BOOK GUIDE ME IN A WAY. THE MORE I READ THE MORE I WOULD NOT PUT THE BOOK DOWN. WELL TO MAKE ALONG STORY SHORT, I LAUGHED AND CRIED. I LOVED THE BOOK SO MUCH THAT I KEPT IT FOR A LONG TIME. I REALLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO GUYS AND GIRLS THAT ARE STARTNG JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL ITS THE BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN.
Very touching, a sad but good ending........1998-06-13
What Megan and her family must face is truly devastating. However, they all cling together and show each other much needed love. I think that every young woman should read this book.
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Mother, Please Don't Die
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"You don't know me, but I know about you . . . I can't make you live longer, I can't stop you from hurting. But I can give you one wish, as someone did for me." Inspirational novels of life and death for young adult readers.
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In the last few years, a startling new message has emerged about our biology. Scientists probing the deep workings of organisms have discovered that all living things, from yeasts to worms to humans, are guided by similar genes and proteins, which have passed down nearly intact for hundreds of millions of years. At the most fundamental level, humans are genetically linked to every part of the natural world.
The award-winning science writer Jennifer Ackerman brings these astonishing discoveries together for the first time, weaving a mesmerizing story of heredity that is only now being understood.
Far more than a report from the field, CHANCE IN THE HOUSE OF FATE offers an encompassing vision of what these unities mean for our everyday lives. Ackerman's remarkable skills of description lend wonder and awe to the striking connections between our microcosmic makeup and the macrocosm of the visible world. Her voice is rich in imagery and poetry, vivid and deeply personal. Pregnant with her first child, she anxiously calculates the odds that her baby will inherit the gene that caused her younger sister's profound retardation. Illuminating the science of cell growth, she describes the heartbreaking cancer that claimed her mother's life. Carrying her daughter on her hip at the crack of dawn to observe the millennial orbit of a comet, she contemplates the universal circadian rhythms that measure the passing of time.
"This is the alchemy of art with solid science -- the real thing," said Edward Hoagland in praising Jennifer Ackerman's NOTES FROM THE SHORE. Her new book is a magnificent addition to both science and literature.
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Ackerman writes a wonderful book on genetics and biology........2005-11-09
Jennifer's "Chance in the House of Fate" is definately better than her "Notes from the shore". As she explains the fascinating discoveries of the past decade as it could relate the human genetics, wow I was blown away. For once, evolution seemed real to me, and not an abstract idea. The chapter on bacteria and virii was also very well-written, and made me reconsider the human relationship with mircoorganisms. Almost all chapter are well-written, and Ackerman knows her stuff. Highly recommended
Well written.......2005-02-14
Whenever picking up a Science book, I always like to know the qualifications of the author. How much of this stuff is the author making up, how much of it is political propaganda? Is this going to be of the kind of "Research" I did for my grad school paper variety or the really-going-to-a-lab-and-conducting-research-on-rats kind? The excerpt mentions that Jennifer was a researcher on the National Geographic, has lectured at MIT, Harvard, Univ of Virginia. When I read her book, it became obvious to me that she is quite an expert in her field, because not only does she corroborate with other experts in her field by recounting her meetings with them, she talks in depth about her observations of the squid or some such while squatting down in the wet prarie fields. Anyone willing to rough it up in knee deep dirt, has enough hands on experience to know what she is writing about. Good enough for me.
She devotes separate chapters to each of the senses, and what we have in common with our ancestors. It all makes sense, heh, for example, she explains about how adult humans have a much less sensitive sense of smell that say, a male silkworm moth that can sniff out a quadrillionth of a gram of an odor that the female secreats; and boy am I glad we don't, that's just too creepy stalker-ish. But it's only the adults that lose this developed sense of smell, a baby instantly recognizes its mother's breast purely by sense of smell and they correctly chose their mother in an experiment where they were placed near other lactating mothers as well.
The most interesting chapter that highlights her well chosen title, is the one on how the Seeds of Inheritance are born, how they grow, meet their respective partners, exchange phone numbers, i mean, cellular information, you know what i mean, and give rise to a whole new being. The odds that your baby is what it is, the product of an accidental joining of one sperm in milllions and one egg in hundreds : 1 in 3 billion. Go smoke that in your pipe!
She also devotes chapters to Age, the depths of our mind's memory, and the time clock present in all our cells. We have so much in common with the small cell of a plant or amoeba. I am humbled and at the same time, marveled my Nature's penchance for re-use of materials.
She explains it all in layman language, pretty quick to read through and intersperses it with a personal story, so it's not like reading a textbook. If anything, I think her chapters are too short, I wish she'd gone in more detail or touched upon other factors, for eg, when talking about the time clock in our cells, how does a chemical such as caffeine affect it?
This book is a perfectly good way to start recapturing that sense of awe about Nature. Beats squatting in wet prarie fields to look at squicky, snarly worms, don't you think?
Jennifer doesn't delve into Evolution vs Creationism or any of that. She merely presents her facts on what we have in common, scientifically (yeah, better then calling you an ape to your face), with other species and the meticulous, ever-correcting, intelligent, survival instinct of DNA. It's upto the reader to interpret it however they want.
In short, Recommended.
Science Poetry.......2002-02-07
In the last few years the notion that all living things are cut from the same cloth -- that we are all somehow related to each other -- has more and more become a matter of biological fact. Increasingly, the scientific evidence shows that from yeasts to worms to humans, all organisms are guided by similar genes and proteins that have been passed down nearly intact for hundreds of millions of years. At the most fundamental level, humans are genetically linked to every part of the natural world. In Chance in the House of Fate, Ackerman has woven these astonishing discoveries into a mesmerizing, illuminating, and deeply personal story of heredity, while fearlessly exploring its implications on our everyday lives. Pregnant with her first child, she anxiously calculates the odds that her baby will inherit the gene that caused her younger sister's profound retardation. Unveiling the science of cell growth, she describes the heartbreaking cancer that claimed her mother's life. Carrying her daughter on her hip at the crack of dawn to observe the millennial orbit of a comet, she contemplates the universal circadian rhythms that measure the passing of time. Haunting, fascinating, and gorgeously written, Chance in the House of Fate opens yet more doors into the mysteries -- and beauties -- of the miracle of life.
The poetry of biology.......2001-12-12
It is often heard that there is no beauty in the "world according to Darwin", that biology has unweaved the rainbow and left no joy or beauty in its place. Not true, as demonstrated by this personal and scientific tour of modern biology. Ackerman covers a broad range of topics but always with a deeply personal viewpoint, and manages to tell at once the joys and sorrows of her life and the scientific story behind them. A true joy to read.
A thoroughly enjoyable book.......2001-07-21
This is a book about life in the most fundamental sense - its origins, its evolution, its inner workings, its universality. I came to this book with high expectations, after reading the author's earlier "Notes from the Shore", and I was not disappointed. She has wrapped herself around an immensely difficult, complex and (ordinarily) technical subject, and has distilled from it a book which is engaging, warm, occasionally startling, often deeply personal, and always marvelously informative. Ackerman's writing reminds me of treasured conversations with an old friend; she's talking TO us, reacting WITH us to the wonders of heredity and evolution, and to some of the deeper questions that arise from our growing understanding of these near miraculous processes. She's also sharing with us much of her own life and experience, a strategy which could easily distract us but, instead, always serves to illustrate, enlighten or simply ground her subject with a very human perspective. Perhaps this is what I enjoy most about the book - that the author is inviting us to share her sense of wonder at the world around us (and, I think, at the language that allows us to do so). It's a rare talent, and I look forward to seeing where that sense of wonder takes her next.
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Iterative Methods for Toeplitz Systems (Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computation)
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Toeplitz and Toeplitz-related systems arise in a variety of applications in mathematics and engineering, especially in signal and image processing. This book deals primarily with iterative methods for solving Toeplitz and Toeplitz-related linear systems, discussing both the algorithms and their convergence theories. A basic knowledge of real analysis, elementary numerical analysis and linear algebra is assumed. The first part of the book (chapters one and two) gives a brief review of some terms and results in linear algebra and the conjugate gradient method, which are important topics for handling the mathematics later on in the book. The second part of the book (chapters three to seven) presents the theory of using iterative methods for solving Toeplitz and Toeplitz-related systems. The third part of the book (chapters eight to twelve) presents recent results from applying the use of iterative methods in different fields of applications, such as partial differential equations, signal and image processing, integral equations and queuing networks. These chapters provide research and application-oriented readers with a thorough understanding of using iterative methods, enabling them not only to apply these methods to the problems discussed but also to derive and analyse new methods for other types of problems and applications.
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Sontag doesn't get it........2001-07-25
This is an interesting collection of essays, interviews, and commentaries, which has been well put together by Susan Sontag. The advice to young writers section is particularly amusing as are Kis's thoughts on his self-chosen exile. I recommend reading the Tomb of Boris Davidovitch before hand because much of the book deals with the controversy Kis faced over that novel, as well as his break from the Belgrade literati.
Kis was a brilliant writer, but as these essays show, completely apolitical. He did not have time for nationalists, internationalists, communists, capitalists any of it, which is why perhaps he went to France to live the quiet life of a University Professor.
Considering that she claims to be a friend of Kis and actually put this work together, it is shameful that Sontag insists on putting a political spin on this collection. She actually claims that the 'gingerbread heart of nationalism' section ranks along with, she claims, Andric's Letter from 1920 as early warnings against Serbian Nationalism. As someone who has translated Andric's story, I can tell you that Ms. Sontag should consider re-reading. The Andric story makes the case that Bosnia is a land of ethnic hatred, ready to explode at anytime, which it obviously did. There is no mention of Serbian aggression or nationalism. Nor does Kis ever pay tribute to any idealized multi-cultural Bosnia, Sontag's cause celebre throughtout the early 90's and repeated in the introduction. Enough politics, however.
Read this work because it tells us a great deal about a wonderful literary stylist, who knew and loved literature. The fact that others would try to co-opt Kis to champion their political philosophies is embarrassing. The book speaks for itself.
AN UP-CLOSE LOOK AT KIS.......2001-01-29
Kis is a giant of world literature. This book of biographical pieces, interviews, and essays by Kis allow the reader to see some of the inner workings of that fine mind. His early death was a great loss to literature. What he has achieved, however, will live on forever. I've read A TOMB FOR BORIS DAVIDOVICH perhaps five times, and I'm looking forward to reading it again, and again.
Kis' greatness comes into focus.......1997-12-09
I read Danilo Kis' books " Tomb for Boris Davidovich", "Hourglass" and "Encyclopedia of the Dead". The glory and greatness of this eastern European writer can be comprehended fully only after understanding Kis on the personal level. ""Homo Poeticus" does just that: writer pours his soul to the world by revealing his influences (literary and personal), - and brings reader closer to the great writers of this century such as: Nabokov, Flaubert, Borges, Marquis de Sade...Kis even wrote an essay on the Serbian painter Velickovic. I always respected Danilo Kis' fictional works. Collection of Danilo Kis' essays and interviews made me even more fond of him as a person - and his work. Book's editor, Ms. Susan Sontag, wrote emotionally powerful introduction. Her selection of the work published on this non-fiction masterpiece is absolutely wonderful.
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This digital document is an article from The Review of Contemporary Fiction, published by Review of Contemporary Fiction on March 22, 1996. The length of the article is 443 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: Homo Poeticus: Essays and Interviews.(Brief Article)
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