The Vital Force: A Study of Bioenergetics

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The best introduction to thermodynamic principles in biology yet.......2007-10-01

I ordered this book used from Amazon after a short description of the book in my textbook reference section. I started reading the first chapter - it was a very nice introduction to the principles of thermodynamics and I found reading it in my bed before I went to sleep. The next morning, I started reading the second chapter, which is about metabolism (glycolysis and energy coupling). I have to say Franklin Harold has become one of my favourite science writers. Energetics is complicated and terms such as enthalpy, entropy, free energy and energy exchange between reactions are elusive. Dr.Harold tries his best to make the reader understand the concepts or at the very least makes the reader follow along so that by the end of the chapter you will truly know these concepts (You WILL have to pay careful attention when reading chapters other than the first one). He also talks about the common misconceptions that people have when they study metabolism and energy exchange such as "energy of ATP hydrolysis" (which by the way has become a cliche!) by saying it is not that there is some kind of energy bound in the bond but it is the coupling and concentrations. Truly masterful. I briefly skimmed through other chapters and I am very excited about reading all the chapters in depth because there is so much insight in every chapter. A must for someone that wants to understand energetics in biology.

Vital Force, The: A Study of Bioenergetics

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Vital Force, The: A Study of Bioenergetics
Franklin M. Harold
Manufacturer: W H Freeman & Co
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KWC0RE

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The critically acclaimed laboratory standard, Methods in Enzymology, is one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry. Since 1955, each volume has been eagerly awaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and reviewers alike. The series contains much material still relevant today - truly an essential publication for researchers in all fields of life sciences.

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This excellent, in-depth review of diamond films and coatings covers their properties, growth, deposition, characterization, and applications. The eight chapters are written by experts in their field. Early studies on synthetic diamonds were done in the 1950s and 1960s, however, their use and importance were not recognized until the late 1970s and early 1980s. These coatings are now being used in high temperature and tribological applications, optics and electro-optics applications, and certainly biological applications.

Diamond Thin Films (Mathematical Research)

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Diamond Thin Films (Mathematical Research)

Manufacturer: VCH Publishers
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ASIN: 3055017609

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An understanding of thin-film diamond by physical and chemical vapour deposition CVD is of wide application in materials science. This book provides an account of the physical, mechanical and chemical properties of diamond thin films as well as examining the engineering techniques and problems required to exploit them successfully. "Diamond Thin Films" explores the application and measurement of CVD in existing applications and their potential for new usage. The properties of diamond and the techniques of synthesis are examined in detail, with particular emphasis on diamond growth by CVD and quality, shaping and reaction factors. The areas for future study and application are discussed in terms of current state-of-the-art materials and surface science. This book should be a valuable resource for materials scientists and physicists involved in the study of semi-conductor materials, thin films and surface science.

Diamond: Electronic Properties and Applications (Electronic Materials: Science & Technology)

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Diamond: Electronic Properties and Applications (Electronic Materials: Science & Technology)

Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 0792395247

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The use of diamond in electronic applications is not a new idea, but limitations in size and control of properties restricted the use of diamond to a few specialised applications. The vapour-phase synthesis of diamond, however, has facilitated serious interest in the development of diamond-based electronic devices. The process allows diamond films to be laid down over large areas. Both intrinsic and doped diamond films have a unique combination of extreme properties for high speed, high power and high temperature applications. The eleven chapters in Diamond: Electronic Properties and Applications, written by the world's foremost experts on the subject, give a complete characterisation of the material, in both intrinsic and doped forms, explain how to grow it for electronic applications, how to use the grown material, and a description of both passive and active devices in which it has been used with success. Diamond: Electronic Properties and Applications is a compendium of the available literature on the subject. The book is an invaluable resource for research scientists and device engineers.

Electronic Properties of Particle-Counting Diamonds: I., Photoconductivity, and II., Particle-Counting Properties (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A: vol. 262#1126)

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Electronic Properties of Particle-Counting Diamonds: I., Photoconductivity, and II., Particle-Counting Properties (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A: vol. 262#1126)
L. A., & F. R. N. Nabarro Vermeulen
Manufacturer: London
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ASIN: B000KPRV02

Iii-Nitride, Sic and Diamond Materials for Electronic Devices: Symposium Held April 8-12, 1996, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings)

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Iii-Nitride, Sic and Diamond Materials for Electronic Devices: Symposium Held April 8-12, 1996, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings)

Manufacturer: Materials Research Society
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Properties, Growth and Applications of Diamond (Emis Datareviews Series, 26)

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Properties, Growth and Applications of Diamond (Emis Datareviews Series, 26)

Manufacturer: INSPEC, Inc.
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ASIN: 0852967853

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Recent breakthroughs in the synthesis of diamond have led to increased availability at lower cost. This has spurred R&D into its characterization and application in machine tools, optical coatings, X-ray windows and light-emitting optoelectronic devices. In the longer term, diamond's high thermal conductivity and electron mobility make it potentially useful for integrated circuit applications (e.g. in heat sinks). This book draws together expertise from some 60 researchers in the United States and Europe working on bulk and thin film diamond. All fully refereed, the contributions are combined to form a highly structured volume with reviews, evaluations, tables and illustrative material, together with expert guidance to the literature.

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Electronic properties of diamonds
F. C Champion
Manufacturer: Butterworths
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Nine paranoid tales by Franz Kafka are put to bold graphic comics.

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Visual improvisations
A Perfect Match
Tremedously powerful representation of Kafka's short stories

Give It Up: And Other Short Stories
Franz Kafka , and Peter Kuper
Manufacturer: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
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The Castle: A new translation based on the restored text

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Nine paranoid tales by Franz Kafka adapted to stark, black-and-white comics by Peter Kuper, whose illustrations and covers appear regularly in the New York Times, Time and Business Week. More than just straight adaptations, these clever interpretations of Kafka's tales bring out the dark humor latent in Kafka's work, better known for its despair and somberness. Heralded by Rolling Stone, Kuper's art is bold, powerful, and perfectly suited for Kafka.

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Nine paranoid tales by Franz Kafka are put to bold graphic comics.

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Visual improvisations.......2006-01-31

From the introduction by Jules Feiffer:

"To 'classically illustrate' Melville, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky et al doesn't make them accessible, it makes them mute... add pictures and panels and balloons to the text, and the secret of communion that gives fiction its power is betrayed... Kuper... doesn't do what I hate, he does what I love. Jazz. This book is a series of riffs, visual improvisations on short takes by the old master. It becomes a diverting, even daring, high wire act... and it works. Like Bird doing "Embraceable You", it may not be Gershwin, but it's art. And I, for one, talk back to it."

Peter Kuper never writes text for his for-the-sake-of-argument-let's-call-it comics; if, for some reason, he does use text, he borrows it from Kafka. Give It Up! is a collection of short stories by Kafka adapted by Kuper, prior to his more ambitious attempt with 'The Metamorphosis', published separately; for the most part, the stories in this collection are better. Kuper stretches the bounds of sequential art with these stories, and comes up with stuff that is highly expressive and incredibly communicative, and compliments the old master's text perfectly while also making them entirely new. That much can be seen from the very first story, 'A Little Fable', one of Kafka's most famed creations -

"Alas, the world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when at last I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into.

You only need to change your direction, said the cat and ate it up."

Kuper spreads this very short text - and one of the most beautiful and succinct written in the English language - over four pages, but what he does with them is absolutely awe inspiring, so that it's criminal to even refer to it as comics. He resigns to none of the common assumptions and rules of the medium, and instead lets his imagination run wild and uses the page spreads and compositions serve as a tool to help create the very feeling of claustrophobia that the text does, but he never loses touch with the reader who always knows exactly how to interpret the pages. In 'The System' Kuper performed the difficult task of creating truly communicative and involving comics with no text whatsoever; he manages an equally impressive fit in these short stories. This is a beautiful book and highly recommended to any comic book reader and any art and/or literature lover.

A Perfect Match.......2002-08-26

Kafka stories, with Kuper artwork. Kuper's style seems to match Kafka in a very pleasant, memorable way...

Tremedously powerful representation of Kafka's short stories.......1997-06-12

Brilliant interpretation of Kafka's nine short tales by illustrator Peter Kuper. This thin book is neither for the faint-hearted nor for those who prefer a light-hearted comic read. Kuper brings into powerful focus the intensity and dark, twisted side of humanity as Kafka would have wished it done. One is literally drawn into the stories by the compelling and solid strokes of the artist. A graphic novel of the highest standard

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