Author: Frank Herbert Attix
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Keywords: dosimetry, radiation, physics, radiological, introduction
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 1986-09
List price: $255.00
ISBN-10: 0471011460
ISBN-13: 9780471011460

A straightforward presentation of the broad concepts underlying radiological physics and radiation dosimetry for the graduate-level student. Covers photon and neutron attenuation, radiation and charged particle equilibrium, interactions of photons and charged particles with matter, radiotherapy dosimetry, as well as photographic, calorimetric, chemical, and thermoluminescence dosimetry. Includes many new derivations, such as Kramers X-ray spectrum, as well as topics that have not been thoroughly analyzed in other texts, such as broad-beam attenuation and geometrics, and the reciprocity theorem

Authors:Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Frank Herbert,
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
Keywords: dune, road
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 2006-08-29
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0765353709
ISBN-13: 9780765353702

Frank Herbert’s Dune is widely known as the science fiction equivalent of The Lord of the Rings. Now The Road to Dune is a companion work comparable to The Silmarillion, shedding light on and following the remarkable development of the bestselling science fiction novel of all time. In this fascinating volume, the world’s millions of Dune fans can read--at long last--the unpublished chapters and scenes from Dune and Dune Messiah. The Road to Dune also includes some of the original correspondence between Frank Herbert and famed editor John W. Campbell, Jr., along with other correspo

Authors:Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Frank Herbert,
Publisher: Tor Books
Keywords: dune, road
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 2005-09-01
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 0765312956
ISBN-13: 9780765312952

Frank Herberts Dune is widely known as the science fiction equivalent of The Lord of the Rings. The Road to Dune is a companion work comparable to The Silmarillion, shedding light on and following the remarkable development of the bestselling science fiction novel of all time.Herein, the worlds millions of Dune fans can now readat long lastunpublished chapters and scenes from Dune and Dune Messiah. The Road to Dune also includes correspondence between Frank Herbert and famed editor, John W. Campbell, Jr.; excerpts from Herberts correspondence during his years-long struggle to get his innovativ

Authors:Deborah K. Attix PhD, Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer Phd,
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Keywords: intervention, assessment, neuropsychology, geriatric
Number of Pages: 467
Published: 2005-11-30
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 1593852266
ISBN-13: 9781593852269

This major clinical reference and text is the first volume to systematically address the entire process of neuropsychological assessment and intervention with older adults. The expert editors and contributors detail the current state of knowledge about frequently encountered conditions ranging from mild cognitive impairment to progressive, stable, and reversible dementias. Evidence-based assessment and intervention strategies are described, and specific guidance is provided for linking neuropsychological evaluation to individualized treatment planning. Demonstrating an array of cognitive train

Author: Frank Herbert
Publisher: Ace
Keywords: dune, book, chronicles, heretics
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 1987-08-15
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0441328008
ISBN-13: 9780441328000

The planet Arrakis is becoming desert again. Lost ones are returning home from the far reaches of space. The great sandworms are dying, and the children of Dunes children awaken from empire as from a dream, wielding the new power of a heresy called love.

Author: Frank Herbert
Publisher: Tor Books
Keywords: heisenberg, eyes
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2002-09-16
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0765342529
ISBN-13: 9780765342522

A New World in EmbryoPublic Law 10927 was clear and direct. Parents were permitted to watch the genetic alterations of their gametes by skilled surgeons . . . only no one ever requested it. When Lizbeth and Harvey Durant decided to invoke the Law; when Dr. Potter did not rearrange the most unusual genetic structure of their future son, barely an embryo growing in the State’s special vat-the consequences of these decisions threatened to be catastrophic.For never before had anyone dared defy the Rulers’ decrees . . . and if They found out, it was well known that the price of disobedi

Author: Frank Herbert
Publisher: Ace Trade
Keywords: dune, book, chronicles, anniversary, 40th
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 2005-08-02
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 0441013597
ISBN-13: 9780441013593

The all-time science fiction masterpiece...now in a special hardcover edition."Unique...I know nothing comparable to it except Lord of the Rings."--Arthur C. ClarkeHere is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud’dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family--and would bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream.A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politic