Author: Thomas Dunlap
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: history, environment, australia, new, studies, canada, zealand, united, english, diaspora, nature, states
Number of Pages: 366
Published: 1999-09-28
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0521657008
ISBN-13: 9780521657006

This book is a comparative history of the development of ideas about nature, particularly of the importance of native nature in the Anglo settler countries of the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It examines the development of natural history, settlers’ adaptations to the end of expansion, scientists’ shift from natural history to ecology, and the rise of environmentalism. Addressing not only scientific knowledge but also popular issues from hunting to landscape painting, this book explores the ways in which English-speaking settlers looked at nature in their ne

Authors:Herwig Wolfram, Thomas J. Dunlap,
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: goths, history
Number of Pages: 580
Published: 1990-02-13
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0520069838
ISBN-13: 9780520069831

Incorporating exciting new material that has come to light since the last German edition of 1980, Herwig Wolfram places Gothic history within its proper context of late Roman society and institutions. He demonstrates that the barbarian world of the Goths was both a creation of and an essential element of the late Roman Empire.

Author: R. A. Dunlap
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Keywords: numbers, fibonacci, ratio, golden
Number of Pages: 162
Published: 1998-03
List price: $43.00
ISBN-10: 9810232640
ISBN-13: 9789810232641

In this text, the basic mathematical properties of the golden ratio and its occurrence in the dimensions of two- and three-dimensional figures with fivefold symmetry are discussed. In addition, the generation of the Fibonacci series and generalized Finobacci series and their relationship to the golden ratio are presented. These concepts are applied to algorithms for searching and function minimization. The Fibonacci sequence is viewed as a one-dimensional aperiodic, latice and these ideas are extended to two- and three-dimensional Penrose tilings and the concept of incommensurate projections.

Author: Jay C. Dunlap
Publisher: Academic Press
Keywords: genetics, advances, volume, genomics, fungal
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2007-03-23
List price: $156.00
ISBN-10: 0120176572
ISBN-13: 9780120176571

The sequencing of several fungi genomes has spurred major advances in the field. Fungal genomics has been having a pivotal impact on applied research in agriculture, food sciences, natural resource management, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology, as well as to basic studies in the life sciences. This volume covers exciting new developments in this growth field, from genomic analysis to human fungal pathogen genomics, comparative genomics of fungi, and the genomics of fungal development. * Includes information on aspergillus genomes* Discusses sex and its ro

Author: Roy E. Dunlap
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Keywords: books, gun, classic, stackpole, gunsmithing
Number of Pages: 848
Published: 2010-05-03
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 0811707288
ISBN-13: 9780811707282

The Roy E. Dunlap classic book on making and repairing guns is reprinted here as part of Stackpole s Classic Gun Books series. Dunlap shows the skilled gunsmith how to produce professional-quality work in every phase of gunwork; included are instructions on working with metals, chamber and barrel work, and designing and crafting gunstocks. Detailed instructions are illustrated with diagrams, drawings, and photographs of a variety of firearms.

Author: Tom Dunlap
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Keywords: everything, vaio, sony
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2004-04-16
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0072231378
ISBN-13: 9780072231373

Here is a friendly, solutions-oriented guide to getting the most out of your Sony Vaio. You’ll find full coverage of all aspects of the laptop including adding peripherals, using the bundled software, linking to digital cameras and home stereos, and performing routine maintenance and upgrades.

Author: Roy F. Dunlap
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Keywords: restoration, amateur, professional, gunsmiths, alteration, construction, complete, sourcebook, firearms, design, gunsmithing
Number of Pages: 742
Published: 1963-06
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 0811707709
ISBN-13: 9780811707701

Professionals and amateurs looking for a complete, one-book reference will find Gunsmithing is made to order. Beginning with a guided tour of the standard workshop, Dunlap leads gun fixers and improvers to and through 36 chapters on basic and special tools, sources for supplies, and shop practice. It’s all here: how to fix, modify, repair, restore, rebuild and customise firearms of all kinds. Tables, chamber drawings, cartridge data, testing facilities, and data sheets complete this encyclopaedic volume.