Author: William Helmreich
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Keywords: myths, stereotypes, things
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 1983-01-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0878559531
ISBN-13: 9780878559534

In this groundbreaking book in the dim world of opinion formation, Helmreich opens a closet bursting with skeletons and explores the myths and historical roots of stereotypes pertaining to several ethnic groups: Are Jews really smarter? What about rhythmical Blacks, hard-drinking Irishmen, dumb Poles, emotional Hispanics, and all those cold, artificial WASPs sipping inevitable dry martinis? He discusses which stereotypes are false, which are true, how they originated, and why some of the most libeled groups promote warped perceptions about themselves.

Author: William Helmreich
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Keywords: community, enduring
Number of Pages: 327
Published: 1998-09-30
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1560003928
ISBN-13: 9781560003922

Author: Stefan Helmreich
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: microbial, seas, voyages, anthropological, ocean, alien
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 2009-01-05
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0520250621
ISBN-13: 9780520250628

Alien Ocean immerses readers in worlds being newly explored by marine biologists, worlds usually out of sight and reach: the deep sea, the microscopic realm, and oceans beyond national boundaries. Working alongside scientists at sea and in labs in Monterey Bay, Hawai’i, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the Sargasso Sea and at undersea volcanoes in the eastern Pacific, Stefan Helmreich charts how revolutions in genomics, bioinformatics, and remote sensing have pressed marine biologists to see the sea as animated by its smallest inhabitants: marine microbes. Thriving in astoni

Author: Stefan Helmreich
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: world, updated, new, preface, digital, life, second, nature, culturing, artificial, silicon
Number of Pages: 330
Published: 2000-08-29
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0520208005
ISBN-13: 9780520208001

Silicon Second Nature takes us on an expedition into an extraordinary world where nature is made of bits and bytes and life is born from sequences of zeroes and ones. Artificial Life is the brainchild of scientists who view self-replicating computer programs--such as computer viruses--as new forms of life. Anthropologist Stefan Helmreich’s look at the social and simulated worlds of Artificial Life--primarily at the Santa Fe Institute, a well- known center for studies in the sciences of complexity--introduces readers to the people and programs connected with this unusual hybr

Author: Ernst J. M. Helmreich
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: signalling, cell, biochemistry
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2001-09-13
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 0198508204
ISBN-13: 9780198508205

The Biochemistry of Cell Signalling deals in depth with the principles of cell signalling, concentrating on structure and mechanism. It will serve as a reliable map through the maze of cell signalling pathways and help the reader understand how malfunctions in these pathways can lead to disease. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 describes the machinery of signal transduction starting with the properties of signals, receptors (including receptor activation), regulators, and the molecules that link receptor and regulator. The design of signalling cascades is explained by describing ce

Authors:Stephan Helmreich, Hartmut Keller,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: vision, policy, recommendation, forecast, transport, sustainable, european, freight, freightvision
Number of Pages: 365
Published: 2011-02-09
List price: $179.00
ISBN-10: 3642133703
ISBN-13: 9783642133701

This book has been written on the basis of the research done between 2008 and 2010 as part of the European Commission funded FREIGHTVISION project. The “FREIGHTVISION - Freight Transport 2050 Foresight” project was funded by the Directorate General MOVE to design a long term vision for European freight transport in 2050 and to identify actions and research to progress appropriate freight transport measures in Europe. The project was carried out as a foresight process encompassing four conferences in which the project team identified and developed with the aid of more than 100 experts a

Authors:Cyril Black, Jonathan E. Helmreich, Robert English, A
Publisher: Westview Press
Keywords: war, second, world, europe, political, history, rebirth
Number of Pages: 720
Published: 1999-10-22
List price: $56.00
ISBN-10: 0813336643
ISBN-13: 9780813336640

Rebirth: A History of Europe Since World War II examines the transition of Europe from a period of crisis to an era of political confidence and economic strength. As the title suggests, the pervasive theme of the book is that of rebirth. The most recent decades are set in the context of modern European history as a whole. The authors trace the disillusionment and uncertainty that overcame Europe at the turn of the twentieth century and that culminated in the devastation of the Second World War. In their analysis of the political and economic causes of the renaissance that has followed the demi