Authors:Michael T. Clegg, Ross J. MacIntyre,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: vol, biology, evolutionary
Number of Pages: 206
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $139.00
ISBN-10: 0306472619
ISBN-13: 9780306472619

This volume is the 33rd in this series, which includes 32 numbered volumes and an unnumbered supplement. Several special volumes have also been published as separate monographs. This volume, like the others in the series, has chapters devoted to a broad spectrum of topics. Indeed, the editors continue to solicit manuscripts on subjects covered by the encompassing rubric of Evolutionary Biology. "Volume 33 continues the grand tradition of Evolutionary Biology in being the most comprehensive series in the field. The chapters are always up-to-date, informative, and stimulating; sometimes infur

Authors:Michael T. Clegg, Max K. Hecht, Ross J. MacIntyre,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: evolutionary, genetics, knowledge, volume, biology, limits
Number of Pages: 258
Published: 2000-09-30
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 0306462273
ISBN-13: 9780306462276

The nature of science is to work on the boundaries between the known and the unknown. These boundaries shift as new methods are developed and as new concepts are elaborated (e.g., the theory of the gene, or more recently, the coalescence framework in population genetics). These tools allow us to address questions that were previously outside the realm of science, and, as a consequence, the boundary between the knowable and unknowable has shifted. A study of limits should reveal and clarify the boundaries and make sharper the set of questions. This book examines and analyzes these new limits as

Authors:Max K. Hecht, Ross J. MacIntyre, Michael T. Clegg,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: volume, biology, evolutionary
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 1998-04-30
List price: $149.00
ISBN-10: 0306456745
ISBN-13: 9780306456749

Volume 30 brings readers up to date on the investigation of eminent evolutionary biologists and paleobiologists. Contributions explore such topics as + adaptation in Drosophila and the role of cytochrome P450s + Population genetics and species conservation of the cheetah + germ--layer theory + assymetry in the mammalian skeleton + genetic diversity of marine fish + the phenomenon of industrial melanism + the variation in lizard cranal kinesis. Other chapters focus on such issues as overdominance and its relation to higher mutation--rate estimates and t

Author: Ben Macintyre
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Keywords: espionage, love, betrayal, nazi, story, zigzag, true, agent
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2008-08-12
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0307353419
ISBN-13: 9780307353412

“Ben Macintyre’s rollicking, spellbinding Agent Zigzag blends the spy-versus-spy machinations of John le Carré with the high farce of Evelyn Waugh.”—William Grimes, The New York TimesA New York Times Notable Book of the YearA Washington Post Best Book of 2007One of the Top 10 Best Books of 2007 (Entertainment Weekly)New York Times Best of the Year Round-UpNew York Times Editors’ ChoiceEddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the

Author: Ben Macintyre
Publisher: Crown
Keywords: nazis, assured, allied, victory, fooled, plan, mincemeat, dead, man, bizarre, operation
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2010-05-04
List price: $25.99
ISBN-10: 0307453278
ISBN-13: 9780307453273

Ben Macintyre’s Agent Zigzag was hailed as “rollicking, spellbinding” (New York Times), “wildly improbable but entirely true” (Entertainment Weekly), and, quite simply, “the best book ever written” (Boston Globe). In his new book, Operation Mincemeat, he tells an extraordinary story that will delight his legions of fans.In 1943, from a windowless basement office in London, two brilliant intelligence officers conceived a plan that was both simple and complicated— Operation Mincemeat. The purpose? To deceive the Nazis into thinking that Allied forces were planning to attack south

Author: Alasdair MacIntyre
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: catholic, philosophical, tradition, history, selective, philosophy, universities, god
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2009-04-28
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 074254429X
ISBN-13: 9780742544291

This book is largely a written version of MacIntyre’s Notre Dame course on the topic. As such, it increases the reach of his reading public considerably. It is superbly written for this wider audience. Although everyone who is able should still go on to read his standards, e.g. After Virtue, Whose Justice? Which Rationality?, Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry, and Dependent Rational Animals, this new book encapsulates essential MacIntyrean insights into the nature of virtue, its connection with the pursuit of the meaning of life, the essential connectedness of various academic discip

Author: Jane E. Macintyre
Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Keywords: compounds, inorganic, dictionary
Number of Pages: 5400
Published: 1992-07-23
List price: $2.00
ISBN-10: 0412301202
ISBN-13: 9780412301209

The Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds presents fundamental information on more than 42,000 of the most important and useful inorganic compounds-each screened for inclusion according to rigorous criteria. With its combination of numerical, textual, and bibliographic data, you typically can find all the information you need in this one publication. Organized according to empirical name and indexed by name, structural type, and CAS Registry number, each entry includes:·Compound name, synonyms and physical description·CAS Registry number·Formula and formula weight·Structural type with a diagra