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| 100 | 1 | |a Greenwood, Addison. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Science at the frontier / |c by Addison Greenwood ; with Marcia F. Bartusiak, Barbara A. Burke, and Edward Edelson for the National Academy of Sciences. |
| 260 | |a Washington, D.C. : |b National Academy Press, |c 1992- | ||
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (volumes 1) : |b illustrations | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Science at the Frontier -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Contents -- 1 Geology -- THE GREAT HEAT ENGINE: MODELING EARTH'S DYNAMICS -- How the Earth Works -- A New Model of the Earth -- How the Model Came to Be -- New Methods and Tools for Working Geologists -- Sharpening the Focus on the Earth's Dynamics -- Hot Spots, French Polynesia, and the Superswell -- Is Volcanism an Essential Part of the Cycle? -- Dynamics in the Core and the Magnetic Field -- Evidence in the Fossil Record -- Geology of the Other Planets -- Bibliography -- Recommended Reading | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2 Photosynthesis ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS: CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS FOR CONVERTING LIGHT TO ELECTRICITY AND FUELS -- Photosynthesis In Nature -- Photons and the Physics of Light Energy -- Harvesting Photons and Putting Them to Use -- The Reaction Center -- Laboratory Photosynthesis: Important First Steps -- Excited-state Electron Transfer in Synthetic Systems -- Lessons for and from the Construction of Photodiodes -- Photovoltaic Cells -- Construction of Typical Solar Cells -- Use of Liquid Semiconductor Junctions -- Bibliography -- Recommended Reading | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 3 Dynamical Systems WHEN THE SIMPLE IS COMPLEX: NEW MATHEMATICAL APPROACHES TO LEARNING ABOUT THE UNIVERSE -- The Mathematics of Dynamical Systems -- Historical Insights�Implications of Complexity -- Sensitivity to Initial Conditions -- Chaos, Determinism, and Information -- Instabilities and Real-world Systems -- Implications for Biology? -- The Role of Computers and Computer Graphics -- Bibliography -- 4 Astrophysics -- LOOKING FARTHER IN SPACE AND TIME -- Gravity's Shadow: the Hunt for Omega -- The Texture of the Universe | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The Big Bang Picture of the UniverseBasic Measurements in Space -- Redshift Provides the Third Dimension -- Quasar Studies Provide a Model -- Dark Matter Seen Through the Lens of Gravity -- Discovering the Blue Curtain -- Gravity's Role as a Lens and a Cosmological Force -- The Formation of Stars -- Bibliography -- Recommended Reading -- 5 Gene Regulation -- GENE CONTROL: TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS AND MECHANISMS -- How DNA Works -- The Role of DNA -- Noncoding DNA�Subtlety, Punctuation, or Just Plain Junk? -- The Central Dogma of Biology | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Transcription FactorsDrawing Lessons from Simpler Organisms -- Exploring the Details of Binding Protein to DNA -- Using the Power of Genetics to Study Transcription -- Activation�Another Role of Transcription Factors -- The Transcription Factor in Development -- Is Cancer Gene-Encoded Growth Gone Awry? -- Life Itself -- Bibliography -- Recommended Reading -- 6 Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- NEW BREAKTHROUGHS IN MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS -- The Physics and Computation Behind MRI -- How MRI Generates Information -- T1 and T2 Relaxation Times as Data | |
| 520 | 8 | |a Annotation |b At Frontiers of Science symposia, leading young scientists present and discuss their work with their peers in other fields, at a level intelligible across fields (e.g. a molecular biologist makes a presentation understandable to a geologist and vice versa). This book was a collaborative effort on the part of science writer Greenwood and 1990 symposium presenters to share the "frontiers" with a wider audience--scientists in various fields and serious lay readers; future volumes are planned for the 1991 and 1992 symposia. The following topics are addressed in separate chapters: geology, photosynthesis, dynamical systems, astrophysics, gene regulation, magnetic resonance imaging, computation, atmospheric science, neural networks, and physics. Each chapter contains a bibliography and a recommended reading list. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or | |
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| 700 | 1 | |a Burke, Barbara A. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Edelson, Edward, |d 1932-2013. |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjHdgjmY7yfWPxYYYc36Dq | |
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