Published November, 2006
By Eric R. Scerri
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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A comprehensive survey of the periodic table of the elements including the work of precursors, and the discovery of the periodic system by six independent scientists. Other chapters are devoted to Mendeleev, the impact of modern physics including Bohr's quantum theoretical approach. The extent to which modern quantum mechanics is able to explain the periodic system is carefully examined.

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Published November, 2006
By John E. Lesch
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In the decade from 1935-1945, while the Second World War raged in Europe, a new class of medicines capable of controlling bacterial infections launched a therapeutic revolution. This book examines this revolution in medicine, pharmacy, and science. It also explores the popular perceptions of the dramatic changes in medicine.

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Published October, 2006
By Robert I. Field
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Regulation shapes all aspects of America's fragmented health care industry, from the flow of dollars to the communication between physicians and patients. This book recaps the past and present conflicts that have guided the oversight of each industry segment over the years and explains the structure of regulation.

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Published October, 2006
By Ian D. Young
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Addresses the challenge of calculations in genetic counselling problem and demonstrates how risk can be estimated for inherited disorders using a basic knowledge of the laws of probability and their application to clinical problems. This text is aimed at genetic counsellors, geneticists, and those involved in providing medical genetic services.

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Published October, 2006
By Linda L. Barnes, Ineacutes Talamantez, Inés M. Talamantez and Inés Talamantez
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: AAR Teaching Religious Studies
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Published October, 2006
By Isidore Rigoutsos and Gregory Stephanopoulos
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Offers a study of genomic principles and their associated networks and models. Reflecting the hierarchical nature of systems biology, this volume provides discussions on a range of topics, from mass spectrometry to embryonic stem cells. It is useful for both students and researchers.

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Published October, 2006
By Stephen J. Kunitz
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Describes how ideas about the costs and benefits of industrialisation, and causes of disease, have been used from different ideological persuasions to explain the health of populations. This book focuses on ideas that have been influential in debates: factors such as standard of living, community and its loss, inequality, and globalisation.

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Published October, 2006
By Mary Briody Mahowald
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This book deals with bioethical issues relevant to women across their life span. Gender justice is both the starting point and the end point of the author's egalitarian perspective. Implications of different positions on moral status are considered with regard to ethical decisions after birth as well as before birth.

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Published October, 2006
By Milton J. Lewis
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Examines the relationship between medicine's approach to care of the terminally ill and the medical, social, political, economic and cultural context in the English-speaking world. This book is of interest to palliative care practitioners, and health care professionals with an interest in end-of-life care.

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Published October, 2006
By Peter S. Ungar
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We are interested in the evolution of hominin diets for several reasons. Diet is key to understanding the ecology and evolution of our distant ancestors and their kin, the early hominins. This volume, with four main sections, brings together authorities from disparate fields to offer insights into the diets of our ancestors.

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