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Джордж Джонсон
George Johnson
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George Johnson
Pulp Wood of Canada
ISBN: 9781332608461 Год издания: 2016 Издательство: Forgotten Books Язык: Английский Аннотация
Excerpt from Pulp Wood of Canada
The Papyrus, the paper-reed of the brook, gave us the name paper. The word library in English, and the French word libraire, preserve for us a record of the fact that books were once formed of the bark (liber) of trees. The French word livre traces its origin to the same source. The English word book comes from the anglo-saxon word boc, the beech tree; and was so derived because the early anglo-saxons, like the other Teutonic tribes, used the bark and wood of that tree for writing material.
In modern times we have reverted to the ways of our ancestors and have gone back to the arboreal growth for the supply of paper to meet the world's marvellous demands.
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George Johnson
The Cancer Chronicles
ISBN: 030774230X, 9780307742308 Год издания: 2015 Издательство: Vintage Язык: Английский Аннотация
When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, George Johnson set out to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who spend their careers trying to understand and to fight it. What he discovered is a revolution under way—an explosion of new ideas about what cancer really is and where it comes from.
Deftly excavating and illuminating decades of investigation and analysis, rooted in every discipline from evolutionary biology to game theory and physics, Johnson explores what we know—and what we still don't—about cancer, and why a cure remains such a slippery goal. Throughout his pursuit, Johnson clarifies the human experience of cancer with grace, bearing witness to the punishing gauntlet of consultations, surgeries, targeted therapies, and other treatments. Through Johnson’s radiant prose and authoritative perspective on science, he takes us on an adventure through the history and recent advances in cancer research that will challenge everything you thought you knew about the disease. -
Джордж Джонсон
The Cancer Chronicles: Unlo...
ISBN: 0099556057, 9780099556053 Год издания: 2014 Издательство: Vintage Язык: Английский Аннотация
When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, science-writer George Johnson embarked on a journey to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who dedicate their lives to understanding and combating it. What he discovered is that a revolution is now under way – an explosion of new ideas about what cancer really is and where it comes from.
He combs through the realms of epidemiology, clinical trials, laboratory experiments and scientific hypotheses, to reveal what we know and don’t know about cancer, showing why a cure remains such a slippery concept. His luminous accounts describe tumors that evolve like alien creatures inside the body, paleo-oncologists who uncover petrified tumors clinging to the skeletons of dinosaurs and ancient human ancestors, and the surprising reversals in science’s comprehension of the causes of cancer, with the foods we eat and environmental toxins playing a lesser role. Perhaps most fascinating of all is how cancer borrows natural processes involved in the healing of a wound or the unfolding of a human embryo and turns them against the body.
Throughout his pursuit, Johnson illuminates the human experience with elegiac grace, bearing witness to the punishing gauntlet of consultations, surgeries, targeted therapies and other treatments. Provocative and intellectually vibrant, The Cancer Chronicles will challenge everything you thought you knew about the disease – and provide hope for tomorrow and the future. -
Джордж Джонсон
The Cancer Chronicles
ISBN: 1847921671, 9781847921673 Год издания: 2013 Издательство: The Bodley Head Язык: Английский Аннотация
When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, science-writer George Johnson embarked on a journey to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who dedicate their lives to understanding and combating it. What he discovered is that a revolution is now under way – an explosion of new ideas about what cancer really is and where it comes from.
He combs through the realms of epidemiology, clinical trials, laboratory experiments and scientific hypotheses, to reveal what we know and don’t know about cancer, showing why a cure remains such a slippery concept. His luminous accounts describe tumors that evolve like alien creatures inside the body, paleo-oncologists who uncover petrified tumors clinging to the skeletons of dinosaurs and ancient human ancestors, and the surprising reversals in science’s comprehension of the causes of cancer, with the foods we eat and environmental toxins playing a lesser role. Perhaps most fascinating of all is how cancer borrows natural processes involved in the healing of a wound or the unfolding of a human embryo and turns them against the body.
Throughout his pursuit, Johnson illuminates the human experience with elegiac grace, bearing witness to the punishing gauntlet of consultations, surgeries, targeted therapies and other treatments. Provocative and intellectually vibrant, The Cancer Chronicles will challenge everything you thought you knew about the disease – and provide hope for tomorrow and the future. -
Джордж Джонсон
The Cancer Chronicles
ISBN: 1847921663, 9781847921666 Год издания: 2013 Издательство: The Bodley Head Язык: Английский Аннотация
When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, science-writer George Johnson embarked on a journey to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who dedicate their lives to understanding and combating it. What he discovered is that a revolution is now under way – an explosion of new ideas about what cancer really is and where it comes from.
He combs through the realms of epidemiology, clinical trials, laboratory experiments and scientific hypotheses, to reveal what we know and don’t know about cancer, showing why a cure remains such a slippery concept. His luminous accounts describe tumors that evolve like alien creatures inside the body, paleo-oncologists who uncover petrified tumors clinging to the skeletons of dinosaurs and ancient human ancestors, and the surprising reversals in science’s comprehension of the causes of cancer, with the foods we eat and environmental toxins playing a lesser role. Perhaps most fascinating of all is how cancer borrows natural processes involved in the healing of a wound or the unfolding of a human embryo and turns them against the body.
Throughout his pursuit, Johnson illuminates the human experience with elegiac grace, bearing witness to the punishing gauntlet of consultations, surgeries, targeted therapies and other treatments. Provocative and intellectually vibrant, The Cancer Chronicles will challenge everything you thought you knew about the disease – and provide hope for tomorrow and the future. -
Джордж Джонсон, М. Гэри
Вычислительные машины и тру...
ISBN: 978-5-458-26100-5 Год издания: 2012 Издательство: Книга по Требованию Язык: Русский Аннотация
Монография американских ученых, посвященная вопросам сложности решения комбинаторных задач, возникающих в дискретной оптимизации, математическом программировании, алгебре, теории чисел, теории автоматов, математической логике, теории множеств, теории графов и т.п. Книга отличается строгим и систематическим изложением теории, в приложении содержится более 300 труднорешаемых задач из различных разделов математики. Воспроизведено в оригинальной авторской орфографии издания 1982 года (издательство "Мир"). -
Джордж Джонсон
Десять самых красивых экспе...
ISBN: 978-5-389-00586-0 Год издания: 2009 Издательство: КоЛибри Язык: Русский Аннотация
В наше время научные открытия совершаются большими коллективами ученых, но не так давно все было иначе.В истории навсегда остались звездные часы, когда ученые, задавая вопросы природе, получали ответы, ставя эксперимент в одиночку. Джордж Джонсон, замечательный популяризатор науки, рассказывает, как во время опытов по гравитации Галилео Галилей пел песни, отмеряя…
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George Johnson
Miss Leavitt's Stars: The U...
ISBN: 0393051285, 9780393051285 Год издания: 2005 Издательство: W. W. Norton Company Язык: Английский Аннотация
How big is the universe? In the early twentieth century, scientists took sides. One held that the entire universe was contained in the Milky Way galaxy. Their champion was the strong-willed astronomer Harlow Shapley. Another camp believed that the universe was so vast that the Milky Way was just one galaxy among billions—the view that would prevail, proven by the…
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С. Николсон, Джордж Джонсон, С. Сетфорд
Животные
Год издания: 2003 Издательство: АСТАстрель Язык: Русский Аннотация
Книга увлекательно рассказывает о различных группах животного мира Земли - динозаврах, рептилиях, млекопитающих, насекомых. -
Джордж Джонсон
Бассет-хаунд
Год издания: 1996 Язык: Русский