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Joining the ranks of popular science classics like The Botany of Desire and The Selfish Gene, a groundbreaking, wondrously informative, and vastly entertaining examination of the most significant revolution in biology since Darwin--a -microbe's-eye view- of the world that reveals a marvelous, radically reconceived picture of life on earth.
Every animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Ed Yong, whose humor is as evident as his erudition, prompts us to look at ourselves and our animal companions in a new light--less as individuals and more as the interconnected, interdependent multitudes we assuredly are.
The microbes in our bodies are part of our immune systems and protect us from disease. In the deep oceans, mysterious creatures without mouths or guts depend on microbes for all their energy. Bacteria provide squid with invisibility cloaks, help beetles to bring down forests, and allow worms to cause diseases that afflict millions of people.
Many people think of microbes as germs to be eradicated, but those that live with us--the microbiome--build our bodies, protect our health, shape our identities, and grant us incredible abilities. In this astonishing book, Ed Yong takes us on a grand tour through our microbial partners, and introduces us to the scientists on the front lines of discovery. It will change both our view of nature and our sense of where we belong in it.
Автор: Yong Ed Название: I Contain Multitudes ISBN: 1784700177 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784700171 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 11430.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: I Contain Multitudes is science journalism at its best` Bill GatesSHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2017
Автор: Baroness De Tristeombre Rasu-Yong Tugen Название: Songs from the Black Moon ISBN: 0615969003 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615969008 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 11490.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: "All the trees whose names we have forgotten have long since embraced our entwined limbs." In the tradition of the 19th century, fin-de-si cle prose poem, Songs from the Black Moon is a dark elegy for an already-forgotten planet and its wandering, somnambulistic inhabitants. "A book of beautiful and strangely tranquil outbursts of disaffection and dissolution. I wish everyone on earth lived by the sentiments expressed within it." --Thomas Ligotti, author of The Conspiracy Against the Human Race "In search of an atrabilious poetics that might render breathable the "black abyss" within, the Baronesse de Tristeombre has written an apocryphal rejoinder to the Book of Lamentations, filled with salt, sand, crystal and leprous flesh. Read this grimoire of "tectonic sorrow" and despair anew." --Drew Daniel, author of The Melancholy Assemblage "In the black light of these lunar songs, you and I despair for the last time, again." -- Pseudo-Leopardi, author of Cantos for the Crestfallen "Songs from the Black Moon resurrects the literary tradition of Dark Romanticism - stark, sparse, and drenched in a blackened lyricism...ecstatic lamentations for the world-without-us..." -- Eugene Thacker, author of In The Dust of This Planet
Автор: Yong Amos Название: The Hermeneutical Spirit ISBN: 1532604890 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781532604898 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 37710.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Tan Yong Chuan Название: Untitled Film Zine ISBN: 1711533580 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781711533582 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 13790.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Автор: Yong Jin Название: A Snake Lies Waiting: The Definitive Edition ISBN: 1250220661 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781250220660 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 28500.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
A Snake Lies Waiting is the next in Jin Yong's high stakes, tension-filled epic Legends of the Condor Heroes series, where kung fu is magic, kingdoms vie for power and the battle to become the ultimate kung fu master unfolds.
Guo Jing has confronted Apothecary Huang, his sweetheart Lotus Huang's father, on Peach Blossom Island, and bested the villainous Gallant Ouyang in the three trials to win the hand of his beloved.
But now, along with his two friends and shifus, Zhou Botong of the Quanzhen Sect, and Count Seven Hong, Chief of the Beggar Clan, he has walked into another trap. Tricked into boarding a unseaworthy barge by Apothecary Huang, the three friends will surely drown unless Lotus--who has overheard her father's plans--can find a way to save them. Yet even if they are to survive the voyage, great dangers lie in wait on the mainland. Viper Ouyang, the gallant's uncle and one of the Five Greats of the martial world, is determined to have his revenge on Guo Jing for getting the better of his nephew, and bent on becoming the most powerful master of the wulin. Meanwhile, Yang Kang, who Guo Jing has come to trust, has yet to reveal the full extent of his treachery.
Do you find yourself stuck in a regular 9-to-5 working hour job and longing for a taste of freedom from that tedious work routine, and wish to make more time for yourself?
Автор: Yu Yong Nian Название: Zhan Zhuang: The Art of Nourishing Life ISBN: 7807091983 ISBN-13(EAN): 9787807091981 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 20110.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: pacote do Courseware consiste em duas publicacoes, VeriSMTM - Foundation Courseware e VeriSM - Foundation Study Guide. Este material de treinamento abrange o plano de estudos para a qualificacao da Fundacao VeriSM . O treinamento pode ser entregue em dois dias. Este material didatico e credenciado para preparar o aluno para a certificacao da VeriSM Foundation. O VeriSM Foundation consiste em duas partes: VeriSM Essentials e VeriSM Plus, cada uma cobrindo um dia de treinamento.Os alunos que ja possuem um certificado de Gerenciamento de Servicos (TI) podem se beneficiar do conhecimento que ja possuem. Eles sao o publico-alvo de apenas um treinamento do VeriSM Plus. Ao serem aprovados no exame VeriSM Plus, recebem o certificado VeriSM Foundation.Provedores de treinamento que desejam oferecer um treinamento de um dia sobre principios de gerenciamento de servicos podem decidir oferecer apenas o treinamento VeriSM Essentials. Os alunos que forem aprovados no exame VeriSM Essentials receberao o certificado VeriSM Essentials. Se eles passarem no exame VeriSM Plus mais tarde, receberao automaticamente o certificado VeriSM Foundation.O "courseware" abrange os seguintes topicos:A organizacao do servico (Essentials)Cultura de servico (Essentials)Pessoas e estrutura organizacional (Essentials)O modelo VeriSM (ambos)Praticas Progressivas (Plus)Tecnologias Inovadoras (Plus)O VeriSM e uma abordagem holistica e orientada aos negocios para o Gerenciamento de Servicos, que ajuda a entender o panorama crescente das melhores praticas e como integra-las para oferecer valor ao consumidor.E uma evolucao no pensamento em Gerenciamento de Servicos e oferece uma abordagem atualizada, incluindo as mais recentes praticas e desenvolvimentos tecnologicos, para ajudar as organizacoes a transformar seus negocios para a nova realidade da era digital.O VeriSM e um gerenciamento orientado a valor, evolutivo, responsivo e integrado.VeriSM e uma marca registrada e propriedade da IFDC, a Fundacao Internacional de Competencias Digitais.
Автор: Huang Yong Название: Learning Spanish Words Through Etymology and Mnemonics ISBN: 1514453002 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781514453001 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 26040.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Ben Yong, Robert Hazell Название: Special Advisers: Who they are, what they do and why they matter ISBN: 1509913882 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781509913886 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 23220.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book is the most detailed study yet carried out of special advisers. The Constitution Unit`s research team, led by Dr Ben Yong and Professor Robert Hazell, assembled a comprehensive database of over 600 special advisers since 1979.
Автор: Gan, Yong X. Название: Advanced materials & systems for energy conversion ISBN: 1608763498 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781608763498 Издательство: Nova Science Рейтинг: Цена: 234420.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: With limiting amount of fossil fuels and increasing demand of energy, we are facing the grand challenge of energy sustainability. Renewable energy seems to be the only solution. This book deals with various materials and processing techniques for energy conversions.
