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Muscle Contraction And Cell Motility: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ASPECTS (DISCONTINUED (Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology))
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Cellular Aspects of Smooth Muscle Function
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This book provides an up-to-date review of our understanding of smooth muscle and integrates molecular, cellular and physiological information with tissue and anatomical studies. Well-known researchers have written chapters giving detailed reviews of our current knowledge of the biochemistry, pharmacology, physiology, and anatomy of smooth muscle. In particular, they cover the seven most important areas of smooth muscle function including morphology, electrophysiology, mechanisms of electromechanical and pharmacomechanical coupling, calcium homeostasis, signal transduction, mechanics of contraction, and the contractile proteins.
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This volume presents the proceedings of a muscle symposium, which was held as the Fourth Fujihara seminar on October 28 - November 1, 2002, at Hakone, Japan. This volume covers all fields of muscle biology, from molecules to humans. This book provides information about recent progress of muscle research as well as the problems that remain to be investigated. This volume will stimulate muscle investigators to design and perform novel experiments to clarify the mysteries in muscle contraction.
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Molecular Mechanisms in Striated Muscle (Lezioni Lincee)
S. Victor Perry
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Striated, or skeletal, muscle is the most common muscle type in the vertebrate body. This book describes in molecular terms the events that occur in the muscle cell during the contraction and relaxation of striated muscle. The book begins with coverage of motile systems occurring throughout the biological world and their relation to the highly specialized contractile system of muscle. From here, the text moves to a discussion of the mechanochemical process and the regulatory roles of calcium, I filament proteins and phosphorylation. The book ends with an examination of the role of dystrophin and its implications in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common form of muscle disease. Throughout the text, the author makes observations in light of recent advances in the knowledge of the atomic structure of major proteins involved in muscle movement. This book is an important source of information and current theory for researchers and students in physiology, biochemistry, and medicine.
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Muscle Physiology And Biochemistry (DEVELOPMENTS IN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY)
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The papers in this volume were contributed by close friends, co-workers and pupils of Professor Setsuro Ebashi. They are dedicated to him to commemorate his great and pioneering contribution to the advancement of muscle physiology and biochemistry, which, in time, exerted a great influence on the whole field of life science. We believe that this issue reveals the present state of research on muscle and/or calcium that was opened up by Professor Ebashi.
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Muscle Contraction and Cell Motility: Molecular and Cellular Aspects (Advances in Anatomy, Embryology, and Cell Biology)
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Flying South: A Pilot's Inner Journey
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Mariana Gosnell takes the reader along on her extraordinary voyage across the U.S. in her single-engine Luscombe Silvaire, Zero Three Bravo. Enticed by the ribbon of sky that she could see from her Manhattan office window, she took a leave of absence from her job and made a three-month solo flight, navigating by use of landmarks and landing in America's little-known, back-country airports. She traveled south from her home airport of Spring Valley, New York, down to North Carolina and Georgia, west across Texas to Los Angeles and north to San Francisco, and then east over the Rockies, the plains, and the farms of the Midwest until she was back home.
What results is a lyrical description of land, sky, and water interwoven with experiences among small-town folks, maverick crop-dusters, banner towers, mechanics, and airport loiterers. With each landing there is a story to be told: the deaf-mute pilot who grounded himself until the eggs in the bird's nest lodged in his plane's engine had hatched, the woman running an airport by herself after losing both her husband and son to flying accidents, and the pilots and "hangar bums" who tried to hide their surprise when they saw a woman pilot flying cross-country solo.
This true story -- including photos taken on the trip -- will make the confirmed urban dweller yearn for open spaces and the adventurous life.
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Good Aviation read.......2007-05-16
This book is worth the read. If you have ever considered flying on a long cross-country, just you and your airplane this is for you. It's set in the 1970's (1977) America. It's written by a female pilot but it's holds well for guys or gals. It's not deep into the technical parts of flying but is a story about people, places and the perspective of flying totally VFR coast to coast and back.
Great writing!.......2005-06-16
This book was a good choice to read after recently finishing "Crazy in the Cockpit." I confess I skipped/skimmed through the more technical aviation-related sections, concentrating on the travel narrative aspect. Makes for good bedside reading.
What a way to go!.......2003-01-28
I loved William Least Heat Moon's "Blue Highways" describing his travels on the back roads of America. Now Mariana Gosnell has done an aerial version of it and has done it equally well. I had two childhood dreams. I'll never be a cowboy but, even at my advanced age, I can be a pilot. Until then, please take me with you on your next odyssey Mariana
wonderful yarn about flying across the United States.......2003-01-06
The Luscombe isn't my favorite lightplane, but it is Gosnell's, and she writes about it with such affection that I'd like to fly one. The trip evidently takes place in the late 1970s, because Jimmy Carter is president. (She visits Plains GA and the largest peanut-butter factory in the world.) Gosnell is a journalist, so she goes out of her way to visit unlikely places and meet interesting people. (Among them is the crew of the man-powered Gossamer Condor, whose record-breaking flight she is on hand to document.) I feel sorry for the lad who quit reading on page 10. He missed a wonderful yarn, and one that deserves a place on the bookshelf of any lightplane pilot. -- Dan Ford
Lovely exposition.......2002-11-13
The author presents us with a lovely world of flying from place to place in her airplane. The anecdotes are well-limned, the sentiments carefully expressed, the philosophies true.
The style is informative and recreational and always engaging.
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- Accessible and accurate - just what I needed!
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- The Best Book Yet About Impacts & Extinctions
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Fire on Earth: Doomsday, Dinosaurs, and Humankind
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Where's the beef?.......2002-03-09
Meteoritics and impact phenomena are a fascination of mine and, with some anticipation, I purchased this book. I was disappointed. The treatment of impacts and their consequences was cursory for the most part and frequently conclusionary rather then illuminating. While the book contained a few facts not found in other, similar volumes, I felt book was written from hunger rather than love, if you will. The science and logic were frequently off the mark, in my view. Not the sort of book one would read for an in depth understanding of the topic.
Accessible and accurate - just what I needed!.......2001-07-03
Perhaps you have heard that a meteor strike may have killed the dinosaurs. Or, perhaps you have heard that a meteor struck the Earth in Siberia in 1908. But, did you know that another one struck Siberia in 1948, causing a cold war scramble on both sides of the globe? Or, that Colorado had a near miss just a few years ago? You would if you had read FIRE ON EARTH.
I discovered the Gribbins' book at the public library, but soon realized I would need my own copy (Thanks, Amazon!). It was perfect for me. I am writing a novel that is set a couple of decades after an asteroid strike. I needed a resource that would give me the the science of, and knowledge of, asteroid strikes on Earth. Yet, it had to be understandable by a non-scientist.
Here is a book that tells of the MANY impacts on the Earth over the past several million years, some even in our own lifetimes! These accounts are both fascinating and mysterious. And, as hard as it may be to imagine, they have found a way to inject humor into the telling.
The authors have the knack of presenting very complex scientific information and concepts in a way that almost anyone can understand. Not only that; they make it a fun read, too!
More than "obvious" errors emerge on "Fire on Earth".......2001-01-05
A previous reader comments about missing slashes in formulas and excessive or lesser number of zeros in quantitative estimations of for example the Tunguska impactor on this book and it is true that this type of mistakes are common in the text but I found more serious errors in the following pages(these refer to the hardcover edition of the book): a)On page 32: "standard dating techniques involving measurements of radiactive argon in the rocks showed that the (Manson)crater had formed exactly 65 Myr ago". False. We know since 1993 that a careful application of this same technique to this crater reveal "exactly" 73.8 Myr for this formation. b)On the same page:"...geologists have also found another crater (Popigai)65 Myr old". Not true. Geologically Popigai is around 35 Myr old. c)Errors (a) and (b) conduce to the statement on page 33: "...three pieces of interplanetary debris...strike simultaneosly in Yucatan, Iowa and northern Siberia". Similar mistakes to (a) and (b) are repeated on page 133. d)On page 57:"...it was certainly(the explosive power of the Sikhote-Alin impact) at least 100,000 Kilotonnes". False. A minimun of at least 100 kilotonnes is enough for explain the characteristics observed of this impact. e)On the same page:"...in April 1972, came a genuine close encounter(the Montana fireball).False.The genuine Montana fireball close encounter came on August 10, 1972. f)On page 69:"Venus,..spins.. with each day lasting a year".Not true.Venus spins with each day lasting 243.01 Earth's days and each venusian year lasting 224.701 Earth's days. These are mistakes that I am aware of and do not diminish any other virtues that readers may find in the book.
The Best Book Yet About Impacts & Extinctions.......1998-09-19
This is an excellent book on the topic of impacts and extinctions; the Gribbins especially deserve high praise for correcting one bit of scientific misinformation about terrestrial impact craters and ejecta. That is, that tektites--small, natural glassy objects are not formed on the Earth! It was long believed that tektites were the result of terrestrial impacts (an odd belief since the stone contain almost no water, but real impact glasses have lots of water, etc.). The Gribbens rightfully note that tektites are almost certainly extraterrestrial ejecta (and the Moon being a primary source). Ergo impact craters on Earth, where nickel/iron are not found and where pure glass material is found (i.e., Libyan Desert Glass, Darwin Glass, etc.), may really be the result of lunar glass meteorites impacting the Earth. That is, giant volcanic obsidian (silicic) domes ejected from the Moon during massive volcanic eruptions which crash to Earth! So, we don't have to look to the asteroid belt for mass extinctions--tektite showers may be the real culprits behind the extinctions! Kudos to the authors for penning a fascinating book which is clear, honest and not caught up entirely in today's impact mania catastrophism.
Errors riddle Fire on Earth.......1998-03-20
People have trouble with long time scales. We can't experience anything longer than the time we live, and have to resort to extrapolation and imaginative analogies. But happenings on very large time scales--geological and astronomical time scales--aren't required to accord with human experience. The earth looks stable to us because as long as we can remember, it has remained relatively constant. Yet the geological record proves to us that the earth has at times been scarred by impacts from asteroids and other space debris.
John and Mary Gribbin examine this matter and its consequences for the human race in *Fire on Earth*. The book looks at some of the physics and history behind collisions on earth, and the descriptions of the effects of the collisions make nuclear holocaust seem like a dribble in a pond.
Yet, from the very beginning of the book, errors make reading a distracting act indeed. Another reader has already pointed out the missing slash in the equation for kinetic energy, changing 1/2 to 12. There are more inconsistencies: the mass of the famed Tunguska object is given variously as 100,000 tonnes or 1,000,000 tonnes, and yet later in the book, an object that is "substantially larger" than the Tunguska object has an estimated mass of 1,000 tonnes. Huh?
Similar errors dot the book. A more serious weakness has to do with the end of the book. After describing the geological, ecological, and meteorological consequences of an impact, the Gribbins attempt to explain wars and social change as the indirect results of comet or asteroid impacts.
This doesn't ring true, or at the very least, the Gribbins don't make a very convincing case for it. This penultimate chapter reminds one of lawyers arguing a case, where circumstances are very carefully assembled to support an assertion, circumstances that give the impression of strength, but that fall over under the slightest breath of opposition.
This book isn't intended to be an in-depth, scientific examination of impacts; the Gribbins wrote a popular book on an increasingly popular subject. But careless proofreading and a runaway imagination mar the book. Enough information is here to satisfy many; but for a more objective survey of the same subject, consider Gerrit Verschuur's *Impact*, or even Carl Sagan's *Comet*. The Gribbins have the style, as evinced by the long list of popular science books they've written, but this one just doesn't measure up.
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Historical Catastrophes, Fires
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Studies in Design (Historic Reprint) by Christopher Dresser $45.00 hardcover 1-58685-185-3 August 8 x 12 in, 160 pp, 60 Color Plates, Rights: W, Design In Christopher Dresser's own words, "I have prepared this Work with the hope of assisting to bring about a better style of decorations for our houses. My book is intended to help the decorator and to enable those who live in decorated houses to judge, to an extent, the merit of the ornament around them." Indeed, in this reprint of the classic Studies in Design, the timeless designs and wisdom of Christopher Dresser are reintroduced. Originally published in 1875, Studies in Design features Dresser's exquisite design and classic theories that have enduring appeal. Christopher Dresser is considered by many to have been the most influential designer of the nineteenth century, and his designs later had a major influence on the Arts & Crafts and Modernist movements. Dresser's designs, which later influenced other artisans such as William Morris and Charles Tiffany, reveal exotic influences from such locations as Egypt, Japan, China, India, and Morocco.
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Classic by noted Victorian designer discusses aesthetics, practical considerations of Victorian and Edwardian design. Rich, illuminating treatment of historic styles, beauty, utility, design of furniture, carpets, draperies, textiles, pottery, glass, metalwork, many other elements. Over 180 handsome illustrations.
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Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser's Design Revolution
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Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) was the first industrial designer of the modern era. A true radical, he favored form over ornament, and his stylish, spare, and astonishingly modern designs contrast sharply with the highly ornate work of his Victorian contemporaries. Believing that good design could be popularized through industry, Dresser worked with more than 50 manufacturers to produce an enormous variety of reasonably priced, widely available consumer products. This book is published to accompany the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to his career.
More than 300 superb color photographs reveal Dresser's highly innovative ceramics, cast-iron garden furniture, and stark, geometric silverplate tableware, as well as previously unattributed designs for textiles, wallpaper, and glass. With essays based on the latest research, this stunning volume brings Dresser the attention he deserves.
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Objects of Design: The Museum of Modern Art
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Showcasing selected works from The Museum of Modern Art's superlative architecture and design collection, Objects of Design features a wide variety of industrial and domestic artifacts by great designers of the modern period, from early masters such as Hector Guimard, Frank Lloyd Wright and Josef Hoffmann to contemporary practitioners including Droog Design, Ettore Sottsas, Gaetano Pesce, Hella Jongerius and others. Some of the objects represent turn-of-the-century designs of the Vienna Secession, Art Nouveau and the Arts and Crafts movement; others are Bauhaus and de Stijl explorations; still others show Charles and Ray Eames and other American designers of the second half of the 20th century; representations of the Italian design revolutions; and contemporary manifestations of familiar genres using radical new materials and techniques of manufacture. The book's 360 color plates not only reveal the range of aesthetic viewpoints in design since the late 19th century but together trace the historical development of the Museum's celebrated design collection. In the introductory essay, Paola Antonelli, Curator, Department of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art, explores the history of modern design as well as the story of the museum's collection and its influence on the history of modern and contemporary design itself.
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Objects of Design from The Museum of Modern Art.......2004-04-18
MoMA canonized modern design as it did 20th-century art, and this anthology of pictures and expert texts highlights a collection of 3,708 objects that range in size from microchips to a helicopter. About a tenth of those are illustrated in nine thematic sections. Many are icons, but there are a few surprises, especially among recent acquisitions, where the inventive use of materials supplants functional beauty. Paola Antonelli, MoMA Curator of Architecture and Design, describes the collection as presenting a history of ideas and realizing a part of Alfred Barr's dream of a unity of the arts. She explains how the old selection criteria of truth and beauty have changed while retaining some of their old authority. It's comforting to know that relativism does not yet extend to firearms, making MoMA's collection a gun-free zone. (Michael Webb is the book reviewer for LA Architect magazine.)
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Traditional Arts and Crafts of Japan
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ASIN: 0486279928 |
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Great Victorian classic offers unsurpassed coverage of architecture, ornament, pottery, calligraphy, drawing, lacquerware, metalware, textiles, religious symbols and more. Fascinating insights into Japanese culture: dancing girls, hara-kiri, tea-drinking ceremony, shrines and scenery, vegetation, etc. Over 200 exquisitely drawn illustrations. A delight for art and antique collectors, art historians, crafts enthusiasts, any lover of Japan.
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Evocative, intelligent, interesting........1998-05-17
Fascinating, evocative, and illuminating. It is almost as though we were with Christopher Dresser in Japan in 1877. He sketches, describes, and lives in Japan of the 19th Century. Tying together art, architecture, and religious symbols, he educates us about the sources and inspirations of Japanese (and other Asian) art and decoration. What a wonderful book for anyone interested in history, art, architecture, Japan, or good writing. His description of his first Japanese meal is a kick, also. Don't miss this one.
Fascinating, evocative, and illuminating........1998-05-16
It is almost as though we were with Christopher Dresser in Japan in 1877. He sketches, describes, and lives in the Japan of the 19th century. Tying together the art, architecture, and religious symbols, he educates us about the sources and inspirations of Japanese (and other Asian) art and decoration. What a wonderful book for anyone interested in history, art, architecture, Japan, or good writing. His description of his first Japanese meal is a kick, also. Don't miss this one.
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Harry Lyons
Manufacturer: Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C
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Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser's Design Revolution
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ASIN: 1851494553 |
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Christopher Dresser supplied designs to the most eminent manufacturers in Britian and featured in this book are examples from metalware, ceramics, and glass to tiles, textiles, wallpaper and cast- iron furnishings.
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Antiques & Collecting Magazine filled with information on items in title and much more. Very interesting magazine.
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Authentic Victorian Decoration and Ornamentation in Full Color (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
Christopher Dresser
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Victorian Wallpaper in full color!.......1999-09-10
This is 46 plates of wallpaper designs in smashing full colour. There are intricate ornaments for door panels, frieze and border designs. Unique Victorian colour palette. Very nice.
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