The epic and controversial story of the development of the first widely used normal human cell-line and, through it, some of the world s most important vaccines In June 1962, a young biologist at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, Leonard Hayflick, using tissue extracted from an aborted fetus from Sweden, finally created the sterile biological environment that would allow for the creation of vaccines against common childhood diseases like measles, mumps, and rubella, along with less common killers like hepatitis. Before the German measles vaccine was invented, tens of thousands of children suffered crippling birth defects if their mothers were exposed to the disease while pregnant. The vaccine itself was developed by Hayflick s colleague Stanley Plotkin, in the midst of a devastating rubella epidemic that swept the country in 1964 and 1965. Plotkin s vaccine effectively wiped out home-grown rubella. The fetal cells that Hayflick derived are used to make vaccines that have now been given to nearly 350 million people the overwhelming majority of them U. S. preschoolers; a copycat group of cells, developed with the methods that Hayflick pioneered, has been used to make an additional six billion vaccines. They have protected people the world over from polio, rabies, chicken pox, measles, hepatitis A, shingles, and adenovirus. Meredith Wadman s masterful account recovers not only the science of this urgent race, but the political roadblocks that nearly stopped the scientists. It also tells a profoundly human story about the agony of pregnant women exposed to German measles, the ethics of testing on infants, orphans and mentally disabled children, the war (still raging) over using human fetal tissue in research, and yet another unrecognized woman whose cells have been used to save countless lives. It also tracks the arrival of big commerce onto campus labs: in the 1960s and 1970s, a tug-of-war over who owned the cells peaked just as huge changes occurred in attitudes and laws governing who could make money from biological inventions, turning scientists into biotech entrepreneurs almost overnight. No medical story could have more human drama, impact, or urgency today. "
Viking
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9780525427537
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Print book
Statistics Essentials For Dummies
By Rumsey, Deborah J.
Statistics Essentials For Dummies (9781119590309) was previously published as Statistics Essentials For Dummies (9780470618394) . While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product. Statistics Essentials For Dummies not only provides students enrolled in Statistics I with an excellent high-level overview of key concepts, but it also serves as a reference or refresher for students in upper-level statistics courses. Free of review and ramp-up material, Statistics Essentials For Dummies sticks to the point, with content focused on key course topics only. It provides discrete explanations of essential concepts taught in a typical first semester college-level statistics course, from odds and error margins to confidence intervals and conclusions.
For Dummies
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9781119590309
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Paperback
Cosmos Possible Worlds
By Druyan, Ann
This all-new and long-awaited sequel to Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan's international bestseller Cosmos takes readers to worlds only now emerging with the advent of new technologies.Druyan takes readers on an extraordinary journey through the vast and unexplored realms of Earth and space, past and future, fact and imagination. In coordination with the debut of the second TV season of National Geographic's Cosmos, the book travels through more than 14 billion years of cosmic evolution and into an astonishing future, helping us solve enduring mysteries of our origins and dream of an unimaginable time ahead. We meet the colorful characters who push beyond the boundaries of knowledge--both the little-known but monumental visionaries of the past and the scientists whose work is shaping our future.
National Geographic
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9781426219085
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Hardcover
When Truth Is All You Have
By Mccloskey, Jim
"Jim McCloskey and Centurion are pioneers in the struggle to expose the tragedy of innocent people wrongly convicted and sent to prison in America...No one has illuminated this problem more thoughtfully and persistently." --Bryan Stevenson, author of Just MercyBy the founder of the first organization in the United States committed to freeing the wrongly imprisoned, a riveting story of devotion, sacrifice, and vindication.Jim McCloskey was at a midlife crossroads when he met the man who would transform his life. A former management consultant, McCloskey had grown disenchanted with the business world; he enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary at the age of 37. His first assignment in 1980 was as a chaplain at Trenton State Prison, where he ministered to some of the most violent offenders in the state.
Doubleday
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9780385545037
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Hardcover
Shoot for the Moon
By Donovan, James
"This is the best book on Apollo that I have read. Extensively researched and meticulously accurate, it successfully traces not only the technical highlights of the program but also the contributions of the extraordinary people who made it possible." --Mike Collins, Command module pilot, Apollo 11For the 50th anniversary, the epic story of Apollo 11 and the astronauts, flight controllers, and engineers who made it happen, by the author of the bestselling A Terrible Glory and The Blood of Heroes.On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, a moment forever ingrained in history. Perhaps the world's greatest technological achievement-and a triumph of American spirit and ingenuity-the Apollo 11 mission, and the entire Apollo program, was a mammoth undertaking involving more than 410,000 men and women dedicated to putting a man on the Moon and winning the Space Race against the Soviets. Seen through the eyes of the those who lived it, Shoot for the Moon reveals the dangers, the challenges, and the sheer determination that defined not only Apollo 11, but also the Mercury and Gemini missions that made it possible. Both sweeping and intimate, and based on exhaustive research and dozens of fresh interviews, bestselling author James Donovan's Shoot for the Moon is the definitive and thrilling account of one of humankind's most extraordinary feats of exploration.
Little, Brown and Company
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9780316341783
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Hardcover
Gray's Anatomy
By Gray, Henry
Written in the 1850s by a young doctor, Henry Gray, Gray's Anatomy was the most comprehensive and accessible anatomy of its time. This beautifully produced slipcased volume contains the historic text of the second edition and all of Henry Vandyke Carter's masterly drawings. It is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the history of medicine or in the amazingly complex machine that is the human body.
Arcturus Publishing Ltd
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9781782124269
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Print book
Organic Chemistry I For Dummies
By Winter, Arthur
The easy way to take the confusion out of organic chemistry Organic chemistry has a long-standing reputation as a difficult course. Organic Chemistry I For Dummies takes a simple approach to the topic, allowing you to grasp concepts at your own pace. This fun, easy-to-understand guide explains the basic principles of organic chemistry in simple terms, providing insight into the language of organic chemists, the major classes of compounds, and top trouble spots. You'll also get the nuts and bolts of tackling organic chemistry problems, from knowing where to start to spotting sneaky tricks that professors like to incorporate. Refreshed example equations New explanations and practical examples that reflect today's teaching methods Fully worked-out organic chemistry problems Baffled by benzines? Confused by carboxylic acids? Here's the help you need--in plain English!.
For Dummies; 2 edition
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9781118828076
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Print book
The Physics Book
By Dk,
How do magnets generate electricity? What is antimatter? Is time travel possible? . Discover the answers to these and over 90 other big questions that explore the most important laws, theories, and breakthrough moments in our understanding of physics - from the earliest civilizations to the 21st century. . The Physics Book comprises concise information and step-by-step diagrams that untangle knotty theories, memorable quotes, and witty illustrations that play with our understanding of physics. This diverse and inclusive account of physics includes Pythagorass observations on music, Galileos experiments with spheres, and Isaac Newtons theories of gravity and the laws of motion, unlocking Albert Einsteins insights into relativity, how the accidental discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation confirmed the Big Bang theory and the reasons most of the Universe is "missing". This captivating book will broaden your understanding of physics, offering:. - A foreword by renowned British scientist Professor Jim Al-Khalil.- Profiles of over 80 ideas and events that shaped our understanding of physics and its significance to everyday life. - Thought-provoking images and flow-charts that demystify the central concepts behind each idea.- Insightful quotes from leading physicists, such as Archimedes, Galileo and Einstein.- A directory section for easy localization.. Your Physics Questions, Simply Explained.The Physics Book uses an innovative visual approach to make the subject accessible to everyone, whether youre an avid student or just curious about maths. If youve ever wondered exactly how physicists formulated - and proved - these abstract concepts, this is the perfect book for you. . The Big Ideas Series. With millions of copies sold worldwide, The Physics Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK. The series uses striking images along with engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand.
DK PUB
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9781465491022
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Hardcover
The Loneliest Polar Bear
By Williams, Kale
The heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful story of an abandoned polar bear cub named Nora and the humans working tirelessly to save her and her species, whose uncertain future in the accelerating climate crisis is closely tied to our ownSix days after giving birth, a polar bear named Aurora got up and walked away from her den at the Columbus Zoo, leaving her tiny squealing cub to fend for herself. Hours later, Aurora still hadn't returned. The cub was furless and blind, and with her temperature dropping dangerously, the zookeepers entrusted with her care felt they had no choice: They would have to raise one of the most dangerous predators in the world by hand. Over the next few weeks, a group of veterinarians and zookeepers worked around the clock to save the cub, whom they called Nora.
The Vaccine Race
By Wadman, Meredith
The epic and controversial story of the development of the first widely used normal human cell-line and, through it, some of the world s most important vaccines In June 1962, a young biologist at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, Leonard Hayflick, using tissue extracted from an aborted fetus from Sweden, finally created the sterile biological environment that would allow for the creation of vaccines against common childhood diseases like measles, mumps, and rubella, along with less common killers like hepatitis. Before the German measles vaccine was invented, tens of thousands of children suffered crippling birth defects if their mothers were exposed to the disease while pregnant. The vaccine itself was developed by Hayflick s colleague Stanley Plotkin, in the midst of a devastating rubella epidemic that swept the country in 1964 and 1965. Plotkin s vaccine effectively wiped out home-grown rubella. The fetal cells that Hayflick derived are used to make vaccines that have now been given to nearly 350 million people the overwhelming majority of them U. S. preschoolers; a copycat group of cells, developed with the methods that Hayflick pioneered, has been used to make an additional six billion vaccines. They have protected people the world over from polio, rabies, chicken pox, measles, hepatitis A, shingles, and adenovirus. Meredith Wadman s masterful account recovers not only the science of this urgent race, but the political roadblocks that nearly stopped the scientists. It also tells a profoundly human story about the agony of pregnant women exposed to German measles, the ethics of testing on infants, orphans and mentally disabled children, the war (still raging) over using human fetal tissue in research, and yet another unrecognized woman whose cells have been used to save countless lives. It also tracks the arrival of big commerce onto campus labs: in the 1960s and 1970s, a tug-of-war over who owned the cells peaked just as huge changes occurred in attitudes and laws governing who could make money from biological inventions, turning scientists into biotech entrepreneurs almost overnight. No medical story could have more human drama, impact, or urgency today. "
Statistics Essentials For Dummies
By Rumsey, Deborah J.
Statistics Essentials For Dummies (9781119590309) was previously published as Statistics Essentials For Dummies (9780470618394) . While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product. Statistics Essentials For Dummies not only provides students enrolled in Statistics I with an excellent high-level overview of key concepts, but it also serves as a reference or refresher for students in upper-level statistics courses. Free of review and ramp-up material, Statistics Essentials For Dummies sticks to the point, with content focused on key course topics only. It provides discrete explanations of essential concepts taught in a typical first semester college-level statistics course, from odds and error margins to confidence intervals and conclusions.
Cosmos Possible Worlds
By Druyan, Ann
This all-new and long-awaited sequel to Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan's international bestseller Cosmos takes readers to worlds only now emerging with the advent of new technologies.Druyan takes readers on an extraordinary journey through the vast and unexplored realms of Earth and space, past and future, fact and imagination. In coordination with the debut of the second TV season of National Geographic's Cosmos, the book travels through more than 14 billion years of cosmic evolution and into an astonishing future, helping us solve enduring mysteries of our origins and dream of an unimaginable time ahead. We meet the colorful characters who push beyond the boundaries of knowledge--both the little-known but monumental visionaries of the past and the scientists whose work is shaping our future.
When Truth Is All You Have
By Mccloskey, Jim
"Jim McCloskey and Centurion are pioneers in the struggle to expose the tragedy of innocent people wrongly convicted and sent to prison in America...No one has illuminated this problem more thoughtfully and persistently." --Bryan Stevenson, author of Just MercyBy the founder of the first organization in the United States committed to freeing the wrongly imprisoned, a riveting story of devotion, sacrifice, and vindication.Jim McCloskey was at a midlife crossroads when he met the man who would transform his life. A former management consultant, McCloskey had grown disenchanted with the business world; he enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary at the age of 37. His first assignment in 1980 was as a chaplain at Trenton State Prison, where he ministered to some of the most violent offenders in the state.
Shoot for the Moon
By Donovan, James
"This is the best book on Apollo that I have read. Extensively researched and meticulously accurate, it successfully traces not only the technical highlights of the program but also the contributions of the extraordinary people who made it possible." --Mike Collins, Command module pilot, Apollo 11For the 50th anniversary, the epic story of Apollo 11 and the astronauts, flight controllers, and engineers who made it happen, by the author of the bestselling A Terrible Glory and The Blood of Heroes.On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, a moment forever ingrained in history. Perhaps the world's greatest technological achievement-and a triumph of American spirit and ingenuity-the Apollo 11 mission, and the entire Apollo program, was a mammoth undertaking involving more than 410,000 men and women dedicated to putting a man on the Moon and winning the Space Race against the Soviets. Seen through the eyes of the those who lived it, Shoot for the Moon reveals the dangers, the challenges, and the sheer determination that defined not only Apollo 11, but also the Mercury and Gemini missions that made it possible. Both sweeping and intimate, and based on exhaustive research and dozens of fresh interviews, bestselling author James Donovan's Shoot for the Moon is the definitive and thrilling account of one of humankind's most extraordinary feats of exploration.
Gray's Anatomy
By Gray, Henry
Written in the 1850s by a young doctor, Henry Gray, Gray's Anatomy was the most comprehensive and accessible anatomy of its time. This beautifully produced slipcased volume contains the historic text of the second edition and all of Henry Vandyke Carter's masterly drawings. It is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the history of medicine or in the amazingly complex machine that is the human body.
Organic Chemistry I For Dummies
By Winter, Arthur
The easy way to take the confusion out of organic chemistry Organic chemistry has a long-standing reputation as a difficult course. Organic Chemistry I For Dummies takes a simple approach to the topic, allowing you to grasp concepts at your own pace. This fun, easy-to-understand guide explains the basic principles of organic chemistry in simple terms, providing insight into the language of organic chemists, the major classes of compounds, and top trouble spots. You'll also get the nuts and bolts of tackling organic chemistry problems, from knowing where to start to spotting sneaky tricks that professors like to incorporate. Refreshed example equations New explanations and practical examples that reflect today's teaching methods Fully worked-out organic chemistry problems Baffled by benzines? Confused by carboxylic acids? Here's the help you need--in plain English!.
The Physics Book
By Dk,
How do magnets generate electricity? What is antimatter? Is time travel possible? . Discover the answers to these and over 90 other big questions that explore the most important laws, theories, and breakthrough moments in our understanding of physics - from the earliest civilizations to the 21st century. . The Physics Book comprises concise information and step-by-step diagrams that untangle knotty theories, memorable quotes, and witty illustrations that play with our understanding of physics. This diverse and inclusive account of physics includes Pythagorass observations on music, Galileos experiments with spheres, and Isaac Newtons theories of gravity and the laws of motion, unlocking Albert Einsteins insights into relativity, how the accidental discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation confirmed the Big Bang theory and the reasons most of the Universe is "missing". This captivating book will broaden your understanding of physics, offering:. - A foreword by renowned British scientist Professor Jim Al-Khalil.- Profiles of over 80 ideas and events that shaped our understanding of physics and its significance to everyday life. - Thought-provoking images and flow-charts that demystify the central concepts behind each idea.- Insightful quotes from leading physicists, such as Archimedes, Galileo and Einstein.- A directory section for easy localization.. Your Physics Questions, Simply Explained.The Physics Book uses an innovative visual approach to make the subject accessible to everyone, whether youre an avid student or just curious about maths. If youve ever wondered exactly how physicists formulated - and proved - these abstract concepts, this is the perfect book for you. . The Big Ideas Series. With millions of copies sold worldwide, The Physics Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK. The series uses striking images along with engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand.
The Loneliest Polar Bear
By Williams, Kale
The heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful story of an abandoned polar bear cub named Nora and the humans working tirelessly to save her and her species, whose uncertain future in the accelerating climate crisis is closely tied to our ownSix days after giving birth, a polar bear named Aurora got up and walked away from her den at the Columbus Zoo, leaving her tiny squealing cub to fend for herself. Hours later, Aurora still hadn't returned. The cub was furless and blind, and with her temperature dropping dangerously, the zookeepers entrusted with her care felt they had no choice: They would have to raise one of the most dangerous predators in the world by hand. Over the next few weeks, a group of veterinarians and zookeepers worked around the clock to save the cub, whom they called Nora.