Bringing together the perspectives of neurophysiology, cognitive psychology, and artificial intelligence, this book introduces a new approach to the study of language. The authors propose schema...

This volume is an essential addition to the libraries of researchers interested in the "greenhouse effect" and problems arising from increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The work covers...

In the late 1800s, in the Ukrainian town of Ekaterinoslav, Hannah, a woman only in her forties, began suffering from progressive memory loss and eventually became unable to care for herself. What...

Most researchers, even with computers, find only a fraction of the sources available to them. As Library of Congress reference librarian Thomas Mann explains, researchers tend to work within one or...

"Science writing offers some wonderful adventures," notes Patrick Young, a former editor of Science News. "I've visited the South pole, stared into a steaming volcano, covered the first human landing...

Describes the surface phenomena in soils, both experiment and theory, from the point of view of modern coordinational chemistry. The topics covered include surface area and change, the structure of...

The controversy over the use of primates in research admits of no easy answers. We have all benefited from the medical discoveries of primate research--vaccines for polio, rubella, and hepatitis B...

From the simple VR games found in upscale video arcades, to the ultimate "immersion"--the CAVE, a surround screen, surround sound system that projects 3 D computer graphics into a ten-foot high...

A journey through the minds of some of the most creative people on the planet reveals that creativity is rarely a “lightbulb moment” and instead arrives through a process of making and...

"An excellent introduction, distinguished by the meticulousness of its coherent, stimulating exposition of the basic concepts that permit us to understand the great problems of perception, in their...

Written by an eminent group of international researchers, these papers consider the molecular biology underlying nitrogen fixation. They describe the enzymology, biochemical physiology, and electron...

This book discusses basic procedures for soil survey for engineering projects as an aid to engineers, planners, geologists, and other earth scientists. It will be of particular benefit to...

This book sets out the fundamental quantum processes that are important in the physics and technology of semiconductors in a relatively informal style that graduate students will find very attractive...

The significance of consciousness in modern science is discussed by leading authorities from a variety of disciplines. Presenting a wide-ranging survey of current thinking on this important topic,...

339p original blue cloth, printed from typescript (!), clean copy, from a Cambridge college library

Oil spills, radioactive waste disposal, ocean dumping, and coastal reclamation and engineering, among other factors, contribute to the destruction of the marine environment, a process which evokes...

Biogeography is a diverse subject, traditionally focusing on the distribution of plants and animals at different taxonomic levels, past and present. Modern biogeography also puts emphasis on the...