Publisher: CK-12 Foundation
This stand-alone textbook module intends to provide some motivation for studying organic chemistry. The topics touch briefly on some basic organic chemistry topics and focus on various organic compounds that readers would encounter in everyday life. For grades 9-12. Customize this book at CK-12.Listed by Unglue.it.
Before Darwin, before Audubon, there was Maria Sibylla Merian. An artist turned naturalist, Merian was born just 16 years after Galileo proclaimed that the Earth orbited the sun. But at the age of 50, she sailed from Europe to South America on a solo scientific expedition to study insect metamorphosis—an unheard-of journey for any naturalist at that time, much less a woman. When she returned, she produced a book that secured her reputation, only to have it savaged in the 19th century by scientists who disdained the work of “amateurs.” Chrysalis takes us from golden age Amsterdam to the Surinam tropics to modern laboratories where Merian’s insights fuel a new branch of biology. The New Yorker called it a "spellbinding biography." In it, Kim Todd brings to life a 17th century woman whose boldness and vision would still be exceptional today.Show book
Summary of Hope Jahren’s Lab Girl, Hope Jahren describes the life she’s lived and the knowledge she’s learned as a scientist trying to find her way in the world. Focusing mostly on a period of professional development that stretches from 1997 to 2008, the bulk of the narrative follows Jahren from her first appointment as a professor in Atlanta to her current job at the University of Hawaii…Show book
Are you struggling with menstrual pain, irregular cycles, or emotional turbulence during your period? The Heal Your Menstrual Cycle: New Moon & Full Moon Audio Meditation Course offers a holistic and natural approach to addressing these challenges. This transformative audio meditation course is designed to help you align your menstrual cycle with the soothing rhythms of the moon, promoting harmony and well-being. Many women experience a range of physical and emotional challenges related to their menstrual cycles, including: menstrual cramps, irregular cycles, mood swings, PMS symptoms and fatigue. Take the first step towards a harmonious and healthy menstrual cycle with our powerful audio meditation course. In this audiobook, we will:use meditation and healing practices to reduce cramps and discomforthelp you align with the lunar cycles and enhance your menstrual healthprovide techniques to reduce menstrual pain, balance hormones, and support emotional well-beingguide you on how to synchronize your menstrual cycle with the moon phases for optimal health benefitsteach meditative practices to reduce stress and promote relaxation during your menstrual cyclemitigate the physical and emotional symptoms of PMS Begin your journey to menstrual harmony with this audio meditation course. Align with the natural rhythms of the moon, heal your body, and nurture your emotional well-being. Start your transformation now and discover the profound benefits of syncing your cycle with the lunar phasesShow book
A top neurosurgeon and acclaimed author's unique and highly listenable study of the paradox of pain, with fascinating anecdotes on childbirth, migraines, cancer, and more.Medical science has made brilliant discoveries over the last century but as any cancer patient can attest, it has yet to conquer, or even fully comprehend, pain. Beginning with his own battle against severe migraines, and citing numerous case studies of his patients, in Why We Hurt Dr. Frank Vertosick explains how pain evolved, and by highlighting the critical functions it serves, he helps us to understand its value. Well written, expertly researched, and movingly told, each chapter offers an amalgam of medicine, history, anthropology, drama, inspiration, and practical advice on a myriad of pain syndromes, from back pain to angina, arthritis to carpal tunnel syndrome. A skilled writer and compassionate physician, Vertosick believes knowledge is often the first, and best, analgesic, and in Why We Hurt, "he offers fascinating insight into the greatest mystery of all: what it means to be human" (the Seattle Times).Show book
The physicist and author of This Changes Everything presents an engaging inquiry into the origins of the universe and the beginning of time. In Time One, Colin Gillespie takes on the greatest scientific mystery of all time with the aid of a fictional detective. Approaching forty-seven classic philosophical problems as clues to the question of how the universe began, Gillespie connects the dots across centuries of philosophy, literature and religion—and leads readers to asingle, elegant solution. Using the devices of storytelling to help readers understand the serious science being discussed—such as the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics and string theory—Gillespie reveals the very instant time begins and explains exactly how the universe is constructed. Time One tackles the most important issues in physics and cosmology and its answers are both fascinating and strikingly simple.Show book
Before the hydrogen bomb indelibly associated radioactivity with death, many chemists, physicians, botanists, and geneticists believed that radium might hold the secret to life. Physicists and chemists early on described the wondrous new element in lifelike terms such as “decay” and “half-life,” and made frequent references to the “natural selection” and “evolution” of the elements. Meanwhile, biologists of the period used radium in experiments aimed at elucidating some of the most basic phenomena of life, including metabolism and mutation. From the creation of half-living microbes in the test tube to charting the earliest histories of genetic engineering, Radium and the Secret of Life highlights previously unknown interconnections between the history of the early radioactive sciences and the sciences of heredity. Equating the transmutation of radium with the biological transmutation of living species, biologists saw in metabolism and mutation properties that reminded them of the new element. These initially provocative metaphoric links between radium and life proved remarkably productive and ultimately led to key biological insights into the origin of life, the nature of heredity, and the structure of the gene. Radium and the Secret of Life recovers a forgotten history of the connections between radioactivity and the life sciences that existed long before the dawn of molecular biology.Show book
